Canalejas Assassinated in Madrid Cabinet Crisis
Madrid November 12 Jose Canalejas premier of Spain was killed as he entered the interior ministry for a cabinet meeting. The assailant Manuel Pardinas Serrato Martin 28 claimed anarchist ties and later died by his own action in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Jose Canalejas
Manuel Pardinas Serrato Martin
Martin
Jose Canalejas Y Mendes
Democratic Party
Senor Moret Y Prendergast
Senor Cavalejas
Premier Sagasta
Eine Alfonso
France
Morocco
Senor Canalejas
New York
Cuba
el Heraldo
Six Die In Dynamite Blast At Aetna Powder Plant
Six workmen were killed in an explosion at the Aetna Powder Company plant near Gary Indiana. The blast occurred while workers repaired a packing machine as 2,000 pounds of dynamite exploded. dynamite was loosely stored in 100 pound lots on packing trains, limiting further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Aetna Powder Company
Here
Taft Accepts Invitation to National Rivers Congress
President Taft accepted an invitation to deliver the opening address at the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington on December 4. The White House announced the acceptance today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Jaft
Wonderful Resources of Alabama Promoter Elected President
The Alabama State Land Congress opened in Mobile with Col. N. F. Thompson of Mobile elected president and a permanent organization formed. Delegates from across the state gathered at the Battle House to promote agriculture and land resource exploitation for statewide benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama State Land Congress
N. F. Thompson
Mobile
R. F E. Spraggins
Huntsville
Joseph O. Thompson
Birmingham
C. G. Abercrombie
Montgomery
Bruce Kennedy
William C. Radcliffe
E. J. Troy
Congress
Committee On Resolutions
Alabama Land Congress Aims to Add Billion in Wealth
Mobile Alabama November 12 1912 the Commercial Club and Business League opened a land congress led by John T Cochrane chairman urging concerted action to settle 7 000 families and add 60 000 acres to cultivation in Mobile and Baldwin counties with emphasis on farm lands orchards and cooperation with the U S Department of Agriculture and the Auburn institution and Reuben F Kolb as commissioner of agriculture delivering the welcome address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spragins
Cochrane
Laz Schwarz
Iie
Mobile
Alabama Land Congress
Committee On Organization
N. F. Thompson
Congress
John T. Cochrane
W. T. Sheehan
J. H. Adama
Ala
E. J. Buck
Thompson
Alabama
Illinois
Commercial Club and Business League
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Products Bureau
The
United States Department of Agriculture
Auburn
Reuben F. Kolb
Gulf Coast
Middle West
South
Central America
Australia
Orient
Weinacker Bros
Government
Catherine Streets
Lyons
McGowin and
Burton
No. 2
Joseph Stuart
Fire Company No. 2
Stuart
Ladies of Charity
Alabama Maternity and Infant
Belle Daly
J. D. Bereuson
Ann Street
Dauphin
Pillans
Weather Forecast for Mobile and Vicinity
Pate forecasts at 7 p m Wednesday for Mobile and vicinity. Rain tonight or Wednesday with colder conditions Wednesday. Moderate south winds shift to northwest. Alabama local rains and colder Wednesday. Mississippi local rains tonight or Wednesday with colder west portion. Shippers’ forecast warns protection against 24 degrees for 36 hour shipments north and 40 degrees west with moderate temperatures east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Carnegie library project approved by Mobile City Commission
Mobile approves the donation of a lot at Hamilton and Cort for a Carnegie library with a plan for a $50 000 building and a $5 000 annual municipal grant. A, drain project for the Jefferson street district is authorized along Flint Monroe to Tennessee and widened on Tennessee from Flint to Ann streets to ease flood conditions.
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City Commission
Mobile
Jefferson Street
Board of Commissioners
City of Mobile
Mobille Library
Hamilton and
Cort Streets
Carnegie Library
Andrew Carnegie
City of
Pillans
Lyons
Michigan Avenue
Flint Street
Monroe
Stocking Streets
Tennessee Street
Flint
Ann Streets
Bankers Day Program of Alabama Land Congress
Bankers Day program in Alabama opens at 10:00 a.m with an invocation by Dr. Alfred G. Moses. W P G Harding, Michael Cody, R E Spragins, and E J Buck give addresses on banking aiding agricultural development. Afternoon sessions cover newspapers cooperation and Alabama lands production with multiple regional participants. An 8:00 p.m. discussion involves Chambers of Commerce on attracting settlers and developing state resources.
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Alfred G. Moses
Alabama
W. P. G. Harding
Birmingham
Michael Cody
Montgomery
R. E. Spragins
Huntsville
E. J. Buck
Mobile
W. W. Screws
Montgomery Advertiser
Birmingham News
Birmingham Age-Herald
Birmingham Ledger
Mobile Register
Mobile Item
W. F. Garth
Clarendon Davis
John L. Kaul
C. G. Abercrombie
R. R. Poole
Uniontown
Robert Moulthrop
Eufaula
R. E. Lambert
Darlington
H. Biederman
Citronelle
Joseph ©. Thompson
Birmingham Chamber, of Commerce
Gates of Tropical Exposition Opened
John T. Cochrane presided as hundreds of exhibitors lent aid to open the Tropical Exposition. Officials hailed the fair as a great success with wide public interest anticipated.
Striking Starkville College Students Escalate Amid Tensions
Reports from Starkville indicate a serious student strike at the agricultural and mechanical college with about four hundred on campus, 25 leaving on a 3 pm train. Senior members expelled threaten to fight to finish, while many deserters travel home amid Governor Brewer’s arrest threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starkville
Brewer
Jackson
Hightower
City 18 Ready 10 Build a School
At a city commission meeting Mayor Laz Schwarz said the school board would request funding for a school building for higher grade pupils. Commissioners Pillans and Lyons said the commission stood ready to build if plans are affordable and expandable. The school board architect was at work on plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Schwarz
Pillans
City Commission
Laz Schwarz
Pillans and
Lyon
Sidna Allen On Trial For Murder In Hillsville Shootings
Sidna Allen stood trial for life in Wytheville Virginia on the murder charge connected to the Hillsville courthouse shooting that killed Judge Thornton L. Massie. Attorney Buxton argued the fatal shot came from the officials side, not from the Aliens side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidna Allen
Wytheville
Thornton L. Massie
Hillsville Court House
Buxton
Allen
Massie
Formal Exercises Open Gulf Exposition in Mobile
The Mobile Gulf Tropical Exposition opened with speeches by Mayor Schwarz and State Commissioner Kolb. Exhibits from Citronelle and Wilmer districts, sugar cane displays, and a strong agricultural show drew crowds as the fair grounds buzzed with activity and preparations continued late.
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Canalejas
Slayer
Manuel Martin
Taft
Land Congress
Commonwealth
Battlehiouse
Mobile Chamber of Ot and Business League
State Land Congress
Joseph Q. Thompson
Montgomery Business Men's League
J. Troy
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Birmingham Chamber of
East
B, L. Moss
Robert E. Spragins
First National Bank
Pate
Andrew Carnegie Library
Jefferson ST
Bankers Day Program of
Mobile Tropical Exposition
Mississippi Agricultural College
CITY
Kolb
Ass Band
J. A. Jo
Chamber of Commerce and Busic League
Ord
Fairee Tee
Fair Committee
H. Reiderman
Gulf City
Southern Dairy
Southern Railway
Fair Grounds
Arlington
Chunchula
Mobile County
Wilmer
G. A. Maloney
Chicago
J. W. Butler
Irvington
Dew
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