Trains Wreck Near Clayton Kills 20 and Injures 250
A Central of Georgia passenger train plunged through a Clayton Alabama trestle killing twenty and injuring about two hundred fifty as it rushed to the county fair at Eufaula. Relief trains were dispatched and several notable locals are among the injured.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Central of Georgia
Clayton
Monroe Floyd
Pomp Utsey
McLane
Clio
Irene Rountree
Wash McGilvray
Curve Bell
Eufaula
R. Deal
Barbour County
Jeff Clayton
Henry D. Clayton
Derailed Central of Georgia Train Kills Eight in Clayton
Eight people were killed and more than a hundred injured when three coaches of a Central of Georgia passenger train derailed near Clayton Alabama today. Several wounded are believed fatally hurt as rescue teams work the scene.
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Associated Press
Clayton
Ala
Central
eGorgia
Understanding With England
London dispatch reports the British government kept informed of U S moves on Mexico. Ambassador Page met Sir Edward Grey after a Washington cable, signaling a possible understanding that neither power acts alone. Britain consents to US leadership while protecting British lives and property in Mexico.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Mexico
Ambassador Page
Washington
Sir Edward Grey
Fitish
Great Britain
Want Ads Growing Like Clover in Spring
An upbeat brief describing the value of want ads for spring trading. Encourages readers to place ads via The Mobile Item with Bell 52 or Home 52 as contact points. Emphasizes stylish use and community appeal for selling old goods and finding items in the local paper.
Carranza Confident Despite Awaiting Washington Reply
Gen Venustiano Carranza, leader of the constitutionalists in Nogales Sonora, awaits the U S answer to the Hale proposal. Washington hinted the United States might lift the arms embargo if Carranza guarantees order and the foundation of representative government. Carranza has long opposed U S intervention, hoping for stable conditions without it.
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Associated Press
Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Wilson
Venustiano Carranza
William Bayard Hale
Washington
Hale
United States
Carranza
Mexico
Improvements on Southern Ry. signal system between Macon and Jesup
The Southern Railway announces installation of a telephone block signal system on 147 miles between Macon and Jesup. The setup includes a line with stations at passing tracks and fifty additional telephone-telegraph operators, plus three extra dispatchers in Atlanta. The upgrade, along with double tracking and nine new passing tracks, expands safety and efficiency for through trains to Chicago, Cincinnati, St Louis, Memphis, and Kansas City.
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Macon
Southern Railway
Jesup
E. H. Coapman
Atlanta
Southern
Queen and Crescent
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Southern’s
Chicago
St. Lowuis
Memphis
Kansas City
Germany Calls for U S Intervention in Mexico
Cologne Germany Nov 13 Berlin dispatch in the Cologne Gazette urges immediate armed intervention by the United States in Mexico. The message predicts President Wilson will likely break off all relations with Mexico.
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Associated Press
Cologne
Germany
United States
Mexico
Berlin
Cologne Gazette
Wilson
Wasserleben Appeal Now in Supreme Court
Virginia Wasserleben, sentenced to life for the murder of her Mobile husband, has appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court. The case, covered by The Item, notes the appeal was filed after a Mobile court verdict.
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Wasserleben
Supreme Court
Montgomery
Ala
Virginia Wasserleben
Mobile
Lord Cowdray Denies Funding Huerta Controversy
English oil magnate Lord Cowdray rejects allegations that he supplied millions to Huerta in support of his defiant stance in the dispute with the United States.
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Lord Cowdray
Huerta
United States
Senate Banking Committee Talks On Currency Bill Split
The six administration Democrats on the senate banking committee met with Senator Hitchcock and five Republicans to draft a dispersing report on the administration currency bill. They adjourned informally with plans to reconvene Saturday and submit a full committee report Monday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Hitchcock
Administration
Will Lawyers Lose Their Fees?
The Alabama Supreme Court considers Daniel W. Troy v. State Auditor over $41 000 in special counsel fees paid during Governor O Neals administration. Troy seeks a mandamus for $125 for services in a corporate matter, following a Montgomery ruling that 1911 acts authorizing the governor to employ counsel are unconstitutional. The decision could bar thousands in other special fees and require refunds if the ruling stands.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Daniel W. Troy
Supreme Court
Troy
Gaston Gunter
Gunter
American refugees aboard the Louisiana at Tuxpam
Fifteen American refugees have been taken aboard the battleship Louisiana at Tuxpam. Admiral Boush reports American property is not in immediate danger.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louisiana
Tuxpam
Navy Department
Boush
Weather Forecast for Alabama Mississippi Regions
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with warmer temperatures and fair Friday across Alabama and Mississippi. North Alabama may be cooler while southern Mississippi stays warmer with light to moderate variable winds.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Strike on Southern Pacific Contingent on Mediation Board
About 2,500 Southern Pacific workers from New Orleans to El Paso weigh a strike at 7 pm pending federal mediation action. President Scott appealed to the Board of Mediation. 98 percent voted to strike, with 67 grievances to settle among four unions including engineers and conductors. Affected count listed as 2,413 men.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Navy
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
el Paso
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
W. B. Scott
Sunset Central Lines
Union
Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Wilson Sees Better Turn In Situation
The American embassy in Mexico remains in suspense as day passes without reply from the Mexican dictator who is reported to have flown from the capital, leaving officials awaiting clarification and action.
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Wilson
Mexico
Huerta Rumors Say He Has Flown From Capital
Reports that General Huerta fled Mexico City revived this afternoon as those seeking action could not locate any definite trace of him.
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Mexico City
Huerta
President Wilson Holds Back Mexico Statement
President Wilson told Washington correspondents this afternoon he does not plan to issue a statement on the Mexican situation. He cited elements in the case that he cannot discuss now, but said the outlook appears more favorable.
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Washington
Wilson
Christy predicts no strike by Southern Pacific workers
W T Christy of the grievance committee says there will be no strike tonight. Mediation under the Newlands law is expected to satisfy the men, who issued an ultimatum threatening a 7 o clock walkout affecting about one thousand workers in the Algiers shops near New Orleans.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
W. T. Christy
Federated Southern Pacific
Christy
Houston
Algiers
Here
Strike Looms Over Mediation Offer Says Unions
In Houston on November 13 1917 federated committee of four unions said the Southern Pacific strike of 2500 train employees could still go ahead tonight at 7 o clock. They contend the Newlands act has no provision to stop a walkout before mediation begins.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Washington
Federated Committee
Pandemonium at convention over charity chair at Peabody
At New Orleans the United Daughters of the Confederacy clashed over a $50,000 gift to the Peabody Institute for a history chair in a Southern college. The meeting adjournment failed, leading to a prolonged uproar before a compromise was reached and the treasurer noted $13,000 in the treasury.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Peabody Institute
Southern College
Mary B. Popperheim
Committee On Education
C. B.tate
Wilson prepares statement on Mexican situation postponing release
President Wilson planned a formal statement on Mexico today but Secretary Tumulty announced it would be withheld for the present. The White House gave no reason. Reports from Hale and O Shaughnessy stirred speculation on U S policy toward Huerta and possible embassy withdrawal or severance of relations. General Carranza rejected mediation by the United States and reiterated the need for arms imports from the U S. Mexico City notified lawmakers to assemble for organization. Provisional President Huerta remained firm as the embassy watched events.
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Washington
Wilson
Tumulty
White House
Bryan
Wm. Bayard Hale
Nogales
O’shaughnessy
Mexico City
United States
Huerta
Sonora
Mexico
Carranza
Mexican Constitutionalists
Merchants Boost Shopper Interest In Local Week Plans
Enthusiasm among merchants rises daily as they promote shopping here to save money and time. G. of C. urges residents to visit local stores, highlighting deals and quicker purchases during the shopping week.
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G. OF
Mobile Good Roads Shopping Week Ad Promotes City
Five thousand Chamber of Commerce folders promote Mobile's Good Roads Shopping Week tied to the Alabama Good Roads Association convention. The flyer touts round trip rates, quick delivery, lower transportation costs, money back satisfaction, and a push to attract visitors November 17 to 22. Subscriptions to cover convention expenses total six hundred dollars with a goal of one thousand dollars.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Alabama Good Association
Alabama Good Roads’ Association
Dixie
Good Roads
Don Fardsworth
W. H. Monk, Jr
M. J. McDermott
Frank Roche
C. B. Hervey
E. Carroll
W. W. Reynolds
J. D. Bloch
B. H. Fleming
Drew Linard
George Fearn, Jr
Earthquake Shock Felt On the Isthmus
In Panama Isthmus on November 13 another quake was felt for about five seconds. The seismograph at Ancon indicated the event resembled prior shocks since October 1 but with about one third the intensity of the earlier quake.
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Panama
Ancon
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