Cholera Threatens Turkish Front as Bulgarians Advance
Reports from Constantinople dated November 15 describe a worsening cholera outbreak among Turkish troops along the Tchatalja lines. Daily cases exceed 500 with totals over 6,000, while Bulgarian forces reportedly have cholera among their ranks. Observers note Turkish defenses eroding and martial law suppressing protest as Moslems resign to fate.
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Constantinople
Tchataija
Hademkeui
Ferdinand
Derkos
Black Sea
Tchatalja
Bulgarians Reach Kilios Near Constantinople Invasion
London reports Bulgarians have reached Kilios near Therapia the Constantinople area signaling pressing moves toward the Ottoman capital. Observation suggests peace in the Balkans may come with conditions possibly involving the capital’s surrender. Austria Hungary Serbia tensions over Adriatic port gains. Montenegro resists ceding war spoils.
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Constantinople
London
Kilios
Therapia
Balkans
Ferdinand
Servia
Austria-Hungary
Monténegro
Young colored boy confesses to residential robbery
Sixteen year old Alex McCoy alias Eddie McClellen confessed at police headquarters to the home robbery of Mrs. D B Scott 209 North Conception Street. He admitted taking jewelry including a gold bracelet and other items while discarding a leather case with earrings hearts for two oranges and medicine. Most jewelry stolen has been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex McCoy
Eddie McClellen
Murphy
D. B. Scott
North Conception Street
Scott
McCoy
Hart and Martin Freed On Charge Of Gambling
A jury in city court freed Joseph Hart and Peter Martin after a short deliberation. they were charged with operating a gaming table and indicted by the October term grand jury in 1911. The trial spanned several hours with attorneys N R Clarke Tisdale Touart and F J Inge noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hart
Peter Martin
N. R. Clarke
Tisdale Touart
F. J. Inge
Vernal Coleman
Nolle
Thaderich Guilbraver
P. M. Slaushter
Frank Singleton
Baldwin County Day at Big Fair Opens in Mobile Exposition
The fourth day of the Mobile and Gulf Tropical Exposition highlights Baldwin County and Fairhope Day. The Apollo carried visitors from the Single Tax colony and trains brought many more. Large crowds attend, with the Agricultural building center stage. exhibits include honey bees by R. Kirchner and a brooded Rhode Island Red chick incubator from Van Antwerp seed department.
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Baldwin County
Fairhope
Apollo
R. Kirchner
J. M. Kroner
Dawes
H. M. Price & Co
Socialist mayor ordered 10 jail in New York case
Little Falls N Y November 16 George R Dunn Socialist mayor of Schenectady was found guilty of violating a city ordinance by refusing to move during a police interruption of his speech to striking mill workers He was fined 50 or to spend ten days in jail He preferred jail over paying the fine saying it was a matter of principle and he would not pay for quoting Abraham Lincoln The judge noted the quote did not appear in the information and Dunn defended peaceful methods and urged settlement of all cases on a basis of freedom
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Falls
N. Y
George R. Dunn
Schenectady
Dunn
Rree
Lincoln
Abraham Linea
Collins
Abraham
Winnipeg society man Larimer sentenced in $50,000 case
Robert G. Larimer, president of the Larimer Automobile Company and manager of the Detroit Electric Company in Winnipeg, who fled with $50,000 five weeks ago and was captured in Boston, received four years in the penitentiary. He is a native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where his wife resides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Robert G. Larimer
Larimer Automobile Company
Detroit Electric Company
Boston
Johnstown
Weather Forecast for Mobile and Vicinity
Forecasts predict fair conditions tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures. Winds will be light to moderate from the northeast. Shippers' note reports protest against a $2 rate for 36 hour shipments north and east with moderate temperatures and 38 degree readings.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Bread from Sweet Potatoes At Fair Attracts Attention
The fair features loaves containing 50 percent sweet potatoes baked by the Dawes ladies who claim a new food saving method. Citrus fruit from Dawes station and Satsuma oranges in Kroner’s booth draw buyers at 26 cents a dozen. Citronelle wins back the silver cup as Irvington’s Hirshner previously did. Despite closed classes, exhibitors keep submitting entries, while poultry space remains crowded.
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G. O. Johnson
Frank McClure
Virginia Buckley
Corinne Roberts
Roberts
H. P. Hirshfield
Rosa Holberg
T. P. Norville
Nelson W. Perry
Jean O. Johnson
Dawes
Dawes Woman's Club
Woman's Pioneer Club
J. N. Kroner
Dawes Station
Ini
Greit” Bideke
Satsuma
Chunchula
George Hirshner
Irvington
Hirshner
Citronelle
Gunmen Not Slayers of the Gambler Testify in Becker Case
Cirofici testified he left his pals before the Rosenthal shooting in New York on Nov 15. He claimed evidence against him was misinterpreted by an Italian interpreter and that Rose sought to prove his innocence in framing Zelig. Other witnesses described the Metropole scene and a long chin and sharp nose suspect, with none of the four defendants matching the gunman’s description.
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New York
Dago Frank" Cirofici
Herman Rosenthal
Marty Vallon
Gyp
Whitey
Lefty
Frank
Giovanni Stanish
Becker
Stanish
Ce Iestiniaation Fastice
Harford T. Marshall
Trawyer
William Shapiro
Sam Schepps
Harry Vallyn
Metropole
Dougherty
Marshall
Goff
Rosenthal
John J. Hickey
Walker
O'Day
Geau’ Brown
Wahile
James L Meigs Former Nashville Resident Dies at 87
James L. Meigs died Friday after a brief illness in a local infirmary. He was 87 and had lived in Mobile for eighteen years since retiring from business. He leaves relatives including Mrs. J B Herteh, a Mobile resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Meigs
Nashville, Tenn
Mobile
J. B. Herteh
State Federation of Woman's Clubs Convenes in Dothan
The eighteenth annual convention elected officers and chose Dothan Alabama as the next meeting place. Mrs. Irwin Craighead of Mobile was elected treasurer after adjourning the session in Decatur Alabama on November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ala
Dothan
State Federation of Woman's Clubs
Irwin Craighead
Mobile
Confessed plan in murder case linked to Farley trial
Columbus Ohio November 15 Mrs Belle Belden Cleveland detective testified Cecilia Farley stenographer on trial for killing Zollinger confessed in Franklin street jail to firing the shot and claimed she would plead emotional insanity self defense or accidental shooting Her lawyers would be paid 5000 to defend her Farley supposedly named Jerome Quigley as the man she was to marry only three knew who fired the shot with one dead Zollinger widow Mrs Zollinger read Farleys letters from her husband pocket calling her the landlady
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Columbus, CO
Belle Beldon
Cleveland
Cecilia Farley
Fl. Zollinger
Franklin Street
Miss Farley
Jerome Quigley
Quigley
Purity Squad Angers Navy over Seattle Police Women
Seattle mayor releases correspondence between Rear Admiral Reynolds and Major Cotterill about two enlisted men aboard the Chattanooga who allege harassment by two Seattle police women while escorting two girls home from a theatre on November 6. affidavits from the girls and their guardian dispute the claims.
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Seattle
Wash
Alfred Reynolds
Pacific Reserve Fleet
George F. Cotterill
Chattanooga
Reynolds
Admiral Reynolds
Secretary of the Navy
Department
Cotterill
Guardian
Southern Medical Association selects Lexington meeting site
The Southern Medical Association met in Jacksonville on November 16 and elected officers. Dr. Frank Jones of Memphis became president, Stewart McGuire of Richmond named first vice president, Dr. J. D. Love of Jacksonville named second vice president, and Seale Harris of Mobile was chosen secretary and treasurer.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Southern Medical Association
Lexington
Frank Jones
Memphis, Tenn
Stewart McGuire
Richmond
J. D. Love
Seale Harris
Mobile
Sallom Freed After Disorderly Conduct Charge
George Sallom of New Orleans was detained after a dispute on upper Dauphin street and dismissed on a disorderly conduct charge before Recorder Edington. Friends say Sallom came to Mobile to marry a young Syrian girl. arrest followed a misunderstanding at the young woman's workplace.
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George Sallom
New Orleans
Upper Dauphin Street
Edington
Sallom
Mobile
Resolutions back deeper water at Mobile port
The joint rivers and harbors committee of Mobile urged Alabama lawmakers to fund a harbor survey to deepen Mobile harbor to 30 feet and outer bar to 26 feet. The group, chaired by Harry T. Pillans, also discussed turning basin work, lighthouse reconfiguration, and upcoming delegate appointments to the National Rivers and Harbors Congress.
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Port of
Mobile
Joint Rivers and Harver
Pactors and Traders Insurance Company
Alabama
Congress
Harry T. Pillans
W. E.P. Wilson
H. G. Barclay
Erwin Craighead
Hh. HW. Wefel
James Gibboney
Albert #. Bush
Alfred Crates
Harry T. Hartwell
John Craft
A. C. Danner
Stewart Brooks
Benjamin Thurley
A.C. Dannet
H.T. Hartwell
Confess
G. W. Taylor
A. P. Bush
Pillans
Confreseman Taylor
Bankhead and Stephens
Chickasa Bogue Creek
J. F. Ross
the Factors and Traders Insurance Company
Acapulco Hurricane Devastates City and Palm Trees
The City of Panama reports the October hurricane that destroyed about half of Acapulco Mexican buildings and killed eight people. The Maryland cruiser escaped damage due to seamanship. Over 1,000,000 coconut palms were uprooted and debris covered the sea with wreckage of huts, herbs, and livestock.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
City of Panama
Acapulco
Mex
Maryland
Panama
Seven girls poisoned by candy at Ohio college
In Zanesville on November 14 seven girl students at a local business college were poisoned after eating candy. Doctors worked six hours to revive them. two remain in a precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Ohio
Penacola Bogus Check Suspect Nabbed After Mobile Arrest
Police arrest a man known as J Tasenie in Mobile after warrants in Birmingham and Pensacola for obtaining money with fake checks. Detectives found bank checks, a wallet with forged names, and pending actions in multiple cities. He claimed to buy stock for Pensacola, with Bloch & Neuberger noting $572 goods and a $400 Pensacola check.
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Atlanta
Crenshaw
Altce
J Tasenie
Battle House
Murphy
Lacey
Birmingham
Pensacola
American Trust and Savings Bank of
Birmingan
Vin
Ciue
Mobile
Klein
Crensnaw
Budok
Askixt Klein
Sanders
Bioch Neuberger
St. Francis
Battlefields Company
Bloch & Neuberger
Inp
Fensecola
Macon
New York
Yerman
Bodeker
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Hart
Martin Freed
Agricultural and Woman’s
J. A. Joullian
The
Mobile and Gulf Tropical Association
Pai
Dago Frank Ctrofici
Wallon
Webber
Mobilians
Purity Squad
Pacific
Chicasabogue
R. & H. Congress
A. Thompson
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
H. T. Hartwell
W. E. P. Wilson
A. ©. Danner
United States Lighthouse Department
Sam Klein
Bloch
Neuberger
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