Unions End Southern Pacific Strike in Texas and Louisiana
The Southern Pacific-Atlantic system resumed service after a settlement reached with four unions the Order of Railroad Trainmen Conductors Engineers and Locomotive Firemen. The agreement requires immediate return to work and joint talks to resolve remaining grievances across Texas and Louisiana from New Orleans to El Paso.
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Houston
Texas
Southern Pacific
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Mediation Board
Associated Press
Southern Pacific-Atlantic
Louisiana
Wieck Og Opm
Azagee Wegere
Federated Union
Interstate Commerce Commission
Order
Order of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Sunset Central
Atlantic
New Orleans
el Paso
Strike Ended As Railroads Accept Federal Mediation Proposal
Washington reports the termination came when the Southern Pacific and its employers accepted a federal mediation board plan. The agreement calls for railroad and union committees to meet and a failure by either side would send the dispute to the federal board for settlement efforts. President Wilson welcomed the settlement amid border patrol neutrality concerns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southern Pacific
Federal Board of Emdiation
Federal Board
Wilson
Sociologists to debate Somers plan this Monday
At the regular weekly municipal sociology meeting in Harte Auditorium Jesse F. Hogan will be the principal speaker. He will present a paper on Laws Governing Assessments The Somers System and Specific Instances of Unequal Assessments.
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Harte Auditorium
Jesse F. Hogan
Somers
O Neal appoints Glass to fill Senate vacancy
Governor O Neal names Frank P. Glass editor of the Birmingham News and president of the Montgomery Advertiser to succeed the late Senator Joseph F Johnston in the United States Senate. Glass is among the oldest and best known newspaper men in Alabama and the South.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank P. Glass
Birmingham News
Montgomery Advertiser
United States
O’neal
Joseph F. Johnston
Glass
South
Keller Arrives With Road Models for Good Roads Meet
State Engineer W S Keller and assistant R P Boyd arrived in Mobile with road models from the Alabama Highway Commission to display at the Good Roads Association convention. Visitors will tour farming areas and satsuma groves in Mobile county with data on orange crops. Low travel rates from neighboring states go into effect Tuesday and run to November 25. Local merchants prepared for crowds and early Christmas shopping. A committee raised $60 to boost visitor entertainment, bringing the fund to about $850 with a goal of $1,000 before the meeting.
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Alabama Good Roads Association
Mobile
W. S. Keller
Highway Commission of Alabama
R. P. Boyd
Satsuma
Captain Craft
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
Don Farnsworth
William H. Monk, Jr
Thaw Habeas Hearing Set in Concord
Amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus to stay Thaw's removal from New Hampshire to New York was filed by his lawyers. Amendments followed a New York County indictment charging conspiracy to escape Matteawan asylum. A hearing on Thaw's petition and New York state's petition to dismiss will occur in federal court tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
New Hampshire
New York
Thaw
New York County
Matteawan Asylum
New York State
Cooperation in Conservation Aims at State Federal Aid
Secretary Lane urged tighter cooperation between state and federal governments on natural resource conservation at the National Association of Conservation Commissioners meeting. He cited the drainage of eighty million acres of swamp lands in the Southern states as a key problem needing state help.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lane
National Association of Conservation Commissioners
Trustees approve work of Alabama Archives and History
The state department of archives and history in Montgomery, led by Dr. Thos M. Owen, received board approval as trustees met at the capitol. The passage cites the annual report of Director Owens.
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Montgomery
Ala
The
State Department of Archives and History
Capitol
Thos.m. Owen
Owens
Women held in dungeon over scrub task at police station
Bella Bettis Sarah Johnson and Marie Johnson, three Black women, are confined in the police dungeon after refusing to scrub engine No 4 at the firehouse. Officers say the women, experts in scrubbing, face several days in custody unless they agree to the task over their seven day sentence.
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Bella Bettis
Sarah Johnson
Marie Johnson
Sarah
Luther Murray
Birmingham seeks extra session over county finances
Birmingham's city officials urged Governor ONeill to call an extraordinary legislative session to relieve Jefferson County from the fee system and place all officials on salaries. A delegation plans to press the issue in Montgomery in the next days, with no decision yet reached.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
O’neal
A. O. Lane
Hugh McGeever
Board of Revenue
Jefferson County
O'Neal
Judge Lane
Lane
Somers System Founder Arrives in Mobile for Winter
W A Somers of New York, originator of the Somers System of realty assessment, arrived in Mobile with Mrs Somers and will spend winter in Fairhope. The scheme, begun in St Paul in 1886, has spread to about twenty U.S. cities and is under consideration in Mobile. Somers, once Minneapolis city engineer, would be invited by the chamber to speak on tax valuation methods.
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W. A. Somers
New York
Somers
Mobile
Fairhope
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means Arm Ties
Van Heuval Still Faithful To Invention Scheme
Martin Van Heuval a Mobile lumberman remains convinced of Roy Meyers inventor claims despite Meyers embezzling funds and hiding money. Meyers told a sensational town tale while a New Orleans arrest unfolds, and Van Heuval hopes for restoration of his investment as authorities hold the recovered funds.
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Martin van Heuvel
Roy Meyers
New Orleans
Meyers
van Heuvel
van Heuval
United States Patent Office
Washington
Bicycle Theft Alleged Arrests In City
Will Holmes and Geneva Shepard were arrested Monday morning by Officer Roy Williams and jailed as dangerous and suspicious. They are accused of stealing a bicycle owned by C. R. Lavelle and will appear in recorder's court Monday afternoon.
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Will Holmes
Geneva Shepard
Roy Williams
C. R. Lavelle
Recorder’s Court
Early Severage Debate Over Convict Road Work In Mobile
Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners discussed convict labor methods on roads, costs, and shackling at a Tuesday meeting. Commissioner Hagan criticized the system while Gaillard urged concrete action. no decisions were made. Rumors of halting road work were denied as unfounded.
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Mobile County
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
John D. Hagan
Dallas County
Gaillard
Mineman
Henry Brannan
Green
Bauer
Jefferson County
Hagan
Cedar Point Road
Dog River
W. H. Reynolds
Weather outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with light east winds. Alabama expects mostly fair weather and warmer temperatures in the north portion, while Mississippi anticipates warmer conditions with continued partly cloudy skies in the north.
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Mobile
Alabama
North
Mississippi
Mexican Embassy Ready to Leave Mexico City at Moment’s Notice
The Mexican ambassador to the United States, named as likely successor to President Huerta, is prepared to depart Mexico City at any moment. O'Shaughnessy remains unsure of the next move as Huerta ignores a prior diplomatic note.
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Mexico City
Onte
United States
Mexico
Washington
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
O'Shaughnessy
Vera Cruz
al Nano
Blanquet
Sa O
Huerta
Manuel Garza Aldape
General Huerta
Congress
John Lind
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
el Imparcial
Mexican Congress
White House
Quaintemere
Andes
Rumor of Blanquet Leaving Cabinet Shocks Mexico
Reports from Mexico City say General Blanquet may resign amid cabinet tensions with President Huerta while talk of breaking relations with the United States grows. Dispatches note uncertainty over the U S embassy and possible U S withdrawal as political turmoil continues.
Night River Hunt Fails to Identify Tug West Robber
Excitement ran along the river front when three detectives boarded a Government Street launch to pursue a thief who robbed Captain Otto C. Olsen of the tug R. C. West. They found no clue after a night on the river and continued inquiries the next day. The theft occurred in Olsen’s cabin behind the pilot house, where $172, a watch, and a clothing grip were taken. The West, under repair at Ollinger and Bruce dry docks, had no remaining evidence for officers to pursue.
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Government Street
Otto C. Olsen
R. C. West
Olsen
Murphy, Peargon
Burch
Ollinger and
Bruce Dry
Captain Olsen
Mexicans Sentenced to 18 Months’ Labor in City Court
In city court on Monday the judge handed sentences to inmates. Solomon Poe received sixty days hard labor for carnal knowledge. Stephen Morales and Manuel Zamorra were jailed for eighteen months for grand larceny. Zamorra also faced six months for petit larceny. Charles Harts got three months for concealed weapons. Elijah Arrington was sentenced to ninety days ward labor for assault and battery.
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Solomon Poe
Stephen Morales
Manuel Zamorra
Charles Harts
Elijah Arrington
Patterson-Edey Lumber Co Formed With $50,000 Capital
The Patterson Edey Lumber Company was incorporated on Monday with a charter filing in probate court. The firm will engage in general lumber and mill business and operate a railroad as part of its activities.
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Patterson-Edey Lumber Company
New Lumber Company
Capitaliz
Huerta Plans New Military Campaigns and Pacification
Mexico City reports General Huerta will finalize his new committee and pursue planned military campaigns and pacification policies. Analysts note rising belief in a hands-off U S policy, with observers citing U S indifference toward renewed fighting and a possible expansion of rebel control in Chihuahua.
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Mexico City
Huerta
United States
Washington
Chihuahua
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Shore Acres Company
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