Alabama Good Roads Delegation Arrives for Mobile Convention
The special train bearing good roads delegates will reach Mobile Wednesday night at 7 30 pm and be met at the Louisville and Nashville station by a large local and visiting group led by State President John Craft. Delegates will register at the Cawthon hotel, receive badges, and a reception committee including life members will greet them. An auto trip to county orchards and farms is planned with a single convention session on Saturday.
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Good Roads
The
Alabama Association
Mobile
Louisville and Nashville
John Craft
Cawthon Hotel
J. A. Rountree
J. M. Friedman
C. F. Cullen
Captain Craft
Association
E. J. Buck
John T. Cochran
J. K. Glennon
Charles Hall
C. B. Hervey
W. H. Holcombe
Joseph Lyons
Rittenhouse Moore
Capt
T. W. Nichol
Harry Pillans
Frederick Thompson
T. W. White
H. G. Ashley
Sr. G. Barclay
George Fearn, Jr
Hey‘man Gabriel
Adam Glass
Warren H. Roberts
C. C. Mechem
J. D. Bloch
Bloch
Orange
Conception Street
Wagon Driver Falls From Wagon in City Accident
Thomas Murdock, a delivery wagon driver, fell from his wagon at Conception and Dauphin streets this afternoon while attempting to open a packing case. He suffered a compound fracture of the left arm.
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Thomas Murdock
Conception
Dauphin Streets
Murdock
Twenty four meet death in coal mine disaster
Official list shows 24 men killed and six injured at Acton No. 2 mines Alabama Fuel and Iron Company. Cause undetermined pending investigation by state mine inspector C. H. Nesbitt. Among the dead eight were negroes and four foreigners. Two mules lost. Embalming planned and interment set for today.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Acton No. 2
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
C. H. Nesbitt
Acton
Rescue of thirty on Scotsdyke by Iron Duke in Channel
The British battleship Iron Duke rescued thirty passengers and crew from the burning steamer Scotsdyke in the English Channel as heavy seas prevented lifeboat launches. The Scotsdyke, from Mediterranean ports, caught fire off the Isle of Wight during night trials by the Iron Duke.
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Associated Press
London
Iron Dyke
Engsh
Mediterranean
Isle of
Iron Duke
Alabama Governor Proclaims Thanksgiving Day
Governor O Neal designated Thursday November 27 as Thanksgiving Day in Alabama. He urged abstaining from work and expressing gratitude in worship, calling for forgiveness and charity. The proclamation cites pioneering history and national unity, praising the year's prosperity and civic progress.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Alabama
The
Republic
First Vessel of Panama Service Takes Pipe Cargo
The British steamship Samara sails from Mobile for Colon via Gulfport marking the Seeberg Steamship Company new Mobile to Colon line. On board 30,000 pieces of iron sewer pipe and 250 boxes of fire brick from Chattanooga. The line aims to compete with United Fruit and plans direct Mobile to Colon sailings.
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Samara
Thompson
Mobile
Colon
R. P
Gulfport
Miss
Donald McKay
Seeberg Steamship Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
United Fruit Company
Seeberg
Caton
Canal Zone
Rolf Seeberg
B. C. Rain
W. 8. Hurlburt
New Orleans
Ohio
Southern
Sreen
Rabid Dog Bites Ten-Year-Old In Cedar Street Area
The ten year old son of William Grover on Cedar Street near Texas was bitten twice on the right arm by a suspected rabid dog early Wednesday. He suffered pain until treatment by Dr. C. H. Harris and is under observation this afternoon. Police report the dog is at large and efforts are under way to destroy it.
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William Grover
Cedar Street
Texas
C. H. Harris
Reduced railroad rates boost Mobile shoppers during week
Holiday shopping week and reduced railroad rates draw many shoppers to Mobile. Merchants report to Don Farnsworth of the Chamber of Commerce that Alabama Good Roads Association convention round trips cost fare and a third, not a single fare as misprinted. Chairman Jacob Reiss praises the results and shoppers enjoy the week’s advantages.
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Mobile
Don Farnsworth
Chamber of Commerce
Jacob Reiss
Alabama Good Roads Association
Weather forecast for Alabama and surrounding region
Weather mobile forecast indicates continuation of fair and warmer conditions tonight with partly cloudy skies and moderate southeast winds. For Alabama, expect fair conditions tonight with warmer temperatures in the north and east portions and a Thursday outlook of generally fair skies.
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Mobile
Alabama
Final Willingham Report Recommends Compulsory Education
Alabama State Superintendent Henry J Willingham plans to file his final annual report with Governor O Neale, urging compulsory education and local taxation for schools. The document notes longer terms and higher enrollment, and signals Willingham’s retirement and succession by William F Feagin.
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Montgomery
Henry J.wilingham
O'Neal
Willingham
Florence Normal Wie
Wiliam F. Feagin
Educational Department
Alabama
No Duty On Import Corn Sparked by Mobile Report
Sixty thousand bushels of corn from Argentina are due in Mobile the first week in December by steamer from Buenos Ayres. A Pensacola dispatch notes a shipment of about 1500 tons bought by wholesale merchants amid claims of duty reductions. The report asserts no import duty exists on corn, but this is in error.
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Argentina
Mobile
Buenos Ayres
Pensacola
Alabama Delegates Named to Road Builders Convention
Montgomery Nov 19 Governor O NeaI named State Highway Engineer W S Keller J A Rountree and John W O Neill of Birmingham as delegates to the American Road Builders Association convention to start in Philadelphia on December 9.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
W. S. Keller
J. A. Rountree
John W. O'Neill
Birmingham
American Road Builders’ Association
Philadelphia
Job Concedes Postmaster Post in Mobile Endorsed by Taylor
Thornton a well known attorney and Mobile county school board member is agreed upon for Mobile postmaster. He is the only Mobilian endorsed by Congressman G W Taylor and was tied to Judge Peter Joseph Hamilton in Thornton and Hamilton law firm. All applicants except Thornton and W M Johnston have withdrawn.
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J. Blocker Thornton
Mobile County Board of School Commissioners
Mobile
Thornton
G. W. Taylor
Peter Joseph Hamilton
Thornton and Hamilton
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Thornton
W. M. Johnston
Insolvency Petition Filed Against Annamanee Firms
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in the United States district court by W. B. Atkins Grocery Company and others against McLellan and Prichett of Annamanee Wilcox County. The case was referred to referee W. K. Campbell in Selma.
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United States District Court
W. B. Atkins Grocery Company Et al
McLellan and Prichett
Annamanee
Wilcox County
W. K. Campbell
Selma
Carranza Takes Staff South From Hermosillo
General Carranza and his staff will depart Nogales at 2 p.m. as plans for talks with Wilson envoy William Bayard Hale unfold. Escudero may join. a formal credentials request signals possible rupture in Washington negotiations.
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Associated Preas
Nogales
Sonora
Carranza
Bscudero
Wilson
William Bayard Hale
Escudero
Envoy Hale
Washington
Mexico
Hermosifio
Presidentielsen
Bel
No. Bales
Bulgarian Officer Fails in Paris Duel with Breitzmayer
Lieutenant Torcom, a Bulgarian officer, challenged Pierre Loti and Paris journalists over an anti Bulgarian article. He finally met writer swordsman George Breitzmayer in a morning duel in Paris. Torcom was wounded in the breast in the sixth bout and withdrew from the contest.
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Paris
Torcom
Pierre Loti
George Breitzmayer
Judge Overrules Exceptions in libel case Stranger vs Dora Allison
In the case of FE L Whitney master of the barkentine Stranger against the Schooner Dora Allison and Thomas L Cook, Judge Toulmin Wednesday morning overruled the defendant's exceptions to the libel.
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FE. L. Whitney
Barkentine Stranger
Dora Allison
Thomas L. Cook
United States District Court
Toulmin
Huerta to Address Congress as Mexico Reads Election Result
Mexico City reports General Huerta plans to address his cabinet and newly convened congress tomorrow. The move could set the stage for a provisional president if elections and inauguration are delayed. Diplomats, except Nelson O Shaughnessy, will attend the session amid tensions with Carranza and Wilson.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Huerta
Congress
William Bayard Hale
Wilson
Carranza
United States
O'Shaughnessy
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Mr. O'Shaughnessy
Washington
British Cruisers Sail from West Indies to Vera Cruz
British cruiser squadron of three armored ships sails at midnight from Barbadoes toward Vera Cruz under Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock. The Suffolk flagship leads the 9,800 ton vessels armed with 6 inch guns and smaller ordnance, heading to join Mexican gulf forces with other Allied ships.
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West Indies
Vera Cruz
Bridgetown
Barbardos
West Indian
Suffolk
Lancaster
Berwick
Christopher Craddock
Mexican Gulf
Louisiana
Michigan
Rhode
Islaginia
New Jersey
Nebraska
Tacoma
Chester
Hertha
Pacific
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