Call for mass meeting on Mobile road bond questions
President Cochrane of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League calls a public mass meeting in the Battle House Auditorium at 8 p m Thursday to discuss the handling of funds from the $500 000 road bond issue. The move follows a dispute between the board of revenue and the road commissioners and the resignation of County Engineer Strange. Citizens are invited to attend with information or suggestions.
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Cochrane
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Mobile County
Strange
Battle House
Mobile
Expedition 10 Factory Drive Seeks New Sites
Secretary KE J Troy of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League leaves tonight for a factory expedition through Illinois Indiana and Missouri. He plans to visit St Louis Chicago and Indianapolis to present location propositions and secure better conditions for relocation. The trip follows a delay caused by the Williams burg Knitting Mills merger proposed near this city.
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KE. J. Troy
Chamber-_of-Commerce and Business League
North
Troy
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Williamsburg Knitting Mills
St. Louis
Chicago
Indianapolis
Son of Mayor Seriously Ill in City
Mayor Schwarz returns to city hall after hours at his sick son's bedside. Samuel Schwarz is under treatment and physicians hope for the best. Mrs Samuel Schwarz, suffering nervous prostration, remains infirmary bound but not believed to be critically ill.
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Samuel Schwarz
Schwarz
Irs
Shaaiea
Injunction Sought to Stop Cochrane Lines Work in Mobile Area
Attorneys for A. J. Spencer Lumber Co filed a chancery court petition seeking an injunction against Mobile Terminal Co, a Cochrane line, to stop railroad tracks on Laurent plantation land north of One Mile creek between the L and N and M and O roads. The case cites disputed rights to streets and land ownership, with Chancellor Smith to hear the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Spencer Lumber Company
Chancery Court
Mobile Terminal Company
Cochrane
Laurent
One Mile Creek
Chancellor Smith
Old City Council of
Mobile
John T. Cochrane
Laurent Plantation
Spencer Lumber Company
Three Mile Creek
Spencer
T. M. Stevens
W. B. Inge
Honduras Exhibit at Tropical Fair Headed to Mobile
The first annual fair in Mobile will feature a large Honduras exhibit showcasing field farm and forest products in raw and manufactured forms. A special trip by Honduras exhibitors will bring the collection to the city and display equipment and preparation methods. The board will also add an arts exhibit similar to last season's Woman's Building display.
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Honduras
Agg Crema Cantons
Lady Board of Managers
Board of
Lady Managers
Stopplebein
Robert Wayne
H. P. Hirshfield
M. E. Pouncey
Thomas Norville
J. Bestor Robertson
Board of Lady Managers
Stella Edwards Bound Over To City Grand Jury
Stella Edwards known as Stella Logan was bound over to the city grand jury in 100 dollars bond after a trial in the inferior court. William Cox alleges she stole three gold pins from his residence on Government street loop district. Attorneys represented both sides in the lengthy proceedings.
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Stella Edwards
Stella Logan
William Cox
Government Street Loop
City Court
Grand Jury
Selma State Reunion Nominates Brigade Sponsors
Brigadier General Berney appoints Miss Cola Barr Craig of Selma as sponsor and Miss Kitty Grey Coleman of Uniontown and Miss Mary Milthous of Selma as maids of honor with Mrs Harry Hooper of Selma as matron of honor for the Second Brigade UCV at the Selma reunion set for October 16 and 17, 1912.
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Selma
Berney
Alabama
Cola Barr Craig
Misa
Kitty Grey
Coleman
Uniontown
Ala
Mary Milthous
Harry Hooper
McLaughlin Railway Halted by War Department Delays Likely
Construction on the Pensacola to Mobile McLaughlin line is stopped at Dolive bay after complaints that a trestle would obstruct a navigable stream. Major Clement R. Flagler says permission from the War Department is needed before bridges can be built, delaying a 58 mile project with ferried crossings and a south Blakely Island terminus.
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United States
McLaughlin
Pensacola
Mobile
Dolive Bay
Baldwin County
Baldwin Shore
Monroe Park
Clement R. Flagler
William McLaughlin
Flagter
McLaughlin Company
Cros
War Department
Flagler
Blakely River
Little Bay
Blakely Island
Pensaccola
New Site Sought for Church Home for Orphans
The Home for Orphans site committee reviews bids for a proposed church home location. Members John E. Mitchell chair, W. B. Delchamps, William H. Armbrecht, and W. T. Kelly consider multiple options near the city within a mile of streetcar lines. No final action. sites to be personally inspected with an expert, aiming for about forty acres to support a largely self sustaining track garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home For Orphans
Messrs
John E. Mitchell
W. B. Delchamps
William H. Armbrecht
W. T. Kelly
Mitchell
Church Home Building Committee
Two Deaths Reported at County Poor Asylum
Two deaths were reported at the County Poor Asylum since yesterday. Florence Groves, 32, an inmate, died of tuberculosis. Oliver Perry, 45, born in London, a seafaring man, died Tuesday from an unusual case of liver trouble.
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Florence Groves
Oliver Perry
London
England
Negro Lynched by Inmates of State Prison
At Rawlings Wysp October 2 convicts at the Wyoming state prison lynched Frank Wigfall a negro ex convict held for safe keeping after he attacked Mrs Esther Wig gins aged 78 near Fort Steel. A mob earlier tried to seize Wigfall from the county jail prompting officers to seek Governor Carey for orders to transfer him to the state prison.
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Rawlings
Wyoming State Prison
Frank Wigfall
Wigfall
Esther Wiggins
Fort Steel
Higgins
State Penitentiary
Carey
Cheyenne
T Negro
Imports Show Good Increase for Past Month
The September trade report from the Port Ashley collector shows imports rising by over a quarter of a million dollars to 513,542, while exports fell slightly by over a quarter of a million to 268,288. Nine months totals favor 1912 with exports at 27,435,942 and imports at 4,014,417, up from 19,408,457 and 2,821,316. Major exporters in September were Cuba and England, with Cuba at 695,192 and England 536,531.
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Port Ashley
Cuba
England
Netherlands
Baacseedentars
British Honduras
Awe
Guatemala
Sesee
Hionduras
Mexico
isiMad
French West Indies
Haiti
Argentina
Uruguay
Seas
Willie Dickerson Held for City Court Arraignment
Willie Dickerson, arrested after an assault with a knife on Arthur Garner, was arraigned before Recorder Hale and held in 250 bond for the city court grand jury to answer a charge of assault to murder.
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Willie Dickerson
Arthur Garner
Hale
Weather Forecast for Moolle and Nearby Areas
Forecasts through 7 pm Thursday call for generally fair conditions in Moolle and vicinity with moderate northeast winds. Alabama and Mississippi regions are expected to remain fair tonight and Thursday with moderate northeast winds. The official Weather Bureau map and meteorological table appear on the last page.
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Moolle
Alabama
Mississippi
The
Weather Bureau
American Murdered by Mexican Rebels in Durango
Herbert L. Russell manager of the San Juan Michis ranch in Durango, owned by Allen C. McCaughan the American vice consul, was killed Sunday night by rebels. A cipher telegram to the embassy caused initial misreporting, but Ambassador Wilson demanded action to capture and punish the killer.
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Mexico City
Herbert L. Russell
San Juan Michis Ranch
Durango
Allen C. McCaughan
Theodore C. Hamm
McCaughan
Cliff
Wilson
Mexico Negotiations With Zapata Seen Aimed at Peace
Reports to the state department say Mexico is negotiating with the rebel Zapata for peace. Ambassador Calero acting for President Taft is influencing the Madero government, with war likely to resume on a stronger scale if peace talks fail.
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Washington
Zapata
State Department
Calero
Taft
Madero
Posey Chosen President Of Mobile West Shore Traction
Directors of the Mobile West Shore Traction Company elected E B Posey as president to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge HM Austin. Jacob Reiss was named a director and the annual stockholders meeting was set for next Tuesday to elect directors, discuss financing, and advance construction plans.
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Mobile- West Shore Traction Company
E. B. Posey
HM. Austin
Jacob Reiss
Mobile
Mobe- West Shore Traction Company
Almost Severed Head From Body In Alabama Murder
Deputy sheriffs seek Johnny Dunlap in Mobile county for the murder of Mabel James in Prichard last Sunday night. Dunlap, who wanted to marry the woman after she refused, drew a knife and slashed her throat nearly severing her head, leaving a half inch of skin at the neck.
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Johnny Dunlap
Sheriff's Department
Mabel James
Prichard
Dunlap
James
Mobile
Heavy fine for selling liquor on Cedar Point road
Lillie Lartigue, proprietor, was fined 500 dollars or 140 days hard labor by Judge Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court for selling liquor in violation of prohibition laws. She appealed to the city court with bond set at 500 dollars, after an arrest staged by deputies posing as customers in a county crackdown on blind tigers.
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Lillie Lartigue
Cedar Point Road
Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Lartigue
Lynch
Mansfield
St. Elmo
Tetzlaff Forced To Yield In Vanderbilt Cup Race
In Wauwatosa on October 2 Teddy Tetzlaff led the Vanderbilt cup race in a Fiat for about 200 miles before engine failure forced him to quit at 2 o clock. He had led De Palma Hughes and Wishart by six minutes after covering the distance at an average speed of 72 mph. De Palma then took the lead with Hughes pressing.
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Wauwatosa
Wis
Teddy Tetzlaff
de Palma
Hughes
Wishart
Tetzlaff
Fear death by own action of Edward Green
Edward Green, 22, of Crichton, left home Monday morning to hire a vehicle and move his belongings and has not been seen since. Family fears he may have harmed himself. police were asked to help in a search as a brother provided a description and noted prior suicide threats. Green is described as 6 feet tall, 185 pounds, dark hair, wearing a blue serge suit, felt hat and tan shoes.
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Edward Green
Crichton
Green
Warren Burch
Lower Government Street
Public School Enrollment to Exceed Four Thousand This Year
Enrollment for the 1912 term is projected above 4,000 pupils. Secretary R Hines Jr cites heavy attendance across kindergarten, grammar, and high school divisions. Readings include Owen Street area 66 and nearby cotton mills district 54 with Pine Grove 42.
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R . Hines, Jr
Board of Wach Commissioners
Owen Street
Mobile Cotton Mills
Pine Grove
Incendiary Fire Hits City Reduction Plant Degree Fire Destruction
Merchant Joseph Tyrrell says the recent blaze at the city reduction plant operated by Edward Zeller was likely incendiary. He owns nearby property by the Franklin street dump and urges temporary disposal of cremated carcasses at the dump until the plant is rebuilt, noting long-standing odor complaints.
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Edward ZeHer
Joseph Tyrrell
Schwarz
Tyrrell
Franklin Street
Zeller
Conception Street
Mr. Tyrrell
Balkans Ready for War as Balkan States Mobilize
London reports show Bulgaria Serbia Greece and Montenegro mobilizing vast forces in a bid to pressure Turkey over Macedonia reforms. Vienna notes warn of possible escalation as Turkish and Greek interests clash over shipping and transit, with diplomats racing to avert a wider conflict.
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London
Balkan Peninsula
Turkey
Balkan
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Vienna
Austria
Austria Hungary
Macedonia
Porte
P Oaer
Greece protests detention of Greek vessel in Turkish waters
Constantinople reports Greece objects to the detention of a Greek ship in Turkish waters amid Turkish army mobilization. A London telegram says mobilization has begun in Macedonia and Asia Minor. Turks seek Roumania and Albania as allies while smaller states prepare plans to resist.
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Constantinople
Greece
London
Macedonia
Anatolia
Asia Minor
Balkan
Turkey
Rourania
Servian Frontier Town Fired On By Turks
Fifty Turkish soldiers fired toward the Servian frontier town of Raska, Belgrade reports say. The Servian ministry has received accounts that residents are fleeing the town as the bombardment continues.
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London
Raska
Belgrade
Another Applicant for Cemetery Keeper
Another candidate sought the Magnolia cemetery keeper post this morning as Mayor Schwarz received George Stewart’s application. Ellis Long filed for the Southern Market watchman role and Dave L. Atkinson applied to join the police force.
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Magnolia Cemetery
Schwarz
George Stewart
Ellis Long
Southern Market
Dave L. Atkinson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Troy of C. of
Cochrane Lines
Spencer Lumber Co
Laurent Tract
Mlaughlin
Ambassador Wilson
Posey
Traction CO
Young Crichton
Balkans
Austria-Hungary
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