Convict Camp Whippings Reported as Cruelty in Mobile County
County officials released findings by County Attorney G J Sullivan and County Physician Marion Inge on alleged cruelty at the Huxford Orvin Camp in Atmore. The report states most convicts were whipped, only fourteen escaped, with severities cited for Will Dixon and a white inmate. The board deferred action pending governor O Neally's commission.
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G. J. Sullivan
Marion Inge
Mobile County
Huxford-Orvin Company
Atmore
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Will Dixon
O'Neal
Gaillard
Sullivan
Hagan
Green
Lott Road
Eight Mile Post
Hogan
Guildard
Jett Bros. Contracting Company
Moffet Road
James Radclife
Southern Fuel Jana Material Company
Hall's Mill Road
Dublin
Houston Streets
Dublin Street
Clark
Clark Street
Ilinois
Illinois Street
Michigan Avenue
Government Street
Harry T. Smith
Twenty murders confessed by Spencer victims and murders
Chicago police weigh the confession of Henry Spencer claiming to have killed twenty persons while linking him to the Rexroat murder and noting doubt about the extent of his crimes. The report lists multiple suspected victims and details from the investigation.
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Spencer
Chicago
Police Today
Henry Spencer
Spe
M Allison Rexroat
Rexroat
Penesos
Wayne
City
P Niedeler
Timothy BE. Devine Charies Pennell
Murphy
de Murphy
Fannie Thompson
Michigan Avenue
Belle — Isle
New York
Neel Gotten
Walkerville
N. Y
Helen Josef
Delaware
Aediana Avenue
Park Row
Conners
Independent steel makers cut prices as tariff shifts market
Independent steel and iron manufacturers report further price cuts for unmanufactured products in New York and New England including a $2 per ton cut in steel plates and sheet steel. United States Steel Corp reportedly held its price as others move lower, with tariff timing cited as a factor.
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Associated Press
New York
New England
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel
President Wilson to Tour South Ending in Mobile
President Wilson will leave Washington on October 25 for Philadelphia to speak at Congress Hall then go to Mobile arriving October 27. He plans a day there to address rural credits for the Southern Commercial Congress before returning to Washington. Frank P. Glass of Birmingham urged a stopover but Wilson said he would press on to minimize time away from the capital.
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Washington
Wilson
Philadelphia
Congress Hall
Mobile
Ala
Southern Commercial Congress
Frank P. Glass
Birmingham
Over One Hundred Bishops Set for Episcopal Convention
The Protestant Episcopal General Convention opens October 8 in New York with more than a hundred bishops expected. Debates focus on electing a presiding officer and possible radical changes to the voting method. The opening services occur at St John the Divine Cathedral with a large episcopal assembly.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
New
Synod Hall
Randolph H. McKim
Washington
Henry Anstice
House
St. John "the Divine
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
Missouri
David Hummel Greer
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Diocese of
Mexican Aviators Return From France
Eighteen Mexican cadets arrive in New York after four months training in the French army at Versailles and will proceed to Mexico City to form the federal army aerial corps.
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Associated Press
New York
Mexico
Versailles
Mexico City
Federal Army
County Court House to Glow for Southern Congress Meet
The county court house will be decorated on an elaborate scale during the Southern Commercial Congress meeting in the city Extra lights will line the front and several ornamental pieces will be installed The board of revenue and road commissioners authorized the work and announced plans to erect a new building at the county poor asylum with a visit scheduled for Friday.
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County Court House
Southern Commercial Congress
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
County Poor Asylum
Common Law Marriage Claim in Hatter Estate Case
Alice Brewer Hatter, guardian of Leroy Brewer Hatter Jr., seeks injunction against E Lyles Hatter and a receiver for the estate of Leroy Brewer Hatter Sr. in Creola Alabama. She claims common law marriage and paternity of the child, and asks for an undivided estate share and to set aside a will that excludes the child.
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E. Lyles Hatter
Leroy Brewer Hatter, Sr
Chancery Court
Tompkins and Groom
Alice Brewer Hatter
Leroy Brewer Hatter, Jr
Leroy Brewer Hatter
Creola
Ala
Leroy Hatter, Sr
Gerard Takes Up Duties of Office in Berlin
The United States new ambassador to Germany James W. Gerard arrived in Berlin and informally assumed duties. He is not yet qualified to act officially until he presents his credentials. No embassy building arrangements are definite, though a house near the imperial chancellor's palace and foreign office is under consideration.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
James W. Gerard
New York
Foreign Office
Grand jury opens twelve day session in Mobile County
Judge O J Semmes opening remarks praise low crime in Mobile County as grand jury begins twelve day session for October term. Officials Bernard Carolin named stenographer and Kegg Laurendine as bailiff. Jury includes Parsons Woodruff Laws Taylor Hieronymus Stewart Pearce Dawson Giblin Fearn Williamson Farrow Hahn Hanan Marx Yeend Wrenn.
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O. J. Semmes
Mobile County
Bernard Carolin
Kegg Laurendine
Arthur J. Parsons
Mobile
William L. Woodruff
Peerless Laundry
John H. Laws
J. Leslie Taylor
Duggan & Taylor
George A. Hieronymus
Yuan Shi Kai Elected President of Chinese Republic
Yuan Shi Kai was elected president of the Chinese republic for a five year term by a two thirds vote on the third ballot. Of 850 legislators 759 attended. he received 507 votes, one above the required two thirds. Li Yuen Heng, provisional vice president, got 179 votes as the field included twenty minor candidates.
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Associated Press
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Chinese Republic
United Houses of Pariament
House of Representatives
Senate
Yuen Shi Kai
Li Yuen Heng
Weather notes and scattered showers in the region
The forecast calls for fair weather tonight in Alabama with possible showers on Tuesday. Mississippi expects cloudy skies with a chance of showers Tuesday. Local temps at the Royal and Dauphin street corner show readings from morning into afternoon, with a range around the mid to upper seventies.
Governor Foss criticizes strike threat on New Haven rail
Governor Foss issues an open letter denouncing a proposed strike by engineers and firemen on the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad. He warns that public regulation justifies action to protect citizens and prevent disruption of food and fuel supply, calling seniority the core issue.
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Associated Preas
Boston
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Postponed Fertilizer Rate Case Session Set for November
At Montgomery October 6 the Alabama railroad commission postponed the big fertilizer rate case to the November meeting by agreement of complainants and carriers. About twenty five railroad and fertilizer company representatives attended. The case aims to require Alabama railroads to adopt the same fertilizer schedule as the Mobile and Ohio line.
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Montgomery
Ala
Railroad Commission
Alabama
Mobile and Ohie
Selman Oal
F. N. Julian
Protective Association
United Commercial Travelers
Alabama Travelers
John T. Cochrane
Russell Hocuston
Henry K. Jones
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Mobile
Chocwa
Washington
Floods Recede in South Texas Train Schedules Impaired
Reports from flood districts in south Texas indicate receding waters and a return to normal conditions. Train schedules remain disrupted for several days.
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Houston
Tex
South
Texas
Wilson objects to curtailing the civil service list
President Wilson voiced opposition to exempting deputy collectors of internal revenue deputies, and US marshals from civil service, arguing only special agents should be exempt due to confidential relations with collectors. Civil service commissioners objected, saying the exemption hurts the service, with inquiries from organizations and talks with commissioners McIlhenny and Galloway proposing House amendment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Civil Service
Internal Revenue
United States
Senate
Mcltheny and Galloway
Robbers Escape With Large Roll
A. Koelb cashier of the American Vel Vet Company was held up and robbed of 16000 dollars this forenoon while transporting funds from the First National Bank to the mill in Stonington Connecticut. Two men escaped as posses started pursuit.
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Associated Press
Stonington, Conn
A. Koelb
American Velvet Company
First National Bank
Deportation ruling on Thaw rights from Canada discussed
Washington October 6. Harry K Thaw’s treaty rights as an American citizen were claimed violated by Canadian immigration authorities who reported him after his departure. Solicitor Folk of the State Department said a careful treaty examination found no infringement in the deportation action or by Canadian authorities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harry K. Thaw
Joseph W. Folk
State Department
Thaw
Folk
Canada
Partment
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Alaskan
Mount Kaymai
Harry Spencer
Mildred Allison Rexroat
Joliet
Halpin
Annabel Wright
General Convention of Protestant Episcopal Church
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Will G. Oakley
P. A. Wood
State
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Oakley
France
Suit
Leroy B. Hatter
Gerard
Herman Oelrichs, Jr
Lucille Singleton
Oelrichs
Young Oelrichs
Grimes
Yuan Shi Kai Anemeeeeee
Mnaeeween Amenre
New China
Mississippi
Royal and
Dauphin Streets
Gove Inhusett
New Haven Railroad
State Railroad Commission
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