Gompers Mention Raises Question in Dynamite Case
In Indianapolis on October 11, testimony questioned whether Samuel Gompers, leader of the AF of L, attended a 1910 St. Louis labor union meeting linked to the dynamite conspiracy. Hotel clerk Frank Schilling listed attendees. judge ruled Gompers’ name not yet relevant.
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Indianapolis
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
St. Louis
Frank Schilling
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Frank M. Ryan
Chicago
Michael J. Young
Boston
F. J. McNulty
Newark
N. 1
M. BR. Madden
Olaf Tveitmve
San Francisco
United States
Kern
Gompers
California
Mr. Noel
A. B. Anderson
Turkish Troop Concentration in European Turkey Reported
Turkish officials announce plans to mobilize 140,600 troops from Asia Minor within a week, expanding the European force to about 400,000. Observers note strong depots, full stores, and solid equipment as Adrianople and Kirk Kilisseh district vies for defense near the Bulgarian frontier.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
Kustenadge
Roumania
Asia Minor
European
Turkey
Adrianople
Kirk Killisseh
Shelby County Officials in Distress Reported by Governor
A report to Governor O Nea l by Examiner J T Gorman finds Shelby County facing a tangled financial picture with $22 175 69 due to the county and only $1 986 12 paid leaving $20 189 56 outstanding. Principal charges cite A P Longshore probate judge and W F Harrison treasurer with large irregularities including illegal warrants and unearned interest charges. The chaotic county court operations are noted with no criminal intent alleged.
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Montgomery
Ala
Shelby County
O'Neal
J.T. Gorman
A. P. Longshore
Congress
W. FE. Harrison
Longshore
J. K. Dyke
J. R. White
County Court of Commissioners
Taft Asked to Define Bank Information Power
In Washington on October 11 the question of whether the president can compel national banks to disclose loans and other transactions for the money trust committee inquiry was referred to Attorney General Wickersham. Samuel Untermeyer sought a broad data request and Taft's stance remains undecided awaiting the attorney general's opinion.
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Washington
Taft
Wickersham
Samuel Untermeyer
International Harvester Minutes Highlight Anti Competition Tactics
Chicago Oct 1 1902 to Oct 23 1906 minutes introduced in government suit seeking dissolution. Evidence aims to show methods used to control rivals. James King reports 1911 total sales of 10503359551 dollars and was asked to prepare yearly totals of sales net profit and dividends since formation.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
James King
M. K. and T Seizes Beaumont and Great Northern Line
New York Oct 11 Announcement states the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway Company has bought all stock of the Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad, which runs about forty miles from Weldon to Livingston Texas. The line links with the Orphan branch at Trinity and will be extended to join the main line.
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New York
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
R. C. Duff
J. M West
Houston
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad Company
Weldon
Livingston
Texas
Trinity
Orphan
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
FINE PRICE SECURED FOR STATE CONVICTS
Montgomery news reports President James G. Oakley of the convict board signs a three year contract with the McPhaul Turpen Tine Company at Local Morroe County. The firm will house between fifty and seventy five state convicts at fifty dollars per month each. The demand arises as Henderson-Hoyd Lumber of Richburg closes business after using 125 convicts.
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Montgomery
Ala
Presdent Tames G. Oakley
McPhaul Turpentine Company
Morroe County
Henderson-Hoyd Lumber Company
Richburg
Emperor expresses hope for peace in Vienna palace talk
Vienna dispatch reports Emperor Francis Joseph, during a palace conversation with a prominent personage, stated his hope that peace may be preserved. The remark underscores ongoing concerns about regional stability.
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Vienna
Austria
Francis Joseph
Six American Conductors Saved From Execution in Mexico
Six American railroad conductors captured at San Alto in northern Zivatecas faced execution after their captors believed an army invaded Mexico. Rebel chief Antonis Munoz intervened to stop the planned shooting. One conductor, 69 year old McNabb, served as engineer in charge. another listed is J Connor.
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Menico City
San Alto
Zivatecas
Antonis Munoz
Mexico
Munoz
McNabb
Lie
J. Connor
Rebel leader Guerrero thwarted jail break in Guadalajara
In Guadalajara Cer 11 a federal cavalry stopped a mass escape led by Miguel Guerrero killing two fleeing prisoners and wounding several soldiers. Guerrero, captured at Tepic months ago, remained imprisoned in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalajara
Mexico
Miguel Guerrero
Guerrero
Tepic
Rebels Warn Mexican Northwestern Railway Against Rebuilding
HL FASO Texas Oct 11 Rebels warned officials not to reconstruct the railroad and said American railway men will be shot if found operating trains after October 15. Railway men testified before the senate committee in the visit.
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HL Faso
Texas
Mexican Northwestern Railway
Senate Committee
Carlisle Woman Reaches Century Celebrating Molly Pitcher Link
Mrs. Samuel Sipe of Carlisle observes her 100th birthday born in Switzerland on October 26 1812 she came to the United States at six from Philadelphia to Carlisle lived ninety three years she credits temperance for longevity recalls Mollie Pitcher and Monmouth Battle days with news of early rail travel and a Cumberland Valley railroad trial trip in 1857 living with daughter Miss Kate Sipe and son Dr John E Sipe.
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Carlisle
Samuel Sipe
Molly Pitcher
Monmouth
Sipe
Switzerland
Philadelphia
Mollie Pitcher
Cumberland Valley Railroad Company
Kate Sipe
John E. Sipe
Moosette Bonnets Debut on Chicago Streets
On October 10 Chicago residents saw moosette bonnets worn in public for the first time. The hats feature red bandanna drapery printed with a bull moose image and the initials T. R. The procession included a man’s Bull Moose helmet, and the first hat appeared in a downtown hotel lobby worn by a pretty brunette.
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Chicago
T. R
Breslow Hotel Changes Hands in Biloxi
The Breslow Hotel at Lamouse and Beach streets Biloxi has been sold to Mrs. Henley of Hattiesburg who will take possession November 1 and run it as a hotel under her management. Mrs Coulter had operated the Breslow previously.
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Biloxi
Breslow. Hotel
Lamouse and
Beach Streets
Henley
Hattiesburg
Thousands Flock Polo Grounds for World Series Game
New York crowds pack the Polo Grounds for game four of the world series between the New York Nationals and Boston Americans. Rain threatens but officials approve play. Tesreau and Meyers star for New York while Wood and Cady start for Boston. Tris Speaker's questionable status looms with an ankle injury.
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Polo Grounds
New York
New York Nationals
Boston Americans
National Commission
O’loughlin
Bush Stadium
Klem
O'Loughlin
Herrmann
coma _ion
Bostons
Wood
Cady
Red Sox
Tesreau
Aesthe
Meyers
Boston
Tris Speaker
Speaker
Henrick‘sen
Kansas Road Trainmen Ordered to Go Armed
Kansas City Southern Railroad officials, fearing a bandit gang near the Oklahoma Arkansas line, ordered train crews to arm themselves. The Hatfield attack marked the fourth train assault in a week, with a KCS train held up near Poteau last Friday and the express car safe wrecked, a Rock Island train robbed near Wister Tuesday, and a Midland Valley robbery thwarted near Jansen on Wednesday.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Hatfield
Kansas City Southern
Poteau
Kla
Rock Island
Wister
Okla
Midland Valley
Jansen
Ark
Navy reports fix marine killed in Leon engagement
Advices to the navy department identify Delvan Perry Bourgeois as the Marine killed at Leon Nicaragua, son of Henry Bourgeois of Bourne Texas, correcting an earlier report that named George O'Brrness of Stillwater Minnesota.
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Washington
Navy Department
Delvan Perry Bourgeois
Henry Bourgeois
Bourne
Texas
Leon
Nicaragua
George O' Brrness
Stillwater
Minn
Weather forecast for Mobile and vicinity
UNCLE ER weather forecast predicts rain tonight or Saturday with light to moderate south winds shifting to westerly. Alabama sees local rain tonight or Saturday, cooler conditions in the north, and moderate south winds. Mississippi also has local rain tonight or Saturday with cooler air in the north portion. Shippers can expect moderate temperatures in the north, east and west sectors.
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Mobile
Viccinity
Alabama
Mississippi
The
Weather Bureau
Recorder Edington Faces Backlash Over Light Sentences
In Mobile, Recorder D H Edington defends recent rulings after fining Bennie Canty five dollars for counterfeiting and giving twenty day terms to a bicycle thief, while four detainees received twenty dollars or twenty days for minor offenses. Police say sentences seem lenient. supporters argue they reflect the spirit of the law.
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D. H. Wdington
Bennie Canty
Recorder
Edington
Charlie Williams
Braswell
Aften
Ter Dol
Lara
Alabama to Appeal Tax Assessment Case
Governor O Neal announced the state will appeal a judge’s ruling upholding a 60 percent assessment rate on real and personal property. State counsel said the transcript will be filed with the supreme court by Saturday as the case heads to the high court.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
C. C. Nesmith
Birmingham
Supreme Court
Jesse Stallings
Nesmith
Pennsylvania Was Good Field for Funds in Politics
Testimony before the Clapp committee reveals Samuel S. Koenig, Taft leader, naming Roosevelt poll watchers in the primary. Samuel Aranowittz from New York says Koenig’s lieutenants controlled badges and certificates. Edward Stotesburg reports Pennsylvania campaign receipts of $165,795.50 in 1904 and $101,057.67 in 1908, with steel firms among 1904 donors contributing between $5,000 and $22,759.
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Washington
Samuel Aranowittz
New York
Clapp Committee
Samuel S. Koenig
Taft
Roosevelt
Edward Stotesburg
Pennsylvania
Will the Georgia Strike Be Extended
Fifteen chairmen of the Order of Railway Trainmen and Conductors met in Atlanta with national officers to decide whether the Georgia railroad strike should extend to roads entering the city. Commissioner Neill conferred with Wickersham of the Atlanta Joint Terminals Company to seek a resolution. Vice President Gregg signaled he would urge extension if other roads did not refrain.
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Atlanta
Order of Railway
Georgia Railroad
Neill
Wickersham
Atlanta Joint Terminals Company
Gregg
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Georgia
Jury box shows seven seats still vacant in Grabow riot case
Lake Charles La October 11 five jurors remain in the box as the court resuming the selection of a jury to try A L Emerson head of the Brotherhood of Timber Workers and eight union men for the murder of A Vincent in the Grabow labor riot of July 7 Two venires of ninety and fifty jurors have been exhausted and four days spent securing less than half the panel A third venire of 100 talesmen is present and officials hope it will complete the jury with the riot linked to a conspiracy case against the defendants
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Lake Charles
A. L. Emerson
Brotherhood of Timber Workers
Grabow
Ney Moore
Government Evidence in Dynamite Conspiracy Trial Exhibits
Indianapolis Oct 11 government readiness to present 620 exhibits in the dynamite conspiracy trial includes nitroglycerine cans, fuse and alarm clock devices, magazine guns, dynamite boxes, and suitcases linked to McManigal and McNamara. Items were seized across Detroit Cleveland Los Angeles and San Francisco tied to explosive acts and interstate shipments.
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Indianapolis
Ind
McManigal
James KB. McNamara
Detroit
International Association of Bridge and Structural Tron Workers
J. J. McNamara
Cincinnati
Henry W. Legleitner
Denver
Pittsburg
Missouri River
Kansas City
South Sanphamon Street
Chicago
George (Nipper) Anderson
Cleveland
F. J. Zechandelaar
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
James B. McNamara
San Francisco Bay
Montenegrin Army Follows Up Its Victory
The Montenegrin army pressed its march after defeating the Turks by capturing the fortress near Tushi and opening a route toward Scutari. Reinforcements for Scutari were not yet reported, but fall of the city seemed likely. Sofia offered cautious peace hopes despite ongoing negotiations. Athens held a bleaker view after the Greek ministers' council meeting.
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London
Suerding
Tushi
Scutari
Sofia
Belgrade
Thoga
Athens
Council of Ministers
Greek Princess to Serve as Nurse at Front
Athens October 11 indications point to war Princess Alice wife of Prince Andrew of Greece has decided to leave at once for the frontier with a number of nurses to serve as medical staff amid looming hostilities.
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Princess Alice
Athens
Alice
Prince Andrew
Greece
Montenegrins and Turks Fight Near Scutari Opening Day
Fighting between Turkish and Montenegrin troops continued this morning in the Tyshi valley north of Scutari. No further details have arrived from the front yet.
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Turkey
Albania
Constantinople
Tyshi
Scutari
Governor's Office Sees Suspects In Rowan Murder
Mrs. Walter Jones, wife of the condemned killer in the Sloan Rowan case, says a grand jury summons awaits her and she will not reveal information unless it benefits her husband. She claims she knows details that could implicate others but will stay silent and may go to jail.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mon County Grand Jury
Sloan Rowan
Benton
Walter Jones
Rowan
Grand Jury
Secret pledge signed in blood at midnight sparks school row
Mothers of suspended high school girls appealed to Chicago officials to prevent withdrawal from secret sororities amid vows sworn in blood at midnight. The board will study the case as forty other students face suppression of secret societies in schools.
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Chicago
Board of Education Antisorority Committee
Richard B. Sloane
Lewis McPherson
Delta Kappa Phi
Selemn
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Gorman
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Canty
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Georgia Road
Artie E. McManigal
the McNamaras
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