Underwood Hobson clash on floor of the House
In Washington on October 13, Hobson fired a sharp attack on Underwood s presidential bid saying he was misled by Wall Street money. Underwood rebutted demanding specifics while noting Ryan s 35000 contribution and insisting he did not know who funded the campaign. The debate touched on Wall Street and liquor interests and tied to earlier tariff and political rifts.
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Underwood
Hobson
Associated Press
Washington
House Today
Baltimore
Alabama
Wall Street
Senate
Senator Bankhead
Thomas F. Ryan
Bankhead
Mr. Hobson
Bryan
Oscar W. Underwood
Mr. Underwood
Ryan
Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Perkins
United States
Mr. Cormick
Thomas Fortune Ryan
New Jersey
New York
Mr. Ryan
Wilson
America
Mr. Bryan
Russians Find Sixty Mile Arctic Land Strip
St Petersburg Oct 13 Confirmation of a new land discovery in the Arctic Ocean reached from the admiralty expedition aboard the Taimyr and Waigatch. The strip runs about sixty miles north of Cape Tchelyuskin to 81 degrees north, with diaries of Toll’s ill fated 1900 expedition found nearby. The find could affect Kara Sea ice conditions.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Arctic Ocean
Wilkitzky
Cape Tchelyuskin
Northeast Cape
Admiralty
Taimyr
Waigatch
Vladivostok
Kolyma
Cape Tchelyusin
Yenisei
Bennett Island
Bron Toll
Baron Nordenskjold
Fridtjof Nansen
Baron Toll
Cape Tcheluskin
Kara Sea
Loss of Primrose Believed Fatal for Crew and Passengers
Edmonton report says six teens are believed dead after the Hudson Bay Company's Primrose disappeared between Fort Chipe and Fort Fond du Lac twenty five days ago. Names of crew and passengers are not known locally.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Hudson Bay Company
Primrose
Fort Chipe
Fort Fond du Lac
Vessels Wrecked Along Alaskan Coasts After Storm
Coastlines in Alaska report multiple wrecks after a severe storm. The gaso line schooner Nera wrecked on the beach at Soctet with several aboard missing or dead. The ocean vessel Cape Prince of Wales saw Sea Wolf and Marie wrecks, with drownings confirmed aboard Green and Bramble.
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Associated Press
Nome
Alaska
Nera
St. Michaels
Benday
Herbert Guisler
Thee
Soctet
Cape Prince of Wales
Charles Green
Martin Bramble
Sea Wolf
Siberia
Marie
Cape Prince of
Sam Joy Sing Seeks Marriage License Despite Race Question
Sam Joy Sing of 76 Government Street applies for a license to wed Matilda Williams, a Black woman. Clerk of the probate court Price Williams consults lawyers as conflicting opinions determine whether the law allows a white man to marry a nonwhite person.
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Price Williams
Probate Court
Wiliams
Sam Joy Sing
Government Street
Matilda Williams
Clerk Williams
Russian Court Holds Trial After Cave Murder Discovery
In Kiev a Russian court transmitting to the cave where a boy’s body was found heard testimony from a publican Dobjansky who said Natali Yushinsky claimed “his own people killed him.” Witnesses described a stranger seen near the cave and a man later identified as Nesinsky, with partial matches to the suspect’s garb.
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Kiev
Russia
Mendel Beileiss
Andrew Yushinsky
Dobjansky
Yushinsky
Natali
Theodore Nejinsky
Nesinsky
Yastchenko
Nejinsky
Lost keys returned after newspaper ad prompts search
A missing-keys notice from 1910 states J. T. Sullivan Maranne Fila and others offered, with a reward for return to Owen Farley at 109 Govt. St. The ad notes keys were found and returned after appearing in The Item Sunday morning, praising the paper for helping locate items.
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J. T. Sullivan
Maranne
Fila
Owen Farley
Govt. St. Reward
Mobile County Board Debates Convict Labor and Atmore Camp
The Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners held a heated session over convict labor at the Atmore camp. Commissioners Gaillard and Hagan clashed over lash punishment and long-term workers while the board voted to jail the returning convicts during an investigation by J. H. Jackson.
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Mobile County
Atmore
Ala
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
J. H. Jackson
Dallas County
Samuel P. Gaillard
John D. Hagan
Hagan
Ommissioner
Green
Missioner Gaillard
Hogan
R of Commerce
F. P. Munday
Slose-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
Bile County
Coy Gaillard
Munday
Cosas
Gaillard
Weather Forecast the Northeast and Southern States
Weather forecast shows fair and cool conditions tonight and Tuesday with moderate northeast winds. Alabama and Mississippi remain fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures, readings around 58 to 64 degrees at morning.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Tragic Volturno Disaster and Tennessee Legislature Session
Reports detail the Volturno tragedy in mid Atlantic with 105 survivors aboard Grosser Kurfürst and rescue efforts by other liners after a blast and fire. Separately Tennessee Gov. Hooper warns of anti enforcement plots as lawmakers meet an extra session to honor Senator Nat Baxter.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Nat Baxter
House
Associated Press
Cape Race
Volturno
Boys Testimony Pleases Sloan in Minico Case
The trial of Harold Shirley and C. W. Oberkirch for shanghaing two Columbus boys aboard the Italian bark Minico last April resumed before U S Commissioner Richard Jones Jr. Sloan prosecutes for the government and notes the boys’ detailed account of being taken aboard in Rio de Janeiro after enduring months at sea.
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Harold Shirley
C. W. Oberkirch
Columbus
Minico
United States
Richard Jones, Jr
Oberkirch
Shirley
J. B. Sloan
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Grain Dealers to Attend National Meeting in New Orleans
Mobile grain men to appear at uniform grade day discussions during the Grain Dealers National Association convention in New Orleans. Don Farnsworth of the Chamber of Commerce will depart for the Louisiana city Tuesday night. The U S Department of Agriculture sets a public hearing in Washington on Oct 29 1913 to consider tentative corn grading data, with New Orleans presentations on Oct 16 to acquaint interested parties with the data underlying the tentative grades before final federal standards are fixed.
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Department of Agriculture
Office of Grain Standardizaton
New Orleans
Uniform crates for citrus fruit proposed in Mobile County
George A. Maloney, county farm demonstration agent, says uniform 6 by 12 3/4 inch crates will be adopted for citrus shipments from Mobile County. He spoke to fruit growers at Irvington and Chunchula, with planned talks at Citronelle Theodore Grand Bay and other orchard communities to follow.
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Mobile County
Florida
George A. Maloney
Maloney
Irvington
Chunchula
Citronelle
Theodore
Grand Bay
Dredge Catches Cable Wires Cutting Postal and Telephone Lines
While dredging in Chickasaw basin Monday morning the dredge No 4 of Home Dredging Company lifted and cut the Postal Telegraph and Home Telephone cables. The Postal line extends to Pensacola causing damage and delay. the telephone wires serve Baldwin County. Repair work started at once and both lines are expected to be back in service soon.
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Chickasa Bottle Creek
Home Dredging Company
Postal Telegraph
Home Telephone Companies
Postal Telegraph Company
Pensacola
Baldwin County
Three Citizens of Demopolis File Bankruptcy Petitions
Three bankruptcy petitions were filed in the U S district court on Monday. Henry J. Koch a bookkeeper owes 17 280 with assets 10 250. Thomas O Drake a bookkeeper owes 6 000 with no assets. George G Grey a salesman owes 5 125 with no assets. All petitioners reside in Demopolis Alabama.
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United States District Court
W. K. Campbell
Selma
Henry J. Koch
Thomas O. Drake
George G. Grey
Demopolis
Ala
New York Hears From the Inbound Steamer
The Volturno disaster details reach New York in a wireless dispatch from Captain Spangenberg. The Grosser Kurfürst saved 32 people, and 104 aboard Volturno are listed as rescued by various ships with about 100 missing. Stormy seas hindered rescue efforts as Carmania and Touraine searched for lifeboats. Continued on page nine.
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Grosser Kurfuerst J
Heroparatus
New York
Lloyd Line
Spangenberg
Pasengers
Volturno
Grosser Kurfverst
Grosser Kurfuerst
Carmania
Touraine
Véurno
Mrs Eaton to face trial for admiral's death
Plymouth mass October 12 Mrs Jennie May Eaton will be tried Tuesday for the murder of her husband Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton. Prosecutors allege she poisoned meals at their Assinippi home. Defense says death was from self administered drugs. Evidence on poison container and purchase details remains elusive.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Mass
Jennie May Eaton
Joseph Giles Eaton
Miral Eaton
Washington
Air
Admiral
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Sloss
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George Feam Jr
Shore Acres
Adar Point Road
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Aleste
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England
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