Mobile approves school bond bid and condemns prison abuses
Mobile voters and officials heed a $150000 school bond issue to fund two new city schools and Barton Academy. The City Bank and Trust Company won at par plus $15 with accrued interest, while the Bank of Mobile bid par plus accrued interest. Mayor Lyons and Commissioner Pillans praise local banks and address a misimpression about hiring prisoners and lash treatment.
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Mobile
Barton Academy
City Commission
City Bank and Trust Company
Bank of Mobile
M. A. McDermott
Lyons
Pillans
Lyone
Schwarz
C. M. Worthington
Lyons’ Park
Sullivan, Long and Haggerty
Stickney Hollow
E. H. Luck
M. J. McDermott
Sygons
McDermott
Welsh colliery disaster leaves hundreds feared dead
Explosion at Universal colliery Cardiff on October 14 trapped many miners after 931 descended. Rescue teams recovered 560 by noon, with 418 still unaccounted in the west workings as fires spread. Col Pearson noted the fire in the intake airway and urged continued efforts. An earlier 13 year recall of a 120 life tragedy intensified the horror.
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Associated Press
Cardiff
Wales
Universal
Yellon
Col. Pearson
Champion Jas Thorpe Joins The Benedicts
Carlisle Pa Oct 14 James Thorpe the Sac and Fox Indian of Oklahoma and New York National League baseball player married Margaret Iva Miller a native of Oklahoma and former Carlisle Indian School student The groom was helped by Captain Gus Welch of the Indian football eleven and the bride’s maid was Margaret Chisholm of Oklahoma
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Associated Press
Carlisle
James Thorpe
Oklahoma
New York
Margaret Iva Miller
Aged Man Charged With Serious Crime Near Daphne
H N Rounds aged 65 from near Daphne Baldwin county was brought to Mobile and jailed on a charge of criminal act. The warrant issued by Justice P V Albright at Fairhope names Estella Rounds as the alleged victim. The offense is said to have occurred Sunday night at the family home and Rounds is bound over to Baldwin county grand jury.
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H. N. Rounds
Daphne
Ala
Baldwin County
Mobile
Bay Minette
Rounds
Justice of the Peace
Grand Jury
Mrs Jennie Eaton Trial Over Admiral Eaton Poison Claim
Plymouth Mass October 14 Mrs Jennie May Eaton faces trial for the murder of Rear Admiral Joseph G Eaton a Greenville Alabama native The defense seeks to prove self administered poison while the government holds that Eaton was poisoned by his wife District Attorney Albert F Barker leads the prosecution and William A Morse of Boston defends Mrs Eaton who appeared in court smiling and in good health after confinement in Plymouth jail
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Mass
Jennie May Eaton
Joseph G. Eaton
Greenville
Alabama
Albert F Barker
Oakley Confesses Debt in Alabama State Suit
James G. Oakley former president of the State Convict Board admits judgment for 123000 dollars plus with interest against him in Montgomery civil suits filed by the state following the defalcation by Lacy chief clerk of the convict department. Criminal embezzlement cases await Solicitor Seibels return. Additional suits against banks linked to Lacy’s defalcation set for trial October 23.
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Montgomery
Ala
James G. Oakley
State Convict Board
Eo Lacy
State Connvict Department
Ontgomery
Oakley
Alex D. Pitts
W. T. Seibels
East
Blind and infirm but facing trial in Murfreesboro
In Murfreesboro Arkansas on October 14 F G Farrell a blind and infirm spiritualistic medium of Glenrod was tried on an accessory charge in a death by own action case involving Mrs T J Turner and Miss Rhodie Carter. The state says Farrell induced the trio into the pact to obtain Turner's property based on a Turner confession that Farrell summoned a dead son from the spirit world.
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Associated Press
Murfreesboro
Ark
F. G. Farrell
Glenrod
T. J. Turner
Rhodie Carter
Glenwood
Carter
Farrell
Turner
Mexico to reply to U S note on deputies' arrest
Mexico plans an early reply to Washington after the United States warned against injuring Mexican deputies under arrest. The cabinet met until dawn and will deliver the note to American chargé d affaires Nelson O'Shaughnessy. Moheno called the U S language intemperate while praising the American chargé's courtesy.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Washington
United States
Querido Modeno
Nelson O’shaughnessy
O'Shaughnessy
Moheno
Senor Moheno
Senate Ed Session Advances Fenisomeagus Currency Bill
The day in Congress reports Senate ed session meeting Thursday as the committee continued work on the Fenisomeagus currency bill. In the House a quorum fight resumed, adjourning at 12:38 p m to noon.
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House
Rescue at Sea Off Havre Ports Nine Persons Safe
A group of eight people were brought to Havre for safety and care after a peril at Volturno. A baby was rescued from the sea as a hysterical mother reportedly hurled it into the water during the distress.
Relics of Tragedy in Burning of Volturno
The Leyland line steamer Devonian arrived in Liverpool with fifty Volturno survivors. Ernst Herrmann first spotted the fire in the Volturno hold as flames spread beyond control. A mother threw her baby into the sea and a Devonian seaman Arthur Hazelwood plucked the child from the waves. A four year old girl, unnamed and unclaimed, stood among the survivors in distress.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Leyland_line
Devonian
Ernst Herrmann
Arthur Hazelwood
Survivors from Volturno reach Havre aboard La Touraine
La Touraine brought forty two survivors from the Volturno disaster to Havre, including eight children and twenty seven Polish peasants. They were cared for on board and given clothing and money before being sent to Amsterdam. First Lieutenant Isenic described the rescue, noting the Volturno fire began around Thursday morning and that crew and volunteers worked as life boats were prepared.
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Havre
la Touraine
Touraine
Volturno
Volturne
the Touraine
Amsterdam
Isenic
Caussin
Weather Forecast and Temperatures Report
The weather section shows forecasts through Wednesday with generally fair conditions and moderate east winds for Alabama and Mississippi. Temperature readings at Royal and Dauphin Streets include 40.58, 41, 62, 66, and 83 at various early times.
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Mobile
Royal and
Dauphin Streets
Tom
Convicts Sent to County Roads from Atmore Camp
Under orders from the probate judge and Governor O Neal action, thirty one prisoners from the Atmore convict camp were moved to Mobile County jail and then transferred to general road work. Twenty seven are black and four white. Guarding was intensified and more guards were added by the county board. The transfer drew a crowd at the jail.
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Atmore
Ala
Mobile
O'Neal
T. T. Palmer
J. H. Jackson
Highway Work Progressing In Alabama Despite Bond Vote
State Highway Engineer W. S. Keller reported to the Alabama highway commission that progress on highway projects is satisfactory in the latest quarter. Three counties voted on bonds with Crenshaw approving and Coosa voting down, while Marion county’s result was unclear. Contracts awarded totaled eight thousand dollars each for Cleburne Winston Macon and Shelby counties, with work starting in Etowah Dale Dallas Blount Butter ipe Lowndes Macon and Shelby counties. Surveys are underway in De Kalb Autauga and other counties. the commission met at the capitol to conduct routine business.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
W. 8
Keller
Alabama Highway Commission
Coosa
Crenshaw
Marion County
Cleburne County
Winston
Macon
Shelby
Etowah
Dale
Dallas
Blount
Butter
Southern Pacific Drops on Justice Suit for Dissolution
Southern Pacific shares fell 3 points to 85 1 2 as investors reacted to a Justice Department plan to sue to force dissolution of the company and relinquish Central Pacific. The weak market activity reflected liquidation by shareholders while the company prepared to oppose the government action.
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New York
Southern Pacific
Department of Justice
Central Pacific
Alarm Felt for Judge Speer in Georgia
Mount Airy Georgia October 14 friends and relatives express concern over federal judge Fmory Speer of the Southern District of Georgia after a summer illness in North Carolina. He has not left bed since returning and his condition is described as serious.
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Mount Airy
Fmory Speer
Southern District of Georgia
North Carolina
Situation Wanted ads in The Item assist Mobile job seekers
The Item publishes Situation Wanted advertisements of not more than 25 words to help Mobile business readers find employment. Thousands of businessmen read The Item daily for job listings and employment leads.
Young Woman’s Skull Crushed in Thomasville Murder
Miss Dorothy Haugh of Knoxville was found dead in a Thomasville boarding house. Autopsy showed blunt force skull crushing. police seek the slayer as investigators consider a self defense or shooting incident connected to the revolver found near the scene. The case centers on a university graduate visiting her mother.
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Thomasville
Dorothy Haugh
Knoxville
Tenn
Haugh
University of Tennessee
Salvation Army Wins Right to Hold Open Meetings
In Montgomery, on October 14, the Salvation Army regained the right to hold open meetings on Dexter Avenue after Commissioner C P McIntyre moved to restore the status. The army had been banished from the street for over two weeks by city order, prompting protests from residents and clergy. A petition from 28 Dexter merchants supported the restoration, ending the dispute and restoring order at the city building amid past clashes between commissioners.
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Montgomery
Ala
Salvation Army
C. P. McIntyre
Dexter Avenue
McIntyre
Brussell
Convicts Tell of Whippings at Atmore Camp
A governor special commission heard from more than forty convicts at the Huxford Orvin-camp about brutal punishments under warden H N Dilburn. Scars and open sores on bodies confirmed whippings, with some inmates claiming blood loss and fear of speaking. The report questions whipping records and exonerates inspector Greer, noting extensive abuse and fear of retaliation among inmates.
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Montgomery
Ala
H. N. Dilburn
Huxford
Inge
Mobile
Inspector Greer
Greer
Wilson Cabinet Meets on Mexican Situation and Naval Plan
President Wilson and his cabinet discussed the Mexican crisis and U S naval policy at the first cabinet meeting since June. They backed a three battleship program for this year's naval funding and planned to brief Congress, while Huerta is described as dictator despite promises of trials for deputies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
United States
Huerta
Atention
Mexico City
Datta Jers
Congress
Sional
Amo
Mexico
State Department
White House
Naval
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