Legacy tale taints Mobile family in cross city saga
Iola Jeannette Strong claimed a half million dollar legacy from New Orleans linked figures, with husband Charles W. Ley and another marriage in New York. Detectives doubt the tale, noting no legacy record and Ley’s and Strong’s tumultuous past in St. Louis, Mobile, and New York.
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Iola Jeannette Strong
St. Louis
New York
Mobile
Charles W. Ley
Ley
Mrs. Ley
Warren Burohl
Strong
Madison and
Royal Street
Iola Jeannette Strachan
Reie
Stella Louise Boulock
New Orleans
George W. McRae
Oakdale Baptist Church
Illinois
Michigan
Uni
St Louis
Ja Jeannette Strong
Red Cross
Nt Ng
Gey
Say McEvoy
Georgia Democrats threaten two year primary ban for voters
In Atlanta on October 17 the Georgia Democratic committee highlights Judge Longleys resolution. It states that those voting Democratic in the November general election gain the right to participate in the 1912 Democratic primary, while those who bolt the national nominee may be barred from the state primary two years later. The party expects some Republicans to vote for Wilson in Georgia this fall.
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Atlanta
Georgia
W. J. Harris
Democratic Executive Committee
Wilson
Democratic Committee
Big Job Ahead for Examiners in Jefferson County
Special to The Item from Montgomery Alabama October 16 the state examining force shifts half its staff to Jefferson county starting Monday. W F Wilkinson and George F Ledberry precede J T Gorman in the Jefferson assignment as the biggest regular audit in the state proceeds. Talladega reports will be filed soon and Lauderdale county work by Frank V Evans is wrapping up for governor McCall’s review at the capitol.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson County
W. F. Wilkinson
George F. Ledberry
Talladega County
Jefferson
J. T. Gorman
Wilkinson
Sedbern
Talladega
Lauderdale County
Frank V. Evans
Evans
Capitol
C. EB. McCall
Madero Refuses to Sign Salary Increase Bill
President Madero today refused to sign the bill boosting deputy salaries by 100 percent, declaring the move unconstitutional. The report includes unrelated notes on individuals and alleged marriages connected to Walnut Park and New Orleans cases.
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Madero
Mexico City
Had Tampered with Talisman in Grabow Riot Case
The prosecution in the Grabow labor riot case seeks to prove a timber workers conspiracy behind the riot that killed three and wounded about twenty, naming President A L Emerson and eight others. District Attorney Moore charged yesterday that Edward Palmer urged juror Talisman Benoit to favor the accused. Judge Overton ordered Palmer to show cause why he should not be held in contempt. J W Kinney of Burns detective agency testifies for the state.
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Lake Charles
Hope
A. L. Emerson
Moore
Edward Pllmer
Talisman S. Benoit
Overton
Palmer
J. W. Kinney
Burns Detective Agency
Why German bankers balked at the oil monopoly
Berlin October 16 fear that a proposed petroleum monopoly under the German government favored Deutsche Bank led to banks refusing to join the syndicate. Dresdener Bank Disconto Gesellschaft and Bleichroeder Bank said their stance was not due to ties with Standard Oil, but because the syndicate refused guarantees for equal treatment after they offered to cancel contracts with Standard Oil and join the monopoly.
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Berlin
Deutsche Bank
Dresdener Bank
Disconto Gesellschaft
Bileichroeder Bank
Standard Oil Company
Monoply
Wilson Day Arranged Amid Roosevelt Assassination News
The Democratic National Committee advised Marshall to continue Western campaign tours while Prohibition leaders consider Johnson filling major engagements Roosevelt must abandon. Democratic leaders including Gore Davies Ewing and King met in Chicago, declaring Wilson Day on October 31 with Madison Square Garden address read by wire at rallies nationwide.
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New York
Wilson
Marshall
Johnson
Democratic National Campaign
Roosevelt
Gore
Joseph KE. Davies
Robert Ewing
Louisian
W. R. King
Oregon
Madison Square Garden
Georgia Militia to Elect New Brigadier General
Georgia field officers of the National Guard will elect a successor to Brigadier-General Clifford L. Anderson who resigns next Monday after five years. The leading candidate is Colonel Walter A. Harris of the Second Regiment Maine, though other officers may run.
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Atlanta
National Guard
Georgia
Clifford L. Anderson
Anderson
Walter A. Harris
Macon
Harris
Telegraph engineer H. M. Harris dies in Omaha
H M Chilly Harris a veteran telegrapher with 52 years of service died in a local hospital at 72 from Brights disease. He spent the last two decades in Omaha working in various broker offices. Earlier in life he worked with Thomas A Edison.
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Omaha
Neb
H. M
Chilly) Harris
Bright
Thomas A. Edison
D. D. D. Prescription for Brezema Promises Relief
An ad touts D. D. D. Prescription for Brezema skin itch relief. A 50 cent bottle is offered with a guarantee that if the first bottle does not work as claimed, it will not cost the buyer anything. The copy notes prior remedies failed to match this guarantee.
Stummatone Promises Relief for Nervous Dyspepsia
A Mobile singer Testimony touts Stummatone as the cure for severe stomach trouble. Neurologists report many similar claims as local demonstrations at Sutton Bros. drug store offer samples to the first two hundred callers.
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Chris Schriever
N. Conception Street
Mobile
Stummatone
Sutton Bros. Drug Store
Bulgaria Declares War on Turkey
The Bulgarian government announces war on Turkey. Paris news agency dispatch reports Sofia published the declaration this evening bringing the two nations into open conflict.
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Bulgaria
London
Turkey
Sofia
Paris
Roosevelt’s condition favorable at Mercy Hospital
Six doctors report Colonel Roosevelt’s condition near normal for a wounded patient at Mercy Hospital Chicago. He will not leave the hospital before next week as no complications are seen and the wound is still being dressed.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Mercy Hospital
John B. Murphy
Arthur Dean Beaven
John F. Golden
Scurry L. Terrell
Alexander Lambert
William B. McCauley
Arthur Dean Beavan
Witness in dynamite conspiracy case slugs and robbed
Harry Pearce, a witness in the Indianapolis dynamite conspiracy trial, was slugged and robbed of $3 in Kansas City. He was found by a pedestrian and taken to a hospital with a severe head bruise. Pearce doubts the attack was linked to his testimony but says he was warned of trouble and was visited by a man claiming to be a U S marshal before learning no marshal was sent.
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Kansas City
Harry ©. Pearce
Indianapolis
City Hospital
Pearce
United States
United States Marshals Office
Pass Christian Woman Wins Her Damage Suit
The Mississippi Supreme Court affirms a lower court ruling in favor of Mrs. Steve Rudolph against P. Lizana former Pass Christian marshal. She claimed false arrest and forcible removal to the city jail. The lower court awarded $1,000, a decision upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Christian
Pass. Christian
Miss
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Steve Rudolph
P. Lizana
Pass Christian
Lizana
Two Tennessee Lads Convicted for Murder in Nashville
Bert Paul age 16 and Avon Smith age 20 were convicted in Davidson County criminal court and each sentenced to ten years in state prison. Paul murdered Lonnie Tolliver after a street alley dispute with Tolliver, with Smith named as accessory. Tolliver died after bleeding in the First National Bank building lobby.
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Nashville
Tenn
Herbert Paul
Avon Smith
Davidson County
Paul
Lonnie Tolliver
Smith
Tolliver
First National Bank
Fifty Dollar Fine For Striking Woman In Hattiesburg
Pleading intoxication, Pleading intoxication, Pleading intoxication. Prim Wilson a 27 year old machinist of Hattiesburg Miss was fined fifty dollars or ninety days in jail after slapping Mrs S B Denio proprietor of Cozy Corner Restaurant. He was arrested after the assault and locked up for disorderly conduct. He had not paid the fine by late today.
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Prim Wilson
Hattiesburg
Miss
Bitl Smith
Wilson
B. Denio
Cogner
Arrested for Selling Without a License
Deputy Sheriffs Lynch and Cazalas nabbed L. B. Eldridge in a restricted district for selling liquor without a license. They recorded him selling a half pint of whiskey and a beer to two men and women, with two women witnesses named Sarah Chainey and Mandy White.
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L. B. Eldridge
Lynch
Cazalas
Eldridge
Sarah Chainey
Mandy White
Will Build Monument to Alamo Heroes
The Alamo Heroes Association of Texas drafts a charter to raise 2,000,000 for a steel and terra cotta monument on Alamo property. The proposed memorial would rise 800 feet with 65 stories, and a site on the historic Alamo grounds will be chosen.
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San Antonio
Texas
Alamo Heroes’ Association of Texas
Port charges inquiry to dig deep through winter
Mobile port charges investigation continues with no politics, chairman Joseph C. Rich says the probe will go to the bottom and extend through winter if needed. Independent tug operators and other towing interests are invited to testify, with Bar Pilots' Association likely represented.
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Port Charges
Joseph C. Rich
Mobile
Josph C. Rich
Rich
Chamber of Commerce and Businss League
Special Investigating Committee
Harry T.smith
Mr. Smith
FE. F. Carriere
Sdgar
Lapwig Towing
Mobile Barge Company
W. C. Spotswood
Joseph Farrell
Bar Pilots’ Association
Thief Robbery Aboard New Orleans Pullman En Route to Mobile
Seven or eight passengers on the New Orleans Pullman arriving in Mobile at 12 30 am were robbed quietly, with no clues. Mobile sleepers woke between 7 and 8 am to discover losses of cash jewelry and papers. A C Levi of New York among the victims. Losses range from 25 to 80 dollars plus papers and railroad passes. a conductor logged the list for possible restitution.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Crescent City
A. C. Levi
New York City
Nashville merchants hit by 1803 Sunday business suit wave
Nashville Tenn October 17 R T Cardwell swears civil warrants against druggists cigar stands florists and pawn brokers for allegedly operating Sunday businesses under an 1803 act. The suits seek a three dollar judgment with half the amount to the county and half to the plaintiff. Cardwell appears to act on his own initiative with several cases set for today.
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Nashville
Tenn
R. T. Cardwell
Cardwell
The Sergeant's Boy at Crown Theatre Today Only
A cyclonic war drama at the Crown Theatre presents scenes of military ire and heroism. The 2-reel feature unfolds with sensational staging and a peerless dramatic rendition, advertised for today.
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Crown Theatre
Vera Cruz Seized by Diaz Rebels After Key Troops Switch
Vera Cruz falls under Felix Diaz as regiments from Orizaba join the revolt. Two 80 mm guns and large ammunition stocks shift to Diaz, with 600 rebels controlling the port while banks close and authorities fear wider uprising. Possible Diaz-Orozco pact fuels alarm as U.S. passengers face risk.
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Mexico City
Mex
Felix Diaz
Vera Cruz
Joaquin Beltran
Esperanza
Aguilar
Rubio Navarete
Beltran
Jiminez Castro
Ocaranza
Ee Zapata
Mareos
Orizaba
Japala
Terri Blanca
Bravo
Tampico
Diaz
Azueta
Jose Diaz Ordaz
Twenty-first Infantry
Ordaz
Gutierrez
Nineteenth
Oxaca
Pascual Orozco
Madero
Mexico
Mre
Felix Diazid
Florida Democrats Win Decisive Victory
Florida ballots list all Democratic nominees as county commissioners include the names statewide following Attorney General Park Trammell’s advice. Printing hinges on Supreme Court ruling on the constitutional amendment referendum and recall. Secretary of State will certify names by petition to guard against uncertainty.
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Tampa
Fla
Park Trammell
Trammell
Progressive Party
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Grove's Tonic Promotes Health Against Malaria
A vintage advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic drives out malaria and builds up the system for adults and children, with a 50 cent price. The copy emphasizes relief from foggy feeling and general vitality.
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