Diaz Denies Personal Aims in Mexican Revolution
Felix Diaz declares he has no personal candidacy for Mexico's presidency and will lead until pacification. He says he already uses over $2.09 million of his own funds and more than $500,000 in revenues and a merchant loan, paying salaries with his own money and not seeking reimbursement. He vows not to touch government funds beyond employee and soldier salaries.
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New York
Mexico
Felix Diaz
Vera Cruz
Herald
Alabama Tax Assessments Total 11 561 821 198
Special to The Item Alabama 1912 13 real and personal property assessments total 561 821 198 exclusive of De Kalb county The increase over last year is about 24 million The leading counties by value Jefferson Mobile Montgomery Dallas Calhoun Madison Winston show large real estate and personal property totals Real estate accounts for 339 million and personal property 221 million The state tax commission plans raises in several counties including Jefferson Montgomery and Conecuh
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
de Kalb
C. Brooks Smith
State Tax Commission
Jefferson County
Mobile
Dallas County
Calhoun
Madison
Smith
Jefferson
Conecuh
Winston
Sudden Death of Tobacco Broker George Barnes
Meredith New Hampshire October 19 George Barnes a New Hampshire native with extensive tobacco holdings in Summerdale Alabama died suddenly in Meredith He leaves a son residing in Summerdale Alabama and had split time between the two states for years.
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Meredith
N. H
George Barnes
New Hampshire
Summerdale
Ala
Rebels Ready at Vera Cruz for an Attack
Rebels hold Vera Cruz as two federal columns move within fifteen miles. Government troops lack artillery due to sand banks hindering cannon transport. General Zozaya may join the rebellion. American Consul W. W. Canada failed to confer with the federal commander and left the city.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Zozaya
W. W. Canada
United States
Consular Corps
Vera Cruz gunboats fall to Diaz and loyal vessel blocked
Three of the four gunboats at Vera Cruz are in Felix Diaz’s hands while the remaining ship, with Commodore Azueta aboard, stays loyal but is trapped by enemy fire. General Geronimo Trevino is favored as provisional president, and rebel forces under General Aguilar halt Puebla rail service as turmoil nears Mexico City.
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Mexico
City
Mex
Vera Cruz
Felix Diaz
Azueta
Geronimo Trevino
Monterey
Reform urged for Alabama judiciary rules and reforms
Montgomery Oct 13 Several Alabama Supreme Court justices call for reform by revising antiquated rules. A Mississippi move to revise its rules spurs interest and debate about unified opinions. Three justices back change while one hesitates, with a campaign needed to mobilize all justices for action.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Alabama
Mississippi Supreme Court
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Sensational Damages Suit Likely to Be Settled in Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama I E Boyette sues his father in law Richard Tillis a millionaire for 100909 dollars. The case is set for October 28 in city court but may be settled to hush up a scandal. Clerk Henry N Hughes withholds the jury document citing public policy concerns. The suit claims Richard Titus caused the alienation of Boyette’s wife and references a German man named J Westmofen who was killed recently in town.
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Montgomery
Ala
I. E. Boyette
Richard Tillis
Henry N. Hughes
Gaston Gunter
Hughes
Puint Blank
Boyette
Richard Titus
J. Westmofen
Philippines Typhoon Toll Mounts As Relief Efforts Mobilize
The October typhoon ravaged the Philippines, with about 400 known dead and $25 million in damage. Surigao, Tacloban, Leyte, Bohol, Cebu, and Panay were touched as ships were wrecked or sunk. Rear Admiral Nicholson directs relief, placing the Cincinnati at government service to aid stricken districts.
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Manila
Philippines
Surigao
Tacliban
Leyte
Bohol
Cebu
Megros
Panay
Negros
Army
Navy
R. F. Nicholson
United States Asiatic Fleet
Cinccinnati
Democratic Nominee Threads Button in Private Moment
At Princeton Junction New Jersey on Oct 19 Governor Wilson, preparing for a night in New York, sews a button on his coat in his special car. He jokes about needing thread and handles his own wardrobe, a habit of traveling solo to his Princeton home for private meetings.
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Wilson
Princeton Junction
Princeton
New York
General Randholtz Leads Philippine Constabulary Action
General Harry N. Randholtz, chief of the Philippine constabulary, reports army authorities directing doctors and hospital corps personnel with tents in the field. No American residents were killed, while the native death toll was still undetermined.
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Harry N. Randholtz
Philippine Constabulary
Army
Roosevelt to Leave Mercy Hospital Monday
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will depart Mercy Hospital for Oyster Bay Monday forenoon at 12:95 over the Pennsylvania Railroad. Doctors say the danger of blood poisoning is past, with tetanus the only remote threat, and Roosevelt has had a good night’s rest with stable vitals.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Mercy Hospital
Oyster Bay
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alexander Lambert
John B. Murphy
Arthur D. Bevan
Roosevelt
Fitzgerald
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Progressive Party
McGath
Martin
United States
Express
Sagamore Hill
Colonel Roosevelt
Weather Outlook Alabama and Mississippi Tonight and Sunday
For Alabama generally fair to tonight and Sunday, colder tonight with light to moderate north winds. For Mississippi fair and colder tonight, Sunday fair with light to moderate winds. The official weather map and meteorological table appear on the last page.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Turkish Bands Massacre Servian Villagers Near Krushevatz
Balking forces report Turkish bands massacred villagers southwest of Krushevatz while Bulgarians seize a city abandoned by retreating Turks. Belgrade dispatch says 10,000 Albanian tribesmen cooperate with Turkish forces creating a critical military stance.
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London
Krushevatz
Belgrade
Nearis
Turkish town Mustapha Pasha falls to Bulgarians
A front despatch reports the occupation of the Turkish town of Mustapha Pasha by two Bulgarian infantry battalions last night. Turkish troops are said to have abandoned the town before the Bulgarians arrived.
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Softa
Bulgaria
Mustapha Pash
German Red Cross Sends Surgeon and Nurses to Turkey
Berlin reports the German Red Cross Society dispatched a surgeon and 22 nurses to assist wounded in Turkey. German officers serving in Turkish forces are barred from war service unless they resign their German army commissions.
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Berlin
German Red Cross Society
Turkey
Bulgarian Army Captures Mustapha Pasha Frontline
King Ferdinand watched Bulgarian forces advance from Var-maly on the frontier as Mustapha Pasha fell after heavy fighting. Bulgarian columns also broke through to Isarevos elo Garnia and Djima while pushing into Turkish territory. General Savoff led the campaign and wounded troops received decorations.
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Ferdinand
Sofia
Mustaphe Pasha
Adranopie
Isarevoselo
Garnia
Djima
Rhodope Mountains
Mustapha Pesha
Savoff
Varmaly
Belitea
Mustapha Pasha
Servian Army Pushes Into Turkish Frontier Action
Belgrade October 19 report says the first Servian army corps under the crown prince crossed the frontier near Ritsovats and drove back Arasut tribesmen and janovatzs. A rail station between Ritsovats and Uksup was captured as Turkish troops destroy the railroad. Abdul Hamid is moved from Saloniki to Constantinople after ministers approve the step.
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Meetinth
Belgrade
Ritsovats
Arasut
English Suffragette Sentenced to Nine Months Hard Labor
In Oxford England Helen Craggs militant suffragette daughter of Sir John Craggs was sentenced to nine months hard labor for trying to set fire to the residence of Lewis V Harcourt secretary of state for the colonies. She was found with another woman in the grounds of Nuneham Park carrying inflammable material and spirits.
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Oxford
England
Helen Cragges
Lewis V. Harcourt
Miss Craggs
Sir John Craggs
Nuneham Park
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St. Emanuel Street
Bell
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