Veterans reunion gathers Gulf City of Mobile 1914
The Alabama Division United Confederate Veterans reunion opens in Mobile with Sons of Veterans at the Cawthon hotel. Gen. B. F. Weathers expects over 150 delegates from his command for the event with sessions led by Comdrs Hartwell and Moulton and speakers including Mrs Daisy McLaurin Stevens.
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Sons of Veterans
Mobile
Alabama
United Confederate Veterans
Cawthon Hotel
Gulf City
B. F. Weathers
Roanoke
Sons
Veterans of the State
John L. Moulton
Sons OF Confederate Veterans
Charles B. Hervey
CC. V
Alfred G. Moses
C. V
Hervey
Harry T. Hartwell
Dixon Camp
Hartwell
Wellington M. Johnston
T. M. Owen
Montgomery
Gen
B. M. Washburn
U. C. Va. Montgomery
L. M. Bashinsky
Union Springs
Adj
Adolph D. Bloch
W. P. Hines
Ament
Awthon Hotel
W. T. Allan
Jacksonville
Howard Walker
Bloch
A . D. Bloc
United States
John H
Good Roads
Weather Summary for Alabama and Mobile
Generally fair tonight and Thursday for Mobile. Alabama outlook unsettled tonight with likely showers in the southern areas.
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Alabama
South
Porta
U C V Chief Represented at Mobile Reunion
General William E. Mickle acts for Gen. Bennett H. Young commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans to represent him at the Mobile reunion.
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William E. Mickle
Bennett H. Young
The
United Confederate Veterans
Mobile
Harding Pushes Gotton Loan Fund Plan
W P G Harding of the federal reserve board travels to New York for talks with bankers on a $150,000,000 loan fund to aid surplus cotton. He aims to win support from Festus J Wade in Philadelphia and align New York lenders with a first lien on cotton.
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Associated Press
Washington
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
New York
Harding
Festus J. Wade
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Truant boys Delbert Woodruff and Lloyd Pierce die in apparent suicides
In Freeland Michigan Delbert Woodruff 10 and Lloyd Pierce 12 killed themselves after disappearing during the afternoon. Neighbors reported a search and two shots were heard before their bodies were found at the Pierce home with pistols in their hands.
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Associated Press
Freeland
Mich
Delbert Woodruff
Lloyd Pierce
Pierce
York Lynching Affects Selma Dispatch
A Selma special says a mob in York Alabama lynched a black hotel porter around 9 pm after he allegedly shoved white women and insulted them. The mob dragged him toward the outskirts with a rope around his neck. the man's name was not learned.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Selma
Southern Railway
York
Ala
Why Did Kill That Woman Trial Testimony Shocked Carman Case
Celia Coleman the witness in the Carman murder trial testified that Mrs Florence Carman appeared with a revolver after Mrs Louise Bailey was shot and said I shot him she added that Carman likely meant her husband Dr Carman Celia is described as a negro maid and the Car man household is involved in the case.
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Mineola
N. Y
Celia Coleman
Carman
Florence Conklin Carman
Louise Bailey
Alabama Governor urges good roads plan at state convention
Governor O Neal addressed the Alabama Good Roads Association in Montgomery urging constitutional revisions to allow counties higher road taxes and placing motor vehicle revenue under the highway commission. He backed a trunk line system and predicted Alabama would lead Southern states in public highways. The gathering opened with welcomes from Mayor Gunter and Bruce Kennedy as President Craft gave his annual address.
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Montgomery
Ala
Highway Commission
Alabama
Alabama Good Roads Association
State Highway Commission
John Craft
Mobile
William A. Gunter, Jr
Bruce Kennedy
Chamber of Commerce
O'Neal
Kennedy
President Craft
Seizure of Platuria and Rockefeller Sparks U S Protest
New York reports British warships seized the Standard Oil steamer Platuria off Scotland and to Stornoway. The Rockefeller, American flagged, was seized near Orkney as Lansing said Washington protests and seeks immediate release.
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Associated Press
New York
Standard Oil Company
Scotland
Stornoway
Lewie Islands
State Department
Platuria
Diamant
Waphmaren
United 3 Oh Fe
Great Britain
John D. Rockefeller
Lansing
Rockefeller
Philadelphia
Copenhagen
Orkney Islands
Page
London
Halifax
Wilson
Celia recounts Carman murder scene under questioning
Celia from Charleston testifies about June 30 1914 at Dr. Carman's home. She describes dinner at 6 45 pm, Mrs Carman entering, a gunshot, the black nine inch revolver shown by Mrs Carman, and a dead woman on the operating chair as Carman follows into the office.
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Carman
Celia
Smith
Charleston
S. C
Elizabeth
Straus Warns of Perilous American Bond Situation
Washington October 21. Frederick W. Straus New York banker testified in the Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on an Eastern rail freight rate increase. He spoke as an investment banker noting the peril to American securities held abroad due to the European war. Cross examination continued as only part of the commission gathered.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frederick W. Straus
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Straus
Commission
Meyer
Yaqui Reinforcements Move To Aid Naco Siege
Six hundred Yaqui Indians under General Mendez left Guaymas for Naco Sonora to reinforce Gov. Jose Maytorena's besieging troops. Coastal ports are reported quiet.
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Guaymas
Mex
U. S
West Virginia
San Diego
San Francisco
Mendez
Naco
Sonora
Jose Maytorena
Bombardment of Cattaro Continues. War Updates
Late Adriatic reports say Cattaro Dalmatia endures intense bombardment. Italian authorities deny hostile occupation of Aylona Albania. Baltic clash reported near Rugen Island with no details. Porte forbids warships from entering the Gulf of Smyrna per ambassadors notes.
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Rome
Adriatic
Cattaro
Dalmatia
Paris
Aylona
Albania
London
Baltic
Rugen
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Frankfurter Zeitung
Constantineople
Gulf of Smyrna
Vossische Zeitung
Germans Driven Back in Battle at Dixmude
The Times Dunkirk correspondent reports a German assault on the French position at Dixmude began near midnight on Oct 16 17. French defenders were outnumbered and retreated to the town before dawn reinforcements and artillery counterattacks drove the Germans back.
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London
Dixmude
Times
Dunkirk
Russians say Przemysl losses far less than claimed
The official news agency in Petrograd disputes German reports that Russian casualties near Przemysl exceed 40 000. It states Austrian figures claiming about 40 000 losses are exaggerations, noting records show the real losses are far smaller, by about a hundredfold.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Przemysl
Seventeen aboard British steamer Glitera reach Stavanger
Captain Johnson and sixteen crew members arrived in Stavanger Norway from Skadesnes after the British steamer Glitera was sunk by submarine N-17. The report cites a Reuters dispatch stating the sinking and arrival details.
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London
Johnson
Glitera
Stavanger
Norway
Skadesnes
Reuter’s
Germany Allows Belgian Civilian Provisions Imports
Berlin reports the German government has informed the American embassy it has no objection to importing provisions for Belgian civilians. The note follows ongoing war relief efforts and indicates a humanitarian concession amid the conflict.
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Berlin
Sayville, L. L
Struggle for Cotton Relief Moves Through House Action
In Washington on October 21 the cotton relief debate continued in the House. Chairman Carter Glass led opposition to a plan funding relief with treasury notes or Panama Canal bonds to be placed in Southern banks. A bare quorum halted extended debate as the 100 percent commercial paper measure and related bills began.
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Washington
House
Carter Glass
Banking and Currency Committee
Treasury
Henry
Texas
Federal Reserve
Glass
Bulkley
Cotton States’ Representatives
Train No 1 Derailed Near Birmingham After Wreckers Set Rail
Alabama Great Southern train No 1 derailed two miles south of Birmingham at 11:45 pm. No injuries reported. Wreckers placed a heavy rail on the track. engineer Daniels mistook it for a shadow and struck the obstruction, causing the engine to leave the rails.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Great Southern
Here
Daniels
Allied actions and German orders amid Belgian front
London dispatch notes a German military command in Brussels ordering Germans to evacuate within 48 hours, unconfirmed. Paris reports French gains on the Meuse and repelled attacks on Nieuport, Dixmude, and La Basse as Allied forces hold the line with no major changes elsewhere.
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Associated Press
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Brussels
Sicily
Paris
Nieuport
Dixmude
la Gassee
la Basse
Canals Shape Stalemate as War Rages in Europe
London reports mark Trafalgar anniversary as German and Allied forces clash across France Belgium along a web of waterways dubbed the battle of the canals. No clear gains are declared near Ostend or along the eastern fronts as Germany rushes reinforcements for a likely major effort.
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London
England
Nelson
Trafalgar
France
Belgium
Priest Kills Station Agent and Holds Up Train
In Chicago a priest, Father J. J. Mullen of Holy Rosary Church, stabbed station agent Thomas W. Patterson in Hillside after a quarrel over the European war. He halted a through train on the Illinois Central, menaced passengers, and was overpowered and jailed. Reports tie the day to a mushrooms trip and a saloon argument in Hillside.
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Associated Press
Chicago
J. J. Mullen
Holy Rosary Church
Thomas W. Patterson
Hillside
Patterson
Illinois Central Railroad
Father Mullen
Bing
Ls Boobalak
Scomini
Sgloen
Tony Russo
Scomin
Mullen
Retch
Scamini
Robert Patterns
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Tion
Mrs. Bailey
Negress
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Nalabama
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Rockefel
Ler
LAND
J. H. Bankhead
Mise
A.G.S
Reuter
Meuse
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