Bulgarians Victory at Adrianople Seizes Forts and Prisoners
Bulgarian forces storm Adrianople outskirts capturing forts Maras Havaras and Sufilar and a railway station. Eighteen hundred prisoners taken, including 860 from Mustapha Pasha. Turkish officers reportedly scarce among prisoners as Turkish retreat or panic spreads toward Constantinople. Kotchavi village also fell after bayonet fighting.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Maras
Havaras
Sufilar
Mustapha Pasha
Kirk Kilesseh
Mir
Constantinople
Kotchavi
Servians Drive Turks From Kumanova In Heavy Battle
In a fierce clash near Hum anova Turkish forces fought to hold a Servian offensive. Serbians captured 12 Turkish field guns and inflicted heavy losses estimated at five thousand on Ottoman troops, while also taking several commanders. Servian casualties were high with multiple officers killed.
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London
Kumanova
Uskup
Humanova
Bulgarian Troops Threaten Adrianople Front in Balkan War
Strong Bulgarian columns were seen before Adrianople’s northern and western defenses and new attacks were prepared on the northeast forts. Civilians are fleeing the fighting zone as the Turkish ministers meet to weigh intervention by the powers. Hussein Hilmi’s appointment as Turkish ambassador to Austria signals Ankara seeks Austro-Hungarian backing in the Balkan crisis.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Turkish Council of Ministers
Hussein Hilmi
Aus
Austria
Turkey
Austria-Hungary
Montenegrin Forces Occupy Koplik and Advance on Ipek
Montenegrin army under General Martinevitch seizes Koplik near Tarakosch, enabling artillery on Scutari. A second Montenegrin force led by General Vukotitch defeats Turkish irregulars at Rogova and moves toward Ipek.
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Koplik
London
Martinevitch
Tarakosch
Scutari
Vukotitch
Rogova
Ipek
Timely discovery of ties on track near Tulsa
A northbound Midland Valley passenger train was stopped within feet of railroad ties stacked as an obstruction thirty miles south of Tulsa. Several men armed with rifles emerged from trees but fled when the train halted and occupants appeared. A posse pursued the suspects tonight.
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Tulsa
Okla
Midland Valley
Prominent Banker Alfred Proskauer Dies on Dauphin Street
Alfred Proskauer former Leinkauf Banking Company cashier collapsed and died on Dauphin Street near Jackson to Claiborne while returning home with his wife after a visit. He was 61 born in Breslau and long active in Mobile business and banking. survived by wife two sons and a daughter with several siblings and relatives. The funeral, to be held tomorrow, will be at his son in law’s home.
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W. H. Leinkauf
Alfred Proskauer
Leinkauf Banking Company
Dauphin Street
Jackson
Claiborne Streets
F. S. Frederic
Braswell Drug Company
Maurice W. Meyer
Tllmorrow
Breslau
Germany
Philadelphia
Mobile
W.H. Leinkauf
A. N. Proskauer
New York City
Hugo Proskauer
Moloile
Meyer
San Antonio
Texas
Uniontown
Ala
Selma
B'nai B'rith
Congregation
Shaarai Shomavim
Proskauer
Lindloff Case Takes New Turn
In Chicago on October 25, testimony by two physicians linked Arthur Lindloff’s death to poisoning. Dr. A S Warner and Dr. J L Miller said Arthur showed poisoned symptoms. Miller noted hospital treatment might have saved him if poison had stopped. The court allowed reference to other Lindloff family deaths in opening statements.
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Arthur Lindloff
Louise Lindlff
A. S. Warner
J. L. Miller
Dr. Miller
G. F. Smith
Julius Graunke
Frieda Graunke
William Lindloff
Alma Lindloff
William
Arthur
Warner
Southern University President to Speak at Mobile YMCA
Rev Dr Andrew Sledd president of Southern University Greens boro will lecture on The Boy Problem at the Mobile YMCA Auditorium Sunday afternoon at 3 30 PM as part of the winter series for men sponsored by the Mobile Federation of Churches. The address has drawn considerable local interest.
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Mobile Federation of Churches
Andrew Sledd
The
Southern University
Greensboro
Sledd
Mobile
Promoter Yancey Arrested in Embezzlement Case
James C. Yancey promoter of oil concerns valued at £15,000,000 was arrested by a governor’s warrant in Los Angeles for embezzlement from JW Bell valued at $1,500. He protested kidnapping claims as he traveled east on an arrest warrant. Detective George H. Waggoner arranged the requisition papers signed by Pennsylvania’s governor and California’s acting governor Wallace.
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Los Angeles
James C. Yancey
Pittshore
JW. Bell
Yancey
George H. Waggoner
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Wallace
California
Good Woman Dead
Mother Mary Sebastian provincial of the Eastern province of the Sisters of Notre Dame died in Baltimore tonight. Her jurisdiction included Maryland New York Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. She was born in Philadelphia 54 years ago and was known as Mixes Miurgura Heitzman.
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Baltimore
Ger
Mary Sebastian
Sisters of Notre Dame
Maryland
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Miurgura Heitzman
Philadelphia
Wilson Hopes for Long Sleep Election Night
Princeton news notes Governor Woodrow Wilson prefers going to bed at 9 pm on election night to sleep and read the full returns in the morning. He watches a telegraph install at his home while his wife and three daughters track results. Duke
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Princeton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Princeton University
Wilson
Dartmouth
Taft Republicans Warned on Ballot and Write-in Electors
Senator Edward I. Wolfe, chairman of the Taft Republican minority convention, declares California Republicans are disfranchised due to a state supreme court ruling. He notes no Taft electors are nominated and warns that writing in Taft electors would count as scattering and not help Taft’s candidacy. He urges Republicans to rebuke the action on November 5.
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San. Francisco
Cal
Edward I. Wolfe
Taft
Great
Republican Party
California
Wood Proposes 690000 Man Army Reserve
Major General Leonard Wood told a luncheon audience that he favors an army reserve of 690000 men with short regular enlistments and retirement on small pay. He urged keeping about 150000 in Hawaii to hold its strategic position and protect the western coast from foreign powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Hawaii
Hatchet Attack Victim Walter Brown Dies of Wound
Walter Brown died at his New Jersey street home near Hamilton last night from injuries suffered when Jim Williams alias Dago Jim struck him with a hatchet in a quarrel on October 19. Brown, despite wound, aided detectives in pursuit before dying.
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Walter Brown
Jim Williams
McGregor Society Convention Divided Over US Flag Emblem
At Washington on October 25 the McGregor Society faced internal clashes during its annual convention when the proposal to adopt the US flag as the society emblem sparked verbal sparring. A Daughters of the American Revolution representative intervened to calm the dispute, and the emblem issue was sent to the executive committee before officers were re elected and the gathering adjourned.
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Washington
McGregor Society of the
United States
American Society
McGregor
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wife murder linked to white slave trafficking case
Bridgeport police tie the death of Jennie Cavaglieri to vengeance by five Italian men over her betrayal of white slave traffickers. Investigation suggests a premeditated killing decided at a council in Bridgeport with ties to New York New Haven and Chicago vice networks and a national organization.
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Bridgeport. Conn
George P. Arnold
Jennie Cavaglieri
Stratford
Arnold
Bridgeport
New York
New Haven
Conn
Chica
Fall of Diaz Means Peace Delivers Mexico Outlook
Telepraph from Mexico City reports President Madero predicting quick peace after Diaz collapse. He calls Diaz’s defeat the republic’s last rejection and states that only scattered bandits remain to be subdued nationwide.
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Diaz
Mexico
New York
Mexico City
Madero
Massare
Felix Diaz
Gov O Neal to Return to Alabama Tuesday
Special to The Item. Governor Emmet O Neal plans to reach Montgomery Tuesday morning after a two week speaking tour through Connecticut Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. He spoke in Boston Thursday night for Wilson and Marshall and must return to Alabama within twenty days or Lieutenant Governor Seed would assume governorship.
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Montgomery
Ala
Emmet O'Neal
Alabama
Boston
Wilson
Marshall
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
National Democratic Committee
Walter D. Seed
Baldwin Lands Prize at Montgomery Fair
The county competition ends today with Shee county taking first prize for properties. Montgomery, Baldwin, Madison, and Shelby counties win second through fifth prizes respectively. Individual awards go to I S Von Hagle for a prize in the collective exhibit, I L Haker as runner up, and G Ardtehfield taking third. Ardtehfield also wins first prize on tobacco. Von Hagle tops small grain.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County
Baldwin County
Madison
Shelby
I. S
von Hagle
Ardtehfield
von. Hagle
Weather Forecast for Mobile and Vicinity
Forecasts through Sunday show fair conditions with little temperature change. Light north and northeast winds expected tonight and Sunday. Alabama and Mississippi areas also fair with light winds. Shippers forecast calls for 38 degrees for six hour shipments north with moderate temperatures east and west. Official weather map and table appear on the last page.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Weather Sureau
Oakley targets convict system reforms in Alabama
Montgomery October 26 James G Oakley president of the state convict board says county convict leasing is flawed and calls for pre approval of county contracts to ensure humane conditions He cites a Mobile County convict Frank Murphy charge of brutality at an Atmore turpentine camp and notes some complaints were found unfounded per investigations by Mr Greer
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Montgomery
Ala
James G. Oakley
State Convict Board
Frank Murphy
Mobile County
Mobile Item
Atmore
O'Neal
Mobile
Oakley
Alka
Mr. Oakley
Dallas
Murphey
Greer
Marshall Declares Trust Issue in Pacific Coast Swing
Governor Marshall of Indiana continues a 7000 mile campaign across Chicago to the Pacific coast speaking in Seattle Everett and Spokane Tacoma. He attacks Taft and Roosevelt on trusts, urges tariff relief, and argues government rests with ninety million citizens, not individual leaders.
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Seattle
Wash
Marshall
Indiana
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Everett
Spokane
Taft
Roosevelt
Centralia
Washington
Tacoma
Milwaukee
Former provisional president urges full inquiry into Diaz movement
In a late night senate appearance Barra argues for patient judgment and justice during the Felix Dinas trial. He reiterates commitment to fair conduct in office and warns against snap judgments amid the revolutionary Diaz led movement.
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Eraneis
Senator Jake Weiss Approves Bayside Park Plan
Jacob Weiss returns from Chicago where he inspected parks with Matson Hill. He commends Chicago’s bayfront land purchase now serving thousands daily and hopes Mobile’s bayside park will bring great blessings to the people.
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Jake Weiss
Jacob Weiss
Chicago
Windy City
Bayside Park
Chicago Park Commission
Mobile
Layside Park
Mr. Weiss
Charlotte Seeks Commission Government and Charter Copy
Charlotte faces a push toward a commission form of government as city clerk A H F Wearn seeks the city’s latest financial statement and a copy of the charter from Mayor Schwarz. City Clerk McMahon will provide them.
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Charlotte
N.C
A. H F. Wearn
Schwarz
McMahon
Beveridge Details Aids Received in 1904 Senate Campaign
Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge testified before the Clapp committee that his 1904 Indiana Senate campaign received 30 000 dollars from George W Ter kins 25 000 dollars from Edward L Mclean and 2 500 dollars from Gifford Pinchot. He confirmed Perkins had given 10 000 dollars which was returned.
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Washington
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Senate
George W. Terkins
Edward L. Mclean
Gifford Pinchot
Perkins
Beveridge
Public Execution Draws 2000 as Forsyth County Hangs Two Men
In Forsyth County Georgia on October 25 Ernest Knox and Oscar Daniels were hanged for assault causing death of a white man. A mob burned a gallows fence. militias from Atlanta guarded the scene as dealers refused lumber for a new enclosure. Knox confessed before death while Daniels maintained innocence. It was Forsyth’s first legal execution.
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Cumming
Ernest Knox
Oscar Daniels
Atlanta
Knox
Daniela
Forsyth County
Man Arrested On Assault Charge In County Jail
Deputy sheriffs Lynch and Delchamps took John Kelly into custody and jailed him on assault and battery charges. A hearing is set in the inferior criminal court next week after Fannie Wattiste swore out the warrant alleging Kelly assaulted and beat Mary E Daniels.
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John Kelly
Lynch
Delchamps
Inferior Criminal Court
Fannie Wattiste
Mary
Daniels
Grabow Murder Trial Drags Into Fifth Week at Lake Charles
The Grabow murder trial extends into a fifth week as the state probes many potential witnesses. Postmaster D W McFatter testified as the first witness for the day, largely corroborating earlier evidence on the battle origin though he did not see the initial shot. He heard the shot behind him as he walked to the mill office and found it empty upon arrival. The Galloways and their men later entered and answered the fire from union members.
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Lake Charles
Lai
Grabow
D. W. McFatter
Grasgow
Galloway Lumber Company
Taft Campaign Contributions Record Reveals Large Donors
Washington October 26 Contributions totaling 591032 20 and expenditures of 553511 25 in the Republican national committee campaign fund were disclosed in a financial statement filed with the House clerk. Charles P Taft appeared as the largest contributor with 50000 in two 25000 gifts to New York headquarters and 6000 to the Chivas headquarters. Francis L Leland of New York gave 20000 and 30000 contributions. Andrew Carnegie contributed 2000 and 1000. J P Morgan Co collected 25000, George F Baker of New York 10000, William Nets Cromwell 10000, Warry W Moore of Chicago 10000. Several diplomats listed among major donors. Lar Anders 10400, Huntington Wilson 4000, Secretary Meyer 2500, Secretary MacVeagh 2000, Attorney General Wickersham 1000, Postmaster General Hitchcock 1000.
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Washington
Republican
Republican National Committee
House of Representatives
Charles P. Taft
William H. Taft
New York
Chivas
Francis L Leland
New Book
Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan & Co
George F. Baker
William Nets
Cromwell
Warry W. Moore
Chicago
Diplomatic Corps
Lar © Anders
Belgium
Huntington Wilson
Sec Stary of
State
Meyer
Nawl Department
MacVeagh
Wicker
Officer Killed by an Engineer at Montgomery Fair
A dispute at the Montgomery fair grounds late last night led to the death of J A Bachelor a constable and former deputy sheriff. He died at Montgomery hospital after being shot twice by Nathaniel FE Rowell a locomotive engineer with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Rowell is jailed on murder charges.
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Montgomery
Alit
Fair Grounds
J A. Bachelor
Nathaniel FE. Rowell
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Rowell
Purchase of Valuable Southern Tract by Mahomer夫妻
Matt Mahomer and wife purchased from James K. Glennon a land tract at the southeast corner of Hamilton and Virginia streets and the southwest corner of the same avenues. The price is $25,000. Improvements exist on both parcels. The site lies within a quarter mile of the river and near the Louisville and Nashville and New Orleans Mobile and Chicago rail lines, viewed as a valuable manufacturing location.
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Matt Mahomer
James K. Glennon
Hamilton and
Virginia Streets
Proerty
River Front
Louisville
Nashville
New Orleans
Mobile
Chicago Railrad Company
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Lindloff
Princetonians
Republ
Wood
O’neal
Baldwin Lands
Montgomery Fair
Roosevelt Trust
de la Barra
Charlotte, N. C
Montgomery Fair Grounds
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