Turkish Forces in Balkan Theatre Escapes and Gains
Despatch from London reports Turkish recapture of Maras from Bulgarians as Servians seize much of old Serbia and advance along the Turkish rail line to Uskup and Veios. Bulgarian and Greek forces push, with Pentepigedia fallen and plans to unite Greek armies toward Saloniki and Jani na.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Maras
Europe
Servia
Nivijmecar
Pentepigedia
Janina
Saloniki
Servians Capture Belgrade and Surrounding Towns
Servian troops seize Metrovitza on the Uskup line and Virizevitz as Turkish forces abandon Uskup retreating toward Velez. Fifteen cannon and 4,909 rifles plus ammunition are left behind, with nearby towns surrendering and hundreds of wagons full of supplies abandoned.
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Belgrade
Servia
Metrovitza
Uskup
Virizevitz
Velez
Turkish forces clash and rout near Kirk Kilisseh
Reports from Constantinople describe a Turkish night attack against advancing Bulgarians at Kirk Kilisseh on October 21. In the confusion two Turkish columns misfired on each other, inflicting heavy losses before both sides retreated. one Turkish division was said to be virtually decimated.
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London
Kirk Kilisseh
Constantinople
Turco-Serb Fighting Rages as Turks Quit Uskup
Belgrade reports Turkish evacuation of Uskup in haste caused Turkish soldiers to kill each other while seeking wagons and railroad cars. Serbs pursue and defeat the retreating force beyond the city, and at Velisovitz another Serbian victory captures about 1,000 Arnaut tribesmen with their war munitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Servia
Uskup
Velisovitz
Bulgarian Troops Capture Train Near Eski Baba
Bulgarian forces seized a military train near Eski Baba carrying troops and supplies moving from Constantinople to Adrianople. The operation disrupted Ottoman military logistics and reflected continued frontline activity in the region.
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Sopta
Bul
Eski Baba
Constantinople
Adrianople
Bulgarians Repulsed at Kirk Kilisseh as Turks Reclaim City
Official dispatches from Ankara received by the Turkish embassy claim Turkish forces repulsed Bulgarians at Kirk Kilisseh with heavy losses and retook the city. A Bulgarian defeat at Maraéch is also reported.
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Washington
Kirk Kilisseh
Maraéch
Turkish Recapture Claim Not Verified in London
London reports no confirmation of Turkish troops recapturing Kirk Kilisseh from the Bulgarians. The item is believed to echo Constantinople's prior friction claim and carries no credence here.
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London
Kirk Kilisseh
Constantinople
Kirk Kiliseh
Bulgarian Assaults Cut Turkish Allied Lines Near Vienna
A Reichspost dispatch from Vienna reports Bulgarian troops blew a bridge on the Tchorlu river halting traffic between Lule Burgas and Constantinople. It notes steady pressure against Turkish field army, detailing the enemy’s ongoing operations and Turkish strength.
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Vienna
Tchorlu River
Lule Burgas
Constantinople
Reichspost
Trouble in Cuba Yet Cooked for Washington
Officials in Washington welcome Havana’s report that leaders from rival factions have agreed to abandon pre election meetings after clashes. Yet fears remain of large scale trouble after next Friday’s election if attitudes do not shift. A rigid registration purge could boost conservative Menocal while Zayistas risk riot. Taft coordinates with state war and navy on potential rapid intervention.
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Washington
Havana
Zagista
Taft
State
War
Navy
Cuba
Prisoner Arrested For Dispensing Alcohol In Jail
Samuel Hodgeson entered the county jail and handed out a quart of whiskey to inmates in a negro bull ring. He was arraigned in the inferior criminal court and fined ten dollars or thirty days hard labor for the offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hodgeson
John T. Brown
Inferior Criminal Court
Seler Métor-Company Files Incorporation Papers
The Seler Métor-Company with capital stock of 7900 and headquarters in the city filed incorporation papers in probate court. Incorporators are William E. Clark Frank J. Seesser and N. R. Clarke of this city.
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Seler Métor—Company
Wiilliam E. Clark
Frank J. Seesser
N. R. Clarke
Demurks Considered in Watters Case at Session
Sessler Motor Company argued against J P Watters and others before Commissioner Pat Lyons with Judge Sanford Berney presiding. The court reserved a decision for a later date.
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Sessler Motor Company
Turkish Army Around Adrianople Engages 159000 Soldiers
Four army corps around Adrianople faced 159000 men near Kirk Kilisseh. Turkish troops escaped to Demotica while the rest of the garrison is cut off and demoralized after heavy losses. A Turkish regiment surrendered to Bulgarians in a last sortie. Scutari dispatch reports a Montenegrin flying corps cut Turkish lines between Scutari and St Giovanni di Modua.
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Adrianople
Kirk Kilisseh
Demotica
Scutari
St. Giovanni di Modua
Mobile Trade Center Seen At Fair and Land Congress
President Cochrane reports farmers and merchants view Mobile as a trade hub. Advertising along the A T and N and Tombigbee Valley for the fair and land congress aims to attract visitors from the new territory. Geiger fair November 6 to 8 will showcase exhibits later moving to Mobile. Gulf Tropical Fair Association has secured a preferred exhibit site for Mobile area products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochrane
Mobile
Geiger
Quinn
Gulf Tropical Fair Association
Sth
Telegraph road project noted after brief board meeting
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners met at noon with President John T. Power present. J H Rice's complaint about Telegraph road near Eight Mile Creek was referred to the finance committee. Two bidders for rollers were read but no contract awarded until next Thursday. A $10 bill for piling work for Muddy Creek bridge near Theodore was passed for payment. Routine business followed before adjournment.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
John T. Power
J. H. Rice
Eight Mile Creek
Muddy Creek
Theodore
Man Fined For Illegal Liquor Selling In Bayou la Bair
Louis M. Meyers of Bayou La Bair surrendered at the county jail and was arraigned before Judge Chamberlain. He was fined $1 or thirty days for selling liquor illegally, with strong evidence supporting the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis M. Meyers
Bayou la Bair
Ala
Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Commissioners Hear Both Sides On Stable Floor Issue
City commissioners in a special session heard experts and opponents debate concrete flooring for horse stables. Votes on a modified ordinance were deferred as the matter was taken under advisement amid testimony from veterinarians, health officers, and industry figures.
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Severaal S
Warry T. Smith
Stabie
Boone
Dr. Thayer
John L.tamsey
H. R. Radcliff
P. B. Dixon
Dixon & McKay
New York City
New York
Attorney Smith
Mohr
Marvin Dowling
Cntery
Alabama
George R. White
Tennessee
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Chicago
Peter F. Albea
Coden
Smith
T. B. Ford
New Orleans
Houton
Death of Captain F Brinkley Tokio
Captain Frank Brinkley longtime London Times Japan correspondent and foreign adviser to the Japanese Steam ship Company died today at age 71.
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F. Brinkley Tokio
Frank Brinkley
The
London Times
Japanese Steamship Company
Weather Forecast for Mobile and Alabama Regions
Mobile Alabama forecast issued October 28, 1912 for Mobile vicinity and Alabama: fair tonight and Tuesday with temperatures near 60 to warm by Tuesday. Winds light to moderate northeast and east. Mississippi forecast: fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday with moderate east and south winds. Shippers' forecast notes moderate temperatures across north, east and west.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Impressive Birmingham Ceremony for Blessed Sacrament Convent
A cornerstone laying marked the start of the Blessed Sacrament parish convent and school in West End Birmingham. Bishop Edward Allen led the rites, with clerical and civic participants, as the $76 000 to $100 66o project proceeds under architect A O Herbulia.
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Birmingham
Ala
Blessed Sacrament
West End
Edward FP
Alien
Diocese of
Mobile
A. O. Herbulia
Washington
Blessed Sacrament Church
Abbot Bernard
St. Bernard Abbey
Blessed Sacrament Choir
Bertha Deasy
Margaret Travere
Bishop Allen
John O'Kelley
Church of Our Lady of Sorrow
Eaton
St. Mary's, Mobile
Schultz
North Birmingham
Coen
Anniston
Board of Education
Jefferson County
Alleged misbranding case against Lecer Cotton Oil Co
The Lecer Cotton Oil Company of Demopolis Alabama faces federal court in Belmia on November 6 for misbranding cotton oil cake shipped to Vermont. Government inspectors found protein content below claimed levels and the case is considered the docket’s major item with Judge Toulmin presiding.
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State of
Vermont
Lecer Cotton Oil Company of
Demopolis
Ala
Federal Court
Southern District of
Alabama
Belmia
Toulmin
United States
Deans
Marshalls Horton
Gates
Cotton Oil Company
Selma
Federal Grand Jury
Federal District Court
McFarland Pleads Ignorance In Counterfeiting Charge
Allison M. McFarland formerly tried for wife murder in New Jersey and acquitted was arraigned before Federal Commissioner Shields on counterfeiting charges. Arrested under the alias Allison Mason he claimed any offense would be without intent and asked for time as attorneys were en route. Bail set at 5,000 dollars sought to cover his stated coin duplicating experiment.
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New York
Allison M. McFarland
New Jersey
Shields
Allison Mason
McFarland
Salem murder trial postponed due to juror illness
Salem Mass Oct 28 The trial of J J Ettor Arturo Giovannitta and Joseph Caruso for the alleged murder of Anna Lopizzo during a strike riot last January was postponed until Wednesday because Juror John N Carter remained ill.
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Salem
Mass
John N. Carter
J. J. Ettor
Arturo Giovannitta
Joseph Caruso
Anna Lopizzo
Desperate man Roehr shoots Ott family and hangs himself
In Sheboygan Wisconsin Alvin Roehr young Plymouth farmer killed his father in law Philip Ott Mrs Ott and Mrs Ott s father Fred Haut 80 then shot himself to avoid capture. Mrs Roehr and her infant hid for three hours before alerting neighbors. Ott a prominent farmer.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Alvin Roehr
Plymouth
Philip J. Ott
Roehr
Fred Haut
Mr. Ott
Ott
Border Patrol to Expand Powers Along U S Mexico Line
Washington Ont 28 Officials deny Taft plan for martial law in Texas amid Mexican revolution. Army patrol policy tightens arrest and detention of armed rebels as refugees become military prisoners to bypass state habeas corpus limits. Cooperation with secret service and deputy marshals tightens neutrality law enforcement.
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Washington
Naheas
Department of Justice
Orozco
Texas
United States
Secret Service
Regular Army
Supreme Court Adjourns After One Decision
Washington October 28 The Supreme Court adjourned after issuing one ruling the newspaper law case and not announcing decisions in the hard coal trust state rate or Western Pacific merger cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eiither
Hard Coal Trust
State Rate
Wrion Pacific
Supreme Court
Mrs Lindloff Faces Damaging Testimony In Murder Trial
In Chicago and Milwaukee, prosecutors present testimony linking Mrs. Jwasa Lindloff to the deaths of relatives through poisoning. Witnesses include an insurance agent, undertakers, and coroner records showing arsenic in viscera, while the seeress defendant predicts her own release.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Jwasa Lindloff
Criminal Court
Arthur
Lindloff
J. H. Price
Peter Hoffman
J. M. Wright
William Lindloff
Alma
Governor Wilson Predicts Democratic Victory in Campaign Reopening
Westchester Pa October 28 Governor Wilson predicted a Democratic victory for the ticket, saying Pennsylvania New Jersey and the nation expect it. He argued prosperity would continue and warned business leaders not abiding by laws. He urged fear of disruption be justified for those breaking laws or honor.
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Westchester
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Wilson
Birthday Party for Marie Louise Savage
Little Miss Marie Louise Savage celebrated her ninth birthday yesterday afternoon at her mother Mrs J Savage's home 502 Eslava street. Many young friends attended. She received many pretty gifts and enjoyed refreshments after games with the children.
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Marie Louise Savage
J. Savage
Eslava Street
Lttle
Rev Father Vaughn Not A Sick Man In New York Trip Planned
Friends of Father Vaughn of the Jesuit fathers in London deny illness rumors. He is in New York and expected to depart within two weeks for San Francisco to continue his travels.
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Father Vaughn
New York
Jesuit Fathers of
London
San Francisco
Moving Day Notice For The Item Subscribers
Notice to subscribers urging readers planning residence changes on November 1 to inform the Circulation Department of The Item at once. Provide both old and new addresses by letter or telephone to avoid delivery delays.
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Westport
Sulting
Everett
Sesser
Demurkers
Look 10 Mobile AS Trade Center
Board
Zeb
Blessed Sacrament Parish
Demopolis Concern
United States Court
Borgia
Gov. Wilson
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