Diaz and Diaz Fugitives Board U S Battleship Michigan
General Felix Diaz and companions put to sea from Vera Cruz aboard the American battleship Michigan, transferring from the Louisiana with no public notice. The refugees plan to reach Progreso then an unknown final destination. Local port officials reported two German warships, the Hertha and the Bremen, in port.
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Sorookatna Press
D Cruz
Mex
Pelix Diaz
Michigan
Louisiana
Moss
Diaz
Hertha
Bremen
Thomas de
Diaz and Refugees Sail Toward Cuba Amid Warship Moves
General Diaz and his party bound for Cuba as Fletcher’s squadron in Mexican waters steers toward Progresso. Navy officials declined to name the refugee vessel while talks on naval estimates continue and the battleship plan remains unresolved.
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Iy Associated Press
Swashington
Dix Diaz
Cuba
Navy Department
Fletcher
AmeriqQuadron
Michigan
Torrow
Ti Daniels
Navy
Washington
Rebels Advance on Chihuahua Amid Federal Pursuit
In Mexico City on Oct 31 rebels led by Pancho Villa moved toward Chihuahua City. Federal troops under four generals including Francisco Castro and Marcelo Cara faced feigned attacks while the rebels pressed from Parral. The Jimenez to Santa Rosalia railroad was damaged, forcing overland movement by federal forces which have struggled to succeed.
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Mexico City
Pancho
Fed
Francisco Castro
Marcelo Cara
Javier Rojas
Orpinel
Custody Battle Over Child In Probate Court
Louise Alexander seeks habeas corpus to gain custody of Josie alleging the child has lived with her since separation from her sister, and that the mother is detaining the child. Judge Price Williams Jr. will hear the case in probate court show cause.
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Bone
Friona Lillie Alexander
Price Williams
Josie
Louise Alexa
Alexander
Balconist Eldridge to Answer Charge
Eldridge, proprietor of a retail liquor store on Bay Avenue near Louisville and Nashville, is cited to appear before the Mobile Board of Licenses to show why his permit should not be revoked for selling liquor to intoxicated persons and known intemperates.
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Leo ¥. Sldridge
Bay Avenue
Louisville and Nashville
Craece
Mobile
Irs
M- E. Goodwin
Rebel Force Driven from Monterey After Raid
The rebel force attacking Monterey has been driven from the vicinity as 700 federal troops under General Teller and Maas reach the city after a nine day march. Rail damage includes 657 freight cars 63 passenger cars and 17 locomotives burned plus the destruction of shops and round-house facilities. Work resumes at seven major Monterey enterprises after several days of shutdown.
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Associated Press
Mexico
City
Monterey
Teller
Maas
Mexican National Railway
Mexican Central Railway
Johnson Probe Opens To Favorable View Of Judge Johnson
A Mississippi legislative committee wrapped up testimony in Hattiesburg on Judge Paul B. Johnson amid broad support from jurists. Some witnesses criticized him, but a large majority spoke well of his character. The tyranny charge in Hammond contempt case was dropped after a letter of acknowledgment.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Legislative Committee
Paul B. Johnson
Twentieth Judicial District
Uattiesburg
Jackson
Johnson
A. A. Hammond
Hammond
Anderson
Twelfth Judicial District
Kansas City Orient Railroad Ownership Still Unsettled
Kansas City, Mo Oct 31 Ownership of the Kansas City Kansas City and Orient Railroad cannot be settled and the reorganization completed until conflicting claims of bondholders and construction companies are resolved Judge John C Pollock of the federal court appointed Clifford iste as special examiner to hear the claims and report.
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Kansas City
Mexico
Orient
Eeco and
Orient Railroad
John C. Pollock
Federal Court
Kaneo
Clifford Iste
Karteas City
Tae
Gas Fire Tragedy Strikes Brooklyn Family
A rapid gas incident in Brooklyn on October 31 endangers Philip Lamberto 48 a shoemaker his wife and three children in their Irving Avenue home. Fire officials report near fatal injuries with surrounding apartments affected as residents flee the blaze.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Philip Lamberto
Irving Avenue
Economic revolution is at hand in trust legislation program
Commissioner Davies announces a new scientific inquiry into the industrial system under President Wilson. The Bureau of Corporations will study whether large unit competition or monopoly best serves society to inform December trust legislation and potential increased funding. He cites absolute facts as essential to judging the ultimate solution of trusts.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Wilson
Congress
Corporations
Joseph E. Davies
National Association of Hardware Dealers
Bureau of Corporations
United States
Davies
Girl Rescued from White Slavers in New York
In New York on October 31 a 14 year old, Josephine McLoughlin, was rescued after a note dropped from a window led to police. Abduction charge was filed against driver John Hamilton. A companion girl Elizabeth Clark faced disorderly conduct charges as authorities pursued both cases.
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New York
Upper West Side
Josephine McLoughlin
Josephine
Prisoark
John Hamilton
Elizabeth Clark
McLoughlin
Well Known Woman Takes Her Own Life
A well known woman reportedly took her own life in a local case under investigation. The brief notice notes the death occurred recently with authorities alerted and a coroner's procedure pending.
Dewberry Secures Mortgage for Dauphin Island Developments
A $221,250 mortgage filed in probate court by the Dauphin Island Land Company and the Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor Company, with Cleveland Trust Company as trustees, covers the firms’ holdings on Big and Little Dauphin Islands and related rail and maritime assets. The funds, arranged after Dewberry’s trip to Cleveland, will back a Mobile steamer service, a planned coaling station, and a railroad across the sound from Alabama Port, signaling quick onset of improvements.
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Dauphin Island Land Company
J. M. Dewberry
Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor Company
R. D. Johnston
Cleveland Trust Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Dauphin Islands
Mississippi Sound
Gulf of Mexico
Dewberry
Trust Company
Dauphin Island
Mobile
Alabama
Sound
Delegates Charged Reg Registration Fee At Lyric Theatre
Panama Canal Celebration official L C G Irvine denies tickets to the Lyric theatre were sold by the congress for President Wilson’s address. He cites delegate registration for reserved seats due to badge delays and misrepresentation. Manager W O Connor confirms no admission tickets were sold.
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L. C G. Irvine
Panama Canal
Southern Commercial Congress
Lyric Theatre
Wilson
Congress
Irvine
W. O'Connor
Human Equation Best Life-Saver In Rail Travel Safety
By Associated Press Washington Oct 51 means of obtaining the highest degree of safety in railroad travel formed the key note of today final proceedings of the annual convention of the National Association of Railway Commissioners. Commissioner Sague of New York said the standard signalling system with overlap would have prevented most recent accidents on the New Haven road but noted the human equation remains a considerable factor in safety and that many railroads have reduced fast train speeds to boost safety by about 50 percent.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Association of Railway Commissioners
Sague
New York
New Haven Road
Keller Assumes Flagler's Office in Mobile
Major Charles Keller of the U S Army engineering corps will take charge of the Mobile office Saturday succeeding Lieutenant Colonel A F Flagler who was promoted. Keller comes from Rock Island Illinois where he directed river improvement work for the government. Captain Ralph T Ward will continue with the Mobile office in a temporary capacity.
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Charles Keller
Engineering Corps
United States Army
Keller
Mobile
A. F. Flagler
Rock Island, I
Miessasippi
Ralph T. Ward
Life of Woman Hangs by Thread in Boston
Mrs. Mary McCormick, a patient at the city hospital, teeters between life and death after a fall from a third story window. Doctors warn that any movement could sever the broken spinal cord. Police hold Thomas Wilson on £5,000 bond, charged with throwing her from the window.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mary McCormick
City Hospital
Thomas Wilson
Engineer Davis Reports Rapid Progress on Southern Steel Plant
Chief engineer L. Davis of the Southern Steel Company said Friday the erection work is progressing rapidly. He noted surveys for the mill site in North Mobile have begun and tracings will be prepared to move the project to drawing rooms.
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Connecon
L. ©. Davis
Mobile
Mr. Davis
Southern Steel Company
Southern ‘Steel Company
Davin
Chicago
Davis
Church Adopts Unified Plan for Growth and Education
A policy committee report approved calls for personal evangelism, youth training, dedication of one tenth of income to the church, strong support for church boards, uplift programs, and emphasis on higher education and temperance. Projected construction at Mobile begins with 250 workers in July as plans move from Chicago drafts to on site foundation work.
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Nason Oh
Methodist Church
William H. Crawford
Allegheny College
General Church
Mobile business men hail planned steel plant
Business men of Mobile and leaders in commerce praise the forthcoming large steel plant. Officials say work is underway and other tasks will finish quickly, but no forecasted completion date is given yet.
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Mobile
Southern ‘Steel
Fish charged in yacht arson case in Edgartown Harbor
Captain John Albert Fish of the New York Yacht Club and former British Army engineer was arraigned in a Boston area case for burning the yacht Senate in Edgertown Harbor Massachusetts three years ago to collect 15000 in insurance. He was held on 15000 bail after losing his suit against the United States.
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Associated Press
New York
John Albert
Fish
New York Yacht Club
Senate
Edgertown Harbor
Mass
United States
Two Enginemen Killed in Southern Wreck
Griffin Ga Oct 31 Thomas Gay engineer and C Pearson fireman were killed when Southern Railway passenger train No 29 wrecked three miles north of Griffin at noon today. No passengers injured.
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Associated Press
Griffin, Ga
Thomas Gay
C. Pearson
Southern Railway
Here
TASTED HIGH LIFE BUT DENIES GUILT
J C Schildknecht, a $20 a week clerk, pleaded not guilty to embezzlement charges after being accused of spending about $55,000 of his employer’s funds in the past six months. The case, reported from New York, centers on alleged high living and unauthorized expenditures.
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Associated Press
New York
J. C
Weather Forecast Frigid Night and Fair Alabama
Forecast shows fair conditions tonight with frost and cold temperatures near minus forty. Winds from the north and northeast are moderate. Alabama also fair with warmer conditions tonight and Saturday.
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Mobile
Alabama
Offer of Page to the Strikers in Ludlow Colony
In Denver, Oct 81, authorities say attempts to disarm about 3,200 Ludlow strikers will not occur until tomorrow. Gov Adams reports negotiations for a peaceful surrender of arms are under way and expected to conclude soon.
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Denver
Col
Ludlow
Gov. Adards
Arma
Conpao
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