Vermont results cheer Wilson as Democrats gain ground
Gov Wilson hailed Vermont as a strong sign for Democrats and a setback for Republicans. He noted Democrats carried cities, said the overall vote was large, and expected Bryan to speak soon as he to New York to meet editors and vice chairmen. The governor said the country seemed eager for Bryan.
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Vermont
Woodrow Y
New York
McAdoo
William J. Bryan
Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Panama police chiefs resign under American pressure
Washington reports Captain Delacossa of Panama and Chief Quijano resigned amid pressure from American Minister Dodge. Dodge says maltreatment of Americans on the isthmus prompted the moves, noting authorities’ prior practice of shooting or stabbing foreigners.
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Washington
Delacossa
Panama
Dodge
Quijano
Diplomats Dangle Departure After Panama Police Crisis
H. Percival Dodge United States minister to Panama will depart Panama City Thursday for the United States after President Arosemena agreed to dismiss Police Captain Delaossa. Dodge had delayed travel due to alleged brutality by Panama police toward Americans and pressed for action.
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Dodge
Panama
H. Percival Dodge
United States
Arosemena
Delaossa
Arosemnena
Taft suffers from bad right ankle after golf
President Taft returns to the White House from Beverly with a sprained right ankle causing him to cancel a morning engagement. He plans to receive delegates at a garden party if weather permits and rest today before resuming travel to Beverly tomorrow.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Beverly
International Congress of Applied Chemistry
Faft
Spring Hill College Readies Opening for New Scholastic Year
Students have begun arriving in Mobile for the new term at Spring Hill College with many more expected tonight and tomorrow morning. The outlook is optimistic as the campus prepares for the scholastic year’s start.
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Spring Hill College
Mobile
Refugees Flee to Presidio as Ojinaga Battle Looms
General E Z Steever orders Fort Clark cavalry to Presidio to guard about four hundred Mexican refugees who fled toward Texas when rebels overtook Ojinaga. Mexican consul Liorente says agents will supply food. federal cavalry from Chihuahua moves toward Ojinaga to engage rebels, risking Presidio in cross border attack.
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E Paso
Texas
E. Z Steever
Fort Clark
Presidio
Ojinaga Yester
EB. G. Liorente
Aubert
Chihuahua
Ojinaga
Many Miners Entombed After Bruay Mine Explosion
In Lens France on September 3 a fire damp explosion at the Clarence coal mine near Bruay left 37 miners believed killed. Seventy three workers were in the pit as rescue efforts faced dense vapor and collapsing walls.
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Lens
France
Clarence
Bruay
Department of
Nord
Democratic Party Convenes to Probe Blease Primary Fraud Claims
In Columbia on September 4 the Democratic state executive committee opened an inquiry into alleged fraud in Governor Cole Blease’s renomination. The meeting showed sharp lines as the Blease faction resisted investigation while counties reported irregularities at the ballot boxes and charged fraud to the Jones faction. Eugene Blease claimed fraud but opposed a broad probe.
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Columbia
D. C
Democratic State Executive Committee
Cole Blease
Blease
Eugene Blease
Jones
Fred Diminick
Newberry County
Flowers for Capt Pat Lyons Rewarded with Floral Tribute
Commissioner Pat J. Lyons, re-elected city commissioner on Monday, received a floral horseshoe from Messrs T T and John D P Palmer, noted as two of his strongest supporters. The piece featured pink silk ribbon with the inscription Good Luck.
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Pat J. Lyons
Messrs.t. T
John DP. Palmer
Heat Peak Hits Hottest Day In Weeks
The city logged its hottest day in several weeks with readings around 101 on street thermometers at 2 PM. Weather Observer Aschenberger noted 97 at 1:30 PM and rising, one degree hotter than yesterday, prompting contractors to grant workers an extra half hour for lunch.
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Aschenberger
Not Willing to Be a Mummy on County Board Arises to a Question of Privilege
At a regular meeting of the revenue and road commissioners, Commissioner John D. Hagan invoked personal privilege to address allegations by Mr. Brannan that he sought newspaper notoriety and by Mr. Jackson that Hagan was angry at being excluded from the road committee. Hagan said his conscience was clear and criticized press coverage. Brannan urged dropping the argument and returning to core business. Green demanded specifics on Hagan’s alleged blunders. Andrews claimed to ride the roads daily. The exchange ended without fireworks.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
John D. Hagan
Brannan
Jackson
Hagan
Messrs. Brannan
Morris
Andrews
Revenue Board
Mobile
Green
Police commendation for election day order
Lieutenants Dorlon and Farmer received a letter of appreciation from Police Chief Walter Walsh for the department’s calm during the election. The chief praised untiring work and energy that kept brawls and disturbances away, urging the message read at roll calls.
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Rube Dorlon
Walter Walsh
Dorlon
Farmer
British abandon plan of arbitration over Panama tolls
Washington reports indicate Britain's delay in seeking arbitration signals a likely abandonment of the plan. The British aim seems limited to coastwise trade, which reduces the case for arbitration. The Westminster Gazette criticizes Yankee perfidy and predicts diplomacy may fail, keeping arbitration as the likely path.
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Washington
Great Britain
Lnaton Foreign Office
London
Panama
England
Westminster Gasette
Europe
Gazette
Taft
Taxpayers Object to Alleged Pest House at Grand Bay
County officials and residents debated the pest house near Grand Bay with surveyor Towle presenting Joseph Nixon’s map showing no widened public road. The board ordered joint inspection by the road committee chairman Towle and Nixon, while Overseer Stevens was cleared of involvement and tax books issues were referred for action.
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Towle
Joseph Nixon
Grand Bay
Nixon
John Stevens
Stevens
Brannan and
Andrews
Jackson
Richard Rush
Medical College
Garrett
George ©. Stone
Hagan
Hall's Mill
Theodore
Weather Forecast for Mobile and Vicinity
Forecast for Sept 4 1912 calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with continued warmth. Light variable winds. Official Weather Bureau map and meteorological table noted on the last page.
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Mobile
The
Weather Bureau
Meteorological Table
Roosevelt to Testify on Campaign Contributions
Theodore Roosevelt is expected to testify before the Senate committee investigating campaign contributions on October 2 or 3. The inquiry concerns allegations that Standard Oil gave 100000 dollars to the Republican National Committee in 1904 with Roosevelt’s approval. Chairman Clapp organized the inquiry and sent letters to Speaker Champ Clark and Rep. W. It remains to be seen who else will appear.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
John D. Archbold
Penrose
Standard Oil Company
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Clapp
Champ Clark
Reform League Formed by Alabama Convicts at Wetumpka
Special dispatch from Montogemery reports Alabama state convicts at Wetumpka prison organize the Alabama State Prison Reform League. Officers elected include President Simon P. Bryant and Vice President William Hereford. Rules require obedience to prison authorities and efforts toward personal reform and religious duties. Rumor says Warden Coleman may resign due to overwork.
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Montogemery
Ala
Wétumpka
Alabamad State Prison Reform” League
League
James G. Oakley
State Convict Board
Mobilian
Simon P. Bryant
Geneva County
William Hereford
Huntsville
John Standford
Mobile
T. S. Palmer
Anniston
Henry M. Dell
State Capitol
W. M. Coleman
Spelner’s
Coleman
Wife Stands By Husband Against Father in Court
Recorder Hale refused to tolerate wife beating as Walter Flower was arraigned for assaulting his wife. Flower received a fine of 260 or ninety days in jail. Mrs Flower testified her husband struck her multiple times that morning, with corroboration from the boarding house resident.
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Hale
Walter Flower
Flower
Roosevelt Rejects Missouri Compromise Offer
Roosevelt turned down a Missouri Republican offer to back him if Progressives would drop a state ticket. He urged full state tickets nationwide, saying compromise in Missouri is ended. He spoke at town hall at 7 with a large crowd listening.
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Keokuk
Missouri
Col
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Cummins
Progressive
Cris
Will Test the New Stock Law in Ashland Place District
Isaiah Simmons faced arraignment in the interior criminal court on a charge of stock law violation. He was fined $20 and issued a notice of appeal as witnesses testified a cow wandered the district despite prior removals. Elliott Rickardy prosecuted for the state. Robert Gordon defended.
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Ashland Place
Interior Criminal Court
Isaiah Simmons
Simmons
County Board of Revenue ‘and Road Commissioners
Street Loop
Supreme Court
County Board
Elliott Rickardy
Robert Gordon
Ring Wins Qut In New Orleans Primary
In New Orleans yesterday the city ring defeated the Good Government League in parish official primaries. Chandler Luzenburg administration candidate for district attorney won by about two thousand, signaling a major setback for ring influence. Congressional returns renominate Albert Estopinal H Garland DuPre Robert Broussard and J T Watkins. James B Aswell nominated in the new eighth district.
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New Orleans
Good Government League
Chandler C. Luzenburg
Louisiana
Albert Estopinal
H. Garland Dupre
Robert Broussard
J. T. Watkins
James B. Aswell
Natchitoches
Jackies Recapture Steamer From Nicaraguan Rebels
American warship forces retook a small steamer seized near Corinto by Nicaraguan insurgents and towed it toward the bay. The press dispatch from Admiral Southerland notes no time or confirmation of combat.
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Washington
Corinto
Bay of
Miral Southerland
Train Robbers Hold Up New Orleans And North Line
A cryptic OCR fragment describes robbers ambushing a passenger train on the New Orleans and North line. They abandon their nitroglycerine attempt and flee with red tissue noted in the account, mentioning a May timing and multiple locations.
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New Orleans
Orleans
Court Delays Trial Over Dog Licensing Dispute
The case of Henry Berry regarding a dog on private premises without a license centers on a dog that bit a boy. Attorneys argued ordinance validity while postponing the trial to September 11 awaiting further findings. Berry was previously discharged when it was proven the dog did bite and act was deemed unwarranted.
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Recorders
Henry Ber
Alebum
B. B
Rich
Hawkin & Hamilton
Cority
Boone
Hale
Berry
Elf
Watchman Killed by Cattle Bar in Sudden Collapse
A watchman is reported dead after an incident involving a cattle bar. The fragment describes a fatal event with unclear details and phrasing. Further readable text mentions the term volver and a casualty connected to the cattle handling context. Confirmed specifics are limited.
Life Insurance Men Rim Chicago Incident
A fragment from a Chicago report notes life insurance men involved in an event in September. The text references the United group and an expense by OS, with a person named Carl tied to the incident.
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Chicago
Carl
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