Blackmon to Attend Alabama Good Roads Meeting in Mobile
Fred L. Blackmon congressman from the fourth district confirms in a letter to Secretary J A Rountree that he will attend the Alabama Good Roads Association seventeenth annual session in Mobile on November 20 to 22 1913 He pledges to support the good roads movement and aid post roads as chairman of the subcommittee in the House. Also John L Burnett is noted as among early acceptances from Alabama legislators.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Good Roads Association
Mobile
John L. Burnett
Alabama
Fred L. Blackmon
Congress
J. A. Rountree
Committee On
Post Office and Post Roads
Post Roads
Five Hundred Miners Strike in West Virginia Mines
One hundred or more workers joined the walkout at Paint Creek Collieries near Mucklow after alleging the company kept a doctor hired during labor troubles. The firm had reportedly agreed to a union wage scale weeks earlier.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Paint_Creek
Kansas Census Shows Gain in Population
Kansas population rises to 1 685 621 in 1914 a 16 325 increase over 1912 figures as the state board of agriculture releases official census data. The 1912 count showed a drop of 17 351 from 1910. A Meyer grocery notice appears in today’s Item.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Three Chicago girls found living in straw stack quarters
Ethel Miller 16 Emma Wagner 17 and Elizabeth Lord 18 escapees from Geneva state home are discovered in cell like rooms built of straw. They shared meals daily with three Geneva men Carl Rosene 20 employed at the home Fred Anderson and Herman Anders. The girls and three men are jailed.
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Associated Press
Aurora
Ill
Chicago
Geneva
Carl Rosene
Ethel Miller
Emma Wagner
Elizabeth Lord
Fred Anderson
Herman Anders All
Absence of Sulzer An Albany Mystery
The whereabouts of Governor Sulzer remained a mystery. His secretary did not know his location and officials at the executive mansion said he was not there. He was reported to have been in New York the day before.
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Associated Press
Albany
WN. Y
Sulzer
New York
Death of Insane Patient Reported in Alabama Court Notice
Judge Price Williams Jr in probate court is notified by the physician in charge at Mount Vernon Alabama state negro insane hospital of the death of Thomas Smith an insane man sent from Mobile County. Smith died on September 10 very suddenly.
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Price Williams, Jr
Mount Vernon
Ala
Thomas Smith
Mobile County
Smith
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Advertisement
Invigorating tonic claimed to drive out malaria enrich the brood and build up the system. Marketed as a true tonic for adults and children. 50c size. Ad copy from an old newspaper page segment.
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Grove
Charlton Trial Again Delayed in Como Italy
Porter Charlton the young American accused of murdering his wife in 1910 has filed a long defense memorandum with the interpreter Signor Vitale. Magistrate Judge Rognoni has been promoted and transferred to Milan delaying the investigation. Charlton now presents a different version of events and the trial may not begin before April. Dr. Sala will continue examinations to judge Charlton’s mental and physical condition.
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Associated Press
Como
Italy
Porter Charlton
Signor Vitale
Rognoni
Milan
Charlton
United States
Dr. Sala
Impeachment Managers Press Witnesses in Sulzer Case
New York September 12. Assembly impeachment managers report several subpoenaed witnesses refused to testify. Isidor Kresel said the committee will compel evidence as it sits with powers granted by the resolution creating the impeachment board.
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Associated Press
New York
Assembly
Sulzer
Isidor Kresel
Anderson Opens Drive for House Reform After Resignation
Washington September 12 Representative Anderson Republican from Minnesota introduced a resolution to form a nine member committee to investigate and reform House legislative practices. He said the move starts a campaign against secret caucuses and committee work.
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Associated Press
Washington
Anderson
Minnesota
Ways and Means
House
After Twenty Years Service Biddle Fired For Error
Jacob Biddle, twenty years with the Northern Ohio Traction Company, was dismissed for forgetting orders and running past a switch. The collision injured about a score of passengers as cars collided in Canton Ohio.
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Associated Press
Canton
Hays
Northern Ohio Traction Company
Jacob Biddle
Havana discovery of Lena Janin and Vincent Planelli
Mrs Lena Janin and Vincent Planelli were found alive in Havana street Havana. They said they fled New York ten days ago after a dispute with Casper Janin over a divorce.
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Associated Press
Havana
Lena Janin
New York
Hudson River
Vincent Planelli
Havana Street
Planells
Casper Janin
Janin
Havana finds intial river murder clue fades
Discovery in Havana of Mrs Janin unsettles a key clue in the river murder mystery. Detectives remain puzzled as a torso identity by Casper Janin is challenged while other leads yield little progress.
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Associated Press
Havana
Janin
Casper Janin
H. Bolian
Bolian
Constable Hook
More Rain in Galveston Reported in 48 Hours
The United States Weather Bureau announced that Galveston Texas received more than ten inches of rainfall over the past forty eight hours.
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Galveston
Associated Press
Washington
United States Weather Bureau
Texas
Tim McCade Signs With St. Louis Club For 1914 Season
Charlie Barrett of the St. Louis club signed 18 year old amateur pitcher Tim McCade of Graniteville Mo. for the 1914 season. The announcement came from Farmington Missouri where the signing was reported by the Associated Press.
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Py Associated Press
Farmington
Charlie Barrett
St. Louis Americcan League
Tim McCade
Graniteville
McCade
Wilson travels with aides on Federal car to summer White House
President Wilson passed through Springfield en route to Cornish New Hampshire on the private car Federal. He was accompanied by Secretary McAdoo Secretary Tumulty and Dudley Field Malone traveling with him in pre election days. They will confer with Colonel E M House in Beverly and discuss Boston collectorship and other Massachusetts federal appointments. Some leaders want appointments deferred until after the gubernatorial election to avoid factional strain. The president will decide on this upon return to Washington.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Mass
Wilson
White House
Cornish
N. H
Federal
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Tumulty
Dudley Field Malone
Messrs. McAdoo
Malone
New Haven
Beverly
E. M. House
Boston
Massachusetts
Washington
Express robbery case eyed. officials claim progress
Savannah Ga September 12 officials of the Southern Express Company said they had evidence leading to a solution of the robbery of 71990 in transit from the Chase National Bank of New York to banks in Savannah Brunswick and Valdosta Ga they expected an arrest soon would be made
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Associated Press
Savannah
Southern Expesss Company
Chase National Bank of New York
Brunswick
Valdosta
Two Negroes Held for Crime in Ottawa Murder
Montreal report says Bessie Sims and Tottie Brangman, both New York City residents, were arrested in connection with the murder of Abe Rubenstein, a bookmaker's clerk, in Ottawa. They admit being in Ottawa for the recent race meeting and knowing Rubenstein. Police search for Nathan Shapiro, bookmaker, with a warrant.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Bessie Sims
Tottie Brangman
Maple Leaf IV Wins British International Motor Boat Trophy
The Maple Leaf IV representing the Royal Motor Yacht Club won the Harmsworth cup by taking two of three races, retaining the trophy for Great Britain after today’s concluding events in London.
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Associated Press
London
Royal Motor Yacht Club
Great Britain
Huntington Bay
Long Island
President Wilson at Summer White House Arrival
President Wilson arrived at the summer White House in Cornish New Hampshire at 1 10 p m after motor trip from Windsor Vermont station.
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Associated Press
Cornish, N. H
Wilson
White House
Windsor
Demonstration Leads to Arrests in Calumet Copper Strike
In Calumet Michigan on September 12 a copper mine strike demonstration drew strikers and women supporters. Fifteen women and three men were arrested including Yanko Terzich of Denver, a Western Federation of Miners executive board member. The crowd was noisy and appeared hostile.
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Associated Press
Calu
Mich
Calumet
Yanko Terzich
Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Dodson's Liver Tone Gains Druggist Guarantees Townwide
Every druggist in town offers Dodson's Liver Tone with a personal guarantee. The vegetable liver remedy is advertised as safe, pleasant tasting, and effective for a sluggish liver, reducing calomel sales and promising no disruption to daily work.
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Dodson
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Dauphin Street
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Albert E. Reynolds
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