Grand Army Host Invades Chattanooga for 47th Encampment
United States flags adorn Chattanooga as veterans flood in for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment. General Alfred B. Beers arrives, opens headquarters, plans the event, and city decorations proceed amid mixed Confederate and U S colors signaling reconciliation at the historic gathering.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Beers
Blue
Alfred B. Beers
General Beers
Judge Nesmith No Resignation Yet for Birmingham Judge
Special to The Item. Montgomery September 13. Gov O Neal says Judge C C Nesmith of the Birmingham city court has not tendered a resignation. No candidates should apply until Nesmith resigns and files with the governor. The governor will not discuss the vacancy while no resignation is received.
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Montgomery
C. C. Nesmith
City Court of
Birmingham
O’neal
Nesmith
Pensioners Cited to Appear Over Eligibility Questions
In Montgomery on September 13 a total of 125 Walker county pensioners are summoned to appear before General Fred S Ferguson at the capitol to show cause why their names should not be dropped from the state pension rolls. They have 20 days to defend, in person or by counsel, with witnesses or affidavits. Ferguson has also cited 67 from Calhoun and 55 from Winston counties to answer charges of ineligibility, again given 20 days to respond. Winston leads in pensioners challenged.
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Montgomery
Walker County
Fred S. Ferguson
Capitol
Penson
Ferguson
Calhoun
Winston County
Brooke
Cers
Thaw Expresses Satisfaction With Colebrook Condition
In Colebrook New Hampshire Harry K Thaw reacts to kidnapping rumors and praises local residents for standing firm against outsiders The statement notes a full hearing may be provided by Governor Felker and describes heightened security including fifteen local police and a special guard at the Thaw lodging house.
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Associated Press
Colebrook
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
Telker
Concord
New York
Thaw
Moses H Graham
Felker
New Hampshire
Carmo
Thaw passport through to England sparks kidnapping rumors
Montreal dispatch reports Harry K. Thaw’s friends arranged a through ticket from Colebrook New Hampshire to England via Montreal. Officials heard Thaw believed immigration cannot touch him on a through route, citing Jack Johnson, fueling kidnapping rumors and plans to enter the United States via Lake Erie and Pennsylvania.
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Montreal
Que
Harry K. Thaw
Colebrook
N. H
England
Thaw
Dominion
Mrs Edna Godbee Guilty Of Murder In Millen Ga
Mrs Edna Perkins Godbee was found guilty of the murder of Mrs Florence Godbee wife of her divorced husband and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The verdict came at 4 10 this morning after a thirteen hour jury deliberation.
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Millen
Edna Perkins Godbee
Florence Godbee
Mercy
W. S. Godbee
Body of Mayor Gaynor Re-embalmed Before Cunard Voyage
In Liverpool the body of former New York Mayor Gaynor was moved from the Town Hall to the Lusitania. It was re-embalmed and a death mask taken at Mrs. Gaynor’s request. A religious service was held at 7 A.M. by Liverpool clergy led by the bishop.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Gaynor
New York
Liverpool Town Hall
Great Britain
Cunard Line
Westminster Abbey
Conference over rate cases with Governor
Judge Samuel D. Weakley of Birmingham and Attorney General Robert C. Brickell met with Governor ONeal to review the railroad passenger rate litigation. Weakley, special counsel for the state, outlined stages of the case as hearings progress in Huntsville and Huntsville on October 4 for Southern and Northern Alabama rate matters before federal judges. No decision yet on Louisville and Nashville restraining order as judges prepare an order in the coming days.
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Montgomery
Samuel D. Weakley
Birmingham
Robert C. Brickell
O'Neal
Weakley
Huntsville
Central of Georgia
The
Western Railway of Alabama
Commission
Brickell
South
Alabama
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Token of esteem given to J Lee Long upon resignation
Montgomery reporter notes associate members of the state tax commission and Secretary Friday presented J Lee Long, recently resigning as chairman, with a gold diamond set match box engraved with his initials and the date 1913. Judge A A Evans delivered the gift as Long leaves the capitol for a move to another city to enter real estate.
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Montgomery
State Tax Commission
J. Lee Long
Commission
A. A. Evans
Tham
Long
Secretary Wilson to Tour Western and Southern Cities
Secretary Wilson plans to fill several empties in the West and South and will visit Knoxville Tennessee among other places.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson Oercene
Knoxville
Tenn
Young surgeon linked to missing Annette Day case in Hudson murder
New York police search for a young married surgeon after Annette Day, 23, is identified as the woman whose dissected body parts were found near the Hudson. Day left home August 6, facing motherhood, and her brother, a real estate dealer, claims the body matches a birthmark on her back. The surgeon reportedly vanished from Brooklyn amid threats from the Black Hand.
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Associated Press
New York
Annette Day
Miss Day
Francis
Hudson
Tarrytown
Annette
Elgg
Day
Brooklyn
Atkins May Again Seek Election
Major W. B. Atkins of Selma may run again for the state senate from his district though he has not fully decided. Rumor says Rep J. W. Green of Selma might oppose him. Other legislators in Montgomery included J. S. Williams from Barbour, J. J. Rylance from Tallapoosa, and Thomas J. Judge of Jefferson.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. B. Atkins
Selma
Dallas County
Atkins
Major Atkins
State Senate
J. W. Green
J. 8. Williams
Clayton
Barbour County
J. J. Rylance
Dadeville
Tallapoosa County
Thomas J. Judge
Birmingham
Consular Refuge Provisions Extend to Mexicans and Americans
U S state department orders allow foreign residents and Americans to seek shelter with U S consular officers in Mexico. The Buford, transporting refugees along the Pacific coast, is instructed to provide accommodations to all foreigners, aiming to minimize grounds for intervention.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Mexico
State Department
Buford
Pacific
Prominent Women Organize Hairpin Order in Philadelphia
Special to The Item reports a new group the Mational Order of Hairpins formed by Philadelphia women. Members are urged to abandon garters and use hairpins to hold hosiery, reflecting early fashion reform and social norms.
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Philadelphia
Pas
Weather forecast and regional temperatures report
The forecast predicts rain tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions and winds shifting from east to southeast to northwest by Sunday. Alabama expects showers with cooler northern areas while Mississippi sees rain and cooler air with southeast cooler. Temperatures at the Roy and Dauphin corner reach highs near 78 and 76 and low around 73 today.
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Mississippi
Roy1
Dauphin
M& m
China seeks strong army and navy with foreign instructors
Washington reports Far Eastern diplomats view China's plan to employ German army officers and 200 subordinate instructors as a revival of a program halted by Yuan Shikai's revolution. Officials expect U.S. naval instruction and German officers to resume after stability returns, seeing it as safeguarding the republic's integrity.
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Associated Press
Washington
China
Yuan Shikai
Peking
Japan
Russia
United States
Arson Squad Destroys Station in Lenton Near Newcastle
A suffragette arson squad burned the railroad station buildings at Lenton near Newcastle. Placards blamed Premier Asquith for militancy and urged readers to apply for damages.
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Associated Press
London
Lenton
Newcastle
Asquith
First Argentine Beef Imported to New York
The first commercial shipment of Argentine beef to New York arrived aboard the steamship on Dyke from Buenos Aires. The consignment included 1,508 Soares. Importers anticipate profits as demand grows for the new meat source.
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New York
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Lutherans Plan 1917 Centennial Celebration
The Lutheran church of North America outlines a 1917 four hundredth anniversary celebration. Plans include a standard English church book and hymnal, English Luther works for popular reading, a jubilee fund, and greater cooperation among divided Lutheran bodies in America. Dr Schmauk calls for study of doctrine over rigid creed subscription and discusses establishing a Lutheran theological school in India.
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Py Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
T. J. Schmank
General Council of the
Lutheran Church of North America
America
Schmauk
Lutheran Theological School
India
Hooper Fire Leaves Village Residents Homeless
Relief work was organized for more than 100 Hooper residents twenty miles north of Kalamazoo after a lumber town fire swept through last night. Only one house escaped as the blaze started from a passing railroad engine. no deaths reported as telegraph and telephone lines were disrupted and a neighboring village name was misreported.
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Associated Press
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hooper
Here
Cooper
Impeachment Board Names Witness in Sulzer Probe
New York September 13 The assembly board of managers for Governor Sulzer’s impeachment announced that Charles Dersch a salesman allied with brewery interests testified that he had seen campaign contributions and recounted sums linked to Sulzer’s campaign.
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Associated Press
New York
Assembly Board of Managers
Sulzer
Charles Dersch
Banks Refuse School Bond Issue and County Teachers Named
Local banks declined to take up the recent school bond issue after an executive committee report to the Board of School Commissioners. The Friday meeting named county school teachers, discussed Citronelle building plans, budget adoption, and transfers of pupils between Government Street and Spring Hill schools.
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Citronelle
Finance and Country School
Harvard
Citronette
Toulminville
Bayou la Barre
Country School Committee
Government Street
Spring Hill School
Rose Lacey
Soram Nelson
Murphy
Mu Ph
Pierce
Mishes Thelma Jones
Rosa del Bouno
Alice Flinn
Ethel Matzenger
Braive
Pauline O'Rourke
Kate Mickle
Messilina Adams
Ethel Savage
Lilly Turner
Lorena Buford
Sadie Taylor
Mordecai Roberts
Richardson
Groes
Edna L. Pickens
Allens
Lilie Simmons
Alliance Hall
Gladys Murphy
Evelyn Sheldon
Axis
Irene M. Gould
Bakers
Messiliga Adams
Barkers
Bessie Rencher
Sophie Roberts
Nan Wright
W. H. Fagerstrom
May Collins
Maggie T. Bosarge
Glo Rush
Kitty Hollo
Mother and son shot in sugar beet field near Chesaning
Mrs Joseph Sampson and her 10 year old son Henry were wounded in a field near Chesaning Michigan suspected husband is the shooter authorities search for him. Physicians say both likely to die. Sampson reportedly returned from Toledo found wife away then shot her and the boy. He then handed his gun to a bystander and walked off saying he would notify the sheriff.
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Associated Press
Saginaw
Mich
Joseph Sampson
Henry
Chesaning
Sampson
Miller objects to a rehearing in conspiracy case
United States District Attorney M in Indianapolis sends to the Seventh Circuit in Chicago a brief arguing against a rehearing of the dynamite conspiracy trial. The document lays out why the conviction should not be overturned.
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U. S
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
United States
C of Appeals
Chicago
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