Fatal Electric Accident Kills Mobile Lineman
B Morris a 30 year old Bell Telephone and Telegraph employee was electrocuted while repairing a damaged Ann street pole near Spring Hill avenue Old Shell Road in Mobile. A high tension wire completed a circuit through Morris as he touched a live plyer, causing instantaneous death. He leaves a wife Miss McDonald and two children in St Joseph with the mother residing there.
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B. Morris
Bell Telehe and Telegraph Company
West New St. Iis Street
Mobile Electric Company
Spring Hill Avenue
Ann Street
Morris
Ion
Jackson
Mobile Ditectric Company
n@rews
Bell Company
Borner
Old Shell Road
Orms
Apa
Berouson
of Telephone and Telegraph Company
Meridian
Miss
Friday Was Unlucky for This Old Woman
Philadelphia report notes Mrs. Kissick aged 104 fell ill and had to stay in bed on Friday the 18th. She had recently issued a challenge to women aged 0 to 50 to compete in a race up a 350 yard dash as a test of endurance. She described it as the first day in her life spent in bed.
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Philadelphia
Will of Edward Pollitz Opens Probate Proceeding
In San Francisco on September 16 the will of Edward Pollitz founder of the San Francisco Stock Exchange left an estate over 1,000,000. The probate court received the document as relatives and heirs including Carl Pollitz, Desire Pollitz a niece, and George Pollitz a nephew were named.
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San Francisco
Edward Pollitz
San Francisco Stock Exchange
Ieft
Governor Warns Newark Officials Over Law Violations
Governor Woodrow Wilson reports complaints of scandalous disregard of law in Newark New Jersey. He asks for a searching investigation and cites a ten day action deadline under state law. Wilson notes eye witness evidence and urges prompt, thorough correction by city officials and county authorities.
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Sea. Girt
N. J
Newark
Essex County
Woodrow Wilson
Cana
Anti-Saloon League of New Jersey
Trenton
Wilson
West Begging for Gov Wilson Campaign Swing Expands
West is besieging Wilson headquarters as telegrams pour in from the West urging the Democratic ticket to allow speeches. Gov Wilson plans a cross region swing through Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio before Jersey primaries, then back to Scranton. A private railcar Magnet will carry him with a 15‑member party as campaign stops multiply.
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New York
Wilson
West
National Committee
Woodrow Wilson
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wiselinois
Michigan
Ohio
Itis
Jersey
Sea Girt
Scranton
Magnet
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Brave matador fatally gored in Los Angeles celebration
Francisco del Valle Frasquilo, a matador, was fatally gored by a bull at a Los Angeles park celebration yesterday. He leaped the enclosure, baited the bull with a red flag, and was thrown into the air as onlookers watched, dying at a local hospital.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Francisco del Valle Frasquilo
Frasquilo
Supreme Court opens term with major cases on railroads and trusts
The Supreme Court will start the fall term October 14 with 21 cases of broad significance. Key items include the cotton corner and inter mountain rate cases, the bathtub trust and patent licensing questions, and the Louisville and Nashville rate case testing commerce court powers. Railroad liability limits and interstate commerce law applications will also be argued.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas
Roosevelt
Bathtub Trust
Louisville and Nashville
Archbald
Commerce Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brett Family Objects To American Heiress Marriage
London report notes Viscount Hsher and family did not attend farewell for Oliver Sylvian Bairol Brett as he sailed to marry Miss Antoinette Heckscher of Philadelphia. The Bretts oppose the match amid a background of social ties, with ties to Zena Dare and Edward VII era gaiety. Heckscher family is prominent in Pennsylvania and seeks to wed despite Brett disapproval.
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London
Viscount Hsher
Brett
Waterloo Station
Southampton
God Speed
Oliver Sylvian Bairol Brett
Campaia
United States
Antoinette Heckscher
August Heckscher
Philadelphia
Windsor Castle
Edward VII
Oliver
Maurice B. Brett
Zena Dare
Heckscher
Pennsylvania
Bretts
Paris
Paris Gra* Miss Antoinette Heckscher
Archduke Nicholas observes French military maneuvers near Tours
Archduke Nicholas Nicolaievich arrives with Grand Duchess Anastasie to watch France's simulated war. More than 90,000 French troops engage around Tours aided by 50 aeroplanes and two dirigibles while the grand duke travels in a luxurious special train serving as his headquarters.
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Paris
Archduke Nicholas Nicolaievich
Nicholas
France
Tours
Anastasie
Comptroller Murray May Be Asked to Resign
Washington, Sept. 16. Lawrence C. Murray of New York, comptroller of the currency and friend of Colonel Roosevelt, may be asked by President Taft to vacate his office. Republican leaders have urged dismissal for three weeks due to alleged disloyalty to the party and disagreements with Treasury officials led by Secretary MacVeagh.
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Washington
Lawrence C. Murray
New York
Coloniel
Roosevelt
Taft
Murray
MacVeagh
Treasury
Trade Expansion Advange Courier To West Indies
A Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League plan dispatches a four firm advance courier to the West Indies and Windward islands and Central America ahead of a Mobile merchants trade expansion trip. The Dunlap Mercantile M. Forchheimer English Carriage Cunningham Hardware firms will be represented. The advance agent sails from Mobile between October 1 and 15 with the main trip starting mid November to improve direct Mobile trade.
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West Indies
Windward Islands
South America
Central America
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
W. T. McGowin
Dunlap Mercantile Company
M. Forchheimer & Co
English Carriage Company
Cunningham Hardware Company
Mobile
Troy
Chamber of Commerce
Windward
Central American
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
South
Tennessee Democrats Face Decision on Senate Primary
Nashville, Tenn. Sept 16 The state Democratic committee will consider postponing the U S senatorial primary set for the November election. Candidates include Malcolm R Patterson W K McAlister and Joseph B Jones. Critics say postponement could harden anti party sentiment affecting the gubernatorial race. McMillan the gubernatorial nominee has declined to interfere.
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Nashville
Tenn
Democratic State Committee
Malcolm R. Patterson
W. K. McAlister
Joseph B. Jones
McMillan
German Fleet Sails For Parade Review At Kiel Harbor
The German imperial fleet, 22 battleships with six large and eleven small cruisers, torpedo boats and destroyers, plus the Mary vessels, was reviewed at Heligoland in the North Sea as the crowd watched a dirigible balloon pass overhead.
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Heligoland
North Sea
Imperial Feet
Whitman and Rubin Arrive in Hot Springs Rosenthal Case
Whitman and Rubin from New York reach Hot Springs as Becker case prosecutors seek sworn statements to bolster their position. District Attorney Becker faces defense attempts to challenge Schepps testimony while Schepps' Hot Springs talk is scrutinized by locals and investigators. John F. McIntyre, Becker's chief counsel, expected to arrive to plan further actions.
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OM Ga Dongs Ostrict
Whitman
Rubin
New York
Trot Springs
Rosenthal
Becker
Serman Rosenthal
New York City
Hot Springs
Sam Schepps
Schepps
Hermann Rosenthal
Scepps
Postmaster Johnson
George Howell
John F. McIntyre
Letters and Postcards Found in Suspects Rooms
New York sept 16 Harry Horowitz alias Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louie Rosenawig await arraignment on murder indictments for Herman Rosenthal. Letters and postcards were found beneath floorboards and under carpets in their rooms and deemed important to the prosecution. Assistant District Attorney Moss planned to demand the letters from police, saying he did not understand why news of the find was withheld.
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New York
Harry Horowitz
Gyp the Blood
Louie Rosenawig
Herman Rosenthal
Leathe
Asia
Muss
Moss
Police Department
Outwitted Father Sees Elope to New Orleans End in Marriage
Emmett R. Solomon and Lucille Bonnette from Alexandria La eloped to New Orleans and wed after three attempts. The bride flashed a six shooter after the ceremony, saying she would use it if anyone tried to stop them. Solomon had faced bigamy and abduction charges and was briefly jailed before the marriage.
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New Orleans
Emmett R. Solomon
Lucille Bonnette
Alexandria
Young Solumoh
Mobilization Called Off in Pacific Waters
Seattle reports orders cancel a Pacific fleet mobilization destined for San Francisco next month. Rear Admiral V. S. Co commands patrols in Japanese and Nicaraguan waters, ending mobilization plans.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific
San Francisco
Amirai
Automatic switch device aims to end railroad wrecks
Montgomery inventor M L Shepherd claims a new railroad switch design eliminates human error and prevents derailments. A public demonstration is planned in Montgomery with a company capitalized at 700000 and stockholders including Nathan Lobman and Charles Wickersham.
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Mr. Shepherd
Louisville
Nashville
Montgomery
Birmingham
Shepherd
O. T. Nelson
West Point
Western Railway
Alabama
Eastern Capital
American Automatic Switch Company of
Winter illness versus summer as a health note
The Kansas City Star explains why diseases like pneumonia and diphtheria are rarer in hot months. Open windows and outdoor living boost immunity, though bacteria abound year round. The body's natural defenders, white blood cells, act sooner in summer to repel invaders.
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Sumer
Kansas City Star
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