Bartholdi Storm Tale Survives Gulf Rescue
Captain J N Chute recounts the Bartholdi wreck ordeal as the British schooner, nearly lost in a West Indian hurricane, was towed into Mobile after three days adrift in the Mexican Gulf with bare poles and mangled rigging. The Harrison Beechem and Pilot vessels aided before tow to Pensacola. Captain Scott praised the crew's endurance.
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Bartholdi
Mobile
J. N. Chute
Pensacola
Mobile Frigs
Kingston
Jamaica
Chute
Ethel Boynton
Medfile
Freddie Hencken
Boynton
Bartholds
Mexican Gulf
Harrison Beechem
Beechem
Tampa
J. M. Scott
Item
Cape
Scott
Gulf
Mexicans Call for Porfirio Diaz as Leader
In Mexico City on Sept 21 a secret delegation urged General Porfirio Diaz to assume command. The movement seeks stability and strong leadership amid political tensions and unrest.
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Mexico City
Porfirio
State Highway Engineer to Report After Hall's Mill Road Visit
State Highway Engineer W S Keller inspected materials and construction on Hall's Mill road in Mobile yesterday with City officials and county engineers. He will prepare a written report for the board at the next regular meeting after reviewing County Engineer Strange's criticism of current contract materials and the use of gravel chert versus clay gravel.
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W. S. Keller
Keller
John T. Bauer
Charles Green
C. L. Strange
Montgomery
Mobile
County Board
Strange
Clarke County
Strangé
Judge Furman Upholds Hebraic Law Defense in Litchfield Case
Oklahoma City September 21 Justice Henry M Furman reversed a five year sentence for C M Litchfield of Wynnewood after he killed Bill Collins a prominent local politician. The slain man allegedly assaulted Litchfield's 16 year old daughter and the father shot him three times. The court cited unwritten law and Hebraic law allowing relatives to defend against assault with lethal force.
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Oklahoma City
Henry M. Furman
Criminal Court of Appeals
C. M. Litchfield
Wynnewood
Okla
Bill Collins
Litchfield
Collins
Teir
Starvation Warred Off At Granada
Washington reports relief of Granada siege by about 400 marines under Rear Admiral Southerland and Major Smedley D. Butler. Marines reach Granada after delays at Mayasa to feed starving residents and evacuate fifty college girls from the besieged city amid rebel resistance and calls for reinforcements. The operation spreads cautious assurances from Managua and Leon as reinforcements move toward the front.
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Washington
Navy
Granada
Southerland
Smedley D. Butler
Managua
Major Butler
Mayasa
Butler
General Zeledon
Léon
Leon
Lake Nicaragua
Adhira
Ambassador Wilson Demands Nichols Release From Tampico Jail
American Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson declares he was ordered by Washington to secure W. C. Nichols’s release from Tampico jail, even threatening to land marines from the Des Moines if needed. Nichols, a Tampico fruit grower, is jailed after shooting bandit Vasquez Ceballos, who had a reward on his head, though a confession exists and Nichols awaits trial.
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Mexico City
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Mattias Gorcia
Tamaulipas
Tampico
W. C. Nichols
Washington
Nichols
Des Moines
Tampico Harbor
Nicholls
Vasquez Ceballos
Ceballos
Wide spread merit of ornamental street lighting decline
The piece argues ornamental street lighting boosts commerce by attracting shoppers to window displays and extending evening shopping hours. It asserts benefits for merchants workers and the general economy and notes modern high efficiency lamps on decorative posts enhance district vitality and sales. It mentions Sea farme and lighting effects though obscured text remains.
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Tenner
Wilson Defends Democratic Path in New Jersey
Governor Wilson addresses about 3,000 in Jersey City and Hoboken urging support for progressive Democratic policies. He opposes James Smith Jr. for U.S. Senate, warns the tariff issue must be tackled to curb trusts and monopolies, and calls for action over words.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Wilson
James Smith, Jr
United States
New Jersey
Jersey City
Hoboken
St. Mary's Hall
Smith
United States Senate
Senate
Democratic Party
South Side Doctors Link Smallpox Surge to Street Excavation
Pittsburg reports the South Side Physicians' Society claims the recent smallpox outbreak with over 100 cases and twenty deaths in ten days stems from roadwork that reduced two miles of city streets to ten to twenty feet wide, creating large excavations.
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Pittsburg
South Side
Physicians’ Society
Supreme Court ruling in bank examiner case issued
The Supreme Court today handed down a decision in the bank examiner case. The ruling addresses the conduct and duties of bank examiners, marking a notable moment in the ongoing legal dispute that has drawn wide attention.
Waldorf Astor Arrives in New York Aiming for English Unity
Waldorf Astor arrives aboard the Baltic with wife Miss Nannie Langhorne of Virginia and Countess of Essex. He says he will live and die in England but seeks unity among English speaking nations and advocates tariff reform and health focus to ease England’s unrest while supporting America’s conditions.
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New York
England
Waldorf Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Baltic
Nannie Langhorne
Virginia
Charles Dana Dibson
Astor
America
Plymouth
Mr. Astor
Lloyd George
Syracuse Pair Win World 24 Hour Motorcycle Race
George Lockner and Billy Shields of Syracuse won the 24 hour world motorcycle race at Brighton Beach Motordrome completing 1,374.2 miles in 21 hours of riding to set a new distance record. Eckle and McNeil finished second, Chapple and Wray third, while two other teams failed to complete the event.
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Brighton Beach
N. Y
George Lockner
Billy Shields
Syracuse
Earl Eckle
Washington
N. J
Jimmy McNeil
Scotland
Arthur Chapple
Billy Wray
Eckle
McNeil
Chapple
Chapple-Wray
Spencer
Veditz
Ayros
Cox
Ina
Seine
Wray
Nothing New In Robbing Of L. and N. Express
Pensacola Florida dispatch reports no new developments in the $55 000 robbery of a First National Bank shipment to Flomaton for L and N employés pay. Detectives believe the theft was carefully planned by experts and that money was quickly moved after the raid. Officials say arrests are expected as investigators close in on the trail of the guilty parties.
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Pensacola
Fla
First National Bank
Flomaton
N. Employes
Express Company
Safety devices tested under ICC suspension
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended until March 28 the new milling in transit regulations on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha. The commission also delayed the advanced freight rates on the Alabama Great Southern from stations on that line to St Louis. The regulations require frequent tests of steam gauges and similar safety devices on locomotives.
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Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Aliabama
Hartwellmay contest election in Mobile courts
Reports spread that Hartwell supporters may file a contest challenging Lyons victory as irregular. Hartwell campaign figure Crenshaw and adviser Boyles denied knowledge of formal action. A sixth ward focus was mentioned while Hartwell plans remained undisclosed with Hartwell away in Asheville.
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Mobile
Harry T. Hartwell
Pat J. Lyons
Frank W. Crenshaw
Hartwell
Aubrey Boyles
Friends
Royal and
Dauphin Streets
Captain Lyons
Asheville
N. C
W. J. Hanlon
Lyons
Hanlon
Morgan & Co Buys Chicago and Western Indiana Notes
J P Morgan and Co purchased the 15 006 000 dollar issue of three year 5 percent notes of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company. The deal acquires Chicago Union Transfer property and expands seca terminals. The notes are secured by a mortgage backing 200 million dollars of fifty year bonds, first 10 million in neta.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company
Chicago Union Transfer Company
Seca
Roosevelt Attacks Wilson in Midwestern Campaign Speech
In Topeka Kansas Colonel Roosevelt denounces Wilson as misinformed and evasive while defending trust regulation. He accuses Wilson of distorting issues and claims the Progressive plan would check trusts if properly supported by the administration.
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Topeka
Kan
Woodrow Wilson
Middle West
Roose Velt
Ananias Club
Wilson
Progressive Party
Roosevelt
Detroit
Coe Rado
Snowe
Skee Wilson
Congress
Columbus
George H. Hervey in City for San Carlos Hotel business
Mr. George H. Hervey of the San Carlos Hotel in Florida is in the city on business and reports the season already underway.
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George H. Hervey
San Carlos Hotel
Fla
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Porfirio Diaz
Judge Furman
Zeledon
Elease
Britain
Mrs. Astor
L. & N. Express
J. P
Teddy
Jersey
Geo. H. Hervey
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