Hagan faults engineer in charge of road work
Commissioner J D Hagan reads a reply accusing Engineer C L Strange of shifting responsibility for highway results onto the county board. He questions Strange’s stance on chert and gravel materials, citing bids and chamber endorsement, and calls for public demonstration and data to back material decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Strange
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
J. D. Hagan
Hagan
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Mobile Register
Strange
Mobile
Itr
Hall’s Mill Road
Jett Bros
Mertz Station
Alabama
Smith
Atlanta
Memphis
Tenn
United States
Ft. McPherrson
Jefferson County
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Keller
Joseph Nixon
Barker
Nixon
Brannan
Bauer
Frank Thompson
North Mobile Development Company
North Mobile
Thompson
Whistler
Ity Road Committee
F. J. Inge
Alabama Ceater Commission
Birmingham Chert Company
R. H. Radcliff
Southern Fuel and Material Company
Mobile County
Sawyer
David Edington
Gordon and Edington
Engineer Strange
Edington
Bulgaria on the Eve of War With Turkey
Reports from St. Petersburg and Constantinople describe Bulgaria near open conflict with Turkey. Soldiers fortify borders, rail lines and bridges guarded, and provisions gathered as regional tensions rise with Macedonia talks and Balkan alliances shaping the crisis.
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Bulgaria
Turkey
ST. Petersburg
M. Sazonoff
London
Macedonia
Shumia
Ferdinand
Kotschana
Greece
Servia
Austria
Russia
Balkan
Great Britain
France
Constantinople
Switzerland
Samos
Asia Minor
Saman
Sofulis
Nicaria
Porte
Smyrna
Gulf
Two Bids Placed for City Wharf Dredging
The City Commission received two bids for dredging the river in front of the new city wharf. Southern Dredging Company bid 22 cents and Home Dredging Company 2312 cents. Bids referred for review, with action expected at tomorrow’s regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Southern Dredging Company
Home Dredging Company
Pillans
Colored Teachers Institute Opens Across County Regions
The Mobile County Colored Teachers meet at A. F. Owens School with attendees from Monroe Baldwin Washington and Mobile counties enrolled. Professor J. J. Whitley of Plateau school led the opening exercises and drew enthusiastic participation from all present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
A. F. Owens
Monroe
Baldwin
Washington
Mobile
J. J. Whitley
Plateau School
Assault with Hatchet Case Returns in Recorder Court
Marcelus Johnson, a Black man, was arraigned this morning for assaulting John Hester with a hatchet. He was fined $25 or twenty days hard labor after the case was postponed several times due to Hester’s absence in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hester
Marsellus Johnson
Recorder’s Court
Hester
Bank Stolen $55,000 Recovered at Pensacola Steps
A $55,000 payroll money from a Southern Express shipment was found intact on the First National Bank steps in Pensacola by a janitor after heavy rain. Bank officials and Pinkerton detectives exonerate bank employees. Investigators believe the thief is shadowed and may be arrested soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
First Nacional Bank
William Knowles
First National
Burns and Pinkerton
Burns
Southern Express Company
Pinkerton
Knowles
Southern Express
Louisville and Nashville
Flomaton
Nat Thomas
Roberts
Peel
Burns Detective Agency
Princess Maria Teresa Dies in Madrid Embolism
Princess Maria Teresa sister of King Alfonso died today in Madrid from an embolism. The Infanta aged not quite thirty was married six years to Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria and leaves three children.
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Madrid
Maria Teresa
Alfonso
Infanta
Ferdinand of
Bavaria
Nineteenth International Peace Congress Opens in Geneva
The Geneva gathering began with delegates from nearly all nations except Italy. State Councillor de la Tente was elected president. The congress adjourned in memory of the late peace apostle Fred Astaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Congress
Geneva
Switzerland
Italy
de la Tente
Fred Fred Astlay
Board members brace for clash as highways debate rages
County board members prepared for a heated session over road funding and engineer Strange's report. Hagan attacked the engineer while defense and support lines formed around the North Mobile road plan and bond money use.
Weather Forecast for Mobile and Vicinity and Mississippi
Forecasts until 7 P.M. Tuesday show Unnettied rain tonight and cooler, Tuesday likely fair with brisk north winds. Alabama forecast calls for rain in the east and south tonight, cooler tonight, Tuesday probably fair with brisk north winds. Mississippi expected fair tonight and Tuesday, with coastal rain, brisk north winds. Official Weather Bureau map and meteorological table to follow.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Mexican Rebels Encamped Near Langtry Texas
One thousand rebels claiming to be under Pascual Orozco Jr encamped opposite Langtry Texas the rebels say they will cross Coahuila after Orozco gives the word American cattlemen report being charged while on duty in the rebel name Refugees near Las Vacas and Las Vegas Texas recount moves of General Orozco and federals Rebels capture Emily Campa a leader identified by Dr Ruffo in Tucson and she says I am tired of fighting American planter Nichols jailed in Tampico case condemned as persecution.
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Langtry
Texas
Pascual Orozco, Jr
Mexico
Walter Blocker
Orozco
Coahuila
Las Vegas
del Rio
Las Vacas
Rio Grande River
Federal
Here
Las Vaena
Tucson
Ariz
Emily Campa
Ruffo
Campa
Rebels Captured Near City En Route to Ammunition
Fifteen rebels were captured on American territory about thirty miles southwest of the city by deputy sheriff. Twelve were taken in one group while the rest hid in the bottom of a produce wagon later spotted by officers. The detainees were handed to United States authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cases Grandes
United States
Tropical Storm remains in Gulf near Mobile
The tropical disturbance in the gulf maintains a position about 140 miles south of Mobile, slowly moving north. Storm signals stay up though impact is forecast as not very severe for the area, with incessant rain and cooler temperatures after a damp day. Storm warnings cover the gulf coast from Pensacola to New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
New Orleans
Rosenthal case hearings proceed amid courtroom tensions
Hot Springs Arkansas September hearings in the Rosenthal case feature clashes between Becker counsel and District Attorney Whitman. Tensions rise over witness exams while Howell's testimony is discussed. Officials and editors are cited regarding interviews and letters in the defense context.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Buff
Rosenthal
John W. Hart
Becker
Gilbert Hogaboom
Whitman
Hogaboom
L. B. Sawyer
Hart
New York
Sawyer
Arkansas
George Howell
Howell
Huff
Schepps
Howard
JJ Rose
Harry Follak
Iebt
Hotchkins
G. D. Burns
Burns
Hotchkiss
Jack Rose Ard
Rose
J. Robert Rubin
Siris
James L. Graham
Wet Springs
Graham
Real estate interest in Mobile backs ornamental street lighting
The piece argues that Mobile real estate men and dealers support modern downtown ornamental street lighting. It claims the system boosts land sales and construction, helps merchants, raises town vitality, and benefits architects, contractors, and labor, aiming for a quick adoption once public sentiment aligns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Federal report shows rising living costs across states
The Bureau of Labor reports a decade of higher prices for essential goods in 32 states with most items, including meat and dairy, up. In June 1912 beef, bacon and milk prices climbed, while eggs and sugar varied. Merchants' notes from cities such as Philadelphia, Boston, Fall River, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Memphis, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, and Portland reflect sustained price increases and strained profits.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Salt Lake City
Boston
Ness
Fall River
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Memphis
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Portland
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