Will Colwell Be Produced by the Governor in Sulzer Trial
In Albany the impeachment trial of Governor Sulzer centers on whether Frederick J. Colwell, called his Wall Street conduit, will testify. Lawyers for the board of managers seek Colwell as a key link but Sulzer’s counsel report attempts to reach him have failed. Hudson scene shifts to James C. Garrison seeking habeas corpus while jailed for contempt.
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Associated Press
Albany
Frederick J. Colwell
Sulzer
Wall Street
Board of Managers
Suizer
Colwell
Harvey D. Hinman
Hinman
Hudson
N. Y
James C. Garrison
Supreme Court
Cochrane
Will Pensioners Get Their Money
Special to The Item from Montgomery reports questions about October 1 pension warrants totaling 315000 as Governor O Neal returns from an eastern trip. Treasury handling unsettled with under 50000 on hand, plans to arrange bank carry for warrants until later revenue arrives. Convict department has provided 30000 in funds.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Treasury
State Auditor's
Ialth
Japan Demands China Satisfy After Attacks
London reports Japan has issued China an ultimatum with three days to comply. Shanghai dispatch says Japan seeks satisfaction for attacks on Japanese interests and warns of undisclosed action if China resists. Times report notes ten Japanese warships with marines await Yangtse river result and Chang Hsun may be pressured to apologize.
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Associated Press
London
the Times
Peking
China
Yang-Tse
Chang Hsun
Silk maker Herman Simon dies of heart trouble in Easton
ABTON Pa Sept 27 Herman Simon reputedly the world’s largest silk manufacturer died today in his Easton Mills office after a heart attack struck him days earlier. He collapsed at the office and could not be moved. Dr W T Dowling treated him and was summoned from the railroad station.
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Abton
Herman Ion
Easton Mills
Simon
W. T. Dowling
Fight between two men ends with gunfire in street near Ann and Texas
After a Friday night quarrel between two men, one drew a pistol and fired. Both fired and rolled in the dirt as Mrs. J. M. Perry rushed out but was pushed aside by her husband who wrested the gun. Officers Macon and Brannan arrived moments later to the scene. Both men escaped.
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Ann and
Texas
J. M. Perry
South Ann Street
Macon
Brannan
Japan Demands Chinese Apology By Sept 27
Shanghai dispatch says China had three days to apologize to Japan over attacks on Japanese in banking. General Chang Hsun had not issued an apology by noon, with expectations he would do so by the deadline in the ultimatum.
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Associated Press
London
China
Japan
Shanghai
Chang Hsun
Little Hope For Gov Hooper's Bill
Nashville Tenn Sept 27 It was generally predicted the extra session would adjourn this afternoon unless an unexpected development occurs no vote on enforcement bills likely The general appropriation bill and the miscellaneous appropriation bill have become laws The second miscellaneous appropriation bill is in conference to adjust differences on an appropriation for a geological survey
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Progressives Gather for New York State Convention
In Rochester on September 27 progressives from state and national ranks including Theodore Roosevelt attended the state convention to name chief and associate judges for the court of appeals and set future plans. About 500 delegates were present with predictions favoring Larned Hand for chief judge and Samuel Seabury for associate judge. A Roosevelt gubernatorial boom was denied at the event.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Alert of Appeals
Reus
United States District
Larned Hand
Supreme Court
Samuel Seabury
New York
Col. Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington Addresses Large Crowd at Franklin Street Church
Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute spoke Friday night at 8 at Franklin Street Church to a large gathering of colored people. Every colored city and county public school teacher was present. Washington traveled from Coden and left for Tuskegee Saturday afternoon.
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Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
C. W. Allen
Coden
Franklinstreet
Washington
Tuskegee
Tidewater Securities Chief Signals Visit to Dauphin Island
J M Dewberry president of Tidewater Securities, which bought Dauphin Island, with Dr D E Mitchell of Nashville and B J Learned of Chicago, visited the property on Friday, returned to Mobile Saturday, and left for Birmingham without detailing the purpose.
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J. M. Dewberry
Tidewater Securities Company
Dauphin Island
D. E. Mitchell
Nashville, Tenn
B. J. Learned
Chicago
Mobile
Birmingham
Dewberry
Bankrupt Amos Murphree of Mobile Faces Proceedings
Amos Murphree of Mobile is adjudged a bankrupt in the U S district court after a wage earner petition. The filing lists total assets around $1 965 and assigns the case to the referee in bankruptcy for further action.
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Amos
Murphree
Mobile
United States District Court
Five Suspects Held In Alabama Train Robbery Case
Five men were jailed in Tuscaloosa County on suspicion tied to the Alabama and Great Southern train robbery that yielded over 50 000 dollars. Bloodhounds followed a bloody hat, and clerks noted a bandit injured a hand on a broken globe in the mail car. Officials estimate losses around 60 000 dollars, with currency reportedly headed to New Orleans.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Tuscaloosa County
Alabama
Great Southern
Journal
Bodeker
Birmingham
New Orleans
Co operation by whites hailed in Alabama teachers institutes
In Alabama Prof. J L Sibley reports strong white citizen support for thirty seven negro teachers institutes. One thousand teachers engaged with two thousand six hundred dollars spent. Separate Panama canal op the Gatun locks marks first vessel passage to Gatun lake amid cheers and ceremony with Lt. Col. Goethals supervising.
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Gatun
Stewart
William L. Sibert
Gatun Locks
Harry F. Hodges
J. P. Jervey
Goethals
W. P. Comber
Ney P
Gatun Lake
Noted necklace sold in Brussels amid theft case
The famous $625000 pearl necklace stolen from the mails and later found on a London sidewalk was sold in Brussels for $700000 to Mile. Du Monceau de Bergendael. She is said to act for a celebrated personage. If the two missing pearls are recovered, the price will rise to $750000.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Belgium
London
Mile
Lieutenant Goodwyn Not Yet Transferred To Another State
In Montgomery Alabama on September 27 Lieutenant Albert Goodwyn of the United States Army, stationed in Alabama for two years, has not yet been transferred. Captain William P Screws was ordered to Montgomery to train the Alabama national guard, and Goodwyn has received notice of a transfer from the Ninth to the Twenty-ninth.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert Goodwyn
United States Army
Alabama
William P. Screws
United Sta Army
Alabama National Guard
Goodwyn
Bea Ae Cahis Carob
Excitement in Southern Colorado Mining Camps
In the last twenty four hours excitement rose in several Southern Colorado ope fields mining camps where strikers converged. In Trinidad gunfire and mine guards halted three newspaper men at Hastings camp. Federal mediator Ethelbert Stewart and labor leaders planned talks with UMWA VP Frank J Hays in Trinidad as Governor Ammons faced pressure to deploy militia.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
Trinidad
Hastings
Pierce
Ethelbert Stewart
Wilson
John McLennon
Colorado State Federation of Labor
Railroad Surgeons to Meet in Montgomery
Surgeons of the Atlantic Coast Line system from North and South Carolina Virginia Georgia Florida and Alabama totaling about 150 plus their families will gather in Montgomery on October 14 and 15 for the annual session. Local committee plans include an auto ride a reception at the Country Club and a barber at Jackson's Lake. Dr. G G Thomas of Wilmington NC heads the organization as medical director.
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Montgomery
Ala
North
South Carolina
Virginia
George
Florida
Alabama
Country Club
Jackson's Lake
G. G. Thomas
Wilmington
N. C
Coast Line
Weather Outlook and Local Rain Forecast
Local rains are forecast tonight and Sunday with cooler temperatures. Northeast and east winds expected. Temperatures recorded at the corner of and Dauphin show a cool sequence with morning readings around 32 to 73 degrees and brief notes on humidity.
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Mobile
Mississippi
Dauphin
Mutilated body found on railroad tracks near Wayne
The mangled body of a woman was discovered on the Elgin Joliet and Eastern tracks near Wayne, Alabama, with investigators suspecting murder after workers heard screams. The coroner's physician could not determine if the woman was alive when struck. her purse is missing and only identifying mark is a bracelet engraved "From W. H. A. to M. A."
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Associated Press
Chicago
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
Wayne
Tax Payers Suit Planned for Thaw
Concord New Hampshire September 27 In a plan to force extradition to Pennsylvania if New York refuses Governor Felker would be petitioned to deny Thaw residence in New Hampshire Thaw said a tax payers suit could end New York expenses and lead to his return to his home state.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. H
Pennsylvania
New York
Felker
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Willam T. Jerome
New Hampshire
Mobile Electric Lighting Plant Shows Gains on Year
The Mobile Electric Company, a Standard Electric subsidiary, reports for the year ended August 31, 1913, fair gains over the prior year with gross earnings up by 5,964 and net by 6,460, while surplus rises to 8,718 due to lower interest charges. Operating expenses edge higher. bond interest and preferred dividends unchanged. The firm had 950,000 common stock and 852,600 preferred stock outstanding with 1,696,000 bonds from an authorized 3,000,000. Regular preferred dividends at 6 percent ran to August 1910, then 13 and a half percent quarterly since.
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New York
Mobile Electric Company
Standard Otectric’ Company
Gart
Neral
Sheriffs Pay For Prisoners Food In Alabama Jails
Special to The Item from Montgomery reports Alabama sheriffs have fed county jail prisoners since March at their own expense as state funds ran dry. An annual $140000 food appropriation was exhausted, with about $75000 expected to be charged to the treasury. Absent more funds, sheriffs face ongoing costs or prisoner hunger until October 1914. Governor O Neal has raised the matter repeatedly.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
O'Neal
Delegates Named For Convict Improvement Meet
One hundred delegates were named by Chairman Robert Moulthrop of the Convict Improvement Association to represent the group at the Alabama Good Roads Association meeting in this city November 20, 21 and 22. Several delegates will speak urging moving convicts from coal mines to highways and state farms. Mobile district delegates listed include J C O Connell F E Rabbi t fey Frank Thompson T Hartwell mobile sher 8 C Jenkins Rev Ta Landerter.
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Robert Moulthrop
Convict Improvement Association
Alabama Good Roads Association
Mobile
J. C. O'Connell
Rabbit Fey Frank
Thompson
T. Hartwell
Sher
8. C
Jenkins
Ta Landerter
Mule Runs Off With Wagon on Spring Hill Avenue
A report filed with police describes a mule driving the Lott Produce Company wagon along Spring Hill Avenue near Broad Street on Friday afternoon and damaging the vehicle. The animal was associated with a colored driver, Berry.
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Lottoduce Company
Spring’ Hill Avenue
Broad
Berry
No Agreement on Futures Tax Impasse in Conference
Washington reports a stalled conference on the cotton futures tax as the joint tariff committee resumes work. The cotton futures amendment faces a rejection or return to conference while Smitch Lever compromise would raise contract standards to government grades. Democratic conferees prepare for Republican reception Monday.
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Washington
Joint Tariff Committee
Congress
Putes
Senate
House
Texas Flooded by Excessive Rains
Severe flooding spreads across southwest Texas as Mission river overflows lowlands and rail traffic to Brownsville is disrupted. Cities including Corpus Christi Kingsville Bay City Matagorda and rice districts report unprecedented rainfall and heavy damage across the region.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Texas
Rkefugo
Mission River
Brownsville
Rio Grande
Corpus Christi
Kingsville
Bay City
Matagorda
Aner
Louisiana
Clergyman Named Legal Saloon Administrator in New Haven
In New Haven, Rev. Father Poul d of the Ruthenian Greek church is named administrator of the estate of Leon Anicki at the widow’s request. He will oversee two saloons, though he will not reside there, and under excise laws he will be legally responsible for their conduct.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Father Pould
Leon Anicki
Reid
Anaiee
Hi Trust
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Treasury Department
Ten Jap Ve
Yang-Tse River
Herman Simon
New York State
J. Mey
J L. Sibley
Tennessee Cveal, Iron and Railroad Company
R. E. Tidwell
Sibley
Panama
Panama Canal
Geethals
Canal Commission
Capital
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