Democratic Victory Hinted In Nationwide Straw Polls
New York and New Jersey show strong Democratic lead with Wilson favored in eleven states. Taft weak after 1908, Bull Moose gains in some areas. Ohio and Pennsylvania pivotal as Democrats unite with cautious Republicans. Publications promise ongoing, unbiased canvass results through campaign to November.
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New York Herald Co
Mobile Item
New York
New York Herald
Wilson
Taft
the Herald
Connecticut
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Wyoming
Keystone
Debs
Whison
Contested Mobile Election Demurrers Move to Dismiss
In Mobile Law and Equity Court Pat J Lyons faced a contest by J M Watters and John Duff for Harry Hartwell. Lyons demurred citing lack of jurisdiction and conclusive board actions in vote counting. Court to rule on grounds including miscounts, illegality of votes, and eligibility without sufficient factual allegations.
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Law and Equity Court
G. L
H. T. Smith
Pat J. Lyons
J. 7. Watters
John 8. Duff
Harry T. Hartwell
Board of Commisssioners
Law,and Equity Court of Mobile
J. P. Watters Et al
Hartwell
Board of Supervisors
Board of Commissioners of
City of
Mobile
Sermeckent
US weighs special session to authorize Mexico intervention
Washington reports indicate President Taft plans a special session of Congress to consider armed intervention in Mexico. Aimed at citing outrages against Americans, the move would shift political power and could deploy forces, with the Des Moines already sent toward Vera Cruz and Marines poised for action. The militia strength in the state and the broader U.S. Army are described as under order for Mexico, detailing units at Fort Bliss Fort Sam Houston and other posts.
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Taft
Beverly
Maes
Congress
Mexico
State Department
United States
Dick ‘Sa
Wille
Navy Department
Des Moines
Vera Cruz
México
Cavalry
Second Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Texas
Third Cavalry
Fort Ham Houson
Columbus
New Mexico
Pelea
N. M
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Douglas
Nogales
Fort Apache
Third Field Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Paso
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Crockett
Fort Bites
el Paso
Amateur Aviator Narrowly Escapes in New Haven Crash
Ray Morris, an amateur aviator, stalled engine at 76 feet near the Country Club and crashed into a barn. He broke two ribs and suffered cuts and bruises but is expected to recover.
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New Haven
Conn
Ray Morris
Morris
Will
Mexican Revolution Moves and Key Towns Captured
Dispatches report Aguilar capturing several towns in Vera Cruz province with conditions south unchanged. Treviño controls Cuernavaca near Mexico City and Vera Cruz City remains vital to revolutionaries. The U S State Department says Americans Koch and Lindquist, held inside Mexico, have not yet been released by Madero.
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Mr. Wild
Aguilar
Habeas Corpus Denied in Boyce Killing Case
The court refused Sneed's habeas corpus, ruling he planned Boyce's death with malice aforethought. Browning ordered venue change to Wilbarger county for trial in Vernon. Epting’s case moved to Hale county Memphis. A grand jury tale hints at a plot swap with Epting to kill Boyce for $25,900 if Boyce killed Sneed.
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John Baal
Boyce
Browning
Forty-seventh
Sneed
Bond
Court of Criminal Appeals
Wilbarger County
Vernon
Epting
B. B. Epting
Hale County
Memphis
Liveryman Reports Mysterious Rider Vanishes
In Athens Alabama a map to hire a horse led a livery barn owner to Gipsey ten miles away where a man claimed to repair an engine at a large gunnery. After providing the best rig, the man and horse vanished with no trace. Local inquiries confirmed no sightings or word from Gipsey.
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Athens
Ala
J. H. Fubanks
Hugry
Gipsey
His Ory
Army aviation tragedy at College Park injures pilots
Corporal Frank Scott and Lieutenant E C Rockwell were badly injured when the Wright machine they were flying crashed at the College Park aviation grounds. Rockwell later died from multiple injuries. Captain Chandler described the sudden accident as the tail striking ground after engine power spiked. This was the fifth aviation accident since Army air service began and follows recent fatalities at College Park.
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Washington
Frank &. Scott
Kire
E. ¢. Rockwell
Wright Myer
Maren
Army Aviation
College Park
Stiles
Rockwell
de Porest
Chandler
de Witt Milling
Frederick Llennessy
Wright
Congress
Scott
Arguet
Big battleship fleet to visit Pensacola harbor
A division of the North Atlantic battleship fleet will spend a week to ten days in Pensacola harbor after winter target practice in the Caribbean. The arrival date was not set, but the letter from the assistant secretary of the navy placed the visit in October or November.
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Pensacola
Fla
Dinner at Hotel Astor highlights nominating rift
Six hundred guests attend a New York dinner honoring McCombs and Governor Wilson. A speech reaction to Charles F Murphy hints at pressure against nominating Dix, warning that party rank and file will oppose a forced choice. Governors warn against domination by a few in a free democracy.
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New York
Hotel Astor
McCombs
Dommere National Committee
Ernor Woodrow Wilson
Charles F. Murphy
Dix
Wienes
America
Americas
Death of English aviator in Hempe crash near Nassau
Longstaff an English air officer turned Hempe pilot crashed his rman biplane at night near Nassau hospital. Pierre Chevelier, the mechanic, survived with serious injuries but will lose sight in one eye. The accident buried engine parts two feet in the ground as the craft plunged from fifty to sixty feet. Longstaff had served with Mexican rebel scouts in Chihuahua.
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Hempstead
L. L
J., Longstaff
Hempe Aviation Plains
Rman
Nassau Hospital
Pierre Chevelier
Longstaff
Lee England
Chihuahua
Powell Begins Term for Killing Le Grand
Birmingham news reports W A Powell special agent to Southern Railway began a year sentence for fatally shooting WHL in 1910 while the man allegedly stole a ride between Anniston and Birmingham. Powell claimed self defense. The case moved through Wetumpka court, appeals court, and Saint Clair court with reversals and denials and a possible rehearing.
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Ala
W. W. Powell
Southern Rathway
Anniston
Powell
Wetumpka
Court of Appeals
Court of St Claire
Court of Man “Pleas
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