Butler Coleman in court over marriage plot and pistol bond
Butcher Coleman faced Recorder Broyles on charges of carrying concealed weapons and pointing a pistol at Migs Elizabeth Lovvorn, his sister in law. He was bound over on $200 bond after arrest near 238 Woodward Avenue where Lovvorn cared for her sister’s children and resisted his attempts to wed.
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Senate Leader Bacon Shows Slight Improvement in Health
Washington reports Senator Bacon’s condition improved with temperature near 101.2 as doctors assess kidney involvement and possible causes. Dr. James Morgen notes a broken rib from a bathtub fall may contribute while multiple physicians seek primary source. X-ray planned and President Wilson sends flowers and wishes for recovery.
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Eacon
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Bacon
Morgan
Wilson
Parcel post strains mail carriers in western mountains
Washington on February 5 reports parcel post business in the western mountains has grown so large that carriers are abandoning contracts. Senator Brady of Idaho urged relief from the post office committee. Also, President Wilson nominated Colonel George Barnett as major general commandant of the Marine Corps.
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Senator Brady
Idaho
Post Office Committee
Barnett
President Wilson
George Barnett
Marine Corp
Officer saved by nerve splice for wound in service
San Francisco February 5 Lieutenant James C Gunn left for the transport Sherman to resume duty with the Philippine scouts after months away caused by a wound from a trap in the islands. The severed sciatic nerve was spliced and he improved quickly becoming fit for duty.
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Philippine Scouts
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Kissed and hugged, 17-year-old sues railroad for 310000
Miss Nancy Lee of 17 sues Gulf and Ship Inland Railroad for 310000 alleging agent C C Tress at McLaurin kissed and hugged her while she examined a shipment. Tress denies the charge as counsel finish arguments. The trial moved from Gulfport on change of venue.
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Gulf and Ship Inland Railroad Company
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C. C Tress
McLaurin
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Grandfather Granted Custody Of Two Children In Habeas Corpus Case
Weeping at the court decision, Opal Thurman and Wellie Thurman, previously in joint custody of their father and a juvenile probation officer, were awarded to their grandfather GA Thurman who filed the habeas corpus. The father is alleged to have kidnapped the children on January 37 after they had stayed with the grandfather since last March. The mother recently divorced from L Thurman amid sensational charges.
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Wellie Pearl’ Thurman
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W. D. Bilis
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L. ©. Thurman
Suicide at Grace Church Shocks Providence
H L Ogden once Providence town treasurer shot and killed himself in the chancel of Grace church Providence February. He had sat in a rear pew writing in a book later given to a deaconess. The book contained notes for his wife and employer. About a year earlier he was acquitted of irregularities in office as town treasurer.
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Natel
Clubman Seeks Higher Allowance to Permit Marriage
New York February 5 Marshall R Kernochan a society man and club member asked the supreme court to raise his annual allowance from 3750 to 12000 to wed a moneyless girl. A Virginia aunt Miss Marsha Marshall left him funds and a referee suggested 9000 citing extravagant upbringing. Court reserved decision.
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Marshall R. Kernochan
Supreme Court
Kernochan
Marie Maarshal
Virginia
America
Disorderly Conduct To Set Alarm For 2 A M
A Chicago man, Stanley Melish, was found guilty of disorderly conduct for habitually setting his alarm for 2 a.m. and making his wife get up to sleep on the floor. Municipal Judge Sullivan fined him $50 plus costs.
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Sullivan
Stanley Melish
U V Reunion Dates Change For Confederate Veterans Meet
Jacksonville Florida February 5 The United Confederate Veterans announce new reunion dates May 5 7 and 8 moving from April 23 24 and May 2 Changes come after a request by General Bennett H Young Louisville Ky and other staff and business groups. Jacksonville will host the gathering with the association and railway officials in attendance.
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Priest Schmidt convicted of first degree murder in Anna Au muller case
Hans Schmidt, former priest at St. Joseph's in New York, was found guilty of first degree murder for killing Anna Au muller. The jury sentenced him to death by electric chair at Sing Sing, with a Wednesday ceremony planned. He laughed at the verdict, pleaded guilty, opposed insanity defense, and said he would rather die tonight than tomorrow. His counsel questioned the degree of murder and the sanity claim, while Schmidt’s confessor and co-defendant Dr Ernest A. Muret faced separate prison time on counterfeiting charges.
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Tae
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Muret
Marie Lloyd barred from United States border crossing
English vaudeville star Marie Lloyd had her readmission bid to the United States refused for moral turpitude after finishing a Vancouver engagement. The case, to be appealed to the secretary of state, hinges on the validity of a $4,000 bond and whether crossing via Winnipeg affects it. Bernard Dillon, her longtime escort, recently married her in Chicago following the death of her first husband Alec Hurley.
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Alec Hurley
Old Hickory’s Stick Presented to Wilson
Washington February reports that Andrew Jackson’s famous hickory stick was presented to President Wilson by Senator Thompson on behalf of a Wichita donor. The artifact, described as the same stick that once struck a stake to mark the Treasury site on Pennsylvania Avenue, is linked to a famous anecdote about Jackson directing where to plant it.
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Wilson
Thompson
Levsaanam
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Atanda
Demonstration Tracks Suffrage Support at White House
In 1912 a group of eastern working women from Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore and New Jersey rallied outside the White House urging President Wilson to back woman suffrage. They carried banners quoting his speeches and sought access to executive offices. The president declined to endorse the movement.
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Wilson
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White House
Fifth Ward Politician Convicted After Assault on Election Clerk
Chicago February 6 Joseph Mc Donough a fifth ward politician allegedly struck and beat May Walsh a democratic woman election clerk during canvassing on her duty. He was tried convicted and sentenced to six months in jail released on bond with a week to appeal. McDonough denied the attack while supporters blame resentment of women entering politics. Ewald Ochi another clerk was assaulted as the pair canvassed a McDonough residence amid hostile remarks against women in politics.
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Toseph McDonough
McDonough
Miss Wish
Bliss Walsh
Ewald Ochi
Ochi
Miss Walsh
Oshi
Gehl
Habit forming drugs sold in quantities
New York February 5 Habit forming drugs are sold here in appalling quantities, said Carl E Whitney today before the County Medical Society. Whitney, an assistant United States district attorney, had charge of enforcing the laws regulating the sale and use of these drugs. He asserted that upward of 100 doctors and druggists in New York are engaged in a drug traffic which threatens health and morale. One physician in a single month purchased an prescription 2500 dollars worth. The drug habit can be cured by legislation. It does need stringent and social for social tip sic He recommended that the manufacture and importation of dope drugs be limited and the traffic regulated by a system of registration which would make it possible to trace a container from the manufacturer to the dispenser.
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Carl E. Whitney
County Medical Society
Whitney
United States District Attorney
Choctaw Chiefs Visit White House in Support of Wilson
Choctaw Indians led by Representative Harrison of Mississippi paid respects to President Wilson at the White House today. The group, from a tribe numbering over 1,000, traveled to Washington to convey support and seek audience.
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White House
Harrison
Mississippi
Double Slayer Goes to the Eternal Court
Augusta Ga February 5 Special Sam J Norris white the near beer dealer who killed his wife and young Willard Dennis in the Norris home died in the Richmond county jail tonight Norris in a drunken stupor called the chauffeur into the room and fired killing both Mrs Norris and Dennis Norris has taken no food and seeks to eat through the top of his head He was indicted and would have stood trial next week on two counts of murder to determine his sanity
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Sam J. Norris
Williard Dennis
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Richmond County
Young Dennis
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Farmer Mistakenly Kills Friend in Savannah Shooting
In Savannah February a farmer, George Brooks, shot and killed William Jackson at an Augusta roadhouse after mistaking him for Ephraim Hamilton. Brooks fled as his son and another man were arrested as witnesses. Jackson, about 60, was employed by Smith & Kelly and regarded as harmless.
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William Jackson
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Smith & Kelly Company
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Dr Ray W. Pierce Dies at Winter Home in Florida
Dr. Ray W. Pierce, Buffalo physician and proprietor of proprietary medicines, died last night at his winter home in St. Augustine, Florida. Details cite his Buffalo fame and business prominence, noting the Florida residence as his winter retreat.
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Baffalo
Ray W. Piarce
Buffalo
St .in‘Gants
Florida
Gambling barred to society women by an Ohio mayor
East Liverpool OhioFebruary 5 Contending that places where brides euchre and other card games are played for prizes come under the law as poker gambling rooms Mayor Schreiber announced to a day that all such amusements here must cease He declared he would direct the police to raid social functions where card games were being played for prices Before his election Schreiber was a blacksmith.
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Schreiber
Aday
Mayor Will Urge Negro Hospital in Atlanta
Mayor James G. Woodward pledged to urge the city council to provide at least $16,000 to establish a contagious disease hospital for isolating negro patients in Atlanta. The Health Board backs a hospital plan, with Dr R T Dorsey stressing urgency and potential 50 percent reduction in disease spread with proper facilities. A temporary Fort Street hospital will be ready within ten days to receive patients with beds and equipment already secured.
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James G. Woodward
General Council
City Health Board
Claude L. Ashley
Woodward
Constitu
R. T. Dorsey
Lars Dorsey
Board of Health
Council
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Herlth
T. P Kennedy
Fort Street
Comptroller’s
Lenat
Free Canal Tolls Repeal Declared by Wilson
President Wilson announced support for repealing the Panama canal act exemption for American coastwise ships, arguing the Hay Pauncefote treaty guarantees equal tolls. He expects quick House action, though Senate Democrats are uncertain about sustained support amid international relations concerns with Great Britain. Senator O Gorman and Representative Adamson are prominent in the tolls dispute lines.
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Wilson
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Callera
Great Britain
United States
Panama
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Inter-Oceanic Canals Committee
Btone
White House
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Weather Prophecy RAIN Prophecy Lyens Weather Report
Jowest temperature highest temperature mean temperature normal temperature rainfall in past 24 hours inches 0 deficiency since 1st of TM mo inches 77 deficiency since Jan 1 inches Yon. UERRMANN, Section Directe.
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