San Francisco Victory at White House on Water Plan
President Wilson signs the Hetch Hetchy bill granting San Francisco a public water supply from Tuolumne valley in Yosemite. The measure ends a long fight and allows a dam conduits and power plant with water to the city, a decade or more to complete the 150 mile system.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
San Francisco
Tuolumne River
Yosemite National Park
Hetch-Hetchy Valley
Relapse For Ill Professor MacVane In Rome
Professor MacVane, seriously ill in Rome, relapsed after the shock of news about his daughter Miss MacVane, a noted operatic singer in Southern Europe. The family has lived in Italy for years and American friends cannot understand the suspicion surrounding Miss MacVane.
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Professor MacVane
Rome
Miss MacVane
Europe
Italy
J B Diver Wins Land Suit Against Charles New
In Mobile circuit court the jury awarded J B Diver 800 shares of stock and granted Charles New 40 acres of land. The case traced ownership from J S New to his son and involved previous land title by government grant versus adverse possession. The property lies in Cottage Hill neighborhood.
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Charles New
Circuit Court of Mobile
Johns. New
Driver
Adam Smith
New York
Jonathan Hunt
W. B. Patterson
New
United Fruit Company Reports Record Year and Fleet Expansion
The United Fruit Company filed its fourteenth annual report showing a profit of 6.148 million dollars for the year ending November 30 1913 equaling 10 percent on capital stock with two percent dividends in November and quarterly. Nine new vessels are under construction expanding the fleet to 50 ships.
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United Fruit Company
Mobile
Dr. Kinkts
H. E. Bucklen Chemical Co
Philsaershia
St. Louis
Ady
Four Teams Clash in MCA Basketball Double Header
Friday night at the upper gymnasium features Cubs versus Cardinals and Pelicans versus Crescents in final pre holiday contests. The all team league nears season end as crowds expected to set attendance records amid postponed games and a strong public interest in basketball.
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Cubs
Cardinals
Pelicans
Crescents
Patrick los es faithful wife
Mrs. Albert T. Patrick, wife of the Sing Sing convict and alleged Rice slayer, died in Tulsa as Albert T. Patrick and their children were at the bedside. Her faith in his innocence led her to marry him in the Tombs and devote years and a fortune to win his pardon after twelve years of peril.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
William Marsh Rice
Houston
New York
Rice
Addie M. Frances
Patrick
Two Wielders of Ax Must Pay For
The court Thursday affirmed lower court decisions in a murder case. Granberry was convicted of slaying Marial Aldridge. Tom Holston was killed in February. Grandberry was found guilty of murder. not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Gilbert and Hill Grant
Jefferson and Lee
Tively
Granberry
Tom Holston
McClellan
Grandberry
Marial Aldridge
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