President-Elect Wilson Returns to Staunton for Homecoming
President-elect Woodrow Wilson revisits Staunton Virginia where he was born fifty six years ago in the manse of the First Presbyterian church. crowds greet him in Staunton and along the Alexandria to Staunton route with torchlight processions bonfires and fireworks. Wilson rests at his birth home after a brisk parade and expects a formal reception and an informal visit to three women who helped him as a child.
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Staunton
Wilson
First Presbyterian Church
Joseph R. Wilson
Elizabeth Kayser
H. L. Hoover
Amanda Fultz
Mann
A. N. Frazer
Virginia
Ste San Rhe
Mr. Wilson
Alexandria
Claude A. Swanson
Cc. Carlin
William A. Jones
Woodrow
Rds
Health rules blamed for high cost of living in dairy report
Washington reports rigid health enforcement raises milk costs while seeking safer milk standards. It notes public demand exceeds what authorities require and calls for shared costs of improving products. The department targets losses from bad eggs and improves breeding to raise food output and lower prices.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Express Co Not Worried Over the Parcels Post
Gulfport Mississippi December 28 Southern Express Company officials say they will not change its tariff to meet the parcels post rates. The crude and inadequate government facilities for handling large quantities of packages limit patronage. Local merchants see parcels post as a needed change likely to slash express shipment rates in time.
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Gulfport
Southern Express Company
Express Company
Slavs establish first colony in Harrison County Mississippi
Harrison County hosts the state’s only Slavic colony in Slavonia. In the northwestern area a school and church will open January 1. A priest is engaged to serve the settlement whose members arrived with funds to buy land and support themselves until incomes grow.
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Gulfport
Miss
Harrison
Slavonia
Joseph Bell Dies in Washington Cab
Joseph N. Bell chief of the army quartermaster's office died suddenly in a cab in Washington on the way home. He was a cousin of Major General Franklin J. Bell who commanded the army of the Philippines. An inquest likely today with heart failure as the probable cause.
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Washington
Joseph N. Bell
Quartermaster’s Office
Army
Franklin J. Bell
Army of the Philippines
Bell
Died at 115 Aunt Lucy Churchwell in New Orleans
In New Orleans Aunt Lucy Churchwell known as a fast disappearing Ole Black Mammy died at the Lafon home for old folks aged 115. She smoked her clay pipe to the end and recalled antebellum ties to Virginia her former marsters. A large public display followed in Charlottesville with Governor Mann and a Richmond delegation.
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New Orleans
Lucy Churchwell
Lafon
Marsters
Virginia
Thirty eight union leaders found guilty of conspiracy
In Indianapolis on December 28 thirty eight labor union officials were convicted of complicity in the McNamara dynamite plots including the Los Angeles Times destruction. Frank M. Ryan led the list. two defendants were found not guilty. Sentences set for Monday.
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Indianapolis
Ind
McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridges and Structure Iron Workers
Tupds
Herman G. Seittert
Milwaukee
Daniel Buckley
Davenport
Iowa
Frank Man
International Association of Bridge and Structural
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Herbert S. Hockin
Detroit
Olef A. Treitmoe
San Francisco
California Building Trades Council
Eugene A. Clancey
Philip A. Cooley
New Orleans
Michael J Young
Boston
Frank A. Higgins
J. E. Munsey
Salt Lake City
Utah
Frank C. Webb
New York
Patrick F. Farrell
John H. Barry
St. Louis
Paul J. Morrin
St. Louie
Henry W. Legreitner
Denver
Charlies N. Beam
Minneapolis
William &. Reddin
Michael J. Cunnane
Philadelphia
Richard H. Houlihan
Chicago
James Cooney
James A. Coughlin
William Shupe
Edward Ame
James W. Ray
Peoria
J. Murrey L. Pennell
Spingfield
Wiliam
Bernhardt
Cincinnati
Wilford Bert Brown
Kansas City
William J. MoCsin
K. Painter
Omaha
Charles Wachik J. Murphy
Frey
Duluth
Fred Ji Ernest G. W. Basey
Fred Sherman
Hiram R. Kline
Muncie
United. Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Seiffert
Buckley
Anderson
Thhirty
United States
Marion County
No Trace of Schooner Reported Burning at Sea
Two revenue cutters spent the night off Block Island searching for a burning schooner sighted near shore. The gale eased with dawn, but no trace was found. The four master vessel was reported twelve miles offshore and crew may have abandoned ship.
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Newport
R. L
Revenue
Block Island
Insane Woman Wounds Husband in Gulf Port
Martha Williams, an elderly Black woman, attacked her husband with a pocketknife during a sudden frenzy in Gulf Port Mississippi. An earlier attempt to have her ruled insane was postponed after the husband pleaded for her.
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Gulf Port
Miss
Martha Williams
Northern Abstract Company Renamed to Northern Abstract and Title Guaranty Company
The Northern Abstract Company of Bay Minette filed an amendment to its corporate papers today in the private office, changing the name to The Northern Abstract and Title Guaranty Company to reflect expanded business.
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Bay Minette
Northern Abstract Company
Ite Corporation
Northern Abstract and Title Guaranty Company
Brackenridge Dead Prominent timber magnate dies in Hammond
Charles E. Brackenridge a leading and wealthy figure in the region died yesterday in Hammond Louisiana. He held extensive timber holdings in Washington Oregon and Mexico.
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Hammond
Charles E. Brackenridge
Self-Defense Claim In Fatal Mobile Shooting
Betsie Clay 35 shot and killed Joseph McGowan 40 in her room on a Friday night in Mobile. She admits the shooting and cites self defense, alleging years of abuse and knife threats. Police detained witnesses including Bertha Clay Frankie Wilson and others as the case proceeds.
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Bessie Clay
North Lawrence Street
Joseph McGowan
Gedar
St. Michael Street
Frankie Wilson
Frankie Bennett
Henrietta Howard
McGowan
Mobile
Dallas
Texas
Betsie Clay
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
New York
Cedar
St. Michael Streets
McGowen
Recorder’s Court
Grand Jury
Orpha Mizon to Wed O C Hall Jr at Local Methodist Church
Bay Minette announces the upcoming marriage of Orpha Mizon to O C Hall Jr. The ceremony will be at the Methodist church on Thursday afternoon in Bay Minette with Hall serving as assistant cashier at Baldwin County Bank.
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Bay Minette
May Minette
I. ¥. Mizon
Orpha
O.C. Hall, Jr
Big Fire Rages Through Moss Point Livery Stable and Town
Special to The Item from Pascagoula Mississippi reports a major blaze at Moss Point starting in the Smith and Faile livery stable. By 10:30 AM the stable barn seven buildings have burned and the fire expanded to the Denny Lumber Co plant. Officials warn losses will be heavy.
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Pascagoula, Miss
Mose’ Point
Smith & Faile
Denny Lumber Co
Weather Forecast for Mobile Florida and Vicinity
Forecasts till 7 p m Sunday. Mobile and Vicinity: Fair tonight and Sunday, warmer tonight. Light variable winds. Florida: Generally fair tonight and Sunday, rising temperatures north and central portions, frost north and probably light frost central portion.
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Mobile
Unday
Florida
Gunboat Wheeling Set for Mobile Carnival Season Voyage
The United States gunboat Wheeling is assigned to Mobile for Mardi Gras and will arrive around January 24 remaining until February 6 before leaving for New Orleans. Previously at Savannah, Ga, it was ordered to Jacksonville for ten days then to Key West for four days before heading to Mobile. The vessel displaces 990 tons with 1081 indicated horsepower and 12 knots speed, armed with six 4 inch rapid fire guns, four 6 pound rapid fire guns, and two 1 pound rapid fire guns.
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United States
Wheeling
Mobile
New Orleans
Savannah
Jacksonville
Key West
Moe
Siz
Deadlocked Peage Proposals At Peace Conference In London
The Balkan allies and Turkish delegation resumed talks in London after a long adjournment. Ottoman proposals seek to keep Adrianople under direct Turkish rule, create a Macedonian principality with Saloniki as capital, autonomous Albania under a princely Ottoman figure, keep Aegean islands Turkish, and defer Crete to Turkey and European powers.
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Orma Eudaton
T.vince
Adrianople
Turkey
Macedonia
Saloniki
Balkan
Albania
Aegean Sea
Head of the Elk to visit Biloxi Lodge for dedication
Biloxi Lodge No 616 invites John P Sullivan to deliver an address at the Elks Home dedication on January 18. District Deputy Scott will attend. Governor Brewer may also speak. A. O. Bourdon was elected life member amid tributes to his 2048 years of service.
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Fuloxt
Mies
Paeat
John P. Sullivan
Biloxi
Biloxi Elke
A. O. Bourdon
Biloxi Lodge
Ellis
Messrs
V W. A. White
I. B. Ellis
Louis Stachling
Mr. Bourdon
Mary Monroe Vincent and Judge Joshua G Baker Wed in Biloxi
Mrs. Mary Monroe Vincent and Judge Joshua G Baker were married at the bride's East End home with family present. Rev. Harvey McDowell officiated. Baker, a New Orleans criminal district court judge, is linked to the Monroe family, sister to Judge Frank A Monroe of the Louisiana supreme bench. They left by the 10 50 train for Mobile.
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Pass Christian
Mary Monroe Vincent
Joshua G. Baker
East Nd
Harvey McDowell
Presbyterian Church
Baker
Criminal District Court of
New Orleans
Monroe
Frank A. Monroe
Louisiana Supreme Bench
Jett
Mobile
Court clears captain rights in harbor vessel shifts
Judge Henry Chamberlain discharged Captain Louis Hogan of the Dawn ruling the vessel captain may move his ship with assistance and without a deputy harbormaster present in Mobile harbor. The case centered on whether shifting a vessel required a deputy harbormaster or could be done by the ship’s captain with aid.
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Mobile
Inferior Criminal Court
Henry Chamberlain
Louis Hogan
Turboat Dawn
Hogan
T. P. Norville
Turner-Hartwell Company
J. C. Rich
R. P. Roach
Tisdale Touart
Horace Turner
Harbonnaster
Jealousy Triggers Murder Then Suicide at Mill
Police report a July incident at the mill where jealousy sparked a fatal shooting and the shooter died by his own hand. The event unsettled workers and led management to close the plant for the day.
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Es “Aten
Jeaiousy
Slaughter of Baldwin Seeks U S Marshal Post
Henry W. Slaughter of Baldwin County announces candidacy for United States marshal for the Southern District of Alabama. He has held county offices and reports strong backing from residents in the northern part of the county.
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Slaughter
Baldwin
Bay Minetteh
Ala
Henry W. Slaughter
Alabama
Farmer Charged in Moore Family Murders at Villisca
Lew Van Alstine, a county farmer, was arrested on a warrant charging him with the June 9 killings of the Moore family, six people, and two Miss Stillinger guests in Villisca Iowa. Authorities note an earlier altercation between Moore and Van Alstyne and Mrs. Van Alstyne swears her husband was at home that night.
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Villisca
Lew van Alstine
Moore
Stillinger
van Alstyne
Philippines Seek Independence Through Autonomous Government
Manuel L. Quezon and M. Earnshaw, Philippine delegates to Congress, travel to Washington to renew efforts for independence under U S protection. They urge local self government, criticize high American salaries, note 8,000,960 natives with 26 percent literate, and say the Jones bill could settle status, reduce taxation, and unite the nation.
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San Francisco
Manuel L. Quezon
M. Earnshaw
Congress
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Washington
United States
Quezon
ELOPERS CAPTURED IN NEW ORLEANS
Detectives arrest Mrs. Clara Bartholli of Kankakee Illinois and Charles Snodderly, an employee of Bartholli’s tire firm, as they attempt to board a train to Chattanooga Tennessee. The woman is charged with forging her husband’s name on a check. Their five year old son was present.
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Elopers
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Tenn
Clara Bartholli
Charles Snodderly
Novel Surgery Incident in Canal Doer
Davis Morris treated his wounded son by firing ten shots from his arms and legs to remove pellets rather than wait for a doctor's visit. The incident follows a previous accidental wounding of his son Jack Morris two years earlier, which Morris also treated with his teeth and lips.
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Canal Doer
Davis Morris
Here
Jack Morris
Deck washed clean by terrific waves in English Channel
London December 26 Aboard the vania and Oriental liner arrived in the Thames after a Christmas gale in the English Channel. The ship from the Far East faced hurricane forces off Ushant with great waves washing decks and flooding cabins. Passengers forced to sit in water for hours. A brutal broadside struck as the captain steered toward the Thames mouth. News of storm damaged vessels citing injuries and abandoned voyages.
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London
English Channel
Thames
Eest
Ushant
Ffi
Paroled youth inmates linked to gambling den raid
Police charged a raid on a downtown gambling den where a youthful inmate, formerly manager of Barker Cotton Mills, was arrested Friday afternoon. He was fined and sent before Edington as the raid unfolded. Barker, now in the insurance business, hid escape plans in a downtown office.
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Edington
Barker
Barker Cotton Mills
Oes
Captain and crew rescued from schooner Savannah
Captain Gould and eight men were rescued from the schooner Savannah after it ran ashore on Frying Pan shoals in a heavy gale. Life-savers from Cape Fear and Oak Island stations plucked them from the rigging where they had taken refuge, suffering cold and exposure. the lumber-laden vessel, 496 tons, was bound for Jacksonville and is likely a total loss.
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Wilmington
N. Y
Gould
Savannah
Frying Pan Shoals
Cape Fear
Oak Island
Jacksonville
Fla
Frying Pan Shoal
Cap Gould
Box of Cigarettes Tragedy at Holiday Party
Los Angeles warehouse widow Hortense Koetch died after a guest at a holiday gathering smashed a glass door while trying to take back a cigarette box. The impact severed her jugular and she died within moments. The incident occurred as 8 C Howe displayed the cigarettes and advanced toward reentering the room.
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Los Angeles
Hortense Koetch
Benevolent Order Names New Officers in Biloxi
At the Biloxi Benevolent Association meeting on December 28, officers for the coming term were elected: J. Hildebrand president, C. Lantua vice president, L. Staebling treasurer, Z. T. Champlin secretary, and H. Lowery trustee. A committee of C Lanius and L Solert, HH. Raymon, will organize the thirteenth anniversary dinner.
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Biloxi
Miss
Biloxi “Volent Association
J. Hildebrand
C. Lantua
L. Staebling
Z. T. Champlin
He. Lowery
C Lanius
L. Solert
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Old Dominion
Manassas
Frank Ware
Federal Department of Agriculture
Harrison County
Joseph Bell
CAB
Orange
Gordonsville
Charlottesville
Mra. Mann
Richmond
Mr. Wilton
Harry Smith
R. E. Bird
House of Delegates
Wilzon
University of Virginia Law School
Joseph E. Willard
Brackenridge
Moss Point
THE
ELK Order
Charleston
S. C
J. 1S Waring
Julia Howard
Macon
Benevolent Order
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