Captain and Crew Survive Open-Boat Marooning After Wreck
Captain M B Cogswell and eight crew members endured three days on the after deck house of the waterlogged bark Alexander Black after striking a submerged obstruction off Cuba. They drifted in an open boat to a barren Mexican coast near Progreso, reporting cargo lumber saved them from drowning and estimating $10 000 damage to vessel and cargo.
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Gulf of Mexico
Cuba
Mexico
M. B. Cogswell
Alexander Black
Gulf
Cogswell
Progress
American
Cape San Antone
Mexican
San Felice
Progresso
Progreso
Mobile
Susie B. Dantzler
Robbery at Desplaines Street police station seals court files
Alex W. Davison testified that police records were stolen from the Desplaines Street station after the Irving Park theft. An intruder entered the building, went through the squad area and up to the judge's chambers taking locked files, while Davison avoided answering but outlined the night’s movements.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alex W. Davison
Chicago Law and Order League
Irving Park
McWeeny
Desplaines Street
Davison
Everett’s Body Found Near Lake Shore Cliff
The body of S. Homer Everett a young society and business man who disappeared Saturday night was found yesterday afternoon on the lake shore at the foot of a high cliff. Authorities believe he may have fallen from a house warming event and died in the presumed accident.
Dew Discharged by County Board in Mobile Alabama
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners discharged County Highway Engineer Charles Dew effective February 17. The board withheld action on annulling the Nashville Bridge Company contract as Dew faces bribery accusations. Dew defended his actions as protecting Mobile County’s interests and aiding the board’s management of road and bridge projects.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Charles Dew
Nashville Bridge Company
Dew
Sullivan
Mobile County
Alabama
Mobile Register
Mobile
Inauguration Parade Seeks Southern Commercial Clubs
Clarence J. Owens of the Southern Commercial Congress invites marching clubs from 16 Southern states to participate in Woodrow Wilsons inauguration parade on March 4. Clubs must wear uniforms and may carry city banners. provide delegation number dress and band status.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Southern Commercial Congress
Robert N. Harper
Committee On Civic Organizations
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
South States
Clarence J. Owens
The
Toll on word in question by telegraph companies
Albany New York February 5 The State Commission ordered Western Union to stop charging 2 cents per word for the word via and the place name required for delivery. The company must state by February 17 whether it will comply and how it will handle transfers to destinations not reached by Postal lines.
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Albany
N. Y
State’ Commission
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Western Union Company
National banks violat e law by real estate loans claim
Sol Wexler a New Orleans banker told the House Currency Reform Committee that banks across the South violate the national banking law by lending on real estate mortgages. He urged amending the law to legalize such loans with eight month terms to let farmers grow crops. He argued farmers are barred from using crop stocks to obtain bank credit.
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Associated Press
Washington
South
Sol Wexler
New Orleans
House Currency Reform Committee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Mr. Wexler
Hermann Firm for Ball Players
Cincinnati February 5 The National Baseball Commission will discuss amateur athletics at its next meeting and seek to repeal rules that declare an amateur a professional if he plays professional baseball August Hermann president cites the Hall Devlin Nichols Craver scandal of 1877 and argues amateur laws are outdated while baseball has gained integrity and public trust.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
National Baseball Commission
August Hermann
National Commission
Hermann
Bartholdt Heads Fourth Annual Peace Congress
St Louis February 5 Congressman Richard Bartholdt of St Louis accepted the presidency of the fourth annual peace congress to be held May 13. He wrote that in the midst of war it will be their privilege to raise the voice of peace as the United States and Great Britain near a hundred years of peace.
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St. Louis
Associated Press
Richard Bartholt
Bartholdt
United States
Great Britain
Miss Helen Stallo Becomes Princess Murat in Paris
Miss Helena Stallo of Cincinnati wed Prince Michel Murat before a city mayor in Paris. A religious ceremony will be held tomorrow at the Church of St. Honore d’I Mylau. Stallo’s father, K. Stallo, is general counsel and director of the Mobile railroad.
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Paris
Helena Stallu
Cincinnati
Prince Michel Murat
St. Honore D'I Mylau
Prince Murat
Caroline Frazier
South Carolina
Helen Stallo
Mobile
Mu. K. Stallo
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago, Railroad
Stallo
Judge Purifoy Plans Secretary of State Bid
Judge John Purifoy state treasurer from Montgomery visits Baldwin County this week calling on friends and announcing he will run for secretary of state next year.
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John Purifoy
Montgomery
Judge Purifoy
Baldwin County
Congress Delays Rail Valuation Bill and Hears Feb Hearing Notes
The Interstate commerce committee deferred final action on the railroad physical valuation bill and scheduled February 11 for a hearing with railroad interests. A joint committee completed the inaugural ceremony program. Senators Chilton and Watson denied charges against their election legality. Territories panel heard protests on Alaskan resource restrictions. Expositions panel backed a bill to send congressmen to the Jefferson memorial unveiling in St. Louis. Currency reform panel received real estate lending recommendations from national banks.
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Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Joint Congressional Committee
Senate
Chilton
Watson
Territories
St. Louis
Wilson Delays Cabinet Choices Ahead of Inauguration
Trenton New Jersey February 5 President elect Wilson says he will not rush naming his cabinet before the inauguration though he hopes to decide prior. He recalls Cleveland delaying cabinet announcements and notes Democrats should honor primary results in Illinois. He mentions Barrett of Union City Georgia as a suggested Agriculture secretary.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
Cleveland
Barrett
Union City
National Farmers’ Union
Illinois
Tobacco stockholders receive 15 percent melon dividend
New York February 5 More than 6 million dollars will be distributed to holders of American Tobacco Company common stock from a 15 percent extra dividend declared today. The payout follows the Supreme Court decree dissolving the old firm and comes from sale of treasury securities. The company also declared a 5 percent quarterly dividend, boosting the annual rate to 20 percent, marking a 21 and a half percent increase.
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Associated Press
New York
American Tobacco Company
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Treasury
Old American Tobacco Company
Another State Corn Contest Announces Alabama Prizes
Captain R F Kolb announces Alabama's 1913 corn contest with 2000 dollars in prizes. First prize 250 dollars, second 150 dollars, third 100 dollars, plus 25 dollars per county for top acre yield. Registration to compete closes June 1 in the department of agriculture.
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Alabama
R. F. Kolb
Department of Agriculture
Demand to regain citizenship tested in state supreme court
Ethel MacKenzie wife of concert soloist MacKenzie Gordon, a British subject, seeks a mandamus from the California Supreme Court to force registration, arguing federal law stripping a wife of alien husband’s status does not apply since she has not left the United States. The 1907 act cited barred her from registering after marriage.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Ethel MacKenzie
MacKenzie Gordon
State Supreme Court
MacKenzie
California
Congress
United States
Baptist laymen convention draws ex governors to discuss stewardship
In Chattanooga on February 5, ex governors Longino Mississippi and W S Jennings Florida preside at sessions of the Baptist laymen's missionary convention. The day covers stewardship a key topic with talks on tithe missionary education and church outreach by leaders including J Campbell White and H F Lamme.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Baptist Laymen’s Missionary Convention
Longino
Mississippi
C. A. Smith
South Carolina
W. S.S. Jennings
Florida
F. M. McConnell
Joseph Brown
Georgia
C. G. Hounshell
T. H. Ellett
Virginia
H. Z. Duke
Dallas
Texas
William Upshew
H. F. Latimer
Birmingham
Christian Statesman
J. B. Gambrill
J. Campbell White
EK. Goldbold
Alexandria
J. P. Nichols
Griffin, Ga
H. F. Lamme
Laymen's Missionary Movement
Rochester
N. Y
Two Men Missing From Schooner Blackburn
The schooner Blackburn is missing after violent gales last week. The Onondaga reports no sign of the vessel 240 miles east of Cape Hatters. The Seminoe searches while the Tiverton rescued nine who jumped overboard. two men stay aboard and are presumed to have taken the boat if any.
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Washington
Esperanza
Free Speech Hit by Severe Setback in Russia Duma
In St Petersberg the council of empire as high court ordered the prosecution of Socialist deputy Kuznetzoff for slander over a duma speech attacking a fellow member. The court also ordered a pre trial probe into 348 signers of an interpellation claiming that rulings declaring speeches libellous would strip parliamentary immunity. The senate upheld a lower court verdict finding a Polish Warsaw editor guilty of printing a stand up report of a desion.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Duma
Council of Empire
Kuznetzoff
Russia
Senate
Warsaw
Prosecutor Faces Fierce Questioning in Beach Trial
At the Beach assault trial in Aiken South Carolina the prosecutor pressed witnesses including Mayor Herbert Gayles who described efforts to locate evidence. The mayor said earrings found in the side yard were likely paste and the diamond knife yielded possible blood stains after microscopic tests.
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Associated Press
Aiken
8. C
Frederick O
Hastings Wyman, Jr
Wyman
Augusta
Partridge
Mims
Mexican Rebels Still Operating Amid Civil Unrest
Washington reports ongoing disorder in southern Mexico despite peace talks. Four thousand striking miners at Santa Gertrudis and La Blanca near Pachuca attacked the American manager, who fired back, killing two and wounding one. Rural guards dispatched as rebels burn Grindera estate in Zacatecas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
Zapata
Santa Gertrudis
la Blanca
Pachuca
Santa Gertrudis Ranch
Madero
Zacatecas
Exodus of Carnival Visitors Under Way
The exodus of carnival visitors began with late trains Tuesday night and all outgoing trains and boat Wednesday morning. While many have left the city hundreds remain for the period fixed by railroads on excursion tickets. The joint agent reports many tickets extended and illumination removal started. Merchants shed holiday attire as they prepare to resume business and street cleaning crews tidy areas once crowded by revelers.
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Buness
Date Set for Trial of Jack Johnson
Chicago February 5 The trial of Jack Johnson on charges of violating the Mann white slave act was set today for February 25. The announcement was made before Carpenter, who will appear in court.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jack Johnson
Carpenter
Ats Oveariang
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Law and Order League of Chicago
Babcock
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
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Carlos
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Villa
Princess Murat
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Blackburn
Fred. C. Beach
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