Veiled woman murders in Newark home.
Police probe still blind to killer after Mrs Harriet Manning is slain in her mother's Parlor. An estranged husband Charles Manning is released. a veiled suspected killer fled with a black umbrella and an umbrella as clues. A Philadelphia contact is claimed.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Harriet Manning
Charles J. Manning
Montclair
Wom
Manning
Vernona
Here
Harret Cobb
Mary Riley
Cobb
Slave Picture Wins in Court in New Orleans Showing
A New Orleans court ruled in favor of showing the six reel film Traffic in Souls. Manager E V O Connor announced the victory by telegram to Lyric head, and the picture will be exhibited at the Greenwall theatre after Mayor Behrmann had sought to ban its display.
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New Orleans
E. V. O'Connor
E Lyric
New
Greenwall
Esa
McEntee
Behrmann
Great Secrecy In Flying Maneuvers At Pensacola
Pensacola Florida February 7 secrecy is tight in zero experiments at the Pensacola Navy Yard by the naval aviation corps. Various aeroplanes and air boats are similar, with the public allowed inside only at times for viewing. When flights begin the hangars are cleared and outsiders are kept from the yard while the aviators appear in uniform.
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Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola Navy Yard
Eroatical ‘Corps
Navy
Cermee
Navy Yard
Great fair to start industries says Waynesboro hogs ship
A Waynesboro teen farmer shipped the first carload of hogs to Mobile. Hogs shrank from the trip, fetch seven cents a pound at a Mobile firm, cost three cents to raise. The Central Committee of One Hundred urges the fair to spur a big local packing industry.
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Waynes
Mississippi
Mobile
Waynesboro
St. Louis
M. J. McDermott
Toll Exemption Mistaken Policy Says President
A Baltimore dated Associated Press report summarizes a Woodrow Wilson letter blasting the exemption of American coastwise shipping from Panama Canal tolls as economically unjust and a monopoly. The author praises Secretary of State Bryan for integrity and effectiveness.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
St. Marbury
Baltimore Sun
Bryan
Circuit Court Proceedings Set for Pascagoula Monday
Pascagoula Miss Feb 7 The Jackson county circuit court will convene next Monday Judge J L Ballenger of Gulfport recently appointed to succeed Judge Barrett will preside Important cases include George Woodman or John Quimbly charged with murder and Onley or Timmon Goff charged with wrapping Also tiger cases continued from the last term
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Pascagoula
Miss
Jackson County
J. L Ballenger
Gulfport
Barrett
George Woodman
John Quimbly
Onley Oe
Eee
White Timmon Goff
President Signs Law Regulating Postal Money Orders
President Wilson signed a law regulating postal money orders though it takes effect after postmaster general rules. Burleson forms a rules committee to implement the measure which should boost postal money order volume and utility like a bank draft. In the last fiscal year 91 million domestic money orders totaling about 625 million dollars were issued with net income over 6 million dollars. More than 55 000 money order offices currently operate nationwide.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Pee
Burleson
Postmaster General
Post Office Department
United States
Callaway
Division of Postal Savings
L. M. Bartlett
Department
Bribery Charge Again in Mississippi Senate
The Mississippi Senate heard new bribery allegations as Senator Bond faced claims he demanded 1000 to back the Stone County bill. Professor Huff of George County High School led a delegation opposing a new division from George, Harrison and Jackson counties. Bond denied the charges calling them a lie.
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Jackson
Miss
Bond
Stone County
Humdrum
Aroutine
Huff
George County High School
George, Harrison
Senator Bond
Port Officers Named for Biloxi Mardi Gras
Biloxi Mississippi February 7 arrangements for the reception of King Aurgius III on the Mississippi sound signify the appointment of port officers. William Watson owner of the yacht Iona is lord high admiral, the Winona captain is vice admiral, and Postmaster John R Meunier is port admiral. The legislature invited members to be Biloxi carnival guests on February 24.
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Miss
Aurgius III
Mississippi Sound
William Watson
Iona
Yacht Club
Winona
John R. Meunier
Charles L. Rushing
Widener Buys The Small Cowper Madonna For 700000
Philadelphia collector P A Widener pays more than 700000 for The Small Cowper Madonna by Raphael, the highest price paid for a single art purchase in the United States. The painting, arriving from England, was bought last November by Duveen Brothers for 600000 and had been offered to London's National Gallery.
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Associated Press
New York
P. A. Widener
Philadelphia
Raphael
Duke of Olivares
Velasquez
Collis P. Huntington
Self
Frans Hals
Duveen Brothers
St. Roch
Rubens
Andrew Carnegie
Anne E. Duncombe
Gainesborough
A. C. Frick
England
Cowper
Florence
Morelithe
Church of San Bernardino
Urbino
Montgomery Democratic executive meeting sets primary plan
Montgomery Alabama February 7 The Montgomery county Democratic executive committee moved to call a plurality county primary alongside the state primary on April 6 The key issue is naming election managers and inspectors with candidates watching polling boxes There are fourteen legislative candidates for four seats and W W Hill is the sole announced candidate for state senator
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Montgomery
Ala
Northwest Storm Signals Hit Pensacola as Gale Rages
The Weather Bureau displays northwest storm warnings in Pensacola where a 60 mile gale swept the city and harbor on Friday. Forecasters expect a sharp temperature drop by Saturday with possible damage to budding gardens and blooming fruit trees if the freeze arrives as predicted. The coldest weather of the season is anticipated.
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Pensacola
Weather Bureau
Alabama educators set for National Education Assn meeting
Twenty five Alabama educators will attend the National Education Association department of superintendence meeting in Richmond Virginia starting February 24. They will depart Montgomery on a special sleeper February 23, with arrangements by State Superintendent Wiee.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Department of Superintendence
National Educational Association
Richmond
Cold Wave Sweeps Ohio Valley Through Texas Frost Hits Nashville
A severe cold wave grips the Ohio valley and upper Midwest with zero readings in the Missouri valley, forcing storm warnings along the Atlantic coast. Texas reports bitter cold from 4 above to zero, threatening early crops while Nashville and other areas see light snow and plunging temperatures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Duarnese
Ohio Valley
Upper Lake Region
Atlantic Coast
Delaware
Eastport
Maine
Atlantic Coast District
Lower Lake Region
Missouri Valley
Plains States
Lake Regions
New England
Weather Bureau
Weather turns colder with snow flurry in Nashville
Nashville Tenn February 7 The morning temperature at 7 o clock stood at 22 degrees above zero a drop of 46 degrees from yesterday's high. By 9 o clock the thermometer read 20 degrees as colder conditions were forecast for the night a spittting snow fell earlier.
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Nashville
Tenn
Memphis Cold Wave Brings 14 Above Zero Record
Memphis observers logged 14 degrees above zero at the weather bureau early today, the coldest reading of the winter, a decline from 62 above zero registered at noon yesterday.
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Memphis
Tenn
Coldest Day Yet This Winter By One Degree
Indianapolis reports the coldest day of the winter thus far with temperatures nine degrees above zero. The weather bureau notes the thermometer reached 40 degrees at 2 o’clock yesterday and was one degree warmer today.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Weather Bureau
Shelter Keeps Seven Hundred Homeless in St Louis
In St Louis on February 7 the city reported zero temperature while more than seven hundred homeless men found shelter at the municipal lodging house during the night.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
Municipal Lodging House
Society Set Will Work For Unemployed Women
New York February 7 Providing work for unemployed women and girls is the aim of a new organization founded today by leading women in social work. A committee on ways and means formed last week issued a statement seeking cooperation from sympathetic women. Notable supporters include Mrs Amos Pinchot Mrs Ogden Reid Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Mrs Walter Maynard and Mrs Grant LaFarge.
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Associated Press
New York
Committee On Ways and Means
Amos Pinchot
Ogden Reid
Theodore Roosevelt
Walter Maynard
Grant LaFarge
British Tramp Steamer Goes Aground In Thick Fog
The British freight steamer Queen Louise bound from Swansea to New York ran ashore north of Manasquin New Jersey in thick fog. Crew of 21 men faced a dangerous position as life-saving crews reached the vessel with a breeches buoy and line. Captain McDonald expected to float at the next high tide.
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Associated Press
New York
McDonald
Swansea
Mayan
N. J
Spring Lake
Manasquin
Students Form Fire Brigade at New Hampshire College
TE DURHAM NEW HAMPSHIRE February 7 Students at the New Hampshire college formed a fire brigade early today locating in the campus gymnasium to practice safety drills and readiness amid cold weather and fire drill campaigns.
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Durham
N. H
The
New Hampshire College
Cost Of Living In New York City High
The New York Association for improving the condition of the poor reports 27 families in the Vanderbilt tenements live on a daily budget of 2 dollars 96 cents per day 1 08 per year per person for a family of five. Rent 65 cents daily Food 1 29 Clothing 48 cents and miscellaneous items complete the budget.
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Associated Prose
New York
Wea
New York Association
Vanderbilt
School Children Strike Over Side Door Order in Paterson
In Paterson New Jersey fifty of sixty students at a West Park public school walked out in protest after principal Florence Bryant ordered use of a side entrance to keep the front door tidy. The board of education backed the order and planned to invoke truancy laws to end the strike.
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Paterson
Associated Press
Board of Education
Waitresses vow hunger strike if jailed after arrests
Members of the waitresses union arrested during a downtown boycott said they would fast in hunger strikes if jail sentences were imposed. Their cases were to be heard in court as police attempted arrests. Several sit down in the snow to resist, prompting a patrol wagon call.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Arson Attack on Widow's Home Touched Off by Suffragettes
Inverness reports an arson squad of suffragettes set fire to Hazelbank House, a county councillor's widow residence near Inverness. The unoccupied home yielded suffragette literature.
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Inverness
Hazelbank House
London Borough Council Meant to Protect Mourners
London authorities consider measures to shield mourners in severe weather as seacoast and inland areas brace for storms. Officials outline steps to safeguard attendees at funerals and cemetery services amid forecasted inclement conditions.
Revolt in Mexico City Falters Amid Guarded Streets
Feb 7 dispatch reports a planned coup against General Huerta did not ignite. Troops guarded the palace signals and artillery in the capital while reports of an uprising in Guadalupe failed to yield tangible evidence. British secretary seeks firsthand Washington briefing before returning to Mexico.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Feders
Senal
Huerta
Guadalupe
Ing
British Secretary Eyes Mexican Situation in Washington
British secretary and chargé d affaires Thomas Hohler arrived from New York to gauge American public mood on Mexico and Huerta relations. He will meet officials to assess the overall feeling before choosing a possible appointment to Brazil.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thormas Hohler
Mexico City
New York
Huerta
Mexico
Girl at Hattiesburg Misses $10,000 in Kiss Case Mistrial
A mistrial was declared Friday in the lawsuit of 17 year old Nancy Lee over an alleged unsolicited kiss. The Gulfport and Ship Island line’s agent C. Tress faced the claim at Mos Laurin. The jury was hopelessly divided and discharged, marking a second mistrial in the suit.
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Associated Press
Hattiesburg
Miss
Tak
Nancy Lee
Gulfport
Ship Island
Ratire
C. Tress
Mos Laurin
Wisconsin village bans tango dancing with fines and jail
NORWALK Wis Feb 7 A village council meeting adopted an ordinance banning dancing of the tango and similar dances. Violators face fine or imprisonment. The marshal ordered closure of a dancing academy where the tango is taught.
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Wisconsin Village
Associated Press
Norwalk Wis
New York Socialists Open Bureau For Women Voter Access
The Socialist party committee of New York has opened a national instruction bureau for women with the aim that New York women gain the vote in 1916. Circulars are sent to women's organizations containing questions typically asked on naturalization papers.
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Associated Press
New York
W J Committee
Socialist Party
New York State
Federal Reserve Board Heads to El Paso Hearing
The Federal Reserve Board delegation travels from Los Angeles to El Paso Texas to hear bankers about locating a national bank. McAdoo and Houston lead the organization committee and expect to arrive late tonight for the hearing.
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Federal Reserve Board
el Paso
Associated Press
Los Angeles
McAdoo
Houston
Teserve Board
Texas
E Paso
Aviator Bell Dies From Injuries in Meridian Crash
Meridian Miss February 1 F Bell aviator died from injuries sustained January 5 after a 100 foot fall during a local flight. He had previously served with allied forces in the Balkan war and was noted for his last flight prior to death.
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Bell
Meridian
Associated Press
Miss
F. Bell
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