Fairhope Man Dies by Self-Inflicted Gunshot on Second Trial
Mobile report from Fairhope Baldwin County describes Thorbjorne B. E. Smith, a 58 year old resident at the House, who after the death of his wife two weeks earlier and daily grave visits, shot himself in the head during a meal after returning home for dinner. Mrs Carlsen found the smoking revolver and Smith was dead with a pistol wound to the head.
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Mobile
Fairhope
Baldwin County
Thorbjorne
Smith
Aths
Aing
Moth
Caruse
Three Men Drown In Lake Michigan Ice Visit
Three men William P. Cannell Stephen Varley and Wilson died when their small open boat broke through ice while attempting to reach a water intake in a lakefront crib. Hundreds watched as they clung to a block of ice for an hour before vanishing into the freezing water. Two women May Smith and Mary Wade later said Cannell and companions had gone for provisions.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lake Michigan
William P. Cannell
Stephen Varley
Wilson
Cannell
May Smith
Mary Wade
Cannel
Coldest winter wave bears down on national scope
The Weather Bureau reports the severest cold of the year across the upper Missouri Valley and plains to Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle. Havre Montana logged 42 degrees below zero with widespread subzero readings south to the Kansas Oklahoma border as heavy snow and gales form. the cold front will sweep east to the Gulf states and north to New England within twenty four hours.
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Associated Press
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Missouri Valley
Plains States
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Parhandle
Texas
Weather Bureau
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Mont
Kansas-Oklahoma
Mississippi
Lake
New England
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Florida
Maine
Russian noble denies Pan-Slavic incitement at trial
Count Vladimir Bobrinsky, head of Russia's Pan-Slavic faction, testified in Marmoros-Sziget where 94 Ruthenians face charges of inciting rebellion against Austro-Hungarian rule. He denied claims he funded propaganda and urged Ruthenians to join the Orthodox church. The trial, ongoing since December 29, draws wide European interest.
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Carpathian Mountains
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Hungary
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Fierce Montana Cold Wave Hits Northern Rockies
Eastern Washington Oregon and all Montana report first severe cold of winter. Temperatures reach 40 below in Montana towns Havre and Silver Lake and 38 below in Billings as rail traffic slows. Northern Idaho sees zero in Genesee. cattlemen warn of limited pasture due to the abrupt deep freeze.
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Wash
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Washton
Cascades
Havre
Silver? Lake
Mont
Billings
Genesee
Record Cold Hits Rocky Mountain Cities
The Denver low fell to five degrees below zero the season’s coldest so far. Colorado Springs registered five below zero while Leadville endured blizzard conditions. Trinidad faced a severe storm as coal mine strikers and militiamen on duty in the strike zone suffered in the cold.
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Severe Norther Grips Southwest Texas Oklahoma
A severe norther spreads across the Southwest as the first winter weather of the season. Texas Panhandle chills to zero while Oklahoma sees snow and extreme cold. Vernon reports a 52 degree rise to 16 above zero in three hours.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Vernon
Blizzard Rages Across Western Nebraska Stranding Trains
The Nebraska blizzard hit Lincoln with 6 below zero as western Nebraska storms spread. Railroad traffic slowed and several trains were snowbound, disrupting travel and services.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Satsuma land sale eyed for immediate development near Huntington
Businessmen from Huntington travel to the Mobile district to select tracts from St. Elmo Farms near Satsuma and Irvington, aiming to award clearings and plant velvet beans to prepare soil for Satsuma trees next winter. Judge J. N. Potts Dr. J. C. McComb and R. Q O. Morris participate in the mission marking the sale as key to Satsuma development.
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St. Elmo
St. Elmo Farms
Satsuma
Congress to Erect Monument for John Tyler in Virginia
Congress appropriated 10000 dollars to honor former President John Tyler with a monument over his grave in a Hollywood cemetery in Richmond Virginia. Secretary Garrison of the War Department and Lieutenant Colonel E E Winslow oversaw the project and related military details.
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Associated Press
Washington
John Tyler
United States
Hollywood
Richmond
Congress
Garrison
E. E. Winslow
Norvl
Mexican magnate seeks farm life after wealth loss
Alberto Terrazas of the famed Mexican fortune heads to Pasadena, California, with his family to start farming after revolutions tied up his vast wealth. He expects to buy a small farm near Pasadena, saying he does not mind working for a living as rebels threaten confiscation of the Terrazas fortune.
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Associated Press
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Texas
Alberto Terrazas
Mexico
Rio Grande
Rockefeller
Vanderbilt
United States
Pasadena
Cal
Terrazas
London
Paris
California
New York
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Luis Don Terrazas
Juarez
Porfirio Diaz
Ite
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Casas Grandes
Francisco Madero
Luis, Jr
Los Angeles
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Mississippi Girl Seeks 10000 for Kiss Trial in Hattiesburg
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a case centers on Nancy Lee a 17 year old who sues Gulf and Ship Island railroad claiming agent A C Tress kissed her at McLaurin depot in 1913 The trial will decide if the kiss is worth 10000 Jurors at Gulfport doubted the claim but some would award money upon change of venue the defense presents character witnesses asserting no improper conduct.
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Nancy Lee
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
A.C. Tress
McLaurin
Gulfport
Dany
Cold Snap Grips Midwest With Record Subzero Readings
February cold wave hits Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Northern Texas with sleet and biting wind. Northwestern Kansas reports ten degrees below zero as Hutchinson mail carriers thaw frozen locks with torches.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Hutchinson
W C Harrison Drops Dead At Table
W C Harrison suffered a sudden death at a farm near Gallion Alabama while working with his sons. The man had been seen in good health days earlier and collapsed indoors at the Boddie place during farming operations.
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Gallion Demopolis
Ala
W.c. Harrison
Demopolis
Mr. Harrison
Boddie Place
Gallion
Forecaster Predicts Cold Snowy Period After Morning Storm
The United States forecaster in Chicago predicts four days of intense cold and snow following a morning snow storm. Telegraph wires suffer trouble west of Chicago and communication to Denver was disrupted until a roundabout circuit was set up.
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Chicago
United States
Denver
Justifiable Homicide Verdict in Oak Grove Killing
Birmingham reports the coroner's jury found the shooting by Emmettsg. Honeycutt in self defense after the Oak Grove case involving Houston and Samuel Landman last Saturday night near Read Mountain. The shooter was not released as two warrants charging him with murder were pending.
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Birmingham
Ala
Houston
Samuel Landman
Oak Grove
Read Mountain
Emmettsg. Honeycutt
J. R.puqua
Yang
Warranis
Lower House Moves to Repeal Canal Toll Exemption
Washington February 6 1914 The House prepares to repeal the free passage toll exemption in the Panama Canal law a move championed by President Wilson but opposed by Democratic leaders and administration allies who plan to urge swift action. Representative Adamson has a repeal bill ready to introduce after White House direction.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Great Britain
House
Adamson
Social clubs taxed under income law surprise NYC ruling
New ruling from W H Osborn states incorporated social clubs are taxable under the federal income tax. Congress did not exempt them by intent, so all such organizations must file returns by March 1.
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Associated Press
New York
W. H. Osborn
Internal Revenue
Osborn
Congress
Sche
Naval force lands at Cape Haitien to check rebels
Rioting and pillaging forced Commander Bostwick of the gunboat Nashville to land eighty men to protect foreigners and their property in Cape Haitien. He acted at the request of foreign consuls to safeguard Americans and other non locals as Davilmar Theodore, a provisional leader, struggles to organize a government from the city while rebels press toward Port au Prince.
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Bostwick
Nashville
Davilmar Theodore
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Russell
Port Au
Ileship
Carp- Princé
Port Au Prince
West Virginians Fear Open Warfare At Mines
Broke County peace officers seek a plan to disarm striking miners and contract men at the West Virginia and Pittsburg Coal Company mines. Many are armed with high power rifles but cannot be detained off property, as the gun carrying law does not apply on their rented or owned property. The strike has raged since last September with numerous clashes between sides.
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Associated Press
Collier's
W. Va
West Virginia
Pittsburg Coal Company
Broke County
Gunman’s Victims Updated in New York Shooting
New York reports Edward P. Murtha, the officer shot under the heart, died today. Bystander James O'Connor remains in critical condition after the gunman opened fire during a search attempt.
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Associated Press
New York
Edward P. Murtha
James O'Connor
Blows Hot and Cold In Referring to Wilson
London newspapers debate President Wilson's stance on Mexico Peru and Haiti praising his character yet deeming his policy impracticable. They warn sanctioning civil war as a de facto declaration of war and note no honorable retreat from his hard line.
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Associated Press
London
Mexico
Peru
Haiti
United States
Former Biloxi man charged with theft
Biloxi Mississippi on February 6 T J Pong a former Biloxi resident was charged by R R Davis with the theft of a revolver. A separate report from a boarder notes the theft of a pair of gloves. Deputy Ewing hired officers at Collins where Pond lives to investigate.
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Biloxi, Miss
T. J. Pong
R. R. Davis
Ewing
Collins
Pond
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