Carnegie Gives Boys Hope at Ellis Island Visit
The story recalls Andrew Carnegie meeting immigrant children at Ellis Island. Eight year old Andy Rooney asks to return to Mayo but receives a two dollar bill from Carnegie, easing his tears. Patrick Rooney witnesses and gains a dollar as well, while Carnegie consoles the hopeful boys with promises of opportunity.
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Associated Press
New York
Catherine Rooney
Andy
Patrick Rooney
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Ellis Island
United States
Rooney
County Mayo
Patrick
Mr. Carnegie
Americans Can Learn From Balkan Allies
Major Munroe McFarland of the Twenty-ninth Infantry arrived in New York after three months of duty in the near east. He observed Bulgarian and Serbian tactics, entrenchments, and supply, noting American forces could learn much from allied warfare despite limited access to front lines. He downplayed cholera fears, suggesting Turks exaggerated threat to hinder the campaign toward Constantinople.
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Associated Press
New York
Munroe McFarland
Twenty-ninth
United States Infantry
Near East
McFarland
Belgrade
Macedonia
Saloniki
Kunanovo
Monastir
Constantinople
Chorus Girl Bride Seeks Separation From Belmont Heir
Mrs. Ethel Lorraine Belmont, a chorus girl bride, filed suit in New York for separation from her husband Raymond Belmont son of August Belmont. She accuses desertion and failure to provide support, noting only fifty dollars given during their honeymoon. They wed November 12 1912 in Jersey City. she believes he is hunting in Hampton county South Carolina.
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Associated Press
New York
Ethel Lorraine Belmont
Raymond
August Belmont
Belmont
Jersey City
Hampton County
South Carolina
Jail holds Randolph Nathan over alimony dispute
Randolph S. Nathan, wealthy shoe maker, tells reporters in Ludlow Street jail he will stay six months to avoid alimony. He is confined for failure to pay $45 monthly to his ex wife for the children’s support, a sum she says is needed for the kids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Randolph S. Nathan
Ludlow Street
Nathan
Age-Herald Reverses Damage Suit In Supreme Court
The Alabama supreme court reversed and remanded a $20,000 libel suit against the Age-Herald Publishing Company after finding error in the trial court’s ruling on a jury instruction. Parsons had sued over editorials accusing him of perverting his office as constable for compensation. The case will be retried in Jefferson circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
M. W. Parsons
Age-Herald Publishing Company
Jefferson
Parsons
Constable
Woman Seeks New Brain at Rockefeller Institute
A middle aged Boston woman visiting the Rockefeller Institute for medical research Friday sought a "new character" by a surgical brain insertion. She gave the name Miss Emily Jane Clarke and claimed a sister in Norfolk, Va., and was sent to Bellevue Hospital's psychopathic ward.
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Associated Press
New York
Boston
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Emily Jane Clarke
J. Berlingett
Norfolk
Bellevue Hospital
Ten Die As Dock Board Boat Capsizes
During a severe gale in Liverpool yesterday a boat owned by the dock board capsized in the harbor trapping ten people aboard. Rescue efforts were hampered by the rough seas and darkness.
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Liverpool
The
Dock Board
Digestit credited with curing indigestion by readers
Letters from readers claim Digestit relieved chronic indigestion and allowed them to eat normally. Testimonials describe weight loss from indigestion, milk and raw eggs intolerance, and newfound appetite after using Digestit tablets and Elixir as advised. Brown's Digestit guarantees results at 50 cents a package.
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IL W. Forbiss
Jackson, Tenn
T. L. Adams
Butler
Ala
J. C. Finfrock
Brookville, C
O. D. Durham
Rome
Brown
van Antwerp
Stolen Money ID Identified In Cuba Bank Visit
A Cuban cattleman named Ramon Liano presented two $10,000 bills at the Third National Bank in St. Louis. The serials matched two stolen bills from a $200,000 Havana New York currency theft on October 15, 1912. Detected by a teller, he was detained by a post office inspector and private detectives to trace the money’s origin. He offered to waive extradition but gave no usable details. He remained in custody.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Third National Bank
Post Office
New York
Ramon Liamo
Cuba
Havana
Liano
Secret Service
Llane
Police court records detail Burglary and Larceny cases
Eugene Calvin held to city court grand jury in $250 bond after a preliminary hearing for alleged burglary at Willie Woods home and for taking money and other articles. C H Williams arraigned on petit larceny with $200 bond. Oscar Jones fined $10 for assault and battery on Silvia Campbell and sentenced to hard labor. Morse and Shirley fined $10 and $5 for traffic fines after street incident. Carl Evans George Belmont and Walter Gaston fined $1 each for lacking chauffeur licenses. Oscar LeRoy also fined $1 and costs.
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Eugene Calvin
City Court
Calvin
Willie Woods
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
C. H. Williams
Recorder’s Court
Williams
Oscar Jones
Silvia Campbell
Edington
Jones
Silvia
Carl Evans
George Belmont
Walter Gaston
Mobile excise panel considers permit transfer request
The Mobile Excise Commission will hold a regular meeting on Monday February 10 at 10 30 a m to hear Thomas Martin Sr seeks permission to transfer a license for wholesale operations.
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the Excise Commission of the City of
Mobile
Thomas Martin, Sr
Neering
Purcelle recounts paying graft to New York police
James Purcelle, a longtime gambler, testified before an aldermanic graft committee detailing payments to police and officials from 1897 to 1909. He named Jerry Murphy, Delaney, Cahill, Sheriff Harvey, Captain Gray, and other Tammany figures, noting weekly bribes and the profits from gambling ventures.
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Associated Press
New York
James Purcelle
Aldermanic Committee
Jerry Murphy
Delaney
Dick Cahill
Purcelle
Patrick Gray
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
East Thirty-fifth Street
Murphy
Purcell
Whitman
Justice Goff
Thomas Walsh
Dennis Sweeney
John Hartigan
Walsh
Eugene Fox
George Sipp
Hartigan
Waldo
Sweeney
Navy Aviators Die in Danzig Gulf Crash
Navy aviators Lieutenant Commander Walter Janetzky and Machinist’s Mate Dieckmann drowned Friday after their plane collapsed 150 yards above the sea between Zoppot and Altdorf. Rescue boats found no trace of the fliers. First fatality at the Putzig marine station.
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Associated Press
Danzig
Prussia
Navy
Walter Janetzky
Mate Dieckmann
Gulf of Danzig
Zoppot
Aldershot
Putzig
Vast Medical College Planned for Chicago
Chicago is to host a vast medical college that would make the city a world center of medical study. Trustees of the University of Chicago announce in President Judson’s annual report that millions are being sought for endowment and a land stretch along the Midway Plaisance will be the site for a range of costly buildings.
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Associated Press
Chicago
University of Chicago
Midway Plaisance
Harry Pratt Judson
Mediaeval Torts Spotlighted In Peru Rubber District
A Taft transmitted state department report denounces the Putumayo district abuses by the Peruvian Amazon Company. Indians suffer flogging and forced labor under peonage while remote government access and harsh overseers enable continued oppression and fatalities.
King’s Royal Germetuer Promises Rheumatism Cure
Advertisement claims rubing and internal doses of Germetuer cure rheumatism quickly. It asserts internal dosing every two hours, topical application to painful areas, and kidney action to drain uric acid. Promises rapid improvement and guarantees a lasting cure, with sales through Hillis Lillybeck Drug Co. Memphis Tenn at $1 per bottle.
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Hillis
Lillybeck Drug Co
Memphis
Tenn
Petersburg City Treasurer William Ramey Dies by Suicide
William K. Ramey aged 66, Petersburg city treasurer and re‑election candidate, shot himself after regaining consciousness from a convulsion caused by a several week illness. He died instantly.
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Associated Press
Petersburg
William K. Ramey
Cuticura Soap Sold Worldwide With Global Depots
Cuticura Soap and Clint semt are sold worldwide with depots in major world centers. The Boston address is given as Cuticura, Dept. 16.
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Cuticura
Consul Fuller Battles Indian Rubber Field Cruelty Claims
The text notes Consul Fuller faced resistance from company agents while seeking facts on Putumayo abuses. Friendly Indians spoke through an interpreter but fell silent when overseers approached. President Billinghurst’s Peru policy is described as vigorous and aimed at ending native suffering, with Casement’s 1910 description of natives as mild and childlike cited.
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Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Rubber Corporation
Consul Fuller
Billinghurst
Putumayo
Sir Roger Casement
Rio de Janeiro
British Rubber Rampage Report Sparks U S Investigation
Sir Roger’s findings reveal the Peruvian Amazon Company imported 200 Barbados men armed with Winchester rifles to seize and enslave Indians in the rubber districts. The Barbados workers faced torture and murder as part of a top-down scheme, with London offices wielding control from afar.
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Sir Rroger
State Department
Fuller
Sir Roger
Peruvian Amazon Company
Rubber District
Amazon
Company
Ths
Barbados
India
London
Justice Moves Swift in Oklahoma Bank Scandal
R H Lusk former president of the First National Bank of Wilburton was indicted for misapplication of funds. He pleaded guilty in federal court, was sentenced to five years, and sent to Fort Leavenworth. The shortage was about 40000 dollars, with relatives said to have covered the amount.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
R. H. Lusk
First National Bank of
Federal Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
Lusk
Mobile and Ohio Service Changes Announced
A Friday afternoon circular lists personnel shifts on the Mobile and Ohio line. R. R. Murphy becomes train auditor replacing I H Atkins. B S Carter named extra conductor between Okolona and Cal, replacing Cairo to St Louis route. Baggage department gains George Shafer, L L Linderman, and H R Walker in successor roles on multiple trains.
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Mobile
Ohio
R. R. Murphy
I. H. Atkins
B. S. Carter
Okolona
Cal
Cairo
St. Louis
George Shafer
R. B. Braden
L. L. Linderman
J.B. McKinney
Self defense ends New Orleans shooting by patrolman
In New Orleans on February 8 patrolman FE J Wenck shot and killed his stepfather Charles Letley after Letley fired five shots at Wenck when Wenck came to protect his mother and sister from beating. Wenck surrendered to his captain claiming self defense. Letley was a paper carrier.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Charles Letley
J. Wenck
Wenck
Letley
Kansas to publish own textbooks for state schools
Topeka, February 8. Governor Hodges will sign a bill passed by the house making Kansas the publisher of its own school textbooks. Pupils can buy the books at actual cost, avoiding private publishers.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
Hodges
Kansas
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Age-Herald
Montgomery, Ala
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Sol Morse
Harold Shirley
Lower Government Street
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Shirley
Oscar LeRoy
Vast Medical College
Judicial Committee
Washington
Taft
Congress
Peru
Amazon Company
Littl
Stuart J. Fuller
Iquitos
Rubber Company
Atlantic Ocean
G. Hardy Smith
St. Michael Street
Mobile, Ala
Bell
W.H. Cooper
Bank of Mobile Building
Mobile & Ohio
Merchant’s Bank
ST. Francis Sts
J. M. Walsh
Walsh Stevedoring & Contracting Co
Louis Ford
Windsor Cafe
Albert E Reynolds
Colden
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