Rome Burglar Arrested Upon Exiting Train
Harry McDonald, 31, linked to the burglary of Britton Bros store in Lindale Ga, was arrested in Mobile as he stepped off a train from Rome. Deputies tracked his wife, who bought a ticket to Mobile, and McDonald confessed to stealing watches and jewelry.
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Harry McDonald
Nent
South and
Nashville
Rome
Police
Es & Ve
Justice
Britton “Bros
Lindale
McDonald
Seaiaeeatt
Tostetoerd
Uon
J. W. Bobo
Mobile
A. A. Chap
Britton Bros
Georgia
Pearson
Romé
Accorti
Burch
Pear
Ipalina
United States Navy
Baldwin Petition Pushes Chlorform Over Hangings
A Baldwin County petition signed by 100 citizens urges criminals guilty of capital offenses to be chlorformed instead of hanged. The request, presented by Senator Holmes, targets penitentiaries and punishment policies.
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Montgomery
Ala
Holmes
Baldwin
Baldwin County
Ooths Tenethiites
American Rescuers to Receive Tokens from Canada
The House passed a Senate bill authorizing the State Department to deliver tokens of gratitude to Aa on for bravery in saving the crew of the wrecked British schooner A. S. Founds on December 16, 1910.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Today
Senate
State Department
Ecquar
Mississippi Coast Amateur Baseball League Formed at Gulfport
Gulfport Miss Feb 11 A coast league for amateur baseball was organized with Pensacola Biloxi Ocean Springs and Gulfport represented four other townsBay St Louis and DeLisle applying for admission James Lynch is president T W Dabney vice president O A Porter secretary and treasurer By laws and game schedule to be announced later.
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Gulfport
Miss
Pensacola
Biloxi
Ocean Springs
Bay St. Louis
DeLisle
James Lynch
T. W. Dabney
O. A. Porter
M'Donald Succeeds Harford in Gulf City Guard
The Gulf City Guard appoints eT M'Donald to succeed First Lieutenant Charles Harford. Change effective after the night duty at the armory.
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M'Donald
Lieut. Harford
Gulf City Guard
Armory T
Charles Harford
Dagey Transfers to Phillies in Quiet Deal
Dee Ethie from Intlabine, tied to the Beehcloak Nationals, reportedly part of a deal involving Sherwood Magee leaving Philadelphia for The Weather. Mobile forecast predicts fair, warmer with moderate to fresh south winds tonight.
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Dee Ethie
Sherwood Magee
Philadelphia
Mobile
Long distance love rumor taps San Francisco match
Miss Sidi Wirt of New York enjoys daily transcontinental telephone talks with San Francisco after the service’s completion. Rumor says Jack Spreckels Jr. may wed Miss Wirt soon, though she denies it. Her father Edward L. Wirt was a Kansas City cattleman. her mother resides in Seattle. A tiger skin sent with a note from J D Spreckels Jr. reached Miss Wirt.
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Sidi Wirt
New York
San Francisco
Miss. Wirt
Jack” Spreckels Jr
Miss Wirt
Edward L. Wirt
Kansas City
Seattle
Texas House Passes Senate Dish Washing Bill
The Texas house approved a measure requiring eating places to sterilize dishes and spoons. The Anti Saloon League held its annual convention and decided to affiliate with the national league. A budget debate cited Russia's war bill at 14,000,000 rubles. Benjamin H. Smith faces extradition to Rochester N Y on grand larceny charges.
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Texas
House
Senate
The
Anti-Saloon League
American
Anti- Saloon League
Russia
Don Ye
Benjamin H. Smith
Rochester
Bank Commissioner Secures Warrant for Central City Bank Head
Kentucky state banking commissioner Thomas J. Smith has obtained a warrant for the arrest of Central City Deposit Bank president E. E B. Gregory, following the bank’s closure on Saturday.
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Thomas J. Smith
Kentucky
E. E B. Gregory
Central City Deposit Bank
Four-Masted Schooner Maria O Teel Lost at Sea
The American four mast schooner Maria O Teel left Philadelphia December 29 bound for Porto Rico and was reported lost at sea. The wrecked crew was rescued by the British steamer Rio Colorado which arrived at Rio Janeiro.
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Maria O. Teel
Philadelphia
Porto Rico
Rio Janiero
Methodist bishops plan 11.6 million fund drive in Chicago
The annual meeting of the board at Chicago approved a campaign to raise 11 6 million dollars for the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States to provide for retired ministers and for widows and orphans of ministers.
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Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States
Boards
Chicago
Great City Sails With Largest Belgian Relief Cargo
The steamship Great City departed New York yesterday carrying the largest Belgian relief food cargo to leave the United States to date. The shipment valued at $630,000 represents cash contributions from more than 50,000 people.
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New York
United States
Seventeen acquittals and two convictions in Pikeville trials
Seventeen acquittals, two convictions and three juries disagreed in the Pikeville circuit court during the morning session. The court announced twenty-five new cases would be called later.
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Pikeville
Alle
Sellers
Directors defer semiannual dividend on Southern Railway preferred stock
At the Southern Railway regular monthly meeting today the directors postponed action on the semiannual dividend for the preferred stock usually declared at this time.
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The
Southern Railway
Flying Squadron of Temperance Workes Planned for Mobile
The Flying Squadron, a temperance campaign group opposing liquor sales in the United States, will visit Mobile on March 7 and 8. The group promotes prohibition from an education standpoint and tours nationwide. Notable members include J. Ja Hae Ignignaponti, Daniel ng, Colum bus, Oliver W. Stewart, Rev. Frank W. Emerson, Eugene W. Chafin, Clinton N. Howard, Dr. Ira Landriaan yee Tenn., Dr. Charles M. Topeka, Dr. Wilbur F. Chicago, Mrs. Ella A. Scot, Mrs. Culla J. Vaghinger, Charles M. Seanion.
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Aft
United States
Mobile
Squadoe
J. Ja Hae
Inignaponti
Daniel’ Ng
Columbus
Oliver’ W
Upland
Ind
Clarence
True Smith
Portland
Charles M. Seanion
Pittsburgh
Fire damages Cedar Street apartment Thursday morning
A fire damaged an apartment on Cedar Street owned and occupied by Ida Answering, reported at box 52. The blaze was extinguished around 10:52 AM after being noticed around 10:30.
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Forth Cedar Street
Beavers Wharf Heifers Run Wild After Unloading
Two heifers unloading from the bay steamer Beaver at the municipal wharf caused chaos as they bolted toward the river. Police and handlers restrained the cattle with ropes while bystanders watched the dramatic escape attempt unfold on the wharf.
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Beaver
Municipal Wharf
Complete change in ship bill fight after talks
The conflict over the administration ship bill shifted after conferences between President Wilson and congressional leaders. Gore’s substitute will appear in the house as an amendment to the Weeks bill, while the senate may see a new proposition. The White House said the president will decide on an extra session if needed as the ship bill moves toward passage next week.
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Gore
Associated Pressa
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Senate adjourns after record fifty four hour session
The Senate ended a historic fifty four hours eleven minute session after a Republican and insurgent Democrat collapse. Administration leaders planned to move Fletcher’s motion to recommit the ship bill with amendments to back Progressive Republicans and continue the fight in a conference with President Wilson Fletcher Simmons and Kitchin. The plan aimed to bury the current bill in committee while forcing the Gore substitute out for immediate action with possible House passage and an implied extra session on March 4.
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Senate
Norris
Kenyon
Fletcher
Ween
Wilson
Fletcher and Simmons
Representative Kitchin
Gore
House
White House
Hope
Kitchin
Underwood
Capitol
Weeks
Seizure of Wilhelmina Cargo in prize court dispute
The cargo of the American steamer Wilhelmina was seized by British authorities here in response to a German decree seizing home grain. The cargo will proceed to a prize court under foreign office policy.
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Falmouth
London
Foreign Office
Germany
Hundred Legislators To Come On Special Train To Mobile
A delegation of legislators officials and state house members will travel from Montgomery to Mobile on a chartered extra train. The group will stay in Mobile five days, then return Tuesday, with a second section of the train as a separate service.
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State House
Atare Ae
Mobile
Ras
Montgomery
Ae Ing Ag
L. N. No
Indiana Senate approves pari mutuel betting bill
In Indianapolis on February 11 the Indiana state senate approved a bill to create a commission to regulate pari mutuel wagering on horse racing. The measure moves to the house for consideration.
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Indianapolis
Paris
Indiana
State Senate
Seadeppenville
Germans Evacuate Lodz and Threaten Insterburg
London report from February 11 states German forces evacuate Lodz and orders to abandon Insterburg as Russian forces approach Insterburg. Petrograd dispatch to Havas notes hurried removal of stores offices and transports in Lodz with fortified lines under construction after a six week pause.
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Lodz
Paris
Petrograd
Havas Agency
Hiss
Czenstochowa
Russians Lose Lodz as Hindenburg Dash Advances
December rush reports say Lodz the second Polish city fell to the Imans 6 as Field Marshal von Hindenburg began a Warsaw advance. German reports claim the Russians resisted fiercely before retreat, while Petrograd says evacuation was strategic.
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Lodz
Poland
Imans
von Hindenburg
Warsaw
Petrograd
Hast
Prussia
Terrific Battle Rages Across 60 Mile Front in Carpathians
Terrific fighting stretches from Mount Polonina-Ruba to Mount Polonina-Runa over sixty miles. General Dankl reportedly sends reinforcements to aid a Hungarian corps nearly cut off in Mezalaborez. Russians gain ground in Lyutta valley and in Kores valley near the railway. A single Russian assault on Austro Hungarian trenches leaves 1,800 men killed or wounded in three hours.
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Geneva
Paris
Carpathians
Mount
Polonina-Ruba
Mezalaborez
Dank
Lyutta
Polonina-Runa
Kores
Frontiers Tense as Austria Seeks Romania Munitions Move
A correspondent reports rising tension on the Austria Romania frontier with Budapest pressing for explanations of Romania’s arms purchases and Serbian stores along the Danube. Berlin allegedly ordered invasion of Romania before mobilization completes as 400 000 troops mass near Temesvar and Krajova.
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Tinnia
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Danube
Berlin
Roumania
Krajova
Temesvar
Alabama House Passes Amended Child Labor Bill
Alabama legislators moved forward with a revised child labor bill passing 82 to 10 in the House. The measure sets a 14 year old minimum for mill work, allows older youths to work up to sixty hours weekly, and makes education compulsory. A proposed layover to July recess failed. The session also touched tick eradication funding and excise commission disputes with Mobile and Montgomery exempt from certain provisions. The House and Senate adjourn plans and proposed governance questions about veto power and U S Senate appointments were discussed.
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Montgomery
Ala
John
House
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Senate
Mobile
Mobilé
Hartwell
Medical College
Tuscaloosa
County of Money
Pti
German Losses Mount as Eastern Front Shifts
Berlin leaders meet as William returns from Poland for a crisis conference with Moltke and generals. Russian reports remain optimistic while Austro German actions in the Carpathians and Balkans signal a tightening war of attrition. In East Prussia reinforcements aim to halt a Russian flank toward Insterburg.
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London
Berlin
Emperor William
Poland
le Moltke
Count von Aulenberg
von Kessel
Germany
Paris
Bzura
Rawka
William
Bukowina
Petrograd
Carpathians
Insterburg
East Prussia
Balkans
Bulgaria
Roumania
Austria-Hungary
Vassar Students Retain Class Exercise Daisy Chain Feature
Vassar College students defeated a plan to drop the time honored daisy chain feature and its next June continuation. The maneuver preserved the traditional class exercise amid campus events in Poughkeepsie New York on February 11 reporting.
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Daisy
Vassar
Associated Press
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Vassar College
City Bank to Become City National Bank of Mobile
City Bank and Trust Co will be transformed into an optional banking institution and renamed City National Bank of Mobile. Stockholders approved increasing capital from 600000 to 750000, with over 75 percent present and presiding officer B J Buck. The change awaits legal requirements before taking effect.
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City Bank and Trust Com
B. J. Buck
City National Bank of Mobile
Packers Awarded Over 500 Claims Against Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved more than 500 reparation claims by packing houses against railroads for rate charges on fresh meat and products from southwestern points. awards range from 1 to 1600 dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Corporation Co. Son of Oklahoma
Maytorena Soldiers Occupy Naco Again
Maytorena forces seize control of Naco for a second time amid tensions and reports of occupation by units under Acosta. The move follows incidents near a neutral strip along the river, with authorities undecided on the next steps as asserts of violation arise.
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Maytorena
Naco
PS Cig
Maytorena Callanra
Acosta
Mann Joins Federals with Boatos Trade Report
Chicago Feb 11 Lesl, former Nationals outfielder, is reported to join the Federals on a two year deal as part of a negotiated trade. Details of the Boatos transaction remain unclear and no official confirmation has been released.
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Chicago
Lesl
Nationals
Des Feithe Boatos
Carnival crowds gather for city festival preparations
Readiness for the Baka classics builds as floats, cars, and show crews arrive. The Bearis and Barkoot Carnival companies unload their exhibits on Francis Street and North Joseph Street, with parades and concerts planned from early Friday to Sunday.
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Pegin
Arsgeer
Daler
Barkoot Carnival
Joseph Ares
Bienville
DeMars Drops Dead While Hauling in Summerdale
W M DeMars collapsed and died while engaged in hauling at Summerdale. Relatives in City, Mo, notified. DeMars formerly resided in Cleveland and Oslo and had no relatives in this state.
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I . Ee
Lim Ummerdale
Louisville releases O'Donnell in personnel note
Louisville announces Harry O'Donnell leaving the American Anso Salon group after a reported decision yesterday. Details remain sparse as the organization updates its staff roster and future plans.
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Louisville
Harry Odonnell
U S Warns Britain Over Use of American Flag and Neutral Vessels
Washington reports that the United States warned Britain that American vessels under the flag face grave consequences if attacked in or near British waters. The note to Germany, delivered by Ambassador Gerard, urged free passage on the high seas and warned that continued violations would be dangerous and could provoke serious complications. The text, described as friendly but firm, was to be released by the State Department tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Britain
Germany
United States
Gerard
Suhonen
General of the Society of Jesus Dies in Rome
The Associated Press reports the death of Father Francis Xavier Werna, former leader of the Jesuits, in Rome shortly after Pope Pius. An unnamed factor tied to wartime anxieties was suggested to have hastened his end. Father Fines, formerly assistant general for France, is named interim head of the order, pending reelection. He is described as a nephew of the late Cardinal Ledo chowsky.
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Associated Press
Dinoted
Cena Geena
Society of J
Francis Xavier Werna
Father Werna
Rome
Pope Pius
Father Fines
France
Bee
Cardinal Ledochowsky
Letter Mailed in 1905 Reaches Citronelle
A deciphered note from Citronelle recalls a letter mailed in Mobile on February 9 1905 that traveled to Citronelle thirty three miles away. The fragile missive shows it was misrouted and not yet delivered to the dead letter office.
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Mobile
Citronelle
CITRO
North One
Meany Blewett
Citronell
St. John’s & School of Mobile
Blewett
Nelle
Ile
Walter Hosts Frohsinn Members On Birthday
Mr Walter celebrated his fifty fifth birthday and six years of Mobile Frohsinn activity with a supper at a hall. He has led the group for about thirty years and has held multiple offices including vice president. Guests enjoyed turkey with trimmings as songs honored him, including Meine Erste Liebe.
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Franz
Walter
San
Ciety
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