Reform Urged in House Appropriations Dilemma
In Washington on February 14 the House faces a looming budget crisis with main appropriation bills stacked up and totals climbing past a billion. Democrats push for a special budget committee to divvy funds and spare rushed action or a post‑session spending overrun by reform advocate Sherley and leaders Fitzgerald Cannon Mann.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Sherley
Kentucky
Cannon
Mann
Congress
Alabama Excluded From Central Highway Route Plan
Associated Press reports the Southern National Highway convention chose a central route starting at Washington and passing through Richmond Durham Knoxville Nashville Memphis Little Rock and Texarkana. The plan would leave Alabama out and would extend to Roswell New Mexico then San Diego. vote 41 to 29.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
Tennessee
Southern National Highway Convention
Washington
Richmond
Durham
Knoxville
Nashville
Memphis
Little Rock
Texarkana
New Mexico’ Line
Roswell
San Diego
Protests Grow Over Immigration Act Literacy Tests
President Taft held a final hearing on the new immigration act amid widespread protests from various groups. Objections include foreign nations opposing U S inspectors aboard vessels and Turkey opposing provisions against polygamists and polygamy belief.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Agreement Extends U S France Arbitration Treaty
Secretary Knox and Ambassador Jusserand signed a convention extending the U S France arbitration treaty for five more years, delaying expiry on March 21. Critics also clash with the general naval appropriations bill, aiming at the 146 million dollar naval program and battleship provisions amid filibuster threats.
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Associated Press
Washington
Knox
Jusserand
United States
France
Gold Dust's Household Wares Transform Mops Into Magic
Each grain of Gold Dust joins in cleaning up the home. Every mop touched seals a bond turning it into a fairy wand. Each brush or cloth holds regal sway driving dirt away and brightening rooms.
Cascarets Promote Cleanse and Gentle Relief
Readable ad style note touts Cascarets as a thorough cleansing laxative. Claims purify digestive organs, remove undigested food and bile, and relieve headaches and indigestion. Promotes 10 cent price and nightly use with no griping. Encourages wide household use including children.
Crown Point Steamer in Distress Off Atlantic
Captain Mace of the steamer Chicago reports sighting the British steamer Crown Point fifteen hundred miles east of New York on February 7 in distress with a lost rudder. Crown Point refused aid due to low coal and heavy seas that worsened into a hurricane. earlier distress was wireless dated February 6 after leaving London January 22.
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Associated Press
New York
Mace
Chicago
Havre
Crown Point
London
Norfolk
Dunstan
Wireless
Caterers Liable For Stolen Overcoats In Diner
New York news reports the appellate division upholding a $47 judgment against restaurant keeper Leon G. Riggs. Reginald Wentworth recovered the sum after his overcoat, placed on a wall hook at the eatery, was alleged to be in the temporary custody and exclusive possession of the defendant.
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Associated Press
New York
Appellate Division
State Supreme Court
Reginald de M. Wentworth
Leon G. Riggs
Wentworth
Delchamps Announces Candidacy for County Board Seat
Deputy Sheriff W H Delchamps announced Thursday he will seek the county board seat from the third district at the next election. He began circulating a vacancy petition after the funeral of Commissioner Frank P Andrews and has wide support in the southern county and city.
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W. H. Delchamps
Frank P. Andrews
Delchaps
Stephen Sanford, Noted Carpetman and Racehorse Stables Owner
Stephen Sanford of Amsterdam died last night at home after months of frail health. Born in 1826 in Mayfield, New York, he built a wealth as a carpet manufacturer and owned the Huricana stables, a leading name in American racing. He served one term in Congress after being elected as a Republican in 1868.
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Associated Press
Schenectady
N. Y
Stephen Sanford
Hurricana
Amsterdam
Mayfield
Congress
Rheuma Promise for Pain Relief Advertised Remedy
Thousands freed from rheumatism last year by RHEUMA claim relief from swollen joints and pain. The ad promises cures for lumbago sciatica arthritis gout and kidney disease with rapid results and warns skeptics about the price and effectiveness. Van Antwerp Drug Corp Inc is named as the seller.
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van Antwerp Drug Corp., Inc
Claridge says he did not tow the Remittent
Captain H. P. Claridge of the British steamer Roumanian denied a report that he found the bark Remittent unmanned near the Azores and towed her. He only said he sighted the Remittent at 40 30 north 27 30 west but failed to take her in tow after losing two boats.
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Associated Press
Port Arthur
Tex
H. P. Claridge
Azores
Directors wind up affairs of Gulf Coast Tropical Exposition
Directors of the Mobile and Gulf Coast Tropical Exposition met Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce and Business League rooms and concluded all business relating to the last fair. The old board's winding up completed and the new directorate to take over shortly, with President A. G. Quinn presiding.
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Mobile and Gul Coast
Postmaster Held to Federal Grand Jury In Alabama
Robert Howard postmaster of Fowl River Alabama was brought before United States Commissioner Jones after being charged by a postoffice inspector with shortages in his accounts. Howard admitted a shortage and made good the amount. Commissioner Jones held Howard under 250 dollars bond to the federal grand jury.
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Postoffice
McClellan
Robert Howard
Fowl River
Ala
United States
Jones
Howard
Federal Grand Jury
Episcopal asylum seeks funds for orphanage expansion
John E. Mitchell of Mobile, D. M. Drennen and Robert Jemison of Birmingham, R. H. Mabry of Selma and Frank Stollenwérck of Montgomery tour the state to raise subscriptions for building a new Episcopal orphanage in the city. They report fair progress as the church needs more room for orphans turned away.
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John E. Mitchell
Mobile
D. M. Drennen
Robert Jemison
Birmingham
R. H. Mabry
Selma
Frank Stollenwérck
Montgomery
Eepiscopal Church
Husband Convicted Wife Acquitted in Georgia Murder Case
A. L. Lynn was found guilty of the murder of F. M. Hightower, 64, in Dublin Georgia, while Mrs. Lynn was acquitted. Hightower, father of Dublin’s police chief, was shot last December in the Lynn home. Mrs. Lynn testified she killed to protect her honor.
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Associated Press
Dublin
A. L. Lynn
F. M. Hightower
Sinking of Florence Investigated in Kentucky
Federal inquiry completed in Paducah into whether navigation laws were broken when the packet City of Florence sank in the Tennessee River in February. Inspectors Green and St. John will forward depositions to Washington, prompted by a Mohawk towboat crew report saying the Florence carried no lights.
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Associated Press
Paducah
City of
Florence
Tennessee River
Green
St. John
Washington
Sugar house fire on Viguerie plantation causes huge damage
Fire destroyed the sugar house on the Frank C. Viguerie plantation near Patterson Louisiana on Wednesday night. Damage is estimated at 150000 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
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Patterson
Frank C. Viguerie
Here
Governors Visit Gulfport in February Agenda
Special to The Item Gulfport Miss February 14 The revised program for the visit of Governors Hall and Brewer of Louisiana and Mississippi outlines arrival times reception events at the hotel a city tour luncheon and private dinners A trolley trip to Biloxi and return includes stops at the Military Academy Country Club and Beauvoir with a concert by the hotel orchestra and a midnight dinner in the Sun Parlor
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Gulfport
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
B. «. Eaton
Country Club
Biloxi
Pase Christian
Military Academy
Beauvoir
Prices for zoo animals surge as costs soar in 1930s Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo keeper Cy De Vrey warns of sharp price hikes across species led by pythons rising six dollars per foot. He notes a 26 foot python now tops 1000 dollars while a prized lion rose from 1200 to 5000 and a first class elephant reaches about 90000. Rhinoceros and giraffe costs push seven thousand dollars, forcing selective acquisitions.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cy” de Vrey
Lincoln Park Zoo
Guineverre
Roger
Bar Association honors deceased member in Mississippi
Harrison County Bar Association met to mourn Col. Elliot Henderson who died last night at Pass Christian. Members served as pallbearers at his funeral and Chancery court adjourned out of respect for the deceased.
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Gulfport
Migs
Harrison County Bar Association
Col
Elliot Henderson
Pass Christian
Chancery Court
Engineer Dew Before Grand Jury For Third Appearance
County Highway Engineer Charles Dew appeared before the city court grand jury for the February term on Thursday afternoon marking his third appearance. He testified after reading his charges at the first day and again last Saturday as nearly 135 cases have been heard with adjournment expected late Saturday afternoon.
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Charles Dew
Hubbard Inspects Mobile State Troops
Col. G. J. Hubbard, commanding the First Regiment Infantry A N G, inspected Companies A and FE at the armory Thursday night. The men showed well and nearly all muster rolls were present. Lt. A. G. Godywn of the regular army assisted. Friday night Company M and the First Regiment band will also be inspected.
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G. J. Hubbard
Hubbard
A. G. Goodwyn
Regular Army
Two Doctors Sentenced in Mail Drug Case
In federal court here two physicians arrested in the nationwide mail fraud raid on illegal drug sales were sentenced. Dr. Henry I. Linert received ninety days in a workhouse while Dr. Charles G. Merritt drew one year and a day in Leavenworth, suspended on good behavior.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Henry I. Linert
Charles G. Merritt
Leavenworth
Kansas
Miss Roosevelt Engaged to Dr Richard Derby
New York announces the engagement of Ethel Carew Roosevelt second daughter of Colonel and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt to Dr Richard Derby son of the late Richard M Derby of New York. Formal announcement expected within days. Derby Harvard graduate class of 1903. His father was a graduate of 1867.
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Miss Roosevelt
Associated Press
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Ethel Carew Roosevelt
Richard Derby
Richard M. Derby
White House
Darby
Harvard
Grove Park Inn Building A World Class Resort In Asheville
The Grove Park Inn project on Sunset Mountain Asheville is advertised as the finest resort hotel in the world opening July 1 1913. Wm S Kenney of Bretton Woods will manage with luxury features including a 80 by 120 foot lobby two great fireplaces a 40 foot swimming pool and extensive golf and facilities. The estate emphasizes fireproof construction pure mountain air high altitude water from Mount Mitchell and a lavish supply chain from local dairy to Bespoke furnishings. New York booking office listed at 180 Broadway.
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M. E. W. Grove
St. Louis
Sunset Mountain
Asheville Country Club
Mount Mitchell
Biltmore
Geo. W. Vanderilt
Aubusson
France
Roycrofters
Kenney
Bretton Woods
N. H
Mount Washington
Clarendon
Grove Park Inn
Asheville
N. C
New York
Broadway
Glittering Swath of Tafrey Ends in New York
New York February 14 A 20 year old Nova Scotia bank teller William Van Tafrey is charged with cashing a forged 5400 draft on the Royal Bank of Canada. He allegedly forged the cashier's name and presented himself as the payee to obtain the money in New York. He faces arrest after a detective posed as a millionaire's son.
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Associated Press
New York
William van Tafrey
Nova Scotia
Boston
London
van Tafrey
Royal Bank of Canada
Vancouver
Springhill
Rates Cut on Refined Sugar by Sea and Rail Routes
Washington February 14 the interstate commerce commission ordered rate reductions on refined sugar carried by sea rail routes from Boston to Philadelphia and Baltimore and to Arkansas Fort Smith. The reductions include Boston from 60 to 44 cents per hundred pounds New York to 42 cents Philadelphia from 46 to 40 cents and Baltimore from 45 to 39 cents. The decision aims to ease freight charges amid transport concerns.
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Boston
New
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Arkansas
Fort
Interstate Fee Commission
Fom
New York
Adelphia
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Claridge
NEW Episcopal Asylum
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Alaga
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