Benton Death Rumor Follows Mexican Situation Debate
Washington dispatch reports uncertainty over William S. Benton’s death amid Senate plans on Mexico. Relations committee chair Shively says action may hinge on pending resolutions to deploy troops or protect Americans, while administration avoids commenting on body production. Further details await.
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Royal Carnival Opens Mardi Gras Parade With King Felix III
Mobiles Bienville Square hosts the inaugural royal pageant as King Felix III is publicly welcomed. A Navy and Army escort leads a grand parade through government streets to a series of coronation events and festive balls at German Relief Hall and the Elks' home.
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Bienville Square
Society of Infant Mystics
Infant Mystics
German Relief Hall
Pomer Forces Make Efforts to Stem Defeat
Montgomery Alabama February 23 B B Pomer forces push to slow defeat in the April 6 Democratic primary. He expands advertising and holds daily conferences with aides as he seeks to mobilize his pie hunter supporters and to win the gubernatorial nomination. The state railroad commission’s action against railroads and federal court decisions loom as final blows.
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Alabama
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Mardi Gras Schedule of Festivities in Mobile
Official Mardi Gras program lists events for February 23 and 24 in Mobile. Emperors Felix III and his court lead royal parades, civic and naval escorts, city gifts, and crowning ceremonies. Highlights include the royal yacht arrival, keys to the city, carnival runs, open-air shows, concerts, parades, masquerades, balls, and the Lent start at midnight.
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Emperor Felix
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River Front
Congresses Day Highlights From Washington and Abroad
The day featured Senator Swainson reading General Washingtons farewell address. Acting Chairman Shively conferred with President Wilson on the UN. Director Holmes cited radiums high price before a committee. Goethals and Garrison outlined Panama Canal needs to the appropriations panel. Washingtons Birthday observed with brief exercises.
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Long-Suffering Father Faces False Child Claim in Arkansas Case
Dr W A Winters of New Indi says the held girl is not his daughter as Sheriff Shuster presents the girl believed to be Cotes Winters in a Springdale, Arkansas case. The development follows days of uncertainty after the child was found and identified.
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Associated Press
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Ark
W.A. Winters
New _— Ind
Sm, Shuster
Madison County
Cotes Winters
Better prizes proposed for corn club winners
Washington reports the agriculture department recommends substituting a year of practical training at an agricultural college for annual Washington trips for corn club and other prize winners. If the winner cannot enter a college, elementary courses at less advanced institutions are suggested. The aim is lasting value for prize winners and regional agriculture over travel to Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural College
Silk Woven Portrait of Washington Recovered
A silk woven portrait of George Washington, one of three by an unknown French woman from Stuart's painting, recovered in Pittsburg after years lost. The piece, aged and yellowed, was authenticated and restored by Rev. T. N. Weaver of New York.
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George Washington
Stuart
T. N. Weaver
New York
Circle Contest Winners May Be Known Sunday
The Item reports entry classification for the Circle Contest is progressing after closing at midnight Saturday. Officials expect to announce winners by Sunday, with completion possible by week’s end if holidays don’t delay work.
Two Assistants Named for Hook Worm Crusade
Dr. F. W. Meriwether and Dr. R C. Williams of Russell county have been appointed assistant state directors of the Rockefeller Sanitation Commission in Alabama by Dr. W. W. Dinsmore. They will work on the hookworm eradication campaign with Dr. J. F. Orr in Marion county and Dr. E. V. Caldwell in Macon county. The Marion county campaign opened Monday and Fayette and Butler counties will be the next entered.
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Ala
F. W. Meriwether
R C. Williams
Russell County
Rockefellow Sanitarium Commission
Alabama
W. W. Dinsmore
J. F. Orr
Marion County
E. V. Caldwell
Macon County
Rainy Weather Odds For Carnival Lot
Cold wave warning issued as Mobile forecasters predict near freezing temperatures tonight and into Tuesday. Northwest winds shift this afternoon with a storm warning extending toward Cedar Keys. officials warn of heavy rain and cold air.
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Mobile
Henry
Mexican troop train blown up by rebels near Vera Cruz
A government troop train carrying four companies from Mexico City to Jalapa was destroyed by rebels near the Lima station on the Interoceanic Railway, 140 miles from Vera Cruz. Fifty five officers and men and the English engineer were killed. A following passenger train was fired upon but escaped by backing away.
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Associated Press
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Jalapa
Lima
Interoceanic Railway
Daniels Likens President To Father of Our Country
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels at Washington's Birthday event in Chicago praised President Wilson for heeding Washington's admonitions and earning public approval. He said Wilson embodied the true American spirit and led with a spirit matching the father of the nation.
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Union League Club
Wilson
United States
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