Coroner Orders Further Probe In Lillian Cook Case
Coroner Eli I. Mix said indications warrant prolonging the examination to establish the cause of death for Lillian May Cook 18 a Brooklyn stenographer whose body was found in West Rock Park near New Haven Conn. Federal authorities announced potential prosecution under the Mann white slave laws. Mayo Dudley complex described. Miss Cook had worked as a nurse and stenographer for Virginius Mayo. family suspects suicide after letters show melancholy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Eli I. Mix
Lilian May
Cook
Brooklyn
West Rock Park
New York
Lillian May Cook
Fourth Street
Virginius Mayo
Mayo Radiator Company
James Dudley
Wo Health
Miss Cook
Mayo
Lois Waterbury
Miss Waterbury
Dudley
Price W. Smith Bond Reduced in Grand Larceny Case
Judge O J Semmes in city court cut Price W Smiths bond from 2500 to 2000 for five charges of grand larceny tied to wholesale cattle thefts in the county. State Solicitor N R Clarke and Attor ey Robert E Gordon protested. defense sought 1000 but was denied. The judge noted typical larceny bonds are 300 and deemed 500 per case excessive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.R. Clarke
Robert E. Gordon
O. J. Semmes
Price W. Smith
Claude Grayson
Semmes
Galveston Cotton Exports Rally in February Trade
Galveston reports February cotton exports to Europe reached 535,811 bales valued at 24.41 million dollars. The season total exports stand at 2,755,478 bales, compared with 3,774,871 bales by the same date last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Europe
Customs House
Berlin Hopes For 1916 Olympic Games Despite War
Berlin predicts a German Olympic track team and continued plans for the 1916 games, based on a letter from Carl Diem of the German Olympic concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New York
Carl Diem
Stopped Vessel Helrig Olav Intercepted Near Shetland
The Scandinavian-American liner Helrig Olav, which left New York February 18 and reached Christiania yesterday, was inspected by British patrols out of New York west of the Shetland Islands while transiting toward Copenhagen via Copenhagen London.
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Copenhagen
London
Helrig Olav
New York
Christiania
Politiken
Shetland
Lillian Cook Found Dead After Disappearance
Police and boy scouts in New Haven and Connecticut towns sought Lillian May Cook of Brooklyn who vanished from her New Haven shop last Thursday. She was last seen fleeing toward suburbs in a distressed state. Virginius Mayo offered a $100 reward for her recovery, dead or alive. She was found dead near New Haven.
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New York
Boy Scouts
New Haven
Connecticut
Lillian May Cook
Brooklyn
Virginius Mayo
Rubber boots shipment and political engagements noted
Condensed telegrams report U S Rubber Company shipped 1.5 million dollars worth of boots to allies this winter. Engagement announced between Neil Primrose and Lady Victoria Stanley. Canadian forces include former US officers in Europe service. Indiana suffrage bill for women on school boards advances then stalls. Asama cruiser to be floated. Protesilaus brings report.
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Congress
United States Rubber Company and Associated Companies
Neil Primrose
Earl of Rosebery
Victoria Stanley
Earl of Derby
United States Army
United States
Europe
Indiana
Senate
Asama
Turtle Bay
California
Seattle
Protesilaus
P. L. Smart
Parkham
Maine
Hibbard L. Steeves
Leavenworth
Tennessee House of Representatives
Progreso
Carranza
State Department
Charleston
Rotterdam
Germany
Henrico
Frederick
Virginia
Duray
Martha
Frontera
Mex
New
Federal Trade Commission
George Rublee
New Hampshire
Charles J. Eames
New York
Architect Heard In The Angle Trial
In Bridgeport Connecticut on March 5 detailed evidence about the interior of the Stamford apartment where Mrs Helen Angle is accused of causing Waldo Ballou murder was presented. Architect Nelson Emmons testified the door to the defendant’s suite lay about ten feet from the stairway head supporting the state’s claim Ballou did not die from an accidental fall.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Stamford
Helen Angle
Waldo R. Ballou
Helen M. Angle
Glassworkers To Resume Full Time In Pennsylvania District
General Manager G G Oliver of the Hazle Atlas Glass Company announced that all plants would resume at full time in two weeks. Five thousand workers to return across districts in Washington and nearby towns with three thousand returning to one plant and two thousand to another location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
G.G Oliver
Hazle Atlas Glass Company
Fytass
Diversification Men Enter Two More Counties
Mobile campaigners extend crop diversification through Baldwin and Escambia Alabama and George Mississippi. Speakers toured Citronelle Coden Wilmer Grand Bay Irvington and Dawes holding rallies and dinners while praising homegrown diversification and citrus progress. The effort included notable figures from the Holden IHC campaign and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Escambia
Alabama
George
Mississippi
Mobile Trade Area
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile County
Citronelle
Coden
Wilmer
Citron
Mallory Liner to Bring 24 Passengers
The Mallory Liner Sabine traveling New York Key West and Tampa will carry twenty four passengers Sunday per local manager B F DuBois. The list includes W K Francis M H Ochstein Mrs B F Bulkley Mrs J N Bulkley Mrs Martin Field Jose Fernandez Miss L Doyle W W Reynolds C L Schofield Rev J Boyle Geo A Jenk and wife W A Ellis G G Guinn Captain Jas Kennedy Mrs J W Horan C Astrada B Connell and wife R K Teller and wife W McAllister Norman L Gootee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabine
New York
Key West
Tampa
B. F. DuBois
M. H. Ochstein
B. F. Bulkley
J. N. Bulkley
Martin Field
Jose Fernandez
L. Doyle
W. W. Reynolds
Ae. S. Dougherty
C. L. Schofield
Rev. J. Boyle
Geo. A. Jenk
W. A. Ellis
G. G. Guinn
Jas. Kennedy
J. W. Horan
C. &. Astrada
B. Connell
R. K. Teller
W. McAllister
Norman L. Gootee
Russian Black Sea Fleet Heads to Bosphorus
Rome dispatch says the Russian Black Sea fleet is steaming toward the Bosphorus after passing Burgas on the western Black Sea coast. The force would confront the Turkish fleet near Constantinople if it attacks, with the cruiser Coebefi described as about 18 miles long and heavily fortified.
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The
Bosphorus
London
Rome
Burgas
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Balkan
Adrianople
Sultan Selim
Coebefi
Constantinople
U-8 Submarine Crew Landed Under Escort at Dover
The crew of the U-8, 29 strong, was landed at Dover today and escorted to Dover Castle. The submarine carried a displacement of about 300 tons underwater, smaller than the latest German subs.
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Dover
London
Dover Castle
Germans Deploy New Reserves Into Alsace
Reports from Basse via Paris say German forces are sending fresh reserve divisions from Wuertenburg and Bavaria into Alsace. Ordinary traffic on regional rail lines has been suspended.
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Basse
Paris
Swiz
Alsace
Wuertenburg
Bavaria
Austrians Evacuate Czernowitz in Galicia Retreats Toward Franzenthal
London March 5 dispatch reports Russian offensive in Galicia pushing Austrians from Czernowitz capital of Bukowina. Main Austrian forces withdraw toward Franzenthal south of the Carpathians.
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London
Bucarest
Evening News
Galicia
Czernowitz
Buckowina
Franzenthal
Carpathians
Bank of England invites tenders for exchequer bonds
London reports the Bank of England invited tenders for a 250 million dollar issue of five year exchequer bonds at 3 percent interest. The move signals a government debt sale to finance expenditures and stabilize markets.
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London
Bank of England Today
British Destroyers Sinking German Sub On Dover Channel
An admiralty statement confirms the sinking of a German submarine by destroyers in the Dover channel while the steamer Thordis rammed and likely sank another. The crew report damage to the Thordis keel and propeller, and U 8 was sunk nearby with prisoners taken. A Bucharest dispatch notes Russian counteroffensive threatening Austrian positions in Bukovina and risking retreat toward the Carpathians.
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London
Mardéch
Thordig
Thordis
Bell
Dover
Bucharest
The
Daily Mail
Galicia
Bukovina
Bukowina
Carpathians
Teuton Campaign Blocked in East and West
London reports that the Russian offensive has disrupted Austro German plans in the east while German gains stall near Ossowetz and Warsaw. Allied fleets press Dardanelles, with Turkish defenses debated, and British view the overall situation as favorable despite German efforts near Arras and progress in Champagne and the Argonne.
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Teuton
London
von Hindenburg
Poland
Galicia
Bukowina
Niemen
Vistula
Ossowetz
Warsaw
Carpathians
Dardanelles
Turkey
Athens
Constantinople
Enver Pasha
Straits
Egypt
Germany
Arras
Champagne
Argonne
Women Assist Philadelphia Judge in Girls' Cases
In Philadelphia on March 5, Judge Gorman announced that women active in juvenile court will act as assistant judges for cases involving moral delinquencies of young girls. Youthful delinquents will tell their stories to women court officials who will submit transcripts and recommendations to the judge.
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Philadelphia
Gorman
Work of the State Tax Commission Probed at Hearing
A legislative investigating committee heard from Jud A A Evans associate member of the state tax commission who praised overall performance and urged keeping a three member panel Evans reviewed the work and noted his partial time commitment while other witnesses included H R Spangler Daniel W Troy Captain William T Sheehan and W A Safford. The hearing also covered a $100 warrant tied to John Moffatt and Edward O Miles related to the Lacy defalcation and governor’s mansion purchase details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Tax Commission
Legislative Investigating Committee
Jud A. A. Evans
Evans
Tax Commission
Spangler
H. R. Spangler
O'Neal
Daniel W. Troy
William T. Sheehan
Montgomery Advertiser
Governors Mansion
W. A. Safford
Supreme Court
Nothing More Heard of Stefansson Party
New York March 5 no news has come from Vilhjalmur Stefansson and his party of the Canadian Arctic expedition supporters on a proposed April race. A dispatch from Rudolph Martin Anderson says the schooner Mary Sachs sailing from Bailie Island to Banksland on August 19 should have advanced northward in the search, with Banksland waters unusually ice free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vilshalmer Stefansson
Tion
Times
Rudolph Martin Anderson
Shingle Point
Mckenzie Y
Mary Sachs
Baille Island
Banksland
Steffanson
France Signs Place Treaty With America
Paris march 5 the treaty signed at Washington on September 15 1914 to settle disputes between France and the United States was officially promulgated today The Bryan Peace Treaty refers to a Bryan negotiated with twenty nations and provides for special investigation of disputes where diplomacy fails Great Britain was later included in a similar agreement
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Paris
Washington
France
United States
Bryan
Great Britain
Farish Elected Exalted Ruler of Mobile Elks Lodge
Dr. C. E. Farish was chosen as exalted ruler at the Mobile Lodge No. 108 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks annual meeting held Thursday night. New officers include Price Williams Jr as leading knight H C Lowenstein loyal knight H A Demaranville lecturing knight M S Macias secretary T J O Connor treasurer James O Connell ruler M Discher trustee B B Chamberlain supreme lodge representative with Dr R Jones as alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Lodge No
Benevolent Eee
Order of Elks
C. E. Farish
Price Williams, Jr
H. C. Lowenstein
H. A. Demaranville
Formal report on the Dacia seizure forwarded to Paris tribunal
Brest Paris March 5 A formal report on the seizure of the United States steamer Dacia drawn up by Chief Naval Commissioner Lemoyne has been forwarded to the prize tribunal at Paris. The ship remains here under temporary command of Ensign du Pointaince. The crew was to depart for Havre last night but left postponed awaiting instructions from the United States embassy.
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Brest
Paris
United States
Lemoyne
du Pointaince
Havre
Millionaire Hobo's Mother Passes Away in St Louis
Mrs. James Fads How mother of James Eads How known as the millionaire hobo and Louis How, dies in St Louis. She was daughter of the late James B. Fads and heir to his multimillion dollar estate. her father built the first Mississippi River bridge at St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
James F. Lintham How
James B. Fads
Mississippi River
James Eads How
Millionare Hobo
Louis How
Germany Further Restricts Flour Sale
Berlin authorities ban sale of wheat and rye flour on Fridays Saturdays and Sundays to curb stockpiling by thrifty housewives. The move follows discovery that weekly bread card surpluses were used to build flour reserves.
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Germany
Berlin
London
Weather synopsis for Alabama and Mississippi
Fair and cooler tonight with frost expected. Saturday brings fair conditions across Alabama and Mississippi, with lighter winds in places, and a general cooling trend continuing into the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
A D Davis Co Files Incorporation In Mobile
The A D Davis Co filed articles of incorporation in the probate court on Friday. With a capital stock of 50000 dollars divided into 600 shares of 100 each the firm plans a general meat, merchandise, poultry and vegetable business and may manufacture. Incorporators and officers include A D Davis as president, S L Callaway as general manager, Albert N Stokes as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Davis Et Company
Mobile
A. D. Davis
L. Callaway
Albert N. Stokes
Sam Kennedy Ordered to Rest by Physicians
Regretted to learn that the powerful official, due to a general run down physical condition, would not resume work at the capitol for the next four or six weeks. Physicians have ordered a thorough rest. Friends hope he will be restored to his usual health soon.
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tonTaDst Mere
Tala Marchaes
Ikeasion
Capitol
Kennedy
French heroine Seiller buried with military honors
Mademoiselle Seiller, 21, from Paris served as a volunteer nurse in Alsace and near Belfort. She contracted typhoid and died after volunteering at a hospital for soldiers. An order was issued granting a gold medal of honor for her services.
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Geneva
Paris
Mademoiselle Seiller
Belfort
France
Alsace
President will skip Frisco trip in March
President Wilson has decided not to attend the San Francisco exposition in March and will instead go later in the summer. He wishes to remain in Washington to stay in close touch with the European situation. Assistant Secretary Phillips of the State Department left for the exposition to represent the government at ceremonies honoring visiting diplomats.
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Frisco
Washington
Wilson
San Francisco Exposition
Secreta Phillips
State Department
Shreveport Votes to License Saloons
Shreveport Louisiana voters approved licensing saloons by a large margin 1457 to 42. Prohibition leaders urged abstention but turnout yielded a light dry vote. Prohibitionists planned to contest licenses in court.
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Shreveport
Haid
Widely Known Negro Evangelist Amanda Smith Dead
News reaches New York of the death in Sebring Florida of Amanda Smith a renowned Negro evangelist who traveled across the United States preached to large crowds in England and conducted evangelical work in India and Africa she was widely known for her mission work and travel across continents.
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New York
Sebring
Fla
Amanda Smith
United States
England
India
Africa
Three Believed Lost In Minneapolis Hotel Fire
Three guests at the Astoria and Frederick hotels in Minneapolis are missing after a damaging fire. Another guest suffered probably fatal burns. Firemen carried several women down ladders, as the blaze struck March 5.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Astoria and
Frederick
Shippers to Recover Full Actual Value of Lost Shipments
The Senate approved the House amendment to the Cummins bill allowing shippers to recover full actual value of lost shipments regardless of bills of lading limits. The amendments apply to interstate and foreign shipments to the country’s contiguous states, effectively negating recent Supreme Court decisions.
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Washington, Arch
Senate
United States
Supreme Court
Campaigners Press On Through Mobile Rain
Ten crop diversification crews rode through Mobile county despite heavy rain and wind, meeting locals at Dilchasane and Coden and at Villa Alba. Auburn entomologist Dr. W. E. Hines spoke on citrus pests, linking boll weevil to diversification and farm demonstration efforts.
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Mobile
Alabama
W. E. Hines
Auburn
A. E. Chamberlain
Indianapolis
International Harvester Company
Palmer Pillans
J. L. Locke
W. H.reynolds
W. Zewen
W. B. Delchamps
W. T. West
Thad Partridge
Winslow Partridge
Thos
J. Young
David Holt
Delchamps
Miss Wink
Principa
R. F. Dawkins
Villa Alba
Peter F. Alba
Coden
Llans
Hines
Cotton Belt
Dr. Knapp
Frisco Girl Serving with French Army Awarded Legion of Honor
Josephine Redding a San Francisco trained nurse with the Red Cross service in the French army has been awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government. The honor cited bravery on the battlefield and was reportedly recommended by General Offre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Josephine Redding
Eeiaeae
Offre
Mexico National Railways abolishes New York purchasing offices
The purchasing department of the National Railways of Mexico has been abolished and no US agency will replace it. Carranza plans to consolidate all railway departments under a government based in Mexico City. The move follows the earlier abolition of commercial agencies in New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, St. Louis and Chicago.
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Mexican National RY
New York
National Railways of
Mexico
United States
Carranza
National Railways
Mexico City
New Orleans
San Francisco
St. Louis
Chicago
Reports of Race Riot in Louisiana Prove Groundless
Reports of a race riot in Claiborne parish Louisiana proved unfounded after deputy sheriffs from Homer found no shooting near the Arkansas line. The trouble traced to a land deal misunderstanding between a white man and a negro and the scene showed no violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Shreveport
Claiborne Parish
Homer
Arkansas State Line
Daphne Lectures On Making Farm Life More Productive
Prof J M Browning of the diversification committee spoke to Daphne residents on improving farm life and soil productivity in Baldwin County. He held the audience for nearly two hours urging thrift and independent living, hoping for broad change and greater vigor in local agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daphne
Ala
J. M. Browning
Baldwin Coun
Cattle Shipment Plea Passes Through Pennsylvania
Chicago cattle shippers and railroad reps urged Pennsylvania authorities to permit eastward cattle shipments in sealed cars to bypass a New York meat shortage due to foot and mouth disease. The request cites recent restrictions and seeks authority to resume rail transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Prominent Chinaman Sentenced to Prison in New York
Tom Shi yan, head of the Chinese Merchants' Association nicknamed the mayor of Chinatown, received a five year term at the Atlanta federal penitentiary for opium charges. He accused a rival tong of mounting the conviction with false testimony and vowed to appeal.
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New York
Tom Shiyan
Chinese Merchants’ Association
Chinatown
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Tong
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