Suffragists Parade in New York City Largest in Movement History
Thousands of suffragists from across the states converged on New York to march up Fifth Avenue in a parade expected to be the largest yet for votes for women. The eight abreast procession featured Miss Josephine Beiderhasse as chief marshal and included Inez Milholland, Alice Paul, Jane Addams, and Rosalie Jones leading diverse groups from national organizations to professional and service sections.
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Associated Press
New York
Fifth Avenue
Tyro
Washington Square
Cross Streets
Fifty-ninth Street
Carnegie Hall
New York Public Library
Forty-second Street
Josephine Beiderhasse
National American Woman Suffrage’ Association
Inez Milholland
Richard.c. Burleson
Anna Howard Shaw
Jane Addams
Europe
International Suffrage Alliance
Budapest
Congressional Committee
The
Association
Washington
Alice Paul
Lucy Burns
Women Veterc
Alaska
United States
Woman's Political Union
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Equal Franchise Society
New York State Women’s Suffrage Association
Women’s Suffrage Party
College League
Men’s League For Women Suffrage
Political Equality Association
Womans Suffrage Party
George Washington
Oswald Garricon Villard
Beatrice Forbes Robinson Hale
Rosalie Jones
Students May Belong 10 Frats
In Oxford Mississippi Special Chancellor Lamb ruled a law barring students affiliated with Greek letter fraternities from admission to state colleges violates the fourteenth amendment and the Mississippi constitution. W P Walgh was denied admission to the University of Mississippi law school for refusing to sign a non affiliation pledge. The case will be appealed to the state supreme court.
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Associated Press
Oxford
Miss
United States
Mississippi
Lamb
W. P. Walgh
Law Department
University of Mississippi
Supreme Court
Auto crash near Dallas injures five including Richard Estes
Five people were hurt when their car struck a sand heap and overturned near Dallas. Richard Estes of Trixie Oklahoma was likely fatally injured. four others suffered lesser injuries.
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Dallas
Tex
Richard Estes
Trixie
Oklo
New York May 3 McCombs sails for Europe to escape duties
Chairman William F. McCombs left New York aboard a sea voyage to Europe seeking relief from persistent demands of his office. The trip aims to provide respite and focus away from current duties.
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Associated Press
New York
William F. McCombs
Europe
Rich Runaway Ramona Borden Returns Home
Ramona Borden the daughter of a wealthy milkman explains money cannot buy happiness. She ran away from a boarding school and a sanitarium after family separation. Custody will be with Mrs. Borden, and Ramona will join her in San Francisco once she recovers from travel strain.
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Ramona Borden
Reweighing Car Shipments at Destination
Alabama railroads face a state railroad commission hearing to justify or oppose uniform rules for re weighing car load shipments at destinations with coal shipments a focal point. Courtland depot facilities and delivery arrangements for Dothan warehouses are also on the docket alongside older cases involving passenger facilities and grain rate reductions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Railroad Commission
Southern Railway
Courtland
Central of Georgia Railway
Dothan
Central
Atlantic Coast Line
N. L. Bebe Os
Blocton
E. Wilkinson
Sheffield
Birmingham
A. C. Kirby
Collinsville
Girl Drives Off Woman Burglar in Pasadena Encounter
In Pasadena, a woman burglar was challenged by 17 year old Helen Geary who, using an automobile in the burglary, forced the intruder to retreat from Mrs. P. B. Geary's home after a desperate night confrontation. Loot value remains unclear in the readable text.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Cal
P. B. Geary
Helen Geary
Georgia Women Raid Moonshining Still Near Suttle’s Mill
A band of women from West Armachee Walker county searched the woods near Suttle’s Mill and found a moonshine still. They burned eight hundred gallons of beer and alerted revenue officers, who found the still empty on arrival. arrests are expected.
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Associated Press
Rome
West Armachee
Walker County
Suttle
United States Revenue
Blaze Destroys Arkansas Fertilizer Plant and Tanks
A fire at the Arkansas Fertilizer Company plant in Little Rock caused an estimated $100,000 loss. Sulphuric acid and bone fertilizer reactions fueled the blaze, which reached two 80,000 gallon sulphuric acid tanks that exploded sending flames high into the air. Onlookers suffered minor burns but no serious injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Fertilizer Company
Two Sentences Commuted In Murder Case At Gallows Edge
Moundsville West Virginia May 32 Just an hour before the scheduled execution for murder the sentence of John Medley a Negro was commuted to life imprisonment and John Hix a white man was delayed until May 30 by means not fully stated in available text.
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Moundsville
W. Va
John Medley
John Hix
Erner
Birmingham Water Works Fight Reaches Supreme Court
A million dollar dispute in Birmingham centers on quo warranto actions to cancel the Water Works Company's franchises and charter. The city contends the water is unhealthy and seeks dissolution, while Judge Crow previously sided with the company. Representatives include Romain Boyd for Birmingham and Walker Percy with Frank Spurlock for the Water Works.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Birmingham
Crow
Romain Boyd
Water Works Company
Walker Percy
Corporation
Frank Spurlock
Chattanooga
Opposition 10 Wool Schedule of Tariff Bill
The wool tariff battle centers on Schedule K with free raw wool at issue. Democratic leaders defend the 16 percent base while Republicans push 18 percent and wool insurgents press 15 percent. Underwood leads the drive, noting presidential input. a Senate review is anticipated with continued debate expected tonight.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
House
Senate
Underwood
Ways ,and Means Committee
Ohio
Texas
Indiana
Nelson contempt case before Missouri Supreme Court
Jefferson City May 3. Arguments in the contempt of court case against William R. Nelson editor of the Kansas City Star were heard in the Missouri supreme court. Nelson was jailed for a day after publishing that Judge Guthrie refused to dismiss a divorce suit until attorneys fees were paid. Commissioner Crow then recommended discharge, saying the article was substantially true and not published with malice.
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Associated Pres
Jefferson City
William R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Missouri Supreme Court
Kansas City
Joseph A. Guthrie
Jackson County Court
Nelson
Charles CC. Crow
Guthrie
Mysterious Fire Destroys Midland Shed in Bradford Yard
A large Midland railroad shed in Bradford burned last night destroying many freight cars and dry goods. Estimated loss about 500000. Fires have occurred on three consecutive Fridays with suspected arson linked to militant suffragists, though no proof exists. Fire was found to have started simultaneously in several spots.
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Associated Press
Bradford
Eng
Midland Railroad
Haiti Mourns President After Brief Illness
General Tancrede Auguste of Haiti dies at 9 p m after a short illness. The national assembly is called to elect a successor with four candidates named Judge Luxembourg Cauvin Michael Oreste General Jeanfosse Laroche and General Bellard. Public calm prevails as security measures are stepped up. The late president had served since August of the previous year following the Leconte tragedy.
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Associated Press
Poht AU Prince
Haiti
Republic of
Tancrede Auguste
National Assembly
Luxembourg Cauvin
Michael Oreste
Jeanfosse Laroche
Bellard
Beliard
Cincinnatus Leconte
California Senate Passes Anti alien Land Bill After Prolonged Debate
After nearly ten hours of debate the California senate approved an anti alien land holding bill drawn by Attorney General Webb. Only Senators Cartwright and Wright voted against it as Democrats and Progressives united in support. A companion measure identical in phrasing faces the assembly and Governor Johnson’s signature after protests from President Wilson are considered.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
Senate
Webb
Cartwright
Wright
United States
Johnson
Wilson
California
Bryan
Shima Telegrams to Wilson on Japanese Americans
George Shima president of the Japanese Association of America sends gratitude to President Wilson and expresses trust in justice and humanity. He also offers cooperation to the fourth national peace congress in St. Louis as the congress convenes.
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Association
Wires
Wilson and Peace Congress
Associated Press
San Francisco
George Shima
Japanese Association of America
Wilson
St. Louis
Shima
Pope Pius X Improves as He Returns to Work
Rome May 3 Pope Pius X shows continued health gains as he descends to his library daily and dedicates hours to work. He appointed Dr Andrea Amici as his private physician though not official Vatican doctor, sharing care duties with Professor Ettore Marchiafava during illness.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pope Pius X
Andrea Amici
Streetcars Replaced By Star Battery Power In New York
New York on May 3 reports horse cars along Tenth Avenue and cross-town routes have fulfilled their purpose and are replaced by star battery powered service as part of a public strains commission effort.
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Associated Press
New York
Tenth Avenue
Star Battery
Public Strains Commission
Comparison of stages at five river points in 1912 and 1913
Mississippi water levels rise along 325 miles from New Orleans to Vicksburg as crevasse water from Gibson Landing returns to the river. Gauges show small increases with Baton Rouge Donaldsonville and New Orleans forecast to reach record heights if levees hold, compared to 1912 benchmarks.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Red River Landings
Gibson's Landing
Red
Red River Landing
Natchez
Red River
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Donaldsonville
Weather Bureau
Torras
Gulf
Ate Rouge
Three Louisiana Parishes Partly Inundated After Crevasse
Associates Press reports near Gibson Landing the Mississippi crevasse is stabilized with tarps, ending sewer crumbling. Water covers the lower end of Tensas parish, parts of Catahoula parish and most of Concordia parish, about 600 square miles flooded. Engineers along the river in the fourth Louisiana levee district note the north of Torras is in good condition.
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Louisiana
Associates Press
Vidalia
Missisippi
Gibson's Landing
Tensas Parish
Catahoula Parish
Concordia Parish
Torras
Two new Alabama oil gas and pipe firms formed
In Montgomery May 8 the Two Marys Oil and Gas Company launches in Bridgeport with 50000 paid in capital to drill and lay gas lines in Jackson County. Also the Gadsden Pipe Company with 35000 authorized capital plans pipe manufacture and includes H Hammond W M Byrd Jr Otto Agricola as incorporators. Bama State Bank and Trust Company Fayette forms for general banking with 25000 authorized capital and 15000 subscribed, incorporators Thomas H Robertson C H Bessely and E P Goodwin.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jackson County
Two Marys
Henry Preston
Chattanooga
Paul J. Mahoney
Huntsville
H. H. Givans
Bridgeport
Secretary of State
Gadsden Pipe Company
H. Hammond
William M. Byrd, Jr
Otto Agricola
Browning Love Letters Fetch $32750 At London Auction
A packet of about 500 love letters by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning sold at London auction for 32750 dollars to a New York dealer. Bidding began at 3000 dollars and advanced in 250 dollar increments.
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Associated Press
London
Robert
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
New York
Weather Forecasts for Alabama and Nearby Regions
Weather mobile forecasts till 7 p m Sunday predict fair to night and Sunday with probable showers. Moderate east to south winds. Alabama shows fair to night and Sunday with likely showers.
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Mobile
Alabama
Alowdy
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