International Epworth League plans joint gathering
The general Epworth League board in Dallas approved plans for an international gathering with the Episcopal and Methodist bodies. Dr. F S Parker and Bishop J G McCoy were named to coordinate with church leagues on date and venue for a 1914 convention, and Havana Cuba was proposed for the Southern Methodist Church meeting next year. A memorandum seeks to move league headquarters from Nashville to Dallas, to be decided at the 1914 Oklahoma City conference.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Epworth League
Candiandist Episcopal Church
Canadian Methodist Church
Southern Methodist Church
General Epworth League Board
F.S. Parker
J. G. McCoy
Havana
Cuba
Nashville
Multiple cases heard in recorder courtly Tuesday
W M Hallett fined 10 dollars or twenty days for speeding. Will Nelson discharged after arrest for shipping labor out of state without a license. Bakers Giblin and Steiner arraigned for bread delivery violations with 2.50 fines each. Marshall Thomas shot and slightly wounded by Will Hosey. Hosey at large. Jackson continued after dog incident with Miss Sarah Jones. William Seymour dismissed. wife files disorderly conduct claim. Paul Yale fined 5 dollars or ten days for reckless driving after hitting Edna May Fowler. Will Hosey charged with assault with intent to murder. Thomas wounded. Spencer Arnold charged with traffic light violation. bond posted. City Delivery Co warehouse break-in. 500 sacks stolen. no suspect identified.
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Will Nelson
Recorder’s Court
William Giblin
Giblin
Warren Street
C. H. Steiner
Steiner's Bakery
Dauphin Street
Paul Yale
Lyric Theatre
Yale
Edna May Fowler
Dauphin
Lawrence Street
Will Hosey
Marshall Thomas
Hosey
W. McCarron
Thomas
Virginia Street
Pleasant Lane
Deaths Tied to Four Murders Claimed by Ill Offender
Newport Tennessee reports William Fine aged 50 died after a consuming illness and alleged ravings claiming four on his hands. The death follows a noted insistence on past killings and visions of angels as he spoke. The news notes a national reaction amid calamities in Omaha and Ohio floods.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Newport
William Fine
Fine
Lightning Panic Strikes White Pine Church in Knox County
Lightning struck the Presbyterian Church at White Pine Tennessee during a revival as a heavy rain trapped worshippers. Seven people were stunned or bruised with two seriously injured, sparks flew from extinguished lights, and rumors of three deaths stirred the town.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Presbyterian
White Pine
Fuller Await the Grand Jury Proceeding in Montgomery
Governor ONeal requested Judge Armstead Brown to convene the Montgomery county grand jury to indict W J Fuller the young attorney who yesterday rushed into the county jail and fired at Bernard Tolliver a prisoner. Fuller wounded Tolliver then was overpowered and jailed. Authorities plan indictments for assault to murder and carrying a concealed pistol.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Armstead Brown
Montgomery County
W. J. Fuller
Bernard Tolliver
Fuller
Jim Hannon
David A. Thurman
Thurman
Frizzle
Cheney
Tolliver
M. H. Screws
Horace Hood
Explosion from gas leads to deaths and injuries in New York
A despondent East Side paper cutter released gas by turning on a jet to die by own action. The resulting explosion and fire injured more than twenty people, two believed mortally, crowding Madison Street as Policeman William J. Cummings investigated the odor from Samuel Gordon's room.
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New York
East Side
Madison Street
William J. Cummings
Samuel Gordon
Cummings
Would Make Two States Out of California
A Senate resolution by Senator Sanford of Ukiah proposes dividing California at Tehachapi Pass into two states named California and South Cafeteria. It argues California is underrepresented in the Senate and suggests adding senators by popular vote at the next general election. The measure was referred to the committee on federal relations.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
California
Tehachapi Pass
Senate
Sanford
Ukiah
United States Senate
New England
Committee On Federal Relations
How Explorers Met Their Fate
Winnipeg May 7 Exhaus tion and not starvation ended Captain Scott and his party on the South Pole expedition. Lieutenant Gran, who found the bodies, said the end was peaceful and that they died with no food or fuel amid terrible storms. They buried the explorers with a snow cairn and two skin-bound poles formed as a cross. Gran carries Scott's diary and records en route to London for the Royal Geographical Society meeting.
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Associated Press
Winnepeg
Man
Captain Scott
South Pole
Gran
Wright
Toronto
Dr. Wilson
Lieut. Bowers
Scott
London
Royal Geographical Society
Rate Equalization Plea Aims at Mobile Decrease
Traffic Manager R G Cobb of the Chamber of Commerce asks the New Orleans Board of Trade and Pensacola merchants to lower Mobile steamship rates to match Pensacola and New Orleans. He argues Gulf ports should not see rate boosts but Mobile should share the relief.
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New Orleans Board of Trade
Commercial Organization of
Pensacola
New York
Gulf Ports
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
Mobile
Barry Named Assistant Comptroller for Southern Pacific
Associated Press reports in Houston that Charles C. Barry, auditor of the Southern Pacific Louisiana lines based in New Orleans, was named assistant comptroller for the Southern Pacific system with New York headquarters, effective May 1.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Charles C. Barry
Southern Pacific Louisiana Lines
New Orleans
Southern Pacific System
New York
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International Epworth League
Police News
W. M. Hallett
St. Louis Street
Edington
Noah Harris, Jr
James Jackson
Jackson
Sarah Jones
Kentucky Street
William Seymour
Charles Street
Spencer Arnold
Smith and Fincher
Arnold
City Delivery Company
Water and
Adams Streets
Omaha
Ohio
Foley
L. Poole
California St
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Capital City
National.biscuit
Graham
Lut
Wilson
Bowers
Sen
Murray Hill Club
JOS. A. Magnus & CO
Cincinnati, Ohio
U.S.A
Reat
Barry
Bath
Maine
Ermine B. Spear
Boston
Lowell
Daniel Howard Spear
Spear
McAllister
I. L. Davis
Windsor
Albert E. Reynolds
Colden A. Brown
Abbott Bros
van Antwerp Drug CO
3Bott Bros. CO
Chicago
Lil
Mobile Electric Co
North Royal Street
Bell
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