Blizzard Rages Across the Nation Cutting Cities Off
A massive blizzard sweeping from Saturday into today paralyzed the eastern United States. Temperatures plunged below zero while towns were isolated and rail service delayed up to hours. Cleveland and many Ohio cities reported telegraph and train disruptions as snow totals reached up to twenty inches along the Lake Erie region.
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Lower Lakes
Cleveland
Ohio
Pittsburg
Louisville
Lake Erie
Missouri
Mississippi
Oklahoma
East Gas
New Orleans
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Memphis
St. Louis
Western Union
Pennsylvania Railroad
Severe winter storm disrupts Midwest rail and power
A snow sleet and wind storm battered West Virginia Ohio and Western and Northern Pennsylvania causing widespread transportation paralysis and wire failures. Snow totals reached 10 to 16 inches with darkened towns and ongoing outages. winds peaked as a gale. one fatality reported.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Gale Ramps Buffalo In Snow Sleet Fracas
Associated Press report from Buffalo New York details a 70 mile per hour gale pushing snow and sleet. Trains from the storm center arrived ice bound and harbor boats were not sighted. Wireless picked up no steamers in twenty four hours amid added distress reports.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Here
Covra
Pittsburg Ignores Blizzard Strands City in Snow
Pittsburg battles a twenty four hour blizzard with nearly a foot of snow paralyzing streets and telegraph lines. Damage from the storm runs into thousands of dollars as of this morning only a single telegraph wire connects west to Chicago and one to Altoona.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Navy
Chicago
Altoona
Mobile City to Inspect Western Meat Under City rules
The Mobile Board of City Commissioners ordered the Chief Meat and Milk Inspector to inspect Western meat imported into Mobile. The new rule extends city inspection to all meat consumed locally, eliminating reliance on federal or packing-house checks and aiming to curb spoiled meat reaching markets. The action follows concerns about melted ice in transit and potential use of spoiled meat. Home killed meat remains subject to city inspection before and after slaughter.
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Mobile
Board of City Commissioners
F. R. Harsh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harsh
Aged Miscreant Urged Ten Reform by Judge
Judge Oliver J. Semmes sentences 70 year old William Davis to one year in jail for larceny after he pleaded guilty to stealing jewelry from August Desporte’s Crichton residence. The judge urged reform calling for better conduct and compassion as Davis, pale and tearful, left the courtroom.
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Oliver J. Semmes
William Davis
August Desporte
Crichton
Davis
Prof Harlan P Amen Dies After Apoplexy at 60
Exeter New Hampshire November 10 Harlan Page Amen principal of Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College overseer died yesterday afternoon after a shock of apoplexy. He had led the academy for nearly twenty years and was found unconscious at his home by a telephone to summon a physician. He was 60.
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Associated Press
Exeter
N. H
Harlan Page Amen
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Harvard College
Academy
Amen
Prosecution Ordered of Beiliss Trial Protestors in St Petersburg
The court of appeals has ordered the prosecution of 120 members of the St Petersburg Bar Association who signed a protest against the Beiliss trial. The ruling comes as legal action against attorneys opposing the proceedings.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Court of Appeals
Weather Forecast: Cold Night With Frost Expectation
Forecast shows fair weather and continued cold night with heavy frost around 37 degrees. Tuesday expects fair skies and slightly warmer temperatures with moderate west to northwest winds.
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Mobile
Barker McGowin clash over Mobile post office efficiency
Postmaster P D Barker rejects charges of inefficiency by W H McGowin citing Mobile public satisfaction. He questions motives behind the complaint and notes segregation rules contrast with Mr McGowin’s allegations. White women and colored workers remain in separate quarters per Mrs Kate T Riley, post office superintendent.
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McGowin
Mobile
Kate T. Riley
Riley
Post Office Department
Ms. Riley
Mobile Post Office
Grand Jury Report Challenged in Madison County
Probate Judge W T Lachal seeks mandamus to nullify Madison County grand jury findings indicting eight officials and others. Special to The Item. The case questions irregularities in the grand jury report filed with the Supreme Court.
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Montgomery
Supreme Court
Madison County Grand Jury
W. T. Lachal
R. E. Spra
Beiliss Acquitted in Kiev Blood Ritual Murder Case
Mendel Beiliss, accused of murdering Christian boy Yushinsky in a so called blood ritual, was acquitted by a Kiev jury after a trial that drew vast public attention. The defendant, a Russian Jew, faced widespread anti Semitic tension and extensive medical testimony throughout the proceedings. Dr Alfred G Moses hailed the verdict as a victory for justice and liberty and urged broader recognition of Jews in Russia.
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Associated Press
Kiev
Mendel Beiliss
Yushinsky
Andrew Yushinsky
Beiling
Vera Tcheberiak
Black Hundred
Alfred G. Moses
Temple
Shaarai Shemayim
Russia
Madero Kin Urges Mexico Self-Rule Before U S Intervention
Alfonso Madero, elder brother of the late Francisco Madero, says armed intervention in Mexico should wait until Mexicans solve their own problems. He argues the United States has no right to act while arms embargo allows the Constitutionalists to show strength and restore stability. The family holds faith in Mexico’s capacity for self-government.
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New York
United States
Mexico
Alfonso Madero
Francisco Madero
Alfonso
Carranza
Madero
Train wreck delays Southern freight in Jackson Alabama
Fourteen freight cars loaded with coal sewer pipe piled up in the gut three miles north of Jackson Alabama on freight Mo 173 early this morning. The track was torn up and wreckage will not be cleared until Monday night. No injuries reported among wrecked freight crews. Passenger trains transfer passengers and delays expected for the Thomasville and Selma trains. Wrecking crews are on site and working to clear the lines.
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Jackson
Alay
Here
Thomasville
Selma
Mrs Lemp sues Western Union for 2199 in Calvert case
Mrs Andrew M. Lemp files suit in law and equity against Western Union Telegraph Company seeking 2199 in damages for failure to deliver a message to her husband in Calvert Alabama. The filing notes a delay in delivering the message related to the couple's matter.
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Andrew M. Lemp
Law and Equity Court
Western Union Telegraph Company
Calvert, Alt
Convict Road Camp Costs Lower in Mobile County than Dallas
Mobile County officials report Mobile’s convict road camp costs 42 2 3 cents per day per inmate versus Dallas County at about $1.00 daily. Road Superintendent J H Jackson recounts camp setup with 33 prisoners, 7 guards, bloodhounds, 42 mules, and wagon fleets, and notes $5,000 per mile for clay gravel roads.
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Mobile
8. P. Gaillard
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
J. H. Jackson
Dallas County
Jackson
Pitts
Meet 10 Discuss Shop Week Plans
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce will outline the publicity campaign for the good roads shopping week at a Monday night meeting. Literature will be distributed in Mobile and neighboring states, with Farnsworth placing ads in newspapers and the Chamber offering cooperation to boost merchant profits.
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Good Roads
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Farnsworth
Motion in Pake case is granted by court
The case of Harry B. Pake, assignee for the Lienkauf Banking Company, was heard in the law and equity court. A motion for partial payment of the assignee's solicitor's compensation was granted. The matter proceeds with the report of the register in chancery and exceptions, extending the litigation for several days.
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Harry B. Pake
Lienkauf Banking Company
Law and Equity Court
Register In Chancery
Pake
Fire destroys two houses on Ross Duval streets
A one story frame house at the southeast corner of Ross and Duval streets was totally destroyed by fire before noon Monday. The owner was Captain Frank Preston and the occupant 8 Galloway, colored. A second blaze at 157 Canal Street damaged a small one story dwelling owned by John Hughes and occupied by Edward A Bolling. cause sparks.
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Ross and
Duval Streets
Frank Preston
Galloway
Canal Street
John Hughes
Edward A. Bolling
Huerta Seeks Office Until Elections Amid Mexican Press Support
Victoriano Huerta’s pledge to stay in power until after new elections drew praise from the Mexican press. El Independente lauded him as the man capable of solving the situation, citing Europe’s stance and Wilson policy criticism. John Lind said he awaited Washington’s instructions while awaiting further steps. Quiet prevailed in the city.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta
el Independente
Huerta
Europe
Wilson
London
Berlin
Paris
Henry Lane Wilson
Cleveland
Washington
John Lind
United States
City
Thi Ie
Congress
Mexico
State Department
O'Shaughnessy
Bryan
Fifteenth Cavalry
Joseph Garrard
Fort Meyer
Fort Bliss
Tex
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Tenth Cavalry
Fort Ethan Allen
Vermont
Fifth
Brown gives an accounting for his cash
In Montgomery Alabama on November 10 Will Brown a convict from Marion county tells J M Lammons of the Bertillon bureau that he earned the $772 75 found on him when he surrendered He says the money came from hard labor over three years of freedom and admits using the name William Kelly while in Cincinnati where he worked as a car loader then high watchman before returning to the penitentiary He says he feared exposure would ruin his new life and asks for the first time to be believed. Authorities are checking his statements with the M B Ferrin Lumber Co and the family he named.
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Montgomery
Ala
Will. Brown
Marion County
San
Alabama
Speigner’s
Cincinnati
M. B. Ferrin Lumber Co
William Kelly
Sammons
Lammona
Brown
Familly
Judge Delays Sentencing In Dual Trial Docket
Judge O J Semmes will review whether a prisoner can be sentenced while serving a sentence from another court. Jacob Hauser, convicted of third prohibition violation, seeks a new trial. Charles Harts pleads guilty to concealed weapons and remains in custody. Cases postponed to later term for legal review.
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O. J. Semmes
Jacob Hauser
Charles Harts
Harts
Atmore
Semmes
Clarke
Fire at N R M C Crossing Destroys Roof
A small powerhouse at the N O M C crossing on Conception and Tennessee streets lost its roof in a Monday afternoon fire. The blaze was quickly extinguished by the fire department with only slight damage reported.
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N. R
M. & C. Crossing
N. O
Conception
Tennessee Streets
Twenty refugees from Mexico reach New York
Twenty Mexican refugees reach New York as a continued report on the arrival detailed on page nine.
Miss Hazel Sills Fatally Burned
Miss Hazel Sills aged seventeen died early Monday from severe burns suffered Sunday night at her home on Owens Lane near Spring Hill Avenue. She stood before a fire when her clothing ignited in an accident witnessed by her parents and neighbors.
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Hazel Sills
S. M. Sills
Owens Lane
Spring Hill Avenue
Miss Sills
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