Manuel of Portugal Marries in Sigmaringen Ceremony
Former king Manuel and Princess Austine Victoria wed in a quiet ceremony at the Oman Catholic Church in Sigmaringen. A gate of honor, flower arches, and military escorts accompanied the royal procession amid tight security. Notables from Europe attended before Manuel and his bride rode to a palace luncheon and honeymoon.
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Sig Matingen Ger
Manuel
Portugal
Austine Victoria
Henry
Hohenzollern
Gardinal Netto
Rnarch
Lisbon
Count August Zu Eulenberg
Prasse
Principality of
Sigmaringen
Amelie of
Prince of Wales
Coberg
Carlos
Spain
Duke of
Genoa
Aosta
Vendome
Pollock to Speak on Tax Equalization at Chamber Meeting
Walter W. Pollock of Cleveland, president of the American Appraisal Company, will address the Ways and Means Committee on tax equalization at the second meeting planned for Wednesday September 10. Pollock is noted as an taxation expert and will discuss the Summers system used in Houston and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter W. Pollock
Cleveland
Ohio
American Appraisal Company
Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means Committee
J. M. Ponder
Don Farnsworth
Pollock
Ways and Means
Houston
Texas
Farnsworth
Mobile
Ways and Means Committee
Horse Drowns After Plunging From Wharf
A horse owned by the City Delivery Company backed off the M O wharf at Government street and dived into the river on Thursday morning. Will Sergeant, the driver, was loading ice on the Sosus steamer when the accident occurred. The harness tangled and the horse could not swim, leading to its drowning.
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City Delivery Company
M. and O
Government Street
Will Sergeant
Sosus
Inspector departs with Schiova deported alien
Immigration Inspector Jack Worden and attendant J. Brooks Clarke escorted Hein Schiova, an alien, from Biloxi by Gulfport bound vessel to New York. The departure occurred Wednesday night as the party traveled aboard a moving transport.
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Schiova
Jack Worden
J. Brooks Clarke
New York
Hein Schiova
Dean Ener
Hello Mobile
Gulfport
Lawlessness in Paint Creek Mining District Exposed
Wal ter Wood of Standard Splint Coal testified before the Senate committee about rampant disorder at Paint Creek West Virginia. He described guards scarce and radical elements, with violence including a July 25 1912 incident where he was left for dead and his coat cut up for souvenirs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Paint Creek
West Virginia
Walter S. Wood
Standard Splint Coal Company
United States Senate
Kenyon
Woods
Seymour Stedman
United Mine Workers
W. W. Phaupp
Holly Grove
Phaup
Mother Jones
Mystery shrouds death of banker on voyage to Pacific
The body of Carl Schoete, 43, a Hamburg banker, was found in a Hoboken boarding house. A 24 year old German woman Adele Schimmel, a passenger with him, is questioned. Police seek motive after a missing letter of credit for 32000 dollars and possible suicide or murder. Four deadly poisons were found in Schoete's trunk.
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Associated Press
New York
Carl Schoete
Hamburg
Pacific Coast
Hoboken
Adele Schimmel
Germany
Schoete
California
Cattle Tick Law Sparks Violence in Jackson County
In Huntsville Alabama on September 4 a dispute over cattle tick law enforcement turned violent in northern Jackson County. A mob dynamited two dipping vats and attempted a third. They dumped arsenic from a vat near Paint Rock into a judge’s well.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Ala
Jackson County
Paint Rock
Judge H. BE
Pope Pius XII Sidelined by Indisposition Again
Rome Sept 4 Pope Pius XII suffers another indisposition thought to stem from a cold. He has hoarseness headache and a rising temperature but doctors report his general condition is good and expect a swift recovery with rest and favorable climate.
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Associated Press
Rome
Prous X
Vatican
Ne Seemann
Lineman badly burned by 2800 volt line fall
E W Van Buren a Mobile Electric Company lineman living at Charleston and Dearborn streets barely survived a pole top shock of 2800 volts at Cedar and Monroe streets around 7 30 am He is at Inge Bondurant Sanitorium with severe burns to his left shoulder and leg and will be confined to bed for some time Fellow workers helped him down the pole a palmotor was summoned but not needed An auto run with a Red Cross flag drew a crowd of several hundred as the machine sped through the streets arriving within minutes
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E. W. van Buren
Mobile Electric Company
Charleston
Dearborn
Cedar
Monroe
Inge-Bondurant Sanitorium
van Buren
Royal and
St. Louis
Leslie Taylor
Red Cross
Taylor
Royal
Dauphin
Grave robbery at Albany widens crime case
John Stephens aged nineteen confessed after a cemetery workman found Mrs Pauline Blume’s grave desecrated. He admitted removing the body from the outer coffin and taking the coffin and jewels home to stop perceived waste. A missing ring and other valuables were reported.
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Albany
N. Y
John Stephens
Pauline Blume
Young Stephens
Stephens
Celles
Col Sam Tate Ends His Life With Cord
At Asheville North Carolina on September 4 Colonel Sam Tate chief of engineers for the Trans Continental Railroad Company hanged himself with a window card in a hotel after writing letters to friends. Tate a prominent figure in engineering served in Central America Jamaica Mexico and various Midwestern states.
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Asheville
N. C
Sam Tate
Trans- Continental Railroad Company
Promixient
Tate
A M. Barton
New York City
Central America
Jamaica
Mexico
Middle West
Bank bookkeeper commits suicide in St Louis
Harry J. Ah boo Ilis, a 28 year old bank bookkeeper, shot himself yesterday amid a personal crisis. Bank officials declare his accounts show no irregularities and note he had suffered from the heat several weeks earlier in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Harry J. Ahboo Ilis
Ahring
Longshoremen Split Over Strike Terms at Mobile
At Mobile docks Local 356 led by J H Williams reports divisions among longshoremen over equal work division. J J Beere signs contract granting higher pay and half the work to negro workers. Police enforce order as arrests for trespassing disorderly conduct and gaming occur amid strike tensions.
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Eeaetres
J. H. Williams
Focal No. $56
KK. A. Clemmons
Williams
Dr. +. Johnson
J. J. Beere
Mobile
Feore
D. P. Johnson
Recorder's Court
John Davis
Davis
Jo Welsh
Ed Jackson
William White
White
Jackson
Edington
John Banks
Jim Lock
John McCurdy
John Walker
James Locket
Charles Cosgrove
A. L. Crawford
Lee
Walter Harris
Robert Coleman
Thomas Pierce
Henry Danson
Sam Carter
Jim Hudson
Turner-Hartwell
Premier Insists On Having His Hat
Sept 4 an express train from Madrid carrying Spanish premier Romanones was delayed three quarters of an hour after he forgot his silk hat. Passengers protested as the station master said the train’s departure was held for an unexplained reason.
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Paris
Madrid
Unn Romanones
Local Showers in Alabama and Mississippi Forecast
Local showers expected tonight and Friday across Alabama and Mississippi. Temperature readings near Royal and Recphis corner show early morning values around 78 degrees with varying readings through the day. Record shows a high near 32 later in the period.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Royal End Recphis
Oeine
G. Bowenssa Sa
Bisedées
Southern League Upholds Mobile Over Pitcher Box Protest
President W. M. Kavanaugh rules the games protested by New Orleans against Mobile because Monroe Park pitcher's box was too high will be awarded to Mobile. He notes Memphis played there first and refused to entertain Charles Frank's protest. The league will meet December 15 to decide, with potential impact on the 1918 championship.
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Associated’ Press
Little Rock
Ark
W. M. Kavanaugh
Southern League
New Orleans
Mobile
Monroe Park
Kavanaugh
Memphis
Charles Frank
Frank
League
Will Gen Trevino Succeed Huerta In Mexico
Mexico City reports claim General Huerta plans to quit the presidency in favor of General Geronimo Trevino and run in the October elections. Trevino heads toward the capital, with cabinet reshuffles and a possible Foreign Affairs post anticipated. American exodus from the capital continues with Tamaulipas sailing Sunday from Vera Cruz. Consuls arrange $25 gold per passenger with first and second class fares listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
General Huerta
Geronimo Trevino
General Trevino
Sony E Wate
Shanklin
Tamaulipas
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Canada
Judge Jones Visits Capitol During Recovery
Federal Judge Thomas G. Jones, former Alabama governor, stopped at the Capitol on Wednesday while recovering from a illness. He said he hopes to return to work soon and will monitor the ongoing Huntsville rate cases, staying in touch with the state rate fight and awaiting Friday hearings.
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Montgomery
Ala
Capitol
Thomas G. Jones
Judge Jones
Huntsville
Georgian
Alabama
Aviator Lt Moss L Love Killed In Training Crash
First Lieutenant Moss L Love, a Virginia native in the signal corps, died when his plane plunged 300 feet near the San Diego army aviation school after beginning a descent from about two thousand feet. The article notes a puff of smoke before the crash and places the incident in the broader context of aviator fatalities since 1908.
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San Diego
Cal
Moss L. Love
Virginia
Signal Corps
Army Aviation School
Here
Glynn Recognized by Gov Dunne Amid New Yorkhold Controversy
Governor Eugene Dunne of Illinois recognizes John Glynn as tenor governor amid a power dispute with Governor William Sulzer over who is legally head of New York. Dunne acted on papers bearing the New York great seal for Glynn to obtain a fugitive.
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New York State
William Sulzer
Sulzer
Eugene Dunne
Ilinois
Glynn
New York City
Dunne
State of New York
Thaw Immigration Hearing Deliberations Extend At Coaticook
In Coaticook Canada a special board of inquiry questioned Harry K. Thaw and associates for hours about entering Canada by stealth under the immigration act. Thaw argued he entered as a tourist and thus could not be deported. The board adjourned at noon and would reconvene at 2 pm. Jerome anxiously waited outside with plans to move toward Vermont.
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Coaticook
Quay
Tod Harry & Thaw
Matteawan
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Thaw
H. Johnston
Ben Cadieux
Barford
Vermont
William Travers Jerome
Firewomen Hear anxious waits as engines test in river
In New York a vast gathering of 1200 department heads endorsed motor apparatus after witnessing an eight million gallon water pump test on the Hudson River. Spectators watched the spectacle along Riverside Drive while women firefighters heard Mrs. Frederick Gooderson lament the long wait and peril faced by families awaiting heroes.
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New York
Hudson River
Riverside Drive
Frederick Gooderson
Lee Recaptured and Now Awaiting Trial
Augustus F. Lee, a Florida lawyer who married Sadie Smith in Mobile, was arrested in Hattiesburg on a warrant from Swainsboro, Ga. He escaped a Richland deputy sheriff during transport and has recently been recaptured and is awaiting trial.
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Augustus F. Lee
Florida
Sadie Smith
Mobile
Hattiesburg
Miss
Swainsboro
Mobile Police Department
Richland
Wilsons policy in Mexico sparks heated congressional debate
Secretary Bryan sought a 100000 dollar appropriation to evacuate Americans from Mexico triggering a furious session. Oklahoma's Murray attacked moral suasion as foolish while Texas's Garrett urged continued arms for constitutionalists and opposed recognizing Huerta. Representative Austin pressed to raise the aid to 250000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bryan
Mexico
Murray
Oklahoma
Garrett
Texas
Huerta
Austin
Hale Provides Mexico Information To Wilson And Bryan
Washington September 4 Wilton Bayard Hale who spent three months studying political conditions in Mexico said before president and conferred with Secretary Bryan He gave an intimate description of negotiations conducted by John Lind and Huerta officials up to a week ago He discussed dispatches from Mexico City and the prospects of Huerta resigning in favor of Geronimo Trevino but no confirmation reached Washington officials
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Associaed Press
Washington
Wiltem Bayard Hale
Mexico
Ils
Huerta
Bryan
John Lind
Mexico City
Geronimo Trevino
Gind
Uerta
Ashington Gov
No truth in claim of six Americans executed
Consul Hanna at Monterey said no Americans were executed by a Mexican general at Torreon and all Americans and foreigners there were safe as of August 31. Consul Hostetter at Hermosillo noted Sonora’s governor offers protection to Americans who choose to stay.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hanna
Monterey
Torreon
Hostetter
Hermosillo
Sonora
Penalized for Oversized Bales in Barbour County
Cotton growers in Barbour County face a one dollar per bale penalty if bales exceed size standards. Commissioner Reuben F. Kolb requested an investigation after probate judge T. D. Grubbs reported ginners press bales at fifty four by twenty seven inches but cotton expands by about an inch.
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Montgomery
Ala
Barbour County
Reuben F. Kolb
Commissioner of Agriculture
Cavannah
T. D. Grubbs
Sioner Kolb
J Grubbs
August Port Report Shows Vessel and Tonnage Increase
Harbormaster Thomas P. Norvillé reports for August 1913 to Commissioner Harry Pillians an increase of 11,501 tons and one more vessel than August 1912. He lists 49 steamships bound for foreign ports, 8 square-rigged vessels, and 23 schooners, up from the prior year.
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Thomas P. Norvillé
Harry Pillians
Hiawassee
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Sicmaringen
Augustine Victoria
Principality
W. Va
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Col
Cord
J. J. Feore
MO Sle
Gen. Trevino
Theean
T. G. Jones
Love
U. S. A. Signal Corps
Ran Army
Navy
Army
Siac
Perberg
Gov
Martin Glynn
Wilson
Hale
Savanna Exchange
Commiea
Gnet Kolb
Harbormaster
Pillans
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