Turks Strengthen Adrianople in Fear of Bulgar action
Adrianople concentrates Turkish troops near the Bulgarian frontier and increases artillery in its fortifications as a precaution. Reports from Berlin note German eastern army prisoners and weapons gains in March. Tabriz reports Russians defeating Turks in northwestern Persia with heavy losses. A French steamer Emma bound for Bordeaux was torpedoed off Beachy Head. nineteen crewmen drowned and two survived.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
London
Adrianople
Turkey
Berlin
Tabriz
Persia
Petro- Brad
Arkutur
Dilman
Emma
Bordeaux
English Channel
Beachy Head
Su Marine
Dover
German U-boats in English Channel halt Augustina at Santander
Crewmembers of the Spanish steamer Augustina report ten German U-boat marines in the English Channel area. The U-28 stopped the Augustina but released the vessel.
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Madrid
Paris
Santander
Hungarian Parliament to Convene Early for War Budget
Reports from VENIGE via London indicate the Hungarian parliament was summoned to meet in April to approve a provisional budget and war measures. The Carpathian situation is expected to dominate discussions among other pressing topics.
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Venige
London
Carpathian
War shifts British focus to munitions over spring allied drive
London reports the labor and munitions issue now dominates British thought, with cabinet statements and King George's temperance letter signaling possible restrictions on alcohol. Kitchener bans alcohol in his household during the war as editors note anniversaries of Bismarck and discuss Austrian moves near Czernowitz to blunt Russian advances.
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London
Great Britain
George
Kitchener
East
Alles
Dardanelles
London Newspapers
Bismarck
Austria
Bukowina
Carpathians
Russia
Dniester
Czernowitz
More Members for the Y M G Are Added to Roster
Mobile today sss Maas total 1878 Birmingham today 298 Team standing Reds New today 45 748 points Previous dese Ges sees wn 252 4279 points Polk 0 sas sine tks 297 5027.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Reds
POLK
Sas Sine Tks
Reds Lead Y M C A Membership Drive Amid Campaign Contests
The Y M C A membership drive reports 297 Reds and 267 Blues with points totaling 5 027 and 3 787 respectively as 121 members joined during a lunch event at the Cawthon Hotel. Captains urged canvassing Friday and Saturday to expand reach across the city.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Reds
Blues
Cawthon Hotel
John E. Mitchell
Mobile
Birmingham
Mitchell
Palmer
Pillans
Horace Turner
F. W. Evans
Young Men’s Christian Association
Cawthon and Thy Valetanis Seminighecs Id
Bridie
Silowea
Fowlkes
Armbrecht
Parade at Birmingham Report Sparks Local Auto Parade
April 1 report notes the ram aoc team joined the A A parade of automobiles in Birmingham. The brief item highlights a large turnout and community participation in the city event.
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Ram Aoc
A. A. Parade of Automobiles Toy
Pierce freed after two day trial for false pretenses
Rice A. Pierce was discharged in the inferior criminal court after a two day trial before Judge Chamberlain. Attorney Francis J. Inge defended Pierce who was charged with obtaining 225 dollars by claiming ownership of an automobile. May Jones and Willie Woods were fined one dollar and costs for gaming and remanded for sentence. Walter Williams and Robert Blackman faced one dollar or ten days for the same offense.
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Rice A. Pierce
Inferior Criminal Court
Chamberlain
Francis J. Inge
J. R. Graham
Pierce
May Jones
Willie Woods
Walter Williams
Robert Blackman
Actual Net Paid Circulation for The Mobile Item
The Item reports net paid circulation per postal rules as verified by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. It excludes copies used for services performed by employees, advertisers, samples, office use, returns, spoils, and waste.
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
Adopted Children Rights in Alabama Inheritance Case
Washington reports rights of adopted children hinge on a Supreme Court case about the twins Ida Richardson Hood and Odile Musson Hood Holland. The sisters seek a share of Mississippi man George T. McGehee’s Alabama real estate, arguing adoption laws grant natural-heir status. Alabama courts previously ruled against.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John B. Hood
George T. McGehee
Mississippi
Ida Richardson Hood
Odile Musson Hood Holland
New York
Alabama
McGehee
Louisiana
le Pre Conserie
Brazilian Finance Minister May Skip U S Conference
The Brazilian finance minister Sabino Barroso may not attend an American financial conference in May due to pressing duties at home. In Newport News a contract was awarded for a 4500 ton freight steamer to Crowley Thurlow and shipyard. The London unions demand higher wages amid war prices and a gas explosion injures eighteen men at Semet Solvay plant in Syracuse.
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Rio Janeiro
Sabino Barroso
America
Newport News
Crowley-Thurlow Steamship Company
Boston
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
London
London Allied Engineering
Norfolk
van Walter L. Wilson
Washington
United States Navy
Dewey
Manila Bay
Syracuse N. Y
Semet-Solvey Company
Admiralty
North Sea
Stockholm
Petrograd
Council of Ministers
Mobile to Meridian Highway Discussed by Citronelle Delegation
A Citronellé delegation met the Mobile Chamber of Commerce streets and roads committee to push completing a road between Meridian and Citronelle. No action taken. the proposal is under advisement with a follow up meeting planned for early next week.
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Citronellé
Charles D. Batson
John Rose
Meridian
Citronelle
Mobile
County Treasurers Scrutinized Before Judiciary Committee
The joint judiciary reform recess committee visited Daphne Alabama to study the state normal school and hear from County Treasurer George E. Stone on office operations and bookkeeping for a unified state system. Lawmakers examined costs for convict camps, juvenile court powers, and proposed reforms to Mobile County courts and title laws.
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Daphne
Ala
State Normal School
Joel W. Goldsby
D. A. Planck
8. B. Baker
W. C. Davis
Jasper
George E. Stone
John A. Lusk
Col
Sam Will John
Stone
the Revenue Board
D. R. Dunlap
Inferior Criminal Court
Chicago
Henry Chamberlain
W. Hermann
Safford Berney
Law and Equity Court
Joseph Pelham
J. N. Grenade
Washington County
Oscar L. Gray
Choctaw
Stewart Brooks
George J. Sullivan
Eliott G. Rickardy
Palmer Pillans
Mobile County
D. H. Edington
Recorder’s Court
Edington
Henderson
R. T. Ervin
I. W. Faith
New Health Officer Appointed at Fort Morgan Quarantine
Dr William M Bryan the new United States marine health officer in charge of Fort Morgan quarantine station arrived with his family and proceeded to Fort Morgan on Thursday morning for duty following the formal appointment announcement in the city.
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William M. Bryan
United States Marine Health
Fort Morgan
Turpentine Camps Worse Than Hell, Greer Says
Len F. Greer associate member of the state board of convict inspectors told a legislative investigating committee that turpentine camps in south Alabama are worse than hell. He would recommend cancelling all contracts leasing state convicts to operators in the region.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hell
Len F. Greer
State Board of Convict Inspectors
Legislative Investigating Committee
South Alabama
Sheriff Seeks Murderer In King Deaths In Walker
Sheriff Phillips of Jasper Walker County hunted a suspected Austrian railway worker linked to the deaths of Mr and Mrs G A King found last Saturday. The man allegedly killed for robbery and fled toward Durant and Winona Mississippi with a $500 reward offered for capture.
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Walker
Phillips
Jasper
Walker County
Mobile
G. A. King
Durant
Miss
Winona
Weather update for Mobile Alabama Mississippi
Fair and slightly warmer tonight with probable frost. Friday will be fair. Alabama forecasts fair tonight and Friday with frost tonight and moderate north winds. Mississippi similar with fair conditions tonight and Friday and frost tonight and north winds.
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Mobile
Mississippi
Ownership sought for Brotherhood chain found on street
A watch chain bearing the insignia of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen was found on the street and turned over to police headquarters where it awaits its owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Police
Norton Reviews Somers Tax System in Legislature Hearing
The joint finance committee opened hearings at the Chamber of Commerce as E. Q. Norton supported the Somers Unit System of taxation. Tax Assessor Laurendine failed to appear. The session then considered a rivers and harbors bill affecting Mobile harbor riparian owners with Captain A C Danner advocating and Chairman Turner speaking for the measure.
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Joint Legislative Committee On Finance and Taxation
Chamber of Commerce
E. Q. Norton
Somers
Norton
Laurendine
Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange
Mobile
A. C. Danner
Horace Turner
Yrden
Gaillard’ O Ature
Edanouauion
Waa
Weakley
Bold Burglars Bound Over in City Court
Cornelius Stopper and Charles Corbett, both under 18, held to bond of 600 dollars each in inferior court on burglary charges. They were caught stealing from B L Curtis store by alarm and handed to police. Stopper, an escapee from county camp, faces two prior burglary and grand larceny indictments from October 1914.
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Cornelius Stoppers
Charles Corbett
Henry Chamberlain
B. L. Curtis
Donal Rhee
Andrew Parker
Stopper
G. W. Alexander
Curtis
A. Balladares
Eslava
Water Streets
Edward Fichet
South St. Emanuel Street
Arrested man’s recovered money turned over to attorney
The $218 recovered from Dug Jarvis at his Bay St. Louis arrest on grand larceny charges was handed to Attorney C. W. Tompkins by Sheriff W. H. Holcombe. Jarvis relinquished all claim, and Fred Shafer of Mobile provided Tompkins with a matching order. Jarvis was accused of stealing $403.
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Jarvis
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Fred Shafer
Mobile
Inferior Criminal Court
C. W. Tompkins
W. H. Holcombe
Shafer
Tompkins
Heart Disease Victim Attacked At Dauphin And Royal
Patrick Kearns suffered a heart condition after an assault at Dauphin and Royal streets around 9 PM. He fell, sustained bruises, and was taken to the city hospital. Officer Pearce filed the accident report with police headquarters.
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Patrick Kearns
Dauphin and
Royal Streets
Pearce
City Employes Granted Pay Increase by Mobile Commission
Mobile city commissioners met in special session to approve a total payroll of 26301.43 dollars. Pay checks will be signed by Mas Pillans and distributed to employees on Saturday.
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Creosens A
Eagok
Eee J
van Antwerp
A. P. Bush
J. O'Connell
Ee M. Peevene
Chamberlain
J. Pollock
Ish Durgess
H. Piser
G. M. Luce
T. Schley
N. S. Sabaite
Mobile
Ala
Ralph R. Buvinger
Jesis
City Bank and Trust Company
Trustees
Goss. Laca — Company
Chicago
City Commissioners of
Mas Pillans
McGowin Lumber Case Reversal by U S District Judge
In the United States district Toulmin a judge issues an order reversing a referee’s ruling in the matter of McGowin Lumber Company. The decision overturns the prior claim of J. C. Stewart Clo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Prisoner Lem Snyder Transferred Under Guard
Lem Snyder, a prisoner confined on grand larceny charges with a $300 sentence, was moved to the city hospital for pneumonia. Deputy Sheriff Lee has been assigned to guard him during the transfer and treatment.
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Lem Snyder
Lee
Prices on stocks listed on the exchange removed
Prices on stocks listed on the stock exchange were removed in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on April 1.
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Pittsburgh
Stock Exchange
Defense witness details life insurance and alibi in 1914 case
The trial recounts Mrs. McBroom testimony before Judge Semmes about life insurance, an alleged threat, and an evening December 3 meeting. She repeats the same story of events, including a claim of seeing her husband leave in his car and later denying involvement.
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Semmes
B. Coneaday
McBroom
Joseph F F Gro
Rce
Govern Street
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E. Mitchell
Ene
Motor Ren
Wm. M. Clemens
Ralph R. . Buvinger
Supivese
Buvinger
Postoffice
Yile
Messace
M'Broom Case
James H. Webb
John W. McAlpine
U. S. Supreme Court
McGehee-Hood
M’broom
Committee ON the Judiciary
Greer
Legislative Committee
City Hospital
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