Owner Trip Promises New Book After World Tour
The editor and owner of a men's magazine travels across Canada and the United States on freight trains rather than rail, raising funds for Wales War Fund and planning a book titled Land de Luxe for 6,000 pounds. He has reached Banandsto and aims for Atlanta and the Blue Ridge Mountains, with return anticipated by May first.
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In Men's Magazine
Nerbcan
Wales War Fund
Armitage
Canadand
Banandsto
Mobile
Atlanta
Blue Ridge Mountains
Lonesome Pine
Mirage
Don
Man Hangs Self After Desperate Family Worries
In East New York Richard Thor, superintendent of a club, attempted to hang his wife then himself in the basement. Police found Thor dead, hanging by a rope from a spike in a doorway. He had worried about relatives in the army and feared they were involved in the war.
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Thor
Huerta Reported Sighting Return from Spain
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Ind on April 1 says General Victoriano Huerta provisional president of Mexico may be returning from Spain, with cables noting he lived in Algeciras and that ships aid Jewish relief in Palestine and U S warships near Gibraltar. Other reports say Huerta sailed from Cadiz toward Buenos Aires, Madrid sources indicate travel toward Argentina.
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Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Algeciras
United Ef
Vulcan
Palestine
Uso
United States
Gibral
Buenos Aires
Vites
Madrid
Huerta
Cadiz
Bue- Aires
Doctor Randle in Critical Condition After Yellow Fever Operation
Dr. W J Randle prominent physician and member of the 1878 Yellow Fever Commission is reported in serious condition following surgery at a Philadelphia hospital. He directed anti fever work from Memphis with missions across Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana. He is 64 years old.
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Randle
Philadelphia
Lphia
W. J. Randle
Congress
Memphis
Mississippi
Ala
Louisiana
Plateau Sufferers Benefit Prompts First Offer
M H Harrie, a colored resident of New Jersey Street, was the first contributor to answer the Plateau sufferers appeal. He sent 25 cents toward the relief effort for the unfortunate who lost everything in the fire.
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M H. Harrie
New Jersey Street
Imports rise in UK February trade amid war curb
Imports into the United Kingdom for February rose 5.18 percent from the previous year to 217,630,683 dollars, up 15,646,590 from February 1914. Exports totaled 127,390,064 dollars, down 73,410,471 from February last year. Higher foodstuffs and grain demand lifted imports despite reduced wheat from Russia, Canada, and Australia, with more grain and flour arrivals from the United States.
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United Kingdom
Department of Commerce
Skinner
London
Rusala
Canada
Australia
United States
Massacre of Christians in Haftdewan and Urumiah
Report from Tabriz via Petrograd details a Turkish massacre of hundreds of Christians in Haftdewan north of Urumiah. Seventeen hundred plus are reported killed or dying from disease, with 70 bodies found in Haftdewan and widespread mutilation. The situation endangers 10 000 to 15 000 Christians in Urumiah awaiting possible consolidation of Turkish control.
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Tabriz
Persia
Petrograd
Salmac Plains
Azerbaijan
Urumiah
Haftdewan
Constantinople
E. T. Allen
Germans Abandon Ossowetz Attack in Russian Poland
London dispatches report the German bombardment of Ossowetz in Russian Poland has ended. The cessation on March 30 signals the likely end of the German northward offensive and their hopes to connect forces west of the Niemen with those north of the Narew appear lost.
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Petrograd
London
Ossowetz
Russian Poland
Niemen
Narew
PLAN AIR ATTACK UPON MATAMOROS
H M Rinehart of Dayton Ohio reports four aeroplanes may attack Matamoros from Las Ruis after flying last night from Reynosa. He says three more planes may depart Monterey for the same target. Weather could allow a three to four hour air trip. he has not seen Villa artillery details.
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Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
H. M. Rinehart
Dayton
Las Ruis
Rinehart
Reynosa
Monterey
Villa
Carranza
Normal school heads oppose Alabama abolition plan
Alabama legislative Investigating Committee heard state normal school presidents and experts urge against closing two Class A schools. Dr John W Cook of Illinois said none should be abolished and urged larger appropriations. Testimony came from Willingham Jacksonville Florence Brock Livingston Shackelford Troy normals plus health officer Sanders presenting medical licensing exam papers.
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Montgomery
State Normal School
Legislative Investigating Committee
Alabama
John W. Cook
Ilinois
America
Jo J. Willingham
Florence Normal
C. W. Daugette
Jacksonville Normal
G. W. Brock
Livingston Normal
E. M. Shackelford
Troy Normal
W. H. Sanders
Judge Pratt Impeachment Hearings Open in Bibb County
In Montgomery on April 1 a Bibb county probate judge W L Pratt faced impeachment charges for drunkenness in office and general intemperance. More than 200 witnesses were summoned with over two thirds supporting the defense as hearings continue for several days.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. L. Pratt
Centerville
Bibb County
Supreme Court
Pratt
William L. Martin
Grand Jury
Jerome Fuller
J. T. Ellison
Genterville
Hill, Hill, Whiting and Stern
State
Wall Street opens with mixed moves on April first trading
Uncertainty colored early action with declines in leading stocks like Reading and United States Steel while gains appeared in Rock Island Erie local traction and motor shares. American Sugar rose about two points as many issues fluctuated in a feverish session.
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New York
Reading
New York Central
Canadian Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
Lehigh Valley
United States Steel
Rock Island
Eries
Amalgamated Copper
American Agricultural
American Car and Foundry
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago
Mil
St. Paul
Erie
General Electric
Great Northern
Ilinois Central
Interborough Met
Kansas City Southern
Louisville and
Nashville
Liggett and Myers
Lorillard Co
Mexican Petroleum
Miss
Kansas
Texas
N. H
Hartford
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Iron & Steel
Island Co. Pfd
Searboard Air Line
Seaboard Air Line
Evan
Western Union
Bethlehem ‘Steel
American Beet Sugar
Turpentine and Rosin Prices Reported in Savannah
Naval Stores in Savannah on April 1 lists receipts for turpentine at 44 cents with 102 receipts and rosin firm sales with 509 receipts. Quoted grades B to H range from 3.05 to 8.25 20 for various products. Additional notes include M 4.00 N 6.05 and WG and WwW at 5.55.
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Savannah
Turpentine
Rosin
Polignani Gets Third In Bomb Plot Trial
New York April 1 Detective Amadeo Polignani chief witness in the Frank Abarno and Carmine Carbone trial arrested a man named Giuseppe Aita outside the courtroom. The detainee and a group of foreigners allegedly signaled Polignani with an Italian death gesture as he finished testing. The state rested its case and defense attorney Francis W. Pollock opened his address alleging Polignani instigated the plot.
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New York
Amadeo Polignani
Frank Abarno
Carmine Carbone
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Giuseppe Aita
Polignani
Polgnani da
New Orleans Cotton Market Opens Mixed After Profit Taking
Cotton rises 1 to 4 points on opening in sympathy with a firmer Liver pool, then slips 3 to 6 points from prior close. Spot cotton steady with 1726 bales traded on spot and 820 arriving. May and July futures show modest declines while overall market closes steady with a small net decline. Oil prices move within narrow ranges as the market tracks futures.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
New York Cotton Opens Steady as Realizing Pressures Persist
The New York cotton market opened steady to up 3 points on light cables but soon eased 1 to 2 points amid continued realising. Rumors of year end balancing amid holidays and Wall Street selling weighed on prices, though cold South weather helped limit declines. May through January futures end around steady levels with mixed daily moves.
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New York
Wall Street
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Rally Report
Liverpool notes steady spot prices with good middling at 5.98 and sales of 4 000 bales. Receipts total 21 000 bales. Futures are quiet with May-June 5.56 and later months climbing to 5.98 1 2 for March-April.
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Liverpool
Mrs Adella Paquette Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Adella Paquette wife of John Paquette died at 12 45 Thursday afternoon at her mother Mrs Isabella Horta 304 S Jefferson Street following a lingering illness. She is survived by five brothers Joe Dallas Texas Charles Peter Luther La and Felix and aner Henry Williams Laura Elena and Agnes Horta Mobile and her family.
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John Paquette
Isabella Horta
S. Jefferson Street
Joe
Dallas
Tex
Charles
Peter
Luther
Felix
Aneer
Henry
Williams
Laura
Elena
Agnes Horta
Mobile
Fear General Strike Looms In Chicago Builders
Chicago April 1 three thousand union painters and decorators struck over a new form of contract. Conferences between contractors and building trades reps continued to avert a general strike or lockout.
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Chicago
Coden Coast Homes Co Files Incorporation
Articles of incorporation filed in probate court Thursday. Incorporators are Thomas A. Yeend Edward J. Yeend Albert S. Towle and Mary A. Andrews. Capital stock set at 10000 dollars. Company to engage in real estate business.
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Coden Coast Homes Company
Thomas A. Yeend
Edward J. Yeend
Albert S. Towle
Mary A. Andrews
Sweden Sees Bright Trade Future With United States
New York April 1 Swedish Chamber of Commerce official says postwar trade between Sweden and the United States will expand. He notes strong demand for Swedish iron ore steel cutlery enamelware and metal goods and calls for copper greases oils and chemicals. He predicts closer port relations with New York and that Sweden will rise as a commercial industrial power after peace.
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United States
Oon
Swedish Chamber of Commerce
New Are of Commerce
Bex
John Lokrantz
Sweden
Uni
Germany
England
Lokrantz
Olympia Ordered to Vera Cruz by Washington Navy
The cruiser Olympia at Key West was ordered to Vera Cruz to join Rear Admiral Caperton's squadron. It remains undecided if the Olympia will relieve a Mexican service ship, though that possibility was suggested.
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Washington
Olympia
Key West
Vera Cruz
Caperton
North Carolina imposes liquor and beer delivery limits
A new North Carolina law restricting liquor deliveries to one quart per two weeks and beer to five gallons per two weeks took effect today. Express firms began returning undelivered packages that did not meet the deadline.
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North Carolina
Villa orders death for counterfeiters along Mexican border
General Villa has ordered the death penalty for those circulating counterfeit paper money, citing failures to convict culprits in the United States and increases in forged currency. Reports from Torreon note execution of a Mexican for smuggling counterfeit money and several Americans’ arrests, while Texas lawmakers enacted a new law aimed at foreign counterfeiting. The Villa and Carranza paper money trades have weakened amid broad counterfeiting and border instability.
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EL Paso
Tex
Villa
Torreon
United States
Selvers
Juarez
Mexico
Texas
Carranza
Ellsworth Succeeds Koons in Post Office Dept
Washington April 1 Goodwin T Fillsworth of Henderson NC was appointed superintendent of the division of salaries and allowances in the postoffice department. He succeeds John C Koons who was yesterday named chief postoffice inspector. Charles R Hodges of Galveston TX was named to succeed Ellsworth as superintendent of the division of post masters appointments.
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Washington
Goodwin T. Fillsworth
Henderson
N. C
John C. Koons
Charles R. Hodges
Galveston
Texas
Mr. Ellsworth
Turner firm sues Senior Turpentine Cup for materials sum
F C Turner and company through Stevens McCorvey and Dean filed in law and equity court on Thursday against the Senior Turpentine Cup Company for ninety eight dollars and twenty cents claimed for materials and fixtures furnished on October 1 1914.
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F.C. Turner & Company
Stevens, McCorvey & Dean
Law and Equity Court
Rotary Club Meets at 6 30 After Change
The Mobile Rotary will hold its regular weekly meeting at the Cawthon hotel Thursday evening at 6 30 instead of 1 o'clock. Topics of general importance will be discussed. Dairy experts N A Negley of Auburn Alabama and W B Liverance of Washington left Mobile for Citronelle to study dairy farming facilities there.
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Cawthon Hotel
N. A. Negley
Auburn
Ala
W. B. Liverance
Washington
Mobile
Citronelle
Eitel Still Coaling Guarded by U S Forces
Newport News reports the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich remains in port under neutral protection with sailors from the Alabama and Fortress Monroe artillery guarding it. Commander Thierichens seeks supplies and contemplates internment or flight while threats and investigations prompt ongoing vigilance by U S authorities.
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Newport News
Reece Eitel Friedrich
Alabama
Coast Artillery
Fortress Monroe
Thieridhens
Prinz Eitel
Washington
United States
Eifel
Thierichens
Eiftel
Seawell’s Point
Virginia Capes
Hamilton
Warning to Navigators on Theodore Weems Wreck
Branch Hydrographic Office New Orleans issues a caution to mariners about the steamer Theodore Weems sunk near South Pass entrance buoy in seven fathoms. The wreck lies one third of a mile NNW from the buoy with red and black gas buoy marks.
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United States Hydrographic Department
Theodore Weems
New Orleans
Branch Hydrographic Office
South Pass
CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE REMOVES PRICE RESTRICTIONS
The Chicago Stock Exchange director ordered the removal of price restrictions governing stock transactions today. The move clears prior controls and affects traders and market operations in Chicago.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Stock Exchange
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