Last Day for Entel to Make Dash Arrives at Port
Officials report a late night conference as German cruiser Eitel Friedrick remains at her pier with rust being scraped from her hull. The United States tightens secrecy on movements while British captains face denied clearances and await further instructions from the British consul in Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helm
Ip Alabama
Captain 5
South Seas
United States
Customs House
Hamilton
Norfolk
Eitel
Com- Americhens
Protest Over Odenwald Detention by United States
Germany protests U S detention of the Hamburg American liner Odenwald at San Juan Puerto Rico under neutrality rules. The German embassy asked the State Department to investigate the case noting the captain was searched twice and promised clearance papers before being kept three days and finally deciding to sail to avoid enemy cruisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
United States
San Juan
Kp. R
State Department
Hamburg
Aviator Pegoud Wins Air Fights
Paris reports Adolphe Pegoud the famed French aviator attacked and downed a German Taube near Saint Menehould on April 2 while on patrol. He landed beside the wreckage and captured the German pilot and observer. Earlier the same day he drove off three other German aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Adolphe Pegoud
Saint Menehould
Pegoud
Three Young Women Drown in Bridge Accident
Three young women drowned when their car plunged through an open drawbridge into water. Rescue efforts followed but not successful, authorities reported this morning.
Reverend Owens to Inspect Plateau Sufferers
Rev A F Owens of Selmar University arrived in Mobile and will begin a conditional survey of Plateau Seinen fire devastation. He plans a noon Wednesday report to the Plateau relief committee. Owens, a prominent negro educator, is noted for efforts supporting the distressed community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Owens
Selmar University
Mobile
Plateau
Seinen
Wens
Plateau Lief Committee
Owens
Socaubh
Parcel mail suspended to many foreign regions
Berlin officials suspend parcel post to Argentina Colombia Costa Rica Greece the Italian colonies the Dutch West Indies Panama Portugal Spain Uruguay and Venezuela pending further notice.
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Berlin
Argentina
Colombia
Costa Rica
Greece
Dutch West Indies
Panama
Portugal
Spain
Uruguay
Venezuela
Syracuse
N Y
William Barnes
Albany
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Supreme Court
Houston
W. L. Edmondson
Lynchburg
George P. Coler
Virginia Christian College
University of
Ee E
Tiber
Fiumicino
Rome
New York
Winifred
Tampico
Barnegat
N. J
Coast Guards
Songa
Shields
England
Norfolk
Sandy Hook
Boston
Curtis Guild
Massachusetts
Russia
Charleston
United Mine Workers
New River
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Fort Worth
Waco
Coast Guard
William Massey
Wash Woods Station
North Carolina
Providence
R. J
Charles B. Smith
William P. Eagan Jr
Chicago
J. William Thurmond
Edgefield
Wilson
United States
South Carolina
Congress
London
Wyndham Halswelle
Halswelle
Ontlantic City
M. J. Lee
New Haven
Conn
Little Beach
Weather outlook across states for midweek
The forecast shows fair and slightly warmer conditions in Mobile on Wednesday. In Alabama expect fair skies and a warmer night with increasing cloudiness and southeast winds. Mississippi anticipates cloudy conditions with probable showers Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Terre Haute Fraud Verdicts Ground Down by Jury
In Indianapolis on April 28, Mayor Donn M. Roberts of Terre Haute and twenty six co defendants were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy to corrupt Terre Haute’s November election. Judge Anderson scheduled sentencing for the convicted men and eighty nine co defendants who pleaded guilty next Monday. Aczel alias Steel remains jailed on bond issues. The list of guilty includes city officials, merchants, and gambling figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Donn M. Roberts
Terre Haute
Anderson
Alexander Aczel
Liberty
Aczel
Steel
Eli H. Redman
Vigo County
Elmer E. Talbott
Ennis Shea
Maurice Walsh
Harrys. Montgomery
Board of Public Works
John M. Masselink
Thomas S. Smith
George Ehrenhardt
Edward R. Driscoll
Democratic Committee
Hilton Red
William Doyle
Pearly McKay
George Severn
Timothy
Bull) Conway
Andrew O'Brien
Joseph Strauss
George Woodall
William P. O'Donnell
Kolb Grandson Cited for Contempts in Alabama Hearing
Frazier Kolb, grandson of Captain Reuben F. Kolb and fertilizer inspector, testified he earned 125 a month under a private agreement, drawing 75 while Kolb took 50. He was cited for contempt to appear in July, while G W Hewitt also cited but later testified. John Cunningham admitted political campaigning for Governor and mis filing a board expense receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Frazier Kolb
Reuben F. Kolb
Kolb
Legislative
G. W. Hewitt
John Cunningham
John C. Cheney
Len F. Greer
Commissioner of Agriculture
Wade
Mr. Cunningham
Ask That Cotton Be Made Contraband
Influential scientists headed by Sir William Ramsay urge Britain to place cotton on the contraband list, arguing it aids explosives and ammunition manufacture. The government refuses to act, citing a recent order in council, while The Standard criticizes inaction and aligns with President Wilson’s stance on stronger enforcement of rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Ramsay
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Great Britain
Order In Council
Standard
United States
Wilson
New Orleans Water Charge Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld New Orleans ordinance charging for water used in the city system for drinking cooking and bathing and rejected taxpayers claim that the vote supported a free water sewerage system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
New Orleans
New Suits on Bills of Lading Challenging Mobile Banks
Two Mobile banks file additional suits in U S district court against the Austro American Steamship Company and related parties seeking judgments for 36 598 19 and 63 179 97. Laws claim a fraudulent system produced bills of lading without actual goods, backed by drafts tied to stave shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United i Ete District Court
Peoples Dk
City Bank &Trust Co
Mobile
Unione Austriaca di Nargi Austro-Americana Et Fratelli Cosulich
Societe Anonyme
Austro-American Steamship Company
Austria
Frank Daniels
Southern
A. K. Miller & Co
L. C. Frantz
Peoples Bank
City Bank & Trust Company
Steamship Company
LeMore Stave
Europe
Ed KE. Carriere & Co
Slate
Ed E. Carriere & Co
Albert Lemore
Ed FE. Carriere
Eda FE. Carriere & Co
Defendant Steamship Company
Tyro elects C F Herring as mayor over H Defenbaugh
Tyro Kansas voters chose C F Herring on an independent ticket to replace two term mayor Mrs H C Defenbaugh. Five women candidates for the city council also lost while Colony Kansas reported women losing in their local election with anti suffrage sentiment noted among older voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyro
Kas
H. C. Defenbaugh
C. F. Herring
Colony
V. C. Archer
William Disston Dies at 56 in Philadelphia
William Disston president of Henry Disston and Sons died last night in Philadelphia. He was 56 years old and led the Philadelphia toolmaker for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Disston
Henry Disston & Sons
Rudolph Praises Item Crop Report as Worthwhile
A letter from C Rudolph former mobile rail official lauds The Item crop reports published every Saturday. He calls it one of the best moves for Mobile and the surrounding region and says the information will aid the department and answer inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph
C. Rudolph
The
Nobile and Ohio Railroad
St. Louis
Mobile
Fly wheel burst kills two at Fulton saw mill
In the Scotch Lumber Company plant at Fulton on the Southern Railway ninety miles north of Mobile two negro workers were killed and a white man injured when a fly wheel burst while the mill operated. Debris demolished part of the building and chaos followed as crews rushed to aid the injured. The names of the victims were not learned. The white man was reported to be recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Lumber Company
Fulton
Southern
Mobile
New York Port Neutrality Suspected Conspiracy
Dudley Field Malone, New York port collector, tours the New York and Hoboken fronts aboard the destroyer MacDougall to thwart a alleged group supplying British cruisers. He plans to urge the federal grand jury to act against the conspiracy, citing secret midnight patrols and collected evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dudley Field Malone
Hoboken
MacDougall
Malone
Federal Grand Jury
Washington
Atlantic
Ceciln Turn
State Department
City approves sewer trunk extension plan and bids
Mobile city commissioners authorize extension of trunk sewers along Congress street and Calhoun to Gaston, Rylands Lane to Adams, and Ann street to Congress with manholes. Bids to be sought from lowest responsible bidder, funded from water works and sewer fund.
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Hay
City” Commission
Board of Commissioners
City of
Ween
Congress Street
Lexington Avenue
Calhoun Street
Basil Street
Gaston Street
Ryland
Mobile
Jett Bros. Contracting Company
J. W. Gurley
Von der Goltz presses Kaiser for stronger Serbia attack
Paris dispatch says Marshal von der Goltz urged Emperor William to wage new, stronger assaults on Serbia to secure supply lines and demoralize the Balkans, with aims to aid Turkey and threaten neutral nations aligned with the Entente.
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von der Goltz
Kaiser
Paris
Berlin
Turkey
Journal
Athens
William
Serbia
Constantinople
Cork with history found in the Mobile River
A hollow cork sent up in a balloon in 1893 by Charles S. McCosker, Mobile fire chief, was retrieved from the Mobile River by H. P. Williams. The cork contained a letter with dated details and a note that it was dictated to Miss Emma Cortez at 204 St Francis Street. Jef McCosker recalled sending the cork aloft with a friend at dusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. McCosker
Fire Department
Mobile River
H. P. Williams
Mobile Concrete Company
North Water Street
St. Francis Street
Mobile
Ala
Emma Cortez
Jef McCosker
Priest’s Home Blown Up Near Kingston Exits Safe
The home of Rev. J. V. Kurdika of a Lithuanian church in Kingston near Wilkes-Barre was dynamited yesterday. The blast tore away the front but did not injure the priest, who escaped unharmed amid a spate of similar threats reported in the past month.
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Wilkesbarre
J. V. Kurdika
Kingston
Here
Submarine Snared by Net Off Dover Two Vessels Lost
Paris reports a German submarine caught in a designed net off Dover and secured after surfacing. The Petit Journal cites a Rome stringer saying the Italian steamer Lu was not sunk by a submarine but damaged by a storm.
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Dover
Paris
Petit Journal
A É
Rome
Bombardment Report From Athens Describes Naval Actions
A patch from Athens reports continued bombardment near the Gulf entrance as Greek hydroaeroplane crews strike targets. The captain of the vessel Vali of Smyrna ordered European forces to withdraw from town amid tense actions.
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Athens
Forse
Gulf of Y
Avopesa
Solarée
Smyrna
Huropeang
Trawler Agante Sunk After Submarine Attack
The Agantha was struck by a submarine off Blyth yesterday and sent to the bottom. Thirteen crewmen were rescued by the Swedish steamer Tord and brought ashore today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agante Sun Blyth
Eng
T Agantha
Tord
British steamer Northlands sunk by German sub
The 2000 ton steamer Northlands carrying iron ore was sunk off Beachy Head in the English Channel Monday morning by a German submarine. Her twenty crew members were later rescued by the steamer Topal. The Northlands was built at West FH and owned by the Northlands Ship Company Limited.
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London
Northlands
Beachy He
Utes
Topal
Nea
West FH
Northlands Ship Company, Limited
Italy Seeks Understanding on Neutrality Amid Tense Talks
Reports from Rome indicate ongoing efforts to maintain Italian neutrality while diplomatic narratives intensify. Sources suggest cautious optimism for progress though clear outcomes remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
German Fleet Cut Adrift by Mine Infested Waters
A Copenhagen dispatch reports German forces lost a portion of their Baltic fleet after drifting ashore in rough seas. Mines floated into the area as the fleet returned from a Russian expedition, prompting authorities to set course for a sweep to clear a safe passage between the Go and Ocland islets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germain Baltis
Copenhagen
Ocland
Cleareh
Battle Produces Mixed Messages Across Fronts
London reports mixed signals as Britain and the United States debate responses to Germany. In the east Austro German forces retreat near the Tix pass while other fronts remain in heavy fighting. Paris dispatches note Russian action and Austrian pressure, with uncertainty over decisive outcomes. In the west French attacks between the Meuse and Moselle press forward with modest gains near Verdun and Point-a-Moussain.
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London
Cornell
Germany
Paris
Tix Pass
Russia
Hungary
Czernowlty
Vienna
Demester
Berlin
Meuse
Moselle
Verdun
Point-a-Moussain
Savannah Exports March Rise Reported by Collector
A Savannah report shows exports for March rising sharply with value near 137 355 for Savannah and 837 for Brunswick Georgia, nearly double February totals according to the collector.
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Savannah
Brunswick
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Entel
Raider
Odenwald
U. S
Port of
P. R
AIR Fights
Rev. Owens
Lady Londonderry
Jess Wilard
Jack Johnson
Havana
Cuba
Associated Press
St. Emanuel Street
G. J. Figurnoy
Sporting Feditor
Steamship Line
Scotch Lumber Co
New York Port
Fisher Tract
Cork
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