National News Service Audit Bureau listing
The document lists the National News Service with the Audit Bureau of Circulations led by 8 C Beckwith Agency and offices in New York Chicago and Louis. It references the Mobile Item Co publishers based in Mobile Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Mobile Item CO
Inc
Publishers Mobile
Ala
TED Press Report
National News Service Audit Bureau of Circulations
8. C. Beckwith
New York
Chicago
Tribune
Louis
Third National
Stock Market Activity Draws Hopeful Market Outlook
The piece notes marked stock activity and a war influenced shift as New York remains a free market. It cites sharp export losses in Cotton, Machinery, Steel, Copper, Lumber, Oil, Engines, Tobacco and Naval Stores during seven months to Jan 31, offset by gains in Bread Stuffs and War Material shipments. It observes export shifts to Britain, Italy, and France and predicts quieter trade but improved prospects with warm weather and farm movements.
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New York
Europe
Germany
Belgium
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Canada
Great Britain
Italy
France
Filling the Jails and Taxpayers’ Alarm in Texas
The Denison Herald editor laments a mania to imprison citizens and warns that jail penalties often exceed the offense. He cites widespread concerns in Texas where courts are exploited by those seeking to harass others, noting Mobile’s past place as an example of curbing this evil.
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Texas
Denison Herald
Denisonian
Denison
The
Herald
New York Adopts Flag to Mark 250th Alderman’s Day
New York City adopts a new flag featuring blue white orange bands to honor the 250th anniversary of Sir Rich Cols as the first alderman. The raise date is set for June to celebrate the historic milestone.
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New York City
Sir Rich 4Cols
Labor groups seek worldwide peace talks in New York
Organized labor across the globe now rings to press for a conference in New York under the Federation of America and Europe. The effort aims to settle deep divisions and secure a lasting settlement amid rising tensions.
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New York
Federans
America
Europe
Proclaimed Phrase Appears In Fragmentary Report
A partial text fragment notes a statement about a girl who can talk and a mention of a poor fellow. the context and full meaning remain unclear from the readable portion.
Tempting Offer to Maj Gen William C Gorgas
Surgeon General William C Gorgas was reportedly offered the role of general superintendent of a typhus expedition in Siberia by the Rockefeller Foundation. He has not decided to accept, citing loyalty to the U S Army and pride in his Canal Zone and Cuba efforts.
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William C. Gorgas
Siberia
Rockefeller Foundation
Gorgas
Panama Canal Zone
United States Army
Mobile
Lst
States
Cuba
Canal Zone
Servia
United States
Signs of liquor dealers draw hundreds spent in Mobile
In Mobile, liquor dealers spent hundreds of dollars on artistic signs. Some signs were painted on large windows and were praised for their appearance, but the finishing touches by others ruined them with crude black daubs.
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Mobile
Mobile Federal Forces Seize Mobile Fifty Years Ago Today
General Canby’s federal troops occupied Mobile in 1865 on the Bay Shell road near South End, greeted by Mayor Slough and a delegation of Mobilians marking the anniversary.
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Canby
Mobile
Bay Shell Road
Slough
South End
Manhattans resident jailed twelve months over typewriter theft
A Manhattan resident was sentenced to twelve months at Blackwell's Island for stealing a typewriter. The piece notes harsher punishments in other cases where thieves must carry their crime for life.
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Manhattan
Blackwell's Island
March Detention School and Juvenile Court reports
The March reports show fifteen boys in the Detention School with four absences and one return. Three were dismissed, four ran away (the most in fourteen months), three received pink eye treatment, and the rest stayed with relatives in another state. The Juvenile Court records list three arrests, eight probation dispositions, and seven boys plus one girl on application with eight placed on probation.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
O. C. Walcott
Juvenile Court
D. C. Edington
Mobile Co
Corine A. Roberts
Apparatus for Raising Sunken Submarine Nears Completion
In Honolulu on April 12 one Pontoon scow with lifting drums and donkey engines to raise the submarine F-4 is finished. A second pontoon was brought from Pearl Harbor and outfitting started. The cruiser Maryland with divers and gear to raise the submarine arrives today.
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Honolulu
T. H
Pearl Harbor
Maryland
Vestrymen Elected for St. John's Church
At a parish meeting of St. John's Episcopal church Sunday night the following vestrymen were elected Judge . J. Semmes, Messrs. John M. Nielin, Henry D. Laffre, Joseph W. Collins, J. Maury Lyons, William T. Hieronymus, J. W. Sconyers, Lee Hampshire, John Klaas, E.S. Head and John J. Russell.
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St. John's Episcopal Church
J. Semmes
John M. Nielin
Henry D. Laffre
Joseph W. Collins
J. Maury Lyons
William T. Hieronymus
J. W. Sconyers
Lee Hampshire
John Klaas
E.S. Head
John J. Russell
The Daily Story Showings Our Hidden Battle Spirit
A column extols perseverance amid obstacles. It recalls a friend urged to quit and a rival who predicts failure, then highlights Florence Nightingale as a model of resolve. The piece urges readers to foster a battle spirit to overcome difficulties and achieve worthy aims.
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Florence Nightingale
Amusements at Crown Theatre feature two reels and stars
A Mutual program at the Crown Theatre includes Shorty Hamilton in a Broncho drama, plus Irving Cummings and Virginia Kirtley in The First Stone and The Primitive Spirit Reliance drama. Tomorrow William Farnum stars in The Gilded Fool Broadway success with five parts, plus a Keystone comedy and five and ten cent admission.
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Crown Theatre
Shorty Hamilton
Irving Cummings
Virginia Kirtley
William Farnum
Empire Theatre presents The White Mask Lubin feature headlining today
The Empire shows The White Mask a three act Lubin feature featuring Lillie Leslie in three roles with a cast of over twenty five Lubin stars led by Joseph Smiley Justina Huff and William Cahill Also appearing are G M Anderson and Marguerite Clayton in a western drama Ingomar of the Hills Admission five cents The thirteenth episode of Runaway Joe arrives tomorrow Helen Holmes appears in Hazards of Helen plus Hearst Sareis Pictorial completes the bill Jasma the Hanlon Brothers famous act comes Wednesday an Edison feature in five reels with a star billed
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Empire Theatre
Lubin
Lillie Leslie
Joseph Smiley
Justina Huff
William Cahill
Miss Leslie
G. M. Anderson
Marguerite Clayton
Joe
Helen Holmes
Hélen
Hearst- Sarees
Jasma
Hanlon Bros
Empire
Cruiser Ordered to Santo Domingo for New Rebellion
Washington reports Minister Bull van of a new revolution in the Dominican republic prompts the navy to order the cruiser Moines from Progreso Mexico to Santo Domingo city. The gunboat Nashville is already off the Dominican capital.
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Washington
Bull van
New Revo
A Republic
Opes
Moines
Santo Domingo
Progreso
Mexico
Nashville
Warships chase Wilhelm to Newport News in mid Atlantic raid
British captains aboard the Tamar and Celeby recount coercive pledge not to fight Germany and the sinking of their ships by the Prinz Wilhelm near the equator. Masters’ statements filed with Collector Hamilton describe seized gear and the raid path. The Wilhelm reportedly stayed south of Newport News during the pursuit.
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Gow
Theirfelder
Germany
A. ©. Williamson
The
Fr. H. Hannam
William Matthws
A. E. Williamson
George Wright
William Mitchell
W. E. Wallace
William Rutter
J. Snowdhen
Celeby
William Creighton
W. Morrison
J. Beatt
W. J. Gow
George Adams
A. Girdwood
William Scott
Collector of Customs
Hamilton
Prinz Wilhelm
Coleby
Tamar
Middle Atlantic
First aid for Kronprinz Wilhelm as it nears U S port
Newport News reports relief supplies loaded for the Kronprinz Wilhelm, the German commerce raider in Hampton Roads with 61 British sailors aboard. A US board will examine the ship and decide how long it may stay for full repairs and supplies.
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Thierfelder
Kronprinz Wilhelm
United States Naval
American
New York Harbor
Hampton Roads
Guadeloupe
High Seas
Kong
New York
Newport News
Warneke
Big Ocean
Kierfelder
Customs and Immigration
Wilhelm
Public Health Service
Frye
Be Or Falmouth
Willam P. Frye
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Birmingham Women to Decide on Alabama's Beauty Representative
Alabama residents are invited to mail entries for a state beauty contest run jointly by The Mobile Item and The Birmingham News. A Birmingham committee will select the winner to travel to California with representatives from 47 states as guests of the Universal Film Company. The ball to crown Alabama’s most beautiful woman is planned for May 10 at the Tutwiler Hotel with Governor and Mrs. Henderson invited to attend.
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Alabama
Mobile Item
Birmingham News
Mobile
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Universal Film Company
Associated Charities
Birmingham
Tutwiler
Mra. Henderson
Montgomery
Selma
California
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Goodman Files an Appeal From City Court Sentence
In city court Judge O J Semmes sentenced Henry Goodman a negro to twenty years for the murder of his ten year old child. His attorneys gave notice of an appeal to the supreme court. The court adjourned until the week of April 26 with John Tucker grand larceny fifteen months Alice Williams receiving stolen property three months Ida May Willis grand larceny three years Thomas Harris and Richard Baldwin petit larceny ten months hard labor.
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O. J. Semmes
Henry Goodman
Supreme Court
John Tucker
Alice Williams
Ida May Willis
Thomas Harris
Richard Baldwin
Schooner Ethel Clarke Reaches Port with Water in Hold
The American schooner Ethel Clarke arrived after leaking water while taking a lumber cargo at Pensacola. Quarantined Saturday night, she proceeded to Mobile Sunday and was raised into Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks for hull inspection on Monday.
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Ethel Clarke
Nold
Mobile
Ollinger & Bruce Dry Docks
Pensacola
International League Magnates in Session
The International League met in New York on April 12 to adopt the 1915 schedule and consider a new manager for Newark. Jimmy Sheckard, last year’s manager of Cleveland’s American Association club, was named as a potential candidate for the Newark position.
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New York
Newark
N. J
Jimmy Sheckard
Cleveland American Association
Newarks
Askin & Marine Exec Sees Bright Business Outlook
E. P. Beaumont of Askin and Marine Company headquarters in New York visited J. R. McGaughey in Mobile. Since January 1 he has toured each company store and reports strong sentiment in Mobile and the South, predicting a better year ahead.
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E. P. Beaumont
Askin & Marine Company
New York
J. R. McGaughey
Mr. Beaumont
Mobile
South
Kronprinz Wilhelm officers listed. prisoners held aboard
The Kronprinz Wilhelm crew, largely naturalized Americans, faces penalties for customs breaches after failing to secure clearance papers. Sixty-one prisoners, from the Tamar and Coleby, are confined on the after deck under armed guard. Efforts to talk to them are blocked while plans form to send them to England on the Casandra, with British and German officials arranging custody and repatriation.
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United States
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Thierfelder
Warneke
Miller
Fix
Ciolkowsky
Rudebusch
Hoffman
Freistreuter
Biermann
Count Graf von
Niezy~chowsky
Peerenon
Casper Bertram
Rust
Haake
Freitag
Deetjen
Gajen
Lustfeld
Gerst
Berklemann
Sattler
Hinricks
Haelopp
Kronprinz
C. E. Kenworthy
Hamilton
England
Casandra
Sly Soda Staion
Wilhelm
Patuxen
Splendid Rat Proofing Work in New Orleans Reported
Dr. W C Rucker announced that more than half of about 70 000 buildings in New Orleans have been ratproofed and no bubonic plague case has occurred since October 4 1914. He heads the plague eradication effort and says 318 000 rats have been trapped and examined, with species and sex identified.
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New Orleans
Rucker
Washington
W. C. Rucker
Public Health Service
Fruit Dealer's Daughter Impostor Poses as Grand Duchess
A 16 year old daughter of a fruit dealer in Petrograd posed as a Russian grand duchess. She visited the hospital at Gatchina in royal style and received a ceremonial welcome while asking for donations. Count Mordvinoff exposed the fraud. she laughed, was sent home, and later escaped custody.
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Grand Duchess’ Fund
Count Mordvinoff
Petrograd
South Atlantic League Opens 1915 Season in Fine Weather
Savannah dispatch reports perfect weather for opening games of the South Atlantic League first half. Scheduled today: Columbus at Albany 3 p.m., Augusta at Columbia 4 15 p.m., Macon at Jacksonville 3 p.m., Charleston at Savannah 4 p.m., all games listed as clear.
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Savannah
Columbus
Albany
Augusta
Columbia
Macon
Jacksonville
Charleston
Deaths and Funerals John Bernard Russell
John Bernard Russell a 64 year old native of France and former Chicago resident died Saturday night at 10 at a local infirmary after a two week illness. He moved to Mobile six months ago and lived at Dawes while farming. Survived by wife and three sons John M Russell Cyril B Russell and Virgil P Russell plus other relatives. He belonged to Normal Park Lodge A F and A M of Chicago. Funeral Wednesday afternoon with services by Mobile Lodge No 40 A F and A M.
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John Bernard Russell
France
Chicago
Mr. Russell
Mobile
Dawes
John M. Russell
Philden
Minn
Cyril B. Russell
Virgil P. Russell
Normal Park Lodge
Mobile Lodge No. 40
Mrs Annie Mitchell Walker Dies After Lingering Illness
Annie Mitchell Walker aged 68 a native of Dallas county Alabama and a Mobile resident for years died Sunday at 5 45 AM at 600 South Carolina Street after a lingering illness Funeral planned for Monday afternoon.
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Annie M. Walker
Annie Mitchell Walker
Dallas County
Ala
Mobile
South Carolina Street
Percy Showalter Dies in Kansas City at 40
News from Kansas City reports the death of Percy Showalter at age 40. A former Mobile and Point Clear resident, he moved to the West years ago. Survived by sister Mrs. L. J. Broadwood of Mobile and brother Dr. V. Showalter of Point Clear, Ala. Remains to be brought to Mobile for interment at Point Clear.
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Percy Showalter
Kansas City
Mobile
Point Clear
West
L. J . Broadwood
V. Showalter
Ala
Death of Prominent Selmian
Mr and Mrs H Gabriel received the sad news of the death of Mr Adolph Eliasberg of Selma Alabama who died in Baltimore Maryland last Saturday. A prominent figure in Selma social and financial circles he was a frequent visitor to Mobile in previous years and is well known locally. The Gabriels will travel to Selma for the funeral.
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H. Gabriel
Adolph Eliasberg
Selma
Ala
Baltimore
Mobile
Gabriel
Fletcher Pegues Obituary Notice
Mrs Beauregard Daves was called to New Orleans to be with her brother Fletcher Pegues who died after an appendicitis operation. A native of Foundsdale Marengo county he is survived by three sisters Mrs Daves of Mobile Miss Decima Pegues of New Orleans and Mrs James Torbert of Gallion Ala one brother Curtis Pegues of New Orleans one niece Mrs and Roberts and four nephews T Leon Itisbard and Sete Daves.
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Fletcher Pegues
Beauregard Daves
New Orleans
Fletcher
Foundsdale
Marengo County
Mobile
Decima Pegues
James Torbert
Gallion
Ala
Curtis
Smooth Artist and Inventor Again in Toils
Aladdin Meyers, famed for an invention to extract electricity from air, faces arrest in New Orleans after fleecing Martin Van Huevel of 3 500 to 4 675 dollars. He used aliases, boasted of grand schemes, and had a prior forgery record in California and Arizona. Police tracked him through multiple states before he vanished from Mobile and was later taken into custody, then escaped with a bond before a hearing.
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Aladdin Meyers
Martin van Huevel
Dauphin Street
Uncle Sam
New Orleans
Oy J. Meyers
Martin van Hueval
United States
California
Meyers
Carondelet Street
van Heuvel
Long
Arizona
Patrick W. Murphy
Abe Marks
Meyer
Browne
Messrs
Murphy
Marks
Messrs. Murphy
Showell
Rampart Street
Roumania Tackles Smuggling of German Goods to Turks
A Bucharest dispatch reports explosives and gun parts are being smuggled into Turkey via Romania by German and Austrian diplomat couriers. The pouches, exempt from customs checks, weigh five to eight thousand pounds, with more couriers than usual. Romania has imposed severe measures.
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Paris
Turkey
Roumania
Bucharest
Rouman
Hadley Y Brooke Laid to Rest in Catholic Cemetery
The funeral of Hadley Y. Brooke, federal reserve bank examiner, who died in St. Louis, was held in Mobile on Monday at 10:30 from Mrs. W. W. Ingalls home. Interment was at Depry Catholic cemetery, with Rev. Father E. J. Hackett officiating. Brooke's body arrived Sunday with his wife and two sons, Edward Russell and Osborne Brooke, and brothers-in-law Charles E. Ingalls and W. W. Ingalls Jr. attended.
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Hadley Y. Brooke
Federal Reserve Bank
St. Louis
W. W. Ingalls
Depry
E. J. Hackett
Mobile
Mayors urged to offer prizes for national aeroplane competition
The Aero Club of America asks 800 city mayors to provide prizes for aviators during the national aeroplane competition running from July 4 to October 12. Some cities have already signified intent to offer prizes for landings within their limits.
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New York
United States
Central Committee of
The
Aero Club of America
Wages Clash Over Street Cars and Jitneys Pay
A Mobile committee of 400 street car workers told the Finance and Taxation Committee that they are long hours, low wages and tax parity unfairness. They say jitneys pay nothing for injuries and taxes while operating on inconsistent hours, affecting job security and wages. They warn division of transportation between street cars and jitneys could cut wages.
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Appe
Finance and Taxation Committee
Mobile
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