Opening 1915 Baseball Season Crowds Mobile Park
Crowds fill Monroe Park as Mobile hosts Atlanta in the 1915 season opener. Mayor Pillans declares a half holiday, a downtown parade precedes the game, and over 6,000 expected in attendance. Opening rites include Mayor Pillans pitching the first ball while Parker Bros. award a belt for the first Mobile run.
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Monroe Park
Mobile
Atlanta
Harry Pillans
Joseph M. Walsh
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Seale Harris
Mobile Rotary Club
Bienville Hotel
Joachim
St. Michael
Royal
Government
Water
Dauphin
Claiborne
Broad
Drago
P. J. ‘Lyons
Laz Schwarz
Bart B. Chamberlain
Claud ‘Gt Ee
KP Wison
Mobile County
Mobile Club
Schmidt
Sporting Editors
Mobile Item and Register
Billy Smith
Thomas Jefferson
Junius W. Woolf
Frank T. Parker
Harry T. Pillans
Breitenstein
Price
Frank T Parker
Parker Bros
Parker
Stars and Stripes
The
Baseball Association
Spring Hill
Leprosy Curable Says Siam Ex Surgeon General
Dr Adolph H Boehmer former Siam surgeon general declared leprosy curable and there is little danger of contracting it after years with leprous servants. He arrived in San Francisco from Siam and has dedicated years to leprosy study and treatment including curing house staff afflicted with the disease.
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San Francisco
Adolph H. Boehmer
Siam
Boehmer
Chulalongkorn
Bethlehem Steel Stock Surges on Strong Market Movement
Bethlehem Steel rose sharply in early trading reaching 139 1 2, then 142 with a midday peak of 149 1 4 before retreating. The stock showed 5 1 2 point gains from yesterday and helped lift the broader market as peace rumors fueled buying amid brisk 100 share lots.
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New York
BethLehem Steel
Woodwards En Route With Yacht Tour on Tombigbee River
J H Woodward owner of Woodward Iron Works Birmingham arrives with son Rick to join a Tombigbee river trip to Warrior and attend lock 17 opening on April 15. Woodward Iron Works head interprets new enterprise prospects while Rickwood Park owner leads Birmingham baseball club.
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J. H. Woodward
Ethel M. Ward
Rick Woodward
Tombigbee River
Woodward Iron Works
Birmingham
Birmingham Baseball Club
Rickwood Park
City
City Commissioners Hold a Brief Session
City officials met Tuesday at noon in the city hall with Mayor Harry Pillans presiding and Commissioners Lyons and Schwarz present. A petition from Foreman and Meador to pay taxes on Ollinger and Stein lots for client H. D. Long was referred to the city attorney. The Boys' Detention Home reported $352.50 in funds spent, 15 boys in March, 3 dismissed, 4 ran away, and cases of pink eye.
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Harry Pillans
Lyons
Schwarz
Foreman
Meador
Ollinger
Walcott
Governor and wife to attend beauty ball invites issued
The governor and his wife will attend the beauty ball with invitations sent to many prominent beauties across the state.
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Governor
Alabama beauty contest entries mailed to The Mobile Item
Photographs of entries in the contest to decide the most beautiful woman in Alabama should be mailed at once to The Beauty Editor. Subjects must be written plainly on the back and protected from damage. Contest open to all Alabama, with expectation of strong southern Alabama representation.
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Alabama
Mobile
Alabama Beauty Ball set for Tutwiler Hotel in May
Arrangements near completion for the Alabama Beauty Ball to crown the state’s most beautiful woman. Invitations go out soon for May 8 to 11 at Birmingham’s Tutwiler Hotel with Governor Henderson and Mrs. Henderson leading. The Mobile Item and Birmingham News sponsor the event with Mrs. Champ Clark as chaperone for the California trip.
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Alabama
Mobile Item
Birmingham News
E. H., Cabaniss
Charles Henderson
Tutwiler
California
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Birmingham
Beauty Ball Committee
South Alabama
South
Automobile Wireless Outfits To Link Border Troops
Washington April 13. The signal corps plans a radio line of communication along the Mexican border. An automobile wireless outfit tested at Fort McIntosh has a 250 mile sending radius. A second unit is mentioned.
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Washington
Signal Corps
West Coast
San Antonio
Fort McIntosh
March Health Report For City Details Deaths and Inspections
City Health Officer Charles Mohr reports in March 104 total deaths, death rate 19.79, cases of typhoid scarlet fever diphtheria smallpox tuberculosis with 11 deaths. Meat milk inspections total 255 sites. 2102 pounds meats condemned. 667 cattle 52 yearlings 159 calves 498 hogs 45 sheep slaughtered. 141 total animals. White 201 and colored 1455 patients treated at dispensary. 1656 total. Public health work includes anti mosquito, rat survey, and water tests averaging 12 bacteria per cubic centimeter with coli absent.
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Charles Mohr
Mobile Abattoir
C. c
C.c
Do Not Phone For Baseball News Until 6 P.M
The Item will not furnish baseball information until 6 p m daily. A large bulletin board at The Item office will carry updates on games in the Southern American Merion and Federal leagues for the season.
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Item
Grusser Wilhelm Oko Seeks Repairs for Kronprinz Wilhelm
The German embassy sent a formal request to the state department for permission to inspect the Kronprinz Wilhelm to determine necessary repairs and to carry them out. Captain Theirfelder asks authorization for the seaworthiness assessment and resulting repairs.
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Grusser Wilhelm Oko
German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm in Newport News for repairs
In Newport News on April 13 the Kronprinz Wilhelm remained in port as shipyard experts assess repair needs to make the vessel seaworthy. Captain Theirfelder seeks at least three weeks to repair and coal the ship, with a formal request to Washington to follow.
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Newport News
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company
Thierfelder
Washington
Wilhelm
Hamilton
Naval Examining Board
Theirffelier
Thierichens
Prinze Eitel Friedrich
South Seas
Beaty
Norfolk Ney Yard
Theirfelder
Ejftes
High Seas
Jefferson Day Observed With Bank Closings Citywide
Tuesday marks the birthday of Thomas Jefferson and a legal holiday. Banks in the city closed while most departments remained open, with States noting no docket.
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Thomas Jefferson
United States
Peace rumors denied and notable deaths across cities
Reports of peace rumors were denied as deaths and political shifts surfaced in multiple cities. F M Fisk of Detroit head of the American Society in London died. Joseph Bridgham, entomologist and painter, died. Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft to pallbear at Lounsbury's Yale funeral. Vincent Miles elected to Democratic National Committee. courts note real estate investigations. courthouse and businesses burned in Lawrenceburg with $150000 loss.
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London
F. M. Fisk
Detroit
American Society
Providence
R. J
Joseph Bridgham
Boston
Mary B. Owen
Passaic
N. J
Houston
Benjamin Campbel
Little Rock
Vincent M. Miles
Democratic State Central Committee
Arkansas
Democratic National Committee
William Kavanaugh
New Haven
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Thomas R. Lounsbury
Yale
Berlin
Imperial Mittee
ST. Louis
A. H. Frederick
Grand Jury
Lawrenceburg
Denver Judge Lindsey Victory Completes Political Battle
Governor Carlson said he will veto bills to transfer the Denver juvenile court duties led by Judge Ben B Lindsey to Denver county district court. A grand jury exonerated Lindsey of misconduct charges and indicted Frank L Rose for criminal a is on oeiver incere. The people of Denver will decide if they want his court continued by voting for or against him.
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Denver
Col
Carlson
Ben B. Lindsey
Lindsey
Frank L. Rose
Ohio
Tis
Birmingham Votes to Issue a Million and Quarter Bonds
Birmingham voters approve a 1 250 000 bond issue by a two to one margin. The plan splits 750 000 to cover existing debt and 500 000 to meet debts due before 1916 taxes are collected, with a 30 day wait before sale.
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Birmingham
Ala
Britain protests Villa over new mining regulations
The British foreign office instructed its chargé d affaires in Mexico City to protest to Villa regarding new mining regulations. Advices from the charge report that the mining regions effectively confiscate foreign mining interests in the area.
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Great Britain
London
Foreign Office
Mexico City
Villa
Fire Destroys Annex at Chicago State Hospital for the Insane
Two hundred convalescent patients were rescued from a fire at the Dunning suburb hospital annex. A fire drill had prepared staff, and about 2,800 inmates were guarded to prevent panic in the main building nearby.
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Chicago
State Hospital For the Insane
Dunning
Suffragists Await Screening of Your Girl and Mine
Mobile suffragists express interest in the Crown Theatre showing of Your Girl and Mine on Wednesday. Dr. Ellen B. Ligon, president of the Mobile County Equal Suffrage Association, hopes the film helps advance the nation’s suffrage cause as an issue of public concern.
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Mobile County Equal Suffrage Association
Crown Theatre
Ellen B. Ligon
Equal Suffrage Association
Notorious Border Outlaw Executed Near Agua Prieta
Dermos Lermos a famed outlaw of the Arizona Sonora border was hanged yesterday forty miles east of Agua Prieta by General Callies forces. He and three companions were captured while driving sixty stolen cattle to hills. Lermos was sought by Arizona authorities.
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Douglas, Ariz
Dermos Lermos
Arizona-Sonora
Agua Prieta
Callies
Lermos
Arizona
Weather outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Pair tonight and Wednesday with moderate east winds. For Mobile fair and little temperature change tonight and Wednesday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Mobile
Paris reports unpaid loan to Bulgaria and Gaza battleship move
Paris reports indicate a failure to pay a loan to Bulgaria per Sofia, while the Marine Ministry states a battleship with French seaplanes operated near Gaza yesterday, signaling military activity in the Turkish neighborhood.
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Paris
Bulgaria
Sofia
Marine Meistry
Gaza
Military Journal orders officers to dull weapons before war
An order from the Military Journal directs albairm officers to dull the metal on their anie forma and scabbards on the eve of war. The marshal council decides public utilities should be run by women if mobilization causes staff shortages.
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Rome
Albairm
Mar Council
Turkish officials deny peace mission as they arrive in Rome
Effendi, a member of the Turkish chamber, and Tidha Bey, former secretary of the Committee of Union and Progress, reached Rome via Paris and Vienna. They state their visit is not a peace mission for Turkey but a study of common interests between Italy and Turkey for the future.
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Rome
Paris
Asso Effendi
Turkish Chamber of Se
Tidha Bey
Committee of Union
Cnd
Constantinople
Vienna
Interva
Turkey
Declari
No Peace For Rel Rome Reports Stall Peace Talks
Reports from Paris relay blunted optimism on peace negotiations stating ignorance of true conditions and asserts Germany and Austria have food and supplies to prolong the war. Well informed Germans expect renewed vigor on both fronts as campaigns resume.
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Rome
Paris
Austria
Clare
Britain and French War News Signal Key Western Front Struggles
London reports Field Sir John French optimistic about breaking German lines as pressure builds on the western fronts. Military writers see signals from Verdun and Les Eparges as pivotal. Joffre widens grip on Mihiel while Russian offensives in the Carpathians face strong defense. Allied actions aim to ease pressure and sustain momentum.
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London
Sir John French
Meuse Moselle
Verdun
Les Eparges
Joffre
Mihiel
President will not travel to Panama in July
President Wilson has decided he will not accompany Secretary Daniels to the Panama Canal in San in July. The visit to Panama-Pacific Exposition depends on the national situation. The president will spend Philadelphia May 10.
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Washington
Wilson
Secretary Daniels
Panama Canal
San
Itme
Philadelphia
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T. A. Doody
L R. Pierce
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Heubach Teeters
Aia Terrell
Mary Gelly
E. A. Doody Eeeeseve
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Morgan
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