Carranza Seeks U S Withdrawal as Villa Pursuit Continues
General Carranza asks Washington to withdraw American troops from Mexico while officials say no immediate withdrawal is planned. Bisected reports note U S forces encountered Mexican forces or civilians at Parral and Funston will not change campaign plans until orders arrive.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
Lansing
Ambassador Arredondo
Ing
Eliseo Arredondo
State Department
United States
Caranza
Baker
War Department
Funston
San Antonio
Tex
Francisco Villa
Pershing
Guarantee Funds Must Be Raised For Mobile Philharmonic
Music Lovers Association of Mobile enters day two of a ticket drive to fund a New York Philharmonic concert series. A $1,000 guarantee must be raised by Saturday night or Mobile may lose the concerts this year. Subscriptions can be arranged through Hans Curiel, secretary, at 992 cell phone or City Bank building office.
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Music Lovers' Association of Mobile
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Mobile
Music Lovers’ Association
Motile
Hans Curiel
City Bank
Moile
Sheriff Raids Tigers Establishment for Prohibition Violations
Deputies raided the premises of I Maisel at 757 St Anthony with partners Schwartz and Rosner. Two 50 pound kegs of whiskey were found buried after a bluff with a fighting bulldog. Andrew Mitchell and Maisel were docketed on prohibition charges but released on bonds.
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Andros
I. Maisel
St. Anthony Street
M. B. Schwartz
Knox
Conception
A. Rosner
Adams and Claiborne Streets
M. Maisel
Andrew Mitchell
Railroads Set to Raise Citrus Freight Rates
Railroads plan to boost freight charges on citrus fruit from Mobile to markets in the North and West. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce reports advices to Secretary R. G. Cobb. Growers vow protest. talks to settle on a rate are to be arranged, no date yet set for the conference.
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Mobile
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
President cancels New York engagement
Washington April 13. President Wilson abandons plans to travel to New York and cancels his speech before the Young Men's Democratic Club scheduled for Saturday due to urgent foreign affairs with Germany and Mexico.
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Washington
Germany
Mexico
Wilson
New York
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Troops clash with Mexican garrison or civilians reported
Advices from Fort Sam Houston say American forces encountered Mexican forces or civilians at Parrel as they moved south. No details available. Consul Letcher relayed the report. Separately, Francisco Villa is believed near Urbinas ranch south of Rosario in Durango, moving toward the Nazas river.
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San Antonio
Tex
Department
Fort Sam Houston
Parral
Parrel
Letcher
Virda
Rosario
Durango
Toreon
Mex
el Paso
Francisco Villa
Urbinas Ranch
Lasnievas
Nazas
Contreras
Ceniceros
Mobile Item Baseball Extra to Cover Southern Association Opener
Beginning Friday the Mobile Item will issue a baseball extra after each day's Southern Association game. The extra will present full inning by inning scores plus runs hits and errors for all games in the Southern National and American Leagues. Modern transmission will bring park news to Mobile readers quickly.
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Mobile Item
Ball Park
Mobile
Lyons and Kopalla to Control It Election Machinery
Report says Lyons and Kopalla were named to the county tax board and election commission for the May primary, giving two men substantial control over tax and election matters. Sheriff Holcombe, elected by the people, remains the sole member of the board with direct popular legitimacy. The appointment by Holzborn faces criticism for concentrating power and bypassing other officials.
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County Tax Board
Election Commission
Holzborn
A. 8
Lyons
Joseph Espalla, Jr
Carl Hoelzborn
Chancellor Smith
Smith
Probate
Circuit Court
Williams
Sextus Smith
Registrar In Chancery
Holcombe
Mobile to Welcome Coal Barges as New Line Opens
The Tennessee Coal and Iron Co introduces a Mobile stop for its Alabama to New Orleans barge line. The first barge will arrive April 18, with a Munson and Leyland liner coaling. Coal from Mulberry Forks will be loaded directly onto self propelled barges, using 1,400 tons initially.
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Alabama Coal Fields
New Orleans
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Mobile
Samuel Zimmern
Munson and Leyland
Mulberry Forks
Paynes Bend
Warrer River
Zimmern
Day in Congress Deliberations On Bills Continue
Congress met at noon as the sisal inquiry pressed on. The post office committee advanced the appropriation bill while debate resumed on a nitrate plant provision within the army reorganization bill. House hearings on the Alexander bill defining powers of the proposed shipping board began.
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Post Office Committee
House
Shipping Board
Four Germans Held in Plot to Fire Bomb Ships
New York detectives arrested four German employees of Hamburg American Line and North German Lloyd on charges of placing bombs in sugar bags aboard the Kirk Oswald bound for Marseilles. Investigators seek a well known German financier and a Hoboken chemist tied to a $10,000 funding stream for the conspiracy. said to have caused fires on some 33 steamers and $4 million in damages.
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New York
Hamburg- American Line
North German
Lloyd Steamship Companies
Ernest Becker
Charles von Kleist
New Jersey Agricultural and Chemical Company
Hoboken
Otto Wolpert
Atlas Line
Hamburg-American Line
Erno Bode
Hamburg- American Lines
von Papen
Becker
von Kleist
Wolf E
Wolpert
Bode
Higher
Ist
Weather forecast for Alabama Mississippi and Mobile
Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi calls for fair tonight and Friday with possible showers and light to moderate south winds. Mobile expected fair tonight then cloudy Friday with probable showers and light to moderate south and southeast winds.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Mobile
Senate Favors Nitrogen Plant for War Powder and Peace Fertilizer
Washington April 13 Favorable action by the senate on a measure to build a large hydro electric air nitrogen plant for powder production in war and fertilizer in peace was forecast after a motion by Senator Handwick to strike out the fertilizer clause failed 47 to 24 on Wednesday.
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Washington
Senate
Ayrn
Handwick
Put Out of Business by Sisal Combine Claims
B Bailey of Henry W. Peabody firm told a senate committee the company was driven from the sisal importing trade by the Commission Regalia, a Yucatan planter alliance created by the Mexican government to control the sisal crop.
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Sisal Combine
B. Bailey
Henry W. Peabodynesday
Senate
Comision Regalia
Yucatan
Exican
Prominent Zapata Generals Reported Assassinated
Mexico City April 13 Gen Francisco Pacheco minister of war and Gen Manuel Palafox minister of agriculture in the convention government, both followers of Zapata, were assassinated recently in Tepetlán, State of Mexico, according to a dispatch received by the war department.
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Mexico City
Francisco Pacheco
Manuel Palafox
Tepexttlan
State of Mexico
War Department
War at a Glance Verdu n Front Reports Subside After Key Attacks
The Verdun battle quiets after days of heavy fighting. German efforts on Hill 204 and between Mans Hill and Cumieres are halted by French defense. Elsewhere on Verdun and on Russian and Italian fronts no major operations occur. the Russian voyage ship Imperator was torpedoed en route from Gulfport to Marseilles, nine crewmen missing.
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Verdun
Hill 204
Meuse
Paris
Man's Hill
Cumieres
Tsethincourt Salierit
Imperator
Gulfport
Miss
Marseilles
Thous
Verdun Lull Follows German Losses On Meuse Front
Paris reports calm in Verdun after German forces failed to press an attack on Hill 804. French defense halted German momentum as Petain’s forces pause to regroup. observers note minimal French casualties while Germans suffer heavier losses and resume smaller artillery actions along the Meuse.
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Paris
Verdun
Hill 804
Petein
Meuse
Petain
Resources of Banks Show Historic American Strength
Washington April 13. Comptroller of the Currency reports strong financial health in U S national banks as of March 7. Total resources reach 13 838 000 000 up 2 271 000 000 or 20 percent in a year. Deposits total 10 790 000 000 up 2 198 000 000 or 25 percent. Loans and discounts rise 990 000 000. Surplus and undivided profits total 1 031 278 000, up 18 000 000. The gains dwarf other nations’ banks.
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Washington
United States
Comptroller of the Currency
Williams
Bank of Germany
Bank of
Prompt to halt violations of citizens rights urged in US note
Officials pressed for immediate action in response to German submarine attacks. The note argues for consequences if Germany does not show good faith and warns arbitration over American lives is unacceptable. Reports say the crisis may push toward drastic measures after further review. Also noted are Danish ships destroyed by submarines, with casualties and losses tallied.
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Washington
Hietary Lansing
Ig Lebane
Germany
Sussex
Te Oeee Allin
Department
United States
English
Meive
White House
French Government Confirms Submarine Attack Evidence
A semi official dispatch from Paris states documentary evidence shows France was attacked by submarine forces. The notice, dated April 13, references French government confirmation of the assault.
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Paris
Jefferson’s Birth Observed With Federal Holiday Closures
The anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth was observed Thursday as a legal holiday. Banks and post offices were closed, and courts held a reduced schedule with morning business affected.
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Thomas Jeferson
Third Press
United States
Cotton Planting Nearing Completion in Washington Region
A regional crop bulletin notes cotton planting nearing completion across the extreme northern area. In central districts planting has begun in earnest and shows satisfactory progress across the state.
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Washington
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Milton Streets
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Gilli
Zens’ Rights
Copenhagen
Low
Jefferson
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