Funston reports Parral fight. Cabinet weighs withdrawal
General Funston says no word yet from Pershing on Parral engagement but troops press on. Officials fear Major Tompkins and U S Cavalry face danger as Carranza urges withdrawal. cabinet debates Mexican policy while awaiting American commander’s report.
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San Antonio
Tex
Funston
Pershing
Washington
War Department
Parral
Tompkins
United States
Mex
Mexico
Wilson
No Concerts This Spring Unless the Money Is Secured
Mobile residents are urged to fund a $1,000 guarantee for the New York Philharmonic concert plan. If the target isn’t met by Saturday, May concerts in Mobile will be canceled, despite two planned performances and four soloists. Tickets range from 26 cents to $2.00, with Hans Curiel handling orders at 826 City Bank Building.
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Mobile Music Lovers’ Association
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Mobile
Music Lovers’ Association
The
Philharmonic Orchestra
Hans Curiel
City Bank
Bell Phone
Farmhous Philharmonic
Three Enlistments Accepted Thursday by Recruiter
Colonel Thomas A. Lewis, southern district recruiting officer, accepted three enlistment applications Thursday after inspecting the area. H. McElwain, former Mobile fire department member, will serve as an assistant in the local recruiting office, which will remain open until 10 o'clock at night.
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Thomas A. Lewis
Southern District
Lewis
H. McElwain
Mobile Fire Department
Proposed fruit freight rate hikes suspended until August
Washington April 14 Proposed increases of from two to twenty five percent in freight rates on fruit and vegetables from Texas Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas and Oklahoma to Chicago and St. Louis were suspended today by the Interstate Commerce Commission until August 13 pending investigation.
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Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Chicago
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Feagin Heads to Southern Education Meetings
State Superintendent of Education William F. Feagin left Thursday night for Pass Christian Mississippi to attend a meeting of Southern state superintendents. He will attend the conference Friday and Saturday and then go to New Orleans Saturday night for the Southern Conference for Education and Industry.
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Montgomery
Ala
William F. Feagin
Pass Christian
Miss
Feagin
New Orleans
Southern Conference For Education and Industry
Weather outlook for Alabama turns cooler this weekend
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday across Alabama with cooler conditions in the north. Winds will be variable and light, with a notable drop in temperatures expected Saturday night into Sunday.
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Alabama
Mobile Item Plans Baseball Extra for Opening Day
Beginning Friday with the Southern Association season Mobile Item will issue a baseball extra after each game's final. The extra will publish full box scores including innings by inning scores, runs, hits and errors from the Southern National and American Leagues.
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Mobile Item
Ball Park
Mobile
Opening Day Looms for Mobile and Atlanta SA Club
Mobile hosts Atlanta at Monroe Park in the ninth SA season opener. Mayor to throw first ball. Col. Ashtenberger aims to dodge rain as a record crowd expected. Local chatter centers on Moore Cavet Scott Perry and Finis Wilson with City excitement high.
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Mobile
Monroe Park
Atlanta
Col. Ashhenberger
Pancho Villa
Europe
U. S
Moore
Cavet
Scott Perry
Finis Wilson
Charley Frank
Pelican
Charles Colsson
Frank
Land gifted for Southern tuberculosis sanitorium near Asheville
In New Orleans officials of the Southern Sociological Congress announced a gift of 700 acres near Asheville, North Carolina to serve as the site for a large tuberculosis sanatorium for the South. The land was donated by Mrs. D. B. Safford of Hot Springs, North Carolina, who also contributed $20,000 in cash as the nucleus of a funding drive to erect hospital buildings.
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New Orleans
Southern Sociological Congress
Asheville
N. C
South
Congress
D. B. Safford
Hot Springs
Boll Weevil to Sweep Cotton Section, Says Report
Washington April 14. A Chamber of Commerce special report warns the boll weevil will infest the entire cotton belt in the South before it can be checked. Attempts to control with spraying and poisoning have met little success as the insect bores into the plant. The annual advance is estimated at 49 to 70 miles depending on conditions.
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Washington
Chamber of Commierce
United States
Dentists Adjourn Bay Convention With Apollo Bay Ride
The Mobile Alabama Dental Association convention closed with a bay steamer trip on the Apollo to Fairhope. Dr R H Riethmuller gave the notable lecture on Conductive Anesthesia and performed an on floor operation. Dentists praised Mobile and expected another visit.
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Apollo
Fairhope
R. H. Riethmuller
Riethmuller
Alabama Dental Association
Mobile
German admiralty claims eighty enemy ships sunk in March
The German admiralty on April 13 issued a statement asserting that 80 hostile trading vessels were sunk in March, totaling 207,906 tons. The losses were reported as caused by submarines or mines, with Sayville wireless transmission noting the figures.
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Sayville
Body of Neal's assailant found in Birmingham
Searchers found Henry Delmont East dead in a vacant lot at the end of Poplar street West End Birmingham. Police believe East shot himself after fatally wounding Young Neal four times on Second Avenue Tuesday night. East had come from City Point Virginia to Birmingham and disappeared until Friday.
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Birmingham
Ala
Henry Delmont East
Young Neal
Poplar Street
West End
East
City Point
Second Avenue
Neal
Verdun War Front Shows Bombardment Before Assault
French reports describe heavy bombardment near Hill No 304 Verdun west of the Meuse signaling possible next German assault phase. East of the Meuse German activity rises with a small French repulse south of Doramont. Artillery grows along front east of the river as Turkish forces say they defeated three Russian cavalry regiments in Persian Armenia. Minor clashes occur along Asia Minor coast as naval operations and submarine actions accompany the broader campaign.
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French War Office
Turkish War Office
Persian
Armenia
Asia Minor
Bmarine
Record Cotton Use Reaches New March High in U S
Washington April 14. Census bureau reports March set a record for raw cotton usage with 613 625 bales, surpassing all prior months. Through March the cotton year totals 4 228 999 bales, and spindles active climbed to 42 032 589, a record. American cotton goods expand into foreign markets with 59 024 157 dollars of exports in the first seven months of fiscal 1916, up sharply from prior years.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Congress Sees Progress on Army Reorganization and Agriculture Bills
The day in Congress opened at noon with the army reorganization bill under discussion and continued with agricultural appropriation debates. The chamber disagreed with a Senate amendment on the tariff free sugar clause and referred the bill to a Select committee after Marshall of New Bedford was cited for contempt of the house.
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Senate
United States
Capeek Marshall
New Ba
Turks Defeated by British Force in Mesopotamia
London reports British success on the Tigris as Turkish forces on the right bank are driven back up to three miles. General Lake notes enemy lines breached by April 12 and marshalling of troops. Townshend at Kut el Amara cited with uncertain casualty figures and questions over force size.
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London
Mesopotamia
Lake
Tigris
Ummel’-Bram
Samayyat
Townshend
Kutel-Amara
Ctesiphon
Attacks on Verdun Front Ineffective French Say
The French official communique reports a German bombardment west of the Meuse near Hill 30 and a small, repulsed attack east of the Meuse south of Les Humont. Fire and artillery activity persisted in the Woevre district.
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Verdun
Paris
Meuse
Les Humont
Haudemont
Next Step in Ousgex Gave Coming Soon
Assurance to Berlin anticipated after the next phase in the ousgex process. Officials outline forthcoming measures and timelines as negotiations continue between involved parties.
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Ousgex
United States weighs drastic action over German submarine policy
April 14 reports from Queenstown and Washington describe sinking of the Inverlyon and missing crewmen including an American. Cabinet deliberations explore evidence on German submarines and a possible drastic response if Germany does not act to reassure U.S. safety. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing prepare to present evidence to Congress if diplomacy collapses.
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Queenstown
Charleston
Inverlyon
Ue Liam
Iverlyon
Washington
St. Paul
Germany
United States
Lansing
Sussex
Inf
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Code
Pr . Wilson
Wilson
Congress
Rotary Club Boosts Local Baseball Effort
At a Rotary luncheon in Mobile the club pledged strong support for the local baseball team. Judge Henry D. Clayton Ding G Barrow and Dr George W attended as visitors and heard a brief talk from Judge Clayton about backing the club and its players.
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Mobile
Rotary Club
Henry D. Clayton
Ding G. Barrow
George W
Clayton
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