Crowd expected at C of C smoker in Mobile
More than a hundred traveling men have accepted invitations to a star vaudeville and musical smoker to be held at the Battle House auditorium with overflow on the roof garden. E. O. Fowlkes leads the entertainment committee as organizers aim for wide civic information exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
E. O. Fowlkes
Battle House
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Hervey Hotel Company
Charles B. Hervey
Entertainment Committee
Battle House Company
John J. Monghan
W. H. Armbrecht
Investigation into insults by French students on German visitors
A French foreign office representative probes Sunday incident in Nancy where five German visitors were allegedly insulted by French students. Officials weigh police response and German sensitivities while dismissing sensational reports of Germans kneeling to a French officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nancy
France
Foreign Office
President Wilson Accepts Honorary Boy Scouts Presidency
President Wilson has accepted the honorary presidency of the Boy Scouts of America. He expressed interest in the work and promised his active support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Boy Scouts of America
Dvark
Gold Dust Promises Quick Clean for Floors and Woodwork
A vintage ad touts Gold Dust as the cleaning marvel of the age. It claims the powder cleans floors and woodwork with little scrubbing and works better than soap, selling a large package for 5 cents. The slogan spotlights the Gold Dust Twins doing the work.
Bill to regulate interstate stock exchange deals proposed
Washington April 18. Representative Neely of Kansas introduces a bill to regulate stock exchanges listing securities of interstate corporations under penalty of mail and telegraph service bars. The measure penalizes officials brokers and telegraph company staff who transmit across state lines for unincorporated exchanges and authorizes the postmaster general to curb wash sales and manipulative trades. It requires public disclosure of stock exchange transactions and full publicity of companies with listed securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Neely
Kansas
Postmaster General
Stock Exchange
Police fines and city prison praise in Mobile court
C Karapoulas was fined 25 dollars or 50 days for permitting gaming. His bond set at 100 dollars on appeal. John Dumas fined 50 dollars or 90 days for disorderly conduct. James Reid fined 10 dollars or 20 days for underweight ice sales. Mobile officials note the city prison is the cleanest in Alabama.
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C. Karapoulas
Recorders Court
Karapoulas
Mabry and
Curry
Alabama
Wm. Hi. Oates
Mobile
Crenshaw
John Dumas
Recorder’s Court
Dumas
Edington
James A. Reid
Independent Ice Company
Reid
Bodies hang from telegraph poles in Mexican conflict
Reports from El Paso describe corpses suspended along fifty miles of the Mexican Central Railroad below Chihuahua City after a clash in which both federals and insurgent state troops allegedly participated in executions. Juan Dozal, allied with Villa against the federals, was executed over a dispute about stolen silver bullion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Chihuahua City
Juan Dozal
Pancho Villa
Dozal
Villa
Casas
Huerta
Francisco Portillo
Maximo Castillo
Inex Salazar
Parral
Negro with Rare Record Lands Office
Springfield April 18 William T Scott the only negro ever nominated for president by a national delegate convention from thirty seven states has been placed on the house payroll as a janitor He was named by the National Liberty party which met in St Louis in 1904 with delegates and nominated him for president over three other negroes including J Milton Turner Bishop Alexander Walter and J M Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Springfield
William T. Scott
United States
Union
Hayti
National Liberty Party
St. Louis
Scott
J. Milton Turner
Alexander Walter
New Jersey
J. M. Mitchell
Tennessee
No More Rheumatism Promises From Buffalo Firm
An advertisement by The Rheuma Co. of Buffalo New York guarantees relief from rheumatism by RHEUMA a remedy touted to act today on kidneys liver stomach and blood. It claims rapid pain relief and urges mail orders with a bottle price of 50 cents and mentions a dealer in Antwerp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vantwerp Drug Corp
Rheuma Co
Buffalo
N. Y
van Antwerr
Missouri Governor Vetoes Insurance Bill
Jefferson City Mo April 18 Governor Major vetoed a bill relieving accident insurers of liability for deaths by own action He said the law would shift proof burden to beneficiaries and excuse insurers in cases involving insane persons who commit death by own action The governor also vetoed a related energy officials from taking action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Major
Negro co operation for their own uplift
Representatives of rural industrial schools for negroes in the South met in New York at NAACP headquarters to discuss cooperative methods. Leslie Pinckney Hit, principal of the Manassas Industrial School in Virginia, was elected president, with Henry D. Davidson of Centerville Industrial Institute in Alabama as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
South
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Leslie Pinckney Hit
Manassas
Discoverer of Lacy Shortage Arrives in Mobile
Harry Y. Brooke formerly of Mobile who investigated Alabama convict department affairs arrived from Montgomery to rest during a recess in the probe. He sparked the indictment of J. G. Oakley and scrutiny of state coal mine contracts. He hailed the supreme court ruling limiting county officials from compromising with county boards over allegedly illegal payments as a landmark for Alabama economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Y. Brooke
City
Mobile
Montgomery
State Convict Department
Brooke
Theodore Lacy
Capitol
J. G. Oakley
Convict Board
Supreme Court
Alabama
British Flier and American Complete Dover Cologne Flight
Gustave Haight and Frank Dupre completed a nonstop monoplane flight from Dover to Cologne, Germany. The trip took four hours and five minutes, covering a distance stated as more than the Dover departure point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dover
Eng
Gustave Haight
Frank Dupre
Cologne
Germany
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Skin Ailments Fast
Quick and sure cure for burns bruises boils sores and skin diseases Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. In four days it cured L H Haflin of Iredell Texas of an ankle sore that pained him and hindered walking Only 25 cents recommended by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
L. H. Haflin
Iredell
Texas
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Pacific railroads seek extension on merger dissolution
Washington April 18 The time limit for the Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger, set to expire May 10, may be extended. Attorney General McReynolds favors delay, citing earnest bargain attempts. If an appeal is filed, the proposed dissolution plan will not be sent to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Union
Pacific-Southern Pacific
McReynolds
United States
Howard Must Serve Life Time For State
A life sentence given in Mobile for the murder of Charlie Lewis was affirmed. David Howard shot Lewis during a Sept. 21 dispute at a small Cedar Point road store. No bill of exceptions or errors were found in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Montgomery
Ala
David Howard
Mobile
Charlie LeWis
Cedar Point Road
Miss Nell Grant Engaged to Navy Officer Cronan
The engagement of Miss Nell Grant of San Francisco to Lieutenant Commander William Piggott Cronan of the United States Navy was announced by Miss Grant's mother. Cronan commands the destroyer Jouett now in Hampton Roads.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Nell Grant
U. S. Grant
William Piggott Cronan
United States Navy
Miss Grant
Cronan
Jouett
Hampton Roads
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BOY Scouts
Cawthon
Rowley Orchestra
Schlitz Beer
Police News
Missouri
Lacy
Askin & Marine CO
Pacific
Dauphin Street
Beacon
F. M. Hoyt Shoe Co., Makers
Manchester
New Hampshire
Formen
Beacon Shoe Store
Vaupain St
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