Vessels With Cargoes Leave City In Banner Mobile Week
Eight outbound ships have cleared this week from Mobile carrying Mobile Alabama and US goods to South American and Caribbean ports. The Seeberg Line freighter Freda and Porto Rican Line Isabella led the departures, with cargoes including merchandise and freight. The Mallory liner Sabine, arpon, James W Paul Jr., Stavengeren, Munson liner, Viking, and others were set to follow, signaling a robust shipping week with additional vessels expected.
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Mobile
Alabama
United States
Freda
Seeberg Line
Isabella
Porto Rican Steamship Line
Rts
Sabine
New York
Arpon
St. Andrews
Fla
God
Viking
Ozaire
France
Seeberg Steamship Line
West Indies
Bryan and Kelley discuss religious liberty in Mexico
Secretary Bryan replies to Father Kelley on the Mexican crisis stressing religious freedom as essential to democracy. He argues land reform and education underlie stability and condemns punitive actions against Catholic clergy, noting U S admonitions to Villa and Carranza.
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Washington, D. C
W. J. Bryan
Father Francis C. Kelley
Catholic Church Extension Society
Mr. Bryan
Father Kelley
Wilson
Mexico
Bryan
United States
Villa
Carranza
Gutierrez
Garza
Kung
Mr. Bryate
Alabama Coal For Another Big Liner
The Zimmern Coal Company received an order to bunker the large Norwegian Huso now carrying cotton from Gulf Miss to Manchester. Two company ships departed for the port with 600 tons of coal, the second Zimmern steamer after the Stavengeren that loaded 250 tons for Nipe Bay Cuba. Shippers at Gulf were willing to pay seventy five cents more per ton for Alabama coal.
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Yalabama
Zimmern Coal Company
Huso
Presen
Gulf Miss
Manchester
Bar
Zimmern Company
Norwe
Stavengeren
Graham Installed As UNC President In Chapel Hill Ceremony
Dr Edward Kidder Graham was inaugurated as the tenth president of the University of North Carolina in Memorial Hall Chapel Hill with Governor Locke Craig and Chief Justice Walter Clark administering the oath. Prominent educators from Harvard Johns Hopkins Virginia and New York attended as Dr Abbott Lawrence Lowell delivered the opening address. A luncheon for 600 followed and a reception capped the day’s inaugural events.
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Chapel Hill N. C
Edward Kidder Graam
University of North Carolina
United States
Locke Ig
Walter Clark
Francis Preston Venable
Ted
Graham
Memorial Hall
Craig
Ed Rondthaler
Winston-Salem
Abbott Lawrence ‘Lowell
Harvard University
Frank J. Goodnow
Johns Hopkins University
Edwin Anderson Alderman
University of Virginia
John H.findley
University of the State of New York
Francis P. Venable
Locke Craig
George H. Denny
University of Alabama
William J. Martin
Davidson College
Local Firm Stevens McCorvey & McLeod Files Bankruptcy
In the United States district court Judge Toulmin oversees a voluntary bankruptcy petition by Stevens McCorvey and McLeod jewelers with liabilities of 20330 and assets of 2750. The case is referred to Referee R. T. Ervin, W. G. Austin appointed receiver for the firm.
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United States District Court
Toulmin
Stevens, McCorvey & McLeod Jewelers
R. T. Ervin
W. G. Austin
Ervin
First Illinois Woman Elected Mayor in Warren Race
CHICAGO April 21 Mrs A R B Canfield 74 was elected mayor of Warren by a four vote majority. She becomes the first woman to head the illinois town in a historic election noted in Tuesday results.
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Chicago
A. RB. Canfield
Warren
Biloxi Liquor Crackdown Targeting Biloxi Bars
Harrison County officials led by Sheriff J. C. Elmer launched a vigorous bid to shut down Biloxi liquor outlets. Six men were arrested in a raid on blind tiger operators, with five trials yielding $200 fines and sixty days, remitted. Warrants target owners or controllers of venues cited to appear April 30. Named defendants include J. C. Bills Arles Johnson Peter Desporte Mack Olivari and B. Matina.
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Biloxi
Miss
J. C. Elmer
Harrison County
Elmer
Bosse
Court of Justice of the Peace
Farish
Judge Farish
Quimbly Back in Pascagoula on Murder Charge
Sheriff F L Lindinger returned to Pascagoula with M Quimbly in custody from Mobile on a murder charge. The years old case involves John Farley a Black man who saved eight dollars then was shot and robbed. George Woodman pleaded guilty and is imprisoned. Quimbly faces trial at the next regular session.
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Pascagoula
Miss
F. L. Lindinger
Jackson County
M. Quimbly
Mobile
Quimbly
John Farley
Geo. Woodman
Resolute and Vanitie to race in special regattas
New York April 21 Yachts Resolute and Vanitie built last year to defend the cup against Shamrock IV will be placed in commission this summer for special regattas It is doubtful there will be a race for the cup this year Sir Thomas Lipton aids Serbian relief with his steam yacht Erin serving as a hospital guard Shamrock IV hauled up in Anyos.
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New York
Resolute
Vanitie
Thomas Lipton
Serbia
Erin
Anyos
Jury Reverses: Irwin Found Guilty of Violating Ethics
Circuit court jurors convict former Mobile attorney Carl Irwin of illegal practices and breaching professional oaths. Judge Browne withholds sentence for now. possible disbarment and license revocation loom as penalties. Jury cites soliciting clients Emma Esselman Effie Anderson and arrangements with David G. Jarvis as key facts.
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Mobile
Samuel B. Browne
Marning
Carl Irwin
Evergreen
Ala
Mobile Bar Association
State of Alabama
D. C. Edington
Brown
Alabama
Emma Esselman
Effie Anderson
David G. Jarvis
David Jarvis
Fifty Alabama teachers head to Chattanooga meet
Fifty Alabama teachers will leave Sunday for Chattanooga to attend the annual session of the Southern Conference for Education. State Superintendent W. F. Feagin plans to attend along with professors J. F. Hobdy J. L. Sibley P. W. Hodges and Spright Dowell.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Chattanooga
Southern Conference For Education
W. F. Feagin
Feagin
J. F. Hobdy
J. L. Sibley
P. W. Hodges
Spright Dowell
Weather Outlook: Fair Tonight Through Thursday
The report notes generally fair conditions with little temperature change tonight and Thursday. In Alabama, partly cloudy skies with moderate south winds are expected tonight and Thursday, while Mississippi remains partly cloudy tonight.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Movements Near Dardanelles Forecast Assault Near Enos
British and French troops reportedly landed near Enos in European Turkey with heavy cannonading between Turkish batteries and allied warships. Activity noted on Lemnos as troop transports arrive from Alexandria, signaling imminent action. A German air raid on Bialystok dropped over 100 bombs.
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Berlin
Tages Zeitung
Enos
Turkey
Gulf of
Saros
Athens
Lemnos
Dardanelles
Alexandria
Egypt
Daranelles
Dedeagatch
Bulgaria
Gulf of Saros
British and Turkish War News From Dardanelles and Ypres
An official Turkish war office statement says six torpedo boats attempted to penetrate the Dardanelles Monday night with no disclosed result. British troops gain important success near Ypres, the captured position valued for strategic impact after weeks of German defense. prisoners describe harsh winter trenches.
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Constantinople
Berlin
London
War Office
Dardanelles
Hazebrouck
France
Ypres
Italy's Day Draws Near as Russia and Italy Move Toward Accord
The Messagero reports Russian ambassador Michael de Giers delays arrival in Rome to coordinate with Petrograd on a comprehensive Russia Italy pact covering war aims and peace posture. It notes near accord with Roumania and hints neutrality ending, while Vienna talks are seen as a delaying tactic by German and Austrian interests.
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Italy
Rome
Paris
Messagero
Michael de Giers
Petrograd
Russia
Roumania
Vienna
Prince von Buelow
Austria
Frontline activity seen with no clear side gains
Paris dispatches report notable military activity on the French front but no decisive gains for either side. Germany holds slight edge between the Meuse and Lorraine frontier while French forces report gains at Furey.
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London
Germany
Meuse
Lorraine
Furey
Newcastle
Asquith
Sofia
Dedengatch
Dardaneles
Gulf of
Saros
Oates Sends Copies of Child Labor Law to County Educators
Dr. William H. Oates the state prison inspector sent copies of the new child labor law to county superintendents with blank forms for employment certificates. The law takes effect April 26 and requires twelve weeks of school attendance. In cities and towns certificates are issued by school superintendents. elsewhere by the county superintendent. It bans employment of children under thirteen in mills and factories after September 1.
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Montgomery
William H. Oates
Oates
Safe Dealer Acquitted of Crooked Dealings
A. B. Ferrill of 12 St. Michael Street was discharged by Judge Edington in the recorder's court on a charge of embezzling 27 dollars from E. S. Head. Head alleged Ferrill embezzled proceeds from selling a safe after taking a ten percent commission. Ferrill had agreed to use the funds to buy a larger safe, but the sale was not completed.
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A. B. Ferrill
St. Michael Street
Edington
Recorder’s Court
E. S. Head
Head
Ferrill
Suing Roosevelt on Libel Charge
William Barnes Jr of Syracuse sued Theodore Roosevelt for libel seeking 50000 dollars. The case appeared in the supreme court on Monday with attorney William Livins, a former New York City mayoral candidate, representing the plaintiff.
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William Barnes, JR
Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme Court
William Iivins
New York City
Roosevelt outlines four Albany political chapters at libel trial
Theodore Roosevelt testified in a libel suit by William Barnes detailing Albany politics. He described Barnes led Democratic and Republican machines opposing direct primaries and cited a Barnes letter about party government. Court restricted evidence on political methods and bossism.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Albany
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Barnes
Asord Fender
Republican Pal
New York
Berno Hughes
Roosevelt
Chamber
Tammany
Thomas F. Smith
Tammany Hall
Bowers
Washington
Oyster Bay
Ivins
Judge
Senator Platt
Mr. Barnes
Platt
Georges A Glaenzer dies noted New York decorator
Georges A. Glaenzer a leading artistic decorator to wealthy New York men is dead at 67 in New York City He was a member of the French commission to the 1876 Philadelphia centennial exposition secretary of the French commission to fund the Bartholde Statue of Liberty and a founder of the National School of Decorative Art in Paris.
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New York
Georges A. Glaenzer
Glaenzer
Philadelphia
Bartholde
National School of Decorative Art
Paris
Land Bank Plan Backed by Mobile Bankers
Mobile banking leaders endorse W P G Harding plan to create a state land mortgage bank to aid farmers on the Gulf Coast. E F Ladd, J Buck, M J McDermott, J Leslie Taylor, Ben Padgett and others praise feasibility, caution politics, stress state credit safety and county loan proportionality.
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Mobile
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Birmingham
Alabama
Federal
Harding
M. J. McDermott
Bank of Mobile
Gulf Coast
J. Leslie Taylor
Union Trust Company
Ben Padgett
The
Peoples Bank
Mobile Leads Movement for State Bank Bill Introduction
A Mobile led effort forms a committee to draft and promote a state bank bill. The chamber of commerce meeting names L C Irvine J Leslie Taylor Matt Mahomer and George Fearn Jr to prepare a tentative bill for nationwide distribution to gain rural and urban support.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
We P. Harding
A. J. Parsons
Messrs
Matt Mahomer
George Fearn, Jr
G. A. Maloney
T. K. Jackson
J. Leslie Taylor
L. C. Irvine
W. M. Clemons
George Card
Mrs Virginia Schley Killed by Automobile
Mrs Virginia Schley aged 75 an aunt of the late Admiral Winfield Scott Schley was struck and killed by an automobile in front of her home in Atlanta Georgia late last night. A nephew of Admiral Schley questioned by an Item reporter said the admiral had no aunts and suggested the victim might be from Savannah Georgia.
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Atlanta
Virginia Schley
Winfield Scott Schley
J. T. Schley
Admiral Schley
Savannah
Japanese American Clash Seen If Asama Incident Probed
Berlin dispatch reports The Post editorial questions the grounding of the Japanese cruiser Asama at Turtle Bay Mexico. It speculates the incident could pressure Washington over Peking or aim to gain a naval base in Mexico, signaling possible war and noting Germany’s mixed feelings toward U S or Japan.
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Berlin
London
the Post
Asama
Turtle Bay
California
México
Washington
Peking
Mexico
America
Perio
Monroe
Japan
China
Germany
Ford Restructures Wages and Hours for All Employees
Ford Motor Company Limited announces a sweeping wage and hours reform for all employees with six months service. Minimum wage set at 50 cents hourly or $4 daily, eight hours per day or forty hours weekly. About 2,400 workers at Ford’s Detroit plant and nine Canadian branches affected. Wages rise 10 to 60 percent. Detroit parent pays $5 per day under a profit distribution system.
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Ford Au Detroit
F Motor Company, Limited
Ford
Ford Company
Detroit
Weather Favorable for Cotton and Truck Crops in South
The weekly crop bulletin reports favorable weather across the cotton belt and early truck regions. Soil moisture remains high in Texas Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas and Louisiana but eastern areas need rain for germination. South track is generally late with slow growth due to cool nights and scarce rain.
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Washington
South
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Southern Pine Men Hear of the Increasing Demand for Lumber
In New Orleans on April 21 two hundred Southern Pine Association members gathered for a three month progress report and business condition briefing. Directors weigh a proposed new standard for grading pine timber cut for heavy structural use as technical topics unfold.
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New Orleans
Southern Pine Association
Board of Directors
Packey McFarland Defeated by Joliet Editor's Wife
Joliet Illinois April 21 Packey McFarland welterweight of Chicago was attacked in the News office by Robert M Wilson wife of the editor as he disputed a bulletin claiming he would receive 5000 dollars for a change to a commission form.
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Catholic Extension Society
Denny
University OF N. G
Dr. Graham
Old Institution
Tigers
Astor
Vincent Astor
Hudson
Mrs. Astor
Irwin
Cath
Poland
Bialystok
Russian Poland
Grodno
Georges Glaenzer
Land Bank TO Aid
Packey McFarland
Joliet
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