Delta highway bids sought after joint Mobile Baldwin meeting
Mobile and Baldwin county commissioners held a joint session Monday to solicit bids and specifications for a delta highway linking Mobile and Daphne. Business leaders from Mobile and Baldwin urged action citing increased trade and tourism, with engineers Fisher and Garrett report referenced and bids to be submitted under any plan for consideration.
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Mobile County Revenue and Road Commissioners
Baldwin County Commissioners
Mobile
Water Street
Dauphin Street
Mobile Rotary Club
Palmer Pillans
Mobile Bar Association
Automobile Club of Mobile
L. G. Adams
Chamber of Commerce and Busines Men's League
Tourist Welcome Club of Mobile
Baldwin County
Chamber of Commerce
A. G. Ward
Mobile County Board
McPayden
Fisher
Mobile County
Garrett
J. H. Webb
Alabama-Mississippi Gulf Coast Highway Association
W. M. Clemens
Webb
Delta Highway
Mr.Clemens
Green
Fisher and Garrett
W. J L. Powell
Government Street
Daphne
John Craft
Gordon
Nicol
Storney Gordon
Chairge Ee Aes
Verdun Battle Lull and French Progress Near Meuse
London reports a comparative lull in the Verdun battle with both sides' infantry largely in activity. The French press forward along the German lines west of the Meuse and report gains in a hand grenade attack northwest of Courettes wood. Heavy bombardment near Dead Man's hill signals possible resumed fighting. An English port, Dover, was again visited by hostile aircraft but no bombs were dropped.
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Verdun
Meuse
Courettes Wood
Dead Man's Hill
Dover
Noted suffragists to speak in Mobile events
Miss Margaret Foley will speak at the Crown Theater at 7 30 tonight and by an automobile near the First National Bank building on St Joseph street at 8 30. Tomorrow Mobile will host delegates as Mrs Alice Spitzier Bouke and Miss Nell Richardson in the Yellow Kid car tour the city with Planned talks.
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Magaret Foley
Cause
Boston
Crown Theater
First National Bank
St Joseph Street
The
Crown
Mobile
Alice. Spitzier Bouke
Nell Richardson
United States
Yellow Kid
New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
Burke
Poultrymen Aim to Make Mobile an Egg Center
Mobile hens already help put the city on the poultry map by winning championships for plain and fancy laying. The Gulf Coast Poultry Association plans to establish Mobile as an egg and poultry shipping hub, with a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday to organize a poultry exchange.
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Poultrymen
Mobile
Gulf Coast Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Cullman
Easter Parade Color and Stripes Fill Streets and Churches
Mobile crowds filled streets and churches for Easter celebrations with vivid gowns bonnets and suits. Fashionable whites grays and bright spring accessories joined in devotion and festive parades as streets filled with autos street cars and ball park crowds.
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Government Street
Ball Park
Orrville Bank cashier breaks rib in factory fire run
T. F. Ormond cashier of the Orrville Bank and Trust Company broke a rib while fleeing the Orrville fire that destroyed the Ellis and Lee dry kiln causing several thousand dollars in damage. He was hospitalized in Selma Alabama.
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Selma
Ala
T. F. Ormond
Orrville Bank and Trust Company
Ellis
Pelicans Win First Game In Mobile Showdown
New Orleans defeats Mobile 10 to 6 as Stansbury drives in runs and Knaupp, Bluhm, and Deberry contribute with key hits. Rain halts play in the seventh after a long delay with the score in favor of the Pelicans.
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New Orleans
McDowell
Massey
Whalen
Allison
Burke
Stansbury
Swacina
Edmondson
Mark
C. Sylvester
Bromwich
Knaupp
Cobard
Bluhm
Wilcox
Deberry
C. Ledbetter
P. Smith
Slyvester
Aring
Kngupp
Kaupp
Dobard
Smith
Swadina
Clark
Ledbetter
Alison
Sylvester
Wil
Tony Ampie
Clay
Bromwic
Dohard
Swacins
E Edmondson
Texas
Wild
Khaupp
Cavet
Schmidt
Thomas
Masser
Navy Appropriation Bill Nears Final House Action
The naval appropriation bill proposes 217.65 million dollars for 1917 programs including two battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines and aviation. It earmarks large sums for navy yards in Norfolk Philadelphia and Charleston, adds personnel, and funds new ammunition and a projectiles plant.
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Washington
House Naval Sub-Committee
Navy Department
Norfolk Yard
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Norfolk Navy Yard
Charleston Navy Yard
Cooper River
New Orleans
Navy
Naval Advisory Committee For
Naval Militia
Bandit Chief Sighted Near Monclova in Mexican Campaign
General Pershing starts redistribution of forces as new campaign against Villa is planned. Villa believed northwest of Parral in the mountains near Monclova. no withdrawal planned. Reports say Villa wounded but not incapacitated as movements continue in the Chihuahua region.
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Villa
Parral
San Antonio
Tex
Informa
Pittsburgh Firms Refuse to Cut Working Hours
Sixty six metal manufacturing companies in Pittsburgh and surrounding boroughs said after careful consideration they would not reduce shop hours. They employ almost 100,000 workers and acted after meetings held last week amid growing eight hour day demands.
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Pittsburgh
Trial of Marine suit ordered before referee
The foreclosure suit brought by the New York Trust Company as trustee against the International Mercantile Marine Company, in receiver's hands, was ordered placed before a referee by United States Judge Hough who will appoint the referee within a few days.
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New York
New York Trust Company
International Mercantile Marine Company
United States
Hough
O Connell Victory in Tanlac Injunction Suit
A permanent injunction against John C. O Connell publisher of the Mobile Tribune was denied and the case dismissed by Acting Judge Henry D. Clayton in the United States court at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Willis had temporarily enjoined the Tribune from Tanlac coverage weeks earlier. the decision held a publisher may question a medicine’s efficacy within libel laws.
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John C. O'Connell
Mobile Tribune
Clayton
British Cruiser Halts Two Vessels Off Mobile Bay
A British cruiser halted the American schooner Flora A Kimball off Mobile Bay and later in the night overhauled the British steamship Longscar while disguising as a passenger vessel. Pilots report the cruiser closed alongside the Flora A Kimball and questioned its master before departing. The Longscar’s captain described a vessel with a brilliant searchlight and multiple lighted signals as the cruiser passed, raising questions about suspected commerce raiders along the Gulf coast.
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Flora A. Kimball
Mobile Bay
Longscar
Gulf
Santo Domingo
Donald Mackey
Willis
Wil- Na
Willie
Galveston
Liquor Laden Boat Burns Near Biloxi
A gasoline launch loaded with about $3000 worth of liquor burned to the water near Deer Island, Biloxi, after morning. The boat and liquor owners are not located, the cargo reportedly consigned to Biloxi parties and destined for Biloxi dealers from New Orleans before destruction.
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Biloxi
Miess
Deer Island
Biloxi Partes
New Orleans
Ford Leads Cummins by 97 Votes in Nebraska Primary
Returns from Nebraska's last primary show Ford ahead of Cummins by 97 votes for the presidential nomination. The tally covers sixty counties and 75 scattered precincts, with Second District delegates from Omaha instructed to support buses.
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Omaha
Neb
Ford
r-Cummins
El Paso Report On Carranza Death Rumor Debunked
A rumor claims Carranza was killed in action, but Fort Bliss and military headquarters in Columbus New Mexico report no confirmation. Officials say the report is not credited and no details are available early today.
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EL Paso
Texas
Harry
Carranza
General Bell
Fort Bliss
Columbus
N. M
Selma Politician Dies After Boat Fire Jump
C D Scott, a well known Selma politician, perished last night when a burning motor boat on the Alabama River forced him and four companions to jump into the water. His companions reached shore safely. Scott remains missing as searchers scour the river for his body.
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Scott
Alaa
Teutons Obtain Large Romanian Corn Exports
Berlin reports about sixty thousand carloads of corn shipped from Roumania to Germany and Austria in the last three months. Bucharest says wage advances will soon begin for further shipments as Romania seeks to sell up to eighty thousand tons. The Overseas News Agency notes unsettled air conditions complicate purchases.
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Sayville
Roumania
Germany
Austia
Bucharest
Pgp
Day in Congress Reports Debates and Committee Actions
Congress members met at noon for a general debate on a rural credits bill. Judiciary and immigration committees discussed nominations and protest plans. Democratic leaders prepared to add a rule on army legislation while debates on a relief appropriation continued.
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Judiciary Committee
Brandeis Nomin
Immigration Committee
Imnandigaratit Aec
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