Mobile fights pig iron rate rehearing before commission
The Alabama Railroad Commission will hear a rehearing on May 3, 1915, over Birmingham to Mobile pig iron rates. Mobile seeks to keep the lowered $1.75 per ton rate, while carriers seek to restore the $2.75 per ton rate. The case has dragged since 1913 with Mobile officials planning to attend the Montgomery hearing to press for Mobile’s interest.
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Birmingham
Mobile
Alabama Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company
Louisville, and Nashville Railroad Company
The
Southern Railway Company
Ala
Sam P. Kennedy
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
A. J. Parsons
William H. Armbrecht
Montgomery
Alabama Railways Push Rate Hikes Ahead of Commission Meeting
Montgomery special reports the Alabama railroad commission will hear a large docket next Monday with twenty three cases. Railroads seek a 10 percent general freight increase effective July 1 under the eight group act. Mobile pig iron rates from $2.75 to $1.75 are under review and coke rate revisions are requested by Louisville and Nashville and Alabama Great Southern.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Railroad Commission
Alabama
South
Europe
Mobile
Commission
Birmingham
Alabama Great Southern
Louisville and Nashville
The
Southern Railway
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Obregon Brother Shot by Villa Revealed In Telegram
New York April 24 General Francisco Villa executed a elder brother of General Alvaro Obregon Carranzista commander. The 70 year old prisoner was taken at Guadalajara during Villa’s retreat. Obregon asked for his release as a non combatant. Villa replied your brother has been shot.
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New York
Francisco Villa
Alvaro Obregon
Francisco
Elias
Carranza
Guadalajara
Villa
Obregon
Draft of Land Bank Bill Set for Committee Review
First draft of a state controlled land mortgage bank bill, proposed by W P G Harding, completed Saturday. Plan calls for three million capital stock, county subscriptions, non taxable status, collateral trust bonds eight times capital, loans on first mortgages up to 59 percent value, eight percent interest for twenty five years, semi annual payments, option to prepaid, eight percent dividend with one percent surplus, no bank deposits, and a state board of directors including the governor and treasurer with county representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. G. Harding
State Farmland Bank Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Council Chamber
Sta& Board of Directors
Double Time On In Two Departments of Ensley Steel Plant
Birmingham manufacturers have sold 1251500 tons of pig iron this month with inquiries for at least 30000 more. The Ensley billet and rail department will run double time next week, as will other departments per long-standing rule. Railroads plan overseas shipments of Birmingham district products using schooners within two weeks. Ship sales of pipe exceed recent months. Pig iron price rose to 9.75 a ton for No 2 foundry, up 50 cents from a week ago.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Ensley
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Peace Flag Still Flies Among Women Envoys
A wireless message from the Noordam, via the Rotterdam, reports a daily peace conference with a debate between Mrs. Pethick Lawrence and Jane Adams on whether war is ever justifiable. The saloon displays a peace flag amid the discussions.
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New York
Noordam
Rotterdam
Two Turkish Airplanes Brought Down Near Tenedos
Athens April 24. A Mitylene dispatch reports two Turkish planes flying over Tenedos were hit by fire from allied ships, badly damaged and brought to earth. The bombardment of the straits continues intermittently.
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Athens
Mitylene
Tenedos
French Premier Viviani rules out near term peace
Paris dispatch reports M. Viviani stating no peace in near future and that Germany may pay heavy indemnity only if defeated. Editors say indemnity would not cover Belgium ruin and that England and France will aid Belgium fully. Peace talks unlikely despite rumors of maneuvers.
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Belgium
Germany
the Hague
M. Viviani
Thei
France
Paris
Prehana
Viviani
Convic
England
International News Service
United States
Day jailed in Calvert killing case
Quincy Day, a white man, is jailed in Calvert Alabama charged with killing eight year old son of Henry Wermes and seriously wounding the father as they walked near Calvert. The younger boy was killed instantly and the mother carried the body inside. Deputies Rockwell and McRae arrested Day Thursday in Calvert.
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Henry Wermes
Son
Mr. Wermes
Sims Chapel
Calvert
Quincy Day
John Rockwell
Washington County
M. D. McRae
Mobile County
America Can but Will Not Be Neutral Berlin Says
Berlin press criticizes American policy amid delayed U S note to Germany. Lokal Anzeiger urges patience until the note arrives while Cologne Gazette accuses Bryan of clashing with the American people. Kreuz Zeitung declares America lacks goodwill and will not be neutral.
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America
Berlin
Hague
London Observer
United States
Count Bernstorff
Washington
Lokal Anzeiger
Cologne
Bryan
The
Kreuz Zeitung
Germany
Cotton Futures Gain 7 to 18 Points in Week
New Orleans reports week of cotton futures gained 7 to 18 points from last week close. Active months rose 21 to 32 points from prior week high, while lower levels showed 6 to 16 point declines. Spot cotton advanced 18 points to 9.68 with 3,700 bales arriving and sales at 8,620 bales last week.
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New Orleans
Londoners Analyze Gas Used by Germans
Analytical chemist A. A. Roberts told the London Observer that German gas could be carbon monoxide at one fourth to one half percent in air and fatal. London University authorities said retaliation in kind would be possible if the British war office approved the method.
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London
A. A. Roberts
London Observer
London University
British War Office
Atlanta Locker Clubs Not to Be Molested
Police Chief Beavers has been asked by Chairman Fain to take no further action against locker clubs. Action could be delayed for clubs not changing drink handling methods by May 1. The chief had deemed some clubs in violation of the law, while managers insist they operate lawfully. No decision announced yet.
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Atlanta
Beavers
Fain
Police Board
Barnes
Mr. Roosevelt
Hughes
Parsons
Organization
Roosevelt
Chicago
United States
Ivins
Mobile Line aims for Illinois Central connection to Chicago
The Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad plans a near term link with the Illinois Central, extending from Reform, Alabama. The move would cut Mobile to Chicago distance by about sixty miles, boosting lumber and farm product shipments and expanding local commerce as traffic shifts from Memphis Birmingham and Meridian. The plan anticipates 100 carloads of lumber daily for twenty years and markets for vegetables via the road's marketing staff.
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Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Illinois Central
Reform
Ala
Mobile
Chicago
New Orleans
Lakes
Gulf
Alabama
Illinois
Mobile Line
Marty
A. T. and N
Manning
Memphis
Birmingham
Meridian
Tennessee
Northern
Frisco
Traffic Department
Gulf City
2Nd Mobile
IL Co
Gorman to Review Craig Report on State Agriculture Dept
Examiner of Public Accounts J. T. Gorman was assigned to review the Craig report on the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries. The review will cover the same period as Craig and follows his finding of a $1431.50 shortage in the department’s monthly expense account.
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Montgomery
Ala
Examiner of Public Accounts
J. T. Gorman
Agricultural Department
J. H. Craig
Henderson
H. P. Merritt
Examiner Gorman
Examiner Craig
Department
German Losses Extremely Heavy in Belgian Fighting
The report from Aix la Chapelle notes German activity south of the Dutch border with severe losses in Belgian Flagiders. Trains bearing dead arrive at Hasselt for burial by civilians while Liege hospitals overflow with wounded as major buildings become makeshift medical centers.
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Amsterdam
Aix la Chapelle
Hasselt
Liege
Demonstration Agents Hope for Payment Under Review
Alabama's agricultural board met with Attorney General William L. Martin to determine how to pay farm demonstration agents. The rural school appropriation takes precedence over the 25 000 dollar agent fund, leaving about 8 000 dollars unpaid. The board accepted Judge J J Robertson's resignation from LaFayette.
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Montgomery
State Agricultural Board
William L. Martin
J. A. Wade
Panel
W. K. Knight
Greensoro
Agricultural Department
Wade
The
Agricultural Board Today
J. J. Robertson
LaFayette
Texas Birth Rate Seen as Too Low in March Reports
State Registrar Davis releases March vital statistics showing 6 054 births in Texas, up 2 118 from February but 3 062 short of the census-based target. He estimates 46 744 births went unrecorded in the year with 4 533 white and 281 black births in March and 49 sets of twins, most white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
Davis
Birmingham Girl Wins Honor in Memphis Contest
Winners are announced in the Southern district contest of the National Federation of Musical Clubs held in Memphis. Seventeen musicians from ten states competed for the South’s representation at the Los Angeles federation convention next June. Piano prize went to Prudence Neff of Birmingham with Harold Morris of San Antonio receiving honorable mention.
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Memphis
National Federation of Musical Clubs
South
Los Angeles
Prudence Neff
Birmingham
Ala
Harold Morris
San Antonio
Tex
Home Guards Also Entitled to Pensions
A Saturday ruling by Alabama Attorney General W. L. Martin grants Confederate pensions to home guards state reserves and militiamen who served for the state during the Civil War. The ruling restores eligibility for many pensioners recently removed from the rolls for not serving at the front.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. L. Martin
Alabama
Stolen Pistol Recovered in McKnight burglary case
Detectives recovered a Smith & Wesson 32 blue steel revolver and a silver watch stolen from George B. McKnight of 64 North Broad Street early Thursday. The items were returned after a Saturday recovery.
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Police Department
Smith & Weason
George B. McKnight
North Broad Street
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Generally fair conditions expected in Alabama and Mississippi for Sunday and Monday with clear skies and mild temperatures. No precipitation anticipated. light winds likely.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Barnes Roosevelt libel suit heats up as trial nears
Syracuse April 24 The Barnes Roosevelt libel suit moves toward its crucial phase as Barnes prepares to testify. The defense aims to prove key letters and diaries exist while Barnes plans to recount conversations with Roosevelt and Chicago convention actions that shaped the 1912 campaign.
Eastern Alabama Bankers Endorse State Bond Issue
State Treasurer W L Lancaster received notice that bankers of Group Four representing about ten east Alabama counties adopted resolutions endorsing a bond issue to relieve state indebtedness. The Opelika meeting drew many leaders including Wells of the First National Bank of Birmingham and Webb Crawford of Birmingham with little opposition.
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Montgomery
W. L. Lancaster
Group Four
Alabama
Opelika
President Wells
First National Bank of
Birmingham
Webb Crawford
Bacon Brought Home By German Cruiser
The Danish United Steamship Company reports the steamer Nichaos bound for Grimsby with butter eggs and bacon was captured by a German cruiser and taken to Sylt island off Schleswig coast Germany.
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Copenhagen
Danish
United Steamship Company
Nichaos
Grimsby
England
Sylt Island
Schleswig
Germany
Canadian For ges Save NY Bring ing Hordes to a Halt
A fragmented report notes Canadian forces saving New York by halting a large force. The item also mentions sailing bans between Sweden and a Baltic region, with unclear details on perilous navigation and broader wartime actions amid Greece Entente talks.
Norwegian Ship Capri Sunk By Mine Off Irish Coast
London dispatch reports the Norwegian steamer Capri I was struck by a mine and sunk yesterday fifteen miles off Tory Island nine miles northwest of Dum Linghy on the Irish coast. The crew were landed at Inishtil Donegal Ireland. She was en route from Baltimore to Christiania.
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London
Capri
Tory Island
Dumlanghy
Inishtil
Donegal
Ireland
Baltimore
Christiania
Turks Seek Peace Amid Mediation Talks
Paris reports April 24 that the grand vizier of Turkey asked both Italian and United ambassadors to act as intermediaries between the Porte and the Triple Entente, seeking a possible separate peace arrangement.
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Greence
Athens
Theros
Greece
Ter
Paris
Petrograd Relearat
Turke
Porte
Peace for Berlin Rumors Stir German Peace Prospects
Wireless dispatch reports North German states denying rumors of attempts to seek peace with England. The notes suggest English public opinion prefers a swift peace and question who could form a government ready to abandon a position favorable to Germany.
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Berlin
Rlin
Lonon
P Ottions
Ace
England
Germany
German Drive Halts at Ypres and Calais Front
German attack on Ypres and Calais front checked by Canadian forces and Allied troops. French English and Belgians reform line between Steenstra and Het?s, with Kaiser forces forced back toward the Yser as heavy reinforcements rush to the left bank. Official communique notes dawn crisis and continued cannonading.
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London
Ypres
Calais
Steenstri
Hetsas
Ligzerne
Yser
Lizerne
Paris
Large K of C Class Initiation in Mobile May 2
Mobile Council No. 666 Knights of Columbus plans an initiation on May 2 with an expert Boston degree. A large class from Mobile and visiting knights from New Orleans Birmingham Meridian Pensacola Biloxi and coast towns will attend. Members meet at the council home at 7 30 am then march to the Cathedral Immaculate Conception for the 8 am service with music by Professor Av Jd Staub and a 35 voice choral club.
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Mobile Council
Knights of Columbus
Boston
Mass
Ste
New Orleans
Birmingham
Meridian
Pensacola
Biloxi
Yes
Cathedral
The
Immaculate Conception
Av Jd. Staub
O Neal Wins Damage Suit Against Noble in Montgomery
A Montgomery county jury awarded Governor O Neal damages of 1000 in a suit filed by Major Noble over a November automobile collision in front of the governor’s mansion. A second $3000 claim for personal injuries from the same accident awaits trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County
O'Neal
Major E Noble
Major Noble
Fight to end oligarchy in State Medical Association
Dr. C. T. Yarbrough, Auburn, head of the House public health committee, says reforms will be pushed when the Alabama Legislature reconvenes in July. He leads the progressive faction seeking changes to curb a perceived self perpetuating oligarchy within the State Medical Association. Dr. W. H. Oates and others joined the move in Montgomery.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Barnes
Roosevelt
State Printing House
Yarbrough
Montgomery
Ala
State Medical Association
C. T. Yarbrough
Auburn
House of Representatives
Birmingham
Montgomery Day
W. H. Oates
Prn
Oates
Association
W. x
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Andrews
Justice Andrews
Syracuse, N. Y
Supreme Court
William Barnes, Jr
Theodore Roosevelt
Q. Day
Cotton
Gorman
Craig
Peary
Admiral Peary
William J. Bryan
North American
Texas
Home Guards
James J. Montague
Bacon
Sweden
Iene
Mobile K
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