Waterways of America Called Greatest Asset
The Southern Commercial Congress urged a liberal river and harbor policy to preserve water transportation for public defense and civil use. They urged specialists to manage works and pressed federal action on agricultural credits health service and forest reserves. The meeting highlighted immigrant needs and the push for a non American university in Texas and scientific farming as a key to national progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Ohio
Southern Ommercial Congress
United States Congress
Public Health Service
Congress
Ge Ag Ita
Aiig
Conference of Representatives
Bryan
I. M. Putnam
San Antonio
Texas
Trade expansion from European war foreseen by officials
Philadelphia April 30. The American Academy of Political and Social Science discussed U S trade growth due to the European war with speakers including Secretary Redfield Samuel Gompers Elbert H Gary and John H Fahey Redfield predicted great commercial expansion and possible U S dominance in world trade as Britain and Germany risk losing foreign market share He noted prewar conditions and the rapid shift to cash payments and loans as nations seek American goods and finance Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
America
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Redfield
Samuel Gompers
Elbert H. Gary
John H. Fahey
United States
William S. Redfield
Department of Commerce
American Academy of Political
Great Britain
Germany
American Steamer Attacked by German Airmen
A Reuter report from Rotterdam says the American steamer Cushing, en route from Philadelphia, was attacked by German airmen in the North Sea. The vessel dropped two bombs but caused no damage. The ship’s name was painted on her sides in large letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
INDON
Reuter Dis
Rotterdam
Cushing
Philadelhia
Gerairmen
Northe Sea
Weather forecast for Mobile stays fair into Saturday
Mobile expects generally fair skies tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Light to moderate winds accompany the dry, mild conditions as the weekend opens.
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Mobile
Money Orders for Prisoners of War Exempt From Fee
Bulletin from Third Assistant Postmaster General A M Dockery declares that money orders for prisoners of war are exempt from fees. The Hague Convention requires no fee or commission on orders drawn for or remitted by prisoners of war. US residents can obtain full amount without deductions when ordering for POWs in allied countries. Postmasters will note and apply the rule.
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A. M. Dockery
United States
Actress Evelyn d'Airoy dies after appendicitis operation
London obituary notes actress Evelyn d'Airoy born Miss Malcolm Watson died yesterday following an appendicitis operation. Her stage name and private name are cited without further details.
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London
Evelyn d’Airoy
Malcolm Watson
Covent Garden Manager Neil Forsyth Drowns Fishing
Neil Forsyth, noted manager of the Royal Opera Covent Garden, drowned yesterday while fishing with his wife in the River Pey near Grantown Scotland.
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London
Neil Forsyth
Royal Opera
Covent Garden
Pey
Grantown
Scotland
French and Belgian Prelates Urge Vatican Neutrality End
Belgian and French cardinals archbishops and bishops urge the pope to abandon neutrality and take a moral stance based on Christian principles. They argue that justice governs nations as individuals and condemn the idea that might justifies aggression. The appeal recalls 1870 Vatican Council calls for church principles in war and rights of nations.
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Rome
Benedict
Vatican
Es Mercier
Marines
Cardinel
Paris
Sacred College
Perrdums
Widow of "Silent" Smith Remarries in West Virginia
Mrs. James Henry Smith, widow of the famed explorer known as "Silent" Smith, wed Jean H. E. St. Cyr of New York in Sulphur Springs West Virginia. The bride, formerly Annie Armstrong of Baltimore, was sister to Mrs. Anthony M. Drexel and previously married and divorced in Reno. Her former daughter Anita Stewart became the Duchess of Vizen. The couple’s nuptials followed Smith's death during their Japan honeymoon.
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Anita Stewart
Duchess of
Vizen
Silent” Smith
Japan
Duke and Duchess of Manchester
Miss Zimmerman
Mr. St. Cyr
Henry Alexander Redfield
Hartford
Why Barnes Opposed Direct Primaries Law
Syracuse April 80 A witness testifies that William Barnes opposed direct primaries saying they invite corrupt nominations and excessive publicity. He reportedly told L W France he could “get the riff raff” from Democrats to vote in Republican primaries and ruin reputations by spotlighting candidates.
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Syracuse
N.ys
William Barnes
Ie Wipwadd
L. W
Young Republican Club
Brookn
France
Barnes
Theodore Roosevelt
Col
Roosevelt
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Securities Company
New York Am
A7 Company
Republican State Committee
Vreelan
Kolb Plea to Cite Journal for Contempt Denied
Judge Gaston Gunter refused Kolb's request to cite the Montgomery Journal for contempt. Kolb had sought to restrain the paper from using his name and to hold it in contempt amid a pending libel suit seeking 25 000 dollars.
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Kolb
Montgomery Journal
Montgomery,alza
Pri
Reuben F. Kolb
Gaston Gunter
Olb
Casualty lists add 136 names to expeditionary force tally
Ottawa released casualty lists showing 136 additional Canadian expeditionary force members killed wounded or missing. Other brief items note wage arbitration in Chicago, Edward L Easton of Columbia Grafonophone dies in New Jersey, and several front line and local notices across London Pittsburgh Canton Baltimore with various incidents and recognitions.
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Ottawa
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Chicago
Board of Arbitration
Western Railroad
New York
Edward L. Easton
Columbia Grapophone Company
Arcola
N. J
United States Mail
Canton
Ohio
Courtland Hotel
Carnegie
Ng Institute
Carnegie Institute
Baltimore
William R. C
Warrior river improvement to be inspected May 13
May 13 marks the official inspection of the Warrior river improvement by Secretary of War Garrison and U S senators Bankhead and Underwood. A Mobile delegation will travel to Lock No 17 via boat, with a committee urging merchants and industries to participate and a chartered steamer planned for the event.
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Great Warrior River
Secretary of War
Garrison
United States
John H. Bankhead
Oscar W. Underwood
Congress
Cordova
Lock No. 17
Mobile
Horace Turner
Joint Rivers and Harbor Committee
Lock 17
Alabama
Estes D. Baker
Baker- Lyons & Co
W. O. Lott
P. W. Maer
M. Waring Harrison
Barney- Cavanagh Hardware Co
Charles Cunningham
Cunningham Hardware Co
Turner
Warrior River
Star Hils
Gorgas
John Quill
W. H. Long
Citizens Committee On Re
Storm Devastates California Coast Feared Toll Grows
A violent windstorm on the California coast killed two known victims with fears of more, as a Farallon Islands launch with five men vanished and wreckage washed ashore. Damage near the coast is pegged around 200000 dollars, with Monterey Bay boats driven ashore along the beaches.
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San Francisco
Farallone Islands
Monterey Bay
Roosevelt to Visit Pass Christian as Parker Guest
Former President Roosevelt planned to arrive at Pass Christian on June 1 as the guest of John M. Parker. The visit, likely for friendship and tarpon fishing, may start in New Orleans before reaching Parker’s coastal home.
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Roosevelt
Pass Christian
Mr. Parker
Gulfport
Miss
John M. Parker
Colonel Roosevelt
New Orleans
Birmingham Victim Whitlock Remembered in Mobile
J H Whitlock, listed among the Birmingham tragedy victims when a wall collapsed and killed many, was a Mobile area acquaintance of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. He toured cities for work, lived in Atlanta, and left a wife and two children at age 28.
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J. H. Whitlock
Birmingham
Mobile
Whitlock
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Mr. Whi
Atlanta
Rotarians Seek Eight Thousand for Citrus Canker Fight
Col and Rotary leaders canvass merchants to raise 8000 dollars with government matching funds to combat citrus canker in Mobile and possibly Baldwin County. Taylor heads the committee, with a list of assistants, following a Riverside Hotel meeting and speeches by Kellerman and others on disease severity and urgent action.
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Col. BR. W. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Rena
Mobile
Baldwin
Canv
Rotary Club
Cawthon Hotel
W. H. Reynolds
Colonel Taylor
Sbre
Albert P. Bush
EB. J. Buck
Albert D. Bloch
W. D. Bellingrath
J. B. Dortch
M. Waring Harrison
Martin Holbrook
8. A. LeBlanc
The
Southern Railway
Paylor
Seale Harris
Reynolds
Kellerman
Florida
Congress
Taylor
Chinese Expected to Concede Little
Peking reports that Chinese statesmen will present their reply to Japan's last demands to the plenipotentiaries tomorrow. There is reason to believe the Chinese answer will contain only a limited number of further concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
Gallipoli Front Reports Turkish Fort Bombardment
A Havas dispatch from Athens says Allied forces captured the Dardanelles channel area near the Sea of Marmara entrance. The Turkish fort at Nagara on the Asiatic side is reported bombarded heavily.
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Paris
Havas
Athens
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Sea of
Marmara
Nagara
Straits
German Warships Bombard Dunkirk Off Belgian Coast
Official report from Paris says German warships were seen off the Belgian coast. Sixteen large shells fell on Dunkirk as the bombardment continued.
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ERMAN
Dunkirk
STEN
Belgium
Paris
Ship and land forces storm straits forts
The bombardment in the Dardanelles continues. Allied forces have reached Vrysey eight miles up the strait, advancing in front of the forts as Turkish troops are reportedly moved in advance of the French army.
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Straits
Chanak Forts
London
Dardanelles
Daily Telegraph
Ytilene Cor
Poe
Vrysey
Thenan
Strait
Virtual annihilation reported near Steenstraete
Havre reports a sequence where 4 000 Germans crossing the Yperlee by a phvte near Steenstraete were described as annihilated by Belgian artillery. The bridge was destroyed, and invaders fired on by shrapnel as some signaled surrender with handkerchiefs. Many survivors were captured by Belgians. The Macedonia captured news from London notes the German steamship Macedonia, which escaped Las Palmas, has been taken by a British cruiser.
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Havre
Steenstraete
Vinatieme Siecle
Macedonia
London
Adee
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Lily Dale Sunk by German Submarine in North Sea
The trawler Lily Dale was sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea 75 miles off the Tyne mouth. A patrol boat rescued the crew and pursued the submarine, which escaped.
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London
North Sea
Tyne
Germans Begin General Offensive Across Prussian Border
The German plan appears to push along the Baltic frontier from Trept to the Atlantic, aiming at Baltic crops and supplies. Heavy artillery and cavalry advances mark the front as Polangen reports more German cruisers aiding land forces. The Carpathians see no change while Austria redirects to contain Russia near Uzsok pass and Lwow remains key.
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London
Tisit
Atele
Polangen
Baltic
Courland
Orcesa
Carpathian
Stry
Lwow
Lemberg
Germans On Defensive Near Yser Front
London reports on April 30 that German forces on the Yser have ceased their offensive and fallen back to a defensive stance. The Times correspondent notes the enemy struggles to hold the small gains and is foiled in attempting to cross further.
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London
Yser
Times
France
Brooks Lawrence resigns as Alabama Anti-Saloon League head
Brooks Lawrence resigns as state superintendent of the Alabama Anti-Saloon League effective July 1 the onset of the new statewide prohibition law. The resignation was announced February 15 and again at a Birmingham meeting. The successor will be chosen soon. Lawrence plans to manufacture and sell lead pencils while staying an Alabama citizen.
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Mobile
Brooks Lawrence
Alabama Anti-Saloon League
Birmingham
Lawrence
Alabama
Ri Ker
P. A. Baker
Columbus
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League of America
Black Belt
Allies seize positions near Enos after heavy fighting
An Athens dispatch reports Allied forces advancing toward Enos after intense combat. British and allied troops reportedly reached nearly twenty miles beyond and occupied multiple positions as operations continued.
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Gallipoli
London
Athens
Enos
Turks Reported Seizure of 6000 Men at Mytilene
Reports from Mytilene via Exchange Telegraph Athens say 6,000 Turkish troops have been taken and may be driven back as battles rage along the Asiatic shore of the Dardanelles. The dispatch notes ongoing sanguinary fighting and an advance that could succeed if continued.
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London
Mytilens
Exchange
Athens
Allied Landing Continues on Gallipoli Peninsula
A Mytilene dispatch reports continued allied landing on Gallipoli with Turkish aircraft attempting to bomb an allied ship in the straits. An allied squadron bombarded Turkish forts for seven hours in the Gulf of Saros.
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Paris
Havas
Athens
Mytilene
Gallipoli
Aeas
Entalaate
Gulf of
Saros
Gallipoli Front Reports Terrific Fighting in Dardanelles
A Times report from Tenédos Legnos describes ongoing heavy action in the Dardanelles since last Sunday. British and French forces have landed on opposite shores, several trench lines at Cape Helles and Kilid Bahr taken, with about 1,200 prisoners. French forces claim 1,800 enemy men around Kum Kaleh.
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Times
Sre
Tenédos Legnos
Dardanelles
Straits
Cape Helles
Killid Bahr
Kum Kaleh
Calvert Arm
Thymbra
Hisarlik
Tenedos
Kepher Point
Kalid Bahr
Gallipoli
Mrs J W Barr of Tuscaloosa Ends Life With Pistol
Mrs J W Barr wife of a Tuscaloosa businessman shot herself in the afternoon while her husband waited to take her for a ride. She died instantly and was reportedly mentally deranged. She leaves a husband four children and a son in law. Funeral was held at Evergreen Cemetery with her husband a prominent local lumber man attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
J. W. Barr
Two Men Arrested on Grand Larceny Charge
Charles Higgins and W G Brannan residents of the southern county were arrested late in the afternoon by deputy sheriffs on a grand larceny warrant. They were locked in the county jail on a case involving $100 on Fulton Road and a person named Thomas.
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Charles Higgins
W.G
Charles Brannan
CIA
Brannan
Fultes Road
Waar
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Southern Commercial Congress
Immigration
New Ormer
Southjal Congress
District of Columbia
Philadelphia Comention
WM. Barnes
California
YALE
Donald Shields Andrews
Yale University
New Haven
Alma Vésera Hayne
Crown Prince
Rudolph of Austria
Vesera
Ana Ohne Xs
Aren Teotiven
Alma Vesera Hayne
DRY” Forces
Will
Lumsberman
Theloosa
Tuscan
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