Germans Yield Aound After Counter Move
French troops penetrate toward Monaco farm on the Somme and recapture a trench north of that position. German counterattacks north of Verdun are repulsed as French aviation claims downed German aircraft. Since Aug 1 French have taken 1,100 Germans.
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Berlin
London
Monaco Farm
Somme
Paris
French War Department
Hemwood
Mestrees
Meuse
Verdun
Fleury
Chainat
River
Casement Hanged For Treason In London
Roger Casement, former British knight, was hanged at Pentonville for conspiring to arm Ireland and seeking German aid. Crowds jeered outside as priests gave last rites and Casement reportedly said I die for my country. The body to be buried in quicklime in the prison yard after inquest.
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London
Ireland
Germany
Roger Casement
Pentonville
Casement
Deutschland Dives to Sea After Cape Henry Escape
The German submersible Deutschland likely reached homeward waters after slipping past Allied blockaders off Cape Henry last night. Captain Hinsch, aboard the tug Timmins, saluted from deck as the vessel submerged about sundown and disappeared under the Atlantic.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Cape Henry
Capes
Hinsch
Timmins
Baltimore
America
Chesapeake Bay
Old Point
United States
Timmins Tug Escorts German Submarine Deutschland
Washington dispatch notes the tug Thomas F. Timmins escorting the German merchant submarine Deutschland down the bay. The report references a continuation on Page Three.
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Washington
Thomas F. Timmins
Four fined fifty each in day law cases
Four defendants C J Guither Frank Evans John O'Brien and Willie O Connor were fined 50 each by Recorder Edington after pleading guilty to prohibition violations. Arthur Tew also fined 50 and costs on a state charge and appealed. Woolf and Tanner cases continued. Tanner found with ten cases of beer. Gholson Day Hill Schroeder and Grayson pled guilty in inferior court and paid 50 plus costs.
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Arthur Tew
C. J. Guither
Frank Evans
John O’brien
Willie O’connor
Edington
C. W. Roycroft
N. J. Doody
George Woolf
George Tanner
Boltz
Woolf
Tanner
J. P. Cerro
James Gholson
Clarence Day
Travis Hill
Toney Schroeder
Lerdy Grayson
Inferior Criminal Court
B Kahn Dies Prominent Mobile Business Figure
Bernhard Kahn died at his home after a long illness. A German native who came to Mobile over forty years ago he built B Kahn & Company in cotton and helped organize Kahn Manufacturing Company makers of overalls. He mentored relief efforts and never married leaving nieces and nephews including Rosa Kahn Leo Kahn Jacob Bloch Albert Bloch Adolph Bloch and Monroe Bloch. Funeral Friday at 4 from his residence at Church and Joachim streets. burial in Hebrew cemetery.
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Bernhard Kahn
Church and
Joachim Streets
Hebrew Cemetery
Kahn
Mobile
Mobile Cotton Exchange
Kahn Manufacturing Company
Mr. Kahn
Germany
Albert D. Bloch
Adolph D. Bloch
Monroe Bloch
Court Sentences Thompson for Stealing Shoes from Local Resident
James Thompson pled guilty to stealing shoes and clothing from J. W. Leatherwood of Plateau. The court sent him to the county road for 60 days after evidence showed Leatherwood had given him a home when he was unemployed and hungry.
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James Thompson
J. W. Leatherwood
Plateau
Leatherwood
Thompson
Y M C A. Names New Membership Man in Mobile
Mr Edward F Linkins assumed duties as membership man of the Mobile Y M C A on Wednesday afternoon. He expressed enthusiasm for the prospects in Mobile and said he is pleased with the city.
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Edward F. Linkins
The
Mobile Y. M. C. A
Association
Rotary Club Lunch Highlights Ethics Discussion
Dr. Marion Inge led a discussion on the first section of the Rotary Code of Ethics at the Thursday luncheon in the Cawthon Hotel Vineyard. Rotarian Richard A. Christian spoke on local produce business and its outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Inge
Rotary Club
Cawthon Hotel
Hichard A. Christian
Death notices posted after Casement's execution at Pentonville
Notices of death were posted on the prison door after the execution of Roger David Casement. The first notice, signed by the under-sheriff of London the governor and Father James Mc Carrell Casement's confessor, stated the death sentence was carried out in his presence. A similar Middlesex under-sheriff notice followed. Continued on Page Six.
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London
James McCarrell
Casement
Roger David Casement
His
Pentonville
Middlesex County
Mobile Yacht Club Annual Meet Friday
The Mobile Yacht Club will hold its annual meeting in Parlor C at the Battle House at 7 30 p m on Friday August 4. Elections of officers and a governing committee will be on the agenda along with other business.
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Mobile Yacht Club
Battle House
Oficers
World’s Vessels Resume Use of the Panama Canal
Traffic through the canal is returning to pre closure norms with June totals of 127 vessels and May totals of 129. Atlantic to Pacific and Pacific to Atlantic routes show mixed gains while British and American ships dominate the canal traffic share, together accounting for about 80.6 percent of 1,875 vessels since 1914.
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Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Pacifi
Verdun Battles Intensify as French Push Front Lines
Paris reports French offensives along the Meuse and Fleury sectors with ground held against counter attacks. German losses include 1,100 men east of Verdun since August 1. In Somme and Estrees areas French positions advance after repelling German efforts. A Zeppelin raid over eastern and southeastern England today appears damaged.
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London
Verdun
Meuse
Paris
Fleury
Somme
Monaco Farm
Hemwood
Estrees
England
Gulf Coast Fair Sets Waterworks Day At Fair
At a joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Gulf Coast Fair Association and local citizens in Mobile support was pledged for Prof D Scoates of the Mississippi A and M College to promote farm waterworks. Waterworks Day was set for Friday November 3 during the fair. The Mississippi College campaign urges farmers to improve water supply and piping to the home with cooperation from clubs and organizations as Prof Scoates tours several states.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gulf Coast Fair Association
Mobile
D. Scoates
Mississippi A. and
M. College
Faims Association
Mississippi A
Mississippi
Prof
Scoates
Mississippi College
Aleary
Broken Jaw Delays Vance Brothers' Arraignment
Homer and Lonnie Vance faced arraignment in recorder's court for alleged assault on D. H. Moseley, a motor man. Moseley was beaten about two weeks earlier at St. Michael and Warren streets, and the case was continued because his jaw was broken and he could not speak.
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Homer
Lonnie Vance
Recorder's Court
D. H. Moseley
Vance
Moseley
St. Michael
Warren Streets
Mobile Travelers Will Work for the Fair
A Mobile Travelers' Association meeting is set for Saturday night at the County Hotel where members will pledge support for the Gulf Coast Fair and Mardi Gras carnival next year. Committees to plan both events will be appointed and a suitable club room for members and guests will be discussed.
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Mobile Travelers’ Association
Cawthon Hotel
Crenshaw Meeting Rescheduled to Saturday Night
The friends of city commissioner candidate Frank W. Crenshaw postponed the meeting at the Cawthon hotel to Saturday night at 8 o clock.
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The
Friends
Frank W. Crenshaw
Cawthon Hotel
Cawthon
City Hall closes for Mrs Gaines funeral
City Hall closed Thursday afternoon after 2 o clock out of respect for Mrs George Gaines whose funeral held at 4 o'clock. Mrs Gaines was daughter of City Commissioner Harry Pillans.
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City Hall
Gaines
George
Cool Again in Mobile As Thermometers Pause At 87
Weather bulletin notes cooler conditions in Mobile with a high of 87 while Phoenix and St. Louis hit extreme highs. The East shows relief as the mercury drops from prior peaks. Gulf coast regions report scattered showers as a high pressure area west of the Mississippi shifts, with a low over the northern Rockies bringing rain to the Dakotas.
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Mobile
Phoenix St
Oklahoma City
Dodge City
Kansas City
Des Moines
Hiss Pi River
Gulf
South Atlantic Coast
Rocky Mountain
Dakotas
West Gulf Region
Missouri Valley
Weather Bureau
Flood Sufferers 1200 in Baldwin and Escambia Counties
Twelve hundred people in Baldwin and Escambia counties are destitute due to floods in the Alabama river bottoms. J W Roberts of Perdido says a telegram was sent to tentative S H Dent in Washington requesting relief from the $540000 emergency appropriation for flood sufferers in this region.
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Baldwin
Escambia
Alabama
J. W. Roberts
Perdido
Ala
Roberts
Tentative S. H. Dent
Washington
Congress
South
Producers Near Here Benefit in Activity of Produce Exchange
The Gulf Coast Produce Exchange reports strong business this week with quick sales of fruit vegetables and other produce. A full carload of watermelons cantaloupes and sweet potatoes sold rapidly while a large shipment of chickens and peas moved promptly. Officials anticipate continued brisk trade for the season.
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Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Bicycle Stolen From Dauphin Street Front
Rivers Rush Jr reports a bicycle theft Thursday from in front of a building on the north side of Dauphin Street fourth west of Conception. Unknown parties took the bicycle. Police are investigating the theft.
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Rivers Rush, Jr
Dauphin Street
Fourth
Conception
Appropriations Pass 1.5 Billion Mark in Congress
Washington officials reported the present congress surpassed the 1.5 billion dollar appropriations mark with the District of Columbia bill lifting above the prior total. Leaders anticipate about another hundred million in bills before adjournment as the federal government would cover half of Washington city government costs.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Senate
Washington City
House
Poultry Association to Hold Meeting Tuesday
The Gulf Coast Poultry Association will meet Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Attendance is urged as the gathering is described as highly important. The session was postponed last month due to the illness of Vice President E Steele Partridge.
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Gulf Coast Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
E. Steele Partridge
Ice wagon drivers freed with warning by recorder
A V Farmer Bennie Gnatt and Dock Seals ice wagon drivers were arrested for lacking scales. They were dismissed with warnings. The recorder said drivers must weigh ice before delivery and customers should report unweighed loads. A $50 fine follows any short weights.
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A. V. Farmer
Bennie Gnatt
Farmer
Edington
Householders Urged to Report Ice Weighing Offenses
Readable text urges householders to cooperate and demand ice be weighed. If weights are wrong, report to police. Citizens can summon a weights and measures inspector to check ice at home. Strict enforcement expected. drivers warned to comply.
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Ap Ag
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Lower Somme
Britain
Fortress of
Laufee Wood
Fedger Casement
Casement Djson Gallows
Ieee
Patna
Mae Cing
Ellis
Middlesex
Iliner
Old-Point
Uncle Samuel
Koenig
Deck
Timmins Rts
Inferior
MR. B. Kahn
Gulf Coast Fair
C. of C
Fair Association
Misssissippi
Vance Brothers
Crenshaw
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