Opponents of New Sunday Blue Law to Wave Hearing
Legislative notes from Alabama discuss opposition to a Sunday blue law and a hearing on related bills. Georgia Felder urges convict labor for road work, and amendments to license, pension, and court consolidation measures are reported with committee positions and votes.
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Greene
Senate
Felder
Georgia
Lot
Bonner
Chamberlain
Alabama
Committee On Privileges and Elections
John
Committee On Agriculture
Wilson
House
Housee
Brindley
Welsh
Fife
Marion
Mobile County
Hartwell
Sorrell
Russell Leads Democratic Lieutenant Governor Primary in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi August 6 related returns show Lee M Russell leading for lieutenant governor with a preliminary about 110 vote edge over E Bunyan Carter. Carter’s supporters dispute the result while Bilbo leads governor race by under 2000 votes with Reily supporters calling for recounts in Pontotoc and other counties.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Lee M. Russell
E. Bunyan Carter
Russell
Carter
Theodore G. Bilbo
M. W. Reily
Bilbo
Pontetoc
Weather Outlook Through Saturday Across Regions
Mobile expects generally fair skies with little temperature change tonight and Saturday. Alabama forecasts fair conditions with gentle north to northeast winds through tonight and Saturday. Mississippi notes partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with a chance of showers.
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Mobile
Alabama
First Infantry Band Concert Program
The First Infantry Band presents a concert program listing pieces such as Step The Outlook altz June Vaise Rag I Will Make You Love Me March One Step Rose of the Mountain Me ley Along Came Authentic Drama Rag Dont Dare Call Me Up at or toe Love My Wife I ll Go Home.
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Ewes
Four Men Hanged in Alabama Today
Four persons were executed in Alabama with no reprieves granted by Governor Henderson. At Evergreen Robert Watkins and John Salter, both described as negroes, were hanged as militiamen watched. They killed Mrs. Mary Lasseter and left Wiley House burning. In Cullman white man George James was hanged for the Decatur murder of George Clayburn. James shot Clayburn through a window as he read his Bible. Millard Carpenter, a negro, was hanged in Birmingham for the murder of John T. Camp two years earlier.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Henderson
Evergreen
Robert Watkins
John Salter
Mary Lasseter
Wiley House
Cullman
George James
Decatur
George Clayburn
James
Clayburn
Millard Carpenter
Birmingham
John T. Camp
Bernard Montvid Executed for Priest and Housekeeper Killings
In Wethersfield Connecticut Bernard Montvid was hanged for the February murder of Rev. Joséph Zebris a Lithuanian priest and his housekeeper Miss Iva Gilmanattis. He proclaimed innocence claiming he was only an accomplice and named Peter Krakes who had been executed earlier for related crimes.
Battle of Mobile Bay remembered and upcoming meetings
The article recalls the 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay where Farragut led federal forces while Buchanan’s ships were unable to join. It notes a Chamber of Commerce ways and means committee meeting on Monday at 7 30 and the Mobile Yacht Club annual meeting Friday at 7 30 with officer elections and business to conduct.
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Mobile Bay
Bucanan
Confederacy
Farragut
Chamber of Commerce
Battle ‘House
J. Leslie Taylor
Mobile Yacht Club
Man Arrested on Assault Charge After Alleged Domestic Violence
George Moore was arrested Friday by Deputy Sheriffs Bernstein and Petty on an assault and battery charge. He allegedly beat his wife Olivia Moore. The Moores reside at 699 Virginia Street.
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Hubby
George’ Moore
Bernstein and Petty
Olivia Moore
Moores
Virginia Street
Excursion Crowd Fills M. and O. Train to Coast Points
A large group of excursionists gathered for the M. and O. trip to Coden Biloxi and other coast points. The excursion train left Jackson Tennessee and continued through Mississippi toward Mobile keeping a steady flow to the seaside spots.
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Coden
Biloxi
Jackson
Tenn
Mississippi
Mobile
Remarkable 65-Pound Pumpkin At local Grand Bay display
An onlooker in Conception Street, Mobile describes a 65-pound pumpkin grown at Grand Bay. The fruit sits on a pedestal beneath a sheet listing its weight and origin. An employee notes more pumpkins grow in Grand Bay, Mobile County, suggesting a plentiful harvest for Thanksgiving.
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Grand Bay Land Company
Conception Street
Grand Bay
Mobile County
Pritchard to spend day in jail for contempt in probition case
Dr Haig Pritchard described as a gambler faced jail and a $10 fine after refusing to testify. Witness Lindley testified of gambling at the Southern Hotel with John H Jackson and patrolman J R Benton. Jackson and Lindley face August 10 trials.
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Haig Pritchard
Crenshaw
Mobile
J. Lindley A
Aft
Lindley
Pritchard
Recorder’s Court of Mobile
Jackson
John H. Jackson
J. R. Benton
Southern
John H.jackson
Edington
Southern Hotel
Courtney
R. L. Hamilton
Frank Lenning
H. Green
Kuey Walker
Tom Mitchell
John Lee
Minnie Simmortis
Hilda Holt
Lonnie Vance
Sylvester Steiner
Will Young
Henry Pierce
Will Jackson
Randolph Williams
Tom Henry
Jesse DuBose
Charles Cloud
May Cunningham
Tuck Collins
Joe Hatcher
James Dooley
Harry O’connor
Frank J. Levene
John W. Hawley
Justice
Daisy Newbern
John Thomas
Alberta Martin
Mitchell Reynolds
C.R. Pearson
George Gamble
900 Armed Men In Hunt For Negro In Clay County
In Clay County Missouri a nine hundred man search closed a seven mile square section in the southwest corner five hundred armed men surrounded the area chasing a negro who attacked Mrs Stafford near Liberty. Mrs Stafford is reported to be in dangerous condition. The British government plans to intern or deport all German missionaries in India per the Times.
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Kansas City
Clay County
Missouri
Henry Stafford
Liberty
Stafford
NCON
India
The
Times
Senator Bankhead predicts big Mobile gains from Warrior River opening
United States Senator John H. Bankhead, visiting Mobile from Jasper, Ala., says the all water route from New York to Tuscaloosa and Birmingham via Lock 17 will spur major growth. He sees Mobile’s bust improve as shipments and traffic expand, and notes public optimism during his private visit.
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John H. Bankhead
Mobile
Warrior River
United States
Jasper
Ala
Lock 17
New York
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Gulf City
Bankhead
Wolae
General Scott to Meet Rebel Leaders in Mexico
Major General Hugh L. Scott and Lieutenant Colonel Michie depart Washington at 6 p.m. for El Paso to confer with General Villa and other Mexican leaders on the national crisis. Diplomatic talks at the State Department with Secretary Lansing and six Pan American envoys continue as plans for a peace conference emerge.
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Scott
Washington
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Robert BE. L. Michie
el Paso
Villa
Secretary -Laheing
Wilson
Mexico
Carranza
Villa Ar
State Department
Lansing
Army
Breckenridge
Kaye
United States Mexico policy debate alarms Brazilian press
In Rio de Janeiro during August discussions on American conference aims prompt alarm about possible U S intervention. Officials insist no erosion of Mexican sovereignty while papers clash. Jornal De Brazil calls intervention a sovereignty crime. Gazetta De Noticias favors U S motives as honorable.
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Oppost
Janeiro
United States
Jornal de Brazil
Mexico
Gazetta de Noticias
Competenc Crivics
Lynching of Ed Berry after confessed crimes in Oklahoma
In Shawnee Oklahoma Ed Berry a Black man accused of two criminal absquations and linked to ten other cases was abducted from officers and hanged from a telephone pole at Beard Street Bridge after being secretly brought from McAlester. Masks guarded the scene and about 75 men witnessed the confession before the body was removed. An inquest will be held. Berry had been moved among locations since July 11 for safekeeping. Sherry's case was set for August 9.
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Shawnee
Okla
Ed Berry
Berry
McAlester
Beard Street
Sherry
Poor Girls' Floating Hotel to Close in New York
Warning that the oddest hotel in New York will shut August 28 leaves more than fifty working girls ashore from the Jacob M Stamler, as Arbuckle's Deep Sea Hotel Company retires and will serve no meals after August 28. The Stamler has housed shop and store workers for years at weekly costs from 2.80 to 3.50, after the fire department order. Built in 1867, the old ship was bought by John Arbuckle in 1901.
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New York
Jacob M. Stamler
Stamiler
Arbuckle’s
Deep Sea Hotel Company
Stamler
John, Arbuckle
McLaurin Proposes U S Purchase of Two Million Bales Cotton
Charleston August 6 1914 John L McLaurin former U S senator and state warehouse commissioner urges President Wilson to buy two million bales for explosives manufacture and to stabilize the cotton market He also suggests Britain and allies buy two million bales to shift sentiment toward England and aid cotton growers unless the 1914 crop is protected prices may fall to last season levels due to the war impact.
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Charleston
D. C
United States
Wilson
John L. McLaurin
South Carolina
McLaurin
Mr. McLaurin
Great Britain
England
South
Mob Attacks Jail Seizes Black Man Hangs Him at Station
In Trilby Florida a mob overpowered jail staff and dragged a Black man from jail. They hanged him near the railway station as witnesses described a tense scene. A 13 year old white girl is referenced in connection with a related incident.
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Florida
Trilby
Fila
Dade City
Mexican Outlaws Raid Sebastian Texas as Cavalry Pursues
Mexican outlaws raided the village of Sebastian 37 miles north of Brownsville, killing a man. United States cavalrymen from Fort Arlingen and fifteen rangers have gone to Sebastian, while armed men from nearby points converge and HARLINGEN residents prepare to hunt the attackers.
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Brownsville
Tex
Sebastian
Here
Worthan
United States
Fort Arlingen
Harlingen
Wealthy Land Owner Held Here as Fugitive
J. W. Hawley of Davenport Iowa, about 40, arrested Tuesday afternoon by Detectives Lacey and Murphy on a fugitive from justice charge. New Orleans police alleged he deserted his wife. A wealthy landowner with substantial means, Hawley quarters at the Cawthon Hotel and posted a conditional bond Thursday night via Attorney J. Blocker Thornton. A plainclothes man accompanied him. Hawley declined to comment for publication.
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J. W. Hawley
Davenport
Lacey and
Murphy
New Orleans
Hawley
Cawthon Hotel
J. Blocker Thornton
Cloéthes
John’ T. ‘McNamara
Wilkinson Street
Newbern and Harris
Sam Hyland
Crenshaw
Wittman Reports Theft Of Fifty Frying Chickens
Charles Wittman of the northeast corner of Marine and Augusta streets reported a thief entered his yard after midnight Thursday night and stole fifty frying-size chickens. Detectives are investigating the case.
Alabama Power to Acquire Hartselle Light and Power Plant
Negotiations end with Alabama Power Company purchasing the Hartselle Light and Power Company. Alabama Power will operate the plant while extending hydro electric service, lowering minimum rates from $2 to $1. A Jacksonville Light and Power Company is formed to supply that municipality with power and water, using Alabama Power current.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hartselle Light and Power Company
Alabama Power Company
Hartselle Company
Hartselle
Jacksonville
Jacksonville’ Light and Power Company
Alabama Power
Calhoun Light and Power Company
Alabama
Power Com
North
Mobile Will Take a Hand in Hold Cotton Movement
The Mobile Clearing House Association will represent Southern Cotton Conference in Galveston on August 14. A letter from J Leste Taylor announces the event to discuss holding cotton in warehouses this fall until market conditions improve. Mobile representation is not yet decided.
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Mobile Clearing House Association
Galveston
Bankers
J. Leste Taylor
Mobile
Unclear fragment prompts unknown event in Texan locale
Fragmentary OCR text lacks coherent facts or identifiable entities. No discernible event, person, or organization can be established from the readable portions.
Gem Oyster Saloon Prohibition Case News
Rabby and Rabby proprietors of the Gem Oyster Saloon at Commerce and St Francis were served warrants Friday afternoon for violations of the prohibition law. They posted bonds at the county jail for appearance in the inferior criminal court. Deputies Oberhaus and Soles searched the saloon days earlier and found half a pint of whiskey.
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C. O. Rabby
J. A. Rabby
Gem Oyster
Commerce and
St. Francis Streets
Inferior Criminal Court
Oberhaus
Daniels Drug Company to Open in Mobile
A certificate of incorporation for the Daniels Drug Company was filed in Mobile probate court. The firm will operate wholesale and retail drug business with $5,000 capital. officers include L. D. Daniels president and treasurer Henry Fillingim secretary and Nettie Daniels vice president.
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Daniels Drug Company
Mobile
L. D. Daniels
Henry Fillingim
Nettie Daniels
Hot Weather Persists as City Sees Sunshine
A lively warm spell continues in Mobile with temperatures around 01 degrees at peak. The piece notes hot weather and golf scenes, detailing a visitor’s enthusiasm for a round at the Country Club and the journey by car to the golf links.
Russians Retire as Teutons Press in East War
London reported that after Warsaw Ivangorod and Riga fell the Austro German assault reached a peak in the east with a likely German advance on Warsaw. Polands autonomous status may be discussed while Russians retreat toward the Vistula as German forces contemplate winter operations.
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London
Warsaw
Ivangorod
Riga
Baltic
Galicia
Micholas
Hae
Vistula
Beth
Poland
Sian Pola
Recman
Russia
Novo Georgievsk Fortified Holding Lies in Russian Hands
Information from the Russian war office says Novo Georgievsk, 19 miles northwest of We stifi, remains under Russian control despite evacuation efforts. The fortress has withstood one siege and remains the only fortified post on the Vistula river held by the Russians.
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Novo Georgievskyperepared
al Seirooraie
Novo. Gegievsk
Westifi
Vistula
Armies Fight Fire as Germans Close on Polish Towns
A dispatch from Warsaw dated August 4 reports German forces pressing on towns along the Vistula river. Fire from German attackers burns persistently as troops reach the vicinity of Blonie and nearby areas, with further details continued on Page Five.
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Petrograd
London
Warsaw
Blonie
Vistula
Lost and Found Yearling Yellow and White
Found June 7 a yearling yellow and white horse with two split brand marks. Owner must prove property and pay to claim. Contact Chai Hill at 62 Kennedy Street. Ada Classified on Page Five.
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Chai Hill
Kennedy Street
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