Lookouts Arrive for Four Game Series in City
Kid Wiberfeld and the Chatta Lookouts travel to town for a four game set to wrap up the home stand for locals. Ralph Ledbetter is slated to work for Mobile, facing either Rube Marshall or Howard Merritt for Chattanooga. Heavy rain washed out the dodge benefit game for Johnny Dodge’s sister, and Jotary Parker plans to try to schedule the Mobile versus Chattanooga games Friday and a doubleheader Saturday with a Dodge benefit.
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Wiberfeld
Chatta Lookouts
Ralph Ledbetter
Mobile
Ween
Weather and matchups across leagues show mixed skies
iGames Today to Southern includes Nashville at New Orleans and Memphis at Atlanta with varied conditions. National games feature St Louis at New York and Philadelphia at Boston with several clear skies and some rain noted. American matches include Boston at Chicago and New York at Cleveland under clear conditions.
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Southern
St. Louis
New York
Easal
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
Southern and Birmingham tests in shiftless set results
Result games show Southern at New Orleans 2 8 2 and Cincinnati at Philadelphia 6 8 0 with no other games. Birmingham hosts Little Rock and other lineups include Smith Deberry Knowl Johnson Kitchens Ferryman Black Hauser Chapman Ponder Hau ser Hardgrove Kirby Gibson Rixey Killifer Knetzer Clarke with no further schedules.
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Southern
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Smith
Deberry
Knowl- Johnson
Kitchens
Birham
Little Rock
Ferryman
Black
Hauser
Robinson
Chapman
Birmingham
Ponder
Hardgrove
Kirby
Gibson
National
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Rixey
Killifer
Knetzer
Clarke
Baseball Scores From Early Season Tournaments
Detroit beats Philadelphia 9 to 0 in a 9 17 0 lineup. Cleveland defeats New York 9 to 4 in a 13 8 0 format. Chicago loses to Boston 4 to 6 with Faber Williams Cicotte Danforth Schalk Mays Cady contributing. St Louis split with Washington 2 to 0 first game and 9 to 1 second game. Plank Rumler Ayers Shaw Henry highlighted by Plank Rumler and Shaw.
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Detroit
Philadelphia
Boland
Baker
Nabors
Haley
Cleveland
New York
Gould
Coleman
Russell
Love
Walters
Chicago
Boston
Faber
Williams
Cicotte
Danforth
Schalk
Mays
Cady
St. Louis
Washington
Groom
Severeid
Harper
Gal- Ma
Henry
Baseball Scores From Recent Tournaments
American Association results include St Paul 3 Indianapolis 1 Milwaukee 9 Columbus 2 Minneapolis 1 Louisville 2 Kansas City 2 Toledo 7.
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American Association
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Columbus
Minnneapolis
Louisville
Kansas City
Toledo
Baseball scores from International and North Carolina leagues
In Richmond Buffalo beat Richmond 16 to 9 and Baltimore defeated Toronto 9 to 5. Providence and Rochester were tied 0 to 0 after five innings. Greensboro won 4 to 1 over Charlotte, and Raleigh and Winston-Salem were both 4 to 1 winners over their opponents. no other games scheduled.
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International League
Richmond
Buffalo
Baltimore
Toronto
Providence
Rochester
Newark-Montreal, N
North Carolina League
Greensboro
Charlotte
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Load Line Plan Discussed With Shipbuilders
Secretary Redfield invited leading shipbuilders and steamship heads to a September 27 meeting to discuss establishing load lines and bulkheads for ocean and lake traffic. The move targets uniform U S regulations as the nation lags behind peers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Redfield
United States
Nationals Meet to Talk Umpires
Owners of most National League clubs gather in New York for a meeting called by President Tener to discuss restoring umpire credibility after questioned rulings. Percy Haughton may be asked to explain Boston Braves conduct. he may also critique umpires. A warning to Charles Weeghman of the Cubs about game forfeitures is anticipated.
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Associated Press
New York
Tener
Percy Haughton
Boston Braves
Knaupp Records Unassisted Triple Play in New Orleans Game
Cotton Knaupp, the second baseman, executed an unassisted triple play with three runners aboard in the New Orleans versus Chattanooga game on Tuesday. He snagged Harris’s liner for the first out, tagged Pitler at second for the second, then touched second to end the frame, following an earlier miscue that prompted a brief error critique.
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Cotton Knaupp
Harris
Knaupp
Pitler
Messenger
Cotton
St Louis Printers Defeat Detroit Clan in Extra Innings
In Indianapolis on August 9, St. Louis edged Detroit 1 to 0 after eleven innings in the Union Printers' national tournament. Nieman pitched a two hit shutout with 17 strikeouts. Siebert held St Louis to two hits. Final lineups show 18 hits for St Louis and 2 for Detroit.
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ST. Louis
Detroit Clan
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Detroit
Union Printers
National Baseball
Nieman
Siebert
Chicago
New York
Pittsee St. Paul
Cincinnati
Cleveland
R. H.E. St. Louis
Nieman and Myers
H. Smith
Dye Prices Put Rare Colors At Seventy Dollars A Pound
A New York circular from a dye importing firm lists rare colors at 70 dollars per pound. The dyes, not yet produced in the United States, arrive with the Deutschland cargo and will go to regular customers to meet mill needs.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
West Virginia Records Highest Coal Output
West Virginia produced 80,000,000 net tons of coal in the year ended June 30, the highest total in state history, according to Earl Henry, chief of the state mines department.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Earl Henry
State Department of Mines
Hughes Denied by Officials Over Detroit Charges
President Wilson and cabinet debated Charles E. Hughes claims on the coast and geodetic survey and the census. Secretary Redfield and Edwin F. Sweet telegrammed Hughes refuting the charges as false or misleading and detailing voluntary retirements and meritorious replacements.
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Washington
Charles E. Hughes
Detroit
Administration
Wilson
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Census Bureau
Redfield
Binghampton
N. Y
Tumulty
Hughes
Edwin F. Sweet
Commerce
Mr. Redfield
E. Dana Durand
William J. Harris
Georgia
O. H. Tittman
E. Lester Jones
Census
Coast Survey
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Harris
Tittman
Jones
Fisheries
Sweet
Early opening of Greamery anticipated in region
Movement toward starting a Demonstration Creamery gains momentum as L C Irvine reports machinery to process 2000 gallons daily has been bought and will be installed at the old Blenville brewery on North Jackson street. About 200 cattle owners are in. 400 cows needed. Community meetings are set across Axis Andersons store Horns store Irvington MedAllister Dawes Dyas Bay Minette through next week to recruit farmers.
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L. C. Irvine
St. Louis
Chicago
Blenville
North
Jackson Street
Irvine
Anderson's
Horn’s
Lott
Canning
J. M. Egan
Irvington
MedAllister’s
Dawes School House
Dyas
Bay Minette
Turks Perish From Water Shortage in Romani Retreat
Reuters Cairo dispatch cites Turkish prisoners reporting extreme desert march suffering after defeat at Romani east of the Suez. Lack of water forced camels to be killed for thirst and blood drinking. heavy Turkish losses occurred in massed attacks under machine gun fire. a detachment that surrendered early killed its German officers.
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Associated Press
London
Romani
Suez Canal
Reuters Cairo
Cairo
British Forces Drive Turks East Of Katia
London reports British gains after defeating Turks near the Suez canal. Pursuit continues with the Turkish rear guard pressed back north and west, while the camel corps drive them from entrenchments. Prisoners taken as the line holds about fifteen miles east of Katia.
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Associated Press
London
Suez Canal
Katia
Egypt
Imperial Camel Corps
Birelabd
Hold U. S. Hasn't Right to Revoke Panama Election
Washington reports the State Department rejects a push by a Panamanian party led by Dr. Chairi claiming fraud in the recent Panama election. It says treaty guarantees failings cannot be invoked without prior notification of a need for American troop supervision, so no intervention to set aside results.
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U. S
Panama
Washington
State Department
Chairi
Ramon Valdez
Department
Canal Zone
Appointment Defies Civil Service Commission Advice
A bureau makes a new appointment against the civil service commission's counsel. The article notes the clash and records a sharp question about the credibility of the bureau's statement versus a prior Detroit statement.
Mobile Renewed Efforts to Secure Farm Loan Bank
Representatives from Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile failed to secure joint support for obtaining the federal farm loan bank for the district at a Birmingham conference. George Fearn Jr reports the outcome but says Mobile’s development role is strengthened by the visit of Mobile’s committee.
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Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Federal Farm Loan Bank
George Fearn, Jr
Fearn
Alabama
Mobile Opposes Elimination in Land Bank Contest
Mr. Fearn recalls filing the land bank application after returning from the Birmingham conference. Mobile proposed a test of subscriptions to stock, and offered to withdraw for a unanimous Alabama front, but the idea was rejected. The trip highlighted Mobile’s growing importance and closer ties with Birmingham as the state pursues the bank dispute.
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Birmingham
Fearn
Land Bank Commission
Alabama
Montgomery
Mobile
Californian Decorated by French for Bravery
Paris Aug 9 Douglas MacMonagle of San Francisco a UC graduate and member of the American ambulance field service has received the war cross The citation notes a bomb burst near his ambulance section but he calmly remained at work and carried away three seriously wounded men amid continued bombardment
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Associated Press
Paris
Douglas MacMonagle
San Francisco
University of California
American Ambulance Field Service
New Officials Elected by Gulf Coast Poultry Association
At the Gulf Coast Poultry Association meeting in the Chamber of Commerce, R. C. Moore was elected president replacing H. L. Wright. E. Steele Partridge moves to second vice president, T. G. St. John becomes second vice president, and Wright joins the executive committee.
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The
Gulf Coast Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
R. C. Moore
H. L. Wright
E. Steele Partridge
Moore
T. G. St. John
Wright
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Warn Kidney Disease Risk
An old advertisement warns of swollen extremities and rheumatic pains as danger signals of kidney trouble. It pushes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a standard natural remedy, claiming worldwide use and urging buyers to ensure the gold medal brand on the box to avoid counterfeits.
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Bright
Haarlem
Rogster
Local Railway Clerk Promoted to Chief Clerk in Mobile
J. B. Binford, longtime employee of Louisville and Nashville Railroad now Grand Lay Alabama agent, becomes chief clerk to General Agent H. G. Barclay succeeding W. O. Du Bose who moved to Meridian. Joseph R. Little returns from Washington with news on Congressman Gray. Caviezel reports Tombigbee farmers recovering from floods. Five leaf clover found on David D. Langan lawn. McAleer offers prize. Receiver Cochrane returns from New York trip. Harris and Wood visit from Cohen.
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J. B. Binford
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Grand Lay
Ala
H. G. Barclay
W. O. du Bose
Meridian
Miss
J. A. Caviezel
The
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Mobile
York, Ala
J. C. McAleer
David D. Langan
Brown Street
Mary Louise Langan
McAleer
Mr. McAleer
John T. Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
New York
Five Million Votes Slogan Adopted By Prohibition Party
In Indianapolis Indiana party leaders for J Frank Hanly and Ira Landrith unveil the slogan Five million votes for prohibition this year Virgil Hinshaw predicts 5 000 000 voters by campaign end The speakers acknowledge no victory this year but push for a heavy vote to back a federal prohibition amendment likely by 1920 or sooner.
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Indianafglis
Ind
Prohibition
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Ira Landrith
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Chicago
Railroad Founder Dead
W B Stickney founder of the Chicago Great Western railroad died at his St Paul home after four weeks of illness. He had been in declining health for several years.
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ST. Paul, Minn
W. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Prisoner totals seen in war camps top five million
Dr. John R. Mott reports from New York that more than 5,000,000 prisoners are held in belligerent camps, with Germany at about 1,750,000 and Russia near 1,500,000. He notes similar care and food across nations and outlines YMCA staff support on both fronts.
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Associated Press
New York
John R. Mott
BR Grr
Young Men’s Christian Association
Copenhagen
Mott
Dr. Mott
Germany
Russia
Austria
France
Italy
Great Britain
Turkey
D. A. Davis
Washington, D. C
Ex Senator Thurston Dies in Omaha at 69
Former United States Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska has died at his Omaha home at age sixty nine. He served as senator from 1895 to 1901 and passed away early today.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
John M. Thurston
United States
Nebraska
Weather Forecast for Florida Alabama Mississippi
Forecast shows scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and probably Thursday across Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Stronger activity possible in portions of the Gulf coast region as humidity remains high and air masses interact.
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Washington
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
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