House Committee Backs Plan to Impeach Purifoy
In Montgomery Alabama on August 10 a majority judiciary committee report recommends impeachment articles against Secretary of State John Purifoy. The plan, 12 to 8, moves to a house hearing after recess with a minority dissenting.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Purifoy
House
Committee On Judiciary
Purifoy
Claude A. Grayson
Mobile
Bradley G. Brown
Birmingham
Motor Vehicles Bureau
Solemn Requiem Mass for Bishop O'Sullivan at Cathedral
A solemn mass of requiem will be held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Wednesday at 8 AM for the repose of Bishop O'Sullivan whose anniversary occurs this week. He was consecrated to Mobile in 1885 and led the diocese until his death in 1896 with Rt. Rev. Edward P. Allen assisting on the throne.
Loxley Citrus Growers Back Uniform Spraying Plan
Dr. O F E Winberg, president of the Gulf Coast Horticultural Society, says citrus growers in Mississippi and Mobile and Baldwin counties will unite for a meeting in Fairhope on August 21. He praises the Loxley Citrus Growers Association for adopting a uniform spraying method and notes the group plans to buy power sprayers through a coordinated effort.
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A. Better
Mississippi
Mobiles
Baldwin Counties
Gulf Coast Horticultural Society
Fairhope
O. F. E. Winberg
Mobile
Cawthon
Wetvomrad
Beste
Couate
Variousos Tee
Tuesday Night Band Concert Program at Bergene Square
Program for the First Infantry Band concert in Bergene Square includes marches and waltzes such as March-Olympiad One-Step The Outlook Waltz June Valse Selection Stradelia March Gentrys Triumphal March One-Step We ll Go Home and Love My Wife Mystic Dreams and Dare to Call Me, reflecting a varied night of musical selections.
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First Infantry
Bergene Square
Stradelia
Gentry
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholavitch as Russia's Incoming Leader
The article portrays Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholavitch as the looming commander in chief of the Russian army. A cousin and deemed indispensable by the czar, he is described as six feet six, stern eyed, and unafraid of the czar. He seeks no interference and would quel l any peace talk seen as weakness, warning that Russia and his army could rise if challenged.
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Russia
Nicholas
Eye Army
CIA
Wishan Reat
Cza
Russias
Nicholas Nicholavitch
Duke
LE Czar
Nicheles
Saliies
John H. Jackson Found Guilty in Gambling Charge
John H. Jackson was found guilty on gambling and vagrancy counts by Recorder Edington after a trial before D. Haig Pritchard. He is bound over to the grand jury under $1,000 bond, with a $10 fine or 10 days on the vagrancy count and an additional 60 days unless a $150 bond is posted. The prohibition violation count was dismissed. Jack Lindsay testified Jackson ran a dice game at the Southern Hotel and bought whiskey served in the gambling room. An alibi through Dr. C. E. Chapman was deemed incomplete. Continued on Page Five.
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John H. Jackson
D. Haig Pritchard
Edington
Jack Lindsay
Jackson
Southern
Lindsay
C. E. Chapman
Chapman
Merchants debate Atmore rail link delay petition
Mobile business chiefs circulated a petition asking a one year delay for the Gulf Florida and Alabama Railroad to connect with Louisville and Nashville at Atmore. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic department warned the move would negate two years of effort to secure the line and hurt Mobile merchants facing Pensacola competition. A counter petition opposing delay will be circulated, citing railroad commission sentiment and urging no delay.
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Gulf, Florida and Alabama
Louisville and Nashville
Atmore
Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Cobb
Pensacola
Railroad Commission
Weather Man Promises Showers for Wednesday
A humorous local weather note mocks forecasts in Mobile and nearby cities. It contrasts promises of showers with actual temperatures ranging from the upper 80s to mid 90s, noting heat and breezes. An anecdote about car cooling at sunshine ends with a man seeking shade through sitting on ice.
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Mobile
Germans Checked Near Riga as Fleet Is Driven From Gulf
British reports say German forces pressing toward Riga have been checked. German warships attempting to seize the Gulf of Riga were dispersed and damaged, the largest German fleet in the war aside from the Dardanelles squadron. The article notes allied gains near Hooge and chaotic Balkan tensions with Serbia and Turkey. Italian intentions toward the Balkans and Gallipoli are discussed amid skepticism about peace with Russia.
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London
Russian Courland
Riga
Gulf of Riga
Dardanelles
Hooge
Poland
Festubert
Balkan
Saloniki
Serbia
Orsova
Hungary
Turkey
Italy
Athens
Ottoman Empire
Balkans
France
England
Gallipoli
Porto
Rome
Germany
Russia
Efigland
Allies Press Turkish Defenses at Dardanelles
Allied forces renewed assaults on the Dardanelles from Gallipoli and inflicted heavy losses on Turkish defenses. The fleet also bombarded positions, reporting strong progress over the last two days, according to Havas dispatches from Athens.
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Dardanelles
Paris
Gallipoli
Havas
Athens
Russians Push Aggressive Moves Near Riga In War Dispatches
London reports from Petrograd and the Times describe Russian forces pressing near Riga with vigor and German positions swept from the Riga region. The Riga sector relief is noted as Russian success south of the area.
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Riga
London
Morning Post
Petrograd
Times
Major General Goe thalg heads to Washington on leave
Major General Goe thalg arrived from the Canal Zone aboard the Pastores en route to Washington to discuss estimates and plans to retire after returning to Panama. In Austin concerns arise over alleged anti trust violations and political contributions by firms. The Black River Cypress Company forms in South Carolina with 260000 capital to operate in Clarendon and Sumter counties. Two Pennsylvanian Railroad trainmen die in a wreck near Indianapolis after a switch failure. Captain Percy Archer Oliver, MP for Hertfordshire Ross, wounded in Flanders by a German mine. US Steel reports unfilled tonnage at 4928540 tons as of July 31, up 250244 from June. Chief Walker of Danville, Ill., seeks Tennie Harr papers in Richmond for a wife murder warrant. Attendance at the Panama Pacific Exposition surpasses 10 million with daily average over 76923. Taft’s former president Taft’s first grandchild announced in Bar Harbor. National Association of Life Underwriters opens with 10000 attendees, selling 200000 pounds in gold and clay.
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New Orleans
Black River Cypress Company
Clarendon
Sumter
South Carolina
Indianapolis
IND
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis
New York
London
Percy Archer Oliver
Harfordshire
Ross
Flanders
United States Steel Corporation
Richmond
Walker
Danville
Ill
Dunn
Tennie Harr
San Francisco
Bar Harbor
Taft
Robert Taft
Here
Defends Chicago Women Teachers by Margaret Haley
Margaret Haley, a renowned labor leader and business agent for the Chicago Teachers Federation, defended Chicago women teachers after a member of the board of education accused them of being lady sluggers in a controversial dispute.
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Margaret Haley
Chicago Teachers’ Federation
Chicago Board of Education
Renters Seek Repeal of Market Ordinance
Occupants of stalls in Mobile markets urge the city commission to abolish or amend the market ordinance to curb outside green groceries and allow sale of meat fish and poultry only at two designated places. Mayor Pillans Schwarz oppose granting the petition while Commissioner Lyons supports a city wide market system serving all areas. Attorney Cowley filed the petition on behalf of stall occupants seeking protection or removal of current restrictions.
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City Commission
Ann Street
Pillans
Schwartz
Lyons
Schwarz
Mobile
Cowley
West Indian disturbance appears in gulf caution to mariners issued
The first West Indian disturbance of the season has appeared near the central Windward islands with no intensity given. Cautionary advisories were issued. Local forecaster Albert Ashenberger received a storm warning at 2 p.m. Tuesday noting a tropic disturbance over Dominica moving west northwest, signed Frankenfield.
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Gulf
Washington
Windward Islands
Albert Ashenberger
Dominica
Frankenfield
Robbers Blow Bank Vault in Maple Hill Hold 100 Citizens
Seven or more robbers seized over a hundred Maple Hill residents as explosions blasted the Maple Hill State Bank vault. They rifled the vault of about $3,000 then vanished in heavy fog after firing six charges of explosives.
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White Bank
Maple Hill
Kan
Maple Hill State Bank
Wealthy Woman Mary Cameron Dies in Spider Bite Hospital
Mrs Mary Maxwell Cameron widow of Colonel Alexander Cameron a millionaire tobacco maker died at Cameron Lodge near Gordonsville Virginia from blood poisoning caused by a spider bite. She had been ill two weeks and will be buried in Richmond Thursday.
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Gordonsville
Mary Maxwell Cameron
Alexander Cameron
Cameron Lodge
Here
Richmond
Bees Battle Regimen of Bees vs British in Hampstead
In Hampstead London a regiment of soldiers clashed with a large swarm of bees. The bees swarmed Heath Avenue as horses reared and bystanders fled. Police intervened and a soldier named Tom, versed in bee lore, captured the queen and imprisoned her in a box.
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London
Hampstead
Heath Avenue
Tommy
Naval fears spur U S battleship准备 at Veracruz
Naval commander at Vera Cruz reports anti American demonstrations growing in threat and calls for protection of foreigners. The Navy Department has two battleships ready to sail from New York and Connecticut port facilities.
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Mexican
Navy
New 201
Connecticut
Haits
President Wilson to Order Action in Coming Hours
President Wilson, after coding a dispatch to Secretary Lansing, plans definite steps within hours regarding the Vera situation. He aims to protect foreigners if trouble arises and expected to return to Washington for a cabinet meeting Friday.
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Wilson
Cornish
N. H
Lansing
Daniels
Vera
Washington
Tyre
Cavalrymen and Mexicans clash near Mercedes Texas
United States cavalrymen and Mexican raiders clashed in Hidalgo County near Mercedes. One Mexican was killed and six U S cavalrymen were on border patrol nearby. Four horses were captured as armed residents hunted the bandits who escaped after a prior Norias fight.
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Brownsville
Tex
United States
Mercedes
Hidalgo County
Rio Grande
Norias
Sebastian
Raymondville
San Benito
Harlingen
U S Plans Move on Vera Cruz Amid Anti Foreign Protests
Commander McNamee asked the navy to dispatch a battleship squadron to Vera Cruz as anti foreign demonstrations flare there. Secretary Lansing announced one warship would relieve a transport ship and deny plans for an invasion, with New Hampshire and Louisiana ready to sail and Connecticut possible to join.
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Washington
McNamee
Vera Cruz
Navy
Eement
Lansing
New Hampshire
Louisiana
Cruz
Connecticut
Haitien
Gulf
Vera Crag
Sacra
Lee Canova
Ve Cruz
Dean
Great Britain to New York Gold Shipment En Route
New York reports a direct wartime gold shipment from England to the United States. Banking circles say the value runs into millions though exact figures were not released. The gold is expected to be deposited at the sub treasuries or with J P Morgan & Co as part of the British government transfer.
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Britain
New York
Yeas
England
J. P. Morgan & Company
R. F. McConnell Despaired Over Illness
R F McConnell of Mobile Liners Inc is reported very ill at his home 306 Church Street after severe apoplectic strokes. His life is despaired of.
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R. F. McConnell
Mobile Liners, Inc
Church Street
Lawsuit Filed Over Promissory Note Debt
The New Battle House Camp sues Wil Louisell in the law and equity court on Monday afternoon for $10 claimed due on a promissory note dated January 2, 1909.
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Battle House Camp
Law and Equity Court
Wil Louisell
Connick John J., Funeral Arrangements
John J. Connick, aged 4, son of John J. and Connick, entered into rest at 6:25 am. The funeral is at home, 659 South Brose, tomorrow noon at 3 o clock from Matthew's church. Interment in Catholic cemetery.
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Connick
John J
South Brose
Matthew's Church
Catholic Cemetery
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