Jailbreakers Nabbed After Narrow Escape Near Oak Grove
Deputies Detain Ferrill Gossett and Clarence Palmer, two white inmates who sawn through three jail bars and fled the Mobile county jail, then evaded capture until Tuesday night when Dr J L May tracked them near Oak Grove Alabama. They planned to reach New Orleans and the Argentine Republic. Sheriff Palmer lauded the alert network and said jail visiting will be curtailed.
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Ferrill Gossett
Clarence Palmer
Mobile County
Liberty
Inferior Criminal Court Room
Oak Grove
Ala
J. L. May
T. T. Palmer
Mobile and
Ohio
May
Dr. M. Gray
Palmer
Gossett
Dr. May
Mobile
Interior Court
New Orleans
Argentine Republic
Deputy May
Mississippi
Sheriff Palmer
Montgomery pool rooms get hour extension to midnight
Montgomery Alabama city commissioners approved extending pool and billiard room hours to 12 o clock midnight after a petition from owners. The pool room ordinance changing closing from 11 PM was adopted. They renewed a 190,000 note and handled a $10,000 contemporary loan for four months at 6 percent.
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Montgomery
Ala
Terrific cannonade heard across front as armies clash
Reports from Maastricht Brussels and London describe heavy artillery fire from Tongres toward Liege and German advances through Belgium. French and German forces clash along the Franco German frontier and Alsace while Servian and Montenegrin troops coordinate on the Herzegovina border. British naval dispatch notes clear Western Atlantic shipping and five Royal Navy ships patrolling near New York.
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Amsterdam
London
Maastricht
Telegraaf
Tongres
Liege
Brussels
Belgium
Alsace
Belfort
Vosges
Thann
Kolmar
Altkirch
Muelhausen
NSH
Servia
Herzegovina
Gorashda
Drina
Sarajevo
Vardishta
Lim
Belgrade
New York
Atlantic
Trinidad
Sir Christopher Cradock
Suffolk
New York City
Germans Bridge Meuse Foothold At Herstal In WWI
Maastricht dispatch reports a second German attempt succeeded to erect a pontoon bridge at Herstal over the Meuse for siege artillery. Guns are being sent to Liege and Namur as neighboring operations unfold while Liege forts hold, repelling attacks though outnumbered ten to one.
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Amsterdam
Herstal
Meuse
Maastricht
Telegraaf
Liege
Namur
London
Standard
Brussels
British Sloop Algerine Spotted Near Mendocino
The British sloop Algerine was sighted by the American coaster Bear off Cape Mendocino at 5 a.m. yesterday and cleared for action. In London a St. Petersburg dispatch reports Russia’s Baltic fleet actively patrolling the sea and twenty captured merchant vessels sent to Cronstadt with crews to be interned.
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San Francisco
Cape Mendocino
Portland
London
St. Petersburg
Baltic Sea
Cronstadt
German retirement reported more marked in front line
From Brussels officials announce that German retirement is becoming more marked with no other front news released. In Rome the Corriere Della Sera reports Montenegrin troops have captured Scutari, per London dispatch.
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Brussels
London
Rome
Corriere Della Sera
Scutari
Ration bill on foreign built ships heads to action
The house again takes up a bill, sent from the senate, authorizing the president to admit foreign built ships under five years old to American registry. A Cummins amendment requiring majority American ownership faces possible conference changes as opponents warn it may nullify the emergency measure amid European war tensions. An earlier Jones amendment allowing Atlantic Pacific trade ships and Williams choice to include gulf and lake routes also gains attention.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Cummins
Atlantic
Pacific
Williams
Plague Confirmation At Gulfport Prompts City Cleanup
Gulfport officials confirm bubonic plague diagnosis and enact strict precautions to curb spread. State health board joins city cleaning and rat proofing efforts. Dr Seale Harris notes the case underscores the need for vigilance, while mobile authorities urge decisive action.
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Gulfport
Mississippi State Board of Health
Seale Harris
Chamber of Commerce Sanitation and Public Health Committee
Mobile
Rucker
Dr. Harris
Gulfport plague case traced to Handsboro stay
Health officials say the infected man came from New Orleans to Gulfport then stayed briefly in Handsboro near Gulfport. He lived in an isolated Handsboro house which was burned after his return to New Orleans. No rat infection or danger of spread in Gulfport was found.
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H. S. Capps
Gulfport
Charles A. Mohr
Mobile
New Orleans
Handsboro
Capps
Mohr
Woman to Be Cashier of Pell City Bank in Alabama
Mrs. J. H. Still of Pell City will be the only woman bank cashier in Alabama when the Pell City Bank and Trust Company opens. The bank has received permission to organize from Alex E. Walker, state banking supervisor. The capital stock is $16,000, owned by St. Clair county citizens, with L. Cooke of Pell City as vice president.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. H. Still
Pell City
Alabama
Government Street Grocery Gets Charter
The Government Street Grocery Company filed incorporation papers in probate court on Wednesday to operate a general retail grocery business. The capital is $2,000 with an initial capital of $1,000. Incorporators are D. C. Correll, W. L. Ellis and E. H. Correll.
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Government Street Grocery Company
D. C. Correll
W. L. Ellis
E. H. Correll
Money Market Update from New York
Mercantile paper stands at 6.7 percent as of August 12. Exchange totals reach 167,375,893 with balances at 11,225,042.
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Money Market New
York
Mercantile Paper
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Ship Receipts
American spot cotton quoted nominally in Liverpool with 500 bales sold at 6.50 for middling. Receipts total 16,000 bales, 13,000 of which are American.
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Liverpool
Judge Sanborn flags anti trust limits in historic case
The judge notes the anti-trust law traces to English public policy and cautions it covers only restraints that injure the public. He finds evidence shows defendants largely acted without unlawful restraint though the suit may be dismissed without prejudice and allows a new action if violations are found.
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Sanborn
Standard Oil Company
American Tobacco Company
Seerh
United States
Harvester Case Heads to U S Supreme Court
Cyrus H. McCormick announces International Harvester will seek Supreme Court review of a divided court ruling. He says the decision faults the company for past over-capitalization and unfair practices, not current wrongs, labeling the Harvester a good but illegal trust. The case, he states, will not end until the high court speaks.
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Chicago
Harvester
Supreme Court of the United States
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company
McCormick
Supreme Court
Illusory Hope Leads To Misplaced Expectations
A thoughtful aphorism warns that hope can mislead when people perceive it where it does not exist. The reflection cautions against letting wishful thinking distort judgment or shape reality unrealistically.
Arrival Delay Triggers Worry Over Return
A man faces concern as delays push a planned return date later than expected. Authorities urge patience while investigators assess transportation and safety factors affecting his possible travel timeline.
Record of Pensacola mayor defends financial actions
Mayor Greenhut released a statement defending his year as commissioner of finance and revenue. He argues shifting city deposits before the Pensacola State Bank failure and moving 20000 to meet bond interest saved the city at least 50000. He says he forced First National to post a surety bond shortly before its collapse, saving 25000. Refugees in Europe report safety with several Pensacolians abroad sending cables from London, Belgium, Lucerne, and Scotland.
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Pensacola State Bank
First National
State Bank
New York
S Fe
Europe
C. M. Covington
London
Christheisen
Belgium
J. F. Dusenbery
Lucerne
Switzerland
S. A. Alford
J. B. Glenn
Chipley
Engagement announced for Aimee Chaudron and Franklin Fischer
Mr and Mrs Gustave Chaudron announce the engagement of their daughter Aimee to Mr Franklin Earle Fischer The wedding is planned at All Saints church on Saturday August 15 at 1130 a.m Very Rev Gardiner C Tucker to officiate No cards
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Gustave Chaudron
Aimee
Franklin Earle Fischer
All Saints Church
Gardiner C. Tucker
Italian and German ships aid American tourist travel
Italian steamers San Giovanni San Giorgio and San Guglielmo will sail from Naples with 1000 Americans aboard on August 15 18 and 19, respectively. The Potsdam congestion cited as cause for sailing suspensions aboard the Imperator. Julius P Meyer of Hamburg American Line aboard Potsdam. Nile from Honolulu cancelled Hong Kong trip due to German cruiser report.
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Imperator
Potsdam
Julius P. Meyer
Hamburg-American Line
New York
San Giovanni
San Giorgio
San Guglielmo
Italy
Naples
Honolulu
Yokohama
Pacific Mail
Nile
Hong Kong
United States
Kobe
Japan
San Francisco
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman Seriously Ill in London
A London cable reported Mrs. J. Borden Harriman is seriously ill in London after suffering from stone poisoning. She and her husband were war refugees from Paris and she serves on the commission on industrial relations as one of the first women appointed to a federal post by President Wilson.
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Associated Press
New York
London
J. Borden Harriman
Paris
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aham-Riudle Chham- Co. Incorporated
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J. B. Harriman
Bingo
Dennison Karmacal Co
VanAntwerps Drug Store
Dreamland
Hotel de Bunk
Louis Dean
Arthur R. van
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