Orators Turned to Lease System Debate in Alabama Legislature
Montgomery August 14 Special The session saw heated debate over a bill to abolish the convict lease system. Davis and Merritt led calls to end leasing with strong testimony on inhuman conditions. A Rogers substitute to place convicts on the public road system faced opposition as a veiled attempt to blur the issue.
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Montgomery
Hise’ of Representatives
Avis
Jease Tstem
Reese
Shapiro
Jefferson
City of
Birmingham
Birmingham Water Works Plant
Weakley
Davis
Eers
Sumter
Merritt
Kelby
Rogers
Becloud
Tative Merritt
Recess Investigating Committee
U S and Latin officials urge peace in Mexican crisis
A Pan American message signed by U S Secretary of State and envoys from Brazil Chile Argentina Bolivia Uruguay and Guatemala calls on Mexican factional leaders to agree on a permanent constitutional regime and elections within ten days to avoid further disaster. The note appeals for peace from Mexican soil through a conference and peacetime government.
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Washington
Kag
Mexico
Washington, D. C
United States
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Bolivia
Uruguay
Guatemala
United States of America
Twenty-sixth Infantry moves amid Brownsville alarm
In Texas City and Brownsville the Twenty-sixth Infantry was ordered toward the border as residents feared bandit activity. Bliss said the border quiet for two days with no further trouble as troops moved to reassure the area. Political intrigue links banditry to Villa era plots, with remarks on intervention and constitutional government.
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Houston
Texas
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Brownsville
Washington
Bliss
Tonig
Texas City
Biville
Galveston
Vera Cruz
Carrangista Com
Sul Burns
Preside Wilson
Villa
Home Industry Excursions Planned By Civic Committee
The ways and means group plans tours for Mobile business leaders to local factories. The first run departs Wednesday at 4 PM from the Bat House, including stops at Smith's Bakery and Wheeler Manufacturing Company to view bread production and peanut products.
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Wheeler Manufacturing
Mobile
Bat House
Edward’ M. Batley
Cai FD
Drews
J. D. Sutton
Paul
Idrick
Smith's Bakery
Dauphin
Hallett Streets
Wheeler Manufacturing Company
Spring Hill Avenue
Pine Street
Ways
J. Leslie Taylor
Kahn Manufacturing Company
Nephew of Spring-Rice Injured in London Irish Mail Wreck
In a London wreck on the Irish Mail near Stowe tunnel eight people were killed and thirty injured. D S Spring-Rice, nephew of the British ambassador to the U S, was among the injured with a spinal injury after the restaurant car crash and overturn. The engine derailment caused the southbound train to crash and two northbound sections to plunge.
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Spring-Rice
U. S
London
Northampton
England
Lord Monteaghe
America
D. S. Nurideriice
Dor
Irish Mail
Stowe Tunnel
D. S. Spring- Rice
Dauphin Way Baracas Study Subject at Sunday School
Dauphin Way Baracas study subject for today is Duty to Do Our Work Peace. Meeting times are 9:30 and 10:30 at Dauphin Way Baptist Sunday School. References cited include Matthew 7:18-28 Luke 18:22-30 and John 14:27 as the campaign to a mile of pennies proceeds with Say Un deve and Marien Colining in this movement.
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Dauphin Way Baptist
The
Eas
UN Deve
Marien Colining
Weather Forecast for Mississippian Thunder Described
Weather section notes potential thunderstorms in the Mississippian region across Sunday and Monday with impaired conditions expected through the period.
Tropical storm warning for Gulf of Mexico coastline noted
A hurricane center near western Cuba moves west at 20 to 30 mph while warnings extend from Grande to Key West. Officials urge precautions as Gulf coast residents await impact. Forecasters predict northeast winds and increasing force Sunday along the coast.
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Kane
Boca Grande
Gulf of Time
Gulf Coast
Grande
Key
Jing
Enna
Havana
Dreastag
Ashenberger
Washington
Aviator Drowns When Biplane Falls Into Lake
Livonia New York August 14 Aviator L J Lyon 26 1 was drowned this afternoon when his biplane plunged from 250 feet into a small lake near Old Orchard Point. His body has not been recovered.
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Livonia
N. Y
Ll. J. Lyon
Old Orchard Point
Tax Increases Rejected by Wholesale Assessments
Mobile County property assessments faced rejection as a wholesale tax increase was turned down. Stewart J of the State led weeks of recone with President presiding as Elton Green and Saree joined the meeting. Prominent Mobile residents praised the board for prompt action and a firm stance.
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Mobile County
Stewart J
Elton Green
Wilmer Farm Association Forms For October Fair
Citizens in Wilmer Alabama organize the Wilmer Progressive Association to run a community fair October 15 16 with a barbecue. Merchants of Mobile donate over 160 in premiums. Officers include W Reaves president J T Harper vice president J W Snow vice president S M LeBaron secretary A M Brennan treasurer. Directors listed with J G Shand Mobile aiding Gulf Coast Fair Association.
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Wilmer
Ala
Speeiah
Wilmeressive Association
Mobile
Wilmer Fairfliers
Wilmer Progressive Association
W. Reaves
J. T. Harper
J. W. Snow
M. LeBaron
A. M. Brennan
R. L. Whatley
T. H. Brannan
Dri V
W. Newburn
J. T. Evans
Thunder Showers and Hurricanes Loom Over Mobile
Weather notes warn of more thundershowers on Sunday as a tropical system tracks toward the Gulf, with Mobile bracing for possible effects. Reports cite heat in Brownsville and New Orleans rainfall, while a humorous local anecdote contrasts patience with a waiter and a coin tip.
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West Indies
Mobile
Cuba
Washington
Gulf
Mercury
Brownsville
New Orleans
Balkan moves threaten new war and Greek bid reshapes alliance
The report outlines Balkan states edging toward conflict and a Greek political shift led by Venizelos aimed at a Macedonian settlement in exchange for Smyrna, while Bucharest signals wartime readiness and Romania’s neutrality may shift. German and Austro German forces press Brest Litovsk as Russian defense tightens around Riga, with coastal Dardanelles activity ongoing.
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Bulgaria
Uis
Venizelos
Con
Grecian
Macedonia
Smyrna
Greece
Bucha
Bucharest
Roumania
Serbia
Turkey
Teutons
Brest Litovsk
London
Brest Tatovsek
Petrograd
Vienna
Germany
Russian War Office
Riga
Jacobstadt
Dvinsk
Kovno
Novo Georgievsk
Man Climbs Hotel Pole Beside Women Only Motel
New York report says a man stripped and climbed a pole in front of the Women Only Martha Washington Hotel tonight. Residents called police after a chaotic scene with telephone calls, a ladder, and a struggle to subdue him.
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Wome
New York
Yachim Phill Tch
Funeral Notice for Mrs Brabner at 362 Fuel Street
The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral from the family residence at 362 Fuel Street tomorrow afternoon at 5:00. Interment will follow.
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Brabner
C. C
William “‘Brabner
Fuel Street
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