Plateau Affair Ends With Convictions In Inferior Court
Nine months and a 500 dollar fine for Will Jones and Charles Stanley on assault to murder and shooting into a dwelling. Frank Stokes also gets 500 or nine months hard labor for shooting into a building. Peter White discharged. other vagrancy charges nolled. deputy sheriff and posse recaptured suspects after a shooting at Cawthon's drug store in Plateau.
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Plateau
Inferior Criminal Court
Will Jones
Arthur Marechall
Charles Stanley
Jones
Frank Stoke
Nellie
Curtis Franklin
Nolle
Peter White
Ira Robbins
Amos Jones
Jesse Johnson
Mabel Foster
Haywood Wheeler
Marechau
Stokes
Stanley
Cawthon
W. H. Holcombe, Jr
Holcombe
Jack Courtney
Fight over Buttermilk Row targets Ella Brown assault
Ella Brown, 4 Buttermilk Row on Cedar Street east of Maryland, was badly hurt last night when struck on the head with a broom handle. She alleges Charlie Goodman, a Black man, as her assailant. Goodman remains uncaptured and the injured woman was sent to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Brown
Buttermilk Row
Cedar Street
Maryland
Charlie Goodman
Godman
Italians Arrest Greek Attache on Berlin Route
An Athens dispatch says the Greek legation attache to Germany was arrested by Italians while traveling to Berlin and diplomatic papers were seized. The Greek minister in Rome has been instructed to lodge a protest with Italy.
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Associated Press
London
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Germany
Berlin
Guise Sinignolia
Como
Italy
Henley
Carso
Milan
Guards Die of Illness Among 140000 On Border
Eight deaths from sickness among regular and national guard troops on the border in the week ending August 12. The War Department reports the death rate was exceptionally low for about 140000 in field camps surveyed.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Alleged Stowaway Held At County Jail
John Hebel is held at the county jail on a charge of stowaway awaiting orders from the local immigration inspector. He was found aboard the American tank steamship Carrier, which arrived from Havana Cuba. Deportation was planned upon the vessel’s return. Captain T M Johnston commanded the Carrier.
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John Hebel
Coun
Hebel
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Cuban Molasses Company
T. M. Johnston
Clemency Recommended for Mobile Convict
Will Lewis of Mobile was recommended for clemency by the state board of pardons. The board declined to recommend release for Stanley Dixon of Mobile. Lewis was convicted of first degree murder and Dixon of assault with intent to murder.
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Montgomery
Ala
Will Lewis
Mobile
State Board of Pardons
Stanley Dixon
Lewis
Dixon
U S Peace Conference Appointments Soon Explained
Secretary Lahsin g told Eliseo Arredondo that American members of the mixed commission to discuss border disputes would be named soon. The delay stemmed from Kent Wilson's duties during the threatened railway strike. The article notes no progress on fixing the commission's meeting place.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lahsing
Eliseo Arredondo
Mixed Commission
Kent Wilson
Wife Kills Husband on Street in Clemens Case
Roy Pettit a 35 year old hotel niche clerk was shot five times by his wife on a downtown street in Clemens Michigan. Bystanders witnessed the fatal attack as authorities arrested the woman and Pettit muttered that she had suffered from his supposed infidelity.
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Associated Press
Clemens
Mich
Roy Pettit
Pettit
Friday Night Concert Program Announced
The open air band concert in Bienville Square features Di tor D. S Drago leading Drago's Band with selections including September Morn, Kansas City Star, Nights of Gladness, Down Home in Tennessee, Beyond the Rockies, and Sweet Adair among others.
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Ditor D. S Drago
Drago
Bienville Square
Battle progress on Guillemont Maurepas road fronts
Report notes French advance near Guillemont Maurepas road gaining ascendancy over German lines. Germans hold Maurepas northwest while French forces threaten German communications. South of the Somme, Belloy en Santerre trench system is described as a fortified hold that has resisted prior bombardments. its capture would allow further progress.
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Guillemont-Maurepas
Maurepas
Somme
Belloy-en-Santerre
British Advance On Somme Front Near Guillemont
Official report says British forces pushed the line forward west and southwest of Guillemont on the Somme front. The announcement notes another advance by Allied troops.
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Associated Pess
London
Somme
Guillemont
Bulgars and Roumanians Move Toward Better Ties
A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam reports in Sofia that Bulgarian Roumanian relations have grown friendlier. The Roumanian government is ready to ease exchange of goods, a development praised by observers in Bulgaria.
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Associated Press
London
Sofia
Reuter
Amsterdam
Artillery Duel Reported Near Maurepas Somme Region
Paris reports a violent artillery duel north of Maurepas in the Somme area this morning. No infantry attacks occurred during the night according to the official statement.
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Maurepas
Associated Press
Paris
Somme
Russian Advance Repulsed in Counter Attacks
Petrograd reports the Russian advance is stalled as counterattacks are repulsed. The war office issued the update today in London.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
War Office
Somme Front Attacked by French and British Forces
Berlin reports heavy attacks on the Somme front by French and British troops yesterday were repelled by German defenses. Official communiqué notes continued fighting and German resistance.
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Carge Suttons
ERC
Berlin
Cvn
London
Somme
Will Work the Roads Instead of Engineers
Dan Bell a negro was sent to the county road for three months by Recorder Edington Thursday. Bell was proved to have stolen 21 dollars from J O Stanley an engineer at the Southern Ice and Fuel Company plant. Judge Edington also sentenced Mary Jane Matthews and Ethel May Rivers two negroes to 25 days for cursing and disturbing the peace. Kenny, under a 50 day sentence, escaped Magnolia cemetery work and later caused a disturbance at his home and was given 25 more days to serve in a cell.
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Dan Bell
Edington
Bell
J. O. Stanley
Southern Ice and Fuel Company
Mary Jane Matthews
Ethel May Rivers
Kenny
Magnolia Cemetery
President plans arbitration push to end railroad strike
Officials said the president seeks to deal with ultimate authority on both sides to conduct negotiations here. Railroads refuse eight hour day but would arbitrate in some issues. men consent to arbitration under conditions. At 3 p.m. the president will outline his plan to 640 union members before presenting to railroad presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ficials
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Five Chicago Railway Presidents Leave for Washington
Presidents of five Chicago headquartered railways W J Jackson of Chicago and Eastern Illinois C H Markham of Illinois Central H R Kurrie of Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville M J Carpenter of Chicago Terre Haute and Southeastern and R H Aishton of Chicago and Northwestern depart for Washington in response to President Wilsons call.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
W. J. Jackson
Illinois
C. H. Markham
Illinois Central
H. R. Kurrie
Indianapolis
Louisville
M. J. Carpenter
Terre Haute
Southeastern
R. H. Aishton
Northwestern
Norfolk and Western President Leaves for Capital
Roanoke Virginia August 17 Associated Press J Johnson president of the Norfolk and Western railway leaves for Washington this afternoon to join if needed in conferences between President Wilson and railway executives nationwide N D Maher vice president of the Norfolk and Western is on the managers committee now in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western
Associated Press
Roanoke
J. ¥. Johnson
Norfol and Western Railway
Washington
Wilson
N. D. Maher
Railroad Presidents Accept Wilson Invitation for Washington Talks
The railroad presidents have accepted President Wilson's invitation to confer in Washington on the strike situation. A group will depart New York at 4 PM led by A. H. Smith of the New York Central and Frank Trumbull, with another delegation leaving Chicago for the capital.
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Associated Press
New York
Wilson
Washington
National Capital
Chicago
A. H. Smith
New York Central
Frank Trum
Puss in Boots Jr Seeks Wise Man For Silk Gown
Puss Junior and the farmer's daughter pursue a famed wise man described in a town tale. They search a farmhouse and then a barn where the man who once leapt into brambles greets them. He jests that a hay man would be wiser, urging safety first.
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Puss
Junior
D Hfer
Puss Junior
Father
Postoffice Inspector of the Mobile District Now Has Selma
Mr. E B Smith United States post office inspector with headquarters in this city has been appointed to take charge of inspection work for Mobile and Selma Alabama offices. The transfer follows Inspector Puckett’s move from Selma. Smith will split his time between Mobile and Selma, spending about half the year at each location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. 8. Smith
United States Postoffice
Department
Mobile
Selma
Ala
Smith
Puckett
Railroad executives confer in Washington on urgent situation
A group of major railroad presidents led by Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio are in Washington after informal talks on a pressing issue. Attendees include leaders from Chesapeake and Ohio Missouri Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy Pennsylvania Seaboard Air Line Chesapeake and Ohio Delaware Lackawanna and Western Delaware and Hudson New York New Haven and Hartford Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Erie.
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Fairfax Harrison
Southern
George W. Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio
W. J. Harahan
Seaboard Air Line
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania
Samuel M. Fulton
Chicago and Great Western
William Sproule
Southern Pacific
E. E. Calvin
Union Pacific
L. F. Loree
Delaware and Hudson
Howard Elliott
New Haven
B. F. Bush
Missouri Pacific
A. H. Smith
New York Central
F. D. Underwood
Erie
W. M. H. Truesdale
Lackawannna
New York
Hartford
R. S. Lovett
Julius Kruttschnitt
The
Washington
Heroin King Case Details Fraud and Accomplices
U S agents say they have the heroin king in custody. Aubey testifies he sold heroin to Dahlgren at his request and returned money. He claims thefts totaled 4000 tablets and describes sales to a grocer and two women. Judge accepts Aubey as credible despite defense challenges.
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van Antwerp’s
Dahlgren
Aubey
Rose
Marie Cook
Sarah Simmons
Chamberlain
Austro Airmen Bombard Italian Battery Again
An Austro-Hungarian naval air squadron struck a hostiles battery at the mouth of the Isonzo and targets at Ronchi Vermigliano and Selz on the night of August 14 15. The report says full hits were made fires started and all planes returned undamaged despite heavy shelling.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Isonzo
Ronchi
Vermigliano
Selz
Deaths and Funerals J F Prichard of Anson Tex
J F Prichard of the McDonald Optical Company was notified of his father J Prichard's death in Anson Texas. He was 82, a retired farmer, and burial will be in Anson. He is survived by five other sons and a son residing in this city.
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J. O. Prichard
Anson, Tex
Mrs Elizabeth J. Anderson Dies at 74 in Baldwin County
News from Mobile reports the death of Mrs Elizabeth J. Anderson at Robertsdale Baldwin County Alabama She died Friday and was buried Saturday in her seventy fifth year.
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Mobile
Robertsdale
Baldwin County
Ala
Elizabeth J. Anderson
Anderson
Shell Torn German Submarine Sighted In British Tow
Passengers aboard the Cunarder Alauma relato seeing a shell torn German submarine in tow by a British cruiser after a destroyer battled outside Deal. The damaged submarine appeared large and completely disabled and unseaworthy. Crew fate not learned.
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Associated Press
New York
London
Deal
Powell Troup divorce decree in Chancery Court
In Chancery Court Smith chancellor on Thursday grants a divorce from Ivy Powell Troup and Frank Dade Troup. The decree settles dissolution of the marriage and related matters as determined by the court.
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Chancery Court
Smith
Ivy Powell Troup
Frank Dade Troup
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