U S Ships Vie In Mimic Sea Battle In The Atlantic
A strong red fleet with thirty transports bearing an invading army neared the Atlantic coast. The blue defending force—twelve battleships, destroyers, and scouts—sped to sea to locate and destroy the enemy led by Admiral Mayo. Rear Admiral Helm commands seventeen destroyers and seven light cruisers with fifteen submarines defending near shore.
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Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic
Navy Department
Mayo
Helm
Navy war game pits 77 ships under grand trial plan
Rear Admiral Knight of the navy war college on the battleship Pennsylvania will umpire a large tactical drill. The blue fleet of reserve battleships is manned by naval militiamen and civilian volunteers. Admiral Mayo must elude the blue fleet and land anywhere from Cape Hatteras to Eastport Maine by September 1. The exercise covers 600 miles at sea with the navy on war footing and officers assigned to monitor all bureaus and Atlantic coast yards.
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Knight
Navy War College
Pennsylvania
Mayo
Cape Hatteras
East Port
Maine
Navy Department
Atlantic Coast
Navy
Helm
Navy Yards
Great Chart of All Movements in Navy War Game
In the office of Rear Admiral Benson, chief of operations, a large chart tracks the war game zone as reports flow from Rear Admiral Helm and others showing ship positions. Information on the invading fleet will be forwarded to Rear Admiral Helm. Admiral Mayo will search ships for papers and restrict reports to test naval organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Helm
Mayo
Girl Testimony Highlights Liver Regulator Belief
Miss Pearl Davis testifies about her mother suffering from headaches and ill health. She recalls taking Liver Regulator and claims it cleared symptoms, praising the vegetable formula and lack of alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Overe Davis
Miss Davis
Soldiers ignore private aid as war department bans home dainties
In Alabama, the War Department forbids public or private food subscriptions for soldiers. Major General Hugh L. Scott ordered no solicitation, while the Alabama National Guard battalions trained, hiked, and slept under shelter tents at Vandiver Park, with individual messes and on-site food prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
National Guard
United States War Department
Hugh L. Scott
Alabama
G. J. Hubbard
Alabama National Guard
War Department
United States Army
National Guard of
Vandiver Park
F. M. Maddox
Mobile
Carter’s Springs
Wetumpka Road
Coosa Ferry
Signal corps captain seeks aviation furlough in San Diego
Captain W H Amerine of the signal corps requests a government aviation course at San Diego California. General Charley R Bricken approved the move and papers were sent to the department of the east. Amerine organized the first successful signal corps in the South and will be temporarily succeeded by First Lieutenant Rices if granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Amerine
Signal Corps
Department of the East
San Diego
Cal
Charley R. Bricken
Amerine
South
Rices
William H. Morgan
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
G. C. Scherer
Scherer
South Alabama Families Offered Reduced Camp Visit Excursions
Relatives of soldiers in South Alabama may visit the mobilization camp at reduced rates as Louisville and Nashville railroad officials arrange excursions from Mobile. Trains likely will reach Montgomery with layover time for visitors to tour the camp, a movement begun days ago by local supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Alabama
D. W. Lang
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Montgomery
Mobile
Plague Cases Reported in Pell City and Walker County
The Alabama health department reports two new infantile paralysis cases, one in Pell City St. Clair county and another near Carbon Hill Walker county. Officials say the cases are isolated with little fear of spread and the reports are the first since Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Health Department
Pell City
St. Clair County
Carbon Hill
Walker County
St. Clair and
Walker
Biloxi Doctor Is Dope Case Winner
The August term of the U S court for the southern district opened in Biloxi Mississippi with Judge H C Niles presiding. The docket is light and sessions began with juries sworn. U S Marshalohn G Cashman Deputies Langstaff and Freney U S Attorney J W George and Clerk L B Moseley attended. The grand jury was charged on federal violations and the court heard a crowded room. J J Scarborough named grand jury foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Mississippi
United States Court For
Southern Division
H. C. Niles
Kosciusko
United States
War Department clerks seek 250 new hires for mobilization work
Washington Aug. 22 Associated Press reports War Department clerks have formed a branch of the Federal Employes Association and urged the hiring of 250 additional clerks to handle overtime work tied to the National Guard mobilization. Secretary Baker has asked Congress for funds to hire extra clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Federal Employes’ Association
National Guard
Baker
Congress
Officials of L and N in Mobile for inspection visit
Superintendent Charles Marshall of the New Orleans and Mobile division of the Louisville and Nashville reports business as good during a weekly inspection trip in Mobile. Passenger Agent Frank L. Owen, based in New Orleans, is in Mobile on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Marshall
New Orleans and Mobile
Louisville and Nashville Road
New Orleans
Mobile
Frank L. Owen
Louisville and Nashville
Blue License Inspector Appointed in Montgomery County
Harvey M. Blue of Montgomery was named license inspector for Montgomery county by the state board of equalization yesterday. He succeeds Frank Peabody, who resigned to accept a commission as captain in the recruiting service opened in Alabama. Blue was a tax agent under the state tax commission before its abolition and is a member of the Montgomery bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Harvey M. Blue
Montgomery County
State Board of Equalization
Blue
Frank Peabody
Alabama
State Tax Commission
Royalist Guard Tightens Security Ahead of Greek Election
In Athens King Constantine is guarded by a brigade of soldiers on all trips from his Ta toi villa to the capital. Mounted police with rifles patrol routes and issue permits for passage as Greece braces for the upcoming election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
London
Greece
Constantine
Tatoi
Robbery charge against R. L. Bass in Montgomery
R. L. Bass was bound over to the Montgomery county grand jury on $500 bond for allegedly robbing Sgt Jeff B Wright, an enlisted man, of 16.50. The recorder dismissed charges against Myrtie Evans after Bass claimed no search was made and that Wright had items belonging to his family in his pocket.
Mississippi Guard Students to Return to School
About 156 students in the First Mississippi Regiment at Jackson will be released September 1 to resume classes. Many are attendees of Mississippi A. and M. and other colleges who volunteered. Papers exempting them are expected soon. Rumor says troops may be kept at Camp Swift Taylor due to a potential railroad strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi A. and M
Mississippi
Stock market hits largest session in over three months
New York trading on August 22 reached the highest level in more than three months with about 1 000 000 shares by 2 p m United States Steel led with a new high near 965 8 and accounted for 20 to 25 percent of trades Extraordinary activity spread across industrials war issues and other specialties with many at year’s best prices Rails rose 2 to 3 points on hopes of amicable railroad settlements.
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Associated Press
New York
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Vessel Tamaqua Rescues 13 From Shipwrecked Cossack
The British steamship Tamaqua reported by radio that it has aboard thirteen crew members from the Norwegian steamship Cossack which was abandoned at sea. The Cossack, sailing from New Orleans to Grangemouth, England with a cargo, foundered near the Delaware Capes.
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Philadelphia
Cossack
Tamaqua
Glasgow
Delaware Capes
New Orleans
Grangemouth
England
French Execute Woman Spy at Marseilles
A Havas dispatch reports Felice Plant executed this morning at the lighthouse shooting range in Marseilles after conviction by the fifteenth region council of war for espionage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Havas
Marseilles
Felice Plant
Lighthouse
Council of War of
Fifteenth
Asquith Won't Reopen Parliament Over Peace Terms
London Aug 22 Premier Asquith stated in the House of Commons he could not pledge to summon Parliament during the coming recess if any peace terms were proposed. He declined committing to convene the body for peace discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Asquith
Mrs Curry and Daughters Move to Beaumont Texas
Mrs Ellen F Curry and her two daughters Norine and Frances left Mobile for Beaumont Texas where Mrs Curry’s son has a new position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen F. Curry
Norine
Frances
Mobile
Beaumont
Texas
New Orleans Featherweights Clash Ends in Knockout
Phil Virgets of New Orleans knocked out Jimmie Travers of Chicago in the eighth round of a scheduled fifteen round featherweight bout last night in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
Phil Virgets
Jimmie Travers
Chicago
Convict John Hodge Recaptured After Escape
John Hodge, a St. Clair County convict, escaped from the Dixie Turpentine Company camp Saturday and has been recaptured at Andalusia in Covington County. He will be returned to the Dixie camp to serve the burglary sentence and lose his short time for good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Graf Died Tuesday Morning Karl Graf Sr Funeral Set
Funeral notice states Karl Graf Sr died Tuesday August 22 1916 at 9 o clock in his sixty sixth year. Friends invited to attend from Dauphin Way near Sage Avenue tomorrow afternoon at 4 30 o clock with interment at Pine Crest Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graf
Karl Graf
Dauphin Way
Sage Avenue
Pine Crest Cemetery
Corinto Sails for New Orleans After Banana Cargo
The Norwegian steamer Corinto of United Fruit sailed early Tuesday for New Orleans with a light load bound for the tropics. It arrived days earlier with a banana cargo. The Cuban steamer Manzanillo, from Progreso, sailed at 5 am on its return trip after discharging sisal at Turner Terminals.
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Corinto
United Fruit Company
New Orleans
Light
Tropics
Manzanillo
Progreso
Mex
Turner
River Packet J. L. Menge Returns From Maiden Selma Trip
The river packet J. L. Menge arrived at the city wharf early Monday morning completing its maiden voyage to Selma and adjacent landings. The vessel carried a large cargo and many passengers with a band on board and dancing enjoyed by all. Afterward Menge shifted to Murray and Peppers wharf on the east riverbank to discharge staves.
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J. l. Menge
City
Selma
Menge
Murray and
Peppers Wharf
Alamo to Sail Tuesday Likely With Passengers and Cargo
The American steamer Alamo of the Mallory line is expected to sail Tuesday afternoon for New York via Key West and Tampa, carrying many passengers and a large general cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallory Line
New York
Key West
Tampa
Fla
Buoy Replacements Underway in Mobile Bay and Aransas Pass
Inspector B B Dorry of the Eighth Lighthouse District reports the upper wreck buoy in Mobile Bay was replaced on August 19. He also notes the Aransas Pass guiding and whistling buoy adrift since August 21 will be replaced as soon as practicable.
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Mobile Bay
B. B. Dorry
Dorry
Aransas Pass
Lights on Pass Aux Herons Mississippi Sound report
Mississippi Inspector Dorry reports temporary red lights 21 feet above water at Pass Aux Herons where lights Nos 2 6 and 4 previously destroyed in the July hurricane are re‑established on posts from old structures and temporary piles. Captain W G Barrow returns to Tarpon duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pass Aux Herons
Mississippi Sound
Mississippi
Dorry
Montgomery Soldier Robbery Case Bound Over
Jeff D. Wright, a Montgomery State soldier, accused of $16.50 robbery by R. L. Bass and Myrtle Evans. Bass was bound over to the Montgomery county grand jury on $500 bond. Evans was dismissed. Bass claims he searched Wright but did not steal. he says items found belonged to his family.
Negro sought for murder caught in Crichton case
Tom Carter a Negro alleged to have shot John Finley a fellow resident during a gambling game in Crichton Sunday morning August 6 was captured and brought back to Mobile for trial. Sheriff Holcombe and Chief Deputy Billy Holcombe Jr. tracked him after he fled Mobile and traced him to Turkey Creek Louisiana.
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Tom Carter
Crichton
Mobile
John Finley
Carter
Finley
Holcombe
Billy Holcombe, Jr
Turkey Creek
Tarpon Captain Reassumes Command After Pensacola Injury
The Florida packet Tarpon resumes command after its captain was struck above the right ankle during last month’s hurricane at Pensacola. He was hospitalized for four weeks before return.
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Pensacola
British steamer Thyra Menier sails for Nuevitas and Manati Cuba
The British steamer Thyra Menier loaded with lumber by the Bahamas Timber Company cleared early Tuesday and sailed in the afternoon for Nuevitas Cuba. She carried 403817 superficial feet of yellow pine for Nuevitas and 662752 feet for Manati. She arrived Mobile light from Norfolk Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thyra Menier
Bahamas Timber Company
Nuevitas
Cuba
Manati
Mobile Light
Norfolk
Francis Hanify Due With Blackstrap From Cuba
The American steamer Francis Hanify, consigned to the Cuban Molasses Company, is due in a few days from Cienfuegos Cuba with 660000 gallons of blackstrap onboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Hanify
Cuban Molasses Company
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Former French Premier Predicts Prolonged War
Paris dispatch reports former premier Viviani warned a long struggle remains before war ends. He urged hard effort to break Prussian militarism and secure justice and victory through a peace that preserves France's independence and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Paris
Viviani
Gueret
Ev Council
Department of Bienvenue
Martin
Munson Steamship Line to Receive Two Steamers Soon
The American steamer Munplace from Mantanzas and the Heina bound for South America are due in a few days, with Munson Steamship Line expecting both ships shortly to load cargoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munson Steamship Line
Munplace
Mantanzag
South America
Vika Arrives With Bananas for Fruit Dias Patch
The Norwegian steamer Vika commanded by Han sen master is due Friday from Bocas del Toro Panama with about 16 000 bunches of bananas for the Fruit Dias patch Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vika
Hansen
Bocas del Toro
Pan
Fruit Diaspatch, Company
Weather bureau warns shippers of extreme 93 degree heat
The local weather bureau issues a forecast urging protection of shipments over the next 24 to 36 hours. Temperatures are expected to reach 93 degrees in the north east and west regions.
McLoughlin and Kumagae Wither in Meadow Club Tourney
Maurice E. McLoughlin former national tennis champion and Ichiya Kumagae the Japanese expert defaulted out of the Meadow Club tournament in Southampton New York due to heat and the upcoming national event. Hashishiro Mikahi also exited, losing to Rowland Roberts of San Francisco 4 6 6 3 6 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Southampton
N. Y
Maurice E. McLoughlin
Ichiya Kumagae
Meadow Club
Hashishiro Mikahi
Rowland Roberts
San Francisco
Probate court actions issued for White-Paul Wee and Thurman spouses
Tuesday probate court actions list names for two filing groups including White Paul Wee and May Edna Thurman with Douglas Patrick and Emma Pauline Oswald. A colored division lists William Washington and Alice Montgomery.
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Paul Wee
May Edna Thurman
Douglas Patrick
Emma Pauline Oswald
William Washington
Alice Montgomery
Bargain Glassware Prices in Plain Style
Catalog line lists glass items with bulk pricing including plain thin glasses at 2 for 9c and iced tea glasses at 10c value. Jelly glasses per dozen 35c, Mason fruit jars per dozen 56c, 2 quart glass pitchers at 20c each.
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Red
Blue” Fleet
Rear Admiral Knight
Paolo
Dr. Adams
Dauphin St
Frank W
Crenshaw
State’s Pier
New London
Conn
Bremen
War
F. E. Fitch
Zens
Jeff B. Wright
R. L. Bass
Montgomery County Grand Jury
T. Stough
City Recorder
Bass
Myrtie Evans
Wright
Recorder
Bases
Travers
Marine News
Corinto Sans
Alamo
Barrow
Tarpon
W. G. Barrow
Jeff D. Wright
R. L
T. J. Stough
Myrtle Evans
France
Viviana
Munson
Shippers’ Forecast
M’loughlin
Sue
Fame ‘Veand
Hershey
Canon
Kingsford
Sweer
Curtice Bros
Defiance
de Vain
White Mountain
Horlick
Sloan
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Dodson
Pratt
Dr. King
New Life
Colgate
s+ Mennen
Park Davis’ Co
Catherine Sts
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