Fruit Steamers Search For Marowijne Missing Vessel
United Fruit Company seeks word on the Marowijne overdue a week from Belize with 28 passengers and 65 crew. Vessels are searching Cuban and Mexican coasts for wreckage while authorities expect an update within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United Fruit Company
Marowijne
Belize
Honduras
Yucatan Channel
Cuba
Marow Line
J. H. Holden
U. SB. N
Annapolis
Mexican
Bessie Jones
John Ewing
United States
Artuo Belgrano
E. Tobey
St. Louis
Eleanor Cowen
Mobile
Ewing
Tegucigalpa
Meramec
Ozarks
Gasconade
Heart of
Springfield
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Oklahoma
Texas
Memphis
Mississippi
Washington Reacts to Arabic Sinking Uncertain Facts
Officials in Washington wait for full facts on the sinking of the liner Arabic. Secretary Lansing asks Berlin for affidavits while Ambassador Gerard reports back. The administration delays action pending corroboration of present data and potential German explanations.
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Washington
White House
Lansing
Gerard
State Department
London
Zellah Covington
Germany
Beleve
Berlin
Britain denies Dunsley armed patrol claim
The admiralty declared the steamer Dunsley was peaceful and unarmed, countering survivor statements that it was torpedoed near the sinking of the Arabic and used as cover by a German submarine. Paris reports six more French generals transferred to the reserve list, reducing active generals since the outbreak of the war.
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Britain
Dunsley
London
Admiralty
Paris
Sears
Senate Still Fights Revenue Bill In Alabama Senate
Montgomery August 23 Special The Alabama Senate returns Tuesday to debate the general revenue bill with amendments from the finance and taxation committee and floor proposals. Lawmakers expect prolonged speeches as they consider the corporation franchise tax and the fate of the lease system ahead of the next legislature.
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Montgomery
House
Senate
Finance and Taxation Committee
Charley Teasley
Senate to vote on judiciary recircuiting substitute
In Montgomery Alabama on August twenty third a senate vote is planned to pass a substitute for the judiciary committee’s recircuiting bill. It would create twenty four districts and thirty eight judges with Jefferson county receiving ten judges and Mobile county three.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Jefferson County
Mobile County
Bat Strikes Boy At Game. Four-year-old Dies
Pittsburgh report says four year old Edward Scradis was killed yesterday when struck in the heart by a bat said to be in the hands of 25 year old Charles Kleber. Kleber is being held by the police.
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Pittsburgh
Edward Scradis
Charles Kleber
Kleber
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The weather note says Alabama will have fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with gentle shifting winds. Mississippi will be fair in the south, locally heavy showers in the north, with gentle winds, mostly from the south.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
First Regiment Alabama National Guard Begins Camp Hubbard
Mobile soldiers at Camp Hubbard in Montgomery begin the annual encampment with rifle range practice and nightly concerts. The First Regiment, under Lt Col F M Maddox, includes companies from Mobile to Castleberry and a unique wireless Signal Corps capable of thirty mile signaling.
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Alabama National Guard
Montgomery
G. J. Hubbard
Fair Grounds
A. J. Suffrich
Mobile
Bay Minette
Geneva
Fort Deposit
Dothan
Brewton
Troy
Enterprise
Castleberry
Slocum
F. M. Maddox
Hubbard
Alabama
Ira B. Thompson
Baldwin County
George C. Hall
John A.mahon
Mobile, Rifles
Verneuille
Sargeant
Wiliam Auvil
Screws
United States Army
Signal Corps
W. H. Amerine
South
Bishop Beckwith to Confer With Parishioners Tonight
Bishop C. M. Beckwith of the Episcopal diocese of Alabama will be at the Church of the Good Shepherd at eight o clock tonight. The visit will be a conference and the rector hopes for a full attendance.
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Beckwith
C. M. Beckwith
Episcopal Diocese of
Alabama
Church of the Good Shepherd
German Cabinet Seeks Peace Proposals Acceptable to Entente
Amsterdam dispatch reports a secret German cabinet meeting where Karl Helferich warned the new war loan would strain resources and urged preparing for an honorable peace. Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg aimed to frame proposals acceptable to the Entente. Moltke supported cautious expectations of Russian defeat.
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Amsterdam
London
Telegraaf
Karl Helfferich
Drv
Helfferich
Perth
Von
Dernburg
United States
Count von Moltke
Reich
Dei
Sweden-American Line Plans to Buy German Vessels in U.S. Ports
Amsterdam reports a new Sweden-American Line is being formed to operate New York to Swedish port passenger service using idle German ships in American ports. Delegates of the concern negotiate with German companies for ship purchases.
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Sweden-American Line
U.S
Amsterdam
London
Harburg
Germany
New York
Galveston Relief Efforts Advance After Storm
Galveston relief work progresses with small caseloads and full support. Rail lines reach both ends of the causeway as pile drivers and crews await to build a bay trestle. City cleanup moves forward and water works may be back in operation by tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Prohibition Repeal Petitions Circulate in West Virginia
Petitions circulate in West Virginia urging repeal of the liquor prohibitory law in force since last year. Governor Hatfield plans to convene the legislature in a special session to address repeal. two special sessions have already been held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Hatfield
President Wilson and Harding discuss cotton aid plans
President Wilson and W P G Harding of the federal reserve board conferred in Washington on steps to ease the South's cotton situation. Wilson plans to protest to Britain over cotton contraband and an informal commission to England to arrange sale of surplus cotton was one contemplated option.
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Harding
South
Washington
Wilson
W. P. G Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Great Britain
England
Cutter Tallapoosa Sets Course for Mobile Yard
The new coast guard cutter Tallapoosa, built for Mobile Alabama, completed outfitting in Baltimore and is en route to Mobile with a brief stop planned at Norfolk.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Mobile
Ala
Baltimore
Norfolk
Two Mexican Editors in San Antonio Freed in Neutrality Case
Charges of conspiracy to violate U S neutrality laws against Jose Elguero and Rodrigo de Llano, former editors of Mexico City newspapers, were withdrawn. They were arrested July 3 in San Antonio on alleged plans to restore General Huerta to power in Mexico.
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San Antonio
Texas
United States
Department of Justice
Jose Elguero
Rodrigo de Llano
Mexico City
Elguero
de Llano
General Huerta
Mexico
Relatives Informed of Tragedy at Pensacola
A telegram reached Captain Samuel L. Reed of the steamer Hbdlabird in Mobile reporting the death of his father in law Thorsr Anthony Galatea, master of a Pensacola based vessel. He died from injuries in an Pensacola accident with details sparse. Mrs Reed departed for Pensacola to attend the funeral.
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Samuel L. Reed
United States
Hbdlabird
Mobile
Fort Morgan
Himt
Thorsr Anthony Galatea
Pensacola
Fla
Receiver Owen Returns From Inspection Trip
W F Owen of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad returned to Mobile Monday from an inspection trip along the line. He was accompanied by Chauncey H Murphy secretary of the bondholders committee which purchases the roads at the foreclosure sale last Wednesday. Attorneys Bogue and Marshall of New York were in Mobile for the road sale and departed Saturday night.
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W. F. Owen
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Mobile Moday
Chauncey H. Murphy
Brown waives trial in shooting of Williams at Alabama Port
Dilbert Brown, a white man, shot Arthur Williams after a dispute at Alabama Port on June 23. Brown appeared before Judge Henry Chamberlain and pleaded not guilty while waiving examination. bond set at 750 dollars.
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Dilbert Brown
Arthur Williams
Alabama
Henry Chamberlain
Interior Criminal Court
Veep ‘Williams
Three Labor Reports From U S Commission On Industrial Unrest
Chicago reports detail three versions of findings and remedies from the U S Commission on Industrial Relations as it nears dissolution. The staff, public, and Weinstock opinions diverge on causes of unrest and on legalization of secondary venues.
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U. S. Commission On Industrial Relations
Chicago
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Congress
Commission
Sopra
Frank P. Walsh
Missouri Creatan
Jotaaman
Wisconsin
J.arriman
R. H. Aishton
Hinois
Harris Ein Stock
California
Thuston Ballard
Kentucky
John B.lennon
Illinois
James O'Connell
District of Columbia
A. B. Garret
Commons
Weinstock
Industrial Commission
Ray
Rae
Nettie Franklin lost in gulf hurricane. two crew dead
The fishing schooner Nettie Franklin, home port Pensacola, was lost in a gulf hurricane. Eight crew members were rescued by the steamer International, while two others remained missing and drowned.
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Pensacola
Jacksonville
Fila
Nettie Franklin
International
St. Andrews Bay
Florida
Pensacoola
Haitians Plan to Attack U S Forces
Reliable reports say Haitian rebels are organizing an army to attack American forces on the island. In response, Admiral Caperton orders reinforcement of Marines and bluejackets. A 350 man marine artillery battalion from Annapolis will board the Tennessee at Norfolk and sail to southern waters this week. The Tennessee arrived at Norfolk yesterday and will move to Annapolis tomorrow as Caperton reports quiet at Cape Haitien and Port au Prince.
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Washington
Admiral Caperton
Marine Artillery Battalion
Annapolis
Tennessee
Norfolk
Caperton
Cape Haitien
Port-aueines
Germans occupy Ossowetz fortress evacuated by Russians
Army headquarters reported Ossowetz fortress fell to German forces after being evacuated by the Russian army. Berlin dispatches note German troops advancing, with Italian ports sending transports escorted by warships for operations potentially involving Turkey.
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Ossowetz
Berlin
London
Rome
Paris
Eral
Depa
Naples
Syracuse
Taranto
Brindisi
Turkey
Japan to Aid Russia in War Effort Says Shimbun
The Shimbun reports Premier Okuma intends Japan to provide greater munitions and government resources to assist Russia. Aimed at strengthening allied forces, details are undisclosed. AP notes Japan may forward supplies to Russia as part of concerted war effort amid gas shortage and Austro-German pressure.
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Japan
Torio
Shimbun
Okuma
Russia
Associated Press
Baltic Sea
Tarns
Siberian
Dardanelles
United States
German destroyer sunk by French and Paris report
British submarines reportedly sank a Turkish collier at Haidar Pasha and another German vessel loaded with munitions was sunk in the Sea of Marmara. An additional note claimed a German destroyer was lost after a Paris announcement, with Ostend boats undamaged.
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Paris
Ostend
Belgium
Sofia
Bulgaria
Haidar Pasha
Sea of Armor
Allied victory boosts morale after German naval loss
London reports a jubilant Allied mood over a naval victory in the Gulf of A land. A German cruiser Moltke was sunk along with eight torpedo boats and transports. The battle drew sympathy from Petrograd as Soviet and Allied efforts intensified. Continued on Page 4.
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London
Gulf of Aland
Moltke
Petrograal
Readjustment talks at Bachelor Company and Crown Corset factory
Bridgeport reports a meeting today about conditions for women and girls employed at George C. Bachelor Company and the Crown Corset factory. Atlanta dispatch notes Governor Harris remains confined after an attack but shows some improvement.
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Bridgeport
Conn
George C. Bachelor Company
Atlanta
Wi Harris
Cardoso Discusses Mexican Affairs With Secretary Lansing
The Brazilian minister to Mexico Senor Cardoso met with Secretary Lansing in Washington and was entertained at luncheon by Assistant Secretary Breckinridge. A cavalry drill was observed at Fort Myer, and Cardoso was to be entertained at dinner.
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Washington
Zilian
Mexico
Senordoso
Lansing
Erward
Bre
War Department
Fort Myer
Lost and Found item near Broad street notice
Fragments report a lost item Friday night near Broad Street or Broad near Lion breast pin. Details are unreadable but item appears small. Further information needed from the finder.
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Industrial Relations Commission
Mhembers
Industrial
J. Borden Harriman
A. B. Garretson
Elations Ene
John B. Lennon
John R. Commons
Thurston Ballard
Harris Weinstock
Abangarez
Capitol
Bat
Little Boy
Camp Hubbard
Cutter Tallapoosa
Owen
D. Brown
Williams
Harrriman
Aishton
Ballard
Manley
ST. .Louis
Louis County
Missouri
Cardoso
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