Publisher Braun Heads Pro-German Paper Fair Play
Marcus Braun, editor of Fair Play, a New York publication with strong German sympathies, is described as a colorful daily figure active in Hungarian, Austrian, and German circles. A March 15 1915 embassy letter from J Bernstorff praises the paper’s pro German stance and American attitude while cautioning Braun not to publish the letter.
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Fair “Publishing Company
Air Play
Fair Play
Braun
Europe
Newyn
Imition Service
Fifth Avenue
Sds
Austr
Bernstorffe
Ington
D. C
Washington
Lcan
Ruth
Ter
J. Bernstorff
Marcus Braun
Marcus Braun, Esq
New York City
Bluefields Survives 48-Hour Atlantic Storm Journey
Norwegian steamship Bluefields docked this morning after forty eight hours battling a severe storm. Captain Hansen said it was the worst storm since the great hurricane of 1906. The vessel left port on Friday the 18th, with Amerigo forced to return. The crew rode out heavy seas with lifeboats intact and no serious injuries reported. Several ships were sighted returning in distress or abandoned.
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Bluefields
Hansen
Ameri
Iain Hansen
Marooning a Maiden on a Heat Sweltering Mobile Coast
A Sunday at Mobile's summer resort ends with a prank gone awry as a girl in one boat is marooned ashore by friends. The tale unfolds amid 89 degree highs, 0.11 inch rain, and lively beachside scenes with fishing and boating in the sun.
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Palm Beach
Mobile
Birmingham
Roseburg
Waeh
Tampa
Jacksonville
Charleston
Montgomery
New Orleans
Asheville
British steamer Diomed sunk after four hour pursuit
The British steamship Diomed, a 4 672 ton freighter, was sunk by a German submarine after a four hour chase. Four crew members were killed and 49 escaped in boats, with two deaths among those who fled in the second boat. Survivors report two submarines, possibly with dummy funnels, and Chinese firemen refusing to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queens
Diomed
Steward
White River Floods Over Levee at Newport Arkansas
Flood waters from White river inundate 100 square miles in Independent county and overtop the Rock Island levee at Newport. Business halted, volunteers band together, and steamers run to rescue families as crops suffer massive damage and livestock roams streets near Ingleside.
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Little Rock
Ark
White River
Independent
Rock Island
Newport
Stevens Steel
Ingleside
Prefers Mobile County to the Golden Coast
Prospective settler C. E. Dean from California writes Secretary George G. Card of the Chamber of Commerce. He criticizes the Golden Coast and seeks Mobile county land information, noting plans to relocate to Mobile for farming.
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Mobile County
Golden Coast
Mobile
California
C. E. Dean
George G. Card
Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Dean
Newbern Back On Job After Vacation
Jack Newbern city detective in charge of the Bertillon bureau of Mobile police returns from a two weeks vacation spent in Memphis and other points. He says he had the time of his life and had several narrow escapes from being married, but Mobile girls look better to him than those of any other place. He is back in harness again.
Real Estate Transfers List
W T McGowin et al transfer to Joseph F Win east Georgia avenue 350 feet south of Government for $1 and other considerations. J M Bonner et al to W F McGowin 5 Georgia avenue 350 feet south of MT for $6.2 Blount transfers to Henry Woodward SEES su for $1 and other.
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W. T. McGowin
Joseph F.win
Georgia Avenue
Government
J. M. Bonner
W.F. McGowin
Blount
Henry Woodward
Marooned Girl Rescued After Boat Drift Toward Bay
A group in a boat drifted toward the bay after an oar broke while several people enjoyed the trip. Frantic signaling from the drifting craft drew a launch crew’s rescue. The marooned girl laughed at those who had left her marooned.
Biloxi Fearful of Lynch Threats Measures Discussed
Biloxi Mississippi Aug 23 Special. ILA elements reportedly planned to lynch Joseph and Toby Matthews non union shrimp workers. The men fled to Biloxi city hall and asked to be jailed for safety spending the night guarded by police. Authorities consider deputizing citizens to maintain order as business stalls and fear grows.
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Biloxi
Miss
International Longshoremen Association
Joseph
Toby Matthews
Matthews
Had &O
Union
Mobile mayor to attend national port commissioners convention
Mayor Harry Pillans of Mobile, a National Association of Port Commissioners member, will depart in early September for the group’s annual convention in Los Angeles. Samuel M. Gup, visiting Mobile from 811 St Francis Street, heads to New York by Mallory Steamship Line tomorrow then to Cincinnati to resume studies at the University of Cincinnati after earning a Master of Arts in sociology. He plans to pursue a PhD in the coming years.
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Harry Pillans
Ci of Mobile
National Association of Port Commissioners
Los Angles
Samuel M. Gup
Mobile
M. Gup
St. Francis Street
Mallory’ Steamship Line
New York
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Gup
Abe Ruef Leaves San Quentin After Four Years Paroled
Abe Ruef, the sole San Francisco graft scandal indictee to serve time, left San Quentin today on parole after four years, five months and fifteen days. He plans to enter real estate, with an estimated fortune of 450000 dollars.
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San Rafael
Cal
Abe Ruef
San Quentin Penitentiary
San Francisco
McDermott and Bauer to headline Gulf Coast Fair booster tour
William V. McDermott and Meyer Bauer of the McDermott Advertising Service plan a Wednesday morning drive through eight south Alabama counties to promote the Gulf Coast Fair scheduled for October 26 to November 2. They will distribute 8,000 sheets of promotional material in Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia, Conecuh, Monroe, Choctaw and surrounding areas.
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William V. McDermott
Meyer Bauer
The
McDermott Advertising Service
South
Alabama
Motle
Baldwin
Conecuh
Monroe
Choctaw
Mount Seotere sails with coal and lumber for St John
The schooner Mount Seotere cleared for St John Brunswick with 772000 feet of lumber aboard. The Norwegian ship Songvig shifts to Pier 2 with a 600000 stave cargo bound for Bordeaux. Other vessels load and move cargoes at Galveston ports as lights and buoys are relighted after a hurricane.
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Vanae Ae and Company
St. John
Brunswick
Songvig
Bordeaux
France
H. G. G. Donald & Co
New York
Nueces
Mallory Line
Mary G. Dantzler
Progreso
Mex
Deaths Funerals William Asa Camp
William Asa Camp aged 42 a Biloxi native long resident of Mobile died Sunday night at the home of his brother in law Charles Schenker 761 Texas street after a lingering illness. He is survived by two sisters Mrs Cora V Schenker and Mrs H H Parkis of Mobile two brothers James Camp of Mobile and Charles H Camp of Galveston Tex and other relatives. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 4 from the home.
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William Asa Camp
Biloxi
Miss
Mobile
Charles Schenker
Texas Street
Cora V. Schenker
H. H. Parkis
James Camp
Charlies H. Camp
Galveston
Tex
VESSELS IN PORT STEAM SHIPS SHOWING ARRIVALS AND DESTINATIONS
Vessels in port listed with positions and destinations. steamships and brigs include Frank Stevens, Buland, Glenesk, Albert D Mills, Tallapoosa, Fort Morgan. Ports mentioned include Porto New York Cuba Progreso Mex United Kingdom Baltimore and United Fruit lines. Various cargos include lumber and timber and brokerage connections noted.
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Albert D. Mills
Cuba
Bahamas Timber Co
Ae Ialvs
Spain
van Heynigen Brokerage Co
Carolina Es Lumber Company
M Morse
Atigation
Xican Gulf Line
Mills
Ma Progreso
van Heynigen
Steamshi
Dan
Progreso
Ward Line
Fruitha
Penarth
Me Tallapoosa
Mourful Blue Monday at Mobile Police Court
Read like a period courtroom column, the piece details crowding between romance and disputes. Willie Woods and Mamie Wills recount a turbulent breakup while others face charges from disorderly conduct to vagrancy with fines and continuances.
Marriage Licenses Issued By Probate Court
The probate court issued licenses on Monday for several couples including Jesse Logan White and Esther Bosarge, Benjamin Franklin and Nicholas Franklin, John Wesley Robinson and Delia Pollard, George Jones and Mary Miller, Alex White and Maggie Dellie Holley.
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White
Jesse Logan
Esther Bosarge
Benjamin Franklin
Nicholas Franklin
John Wesley Robinson
Delia Pollard
George Jones
Mary Miller
Alex White
Maggie Dellie Holley
Cotton Rate Case Not Yet Settled In Interstate Action
Mobile officials report tariffs to be filed no later than November 1 as carriers and lawyers work informally with the Interstate Commerce Commission to interpret the order. Traffic Manager R G Cobb and allies from the Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange led the Washington conference with representatives of lines including Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line.
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Mobile
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Cobb
Washington
M. D. Kahn
Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange
J. S. Burchmore
Walter Moore
Carrie
Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia
Seaboard Air Line
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
Alabama
Great Southern
West Point
Western of Alabama
Louisville & Nashville
Mobile & Ohio
Southern
Frisco Lines
Southeastern
Foreign Ships Must Show Their Colors in Norwegian Ports
Norwegian rule requires every vessel to hoist its national flag within a quarter mile of any military port and keep it flying in port. The notice, received by Customs Col lector P. W. Maer and sent through the Commerce Bureau of Navigation, also specifies flags on entering roadsteads with warships and whenever warships are in sight in Norwegian waters.
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State Department
Washington
Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation
P. W. Maer
Weather and river forecasts for shipping routes
The Tombigbee river and Alabama drainage show little change over the next two days while shipments north east and west face risk from a 96 degree exposure over 86 hours. A low barometer system brings precipitation to the upper Mississippi valley and hot conditions persist east of the Mississippi with 98 degrees at Roseburg Washington and 94 at Spokane.
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Tombigbee River
Alabama
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
Roseburg
Wash
Spokane
Rocky Mountain
Albert Ashenberger
City Election Officers Will Be Named Tuesday
The city commission will select election officers for the September 6 election. Voters will name Pat J. Lyons for a second time as city commissioner. Officials for ten wards will be named.
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Pat J. Lyons
Mule Thieves Given Fines or Jail in Inferior Court
Manuel Robinson and Willie Williams faced ten days in jail or a ten dollar fine after stealing two mules from John White’s Toulminville bar and riding them hard. Ida McHenry and John McHenry fought. John was fined ten days or ten dollars. Jack Forsyth was dismissed for lack of evidence after prohibition case arrest. Alphonse involved but not charged.
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Manuel Robinson
Willie Williams
Henry Chamberlain
Interior Criminal Court
John White
Toulminville
Ida McHenry
John McHenry
John
Jack Forsyth
Alphonse
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Amsterdam
Clancy
Mooney
Abe Reuf
San Quentin
Gulf Coast Fair
Marine News
Texas
Galveston Bay
Atlantic Coast
Buoy Book
Hitchcock Reef
East Bank
Port Bolivard Range
Texas City Channel
Galveston Bay Channel
Boliver Roads
Coast Pilot
Eighth District
Heald Bank
Eighth, District
Florida
Santa Rosa Sound
Deer Point
G. S
U.S. Coast Pilot
Louisiana
Depot Point Post
P Seecquetl
G. Dantzler
Laguna
Tee
Frank Se Stevensreesewe Buland
Glenesk
Turner Terminals
Giat Dey Dock
Turner-Hartwell Pinto Dry Docks
Porto
South West Indies
New Brunswick
United Kingdom
Lapis, Spain
Nor
Hildegard
Elfieda
Guantanamo
Recorder On
Willie Woods
Mamie Wills
Black “Four Hundred
Mamie
Willie
William
Jedge
Pinkie Robinson
Bella Bettes
Bella
Pinkie
Gilbert Anderson
Warren Street
Larry Murray
Richard Pelton
Farmer
Ring
Robert Ruffin
Anna
Belle
Edington
Clara Williams
Walter Cooper
W. A. Cooper
R. E. Lutes
Frank Smith
J. K. Glennon
Ella Spalding
Robert Surley
John Dickinson
Cole Bellamy
Robert Gilchrist
Clement Smith
Randolph Williams
Peter Lartigue
C. W. Ressital
Frank Tuttle
Caesar Santiago
Eli Frederickson
Mose Hollis
Eli Sims
M. Dukes
Norwegian
LON
Chicago
City Ticket Office
South Royal Street
H. C. Geron
Bell 210
Memphis
Salvarsan
Paul Ehrlich
Germany
Dauphin Street
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