Decision Saturday in Mogile County cattle dipping probe
After a two hour hearing the county board investigation into alleged spending on cattle dipping adjourned with a report to be issued at the next meeting. Revenue and dipping committees acted as a court hearing witnesses who offered no direct testimony of improper funds. Charley Lyons accused Inspector Dan Jemison of steering cattle into dipping to meet the law and trigger pay.
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County Board
Revenue Board
Mogile
Sher
Sevral
Charley Lyons
Dan Jemison
Herron
Jenson
Lyons
Messrs. Green
McFayden
Bolon
Messrs
Jesse Freeland
Grand Bay
Jeff Hamilton
Springhill
Jerney Graham
Citronelle
M. A. McDermott
Bank of Mobile
S. V. le Baron
Wilmers
Important Meeting of Produce Exchange Set for Next Saturday
The Gulf Coast Produce Exchange calls a full membership meeting for next Saturday at 11 o'clock in Mobile. Prospective members and all interested in the work will attend. Secretary Evan B. Davis urges full attendance to discuss winter crop issues and pending questions.
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Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Lobile
Xe Exchange
Evan B. Davis
Exchange
Burglary Reported at Chapman Home During Overnight
C C Chapman of 325 North Joachim Street reported a burglary after midnight Friday. The thief entered through a bathroom window and took $16 from Chapman's trousers pocket on a chair in the bedroom. Police found the burglars in the bathroom.
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Cc. E. Chapman
North Joachim Street
Price Department
Speaker Clark to fund his own trip for Wilson campaign
Speaker Champ Clark will tour for Woodrow Wilson without party funding for travel. He told the Democratic national committee he sent a check to cover his Maine speaking trip expenses, insisting he will pay his own costs to support the campaign.
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Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Clark
Maine
Harris to Visit Mobile for Chamber Address on Trade
Special agent Garrard Harris of the U S Department of Commerce will arrive in Mobile after midnight Tuesday and speak at a 7 30 p m chamber meeting on Wednesday. He will discuss Mobile district products best sold in the West Indies and trade advantages observed in the region.
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W. M. Clemens
Chamber of Commerce
Garrard Harris
United State Department of Commerce
Mobile
Chamber
Harris
West Indies
Gulf
Ice Wagon Driver Sentenced to 50 Days and Fine
True to his word, ice wagon driver True to his word faced 50 days in jail and a $50 fine for cheating a customer in ice sales. Recorder Edington sat as Sam Williams was fined $50 after arrest by Weights and Measures Inspector John A. Hughes upon a Roper Street resident’s complaint. Dave Nichol, Williams's assistant who delivered the ice, was dismissed. If the fine is unpaid, Williams must serve 50 additional days in the city prison.
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Edington Satary
Sam Williams
Williams
John A. Hughes
Roper Street
Dave Nichol
Mobile Woman Sues Another for 2500 Damages
Miss Ella Daugherty filed suit in the law and equity court through her attorney H A Feibleman against Mrs Florence E Barrett for 2500 damages. The plaintiff alleges that on the night of July 14 the defendant attacked and beat her and cursed her and threatened bodily harm, only stopped by others intervening.
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Ella Daugherty
Law and Equity Court
H. A. Feibleman
Florence E. Barrett
Mobile Boy Scouts Meet to Enroll New Members
The Boy Scouts of Mobile met Saturday at 3 PM on the veranda of the K Glennon Building in Mobile. Scoutmaster R E Daly Sr led enrollments and hopes to organize a bugle and drum corps for the local organization.
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Mobile Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of
Mobile
K. Glennon
Northwest Royal and
St Francis Streets
R. E. Daly
German Guard Hurled Back by English Troops at Thiepval
London reports a heavy attack by Prussian guard against British lines at Thiepval on the Somme front was repulsed by the Worcestershire and Wiltshire regiments. British gains included ground taken near Moquet farm and 400 yards of German trenches along the Courcelette Thiepval road.
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Associated Press
London
Thiepval
Somme
Worcestershire
Wiltshire
Moquet Farm
Courcelette- Thiepval
Front Battles Report From Somme and Champagne
Allied forces on the Somme front repelled by the Nepval and Foureaux lines and retreats elsewhere while French forces near Maurepas held. In Champagne northwest of Tahure French trenches were raided and forty six prisoners were captured.
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Vy Associated
Berlin
London
Nepval
Foureaux
Wiers
Somme
Maurepas
War Office
Champagne
Tahure
Bulgarians Capture Startila Fort After Greek Defense
Salonika dispatch reports August 23 that Bulgarian forces attacked and captured the Greek fort of Startila. Commander Changas and the entire garrison were killed after a spirited defense.
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Associated Press
Paris
Startila
Changas
Salonika
Matin
Bulgarians Break Serbian Defenses on Macedonian Front
Sofia reports heavy losses for Serbian forces after eighteen attacks on the Bulgarian right wing on the Macedonian front. Bulgarian troops drive Serbs back and reach the Greek Aegean coast forcing British cavalry to retreat and occupy several villages.
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Associated Press
Sofia
London
War Office
Large Losses Suffered by Russian Troops
Berlin dispatch reports large losses suffered by Russian troops as the war continued. The item notes ongoing heavy fighting and references continuation on page three.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Sayville
Schooner Edna V. Pickles Sails With Sisal Cargo
Mr James Gibboney sisal importer was notified by cable that the American three masted schooner Edna V Pickles 388 tons Bodden master sailed from Campeche Mexico bound for Mobile with sisal. Owners Whitney and Bodden fear for safety after hurricane off the Mexican coast while the steamer Manzanillo will return to Mobile in early September with another sisal cargo.
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James Gibboney
Edna V. Pickles
Bodden
Campeche
Mexico
Whitney
Gibboney
Manzanillo
Mobile
Case Against Louis Boyd Abated by Death
In an inferior criminal court session the case of Louis Boyd charged with vagrancy was abated due to the defendant's death. Je Jones charged with assault and battery failed to appear before Judge Chamberlain, his bond was forfeited, and an alias writ of arrest ordered.
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Inferior Criminal Court
Louis Boyd
Je Jones
Chamberlain
aged sea captain dies at marine hospital here
Captain Z Mark Dole aged seventy ship master well known in this port died Friday at the Marine Hospital after a lingering illness. He was a native of West Virginia and known in Atlantic and Gulf shipping circles. Relatives hold pending instructions as to the funeral.
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Z. Mark Dole
Marine Hospital
West Virginia
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Kaiser's Men Resist Allied Somme Line
London reports German forces resist the Allied Somme push in northern France while launching attacks in Champagne near Tahure. Paris says French repelled German attempts between Fleury and Thiaumont and at Hill 121 near Maurepas while aiming to envelope Clery. In the Balkans Sofia cites a Serbian defeat on the Bulgarian right and Bulgarian gains toward the Greek coast as Roumania's stance draws attention.
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Associated Press
London
Somme
France
Champagne
Tahure
Faris
St. Mihiel «Salient
Verdun
Fleury
Thiaumont
Paris
Hill 121
Maurepas
Clery
Peronne
Balkans
Sofia
Greek Aegean
Balkan
Roumania
Cowley Wins Discharge In Case Of Government Property Charge
James A Cowley of John R Cowley & Company faced arrest on a charge of receiving or purchasing government property. He was discharged after a hearing before United States Commissioner Jere Austill. The brass valued at about 200 dollars remained in the Cowley warehouse. A warrant is out for the suspected thief who left for the western states.
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Austin
James A. Cowley
John R. Cowley & Company
Junk Sealers
Usago
United States
Jere Austil
Cowley
Austil
Frank Finney
Fort Morgan
John R. Cowley
Finney
Raymond
Cowley Place
Austill
James Cowley
Commissioner Austill
U S on Alert for Cholera at Vera Cruz and on Gulf
An authenticated report of cholera at Vera Cruz prompted U S health officials to alert gulf and Mexican border port authorities to watch for cholera suspects.
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U.S
Vera Cruz
Gulf
Associated Press
Washington
Mex
Mexican
Tower of Villa Is Broken Forever Says Gen Pershing
Brigadier General Pershing reported from Colonia Publan that Villa has forever passed as a serious factor in Mexico. Villa hides in the mountains, cannot recruit followers, and avoids Carranza positions. Pershing denied recent attacks by Villa on Carranza troops.
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Villa
Gen. Pershing
Washington
Fershing
Mexico
Colonia Publan
War Department
Pershing
Carranza
Navy war game shows red forces landing on Long Island
Washington reports a naval war game where red forces land theoretically on Long Island as Admiral Mayo’s fleet sinks defending squadrons. Submarine flotilla remains the only unit fighting, with four of seventeen subs sunk and the battle ending with red control of the sea.
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Washington
Helm
Mayo
Long Island
Admiral Helm
Fire Island
Department
Navy Department
Scotland
Sandy Llock
Nevada
Texas
Wadsworth
Tucker
Birmingham
Benham
Fanning
Black
Drayton
Prize Money Ordered for Sturdee’s Falkland Victory Crew
The British prize court awards $60,500 in prize money to officers and crews of the eight ship squadron under Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee for the December 1914 battle off the Falkland Islands that destroyed the German Pacific squadron.
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Sir Frederick Sturdee
Falkland Islands
Large Lumber Movement Into Mobile This Month
Forty five cars of lumber arrived in Mobile Friday and the month, via the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The movement is among the largest in recent times, averaging about 10 cars daily. Since August first, 286 cars have been moved into Mobile on this line for export business. On July 31, 32 cars were brought in. Other lines including Mobile and Ohio, Southern, and New Orleans Mobile and Chicago also hauling large lumber quantities.
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Mobile
Louisville and Nashville
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Southern
New Orleans
Chicago
Strictly American dance debuts in Chicago
Carl Christiansen of the American National Association of Dancing Masters, in Chicago for a convention, announced a new dance described as entirely American and distinct from the fox trot tango or waltz. Dancers work to publicize the American dance nationwide.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Carl Christiansen
American National Association of Dancing Masters
Christiansen
White man lynched in Louisiana for assault
Shreveport Louisiana Aug 26 Jesse Hammet jailed at Vivian north of here accused of entering Mrs Walter George’s bedroom and attempting to assault her. A mob lynched Hammet here today.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Jesse Hammet
Vivian
Here
Walter George
Spot Cotton Climbs to 45 Cent Level in Mobile Market
Middling spot cotton closed Saturday noon at 16 cents in Mobile, up 25 points. Prices rose from 14.50 to 14.75 Friday and to 15 cents today, a $2.50 rise per 500 pound bale over two days. Local storage holds 14,104 bales, boosting their value by $17,630. Factors predict further steady advances due to tight supply versus demand.
English Steamer Duke of Albany Torpedoed. 23 Lost
London reports the armed boarding steamer Duke of Albany torpedoed in the North Sea. Twenty three men were killed and eighty seven saved. The vessel’s commander and twenty two men perished. eleven officers and seventy six ratings were saved.
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North Sea
Anf
Execution of Woman Spy by French Sairs
Berlin reports that in Marseilles on August 22 a 28 year old woman named Pfaat was shot as a spy after losing pleas at the court of appeals. The Cologne Gazette notes prior executions of women by the French and questions the impartiality of war censure debates.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Wireless
Marseilles
Pfaat
Overseas
Paris Court of Appeals
Cologne
Edith Cavall
Execution of Felice Plant and Edith Cavell dispatches
A Marseilles dispatch dated August 22 reports the execution of Felice Plant as a spy. Earlier dispatches described Miss Edith Cavell’s charge for aiding British French and Belgian fugitives to escape Belgium and her subsequent execution in Brussels last fall.
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Marseilles
Felice Plant
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Belgium
President Wilson in Washington on possible rail legislation
President Wilson traveled to Washington to discuss possible congressional action to avert a rail strike. Talks with Democratic Leader Kern and Senator Newlands focused on arbitration and potential government involvement, signaling a nationwide crisis in the transportation system.
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Kern
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Committee
Canadian Commission
Capitol
Wilson
Rodgers Recalled in Peace Plan Talks With Mexico
Special Agent Rodgers in Mexico City has been recalled by Secretary Lansins on advice from the joint international commission during border dispute negotiations. When the commission finishes, Henry Patterson Fletcher will present credentials as ambassador designate to Mexico.
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Washington
Aus
Rodgers
Mexico City
Lansins
Joint International Commission
Henry Patterson Fletcher
Mexico
Doctor Slain in Gallion Quarrel In Louisiana
In Gallion Louisiana on Main Street Dr K P Thom was shot and killed by Dr B M McKoin of Mer Rouge during a quarrel. McKoin surrendered to parish authorities in Bastrop last night claiming self defense and awaits further information from Gallion.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
B. M. McKoin
Mer Rouge
K. P. Thom
Gallion
McKoin
McKain
Vollmer's Daughter Sues for Divorce From Edward Vollmer
A 20 year old daughter of former congressman Vollmer files suit for divorce from her husband Edward Victor Vollmer, son of a Chicago merchant, citing a breakdown in the marriage. The case is filed from Davenport Iowa with Associated press reportage dated August 4.
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Associated Davenport
Dorothee
Vollmer Farm
Neery
Vollmer
Edward
Victor
Pp Young
Chicago
Filen
Ogether
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J. A. Cowley
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Admiral Sturdee
Louisiana
Sairs
Congress
Whitson
Gallion, LA
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