Recorder Warns Restaurant Men to Obey the Law
The recorder dismissed charges against restaurant owners and milk suppliers after finding water adulteration in samples but noting only technical violations. City bacteriologist Dr. Warren testified all samples failed standards. Spokesman James Nelson pledged future compliance as cases against Lartigue continued to August 30.
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Ce. Er Supers
William Inp
Nek Starvo
Ckas
Sam Sabbas
Peter Lartigue
Henry Werneth
H. B. Warren
Lette
City Fact
Neain
James Nelson
Brest-Litovsk Evacuated Not Taken by Assault
Russian official statement refutes German claims Brest-Litovsk fell to Austro German troops. Garrison of 100,000 held on left bank of the Bug while withdrawing eastward, then destroyed fortifications and bridges before rejoining the army in the field.
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Petrograd
London
Brest- Litovsk
Brest-Litovsk
The
Bug
George H Fields Paroled by Governor Henderson
George H Fields is paroled by Governor Charles Henderson after a six month county jail sentence for opening a gaming table on Davis Avenue. The judge was Q J Semmes of the city court, and Fields was released Saturday morning with a promise of good behavior.
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George H. Fields
Q. J. Semmes
Davis Avenue
Charles Henderson
Condit
Mississippians Shine at Crawford Springs Meet
The Forked Deer Red Fox Club event at Crawford Springs concluded with Dan Shaw of Brownsville taking first in the derby, D. W. Biffles of Clarkedale second, and W. Herron of Clarksdale third. In the all age test T. W. James of Sharkey won first and second, with H. Clay of Tutwiler third. attendance was large.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jackson
Appeared Springs
Derby
Dan Shaw
Brownsville
D. W. Biffles
Clarkedale
Miss
W.?.herron
Clarksdale
T. W. James
Sharkey
H. Clay
Tutwiler
Oysters Win Government Attention as Food That Has Not Gone Up
Washington dispatch notes the government issues a new cookbook "Oysters, the Food That Has Not Gone Up" from the bureau of fisheries. Deputy commissioner H H More explains oysters as a stable, affordable animal food with steady demand and supply amid rising costs and population growth.
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Washington
Bureau of Fisheries
H.H. More
Low Wages Seen As Basic Cause Of Unrest
Kansas City report by Frank Walsh chairing the federal commission on industrial relations pins unrest on low wages. The document cites workers exploited through oppressive methods and notes employers maintain private armies and spy systems to suppress strikes. Page 7 continuation.
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Kansas City
Frank Walsh
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Congress
Walch
John B. Lennon
James O'Connell
Austin B. Garretson
Cargo of Smokeless Powder Sails to Russia from Wilmington
Nearly 2,000,000 pounds of high grade smokeless powder will depart Wilmington Del for Russia today aboard the Russian steamer Voroney. Twenty five automobile trucks carried the cargo as Russian officers overseeing powder production directed the loading.
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Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Russia
Looked Like Kayser Says Gary Man Tells of Plot to Blow Up Plant
Gary, Indiana reports a man named Joseph Kramer, a powder maker, told police of a plan to blow up the Aetna Powder Works where he is employed. He said two men asked him to participate for 1500 dollars but he chose to inform authorities.
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Kayser
Gary Man
Gary
Ind
Joseph Kramer
Edmund Kayser
Cenfly
Aetna
Biloxian Stiffly Fined for Brandishing Pistol
Biloxi Mississippi August 28 special report names Barto Mattina fined 250 dollars and costs by Justice of the Peace J W Farish after a revolver was used in a threatening manner. C H Miller of McCodk Nebraska is in Biloxi en route to Florida and New York City and back.
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Biloxi
Miss
Hartwell Proposes Commission Government for Counties in Alabama
Senator Hartwell unveils a commission government bill applying to counties that opt in. It abolishes tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer and most county offices except courts and schools, requires a constitutional amendment, and creates an elected Board of Commissioners with a single chairperson and full powers. Recall is provided, salaries capped, and nepotism banned.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hartwell
Alabama
Moile
Board of Commissioners
City Commission
Public Service Corporation
Citrus Growers Expect Coast Grove Protection Funding
Mobile delegates told the state appropriations committee that new legislation to shield citrus groves along the coast counties will pass, with an appropriation likely. Chamberlain Gray son Wienberg Reynolds Walker Murrell appeared to push the measure, and committee members said the proposal was favorably discussed though no action was taken yet. The approved Friday bill is said to enable orchardists to safeguard their groves.
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Montgomery
Mobile
Chamberlain, Grayson and
Eessaae
Wienberg
Horticultural Association
W. H. Reynolds
Ernest Walker
Murrell
The
Southern Railway
Appropriations Committee
Southern Cotton Men Debate Texas Warehouse Law Test
Cotton leaders from the South gathered in Tyler Texas as Dabney White secretary of the Texas Ginners Association argues the warehouse law is unconstitutional. He contends the measure costs ginners and farmers about 1 500 000 annually by requiring sampling at the gin without yielding usable samples for trading.
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Tyler
Tex
South
Texas
Dabney White
Texas Ginners’ Association
Big Clarksdale Mill Burns to the Ground
Fire destroyed the Duss Hetzler Company planing mill in Clarksville Mississippi with losses estimated between 75000 and 100000 dollars. No information on injuries or whether any cars were moved. The company reportedly operates branches in Hope Arkansas and Little Rock Arkansas.
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Big Clarksdale
Clarksville
Miss
Duss-Hetzler Company
Main
Hope
Little Rock
Ark
Alabama Coal Mines Reach 22 Million Ton Capacity
Birmingham Aug 28 The coal mining capacity in Alabama has reached 22,000,000 tons, according to C H Nesbitt chief mine inspector in his annual report. Net tonnage this year rises by about 6,500,000 tons from 1914, while 1914 output was roughly 3,000,000 tons below normal for 262 mines in the state.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Saya C. H. Nesbitt
Ready to Raise the F-4 Admiral Boush Reports
Rear Admiral Boush reported from Honolulu that two pontoon contrivances do not raise the submarine F-4 over the ocean. The note references the submarine's position and ongoing salvage considerations with naval authorities.
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Admiral Boush
Washington
Boush
Honolulu
Oriana
Mexican problem to come up again
Washington reports a Pan American conference will study the Mexican issue with Secretary Lansing. A Latin American meeting with Carranza’s envoy may be arranged late next week after replies to the peace appeal arrive. Pablo Gonzales says the general situation improves with hunger easing and rail traffic soon resuming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lansing
State Department
Carranza
A. Douglas
Pablo Gonzales
Mexico
Million Dollar Cotton Importation Company Formed in Bremen
A new cotton importation firm with 1,000,000 capital has been formed in Bremen. The company aims to obtain buying orders from German and Austrian spinners and make offers to American exporters. The capital is guaranteed by the Cisco Gesellschaft and other banks, according to Frankfurter Zeitung.
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London
Frankfurter Zeitung
Capital Fort
Cisco Gelleschaft
Berlin Paper Signals Financial Strain From War Costs
The Berlin Wolff notes postwar burden with imperial debt and pensions needing at least two and a half billion marks annually. It warns internal political strife over new taxation will rise as Germany reallocates funds to service debt and pensions.
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Amsterdam
Mdon
Berlin
Germany
Hyphenated Americans Urged to Support the Front
Edwardsville notes an address by Marshall urging immigrant assimilation and national unity during wartime. He questions why the war is fought while advocating inviting foreigners to the United States, but stresses they must focus on the nation’s needs.
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Edwardsville
Ill
V&e Hays
Marshall
United States
Georgia to halt shipments after Frank lynching
Governor Harris received a letter from a Troy New York medical firm stating that no further supplies would be shipped into Georgia until the lynching of Leo M. Frank is revenged. The demand ties Georgia trades to the murder case with a stark warning.
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Georgia
Frank
Atlanta, Ga
Harris
Troy, N. Y
Leo M. Frank
Prison inmates die and a man dies after smuggled liquor in cells
Reports from Jefferson City indicate two inmates in Missouri's penitentiary died or were dying after consuming wood alcohol smuggled into their cells. In Pittsburgh Archibald Blakeley, 88, reported last survivor of the early Republican group, died at home. Taft elected Unitarian conference president. Johnson of Rock Hill speaks on NAEs history. Berlin denies British sinking claim.
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Jefferson City
Meng Viet
Missouri
Pittsbur H
Archibald Blakeley
Republican Party
San Francisco
William H. Taft
General Conference of
Unitarian Churches
Oakland
Cal
National Education Association
David Brancroft Johnson
Rockhill
S. C
Berlin
Admiralty
Ostend
New Hope Grows for Marowijne Passengers
Mobile relatives of Marowijne aboard hold out hope after a St. Louis report that the steamer hit rocks in the Gulf of Yucatan. Edmund Serrano of St Louis cited a Kingston Jamaica voyage from August 14 to New York. A rescue reportedly saved passengers and crew though no survivors’ word reached last night.
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Marowijne
St. Louis
Edmund Serrano
McPherson Lavenue
Bryn
Kingston
Jamaica
New York
Gulf of
Yucatan
Metlaoui Aground Off Ajex Reef Florida Coast Guard Aid Sought
The steamship Metlaoui from Genoa remains hard aground on Ajex reef near Florida. Coast Guard cutter Miami requested assistance. Tallapoosa en route from Norfolk to Mobile was ordered to offload and assist in floating the vessel. No trace of Marowijne found by Jupiter and Sacramento. search to continue. Sacramento recovered timber fragments believed from a lumber schooner.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Miami
Metlaoui
Genoa
Ajex Reef
Florida
Tallapoosa
Norfolk
Mobile
Jupiter
Sacramento
Marowijne
Alacran
Non
Mexico
Weather Notes for Mobile Alabama and Mississippi
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. In Mobile expect possible showers Sunday with shifting winds. Mississippi sees partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with showers likely in the southern portion and gentle winds.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Hensk
German Arabic Case Delay in Berlin Report
Washington reports await official German government word on the sinking of the Arabic. The U S state department expects notes from Mr Gerard as soon as the navy can secure them. Negotiations over submarine warfare and disavowal of causing American deaths will begin once the German presentation is received.
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Washington
Germany
Berlin
State Department
Gerard
Count von Berne
United States
Fngland
Imanl
Pershing to Meet Bodies En Route After Presidio Fire
Friends arrange shipment of Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing's wife and three children from the Presidio to Cheyenne Wyoming for burial. Pershing will not view the burned home ruins and will meet the funeral party in Oakland as he travels from El Paso.
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Gen. Pershing
San Francisco
John J. Pershing
Presidio
Cheyenne
Wyoming
First Baptist Church Services And Fire Alarm Report
The First Baptist Church at Government and Jefferson streets led Sunday worship at 11 a.m with Rev. John W. Phillips D D. Also a union service in Bienville Square at 8 p.m. A fire alarm from box 561 reported a mattress blaze at 9 North Wilkinson Street. No damage reported.
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First Baptist Church
Government
Jefferson Streets
John W. Phillips
T. H. Frazer
Bienville Square
St. Michael
Scott Streets
North Wilkinson Street
Bulgaria Nears Point Of Actos Front Reforms
An government controlled publication in Sofia hints a possible revision of conditions affecting the war. If territorial demands expand beyond acceptable limits, the government will summon parliament immediately. In Rome, Cadorna shapes a two pronged Italian advance aimed at Trieste.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Londo
Mti
Cordona
Rome
Paris
Trieste
Trent
Cadorna
Russians Break Through in Galicia and Near Narew
German headquarters announced a Russian line breach along the Ziota Lipa in Eastern Galicia after Teutonic pressure. They also said the village of Narew, about twenty miles east of Bialystok, fell to the German forces.
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Galicia
Berlin
London
Ziota Lipa
Narew
Bialystok
German Aviators Meet Disaster in Paris Raid
Four German military aeroplanes attempted a raid on Paris this morning. They were attacked by French air flotilla. One German machine is reported to have fallen in midair.
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Paris
Rupean War News and Peace Talks Detected in Petrograd Reports
Reports from Petrograd indicate no peace amid retreating forces as Russian and Allied leaders deny discord. Sazonoff asserts unity among allies while Berlin signals demands for Baltic access. Washington sees diplomatic gains shaping submarine warfare and coal mine coalitions stir, with Welsh miners resigning.
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Petrograd de Peoreees
Msteteyburg
Baltic Coast
Berlin
Dago Island
Finland
Russian War Report and Mobilization Claims
The Daily Mail theme cites Petrograd saying the Russian retreat followed the staff plan with minimal losses. It notes rear actions and occasional offensives guiding German advances and claims 3,000,000 men ordered for training with 2,000,000 more being trained. General Ivanoff, Russian minister of war, is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Petrograd
Daily Mail
Themie
War Office
Ivanoff
British Gold Shipment Bound for Halifax via Bangor
Reports from New York indicate a large shipment of gold from Great Britain to Halifax, routed through Bangor Maine. The express company handling the cargo acknowledged a substantial sum but withheld specific values or details of the transaction.
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New York
Great Br
Halifax
Bangor
Maine
Express
England
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Crawford Springs
George D. Widner
Hamilton Rice
Federal Commission
Gen. Sherman
Million Dollar Cotton Importation Company
Bremen
Gulf
min _ M Sazonoff
Wastin
Wise
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