Wilson seeks postponement of railway strike
President Wilson uses all influence to persuade railway brotherhoods to delay or narrow their strike pending Congress action. Labor leaders deny requests yet indicate efforts to avert walkout continue. A Nebraska court issued a temporary injunction restraining conductors from striking on the Union Pacific. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Department of Labor
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Courts Collect $290 and Costs in Five Prohi Cases
The city collected three fines of $50 each from prohibition violators and granted a continuance to a fourth. The county collected $50 and costs from two defendants and granted a continuance to a third. In recorder’s court Monroe Webster, Robert Blakely and Calvin Richardson paid $50 fines after guilty pleas. J. H. Laughran received a continuance to Sept 6. In inferior criminal court James O Bear and Tony Reed paid $50 fines and costs after guilty pleas before Judge Chamberlain. E P McAdams was granted a continuance. Numerous Raids Are Reported authorities reported searches at several locations and seizures of liquors at the St Andrew Hotel and other addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder’s Court
Monroe Webster
Robert Blakely
Calvin Richardson
J. H. Laughran
James O. Bear
Tony Reed
Chamberlain
E. P. McAdams
Charles Fritz
St. Emanuel
Texas
Reese Dawson
North Royal Street
Tim Golden
Bloodgood and Conception
Bob Elmer
St. Francis Street
St. Andrew
L. Nelson
Spring Hill Avenue
Wilkinson Street
D. J. Lynch
Elmira
Franklin
Jackson
Earie
Trainmen Protest Eight Hour Day Plan to Wilson
Robert T. Frazier of Nashville, representing unorganized railroad workers, sent a letter to President Wilson protesting a proposed eight hour day law. He argued it would not affect 80 percent of railroad employees and warned of retaliatory actions that could threaten the industrial fabric. Frazier delivered petitions signed by 110,000 workers opposing a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert T. Frazier
Nashville
Wilson
Congress
Frazier
Mr. Frazier
The Vogue opens in Mobile with new dry goods store
Papers of incorporation filed in probate court here Wednesday establish The Vogue a firm in dry goods and millinery. It plans a October 11 start at 205 Dauphin street with Maurice Levy and Jerome M. Levy as officers. The group has run stores in Jacksonville and other cities and vows a high class shop with extensive building improvements.
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Vogue
Dauphin Street
Taishet” Tev Messrs
Maurice Levy
Jerome M. Levy
Jacksonville
Fla
Yerger and
Foster
Wheat Breaks 61-4c on Strength of Rail Strike Declaration
Wheat fell sharply as embargo orders on grain shipments were issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad in anticipation of a general strike. The extreme price drop reached 6 1/4 cents a bushel, with some rebound before the market closed.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania Railroad
Europe
Twenty Crew Perish From Admiral Clark Sinking
New Orleans August 30 Twenty men of the Admiral Clark crew of 26 died at sea when the steamer foundered August 16 during a tropical hurricane. Six survivors told authorities at the quarantine station near New Orleans aboard the Swedish bark Tana that sailed from Port Arthur Texas to Buenos Ayres on August 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
Admiral Clark
Port Arthur
Texas
Buenos Ayres
West Texas
Here
New York New Haven and Hartford Officials Named Defendants
Former officers directors and counsel of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad were named defendants in a liability and restitution suit filed in U S district court by five Massachusetts stockholders. The suit seeks more than 170000 and cites evidence from the Rockefeller trial and other former directors for possible Sherman act conspiracy links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
United States District Court
Massachusetts
William Rockefeller
Road For
Two Ohio Lines Put On Embargo On Perishables
Columbus dispatch notes that the Toledo and Ohio Central and the Zanesville and Western Railroads will not receive perishable freight for shipment after noon tomorrow. Freight will only be accepted for destinations on their respective lines.
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Ohio Lines
Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Toledo and Ohio Central
Zanesville and Western Railroads
Florida East Coast declares embargo on undeliverable cargo
The Florida East Coast Railway announced an embargo on all freight that cannot be delivered at its destination before Sunday next. A complete embargo will begin after Sunday and passenger tickets sold after Sunday will be subject to delay. Located in St. Augustine Florida the note outlines the planned shutdown and potential passenger delays.
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Associated Press
ST. Augustine
Fila
Florida East Coast Railway Today
Rumanians and Russians Advance into Hungary Across Carpathians
A Bucharest Rome dispatch says Romanian forces with Russian cooperation captured Hungary’s main passes in the Carpathians. Twelve hours of marching into Hungarian territory met only feeble resistance from Hungarian defenders.
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Associated Press
London
Bucharest
Rome
Carpathians
Kugsi aye captures Panker fibun coins taetine on Hungarian border
The war office announced that Kugsi forces captured Panker fibun coins taetine on the Hungarian border, confirming a recent battlefield development amid the ongoing conflict.
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Petrograd
London
Kugsi Aye
Panker Fibun
War Office
Romanian bombardment of Danube towns reported
Hungarian war correspondents quoted by Central News from Amsterdam say Romanian forces began bombardment of Rustchuk in Bulgaria and Orsova in Hungary along the Danube.
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London
Amsterdam
Danube
Rustchuk
Bulgaria
Orsova
Hungary
Rumanian forces advance into Transylvania reports say
Paris dispatch notes Petit Parisien claim Rumanians have forced entry into Transylvania and occupied two key cities beyond the mountains. The report emphasizes rapid movement into the region as tensions rise along the border.
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Associated Press
Paris
The
Petit Parisien
Transylvania
Rumor Romanian Cavalry Near Hermannstadt Reported
Central News correspondent in Zurich says it is persistently rumored that Romanian cavalry crossed Rothenthurm Pass and is approaching Hermannstadt in Hungary, with reports circulating in London on August 30.
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Associated Press
London
Central News
Zurich
Switzerland
Rothenthurm Pass
Hermannstadt
Hungary
Drama seized as Bulgarians occupy Greek city
Bulgarian forces seize the northeastern Greek city of Drama after it is taken by Bulgarians. The occupation follows clashes that leave Greek defenses in retreat and raise tensions across the region. Local authorities report disruptions to daily life and border controls as Bulgarians establish control.
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Associated Press
Paris
Drama
Greece
English Farm Hands Put Ban on Irish Help
Hundreds of Irish workers walk English streets after being barred from harvest jobs by English laborers and farmers. Farmers refuse Irish labor over fears of conflict with natives, while Irish workers earn higher pay in England but lack military service protections. Lincolnshire and eastern counties report mounting seriousness as shopkeepers also limit sales to them.
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London
Ireland
England
Lincolnshire
Illinois Roads Decline Animals and Products Embargo
The Toledo Peoria and Western Railway declared an embargo on all perishable livestock freight that cannot reach its destination before September 2, affecting shipments through Peoria Illinois. The move aims to prevent spoiled shipments and disruptions in the supply chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Associated Press
Peoria
The
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
Illinois Central To Post Embargo Announcement
Illinois Central to post embargo announcement in Chicago this evening. Freight embargo notice to be made public by the railway company with officials confirming details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Chicago
Ilinois Central
Confession Reported in Latest Dope Case Involving Vance and Meyers
Authorities state Homer Vance and Julia Meyers confessed at the city jail to conspiring to violate federal heroin laws. They will be prosecuted under federal statutes with a preliminary hearing planned before United States Commissioner Jere Austil. Vance is accused of transporting heroin across state lines for nonmedical purposes.
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Homer Vance
Julia Meyers
United States
Jere Austil
Vance
Storms in Pairs Threaten Caribbean Waters
Weather bureau reports messages of a tropical disturbance southeast of Jamaica moving westward with falling barometer in the eastern Caribbean. Officials warn navigation dangerous from Yucatan Channel to Jamaica over the next twenty four hours.
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Weather Bureau
Jamaica
Caribbean
Yucatan Channel
River Packet Charles May Ends Difficult Voyage From Oak Chi
The river packet Charles May arrived Wednesday morning from Oak Chi Alabama on the Tombigbee after grounding on McCarty's bar and breaking its wheel multiple times. Captain May reported low water and bank cave-ins making navigation precarious as the boat towed three barges with 211000 feet of lumber 29 tons of scrap iron junk 150 barrels of naval stores and 15098 staves.
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Charles May
Oak Chi
Ala
Tombigbee
May
McCarty
Captain May
Patton Named Divisional Head of Seaboard in Alabama
Norfolk Va Aug 30 Promotions in the Seaboard Air Line operating department announced: S S Patton promoted to superintendent of the Alabama division with headquarters at Savannah Ga succeeding O K Teague transferred to Florida division as superintendent with headquarters at Tampa Fla R A Crofton appointed master mechanic of the Alabama and South Carolina division with headquarters at Savannah Ga S M Ditton named terminal trainmaster with headquarters at Savannah Ga new position created from former general yard master role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line
Co. S. Patton
Savannah
Alabama
O. KR. Teague
Florida
Tampa
R.A. Crofton
Atlanta
Alabama and
South Carolina
S. M. Ditton
Oregon Short Line and Salt Lake Route Cut Livestock Freight
Salt Lake City Utah August 30 The Oregon Short Line and the Salt Lake route announced reductions in livestock and perishable freight service and issued delay notices on dead freight and passenger trains impacting shipments and scheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Oregon Short Line
Salt Lake
Hughes Keeps Schedule Despite Railroad Strike
Estes Park Col Aug 20 The threatened railroad strike will not hasten Charles E Hughes departure. He plans to leave tomorrow afternoon for Loveland Cal to meet Governor Carlson and deliver an address.
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Associated Press
Estes Park
Col
Charles E. Hughes
Harris Here Urges Adequate Steamship Lines for Mobile
Special Agent Garrard Harris of the U S Department of Commerce arrived to confer with the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and local business leaders. He plans to discuss port upbuilding and logistic needs, with a public talk at 7 30 p m at the Battle House Auditorium tonight.
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South
Bureau of Foreign and Doestic Commerce
United States Department of Commerce
Garrard Harris
Chamber of Commerce of
Mobile
Alabama
Battle House
Central America Export Field Monograph by Mr Harris
Mr Harris spent about a year in Central America for the department of commerce and filed about two hundred reports on special subjects. He prepared a 200 page monograph published by the department titled Central America as an Export Field. His next trip covered the West Indies and Caribbean, lasting eleven months, returning to the United States on August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Central America
Department of Commerce
West Indies
Caribbean
United States
Monograph in the Works on West Indies Business Field
In New Orleans he was assigned for several days with the Association of Commerce and comes to Mobile from there. He is at work now preparing a monograph on the West Indies as a field for business from the United States for publication by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Association of Commerce
Mobile
West Indies
United States
Planned a Joy Ride But Landed in Jail
Lonnie Stewart Alonzo Watts and James Hinds were fined ten dollars each in police court for attempting a joy ride with an employer’s cart from the Post Office Garage. Stewart drove for H A Howard of Mississippi. Night watchman Hinds invited two women to ride. A garage employee alerted authorities as the cart backed into the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Lonnie Stewart
Alonzo Watts
James Hinds
Stewart
H. A. Howard
Mississippi
Hinds
P. Db. Reville
J. Heville
Railroad Chief Warns Workers of Immediate Firings
President E. P. Ripley of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe warns employees that those who do not report for work next Monday will have their positions declared vacant and new hires will be permanent, barring ill behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeks and Santa Fe
Railroad Presidents Plan Walkout Strike Preparations
Chicago, Aug. 30. A meeting of railroad presidents will take place here tomorrow to lay plans based on the assumption that a strike will be called September 4. Several presidents have just returned from Washington this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Washington
Weather outlook for Mobile Vicinity and Deep South
Mobile and Vicinity forecast calls for generally fair tonight. Thursday expected showers and thunderstorms with a high near 88. Light variable winds. Alabama mostly fair tonight with Thursday scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mississippi fair tonight and Thursday with similar unsettled conditions.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Kicks Over Hard Bed in Bank Lobby Leads to Jail
J. G. Lester, a white man, mistook a bank bench for lodging and was moved between a bank lobby, a hotel, and Hotel Van Liew. He was jailed and fined five dollars or ten days for being drunk after appearing in police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
van Liew
J. G. Lester
Lester
Bank of Merals
Chandler
Cap
New Cyanide Fumigation Adopted for Ships at Fort Morgan
Mobile officials announce a shift to cyanide fumigation for ships at the Fort Morgan quarantine station, replacing sulfur methods. The change, secured after talks with the Chamber of Commerce and the U S Public Health Service, reduces quarantine time from five to nine hours to about one hour, avoiding vessel delays during high charter rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
United States Public Health Service
Mobile
Fort Morgan
A. H. Glennon
Washington, D.C
Orleans
New Cyanide Method Proposed for Fort Morgan
Acting Surgeon General Glennon says steps to secure sodium cyanide supply and test use at Fort Morgan as soon as possible. If early results are favorable the change would be tentative for two to three months, then cost considerations with shipping interests reviewed. Mr. B A Le Blanc of Mobile Liners highlighted quicker quarantine processing, noting cyanide method could cut delays to three hours at minimal extra cost about 100 dollars over sulfur method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glennon
Fort Morgan
Chamber of Commerce
8. A. le Blanc
Shipping cost dispute over new process in federal letter
Chamber officials contacted Surgeon General Blue and Alabama lawmakers in Washington. Public health officials resisted due to added costs, but shipping interests agreed to bear them to adopt the new process. A letter from Acting Surgeon General Glennon states the change will be tentatively made at no cost to shippers, with a trial to assess if future costs are prohibitive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Rupert Blue
Alabama
Washington
Acc
Actin
Glennon
S Brock Arrested in Cattle Dipping Case
S Brock faces a charge of failing to comply with cattle dipping law. He was docketed at the county jail Monday on a warrant sworn by an inspector. He was released on bond for a hearing in the inferior criminal court at a later date. Brock resides in the county's southern section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Brock
Inferior Criminal Court
Brock
Three Q. and C. Roads Issue Orders for Freight Bans
New Orleans August 30 three lines of the Queen and Crescent system issued embargo orders on shipments of livestock and perishable freight that cannot reach destination by September 2. The roads named are New Orleans and Northeastern Alabama and Vicksburg and Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
Queen and Crescent System
Alabama
Vicksburg
Shreveport
Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio embargo on perishables starts Monday
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad announced an embargo on receipt of all perishable freight that cannot be delivered by 7 a.m. Monday, September 4, as of August 30 in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated P
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Dope Roundup in Mobile Ends with Cab Driver's Death
Police and federal agents seize a large stash of heroin tablets and morphine in Mobile as they round up six suspects after a L and N train from New Orleans. Cab driver Boise McDonnell dies of apoplexy after being driven at high speed to headquarters. Suspects Vance, Snyder, Morris, Julia Meyers, White, and two black men face U S authorities with one case abated due to McDonnell's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
L. and. N
New Orleans
Vance
V. Snyder
Police tip leads to drug shipment tied to Homer Vance
Police officials received a tip about a drugs shipment bound for New Orleans. Patrolman Charley Lawrence observed Homer Vance depart early Tuesday morning and noted he carried a small handbag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Vance
New Orleans
Charley Lawrence
The
Embargo Talk On Perishable Freight By Local Railroads
Mr H G Barclay of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Warns shippers that a possible general embargo may be declared within 48 to 60 hours due to looming strike activity. Embargo plans foretell withholding live stock and perishable freight from connecting lines to prevent disruption prior to September 3 noon. Other lines including Mobile and Ohio, Wabash, Burlington and more reportedly issuing or awaiting similar embargoes.
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H. G. Barclay
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Thurscay
Marion
Wise
Wabash
Burlington
Mobile and Ohio
W. L. O'Dwyer
New Orleans
Mobile and
Cage Railroad
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National Rail
U. S
Florida East Coast
Humanians
Czar
Hun
Panker
Bureau
Charles
C. 8. Patton
Seaboard
Oregon
Rail
Public Health Service
Baltimore and
Negro Cabman
Handh
Louisville
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