Church leader links social unrest to progress at St Louis meeting
Rev Charles Steizle of the Federal Council of Churches told a quadrennial convention mass meeting that social unrest is the churchs business and necessary for real progress. He urged fair treatment of labor and bosses, and urged inclusion of all who follow Jesus despite economic beliefs.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Dec. S
Charles Steizle
Federal Council of Churches In America
Labor Movement
Church
Labor Union
Look and Feel Fresh Through Internal Sanitation
An old advertisement promotes a morning internal bath using hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims rapid relief from headaches foul breath and indigestion and urges readers to start each day with a quarter pound of limestone phosphate to improve health and complexion.
Compulsory Arbitration Hearings Set by Senate Committee
Washington December 8 Hearings for employers and employees on compulsory arbitration were decided by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee as a preparatory step to a railroad legislation report urged by President Wilson to supplement the Adamson law No date was set and hearings will not interrupt other transportation questions being studied by a joint committee Some Republicans doubt any arbitration bill will pass this session.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Interstate Commercce Committee
Wilson
Senate Committee
Japan Builds Larger Swifter Battler For Navy
Rear Admiral Badger told the House Naval Committee that Japan is constructing a larger, faster battleship with a 12 gun main battery of 15 or 16 inch weapons. He noted American ships under construction use 14 inch or 16 inch guns, and described 40 000 ton, 23 knot designs with heavy armor as the trend abroad.
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Washington
Japan
Badger
General Board
House Naval Committee
Admiral Badger
Fletcher
Jutland
Recorder's Court Passes Prohibition Cases to Saturday
Dennis McBride and Charlie Fritz faced Recorder's Court on a prohibition charge. Under the new rule their cases were postponed and moved to Saturday.
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Dennis McBride
Charlie Fritz
Dauphin Taboring Co vs Devury and other verdicts
Business Friday features Dauphin Taboring Co against W E Devury with a verdict for the plaintiff on appeal. Bond set at 26.50. Samuel Griffin sues W L Goff garnishee discharged on answer. Mrs Mary Haller prevails against E A Lavallet et al for 489.00. Motion Saturday includes John L Elliott vs City of Mobile.
Law Side-Berney and Friday Court Dockets
Judgment by default in Dixie Grain Co versus Mobile Fish and Oyster Co sets plaintiff damages at 140.42 dollars. Mary Smith versus Mobile Light and R. R. Co. dismissed by plaintiff with defendant to pay costs. Demurrers sustained in Ollinger and Bruce Dry Dock Co versus L. E. Campbell Lumber Co. Refiled demurrers in A. J. Schelling versus R. L. Graham sustained as to pleas. Texie Donaldson versus Mobile Light and R. R. Co. demurrers sustained as to pleas. overruled as to plea 4 in counts 1 and 2. Call for Saturday Lowenstein versus McAndrews and Hopper.
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Berney
Dixie Grain Co
Mobile Fish & Oyster Co
Mary Smith
Mobile Light & R. R. Co
Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock Co
A. J. Schelling
R. L. Graham
Texie Donaldson
Lowenstein
McAndrews & Hopper
Germany Frames Belgian Labor Transfers as Social Necessity
Berlin reports that Berlin argues Belgian laborers are not burdened but needed to avert social collapse amid wartime idle workforce. It cites 1.56 million dependents, 360 million francs spent, and 20 million monthly future costs, with General von Bissing enforcing compulsory transfers where workers refuse reasonable pay.
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Berlin
London
Germany
von Bissing
Duty to transport Belgians seen as social good
The statement argues German policy favors moving Belgians to Germany for work, claiming forced labor aims to curb German influence but voluntary work remains widespread. It says Belgium’s labor crisis justifies stricter enforcement, with idle workers offered contracts before any compulsion.
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Germany
Belgium
Internal Revenue Licenses Issued in Mobile County November 1916
Hon. Win Olcolmbe sheriff of Mobile County receives a list of U S Internal Revenue licenses issued in November 1916 for Mobile area clubs and residents. Entries include Dog River Club R L D 9 miles south of Mobile from July 1 1916 to July 1 1917 and multiple transfers and addresses in Mobile with license periods through July 1 1917. Notarized certification by J S Jones, J B Mosley witness, dated December 1 1916.
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C. A. Holt
St. Michael
Mobile
Eugene Jemison
Madison
Martin Burns
Frank Vine
Water
Chas
Schreiner
Davis Avenue
So. Side Club
Roseberry Road
John T. McNamara
Spring Hill Club
Spring Hill Avenue
E. D. Hart
St. Joseph Club
St. Louis
Robi. Hauser
I. F. Sheehan
Warren Street Club
J. J. Bromley
Internal Revenue
Sam Bb. Jones
J. B. Mosley
Notary Public
Oscar Whitehead Declared Bankrupt in Alabama District
US District Court Southern District of Alabama lists Oscar Whitehead of Whistler Mobile County as bankrupt in No 1828. Creditors meeting set for December 20 1916 at 2 PM in Kiln Alabama to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct related business. Referee in Bankruptcy RK Ervin notes December 8 1916.
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U. S. District Court
Southern District of Alabama
Oscar Whitehead
Oscar Whiteies
Whistler
Mobile County
Kile
Alabama
Dinchioar
Munplace Steamship Corp. Buys Munson Line Vessel
Certificate filed in the custom house shows the transfer of ownership of the American steamer Munplace from the Munson Line to the Munplace Steamship Corporation of New York for $1,000 and other considerations. The Munplace operates between Mobile and Cuban ports and will continue that trade. The vessel, built this year at Sparrow's Point Maryland, is a new Munson Line ship now sold to the new company.
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Munplace
Munson Line
Munplace Steamship Corporation of
New York
Custom House
Mobile
Cuban
Sparrow's Point
Maryland
Break in Cotton Prices Hits $5 a Bale in New Orleans
New Orleans reports a violent drop in cotton futures related to liquidation and short selling after the census bureau released ginned cotton figures for December 1. Traders cited a Greece England war rumor as adding selling pressure amid sharp intra day declines and rebounds before a further downturn.
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New Orleans
Census Bureau
Bureau
Greece
England
Y Five To Open Season Dec 20
The Mobile Y M A basketball team opens the 1916 17 season with a home game on December 20 against the American School of Osteopathy from Kirksville Missouri. Nine players are named Crawford Baker H Finkbohner Deshon Phillips Steber Midgette Doyle with Conway as physical director guiding the squad.
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Mobile Y. M
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
Conway
Crawford
Baker
H. Finkbohner
Deshon
Phillips
Steber
Midgette
Doyle
Burial of Mr. Fred D. Poplin in the Catholic Cemetery
The body of Mr. Fred D. Poplin who died in this city was buried in the Catholic Cemetery after a funeral from the family home on Old Shell Road near Semmes Avenue and from St. Mary’s Church. Floral tributes covered the tomb. The service began at 1 30 and 2 o'clock respectively.
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F. D. In
Fred D. Poplin
Old Shell Road
Semmes Avenue
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Chicago Grocers to Be Quizzed in High Food Probe
The federal grand jury probing high food costs will hear retail grocery conditions. U S attorney Charles F. Cline said about 500 grocers will receive summons as the inquiry widens beyond wholesalers to test for price fixing or grade mispricing. Egg prices on the local exchange were 28 1 2 cents a dozen.
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Chicago
Charles F. Cline
United States
Cline
Butter and Egg Exchange
Eggs and butter fall in Portland boycott impact
Portland traders reported lower retail prices for eggs and butter after a week long housewives boycott against high costs. Eggs dropped to 60 cents a dozen from 65 to 70, while farmers' butter fell to 35 cents per pound from 45.
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Portland
Ore
Par mint remedy for catarrhal deafness and head noises
Instructions to mix one ounce double strength Par mint with one to four pints hot water and four ounces sugar then take one tablespoon four times daily. Aims to relieve distressing head noises and clear clogged nostrils with easy breathing and reduced throat mucus. Suitable for anyone with catarrhal issues to try.
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Law and Equity Court
Mobile Gas CO
Missouri
Orgos Cluett
Rin
Jacob Shook
St. Emanuel Street
Debinas
Empire Theatre
Irene Fenwick
Owen Moore
Coney Island
Edward Sheldon
Zim Zim
Fifth Avenue
Home Economics
C.D. Kenny CO
Paramount
Essanay
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly B
Marguerite Clayton
Edward A
Heart OF Virginia
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