Framing Plans to Send Immigrants to Southern Farms
Washington dispatch reports a conference of government and state officials and Southern groups on immigration policy for distributing migrants to Southern farms. Governors Stuart Virginia and Bhase South Carolina attend along with Secretary Wilson and immigration officials. The meeting weighed leveraging European refugees and displaced workers to farm labor in the South.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southern Commercial Congress
Stuart
Virginia
Bhase
Souta Carolina
McCreary
Kentucky
Loft
Missouri
Daughtridge
Nori Carolina
Wilson
Caminelli
Fletcher
Florida
South
Department of
Europe
Ico
United States
Pat Wilson
White House
Defiance Rescued From Junk Heap For Cup Defense
The Defiance, a cup boat funded by Boston investors, was bought from the junk pile in Boston by E Walter Clark of Marblehead and Philadelphia. The mahogany vessel will be converted into a racing schooner and sail the coast with the Irelita, formerly the Queen, as part of a bid to defend the America's Cup against Shamrock.
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Walter Clark
Boston
E. Walter Clark
Marblehead
Philadelphia
Shamrock
Irelita
Mobile Purchase of Bloodhounds Upheld by AG
The Alabama attorney general ruled counties may buy bloodhounds to chase escaped convicts on roads. Dr. William H. Oates had urged humane treatment arguments, noting dogs could remove shackles. AG Robert C. Brickell said purchase is a proper county expense, to be paid from county funds.
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Montgomery
Wm. H. Oates
Robert C. Brickell
Brickell
Oates
Mobile
Houston
Dallas
Postal Telegraph Office in Montgomery Hit with Injunction
Judge Gunter issued an injunction restraining the Montgomery Postal Telegraph Office from intrastate business for the rest of 1914. The city sought a $125 business license, refused by Postal manager Bivins amid lengthy litigation.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Gaston Gunter
Postal Telegraph Company
Postal
Bivins
Eligibility rule anxiously awaited by Southern schools
Delegates from twenty three Southern universities and colleges await a recommendation by the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association executive committee on eligibility rules. The committee worked late without reaching a decision. Members press for abolishing freshman ineligibility and extending to four years. Summer professional play would be allowed under the rule. Schedules for intercollegiate games were expected to be announced today. Morristown Pa to have a 5 million endowment college for orphan girls under Robert Carson will.
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Lexington
Southern Universities and Colleges
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Morristown
Robert Carson
Dallas and Mobile County Officials Seek Dog Purchases
Dr. Oates advised Mobile County board to buy dogs with a county warrant and to pursue mandamus if the treasurer refused payment. The board bought the dogs and the warrant was subsequently honored. The prison inspector sought the attorney general’s view on similar conditions in Houston and Dallas counties.
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Bile County
Oates
Board of Revenue
Mobile County
Houston
Dallas
Berlin Glorifies German Cruisers Lost in Conflict
Berlin newspapers praise the loss of the Scharnhorst Gneisenau Leipzig and Nurnberg off the Falklands. They recall Coronel and honor German ships while noting England held naval superiority and praising Admiral Count von Spee and his crews.
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Hague
London
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Nurnberg
Falkland Islands
Coronel
Good Hope
Falklands
England
Koelnische Volks Zeitung
Rhenisch Westfaelische Tages
Count von Spee
Germany
Hamburger Nachrichten
Cotton exports hit record $610 million in fiscal year
United States exports of cotton set a new high totaling 610 million dollars for the just ended fiscal year, surpassing prior records and signaling strong demand in overseas markets. The gain reflects robust shipments from major port facilities and continuing global consumption.
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United States
Neptune's Daughter dazzles Mobile with aquatic beauty
Empire Theatre hosts Annette Kellermann in Neptune's Daughter Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. The critic praised the photo-drama as the last word in its field noting Kellermann's mermaid charm and aquatic skill. The play's scenery and outdoor atmosphere invite audiences into a whimsical fairy tale filled with dramatic, wholesome allure.
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Empire Theatre
Mobile
Annette Kellermann
Neptune
New Game Warden Appointments in Alabama
John H. Wallace Jr announces new law enforcement postings in Alabama game and fish, naming Drew Bynum as Lawrence County warden and Jack C. Slaughter as Chambers County warden to replace resignations and transfers effective immediately.
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Montgomery
Ala
John H. Wallace, Jr
Drew Bynum
Wheeler
Lawrence County
M. J. Gilchrist
Jack C. Slaughter
Lafayette
Chambers County
G. C. Schuesslarr
Stamp Collectors Meet in Mobile to Form City Association
Stamp collectors in Mobile are invited to a Saturday night 8 o'clock meeting at the City Bank and Trust Company building rooms of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. The purpose is to organize a city stamp collectors association. Attendees should bring their albums.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
City Bank and Trust Company
Mobile
Government orders 600000 sweater coats from Canada
Canadian factories secured a contract with the British government for six hundred thousand sweater coats priced at eighteen dollars per dozen. The shipment adds to wartime supplies and strengthens trade ties with Britain.
Otter Skin Mimics Seal Creating Detection Challenge
The otter skin can be manipulated to resemble seal skin, making it hard to distinguish between the two. This ability complicates identification and detection efforts in related contexts.
Lynching of Negroes Reported Near Shreveport
Crowds abducted three black men from jail and a roadside mob hanged two near Shreveport. One suspect, Wat kins Lewis of Sylvester, was seized from Caddo parish jail and reportedly hanged. others confessed to the Hicks killing. Eight lynchings in Caddo parish in twelve months.
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Shreveport
Watkins Lewis
Charles M. Hicks
Sylvester
Lewis
Cyrus Hotchkin
Mooringsport
Mansfield
Hick
Caddo Parish
Charles Hicks
Motor Boat Club Maps Gold Cup Race to Manhasset Bay
The Motor Boat Club of America announced the gold challenge cup race will be held next year at Manhasset bay in Long Island Sound.
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Associated Press
New York
Motor Boat Club of America
Manhasset Bay
Long Island Sound
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