County Board Deliberates on Medical Support and Road Work
Mobile County commissioners clash over engineering staffing and project oversight while approving a $50 monthly medical dispensary for city hospital patients and advancing bids for jail fans and a Williams Creek bridge. The finance committee to report on the medical appropriation next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Hagan
Andrews, Brannan
Green
Poor Asylum Committee
T. M. Stevens
Board of Trustees
University of Alabama
Eugene Bondurant
P. J. M. Acker
Stevens
Birmingham
Bondurant
Stevents
Hagan
Finance Committee
Dew
Williams’ Creek
Oak Grove
J. T. Jett
Jett
W. H. Oates
J. A. Maloney
Schenker-Alidor Electrical Company
Moblie Electrical Supply Company
Cox Electrical Company
Acker
Eugene Thames
Mobile County Medical Association
F. Marion Inge
William Baxter
Baxter
Robert A. Savage
Spring Hill
Hickory Grove
Murphy
Tekin Chanbien
Robert Morris
Redistricting of Southern League Draws Mixed Reactions
The Southern League plans a Sunday city division and a non Sunday division with a schedule committee from Birmingham. Secretary Colsson backs majority changes while criticizing abolishment of north and south divisions. New salary limits and transfer rules receive mixed approval amid a Birmingham visit and a managers’ banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Birmingham
Charles Z. Coisson
Coisson
Colsson
Schedate
Navanang
Charles Frank
New Orleans
O. B. Andrews
Chattanooga
Vlsson
Bunting
Mr. Colsson
Peace Talks In St James Palace Shape Balkan Peace
Delegates from Bulgaria Serbia Montenegro and Greece meet Turkish envoys at St James Palace London to press for Adriapol surrender and an end to the Balkan war. Allies demand immediate fortresses surrender, cession of Aegean islands Crete, and war indemnity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Servia
Montenegro
Greece
St. James Palace
Balkans
Edward Grey
Sir Edward Grey
Siir Edward Grey
Balkan States
Turkey
Adrianople
Sotrtari
Adrianopla
Janina
Europe
Thhatalia
Aegean
Crete
Balkan
Wilson Party Back in States from Bermuda Voyage
President elect Wilson returns to New York from Bermuda aboard the Bermudian. He plans to head to Princeton then Trenton for New Jersey budget business and to deliver his annual message to the New Jersey legislature, reflecting the Democratic platform and progressive agenda. He hints at possible appointments but has not chosen any major post.
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New York
Wilson
Bermuda
Bermudian
New Jersey
Princeton
State House
Trenton
Actions of R and H Committee Kept From The Public
An executive Mobile joint rivers and harbors committee meeting chose not to reveal actions to the public. Chairman Harry Pillans said deliberations were executive and that information would not be released. He noted the committee urged lighting for the new channel from the elbow to the river mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
Mobile Joint Rivers and Harbors Committee
the Factors and Traders’ Insurance Company
Harry Pillans
Pillans
Mobile Harbor
Lighthouse Department
Mr. Pillans
Chamber of Commerce
Alleged Swindle Gang Row in Mobile Arrests
Police say EB A Jenzer and John Hill were arrested as part of a four man swindle gang led by Sam Kleinsmith who fled toward Honduras with another member. The gang allegedly bought goods, opened stores, and vanished after defrauding suppliers in multiple states.
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EB. A. Jenzer
John Hill
Sam Kleinsmith
Honduras
Gan
Salem
Ill
Kleinsmith
Mobile
Jenzer
Fall
Crenshaw
Hill
Believes Hooks Is Long Lost Brother
J T Hooks of Mortimer Alabama, a farmer, told police he suspects Edgar D Hooks the alleged Dunbar child kidnapper is his brother. He had not seen him in eight years and said letters from Mobile promised a reunion at his Atmore area home at Christmas. Police provided Hooks with the sister's city address.
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Edgar D. Hooks
Dunbar
Opelousas
J. T. Hooks
Mortimer
Ala
Hooks
Mobile
Atmore
City
the Inquirer
Greeks and Turks Lose Warships in Naval Battle
Constantinople dispatch says the Turkish fleet clashed with the Greek off Lemnos island. Greek forces reportedly withdrew after engagement. London report claims Greece lost a cruiser and two torpedo boats while Turkey lost a cruiser and a destroyer in the Leranos action.
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Constantinople
Lemnos
Dardaneles
London
Leranos
Rome
Weather Outlook for States Fair and Warmer Ahead
Alabamaforecasts show fair and warmer weather tonight with local rains and colder Tuesday in the north. Florida Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with light variable winds. Mississippi local rains tonight or Tuesday with warmer conditions in the northern portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
England offers to convey body of Reid home
The British government proposed a British battleship convey the late American ambassador's body to the United States. A Westminster Abbey memorial service is planned for Friday at noon. Messages of condolence flowed from royalty, Presidents, and governors to Britain and the U.S. state department.
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England
Reid
London
United States
Asquith
House of ‘Commons
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul's Cathedral
British Foreign Office
Edward Grey
James Bryce
Washington
State Department
Dorchester House
Prince
Princess Alexander of
Teck
Princess Christian
Taft
Knox
David Burnett
Chauncey M. Depew
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert L. Borden
Canada
Earl of Aberdeen
Dix
United Kingdom
America
Taft to Skip London Ambassador Post
President Taft said no appointment would fill the London ambassadorship vacated by Whitelaw Reid. He and Secretary Knox will handle crucial Britain US diplomacy from Washington. Wilson is considering a London candidate, but Taft favors a longer tenure beyond a few months while London remains without an ambassador until March.
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Washington
Taft
Hillen
Great Britain
Whitelaw Reid
Knox
United States
Wilson
London
City Court Sentences Wrap Up Term Actions
Judge Semmes sentenced inmates at the current term including Mike Shelly to five years for stealing timber from a boom on Chickasabogue Creek with a pending appeal and stay. Charles Moorer was fined 500 dollars and 140 days hard labor for violating the prohibition law. Louis Wallace received two years for burglary Richard Written four months hard labor for petit larceny. State Solicitor Clarke called Shelby's logs theft a blow to a long‑standing Chickasahogue Creek gang. The execution for William J Brown was not fixed and a December 23 date may hear his motion for new trial.
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William J. Brown
Alfred Percy
C. W. Tompkins
Semmes
Mike Shelly
Chickasabogue Creek
Court of Appeals
Charles Moorer
Magazine Point
Louis Wallace
Richard Written
Clarke
Shelby
Chickasahogue Creek
Missing Man Seen On Cottage Hill Road
According to The Item a man matching J J Maher missing from the Hike Rail road in Cincinnati was seen near the long bridge on Cottage Hill Road Friday. He was with a woman and they were seeking a plot of land. The report notes the man resembled Maher in features height weight and clothing.
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J. J. Maher
Hike
Cincinnati
Long Bridge
Cottage Slim Road
Mather
Barge and Crew Lost in Gulf Storm
In Port Arthur Texas a Standard Oil barge No 87 under G Sand sank in a gulf storm on December 16 with nine crew members drowned. The British steamer Impoco and barge Hainaut, carrying 36 aboard, are missing after the same storm. Perfection reports the loss and notes Impoco and Hainaut failed to answer wireless calls.
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Port Arthur
Texas
G. Sand
Standard Oil
Impeco
Hainaut
Perfection
Tucker
Impoco
Bisson
Let father pay the $5,000 marriage rule provokes club
Chicago December 16 Answer given by a Young Men's Christian Association group to a newly formed Young Woman's 5 000 Club. The women pledge not to marry men earning less than 5 000 a year. The response: let the father pay the amount. Resolutions say it is impossible to meet a wife on under 5 000 and place the burden on parents and future sons in law.
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Chicago
Godau Case Again Passed in Alabama Supreme Court
B B Chamberlain attorney for Mrs. Mary T Godau says the Alabama supreme court will delay a ruling on her murder conviction of Fred Wasserleben until January after a Montgomery report. Theresa Wasserleben's case against killing her husband is similarly reset. William J Thompson, ex station agent, faces four grand larceny indictments. one prior acquittal leaves others pending barring new evidence.
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B. B. Chamberlain
Mary T. Godau
Fred Wasserleben
Alabama Supreme Court
Montgomery
Mre
Theresa Wasserleben
Fred J. Wasserleben
Semmes
Clark
William J. Thompson
Southern Railway
Calvert
Thompson
Charles France
Visit postponed by noted Jewish rabbis
Dr Alfred G Moses said that Drs Henry Berkowitz and William Rosenau cannot visit Mobile next Friday and Saturday. They were to speak for the Jewish Chautauqua. The Southern Assembly of the Jewish Chautauqua will meet in Memphis Tennessee December 25 26 with a focus on the Modern Jewish Sabbath School Problem. The Sabbath school delegation from Temple Shaarai Shomayim includes Dr A G Monee and Misses Irene Wiener and Rose Holberg, who depart Wednesday for Memphis.
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Alfred G. Moses
Henry Berkowitz
William Rosenau
Mobile
Memphis
Tenn
South
Temple Shaarai Shomayim
A. G. Monee
Irene Wiener
Rose Holberg
Suffragists March to Albany for Votes for Women Inauguration
A 14 day march from New York City to Albany to deliver a message to Governor Sulzer in support of universal female suffrage. Twenty five suffragists walk with literature on the route passing Van Cortlandt Park Yonkers and Getty. Jessie Hardy Stubbs of Chicago is slated to speak in Yonkers.
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Albany
Sulzer
Von
van Cortlandt Park
Jones
General Jones
Getty
Jessie Hardy Stubbs
Court adjourns as capital cases to be reset through week
After a Monday morning session the Jackson court recessed until week of Dec 30 for juries in capital cases to be drawn. Names on the reset list include William Burden Harry B Lemon and others facing charges from murder to vagrancy and prohibition law violations.
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Business City ‘Court
le Clarke
Jo Jackson
Ney
Pendant
Mobile
Jackson
William Burden
Harry B. Lemon
Toxey Strachan
C. P. F. Prohibition Law
A. H. Brinkman
Sam Lillie Lartigue
Frank Singleton
Dave Howard
Thurston Nicholas
Grancy
Joe Hart
Joe Nicholas
John H. Jackson
Bradley
William Wilson
Sailor Attacked at Turner-5 Docks in Choctaw Point area
William Schofield a mate on the Gypsum Dmpr loading lumber at Turner-5 docks was knocked down and robbed by an unknown assailant near Choctaw Point. Sheriff Palmer investigates as Schofield refuses to identify his attackers after signing on at U sel and docking near Delaware Street.
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William Schofield
Turner-5
Mora
Palmer
Choctaw Point
Schofield
Usel
Delaware
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Will Harry
R. & H. Committee
Cottage Hill
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