Cotton Rate Case Hearing Ends After Prolonged Session
After a three day session the Interstate Commerce Commission rehearing of Mobile export cotton rate claims closed Saturday evening. Railroad officials admitted a mileage based system would shift shipments to Mobile but warned it could bring car shortages and confusion. Shippers predicted a Mobile victory with mileage basis and a seven cent differential favoring Mobile cited by the Southern Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Mobile Export
Interstate Commerce
Karl G. Gartner
Commission
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Savaannah
R. G. Cobb
Savannah
N. B. Wright
Central of Georgia Railroad
J. S. Burchmore
Gartner
Wright
Georgia
State Railroad Commission
Southern Railway
M. T. Calloway
Bride Captured After Honeymoon Ride From San Francisco
Chicago police arrest Mrs Harold Nolan nearly after a honeymoon trip on a rickety bumpers ride from San Francisco to Chicago. The couple just completed their stop in Chicago when authorities took the bride into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harold Nolan
San Francisco
War News From Europe and Frontline Conflicts
Reports from Paris Petrograd and Vienna describe heavy fighting along the Gauteon Stripa and Bessarabian fronts. Bulgarian troops die in a French air raid near Petrich. Guynemer shoots down a German airship in Flanders. Austrian forces occupy Kreva near Durazzo and advance toward the Ishmi river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Gauteon
War Office
Middle Stripa River
Bessarabian
Paris
Petrich
Strumitza
Flanders
Villers
Herbecourt
Frise
Cuynemer
Guynemer
Vienna
Kreva
Durazzo
Ishmi
Roumania Plans 40 Million Dollar Loan as War Likely
Bucharest announced an immediate 40 million dollar foreign loan, fueling belief Roumania may enter the war on the Allies side. Frontiers with Bulgaria appear closed, 500000 Romanian troops mass near Hungarian borders, and invasion of Hungary is seen as a likely first move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Bucharest
Roumania
Hungary
Bukovina
Presence of Mind Prevents a Panic at Theatre Fire
Billy Brooks and Fred Dennis at the Queen Theatre kept patrons calm as a reel caught fire Friday afternoon. Dennis urged order while Brooks hunted for exits. Both workers evacuated safely with Miss Speith as flames consumed the projection room. the theater plans to reopen soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Brooks
Fred Dennis
Queen Theatre
Dennis
Brooks
Miss Speith
J. T. Speith
Canada in panic as fires exposed plots across Dominion
Ottawa reports a spy scare with the parliament fire at Ottawa and several other outbreaks blamed on German sympathizers. Incendiary fires hit munitions plants, a clothing factory, and a Cape Spencer oil storehouse as guards are doubled and a probe committee is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Parliament
Victoria Bridge
Montreal
Dominion
A. B. Jardine Company
Hespeler
Cape Spencer
Jardine Company
Galt
Minister of Militia
Edwards
Jardine
Bay of Fundy
Department of Fisheries
Mohr Freed as Two Negroes Found Guilty in Rhode Island Case
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr was found not guilty of hiring three men to ambush and kill her husband, Dr. Charles F. Mohr. Henry Spellman and Cecil Brown were convicted of murder and wounding the other woman in a sensational Rhode Island trial that captivated the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. IL
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Charles F. Mohr
Newport
Emily Burger
Mrs. Mohr
Elizabeth Mohr
Foreman Clark
John J. Fitzgerald
William F. Carroll
Alabama Leaders Push Warship Plant Plans
General G J Hubbard head of Alabama’s military department says no state rivals Alabama in facilities for shipbuilding and armor plate production. He cites port access, iron and steel industries, and the Warrior river waterway linking Birmingham and Mobile as crucial to national defense and future defense plants. He urges mobilizing resources in Jefferson County and respected cities for armor plate and shipbuilding readiness.
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Alabama
G. J. Hubbard
State Military Department
Birmingham
Mobile
Warrior River
Hubbard
Warrior
Jefferson County
Railroad Shops May Be Enlarged in Louisville
Plans to rebuild the Louisville and Nashville Railroad repair shops in Louisville would occupy four city blocks from Charleston to Elmira between Royal and Water streets and extend the plant to Palmetto street. If enlarged, between 300 and 490 more workers could be employed. Master Mechanic J. D. Maxwell says the project is under consideration and plans include extending the shops one block north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Charleston
Elmira
Royal
Water Streets
Palmetto Street
Louisville
Thomas B. Turner
Mobile
New Orleans
J. D. Maxwell
First bath in 20 years ends with confession in Underwood
D W Hodson, after the first bath in two decades at the county poor farm near Charlestown Indiana, vanished then returned home to Underwood to recount the episode. He described the vigorous scrubbing and stiff brush as almost deadly in the cold season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Ind
D. W. Hodson
Underwood
Hodson
Tampa and Mobile plan to share Florida travel route
A Tampa and Mobile collaboration aims to shift tourist travel from Jacksonville to a circle tour linking Mobile with Florida coasts. A Mobile delegation will visit Tampa during the Gasparilla Carnival to discuss a Mobile Tampa federation and a Mobile to Florida steamer link as part of a coastwide tourist growth plan.
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Tampa
Mobile
Florida
Mallory
Jacksonville
R. W. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Florida Coast
Federation of Civic Bodies
L. P. Dickié
Tampa Board of Trade
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Federation of
Gulf Coast
Wip
Anthglowun
St. Petersburg
R. V. Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor
Gasparilla
Mr. Taylor
Mobile Mardi Gras plans announced by committee
The Mobile Carnival Association named officers and committees for the upcoming Mardi Gras. The publicity unit will intensify advertising and all previous carnival events will recur with new features. The general committee meets at the Battle House this week. officer names include Hervey as general chairman and Soost as vice chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Mobile Carnival Association
Charles B. Hervey
Battle House
C. Walter Soost
J. Paul Wilson
Pat J. Lyons
Coronation
George B. Rogers
M. J. McDermott
W. H. Reynolds
W. B. MccAfee
Isadore Jacobson
E. H. Britton
Julius Hammel
H. T. Hartwell
S. H. Peck
BE. L. Marriott
D. R. Barbee
W. M. Clemens
George W. Adams
H. M. Hopper
Isaac Lichtbach
Army
Navy
Henry Hall
Weather summary for Alabama and Mississippi
A weather note reports fair skies in southern Alabama and overcast, cooler conditions in northern areas Sunday and Monday. Mississippi forecasts fair conditions in the east with some cooling in portions Sunday and Monday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Lusitania Case Returns to Wilson as German Offers Probed
President Wilson faces a new phase in the Lusitania case after Count von Bernstorff delivered German settlement proposals. Secretary Lansing says no announcement is planned for two to three days, with cabinet review possible Monday. Officials note no change in the crisis while awaiting the president's decision and potential talks with Bernstorff next week.
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Washington
Lusitania
Wilson
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
State Department
White House
Als Cu
United States
Nda
Bernstorff
Rey
Appam Raider Captured by British Fleet Near Canary Islands
British warships reportedly captured the German raider Appam, which preyed on Allied shipping off the Canary Islands. The incident prompted swift reinforcement from Gibraltar and Mediterranean bases as French vessels joined the escort to counter any further German actions. Unclear whether Appam was sunk or surrendered, and whether crew scuttled the vessel.
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Washington
Canary Islands
Appam
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Canaries
Admiralty
Teuton
Emr
Newport
Lost items scattered across city streets and notices
A collage of lost items and livestock notices appear, including a black silk scarf near Hamilton and St Emanuel streets with reward details for Adam Glass & Co, a green enamel oak leaf pin on Dauphin street with contact at Box C-4, a Lewellan setter with lemon ears offered for return to Jones at St Anthony and Ja streets, a Boston Shoe Shop shoe found, and a stray cow near Singleton five miles out Ced with owner permissions offered for property and payment.
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Hameilton
St. Emanuel
Adam Glass & Co
Dauphin Street
Sternment
Hallett
Lewellan
Jones, St. Anthony
Ja Streets
Boston
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Balkans
Teutonic
West Front
Sir Robert
Borden
Wilfred Laurier
More
Helmer
Stewart
Graham
J. E. Mercil
Bagot
Actonville
Charles 8. Strong
Windsor
Committee of Mobilians
Munson
East Coast
Escambia
Brewton
Ala
W. J. Jackson
Jackson Cemetery
Usitania
Wilson and
Kaiser
Ria
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