Admiral Davies urges Mobile Bay as Naval Base and shipyard
Rear Admiral C H Davies urges establishing a naval station at Mobile Bay citing geographic advantages and naval defense prospects. He notes changes in ordnance and ship design since a 1904 letter and reiterates his strong support for developing Mobile as a secure naval facility. Continued on Page 2
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Mobile
C. H. Davies
United States Navy
E. D. Ledyard
Namie
Admiral Davies
Mr. Ledyard
Ledyard
Washington, D. C
Ala
Miners Seek Wage Increase At Mobile Conference
The coal wage scale conference opens at the Battle House in Mobile with miners and operators seeking higher pay. A 20 percent daily wage increase is requested for surface and underground workers, plus a 10 percent rise for tonnage coal producers and pay for coal after screening. The session aims to set wage agreements for western districts effective after July 31.
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Mobile
United States
Battle House
Battle
Battle Hous¢dng the Gay._ Only the arrival of J. H. Winder
Hocking Valley
Ohio
K. C. Adams
New Orleans
Tick Eradication Election Sought in Mobile County
A petition with 1,679 voter names asks Judge Price Williams of the probate court to call a March 15 election to enforce the cattle tick eradication law. R V Taylor and L Kilmer for the Mobile County Tick Eradication Association say verification is underway and a three week advertisement is required.
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Price Williams
Probate Court
R. V. Taylor
L. Kilmer
Mobile County
Former Terre Haute Officials Finish Terms
Five former Terre Haute Indiana city officials Edward Holander Alexander Aczell Charles Houghton Joseph O Mara and George Severn were released from Leavenworth Prison after serving full sentences for an election conspiracy. All earned good behavior allowances through prison conduct.
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Kas
Edward Holander
Alexander Aczell
Charles Houghton
Joseph O’mara
George Severn
Terre Haute
Ind
United States Penitentiary
Wilbur Good Joins Philadelphia Nationals
The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League announced the acquisition of outfielder Wilbur Good from the Chicago Nationals for a waiver price. He will report to training at St. Petersburg on March 3.
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Philadelphia Club
Wilbur Good
Chicago Nationals
Good
St. Petersburg
Control of Cambria Sold to Midvale Steel
Philadelphia Feb 7 The Cambria Steel Company controlled by one of the nation’s large independents was purchased by the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company of Philadelphia W H Donner president of the Cambria announced the deal The report notes the move alongside a subsequent item about a cotton steamer hold in London
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Midvale
Philadelphia
Cambria Steel Company
Midvale Steel & Ordnance Company
W. H. Donner
Cambria Cam
Mobile Merchants Rally for Carnival Fund Drive
The Mobile Carnival Association schedules daily merchant solicitations after a strong start with many donors doubling last year’s gifts. General Chairman C. B. Hervey notes an Auburn Alabama Polytechnic Institute band will assist, and the Tallapoosa cutter offers support as the Mardi Gras flagship arrives March 6. The finance panel reports $1,000 raised in under an hour with broad merchant enthusiasm.
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Mobile Carnival Association
Mobile
C. B. Hervey
Alabama Polytechnic Institutute
Auburn
Committee On Music
Aah
Tallapoosa
Emperor Felix
The
Carnival Association
M. J. McDermott
S. H. Peck
Attacks and Shifts in War Fronts Across Europe
Febdateline reports major war changes with Kitchener possibly leaving the war office. Central powers allegedly sent no ultimatum to Roumania. Artillery battles rage from La Bassee to Arras and south of the Somme as German and Austrian reinforcements move toward the front. A Bulgarian division departs Mustendil while heavy guns are transferred north. A German warship sinks near the Cattegat after possibly hitting a mine. An Austrian source claims Austrians and Bulgarians seize Elbassan in Albania and push a mixed Italian Serbian force toward Fieri.
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London
Daily Sketch
Earl Kitchener
War Office
Roumania
the Mail
Athens
Albania
Elbassan
Fieri
Aviona
Germany drops illegal term in Lusitania talks
Washington February 7 Germany agrees reprisals must target enemy subjects only replacing illegal phrasing in the Lusitania agreement draft. Secretary Lansing denies new demands, says the United States will not insist on the word illegal and seeks formal acknowledgement that sinking without warning violated international law and a lasting end to such naval warfare.
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Germany
Lansing
Lusitania
Berlin
Zimmerman
Wilson
United States
Ani
Tension rises between Roumania and Central Powers
Dispatches from Italy and Roumania report Vienna and Berlin adopting a threatening stance toward Bucharest. Romanian troops entrench near the western frontier while forces on the Bulgarian side concentrate along the Danube, signaling a nearing crisis.
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London
Roumania
Italy
Daily Chronicle
Marmornitz
Vienna
Berlin
Bucharest
Danube
President Busy on Preparedness Efforts in Washington
Washington Feb 7 The administration fronts national preparedness and the Lusitania case shaping President Wilson's week. He plans to meet senators and representatives to push army and navy bills and aims to clear them for other legislation, including the shipping tax and revenue measures. A Southern tour, tied to preparedness, depends on congressional talks and the Lusitania affair.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Lusitania
Know-Your-City Plan to Visit Mobile Gas Works
The Know Your City committee of the Chamber of Commerce met at Battle House with Joseph G. Espalla Jr. presiding. A February 9 visit to the Mobile Gas Company plant was outlined and the trips will become a weekly committee activity with nearly all members present.
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Mobile Gas Company
Know
Chamber of Commerce
Battle House
Joseph G. Espalla Jr
Congress in Session Reports Military Readiness and Prohibition Debate
Senate resumed hearings on military preparedness with the military committee. California oil interests pressed for relief before the public lands committee. The judiciary considered prohibition as it related to the Constitution. Naval matters continued as the day concluded.
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Moon
California
Public Lands
Judiciary
War at a Glance Hints of Near Offensive in Balkans and West
Reports show German Austrian and Bulgarian forces active on the Greek frontier with heavy artillery moved south from Nish. Roumania collects forces near the Austro Hungarian frontier as Entente capitals sense a looming major German offensive in the west. The Constantinople bulletin notes Turks under pressure from Russia but repelling renewed attacks while Erzerum shows no bold breakthrough.
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Saloniki
Athens
Nish
Balkans
Roumania
Germany
Austria
Constantinople
Erzerum
Man
Greatest Activity Since Civil War in U S Shipyards
000,000 invested in ship ping in 1915 signals a huge upsurge in U S shipyards America rises to second in ship construction as European conflict may restore maritime leadership lost in the Civil War.
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U.S
America
American shipyards surge to new era of world leadership
Wallace Downey of Standard Shipbuilding cites rising US capacity to build modern ships cheaper than England as a revived American merchant marine takes shape. About 250 ships are under construction in 60 yards, with $39 million in new capital, as yards from Fore River to Newport News restart after decades of idleness.
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United States
Seven Seas
England
Wallace Downey
Standard Shipbuilding Company of
Downey
New York Journal of Commerce
Western
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Delaware
Chesapeake
Newport News
America
Bath
John Roach Yards
Chester
Weather forecast for Mobile and southern states
The Weather note says fair tonight and Tuesday with a drop in temperatures. In Mobile expect a mild night and a cooler Tuesday with north winds and a forecast of freezing temperatures in northern portions of Alabama and Mississippi.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Shipbuilding urged as Birmingham views Mobile as port future
Stanley Hi Rose, an expert from Washington, tells Birmingham audiences that Mobile’s river access and Gulf proximity, plus Alabama resources, support a thriving shipbuilding industry. He argues Birmingham could manufacture and assemble ships locally, then launch them from Mobile. He notes Mobile’s potential to become a world port with Alabama facilities.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mobile
Gulf
Ingham
Birmingsham
Ars
Alabama
Stanley Hi
Rose of
United State Epamerce
Warrior
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Steel barges planned to move Birmingham steel down to Gulf
Birmingham Ala Feb 7 In likely development the Steel Corporation may provide covered barges to ply the Warrior river from Birmingham to Mobile and New Orleans and to Texas points for finished steel products steel wire nails and related staples within about two and a half months. President James A Farrell of United States Steel is said to have been urged to consider the idea during visits to Mobile and Birmingham last week.
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Biimingham
Ala
The
Steel Corporation
Warrior River
Birmingham
Mobile
New Orleans
Texas
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Lampasas Will Arrive Here Tuesday After Delay
The Mallory Line announced the steamer Lampasas from New York to Mobile was delayed by weather and would reach this port at 6 o clock Tuesday morning. She would have arrived Sunday. On return Wednesday morning the Lampasas will take Mobilians to Tampa to discuss diverting tourist travel from Jacksonville and the Florida east coast. Thomas Egleston dead.
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Mallory Line
Lampassas
New York
Mobile
Tampa
Fla
Jacksonville
Florida East Coast
Lost and Stray Notices Across Cleveland Area
Lost and stray notices list a lemon colored Setter named We Be Jones at St. Anthony area with a reward if found at 610 Congress Street Bell 3665. A pink cameo brooch lost on Cedar Street near Beay or St Patrick's church with reward offered for return. A white Water Spaniel answers to Reward at 261 North tion Street.
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Setter
Jones
St. Anthony
Gress
Cleveland
Beay
St. Patrick's Church
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Thomas Egleston
Atlanta
Southeastern Traffic Association
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