Commissioners Outline Delta Highway Survey Orders
The board authorized County Highway Engineer Harry Fisher to assist Baldwin County in surveying the Mobile Baldwin delta road starting Thursday near Magazine Point. They urged following the Nicol route closely and to report findings before pursuing other options. Repairs to Old Shell, Spring Hill, and St Stephens roads were approved, and right of way for the Telegraph road north of Bayou Sara was to be laid out with fences and trees moved at the county’s expense as part of the Jackson highway.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Harry Fisher
Baldwin County
Mobile-Baldwin Delta
Magazine Point
J. M. Garrett
Baldwin County Commissioners
Fisher
Garrett
Nicol
Baldwin Shore
Old Shell Road
Spring Hill Road
St. Stephens Road
Bayou Sara
Forrest Highway Meet Opens in Brewton
The Forrest Highway Association convenes in Brewton Alabama on February 23 with two sessions at 3 30 p m and 7 30 p m. Speakers include T E Grafton W S Keller and R W Massey as delegates from across the state gather to discuss the proposed Rome Georgia to Mobile route. A Birmingham delegation led by R W Massey and John W O Neill travels to attend the meeting.
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Forrest Highway
Brewton
Ala
Forrest Highway Association
Romé
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Temple
T. E. Grafton
W. S. KeHer
R. W. Massey
John Craft
J. B. Lyons
H. H. Bolton
Birmingham
Johnw. O'Neill
H. A. Wheeling
Rome
Rivers and Harbors Bill Favorably Reported
The annual rivers and harbors appropriation bill totaling 39 million dollars was favorably reported to the house. It represents a net cut of about four million from prior estimates and signals a lively fight over New York harbor allocations and other new projects.
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Washington
House
New York Harbor
Will Banish Tick From Mobile County
Members of the Mobile County Cattle Tick Eradication Association campaign to arouse voter interest for the March 15 election to decide whether the tick fight continues under the Alabama Live Stock Sanitary board. Judge Williams issued the official call on petition of R V Taylor and others seeking countywide tick eradication. Association members say farmers favor the plan and expect Mobile county to show a large majority for the measure.
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Mobile County
Alabama Live Stock Sanitary Board
Williams
R V. Taylor
Day in Congress Sees Fletcher Nomination and Defense Hearings
Congress reconvened at noon with discussion of the Shields water power bill. The foreign relations committee recommended Henry Prather Fletcher for ambassador to Mexico. Brandeis investigating committee received new charges as hearings on national defense proceeded with Admiral Winslow testifying before the naval committee.
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Shields
Henry Prather Fletcher
Mexico
Brandeis
House
English war nurse survives front three times
Mrs St. Clair Stobart, lauded as "the woman who dared," returns home invalid after surviving Nurse Cavell’s fate, typhus in Serbia, and the Serbian retreat near freezing conditions. Her feats at the front are recounted amid wartime heroism.
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All England
McKellar bill would train 4800 youths yearly in every state
Representative K D McKellar reported a military committee plan to educate and train 4800 boys annually, graduating 100 per state, creating a reserve of about 33,600 trained men aged 20 to 23. The aim is to foster military spirit and readiness for a call to arms without a large standing army.
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Washington
K. D. McKellar
Tennessee
House
Europe
Brandeis Proxies Charged in Harriman Illinois Central Fight
Senate hearing on Brandeis nomination hears new charges that Harriman used proxies via Brandeis and Sullivan & Cromwell to influence Illinois Central stockholders in 1907 08. Fox alleges Waddill Catchings recruited Brandeis and Nutter to obtain proxies and Harriman ousted Stuyvesant Fish. Brandeis denies direct ties except for limited firm involvement.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
E. H. Harriman
Illinois Central Railroad
Mr. Brandeis
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Senate
Brandeis
Supreme Court
Austin G. Fox
Illinois Central
Harriman
Fish
Joseph B. Warner
Legislative Committee On Railroads
Massachusetts
Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mt. Vernon Asylum Land Use Bill Reported Favorable
The senate public lands committee has reported a bill approving the use of 190 acres of public lands adjacent to the Alabama Insane Hospital for Negroes at Mt. Vernon in Mobile County. The land, once a U S government reservation, was part of the Geronimo prisoner site before state transfer for the hospital's establishment.
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MT. Vernon
Washington
Senate Public Lands Committee
Alabama Insane Hospital
Alabama Insane Hospital For
Mobile County
Geronimo
Alabama
Congress
Farm lecturer owns big tract near Gadsden
Mrs. G. H. Mathis of Gadsden Alabama will lecture at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday at 7:30 PM. She is an authority on farming and diversification, a field agent for the Alabama Bankers Association and an attaché of the state agricultural department. She owns substantial farm land near her home and has helped farmers secure capital for two to three years, enabling them to farm tracts from two to forty acres and often become self supporting while paying for the land used.
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G. H. Mathis
Gadsden
Ala
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Bankers’ Association
State Agricultural Department
British Ship Dinkle Sunk With One Survivor
Lloyd's reports the British ship Dinkle of 593 tons was sunk with only one survivor. No further details have been received.
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London
Dinkle
Lloyd's
Surgeon Dr. Eugene H. Price of Atlanta Dies at Sea
The British steamer Stephen arrived from Barbados reporting the death at sea on February 13 of Dr. Eugene H. Price of Atlanta. The report dated February 23 confirms the death occurred mid voyage.
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Atlanta
New York
Stephen
Barbados
Eugene H. Price
Wilson Opposes Congressional Warning Of Armed Merchantmen
President Wilson remains against any resolution by Congress warning Americans to stay off armed merchantmen of European belligerents. Leaders were informed that the idea was not pursued at a White House meeting with foreign affairs committee chairs and party leaders. Senator Gore's plan drew discussion but little chance of passage without White House support.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Stone
Flood
Kern
Hoke Smith
Senator Stone
White House
Gore
Site of Washington Memorial Chosen at Shooter's Hill
The George Washington Memorial Association selects Shooter's Hill crest as the memorial site. A temple to house relics and portraits of Washington will rise there, near where the capitol would have stood. Estimated cost reaches $100 000 with most funds already raised.
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George “Washington
Potomac
Atlanta Woman Leaps to Death in New York
Mrs Estelle Garrett Baker 36 an Atlanta newspaper woman killed herself by leaping from a tenth story studio building where her sister Mrs Garrett Boyd resided She had suffered nervous trouble and arrived in New York on Monday to visit her sister
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New York
Estelle Garrett Baker
Atlanta, Ga
Garrett Boyd
Calvin B. Demarest Alive and Improving After Death Report
The death notice of Calvin B. Demarest formerly a top amateur billiardist at Elgin State Hospital is retracted as officials report he is alive and improving in health after a February 23 report in Chicago.
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Chicago
Calvin
Demarest
Billbiardist
State Hospital For the Insane
Elgin
Ill
Georgia tobacco coupon tax law struck down
Georgia's tobacco coupon tax law was ruled unconstitutional by the state supreme court. The decision found the statute arbitrary and unreasonable as it discriminated against tobacco dealers who redeem coupons and tags compared to other businesses with coupon redemptions.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Supreme Court
Fire destroys mill in Bay City. $250,000 loss reported
The International Mill and Lumber Company plant burned completely last night in Bay City Michigan. Officials say the origin is undetermined and damage is estimated at $250,000. Separate notes list weather forecasts for Mobile Alabama and Mississippi with colder conditions and moderate winds.
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Bay City
Mich
International Mill and ‘Lumber Company
Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Cruiser II to Visit Mobile for Carnival
Letters from Senator Oscar W Underwood and Congressman Oscar Gray indicate an armored cruiser will be sent to Mobile for the carnival. Navy department confirms two hydro aeroplanes and pilots will be sent from Pensacola for daily river flights during the event.
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Mobile Carnival Association
Oscar W. Underwood
Oscar Gray
Mobile
Navy Department
Pensacola
Will See Mobiles Export Commerce Tour
The know your city committee of the Chamber of Commerce will lead a waterfront tour Wednesday afternoon. The group will assemble at Government street at 3 o clock and travel by tug to the Mobile and Ohio docks, hosted by J. H. Taylor, foreign freight agent. No limit on participants. arrive promptly.
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Chamber of Commerce
Government Street
Mobile & Ohio
J. 8. Taylor
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Chamber of Commerce Committees Work on Creamery Fund
Business leaders in Mobile report strong committee effort to raise subscriptions for a local Chamber fund to establish a creamer y. Eighteen of twenty one committees worked in the morning with the remainder joining later. all express enthusiasm and note the cordial reception they received.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce Fund
War at a Glance as Nations Align and Fronts Shift
Sazonoff signals Russia’s wary stance toward Sweden and Roumania while vowing friendship with the Swedes and predicting Roumania will join the Entente. Russian forces press remnants of the Turkish army from Erzerum, while Trebizond evacuations prompt efforts to trap retreating Turks. On the western front the German offensive breaches Artois and tests Verdun while Russian front activity grows amid artillery duels and outpost actions.
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Sazonoff
Russia
Sweden
Roumania
Scandinavia
Petrograd
Erzerum
London
Trebizond
Kharput
Gay
Bagdad
Diarbekr
Novo-Alexandrovek
Sazonoff speaks of long war and Russian aims before Duma
Foreign Minister Sazonoff told the Duma in Petrograd that the war is the greatest crime against humanity and Russia will press on to conquer the enemy. He argued the German plunderers misled Europe, urged ending Prussian egotism, and praised allied unity while noting stiff independence among allies. He also praised Emperor Nicholas for Caucasus victory and looked toward improving Russian American economic ties.
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Petrograd
London
Duma
Sazonoff
Europe
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Nicholas
Erzerum
America
M. Sazonoff
Germans Attack With Big Forces Reach Key Gains
Paris reports violent fighting along the Meuse and near Verdun as French and German units push for gains. Berlin claims a 700 yard by 400 yard Alsace capture and intrusion two miles into Woevre with over 3,000 prisoners lost by the Allies.
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Berlin
Western Front
War Office
Upper Alsace
Woevre
Italians seize Callo Colto area near Trent
Italian forces have conquered the Callo Colto zone between Sarganza and Cegnio Torrento in Lugana valley and occupied Ronchi and Roncengo. The footholds place Trent within range as forts defend the city from the north east and south.
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Callo
Rome
Paris
Callo Colto
Sarganza
Cegnio Torrento
Lugana
Ronchi
Roncengo
Trent
Japanese Fleet Reaches Mediterranean with Aircraft
A Berlin Berlin wireless dispatch via London reports a Japanese fleet has reached the Mediterranean Sea accompanied by a large number of aircraft. The bulletin also notes a denial of Indian troop mutiny rumors in Egypt and announces Vice Admiral Scheer as the new German battle fleet commander succeeding Admiral von Pohl.
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Mediterranean
Copenhagen
London
Italy
Mediterranean Sea
Egypt
Washington
Berlin
Kardt Scheer
Mander
von Pohl
Colonial Secretary Announces Vast African Territory Captures
London February 23 Andrew Law secretary for the colonies announced in the house of commons that 730 000 square miles of German territory in Africa has been captured. The report notes a significant territorial advance and confirms ongoing imperial gains.
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London
Andrew Law
Africa
Freeman Funeral Notice for Infant Son in 1916
The Freeman family announces the death of a son of Charles and the late Freeman on January 22, 1916 at 9 40 p m. The funeral is at Noon at Marys Church followed by burial at 3 o'clock at the seen residence 1040 Spring.
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Freeman
Charles
Mary’s
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