L and N lines purchase halts competition probe
Washington reports state that Senator Newlands seeks power for the Interstate Commerce Commission to inspect rail papers. The Louisville and Nashville system is accused of buying lines, funding political activity, and restraining competition through public sentiment and officials. The ICC urges further investigation into rail correspondence and related political spending in Tennessee and beyond.
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Washington
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Louisville
Nashville
Con
Commission
Senate
Louisville and Nashville
Nashville, Chat
St. Louis
Atlantic Coast Line
Louis‘ville
Tennessee Railroad Association
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Thenville
Chattanooga
Panic drives sharp fall in wheat prices at opening
Chicago wheat prices tumbled at the open as panic selling hit May and July contracts. May slipped to around 1.48 1 2, July to about 1.20 3 3, with later trades showing brief recoveries before renewed drops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dardanelles
Russia
Mobilian McCreary In Critical Condition After Fall
McCreary, a well known Mobilian, was temporarily residing in Evergreen Alabama when he suffered a fall at his home that injured his right leg near the hip. He was transported to a Mobile infirmary where doctors report him in critical condition and fear for his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. McCreary
Mobil
Evergreen
Ala
Phyir
McCreary
New York Bread Price Restored to Four Cents
Reports from New York state that wholesale bread prices will return to four cents after a period of five cent pricing. The change follows agitation and investigations into the cost triggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
distress bound for pity Scotland wreck reported 400 Cape Race
Telegrams from Philadelphia bound ship bound for pity Scotland report distress 400 Cape Race with 200 passengers aboard. Mongolian reportedly calling for help and leaking as New York agents receive message.
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Philadelphia
Scotland
Cape Race
New York
Gees & Co
Alabama
California
Imliana
Kentucky
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Senate
Bristow
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Supreme
E. H. Gary
University of Pittsburgh
McAdoo
Federal Reserve
France
Germany
Pittsburgh
North Sea
Berlin
Denmark
Glass
Iles
City Briefs Roundup of Local Courts and Commerce
John Carter was arrested Thursday night by Deputy Dennis Lynch on stealing plates knives and forks from Buddie and held by county officials. A bond question in the law and equity court seeks premium payment from funds held by assignee Henry A. Horst. Lenox chocolates free trials mailed to ladies registered at the Ed J Higgins Canday Company bath. W H Kemp sues H B Fields for 193.52 due on note. Rail and steel executives visit Mobile for business. Bank examiner L P Hosmer visits local banks. New Barton Academy desks arriving from Mobile Chair Company. City court resets cases including Catherine Valanzano Edwin Miles and Jesse Cunningham. A Negro man pleads guilty to assault with a knife and is remanded for sentencing. A notary public is appointed Robert Marshall. Fire damages minor in a Fishers Alley dwelling. Buddie Du Cloux seeks a top-quality bull via Chamber of Commerce. Mobile Home Gardens Association to meet Saturday at 2 30 PM at the Chamber. Large turnout expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carter
Dennis Lynch
Hanan & Pillans
Harry B. Pake
Leinkauf Banking Company
Law and Equity Court
Equity Side
Henry A. Horst
R. W. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
St. Louis
A. W. Cary
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Birmingham
L.P. Hosemer
National Bank Examiner
Montgomery
Mobile
Nancy
Hunter
Do. W. Tompkins
Robert Marshall
Fishers Alley
Loretta Gomes
Moses Joseph
Buddie du Cloux
Mount Vernon
Ala
Thoro
Leiter Testifies at Bread Inquiry Over Wheat Pricing
Joseph Leiter a former wheat operator testified in the New York state bread cost inquiry that farmers had long sold wheat below production cost. He blamed the terminal and Liverpool exchanges for fixing prices and said he did not speculate since 1898. He recalled seeing 1897 prices below cost and that his attempts to profit failed while farmers prospered.
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New York
Joseph Leiter
Leiter
Liverpool Exchange
No Reply on Carranza Decree Taxing Foreign Holdings
Washington reports no reply from Carranza to the U S representations about General Obregon levying a heavy tax or levy on foreign holdings in Mexico City.
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Carranza
Mexico City
Washington
United States
General Obregon
Barkoot Carnival Troupe In Car Crash Injuries Reported
Auto collision with a street car in Montgomery injures J J Davis and others as the Barkoot Carnival troupe, visiting Mobile for Mardi Gras, suffers serious to fatal injuries. Jason J Davis, a Mobile press agent and former newspaper man, is among the injured and mobile home is Wooster Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
I. Benyaker
Barkoot Carnival Cement
K. G. Karkeot
Carnival
J. J. Davis
R. Gruberg
Monery Clothier
L. G. Miller
L. M. Butler
Mobile
J.J. Davis
Jason J. Davis
New Orleans
Mobile Register
Evening Post
South
Barkoot
Mobile Carnival Association
Lieut
Bellinger
Davis
Wooster
Ohio
Imperial
Fred R. Smith
Carnival Company
Egyptian carnival agent dies after city collision in Alabama
Isaac Benyaker of Barkoot Carnival died after a car and street car crash near Montgomery. Six others were injured including carnival proprietor K G Barkoot with rib fractures, Miller with two leg breaks, Gruberg, Davis, Butler, and Strickland. Miller's leg was amputated. Murphy is expected not to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkoot
Montgomery
Ala
Isaac Benyaker
Barkoot Carnival
K. G. Barkoot
Carnival
L. G. Miller
R. Gruberg
J. J. Davis
L. M. Butler
W. C. Strickland
Strickland
St. Margaret
Weather Hinders Operations In West London Front Note
A Feb 26 report says light rain and a heavy snowstorm since the last communique slowed operations. Despite bad weather, aircraft performed their duties with strong aviator artillery cooperation. Near Ypres fighting along the canal continues with notable acts, including a sergeant and man holding a trench and shooting down Germans. Machine guns fared well when exposed, inflicting a setback on the enemy, while elsewhere artillery fire remained heavy but no infantry assaults occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ypres
Alabama Banks Making Progress
President M. J. McDermott of the Bank of Mobile reports from Montgomery that $1,500,000 of emergency currency issued last fall has been retired. Only $1,300,000 remains outstanding and will be retired soon, signaling improving conditions in Alabama banking circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. McDermott
Bank of Mobile
Montgomery
Alabama Currency Association
Alabama
McDermott
United Bed Co Chartering Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines
The Norwegian steamers Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, idle at Gulf Dry Docks for months, have been chartered to United Fruit Company. The vessels were on the dare during October loading cargoes for United Fruit, marking a shift in early freight arrangements.
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United Bed Co
FT. Gaines
FT. Morgan
Fort Morgan
Fort Gaines
Gulf Dry Docks
United Fruit Company
United
Court Declares Frank Case Jurisdiction Lost
Washington February 26 Arguments continued before the Supreme Court on Leo M Frank’s habeas corpus plea to release from custody. Georgia officials argued the court had not lost jurisdiction despite mob violence and Frank’s absence. defense said lawlessness supplanted justice and the court was effectively replaced by a judicial lynching.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Leo M. Frank
Atlanta
Mae
Louis Hall
New York
Frank
Grice
Dorsey
Georgia
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Roan
Third Aurora woman murder raises fear in Illinois
In Aurora Illinois a 60 year old eccentric is jailed over the death of Emma Peterson 22 found near her home with head crushed and jaw broken. The city endures a string of similar slayings with a tall man in a long overcoat sought by police and bloodhounds to track a scent.
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Aurora
Emma Peterson
Mason
Misa Peterson
Bertha Hollander
Rt. Nicholas
Tory Petras
Jennie Miller
Miss Peterson
Excisem en Suspends Kaiserhof License in Mobile
The Mobile excise commission suspended Peter Hamel's Kaiserhof Hotel and Palm Garden license for five days starting March 1 for violating the Smith regulation bill. Chairman Goldsby and Commissioner Douglas voted for suspension. Commissioner O Connell dissented amid disputed conduct by the chair. Hamel was charged with selling liquor to an intoxicated person.
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Excise Commission of
Mobile
Peter Hamel
Kaiserhof Hotel
Palm Garden
Nsion
Joel W. Goldsby
Sidney Douglas
J. C. O'Connell
Goldsby
O'Connell
Hamel
Dividends Taxable Income Says Ruling
Washington February ruling states cash dividends paid after March 1 1913 are taxable income for individuals with total income over 20000 and must be included in income tax returns.
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Washington
Campaign Start For Crop Diversification In Two Counties
The Chamber of Commerce Crop Diversification Campaign launches in southwest Alabama and adjoining Mississippi counties on March 4. About 40 lecturers from International Harvester, the state extension service, and railroads split between Mobile and Baldwin counties to discuss agriculture livestock and schools at rural meetings.
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Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Misissippi
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
International Harvester Company
State Agricultural Extension Department
Mobile County
Baldwin County
Superior
General Ferguson Off the Payroll
Governor Henderson told General Fred Ferguson that the state will end his duties at month end. The new law allows reinstatement of those dropped if they prove Confederate service, with July reports to county boards and petitions to the state board. About 15 000 on the rolls include 8 000 veterans and 7 000 widows. reinstatements may occur for thousands, but warrants likely after October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Henderson
Fred
Ferguson
County Pension Board
State Board
Capitol
Siege fighting in the Carpathians intensifies
Geneva and Paris report the Carpathian front has become siege like with over 200,000 troops in hand to hand combat since February 18 and little progress. Wounded flow into Ungvar and Eperies as Austrians recover 8 600 wounded and 3 000 dead at Svidnik. Medical chiefs warn 70 percent may be invalids for life and many will be blinded.
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Geneva
Paris
Carpathians
Carpathian
Ungvar
Eperies
Hungary
Svidnik
Tuna Trust Probe To Begin In Several Cities
Elias M. Blanford of the federal justice department is ordered to probe the Great Western Smelting and Refining Company and its subsidiaries to determine if they control trade in glass bottles rubber and related goods across the country.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Elias M. Blanford
Federal Department of Justice
Department
Junk Trust
Great Western Smelting and Refining Company
Maine Corporation
Iphares
Steamship officials deny suspension notice from British admiralty
Officials of the International Mercantile Marine said no notification had been received from the British admiralty regarding any suspension touching New York shipping. The statement covers the American Atlantic Transport White Star and Red Star lines, clarifying the situation amid wartime tensions.
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New York
International Mercantile Marine
American
Atlantic Transport
White Star
Red Star Lines
Excise Commission Bill Will Lay Dead
Montgomery February 26 Governor Henderson awaiting approval on about thirty to forty bills passed by the legislature before adjournment Friday. The excise commission abolition bill will not be signed now and may remain on his desk until the legislature reconvenes in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Henderson Haw
Oyster Commission
Alabama
Henderson
Amey
Fehem
Ull
Capitol
Troy
Bernhardt Receives Queen Mother Message of Sympathy
Paris reports Sarah Bernhardt, recovering after leg amputation, received a message from Queen Mother Alexandria of Great Britain expressing deep regret and sincere sympathy for the celebrated artist. The Queen Mother’s note conveyed condolences from England for Bernhardt, hailed as a great artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
Queen Mother Alexandria
Great Britain
England
Weather notes for Mobile and Alabama
The Mobile forecast calls for cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tonight and Saturday with possible showers. Alabama outlook also shows cloudiness and warmer conditions into Saturday with chances of rain.
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Mobile
Alabama
French Destroyer Dague Sunk by Austrian Mine
Paris reports the French torpedo boat Dague was sunk by an Austrian mine near Antivari while escorting a Montenegro provisioning convoy in the Adriatic Sea on February 24. Thirty eight crew members are reported missing.
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Paris
Lestrague
Adriatic Sea
Marine
F&low
Dague
Montenegro
Eunuch
Swedish Steamer Struck Near Holland by Mine
The Swedish steamer Syrah, arriving from Rotterdam to Ymuiden, was struck on her starboard side, likely by a mine after a nearby explosion. Three warships reported fighting Turkish forts, with one ship damaged and others driven back toward the Asiatic shore near the Dardanelles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
London
Rotterdam
Ymulden
Holland
Catain
Ceene An Elies
Oan
Lenedos
Forts at Entrance Reduced in Dardanelles Operations
London February 26 official word says forts at the entrance of the straits have been reduced by the allied fleet. Weather moderating, the bombardment of the outer Dardanelles resumed yesterday morning after a long range barrage. The fleet attacked all forts at the entrance and reports say the fortifications were successfully reduced as operations continue.
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London
Dardanelles
Straits
New Rush in France Expected Amid Global War News
London reports a possible German offensive in the west and renewed eastward plans with Warsaw as a target. Allied reinforcements and stronger artillery are noted, while Turkish action resumes in the Caucasus and the Dardanelles forts are said to be demolished. Aimed at securing strategic control, the Dacia’s Hamburg voyage prompts seizure speculation.
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France
London
Tmcocosies
Soule “Damanenaaae
Rees
Warsaw
Przasnysz
Orzyc
Caucasus
Dardanelles
Scotland
Hamburg
Weehawken Safe Confirmed After Buoy Found
The British tank steamer Weehawken is reported safe at Barry after a life buoy was picked up at Anglesey, indicating she had lost a buoy overboard and avoided danger. The incident prompted relief as the vessel’s status was confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weehawken
London
Anglesey
Barry
Berlin Reports Rumor of British Cruisers in Island Islands
Berlin dispatch notes a Cologne Gazette letter from Montevideo claiming British cruisers lie in the Island Islands. Argentine steamer officers reportedly conveyed the tip to Montevideo. Montenegrin forces in Bosnia faced a dawn attack by a stronger Austro-Hungarian force, with Austrians said to be repulsed after hours of fighting and reported losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Cologne
Germany
Montevideo
U i
Paris
Bosnia
B& Cettinje
Havas
German Attache Denies Plotting in Paris Dispatch
Authorities pursue a statement by reservist Richard P. Stegler alleging Captain Boy Ed, the German ambassador in Paris, orchestrated a plot. Officials deny involvement and say investigation continues.
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Coun Richard P. Stegler
G Reservist
Boy Ed
Irbassy
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Commerce Commission
West
Kaiserhof
Baldwin
Citronelle
Chautauqua Auditorium
E. G. Dey
Josiah Wheeler
H. 0. Montatr
del Buono
W. Thomas
James
Lynch
T. W. Sawyer
H. Reederman
W. E. White
G. T. Jordan
Rowels
John Rowels
John M. Rowels
H. P
Tuna Trust
Gertrude Robinson Smith
Vacati Savings Fund For
Excise Commission
Antivari
Wirelens
Morgen
Tula
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