Wilson Exceeds to Dispatch on Naco Border Violence
President Wilson received General Scott’s report urging grave steps to end cross border firing at Naco Arizona and discussed the matter with Breckinridge Lansing and Garrison as war and state departments take action. Senators Smith and Stone denied being summoned.
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War Department
Breckinridge
State Department
Garrison
Atlantic City
Lansing
White House
Wilson
P D. Lochridge
Smith
Arizona
Stone
Missouri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
General Scott
Washington
SILLIMAN SAYS BRIBERY CHARGES ARE FALSE
John R. Silliman American consul at Mexico City and friends express emphatic denial of bribery charges raised by minister Palafox. Officials call the allegations absurd and insist on his integrity amid the controversy in Legg Comay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Silliman
R. Silliman
Mexico City
Peer Palafox
Legg
Comay
Iturbide
Suliman
Immigration Dept. Seen as State’s Greatest Asset
Lee Cowart, commissioner of immigration, reports that counties welcoming investment and new settlers have grown in population and wealth since February 1911. He argues a careful study shows opportunities to expand and transform the department into the state’s greatest asset.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lee Cowart
Immigration Department
Cowatt
Department of Immigration
Formidable Sinks and Shifting Polish Fronts Highlight War News
Berlin reports the sinking of the British battleship Formidable amid limited commentary. In Petrograd the Russian general staff notes Hindenburg shifts against Reva and Warsaw aims. Galicia sees Austro—Russian clashes with 3000 Austrians captured at Mschanka and continued Russian advances despite counterattacks.
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London
Poland
Petrograd
von Hindenburg
von Mackenzen
Reva
Warsaw
Galicia
Carpathian
Mschanka
Local man arrested after spree of bad checks
W B Minden was arrested after a string of bad check incidents across Government street businesses. He rented apartments and furnished them with funds from inauthentic payments, visiting two furniture stores a clothier Reynolds Music House and others before paying 618 dollars in cash. Police Sergeant John Linton and Chauffeur McKay pursued him after he claimed to represent Mobile Paint and Chemical Company at Karr Cafe. More than six charges of obtaining money by false pretences will be filed.
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W. B. Minden
Government Street
Clothiers
Reynolds Music Hous
Minder
John* Lintoin
McKay
Minden
Mobile Paint and Chemical Company
Karr Cafe
Mystery of Triple Murder Cleared at Woman's Deathbed
International News Service reports in Knoxville Tennessee that Mrs Millard Seivers named Sam Harrell as the killer of Jacob Seivers his wife and Millard on March 31 1914. Harrell was arrested and is said to have confessed to officers. The public had believed Millard killed his parents and suicided.
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Millard
Officers Ambush Four Robbers in Marksville Shootout
In Marksville Louisiana six officers hid in a store after learning of a planned robbery. Two robbers were shot. Frank Bordelon aged 30 was badly wounded by buckshot. Curtis Lafourge was shot in the head and may die. Clement Drouilette was unharmed and a fourth robber escaped.
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Marksville
B. Roy
Frank Bordelon
Louisiana’ Penitentiary
Curtis Lafourge
Eta
Clement” Drouilette
Tan
Edison Predicts War, Batteries. Ammonia From Air
Thomas A. Edison, speaking in Orange New Jersey on January 2, makes several New Year predictions. He forecasts a two year war, German defeat, submarines failing to stop dreadnoughts, U S navies backed by 15 million dollars in storage batteries, ammonia produced from the air, and a scheme to use benzol wastage. He also says American business men will stop lamenting the war and get busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Orange
N.J
Thomas A. Edison
Germany
United States
Argentine Trade Mood Improves as War Shock Fades
New York January 2 Alberto M d Alkaine secretary of the Argentine commission to the Panama Exposition said business relations between the United States and Argentina have improved in the past two months due to the European war and American firms seeking to boost trade. He stated that the shock to business created by the war is fast disappearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Argentina
Alberto M.alkaine
Mr. d'Alkaine
Countess Busserte Dies in Brussels
Private dispatches report the death in Brussels on Wednesday of Countess Busserte, wife of the Belgian minister to Petrograd and daughter of Major General Story, U. S. A. She recently underwent an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brussels
Countess Busserte
Story
U. S.A
Petrograd
Fair Sunday and Monday in Alabama
A fragmented notice mentions Alabama events labeled Sunday and Monday with references to Pete. The text is sparse and unclear, but signals a local schedule or weather note centered on weekend days.
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Alabama
Victory for Mobile in Cotton Decision Cited by Committee
Mobile cotton interests report a great win from the Interstate Commerce Commission decision. It cites removal of penalty rates and discrimination against Mobile, fixes terminal charges and demurrage, and aims to ensure proper ICC rulings are carried out by railroads.
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Mobile
Savannah
Interstate Commerce Commissiori
Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thomas
Pension Purging Shows Savings for Alabama Fund
Special to The Item from Montgomery reports Alabama state pension board purging rolls reduces first quarter payout. The 1915 warrants total 264,172 dollars versus 297,258 in 1914 and 213,078 in 1913. Pensions issued: 1,093 first class, 4,092 second class, 9,688 third class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Pension Board
American Stabbed by Mexican Not Expected to Live
Washington dispatch reports Atwater, an American who went to Tampico for work, was fatally stabbed by a Mexican on December 29. A life insurance policy receipt is the sole clue to the incident. the assailant remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Atwater
Tampico
Mexico
State Department
Hartwell Named Board Chair After Contested Vote
Hon Harry T Hartwell and two Mobile county senators elected to the county school board voted themselves into the chairmanship on Saturday afternoon after a protracted meeting. Attorneys advised that the previous election by slips without a viva voce vote was illegal, prompting the current selection.
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Harry T. Hartwell
Mobile County
Average Net Paid Receipts in 1914 Mobile Item Summary
The Mobile item in City-Mobile Alabama states year established 1881 and publication schedule evening daily except Sunday and Sunday morning. It reports six months ending September 30 1914 with average daily circulation cited and population figures around 250 400.
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Coldwell
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Mobile, Alabama
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Gulf Coast
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West
von Kluck
Berlin
Sayville
Tageblatt
Kansas City
Edison
Electrical Wizard
Niagara River
Walter Smith
Charles Dorsch
Hartwell
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Letian Tradiee
Ee Ee
Shieh Fease
Heass
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