Yuan's Monarchy Near Fall Amid Reports of Illness
San Francisco dispatches report Emperor Yuan Shi Kai stricken with apoplexy and in serious condition. Hong Kong cable claims Yuan resigned conditionally and would hold office nominally until April, with a successor chosen then. Chinese provinces may be stirred as revolution rumors spread.
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San Francisco
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Tokio
United Press Today
Hong Kong
China World
Yuan
Church to Church Campaign Opens in Mobile County
The Baptists launch a church to church campaign starting today at Zion Church Mertz Station with services morning afternoon and night. The first week team includes Rev S D Munroe leader Rev C D Graves Rev Mr Benson Prof York Miss Addie Cox and Rev D W Bosdell. The group will visit Theodore Bayou la Barre St Elmo Grand Bay and Union through Friday.
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Mobile County
Zion
Mertz Station
Theodore
Bayou la Barre
St. Elmo
Grand Bay
Union
S. D. Munroe
C. D. Graves
Mr. Benson
Professor York
Addie Cox
D. W. Bosdell
Cattle Thieves Kill Valuable Cow Near Whistler
A posse of fifteen men searched for hours Friday night after unknown thieves shot and butchered a valuable cow owned by Pat McDonough near Whistler. A second posse led by Deputy Sheriff Charles Smith hunted all day Saturday without success. Deputy Sheriff Holcombe ordered multiple officers to assist, and Irmond of the Cattle Raisers Association offered a $50 reward for the culprits.
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Pat McDonough
Whistler
Charles Smith
Irmond
Cattle Raisers Association
Holcombe
Mistrial Declared in Jackson Case and Related Pleas
A mistrial was entered Saturday in the case of John H. Jackson charged with keeping a gaming table after a non unanimous jury. The state nolle prosed a gaming table case against D H Prichard and an assault with a gun case against Dennis Chatman. Tom Giles grand larceny was taken off the call. An additional vagrancy charge against Jackson was nolle pressed.
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Jackson
John H. Jackson
Nolle
D. H. Prichard
Tom Giles
Dennis Chatman
Oliver J. Semmes Seeks Circuit Court Judge Seat in Mobile
Oliver J. Semmes announces candidacy for judge of the Circuit Court in Mobile County as a Democrat in the May 8 1916 primary. He is connected with the City Court of Mobile, Alabama.
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Circuit Court
Mobile County
Oliver J. Semmes
City Court of
Mobile
Ala
Alex Bloch Co Incorporates With $100000 Capital
The Alex Bloch Drygoods Company Inc filed incorporation papers in probate court Saturday with capital of 100000 to operate wholesale dry goods and nation business. It succeeds Bloch & Neuberger of Water and St Francis streets. Incorporators include Alex Bloch and Fannie Bloch among others. officers named Alex Bloch president and Lowenstein vice president. Samuel G Neuberger retires.
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Alex Bloch
Battle House Entry Improvements Initiated
The removal of the entrance pillars was awarded to D. T. Jett & Co by Lessee S. H. Peck. The change aims to create more light in the lobby. A contract for southern front improvements and trellis room restaurant addition will be awarded next week.
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Battle House
S. H. Peck
D. T. Jett & Co
City criminals face fines and bonds as court actions proceed
William Holly arraigned in inferior court for horse theft from Henry Lins and held to city court on $250 bond. H C and Joe Donaldson face continuance for stealing 55 hogs from J C Prince in Citronelle. rehearing set for January 12. Several defendants fined for public drunkenness and unlawful riding on trains. hose budget eyed for 1916 with 4,000 feet proposed by Commissioner Laz Schwarz.
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William Holly
Inferior Criminal Court
Henry Lins
H. C
Joe Donaldson
J. C. Prince
Citronelle
Donaldsons
Pascagoula
Miss
Hustus Singleton
Williams Simmons
O. L. Berry
Dock Hogelon
Mel Roberts
Robert Burns
Iiam Longmeir
Sam Adonis
Alex Crosby
Elmer Rutherford
C. T. Gordon
Foyd Martin
Aldred Tester
Joe Holland
Laz Schwarz
City Commission
Instruction tour to start Monday for farmers training
Arrangements are made for a five day educational tour by a flying squadron of automobiles visiting eighteen communities to instruct farmers in planting early vegetables. The trip begins Monday with stops including Satsuma at 2 o clock. Gulf Coast Produce Exchange and Mobile County Farm Bureau sponsor with Bruce L. Hoover and W. C. Bromley leading. Demonstrator G George Maloney Aubrey Boyles and Charles Anderson assist. Topics cover soil suited varieties early crops packing and timing of shipping for profit.
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Satsuma
Axis
Calvert
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Mobile County Farm Bureau
Bruce L. Hoover
Farm Bureau
W. C. Bromley
Produce Exchange
George Maloney
Department of Agriculture
Aubrey Boyles
Charles Anderson
Will Have Death Trial for Mrs Mohr Opens Monday
Providence report that Mrs Elizabeth Mohr accused of hiring three black men to shoot her husband Dr C Franklin Mohr last August is said to be prepared for trial. Her lawyers say she will take the stand if called as her weak condition persists. The expected testimony of George Healis the chauffeur who pleaded nolo contendere is viewed as a state aid against her. It is claimed Mrs Mohr will narrate her marriage history up to the gunfire incident.
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Providence
R. L
Elizabeth Mohr
C. Franklin Mohr
Nolo Contendre
Fred Peterson Given 90 Day Sentence for Bad Checks
Fred Peterson received a three month sentence for passing worthless checks after pleading guilty in police court. He admitted drinking for a week and had no recollection, with storekeepers corroborating that he had been intoxicated during the offenses.
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Fred Peterson
Peterson
Staan
Canning Industry Plan Gets County Support in Mississippi
Ocean Springs Miss Jan 8 Five hundred dollars are appropriated by the county board to establish the office of county dem agent. Edna Smith of Pearl River county is chosen to lead efforts to develop regional canning. After a two week illness E L Dibble, a prominent citizen and orchardist, dies of pneumonia.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
County Board of Supervisors
Edna Smith
Pearl River County
E. L. Dibble
Holy Name Society Parade in Mobile Protest
Several thousand members of the Holy Name Societies from Mobile churches will march in silence at 8 p.m. in an anti profanity demonstration. Bells will ring in all Mobile churches from 8 to 8 16. The parade forms at the Knights of Columbus hall led by marshal Frank J. McMahon and travels along a route ending at the Cathedral where Father E Cummings will deliver the sermon after review by Rt. Rev. Bishop Edward P. Allen and local priests.
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Mobile
Knights of Columbus
Frank J. McMahon
St. Joseph
Dauphin Street
Dauphin
Claiborne
Edward P. Allen
Cathedral
Father E. Cummings
Spring Hill College
Medical Society of Mobile installs officers at annual meeting
The Medical Society of Mobile held its annual meeting on Saturday night and installed officers including Daniel T. McCall as president and J J Peterson as vice president. An annual banquet followed at the Vineyard of the Cawthon Hotel with Dr D T McCall as toastmaster.
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Medical Society of Mobile
Daniel T. McCall
J J. Peterson
W. W. Scales
Angelo Festorazzi
G. J. Winthrop
J. J. Peterson
Meany Blewett
Citronelie
J. H. Dodson
Pine Grove Hospital
Vineyard
Cawthon Hotel
D. T. McCall
German Butter Trust Foiled by Government Action
The Hague January reports say Berlin officials fixed minimum butter prices and speculators refused to sell. For days no butter was available in Berlin as government threatened confiscation, forcing the butter magnates to concede defeat.
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The
Hague
Berlin
Vanguard of Ford's Peace Party Reaches Hague
The van guard of the Ford peace party arrived at The Hague from Amsterdam after crossing German soil en route from Copenhagen. Dutch peace officials greeted them and several pilgrims spent the afternoon in Amsterdam planning to proceed to The Hague tonight or tomorrow.
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The
Hague
Ford
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
German torpedo boat wreckage found on Gottland Island
Dispatches report a torpedo boat washed ashore on Gottland Island with wreckage found suggesting its destruction. The item notes a German loss amid ongoing war reporting.
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Copenhagen
Gottland Island
Sunday School Scholars Race for Members at Dauphin Way
The Dauphin Way Baptist Sunday school plans a handicap race where boys face girls to win new members and raise attendance. The incentive is a token of money with letters only appealing if money is enclosed.
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Dauphin Way Baptist Sunday School
BNAI BRITH RECEPTION COMMITTEE NAMED FOR BETH ZUR LODGE
B'nai B'rith of this city appoints a reception committee for Monday evening's entertainment at the Battle House auditorium. Sigmund Haas chairs the committee with members Hanan Schwarz Leon Schwarz Henry Hess A G Moses Henry A Forchheimer Samuel Richord J M Friedman Sam J Hahn Myer Jacoby A G Levy Isaac Lichtbach Jacob Laz Schwarz Albert F Brown J D Bloch and B Kahn.
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BNA B'Rith
Beth Zur Lodge
B’nai B'rith
Battle House
Sigmund Haas
Ee Hanan
Leon Schwarz
Henry Hess
A. G. Moses
Henry A. Forchheimer
Samuel Richord
J. M. Friedman
Sam J. Hahn
Myer Jacoby
A. G. Levy
Isaac Lichtbach
Jacob A Laz Schwarz
Albert F. Brown
J. D. Bloch
B. Kahn
Campaign to standardize spraying for Citrus growers
The Gulf Coast Horticultural Society will run a campaign among citrus fruit growers in southern Alabama Mississippi and western Florida to promote systematic spraying of orchards so the 1916 17 crop will not be harmed by white fly and other pests.
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The
Gulf Coast Horticultural Society
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
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