Cleveland Toledo deal unsettled as magnates swap players
American Association leaders failed to settle the Cleveland Spiders to Toledo sale in Chicago. A Feb 26 Columbus meeting will decide the schedule with Toledo likely included. Purchases, fines, and new rules capped season passes and set player trades among clubs.
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Chicago
American Association
Cleveland Spiders
Toledo
Columbus
Chevington
Spiders
Roger Bresnahan
Cub
Charley Murphy
Charles Weeghman
Cleveland
Charles Somers
Cleveland Bankers
Danny Shay
Kansas City Association
Artie Phelan
Bubbles
Hargrave
Miller Huggins
St. Louis Cardinals
Charlie Hall
Niehaus
Glenn
Kelly
Senate to vote on freeing the Philippines soon
Washington January 15 The senate will vote early next week on independence for the Philippines and US protection. Senators Clarke and McCumber propose an amendment to free the Filipinos after world agreements not to molest independence for five years. If nations refuse, the US would assume responsibility alone.
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Washington
Philippines
United States
Senate
Clarke
Arkansas
McCumber
North Dakota
Ford Peace Party Names Stockholm Seat for Tribunal
Stockholm chosen as the seat of the Ford peace party's permanent peace tribunal with Henry Ford to approve the final sitting location. American delegates depart for Rotterdam to sail home. Stockholm favored over The Hague due to strong reception and Danish sympathy for an early peace. Decisions on sessions hinge on Ford Bryan and Miss Addams positions and travel routes were adjusted for Scandinavian delegates refused rail return.
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Hague
Stockholm
Ford Peace Party
Rotterdam
America
Henry Ford
Ford
Denmark
William J. Bryan
Jane Addams
Germany
Braves Park Attached as Agent Seeks Commission
In Boston on January 16 1925 John C Kiley filed suit for 25000 against former Braves owners Gaffney and Davis alleging he acted as their agent three years ago to locate the new park and offered Bravesfield site but was ignored in the actual purchase with J McDonald named as agent.
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Boston
John C. Kiley
Braves
Kiley
Gafney and Davis
Gaffney
Bravesfield
J. McDonald
Joe McGrane Found Guilty by Greenville Jury
Greenville Ala Jan 15 Jon S McGrane 19 was found guilty of first degree murder for killing Sam Grant a chauffeur last November The jury fixed life imprisonment A special term of court was called for the trial McGrane has been held in jail at Montgomery since his arrest two days after the murder
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Greenville
Ala
Jon S. McGrane
Sam Grant
McGrane
Montgomery
Notary Charles L. Rhein Files Public Bond
Charles L. Rhein appointed notary public filed the required bond in probate court on Saturday to formalize his duties as a public official.
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Charles L. Rhein
Deaths and Funerals August Streb and others
August Streb aged 59 longtime Mobile resident and shop proprietor on Southeast Congress and Royal streets died after a long illness. Survived by widow four sons four daughters and other relatives. Also noted are the deaths of Robert Hartshorn formerly with the Item and Register his burial in New Orleans, Miss Estelle J. Horres in Mobile, and the funeral of Harriet H. Duffee from 67 Caroline Avenue with services by Rev. D A Planck and burial in Magnolia cemetery.
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August Streb
Mobile
Congress and
Royal Streets
Motile Council 666
Knights of Columbus
German Relief Association
Joseph
George
Louis
Leo Streb
Amelia Reic
Washington, D. C
Julia Knipper
Pensacola, Flo
Anna Allenbach
Robert Hartshorn
Item and Register
New Orleans
Mamie Shugrue
Mr. Hartshorn
Jennings
Etelle J. Horres
Estelle J. Horres
North Reed Avenue
M. McAllister
Montgomery
Corinne Horres
H. H. Duffee
Harriet H. Duffee
George G. Duffee
Caroline Avenue
D. A. Planck
Central Presbyterian Church
Magnolia Cemetery
John David Edington
Marshall Wheeler
F. E. West
H. F. Ricker
James L. Coleman
Samford Urges Bond Issue At Tuscaloosa Meeting
Several hundred voters gathered at the Tuscaloosa courthouse to hear William Hodge Samford, adviser to Governor Henderson, advocate ratification of a 1.6 million dollar bond issue to pay Alabama’s floating debt. He argued the debt funded schools, institutions and roads, praised the governor, and urged support ahead of next Tuesday’s vote.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Tuscaloosa County
William Hodge Samford
Montgomery
Henderson
Samford
Alabama
Charles LB. Verner
Road Institutes Delayed in Alabama Until February
Montgomery Jan 15 Special Owing to the US government not detailing a road engineer for service in Alabama before February 7 road institutes will not be held in the state before that time an announcement by Highway Engineer W S Keller states the delay in the program.
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Montgomery
United States
Alabama
W. S. Keller
Gulf Coast Tour Ends With Strong Farmer Interest
The five day educational tour by the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange and Mobile County Farm Bureau ended Saturday with meetings in Grand Bay and at 18 towns. Speakers including W C Bromley and John F Carter discussed canning, early sweet potato sprouts, and soil differences, sparking farmer questions and plans for increased early crops and higher market prices.
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Grand Bay
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Mobile County Farm Bureau
W. C. Bromley
Exchange
Bay St. Louis
John F. Carter
South
George A. Maloney
Shipyard plan directed by two committees in Mobile
An executive committee of prominent Mobile figures will guide a shipyard project with fifteen subcommittees planned to handle shipbuilding and a separate dry dock. The group will meet at noon Monday at the Battle House to align with Birmingham arrangements and navy department site decisions.
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W. H. Armbrecht
Chamber of Commerce
Albert P. Bush
T. G. Bush Grocery Compan
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
P. D. Barker
E. M. Bailey
Stewart Brooks
Charles A. Cunningham
Cunningham Hardware Company
John Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Julius Hammel
Hammel Dry Goods Company
T. K. Jackson
Caribbean Steamship Company
LeBaron Lyons
Mobile Cotton Exchange
Baker-Lyons & Co
M. J. McDermott
Bank of Mobile
Percy W. Maer
J. C. Rich
Horace Turner
Turner Terminal Company
J. Howard Wilson
Mobile Light
Navy Department
Frndy
Linton DeWolfe
Columbia
The
Dramatic Mirror
Greenville
D. C
Interstate commission upholds Mobile & Ohio molasses rate
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the 32 cent carload rate for transporting imported blackstrap molasses from Mobile to Omaha was not unreasonable or discriminatory. It noted Mobile & Ohio’s voluntary 22 cent rate does not prove unreasonableness of the former rate.
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Washington
Jan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Mobile
Omaha
Neb
Mobile & Ohio
Lynch Named Notary Public and Files Bond
James H. Lynch was appointed a notary public by the governor and filed the required bond in the probate court on Friday.
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James 8. Lynch
Threats Along the Border Spur Carranza Pursuit
Mexican campaigns report threats along the border as Carranza forces pursue Villa and bandits. General Jose Rodriguez is executed and sent as proof to American authorities. Villa is said to move with forty followers while Carranzista commands in Juarez and the consulate withholds location. US Consul Thomas Edwards rejects claims of Washington approving the mining party return.
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Mexico
Santa Ysabel
Jose Rodriguez
Villa
Juarez
Pan Americanism Frames U.S. Stand Against Mexican Intervention
President Wilson maintains a firm stance against U S intervention after the Chihuahua massacre, citing Pan Americanism and pressure from Latin American allies. Representative Kent reports that Pan American friends oppose intervention and warns against political manipulation of the crisis. Kent recalls past U S actions and argues national restraint in the face of Mexican outrages.
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U. S
Washington
Wilson
Mexico
Chihuahua
Kent
California
Carranza
H. L. Hollis
el Paso
Texas
el Cubo
Guanajuato
Casey
United States
Wyoming
New Orleans
Bites on Streetcar Sparked Fight In Chicago
On January 15 in Chicago Sam Stephana and Michael Urisic exchanged bites on a crowded streetcar. Mike bit off the tip of Sam's nose and Sam bit off one of Mike's fingers. Sam elbowed Mike from a seat and grinned afterward.
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Chicago
Sam Stephana
Michael Urisic
Mike
Sam
Make Em Dig Links Says T Roosevelt
Roosevelt urges disenfranchisement and front line toil for pacifists who pledge non enlistment. He calls for harsh treatment of promoters while defending military service and national duty in a Washington letter read at a Society for the Protection of Dignity event.
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T. Roosevelt
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Russell MacLennon
Society For the Protection of Dignity
United States
Montenegrin Army Surrounded by Austrians in Key Front
An Austrian war office statement says Russian losses are appalling as fierce bayonet fighting rages a few miles north of Czernowitz on the Bessarabian front. The news also reports the Italian fleet submarine Foucault torpedoed and sank an Austrian Novara type scout cruiser in the Adriatic.
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Austrian War Office
Czernowitz
Rome
Foucault
Adriatic Sea
Artillery Actions on West Front Reported
The war office reports artillery exchanges around Maricourt Givigny Hill 63 and Hollebeke on the British front with other minor actions noted. A fragment mentions a naval league branch proposing a yellow striped uniform for pledge collectors and references Overbeys Studio at Corner Dauphin.
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London
Maricourt
Givgnchy
Hill 63
Hollebeke
War Office
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Washington Society
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Mobile Item
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Mobile Tribune
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Overbey
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