Daniels Plan Is Attacked By National Security League
Washington session of the National Security League Convention heard critics of Secretary Daniels naval program as weak and of U S foreign policy as risky. Leaders urged strengthening the navy and warned Congress that the current majority in the House opposed the president's recommendations and Bryan's influence.
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Washington
Daniels
National Security League
S. Stanwood Menken
Congress
House
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Rome
Frederick Courtlandt
New York
Gulf
United States
Persia
Peru
America
David Jayne Hill
Germany
John B. Stanchfield
Greek King Levels Public Protest Over Allied Actions
The Greek king told an AP Athens press contact that Allies blew the Demir Hissar bridge and occupy Corfu, while alleging German submarine base use. A French authority in Paris countered that Greece aided Serbia, denied occupation, and noted Greece allowed German use of coasts. The interview was aired January 13 from Athens and released January 18 in Paris.
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Greece
Associated Press
Athens
Parof
United States
Saloniki
Demir- Hissar
Corfu
Mexico
Germany
Belgium
Luxemburg
Great Britain
France
Paris
Serbia
River freights eyed rise tied to railroad rate hike
RUMORED THAT RIVER RATES WILL BE RAISED. In Tuscaloosa Alabama on January 20 it is reported river steamers between Mobile and Tuscaloosa may increase freight rates by 3 cents per 100 pounds due to higher railroad charges. Merchants opposed to the raise discuss buying a boat to counter if the increase goes ahead.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Mobile
Mobile Baldwin Road Bonds Appears Carried
Unofficial returns show 568 votes for the Mobile Baldwin delta road bond and 570 against it. Officials expect the proposal to carry with final figures showing a majority, while reports from Ray Minette cite a 17 vote edge in favor in most boxes. Breach from Lillian precinct left uncertain totals and prompted booster misgivings.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
L. C. Irvine
Jackson Highway Association
Lillian
Irvine
Baldwin County
Morse, Once Imprisoned, Heads New Ship Combine
Following a 1912 pardon the former financier vowed to return to power in Wall Street. His purchase of thirteen steamships forms the nucleus of a new American merchant marine signaling he is keeping his word.
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Wall Street
Federal officers fire at prisoner in heroin raid
Agents pursued James Lott after a Wednesday night raid on an illegal narcotics operation in the city. Lott allegedly sold heroin to agents using a marked one dollar bill. he fled toward Ryan Park before being arrested after shots were fired. A crowd gathered as Mobile investigators continued the probe into the drug trade.
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James Lott
Selma Street
T. C. Middlebrook
R. W. Hazy
Lott
Ryan Park
Curry
Dean
Mobile
Pensacola Celebrates First Through Train Arrival
Pensacola marked the completion of a Gulf Florida and Alabama Railroad line linking with the Southern railway at Pine Hill Alabama after the last rail was driven. The arrival drew railroad and financial elites, mayors from along the route, and hundreds of visitors sparking a grand military and civic parade.
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Pensacola
Fla
Birmingham
Gulf, Florida and Alabama
Southern Railway
Pine Hill
Ala
Supreme Court Decides Five South Alabama Cases
The Alabama Supreme Court announced decisions on five south Alabama cases. Mayfield Mobile Transfer Company vs Schwarz affirmed. Ida P. Watkins vs R Z Chapman affirmed. N G McKenzie vs Jensen reversed and remanded. Thomas Max Lowy vs Rosengrant affirmed. Archer and Eppes vs Trust Company of Georgia affirmed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court Today
South Alabama
Mayfield
J.—Mobile Transfer Company
Robert C. Schwarz
Mobile Chancery Court
Ida P. Watkins
R. Z. Chapman
Monroe Law and Equity Court
N. G. McKenzie
Christian
T. Jensen
Baldwin Circuit Court
Thomas
Max Lowy
George M. Rosengrant
Mobile Circuit Court
Archer and Eppes
Trust Company of Georgia
Marengo Law and Equity Court
Desperate Plea Seeks Missing Husband in Mobile
Mrs Lula Babbitt of Phoenix Alabama asks Chief G M Van Liew to locate her husband who left two weeks ago with their children for Mobile. Her letter says she is in a desperate condition.
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Lula Babbitt
Phoenix
Ala
G. M. van Liew
Mobile
Montenegro Reopens War With Austria Frontline Actions
From Rome the definite note says Montenegro rejected Austrian terms and hostilities resumed along the entire front with King Nicholas remaining with his army. In Greece King Constantine vented protest at allies’ stance in an interview via Paris, while a high French authority replied to the king’s accusations.
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Rome
Montenegro
Austria
Italy
Nicholas
Greece
Constantine
Associated Press
Athens
Paris
Furm
Ro Geren
London
Ens
Montenearé
Monenegrin
Pennsylvania Railroad Buys 5000 Steel Freight Cars
The Pennsylvania Railroad awarded contracts for 5000 steel freight cars costing about 6 million dollars. Cambria Steel will build 3000 cars, Ralston Steel Car 2000, with 1850 cars remaining to complete replacement orders.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Cambria Steel Company
Ralston Steel Car Company
Four Arrests Linked to Premiers Assassination Attempt
Four young political agitators arrested in Tokio for the attack on Japanese Premier Count Okuma. Ring leader Amataro Shimomura confessed to throwing the bombs, marking a major breakthrough in the case.
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Tokio
Count Okuma
Amataro Shimomura
Prohibition Bill Move Sets Statewide Referendum
In Annapolis Maryland the Anti-Saloon League introduced a statewide prohibition bill in the legislature. It calls for a state wide vote on the temperance traffic issue.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
New York
Health Department
Annapolis
Anti-Saloon League
Mohr Murder Trial Hears Chauffeur Testimony
Providence report on the Mohr murder case where Elizabeth F Mohr allegedly hired Cecil Brown and Henry Spellman to kill her husband Dr C Franklin Mohr. George Healis the chauffeur testified about the plot details and staging of the shooting near Newport and Bristol with several named witnesses present.
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Providence
R. J
Mohr
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Cecil Brown
Henry Spellman
C. Franklin Mohr
George W. Healis
Healis
Brown
Spellman
Florence Ormsby
Martha Wilson
Mr. Mohr
Miss Burger
Bristol
Dr. Mohr
Birmingham Wins Veterans Reunion
In New Orleans on January 20 the twenty sixth annual United Confederate Veterans reunion is set for Birmingham Alabama on May 16 17 and 18 next. Adjutant General William E Mickle announced the date and place.
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New Orleans
United Confederate Veterans
Birmingham
Ala
William E. Mickle
The
Veterans’ Organization
Mobilians to Attend Dawes Meet January Twenty Seven
Dawes Alabama sees Mobilians planning for a greater Orange Belt fair this fall and for improvements discussed at a January twenty seven meeting of the Woman's Pioneer Club of Dawes.
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DAWES
Ala
Woman's Pioneer Club of
Orange Belt
Weather outlook for Mobile and southern states
Generally fair tonight and Friday with warmer temperatures. Alabama sees partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday, with moderate east and southeast winds. Mississippi expects local rains tonight and warmer conditions, followed by partly cloudy Friday and southeast to south winds.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Bond Issue Defeat Shocks Montgomery Voters
Officials admit defeat of the bond issue with returns incomplete but estimates suggest a 5,000 to 10,000 vote margin. Rural counties and many cities opposed it. Jefferson County voted nearly two to one against. The treasury faces strain though $1,000,000 remains to meet immediate obligations. Continued on Page 2.
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Montgomery
Ala
Capitol
Jefferson County
Henderson
Treasury
Statf
Citrus Supplement With Today's Item
The Mobile Item includes the first issue of The Item's Citrus Supplement consisting of 12 tabloid pages. It is filled with reading matter and advertisements for citrus growers land developers and prospective settlers. Have the supplement included in your paper and send it to someone in another state to attract attention to Mobileward.
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Mobile Item
Item
Mobilian delegation urged to attend New Orleans council meeting
In Mobile a delegation led by K. Taylor from the Chamber of Commerce seeks wide participation at the Foreign Trade Council gathering in New Orleans next week. Delegates will discuss domestic and foreign commerce with emphasis on Mobile as an export center.
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Foreign Trade Council
New Orleans
K. Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Mobile
Stewart A. LeBlanc
Mr. Taylor
Taylor Aas
Fire Destroys Two Stores and Office in Marked Tree
A large blaze in Marked Tree Arkansas last night consumed two department stores and an office building owned by H. P. Thompson. The estimated loss stands at $100000. Firefighters battled the flames through the night and no injuries are reported.
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Arkansas
Marked Tree
Ark
Senate attacks Britain's blockade in illegal neutral trade
The Day in Congress reports the Senate met at noon as Senator Hoke Smith criticized Britain's blockade of neutral commerce. The Secretary of Agriculture submitted a report on private ownership of water power sites requested by the 63rd Congress. House committees continued hearings on national defense and the Burnett immigration literacy test, while debate started on the further urgent deficiency bill.
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Hoke Smith
Great Britain
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Naval and
Military Affairs
Burnett Immigration
Immigration Committee
Montenegro Not Surrendering Rome Reports
The Italian government notes Montenegro will not surrender Rome and King Nicholas remains with the army to defend the country. Italy plans aid to reorganize Serbian remnants as thousands seek refuge in Brindisi. London reports Derby recruits called to colors amid mass drafts and martial law in Greece is avoided for now due to union opposition.
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Italy
Rome
Tts Anid
Stefani
Brindisi
London
Earl of Derby
Derby
Greece
Athens
Paris
Albania Offer Said to Be On Table in Montenegro Talks
Reports in Paris claim Austria offered Montenegro a portion of Albania including Scutari and parts of Serbia to secure capitulation. The Montenegrin envoy feared falling to Austria and was told to hasten to the Albanian coast for escape to Brindisi as peace talks progressed.
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Albania
Montenegro
Paris
Persit
Petit Parisien
Austria
Scutari
Serbia
Cettinje
Podgoritza
Brindisi
British Use Smoke Bombs In Attack On German Lines
Berlin reports British forces attacked German positions north Frelingheim in northern France using smoke. The assault stretched several hundred yards and was beaten off by German forces with heavy British losses.
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Berlin
Frelinghein
France
Funeral notices for Kate Carney and Jerta Laws
Friends attend Kate Carney funeral from 309 Charleston MORROW Friday morning at St. Vincent's Church with mass at 9 30 Interment Catholic Cemetery. Laws entered into rest in 1916 at 6 10 am funeral tomorrow at residence on Davis Avenue then St Xavier Church and Catholic Cemetery.
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Carney
Kate Carney
Charleston Street
St. Vincent’s Chur
Laws
Jerta Laws
Tomorow
Mong
Davis Even
St. Xavier's Church
Eas
Lost hound puppy reward offered by winter tourist
A winter tourist offers a five dollar reward for a white hound puppy named Cawthon. The finder receives no questions asked on return. Ticket details mention Paris, TfL, and travel to New Orleans in June.
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Milan
Paris
Tfl
New Orleans
A. Colson
Cawthon
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Mobile-Baldwin
Chas. W. Morse
Combine
Charles W. Morse
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Hearth
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Mite
Conchita Supervia
Chicago Grand Company
S. K. Taylor
Foreign Trades Council
New Bedford
Mass
Senate
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