Wilson to speak on national preparedness in sweep through states
President Wilson, refreshed after a Potomac voyage aboard the Mayflower, begins clearing routine business before a Thursday trip to New York and the Middle West to lay out his preparedness program. He will confer with Congress, meet the cabinet, and attend several dinners as invites pour in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Potomac
New York
Middle West
Congress
White House
St. Louis
Toric
Yorktown
Deaths and Funerals in Mobile Area
Mrs. Victorine Higgins aged 67 widow of Edward V Higgins died Sunday at her Irvington Mobile County Alabama home after a long illness. She moved from Wisconsin seven years ago and left no immediate relatives. The funeral will be Tuesday at 10 from H B Michael’s Irvington residence with burial at Bayou la Barre cemetery. Henry Neville 53 former saloonkeeper and long time Mobile resident died Monday morning at a local infirmary after a long illness. He was proprietor of the Gem Saloon and restaurant and active in volunteer firemen groups. He is survived by a brother Alphonse Neville and Mrs Elizabeth Stauter. Mrs Elizabeth Stauter widow of John Stauter and a Mobile resident of 55 years died Sunday afternoon after a long illness at 651 South Broad Street. She was a devout Catholic member of St Matthew’s church and received all rites. She is survived by one son, two daughters, a brother Philip Wolf of Antonio Texas, and two grandchildren. The funeral will be Tuesday morning at 9.
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Victorine Higgins
Edward V. Higgins
Irvington
Mobile County
Ala
Wisconsin
H. B. Michael
Bayou la Barre
Henry Neville
Mobile
Old Gem
Alphonse Neville
Elizabeth Stauter
Germany
John Stauter
South Broad Street
St. Matthew’s Church
Kramer
Fon
Paul E. K
Philip Wolf
Tonio, Tex
Gulf Coast Fair Directors Meet Monday Night
Directors of the Gulf Coast Fair will hold a meeting Monday at 7 o clock in the Chamber A. Full attendance is very important as the business to be discussed is likely to affect the fair’s plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast Fair N
Bell's Pine Tar Honey Remedy Ad Fragment
Fragment of an old advertisement for Bell's Pine Tar Honey claiming relief for cold cough feverish throat and congestion. Mentions pine tar honey and antiseptic properties with persuasive, though unclear, medical claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Gulf Coast Enthusiasts Rally for Old Spanish Trail
From Mississippi to Alabama the Old Spanish Trail gains momentum as Harrison County funds a coast highway, convicts build the road, and Gulfport Biloxi and other towns pledge support. Mass meetings in Fairhope and Ocean Springs align the coast behind bonds to bridge the Pascagoula River and boost tourism.
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Harrison County
Miss
Baldwin County
Ala
Louisiana Line
Florida State Line
Gulfport
Jas. A. Emmett
Association
Mobile
Mississippi Coast
Harrison
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
McHenry
Old Spanish Trail Association
George A. McHenry
Service Club of
George M. Foote
Atlantic Ocean
Biloxi
George W. Grayson
Ocean Springs
Thomas E. Dabney
United
Pascagoula River
Baldwin
Fairhope
Interior County
Summerdale
Dart fishing boat wreck believed sank with twelve aboard
Wreckage found near Charleston suggests the power fishing boat Dart was run down by a steamer at night. Searchers comb the islands and shores for the twelve Negro fishermen aboard, but no trace has been found yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Baseball Association Meeting Called for Reorganization
President T. K. Jackson of the Mobile Southern League Baseball Association called a stockholders meeting for Tuesday at 7 30 P M at the Battle House to reorganize and form a new association to run club affairs, with plans for the 1916 season. Theodore Roosevelt will leave February 10 or 12 for several weeks in the West Indies accompanied by Mrs Roosevelt. They will visit Guadaloupe St Croix and possibly other islands.
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T. K. Jackson
Mobile Southern League Baseball Association
Battle House
T. R. Going
West Indies
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Leeward
Windward Islands
Illinois river floods isolate towns and flood farmlands
Illinois river rises forcing residents to flee lowlands as dikes break and crops wither. Hundreds rescued by boats as Havana Lewiston and Duncan Mills become isolated and livestock drown downstream. In Davenport a dam wall failure flooded Le Claire area, submerging a dredge and threatening navigation.
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Peoria
Illinois
Spoon River
Havana
Ill
Lewiston
Duncan Mills
Davenport Davenport
le Claire
Pacific Coast Flood and Cold Snap Halt Rail Traffic
Flood and weather conditions on the Pacific coast hinder rail movement as heavy snow, landslides, and washouts obstruct trains. A sudden cold snap hit the Northwest with a rapid fall in temps, Great Falls plummeting from 30 above to 4 below in half an hour. BC and interior Alaska report extreme cold, including 68 below at Eagle.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Great Falls
Mont
British Columbia
Alaska
Eagle
Yuma Recovering From Levée Breach Flood
Yuma Ariz Jan 24 Repair work on the Colorado river levee breach that released a flood last Saturday and the installation of auxiliary water and power plants mark the town's early recovery. Relief parties navigate the river by boat to aid residents made homeless when the California side bank broke at Araz station flooding Bard town and nearby Indian reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Ariz
Colorado
California
Araz Station
Bard
Night Car Crash in Montgomery Leaves Six Hurt
A street car on Forest avenue collided with an automobile driven by M. A. Mitchell injuring him his mother wife and three children. Mrs Mitchell seven month old baby and mother in law were injured internally and may not survive. The others suffered bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
A. Mitchell
Forest Avenue
Night Patrolmen to Extend Hours on Beats
Chief G M Van Liew issues order after Mayor Lyons complaint. Night patrolmen must stay on their beats until relieved by day men, covering hours up to 7 30 each morning or later. The change does not apply to daytime officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. van Liew
Lyons
Life and Property Loss Reported From California Colorado River
Refugees arriving in Yuma recount first hand losses on the California side of the Colorado River. John Seddon says his Bard Indian reservation home on the Yuma irrigation project was washed away and he floated six hours on the roof. A relief party heads to wooded districts as other victims are identified. Savannah leaders urge President Wilson to visit during a proposed February speaking tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Ariz
California
Colorado River
John Seddon
Bard Indian Reservation
Law Court Calendar Docket Entries January 1916
Equity and Law court items list Monday proceedings by Judge Safford Berney with cases including Maddox vs Maddox tax claim, Winter et al pro confesso, Dixie Lumber pro confesso set aside, and several demurrers motions. Other actions include writ of mandamus denial in Bolton vs Stone and various withdrawals, non suits, and amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Equity Court
Safford Berney
James Maddox
John H. Maddox
E. H. Hubbard
Thomas H. Smith
Lillie D. Winter
L. E. Hellmas
Dixie Lumber Company
A. B. Newman
Clarence B. Ferdon
J. V. Robinson
Nadie Stewart Howell
Henry Hudson Howell
Thomas Floyd
Mary Mitchel
Independent Order of Good Samaritans Et al
Murray M. Bolton
Geo. E. Stone
Mobile County
Tom Hale
A. R. Robinson
Eli Streety
Horace Scott
Han Feibelman
Simmons & Young
H. M. Butler
G. C. Bryant
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
J. A. Steinman
Administratox
S. J. McCarty
Grassell Chemical Co
City Ice Co
Woman Writer on Stand in Mohr Case
Providence January report on the Mohr murder trial notes Miss Gertrude Stevenson a Boston writer testifying about a conversation with Cecil Brown. Defense cross examines her as prosecutors introduce Mohr divorce petition, detailing cruelty and alleged drug use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Cecil Brown
Henry Spellman
C. Franklin Mohr
William H. Lewis
Gertrude Stevenson
Boston
Today
Brown
Young Man Killed and Woman Injured in Guthrie Auto Crash
Earl Taggart aged 18 son of Rev J T H Taggart district superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal church was killed and Miss Beatrice Trumbull of Chicago was slightly injured when the automobile they rode in plunged over a 20 foot embankment near Guthrie Oklahoma late Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla.a
Earl Taggart
J. T. H. Taggart
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Beatrice Trumbull
Chicago
Here
Writer Publisher John Alexander Hill Dies at 68
John Alexander Hill, noted writer and publisher of scientific journals and books, died today while driving from his East Orange home to his New York office. He was 68 and succumbed to arterial trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Alexander Hill
East Orange
N. J
Local Briefs Include Shipyard Accident and Travels
Joseph Ginn was injured at a Mobile and Ohio dock when a barrel fell on his hand while at work on a Mallory line steam ship. Dr. L. C. Jones was summoned to Camden Alabama for his father Col W W Jones illness. Hahn left for Memphis on a business trip lasting over a week. W E England attended a Western Fruit Jobbers Association meeting in Memphis with 2500 jobbers present. other Mobile attendees included Edwin Warley T D Farnell J E Munn.
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Joseph Ginn
North
Conception Street
Mallory Line
Mobile and Ohio
L. C. Jones
Camden, Ala
Col
W. W. Jones
W. E. England
Mobile and
Ohio
Memphis
Tenn
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Hagland
Edwin Warley
T. D. Farnell
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
J. E. Munn
Baldwin County
The
Produce Exchange
Largest 7.6 inch U.S. howitzer eyed for future guns
Washington report says Brig. Gen. Crozier told the House Military Committee the largest mobile American artillery to date is the 7.6 inch caliber. Plans for a 9.5 inch gun exist, no 16-inch designs yet, and costs for reserves vary from 275 to 480 million dollars with decisions pending by Secretary Garrison.
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Washington
Crozier
Ordnance Department
House Military Committee
General Crozier
Treat Board
War Department
Garrison
Pollentia Founders Near Cape Race With Crew Saved
The British freight steamer Pollentia, reported distress about 700 miles off Cape Race, foundered last night. All crew members were rescued. Earlier messages said the Italian steamer Giusseppi Verdi and two other ships were standing by to assist when seas moderated. The Pollentia was in British Admiralty service.
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Halifax
N.S
Pollentia
Cape Race
Giusseppi Verdi
Admiralty
PASCAGOULA TO WELCOME THE KANSAS BOOSTERS
Pascagoula with Ocean Springs and Mississippi coast towns will host the Kansas Boosters after their Mobile visit later this month. Robertson Palmer, on business, says Col. H D Money and Frank H Lewis join him as Ocean Springs committee to assist in entertaining the visitors. Ocean Springs will present trip mementoes of Satsumas Pecans and grapefruit from local farms.
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Pascagoula
Ocean Springs
Mississippi
Kansas
Mobile
Robertson Palmer
Col. H. D. Money
Frank H. Lewis
Lewis Place
Divorces Sought by Ludlow and Turner Couples
Mrs Emma Ludlow files for divorce from L S Ludlow in chancery court on grounds of voluntary abandonment. The couple wed in Mobile on April 13 1912. Erne Turner seeks a divorce from Turner on grounds of voluntary abandonment. The pair married at Anniston Alabama eight years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Ludlow
L. S. Ludlow
Chancery Court
Mobile
Erne Turner
Turner
Turners
Anniston
Ala
Auto and Motorcycle Crash injures rider in city
J H Reinhart of 21 South Conception Street drove an auto and W L Cooskie rode a motorcycle in a collision Sunday at 9 30 am on Dauphin and Scott streets. Cooskie suffered a head gash and bruises, was hospitalized, and discharged Sunday afternoon. Reinhart faced charges for alleged reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Reinhart
South
Conception Street
W. L. Cooskie
Dauphin
Scott Streets
Cooskie
Reichart
St. Clair
Inferior Court Fines and Sentences Given
Aaron Singleton fined $1 or ten days by Judge Chamberlain for vagrancy in inferior court. Pauline Jackson sentenced to ten days in jail for stealing a ring and clothes from Rebecca Thomas. Joe Willis, Andy Sam, Thomas Curtis, Jesse Hooks and five others listed faced gaming charges with ten day terms or $10 fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Singleton
Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Pauline Jackson
Rebecca Thomas
Joe Willis
Andy Sam
Thomas Curtis
Jesse Hooks
Washington
Retail Trade Program Set for Mobile Meeting
John T. Kirby of New York will address Mobile retailers Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Cawthon Hotel assembly room. The Chamber committee including Julius Hammel, Jacob Reiss, R. O. Harris and E. H. Britton oversees arrangements. Open to the public and to retailers of other lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Kirby
New York
National Retail Drygoods Dealers Association
Cawthon Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Julius Hammel
Jacob Reiss
R. O. Harris
E. H. Britton
Income tax law upheld by Supreme Court ruling
The article explains deductions under income tax law for individuals and corporations, noting corporations cannot deduct dividends, high income limitations, and various rules for man and wife filers, homeowners, and renters. It discusses deductions from gross income for different earning levels and living situations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Supreme Court holds railroads liable for delayed shipments under Carmack amendment
The court rules initial carriers are liable for decline in shipment value from delays on connecting lines, in a Marion Maryland to New York strawberry case. The unanimous decision rejects objections to due process and notes Justice McReynolds did not participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Marion
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
New York
Villa Leader Seeks Entry to United States
El Paso Texas January reports say Villa era chief of staff Medinavetea seeks to return to the United States and face immigration officials. Authorities will question him about reports tying him to the disappearance of Peter Keane at Badricora ranch. Juarez officials deny he remained in Mexico until appearing at the border. Medinavetea admits naming a ranch manager but denies involvement in Keane’s disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Medinavetea
Villa
Juarez
Carranza
United States
Peter Keane
Badricora Ranch
Keane
Cararanza
Santa Ysabel
Chihuahua
Washington
Mexico
Madera
Babricera Ranch
Raids seize liquor in Sunday shortages at city stores
Four cases of whisky and four cases of beer were found in a west side alley store on Royal street. Deputy sheriffs Murray Bernstein and Oberhaus reported the discovery Sunday afternoon. Fred Pees restaurant at Government street head had a small liquor haul. No arrests were made from these raids. Dave Wright was arrested Saturday night by Officers Dean and Curry for possession of nine half pints of liquor beyond legal limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Street
Dauphin
Murray, Bernstein and
Oberhaus
Fred Pees
Government Street
Dave Wright
Dean and Curry
Fraud Suspect Tried to Borrow 40 Cents at Espejo Street Home
An unknown white man visited Mrs. Spotswood at 24 Espejo street on a Saturday night claiming neighbor Mrs. G. McCary needed to borrow 40 cents. The visitor was later found to be a fraud after investigation.
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Ey Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Great Britain
Legislature OF
South Carolina
Tillman
Congressional
Emmett
Baseball Association
Savannah
Pierpont
Edwards
S. L. Hahn
U.S
Kansas Boosters
White
Justice McReynolds
Manuel Medinavetea
Immigrani
Reliance
Marguerite Marsh
Helen Holmes
Mar- Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton
Mme
Hamilton
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