Merits of Mobile at large meeting dominates agenda
The first meeting of Mobile’s new ways and means committee drew nearly a dozen speakers who extolled Mobile’s many merits. James A. Emmett highlighted the gulf coast road project from Florida to California. Illinois boosters Dr. Buell S. Rogers, F. J. Wisner, and J. G. Brown praised Mobile’s climate, with one staying weeks longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ways and Means
Chamber of Commerce
Battle House
J. D. Andrews
James A. Emmett
Old Spanish Trail Association
Gulf Coast
Florida
Louisiana
Atlantic
Pacific
San Diego
Cal
Illinois
Buell S. Rogers
F. J. Wisner
Chicago
J. G. Brown
Fox Lake
Mr. Brown
Sam H. Lackland
California
San Francisco
Alabama
Rhode Island Firms announce wage increases
Rhode Island employers announced wage hikes affecting thousands. The American Machinery Company in Attleboro Mass raised wages by 7 12 percent for 1000 workers effective Monday. Howard and Bulloch Machine Company in Pawtucket also set a 7 12 percent raise for 1000 plant employees this week.
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Providence
R. I
American Machinery Company
Attleboro
Mass
Howard & Bulloch Machine Company
Pawtucket
Chalmette Refinery Resumes Operations
The Chalmette plant of the American Sugar Refining Company in New Orleans resumed operations Monday after a several week closure. About 600 of the usual 1,000 employees were put to work, with the remainder told they will be hired as operations justified.
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New Orleans
Chalmette
American Sugar Refining Company
Day in Congress Reports Jurisdiction on Water Power Sites
Public land committee backs water power bill recognizing both state and federal authority over water power sites. Post office committee urges deposits of postal savings funds in Federal Reserve banks. Military and naval committees continue hearings. House Rivers and Harbors committee heard-ow.
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Public Land Committee
Post Office Committee
Federal Reserve
Military
Naval
Kansas Visitors Arrive in Mobile for Southeast Tour
The Kansas Boosters, 110 members with a 27 piece band, arrive by special train at 6 40 tonight. A Mobile reception committee will greet them, and the Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means Committee votes to attend as a group. Wednesday they tour Gulf Coast Fair grounds and the Winter Land exhibit. They will parade through the business district this evening.
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Kansas Boosters
Mobile
Ways and Means Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Gulf Coast Fair Grounds
City Attorney Rules Harbor Board Payment Unconstitutional
City Attorney R H Smith advised Mobile officials that the state harbor commission act section requiring Mobile to fund harbor master and wharfinger salaries is unconstitutional. He cites localness and failure to publish local acts plus vague caption as grounds. The city will withhold payments formerly sent to the harbor commission.
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R. H. Smith
State Harbor Commission
Mobile
Ala
Harry Pillans
City of
Harbor Commission
Finance Commissioner
War at a Glance: French Raids and Balkan Turmoil
French squadron attacks Monastir and Gievgeli and a German bombardment hits Nancy with limited damage. Montenegro’s remnants retreat through Albania in guerrilla resistance. Ottoman forces in the Caucasus report Baron von der Goltz appointed commander in chief.
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Monastir
Gievgeli
Nancy
France
Serbia
Paris
Montenegro
Albania
Constantinoples
Baron von der Goltz
Caucasus
Germany
Mobile Merchants Hear National Retail Talk Tonight
Merchants from wholesale to retail are invited to hear John T. Kirby of the National Retail Dry Goods Dealers Association at the Cawthon Hotel tonight at 7 30 under the Chamber of Commerce. A committee led by Julius R. O. Harris E H Britton and Jacob Ross aims for strong attendance. Kirby travels from New York and follows trade conditions nationwide.
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John T. Kirby
National Retail Dry Goods Dealers’ Association
Cawthon Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Julius R. O. Harris
E. H .Britton
Jacob Ross
Kirby
New York
Allied Air Bombardments and Montenegrin Retreat Update
Dispatches report Allied air raids on Dunkirk and attacks on Nieuport while Montenegrin forces retreat under Austrian pressure. French air forces strike Monastir and Gievgeli with significant casualties and long-range coverage.
Nancy Bombarded Again by Long Range German Guns
Paris dispatch reports Nancy endured another morning bombardment by German long range guns with afternoon air raids. Damage was minor, two people injured, and the air attack produced no notable result.
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Nancy
Paris
Austro-Hungarian Forces Seize Scutari in Albania
Stefani News agency dispatch from Athens reports Austro-Hungarian troops occupy Scutari in northern Albania. The town, formerly taken by Montenegrin forces in June 1915, is said to be seized for strategic and political reasons.
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Rome
Tarabosch
Scutari
Martinovich
London
Albania
Stefani
Athens
British and Russian forces near junction at Kutel Amara and Hamadan
British troops push toward Kutel Amara while Russians advance west of Hamadan. If lines connect within ten days, joint operations could begin in this war theater, though Turkish counteractions raise concerns of a Russian setback and risk to Hamadan’s occupation.
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London
Kutel-Amara
Hamadan
the Chronicle
the Times
Assadaband
Russian retreat from Caucasus under gruelling snow siege
An officer’s Petrograd received narrative describes Russian forces at 11 000 feet east of Erzerum facing weeks of blizzards. Shelters buried by snow, huts blown apart, masks frozen, and rifles guided by rope as troops descended snow cliffs. No men lost, yet Turks panicked at the sudden appearance.
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London
Caucasus
Petrograd
Mount
Erzerum
Delta Highway Improvements Ready to Bid at 115000
T W Nicol heads Nicol Hume firm announced to Mobile county officials that the Delta road project including a steel bridge over Spanish river two ferryboats for cars and seven and a half miles of hard surfaced road can be completed for 115000. Mobile will fund 10000 yearly from a 1960s bond plan with Baldwin county bonds covering the rest, linking to Montgomery and north routes and Florida travel.
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Baldwin County
Revenue and Road Commissioners
T. W. Nicol
Nicol & Hume
A. G. Ward
Mobile County Revenue and Road Commissioners
Spanish River
Mobile
Tensaw
Nicol
Hach
Mobile County
Montgomery
Florida
Texan 50 Is Lynched Accused of Murder
Texarkana Texas January reports say W. J. Mayfield aged about 50 was taken from the Boston jail by 25 masked men and lynched shortly before midnight. He was held on charges of killing his father mother and brother with an axe.
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Texarkana
Tex
W. J. Mayfield
Boston
Texas
Mayfield
Weather Forecast For Alabama Mississippi Tonight Through Wednesday
Generally fair with little temperature change tonight and Wednesday. Moderate easterly winds becoming variable. In Alabama partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with slightly colder temperatures north portion and moderate east winds shifting to variable. Mississippi also partly cloudy tonight with colder northwest portion, Wednesday cloudy and colder interior with moderate winds shifting.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
U S Exports Break All Records in 1915 Trade Balance Near Two Billion
U S exports rose 70 percent in 1915 to 3 555 000 000 with imports at their lowest since 1912 creating a trade balance near 1 772 000 000 The year saw exports surpass five billion in total foreign trade as December alone reached 359 000 000 The war influenced trade by reducing imports and shifting their nature with 72 percent of December imports duty free versus 60 percent the prior December due to British blockade.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Nitrogen Plant at Mussel Shoals Estimated at 20 Million
Washington report notes a proposed wartime nitrogen plant on the Tennessee River at Mussel Shoals would cost 20 million dollars. Brig. Gen. Crozier, chief of ordnance, told the House Military Committee the project had been officially examined.
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Washington
Mussel Shoals
Tennessee River
Crozier
House Military Committee
Preparations urged by Republican leader in house
Republican Leader Mann urged strong preparedness in the house amid bipartisan applause. Majority Leader Kitchin, after a White House meeting on the plan, did not join in the praise as Mann urged readiness for possible trouble. Representative Kennett of New York then criticized President Wilson over remarks about German Americans.
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Washington
Mann
House
Kitchin
Wilson
Kennett
New York
King Nicholas of Montenegro Reaches Lyons With Family
King Nicholas accompanied by Crown Prince Danilo Prince Peter Princess Militza seven officers and thirty soldiers arrived in Lyons from Italy in King Victor Emmanuel s private car. Municipal authorities welcomed him on behalf of President Poincare and a military escort led to the hotel where his wife and two daughters Princesses Xenie and Vera had arrived earlier.
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Lyons
King Nicholas
Montenegro
Danilo
Peter
Militza
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Poincare
Xenie
Vera
Greek naval officers duel over political resignation
In Athens two naval officers, M. Courmoulis and M. Mealis, dueled after a dispute over the forced resignation of Mealis' brother as secretary to King Constantine. Courmoulis was wounded in the encounter.
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Athens
Paris
M. Courmoulis
M. Mealis
Constantine
Mardi Gras 10 Be Better This Year Than Ever Before
Mobile Mardi Gras plans announced for March 6 and 7 with Charles B. Hervey as general chairman. The committee promises a bigger, brighter celebration with concerts, a civic parade featuring Emperor Felix, coronations, pageants, and a grand two day revelry aimed at records and lasting memories.
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Mobile
Charles B. Hervey
Mr. Hervey
Julius Hammel
Jacob Reiss
Peck
BE. H. Britton
W. H
Bienville Square
Emperor Felix
Knights of Revel
Thornton Named County Agricultural Agent in Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs Mississippi January 25 J S Thornton has been appointed county agricultural agent succeeding H C Bell who resigned The office created by the board of Supervisors last year aims to develop the county's agricultural resources through extension work and county support.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
J. S. Thornton
H. C. Bell
Board of Pervisors
Lost and found items flood classified list
A crowded loss notices page lists several lost pets including an Airdale terrier puppy and an Irish setter named Rex with rewards offered. Also missing are a winter tourist ticket from Paris to New Orleans valid until June 1 and a five dollar bill lost by a carrier. Contact details and locations vary across notices.
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Catherine
Bell
Paris
New Orleans
A. O. Colson
Cawthon
Rex
Marine _Street
Boston
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E. M. Bailey
Chamber
E. H. Britton
J. K. Glennon
C. J. Semmes
L. C. Irvine
J. H. Sheip
L. W. Savage
Aubrey Boyles
8. K. Taylor
J. G. Espalla
Lee Crowley
J. C. Thompson
Pelhem Durant
W. H. Fitzpatrick
J. C. Sheip
Russell Houston
W. M. Clemens
S. E. Webb
A. M. Bright
Frank C. Horton
J. D. Sutton
D. T. McCall
A. G. Quinna
W. J. Norville
C. P. Dumas
B. Baum
Rhode Island
Chalmette Refinery
Senate
Helen Moller
Biltmore Hotel
Harbor Board
Teutons
Occu
Py Scutari
Berlin
Dunkirk
Nieuport
Havas
Telegraphs
DELTA
Engineering” Company
U. S
Nicholas
Hervey
S. Warren Stone
Dauphin
A. & F Tea Company
Albright & Woo Drug Store
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