Bitter fight over Brandeis appointment begins in Senate
Washington reports the Brandeis nomination faces a months long battle as a five member subcommittee from the Senate Judiciary Committee is to probe fitness. Overman warns the panel will likely be unfriendly with potential members named from both parties. Wall Street launches a push to block confirmation with telegrams urging a thorough review of Brandeis financial cases.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
United States ‘Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Overman
Chilton
O'Gorman
Reed
Hoke Smith
Walsh
Nelson
Brandegee
Wall Street
Brandeis
New York
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Gets It corn relief hailed as simple cure all
An advertisement touts Gets It as the world’s top corn remedy sold in millions yearly. It claims instant, painless relief in two seconds with no sticking or pressing, and denounces substitutes while urging purchase for 25 cents a bottle via EB Lawrence & Co of Chicago.
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EB. Lawrence & Co
Chicago, Il
Phelan Dorion Nominated for State and County Tax Collector
The issue announces Phelan Dorion for the state and county tax collector post. Dorion is praised for courteous service, ready information, and a blemish-free record. He is described as supported by competent clerks and a descendant of Mulford Dorlon of Mobile's historic families.
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Phelan Dorion
Dorion
Dorian
Dorlon
Mulford Dorlon
Mobile
Orion
Organized Ball Hopes to End Anti-Trust Suit Before NL Meeting
New York January 29 Officials fear the Federal anti trust suit against organized baseball may not be settled by the National League meeting on February 8 in New York. Despite peace agreements to drop suits, Baltimore reports $25 000 being raised to press court action while the case remains in court. The league plans routine business and 1916 schedule assignments, aiming to avoid further legal complications after last season’s costly battles.
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New York
Chicago
Baltimore
National League
Cincinnati
Y M C A Road Race Scheduled For Next Saturday
The Y M C A two mile handicap road race will be run Saturday February 5 at 4 PM from Government and Conception streets to Chatham and back to the Y M C A building. Fifteen entrants so far with expected total around 25. Race aims to boost distance running development.
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Government
Conception Streets
Chatham
Gov
Warfare on Tiges Begins Tomorrow at Mobile Meeting
A joint Chamber of Commerce and Mobile County Tick Eradication Association mass meeting opens the campaign for compulsory cattle dipping. Judge Price Williams will receive the petition for a special election, with 200 copies sent and many unsent. Speakers include Stanley H. Rose and James A. Farrell, outlining benefits to dairy stock and local trade.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mobile County
E. M. Bailey
Stanley H. Rose
Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce
Eradication Association
Mr. Rose
Rose
James A. _Farrell
States—Steel Corporation
R. V. Taylor
George A. Maloney
John Ormerd
Joseph Patt
Depositors in Meridian Seek Full Payment on Bank Failure
A Meridian creditors committee won an order allowing Attorney General Collins to audit the defunct Union Bank & Trust Company. They target Sam Meyers, A. J. Lyon, and W. J. Meeds for repayment of $45,000 still due under a 1915 contract, after the bank failed in 1912 with nearly a million in liabilities.
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Meridian
Miss
I. W. Richardson
W. D. Hawkins
Mose Rosenbaum
W. W. Bagby
G. C. Tann
Ross A. Collins
JA. McCain
W. C. Moore
Union Bank & Trust Company
Sam Meyers
A. J. Lyon
W. J. Meeds
Collins
Chaplin Impersonator Fined For Assault Case
Bobby Brown an impersonator of Charles Chaplin was fined 25 dollars or twenty five days in jail for assaulting a boy. He described the act as a fall but pushed Cecil Murrell and struck him with a cane causing a scalp wound. He appeared in court in costume and chose jail time over the fine.
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Bobby Brown
Charles Chaplin
Brown
Dauphin Street
Cecil Murrell
New Orleans Gambling House Raided. 160 Arrested
Acting under orders of Governor Hall troops tonight raided a gambling hall in St. Bernard parish near New Orleans and captured 160 gamblers, paraphernalia and cash with no resistance reported.
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New Orleans
Hall
St. Bernard Parish
Why Not Mobile Boosts and City Pride
A Traveling Salesman and local boosters discuss Mobile’s growth and pride. A druggist cites the catchline Why not Mobile and locals praise the city’s climate, gardens, and prosperity while joking about boosters and urban spirit.
City Briefs Highlight Local Promotions and Illness Updates
Chief Deputy Sheriff William H. Holcombe Jr. is improving at home after la grippe. Edward Kelly, formerly with Ed J. Higgins Candy, is promoted to assistant city salesman. Leslie L. Brown, press committee member for the Alabama Travelers' Association, joins Williams-Richardson Co. in New Orleans. Brown began in dry goods twenty eight years ago with Yeend & Potter Mobile, then C. J. Gayfer & Co. and J. Pollock & Co. before dissolution.
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William H. Holcombe, Jr
la Grippe
Marine Street
Edward Kelly
Ed J. Higgins Candy Company
Leslie L. Brown
Alabama Travelers’ Association
Williams- Richardson Co.,Ltd
New Orleans
Mr. Brown
Yeend & Potter
Mobile
C. J. Gayfer & Co
J. Pollock & Co
Alabama Defeats Cumberland Again in Low-Scoring Clash
University of Alabama beat Cumberland 57 to 15 in Tuscaloosa on Friday night repeating the previous score. A slick floor hindered fast play and captain Harsh cleared the bench with ten substitutes in the second half.
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University
Ala
Alabama
Cumberland Basketballers
Harsh
City League Basketball at the Y M C A results
The Y M C A team defeated Y M S 24 to 10 in a well played City League game. Barton edged Medical College 25 to 13. The Y M C A squad will face Spring Hill on Thursday February 3 with listed lineups for each team.
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Barton
Medical College
Spring Hill
Murphy
Gaines
W. Moore
Baker
McDonnell
Foley
Steber
Williams
J. Moore
Haller
Cowan
Turner
Acre
Spotswood
Little
Barton—Wilson
Shackleford
Levi
Doyle
Gap
Cochran
Kelly
Crenshaw
Campaign to End Illiteracy in Alabama Raises Over $1000
A whirlwind fundraising drive in Alabama raised more than $1,000 to support illiteracy removal efforts. Nearly every city teacher and most prominent club women aided the campaign to finance ongoing work.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Federal Aid Tightens on Migratory Birds Closing Feb First
Federal Game Warden A Z Ober haug announced new Washington instructions to report killing migratory birds after February 1 the season's closing date. Violations involving geese ducks coot rail or snipe after that date will face prosecution if the federal law is upheld by the Supreme Court. Oak's Challenge Accepted by Axes Basketball Team
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A. Z. Oberhaug
Washington
United States Supreme Court
OAKS
Axes
Mike Steber
Steber
Government Street
Hinman
M. Cunningham
Fred Crenshaw
Deaths and Funerals Highlight Mobile Notices
Mrs. Carrie A. Martin widow of Henry Martin dies at 56 after long illness at her daughter’s home in Mobile. J. J. Croom Lucedale operator dies at 51. burial to Lucedale. Mrs. Sarah E. Baxter of Indianapolis dies aged 72. sons and daughters survive. Mrs. Sarah E. Rowell funeral at Mertz Station. burial Zion cemetery with listed pallbearers. Mrs. Jessie Hamilton McLachlan buried at Pine Crest. Rev. D A Planck leads service. Abner C Ward funeral at 802 Dauphin street. Magnolia cemetery burial with pallbearers listed.
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J. J. Croom
Lucedale
Miss
Masonic Lodge
Dixon & McKay
Sarah E. Baxter
Mobile
Indianapolis
Ind
Clark County
H. E. Baxter
Credit Men’s Association
City
C. H. Taylor
W. L. Williams
Brazil
Baxter
Jeffersonville
S. E. Rowell
Sarah E. Rowell
Mertz Station
Mr. Goodgame
Zion Baptist Church
G. L. Hurlburt
Dauphin Way Baptist Church
Zion Cemetery
William H. Holcombe
Robert M. Weinacker
Toney Chevalier
C. M. Kearns
Reese Farnell
Charles Pollard
J. H. McLachlan
Jessie Hamilton McLachlan
Pine Crest Cemetery
Monterey Street
Government
D. A. Planck
Central Presbyterian Church
C. A. Sibley
A. D. Holcombe, Sr
George Stewart
John Gaillard
Abner C. Ward
Abner Co. Ward
Dauphin Street
Magnolia Cemetery
S. H. Hunter
G. B Thames
Mark Lyons
R. H. Givens
John Pugh
Frank Natale
Burial of William Petty in Catholic rites
Fr iday funeral for William Petty was held at 3 o'clock from his sister Mrs J G Tyrrells home at 200 Poe street and at St Patrick s Catholic church at 3 30 with Rev Father Thomas Henry officiating. Burial followed at the Catholic cemetery with numerous floral tributes.
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William Petty
J. G. Tyrrell
Poe Street
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Thomas Henry
Ted Lewis the English Boxer Makes 18000 in Thirteen Bouts
Ted Lewis, an English boxer who fights around 135 pounds, has earned $18,000 in thirteen fights since arriving in the United States. He has been the busiest fighter recently and signed for ten fights in thirty two days, earning about $1500 per bout. He has not been knocked down, with only a cut lip as a mark.
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Ted Lewis
United States
New York
Lewis
Mobile Gull Leaders Plot 1916 Pitching and Roster Changes
Dr. H. T. Inge, a Mobile Baseball Club booster, predicts Mike Burke will be five times better this season after an operation. The meeting details new signings, including Jeff Holmquist and Tex Covington as regular pitchers, Townsend in top shape, and Burke drafted from Nashville. Notes cover trades, hoped for returns, and roster limits for the upcoming season with other moves and player statuses across the Southern League.
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Mike Burke
Feld
Mobile
H. T. Inge
Mobile Baseball Club
Battle House
Burke
Leo Townsend
Jeff Holmquist
Tex” Covington
Schmidt
Townsend
Milton Stock
Quaker
Jeff
al Odell
Gudger
Robertson
Keeley
Lord
Jackson
Gull
Odell
San Antonio
Flick
Dobbs
Oakland
Chicks
Waivers
Watkins
Memphis
Schlei
Nashville
Aberg Receives $5,000 Purse for Greco Roman Title
Alexander Aberg won the world Greco Roman wrestling title at the international tournament in New York earning a $5,000 prize. Aberg defeated Strangler Lewis Mort Henderson the Masked Marvel Dr Roller Charles Cutler and more than fifty challengers as the three month event closed tonight.
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New York
Alexander Aberg
Aberg
Throckmorton Seaver Team Wins Tennis Finals
Harold Throckmorton of Elizabeth New Jersey and R C Seaver of Brookline defeated J D Jones and H A MacKinney of the Agawan Hunt Club Providence in the finals of the men's doubles at the midwinter tennis tournament in Pinehurst North Carolina. The scores were six three and seven five.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Harold Throckmorton
Elizabeth
N. J
R. C. Seaver
Brookline
J. D. Jones
H. A. MacKinney
Agawan Hunt Club
Providence
Throckmorton
Seaver
Jones
Sunday School League Games At Y M C A
Government Street Methodist topped Trinity 9 to 4 at the Y M C A with key players M Young Pittard Madison Garrison Rush Trinity’s Doyle Danielson Kilborn Gust Holt and Gatekeepers. First Baptist defeated St John’s 15 to 5 with Stubbs Jones Smith Denton Thurman Kurby and P Robertson D Steber Touart Walpole. Presbyterian juniors beat Methodist juniors 2 to 0 led by Dumas Burgett Davidson Tam Dunlap Burgoyne Devan McVoy Foreman Turner Thigpen. New grandstand planned for Alabama’s U A athletic field will have 600 seats and extendable units with bleachers ready for baseball.
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Government Street
Trinity
Methodists
M. Young
Pittard
Madison
Garrison
Rush
Doyle
Danielson
Kilborn
Gust
Holt
First Baptist
St. John’s
Baptists
Stubbs
Jones
Smith
Denton
Thurman
Kurby
St. John's
P. Robertson
D. Steber
C. Robertson
Touart
Walpole
Government Street Presbyterian
Government Street Methodists
Presbyterians
Dumas
Burgett
Davidson
Tam
Dunlap
Burgoyne
Devan
McVoy
Foreman
Turner
Thigpen
Navy Beats Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute 23–18
Annapolis report shows the Navy basketball team defeating Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute by a 23 to 18 score this afternoon. The game highlights the midweek clash on the home court with Navy securing the win.
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Annapolis
Navy
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Tabarin Girls to Remain at Columbia Theatre for Week
Columbia Theatre extends the Tabarin Girls engagement starring Miss Carrie Hawley with new acts and wardrobe. Dave Newman’s company, praised by patrons, adds specialty numbers and a fresh chorus while comedians Cushman Gordon and others provide laughs. Chaplin shorts and the Chicago Tribune Animated Weekly complete the five reel program.
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Columbia Theatre
Dave Newman
Tabarin Girls
Carrie Hawley
Newman
Columbia
Miss Hawley
Misses Cushman
Fawn
McCormick
Bing” Cushman
Lew Gordon
Cushman
Chaplain
Chaplin
Mobile
Billie Richie
Doc Yak
Charlie Chaplin
Dock Ysk
Hank Mann
Chicago Tribune
Baseball Notes and Ownership Talks Across Leagues
Boston College pitcher Claude Hendryx, ex National League star, seeks treatment for back troubles. Chicago Cubs pitcher Hendryx also on the roster. Colonel Robert L. Hedges eyes a Kansas City franchise in the American Association. George Tebeau confirms the sale interest but no proposal yet. St Louis Cardinals president Britton waives several pitchers and players.
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Claude Hendryx
Bonesetter Reese
Hendryx
Chicago Cubs
Robert L. Hedges
St. Louise
George Tebeau
Hedges
Kansas City
Mobile and Ohio League to be reorganized this spring
A preliminary meeting was held to organize the Mobile and Ohio League with plans to start the season earlier than last year while keeping the same number of games. The group adjourned to meet again at the call of the temporary chairman to perfect the organization.
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Mobile & Ohio League
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Bank of Mobile
P. B. Dorlon
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U. OF A
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Henry Martin
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Nap Rucker
Frank Schulte
Hogg
Knisely
Cincinnati National League
William Louden
Federal League
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Boston National
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