British Vessels Torpedoed In Atlantic
Three British steamers the lemoor the Caucasian and the Welbury were torpedoed and sunk today by a German submarine. The Inglemoor and Caucasian crews landed at Falmouth the Welbury crew is safe. Caucasian 4656 tons owned by Petroleum Steamship Co London. Inglemoor 4331 tons owned by W Runciman Co London. Welbury 3591 tons owned by Burgess Co Ltd Hartlepool.
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London
Ingle- Moor
Falmouth
Welbury
Port Arthur
Newport News
Dartmouth
Petroleum Steamship Pany
Inglemoor
Bahia Blanca
Argentina
Naples
W. Runciman & Co
Kinston
Jamaica
Matanzas
Cuba
United Kingdom
Burgas Company, Ltd
Hartle
199 Pellagra Cases Under Observation in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK Ark July 2 There are now 199 Pellagra cases under observation in Arkansas Dr C W Garrison state health officer and Dr Joseph Goldberger of the U S Public Health Service head towns where outbreaks have been reported Garrison expects remote districts to raise statewide totals to about 400 cases
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
C. W. Garrison
Joseph Goldberger
United States Public Health Service
Garrison
Dodge to Lead Sunday Mass at St Matthew's Church
Rev Andrew O Dodge O A arrived in Mobile and stays with Rev Father Dunne. He will celebrate the 8:30 a m mass on Sunday a low mass with services continuing until Wednesday July 7 inviting relatives and friends to attend.
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Andrew O. Dodge
Mobile
Father Dunne
Father Dodge
St. Matthew’s Church
Lansing Sees German Reply On Lusitania Not Until July Fourth
Secretary Lansing said Germany’s answer to the latest American note on the Lusitania incident will not be transmitted before July 4 at the earliest. Berlin advices claim the reply is before Emperor William at army headquarters, with a possible delay pushing Washington arrival after President Wilson’s return from Cornish.
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Washington
Lansing
Germany
Lusitania
Berlin
William
Army Headquarters
Wilson
Cornish
Court Docket Notice in Chancery Court Adjourned
In the Chancery Court before Hon. Thomas H. Smith motions and reports were presented. Cross complaint and distribution of funds delayed until after the supreme court ruling set for July 7. Receiver's report read and laid over until July 9. Several cases reset or submitted for reference with adjournment to Tuesday morning at 10.
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Chancery Court
Thomas H. Smith
Star of Hope
Mobile Temperance Hall Association
Supreme Court
Ronald L. May
Emma
Jerry Evans
Mary Evans
Catherine Thomas
Henry Thomas
William W. Crawford
Sibley Land Company
Special Register
Fourth of July Holiday Observed in Mobile
Mobile will observe the Fourth of July on Monday the fifth with many plants and stores closed all day. City offices, customs house, federal offices, banks, and the post office will suspend normal hours. Steamboats and rail lines plan to move large crowds to seaside resorts. many residents will depart Saturday afternoon and return Tuesday.
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Mobile
Pillans
Customs House
Louisville
Nashville
Bay Shore
Whistler News and Social Notes from July Gathering
Whistler Grove No 111 Woodmen Circle meets at Odd Fellows Hall at 7 30 PM. Suburban League also convenes Friday at 7 30 PM at Jim Smith's. Miss Helen Street returns from Toulminville. Miss Lizzie Lee Webb visits her grandparents in Atmore. Whistler baseball club held a meeting with President Clarence Tate to discuss club matters. Charles Green Jr visits from Toulminville. Maude and Claudia Sexton back home in Vinegar Bend after visiting Mrs Fannie Sweeting. Mr and Mrs Adrian Sanaren return from McComb City due to a death in the family. Miss Ethel Turner visiting grandmother Mrs Barlow in Mobile. Mrs George Williams returns to Meridian after visiting her parents. Genevieve James of Laurel and Mr Ivan James with granddaughter in Mobile spend afternoon with Mrs Richardson.
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Whistler
Ala
Whistler Grove No
Woodmen Circle
Odd Fellows Hall
Jim Smith
Helen Street
Toulminville
Lizzie Lee Webb
Atmore
Alec Smith
Whistler Baseball Club
Clarence Tate
Charles Green, Jr
Maude
Claudia Sexton
Vinegar Bend
Fannie Sweeting
Adrian Sanaren
McComb City
Bennie Kauff Fined and Suspended by Brooklyn Club
In New York on July 2, after talks between James Gilmore, president of the Federal League, and Brooklyn officials, Benny Kauff was fined $100 and suspended for ten days. Brooklyn said he would not be traded and cannot play with any other club. Kauff had refused to play after a salary dispute with the club’s business manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Gilmore
Federal League
Brooklyn
Benny Kauff
Ward
Kauff
Principal speaks to 400 students at Tuskegee summer normal
W B Riley Macon county schools superintendent was the principal speaker before 400 colored students at the Tuskegee Institute summer normal. He delivered several strong points and an engaging address. Motorcycle races announced for July 4 at McBride's track with three events of three five and ten miles and prizes.
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Tuskegee
Ala
W. B. Riley
Macon County
Tuskegee Institute
H. G. Clark
The
Indian Motorcycle Company
McBride
Visitors register at hotels in Mobile with many named guests
The mobile city hotels list numerous visitors including J C Prioleau from Jackson Alabama G A Harris from New Orleans and Dr W C Hearin from Canton Texas at the Battle House and other hotels. Miss Etole White of Birmingham and Mrs W J Black and Miss Cecelia Black of Columbus Mississippi are noted guests at the Cawthon hotel. Joseph H Botton of Maville suffered a slight stroke Thursday night with slight improvement on Friday.
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Battle House
J. C. Priolean
Jackson
Ala
G. A. Harris
New Orleans
A. W. Williams
Chicago
W. C. Hearin
Canton
Texas
Bienville
Phil McRae
Montgomery
O. F. Moss
Lucedale
Miss
O. G. Shollar
Bay Minette
W. G. Oliver
C. W. Marsh
Lisman
J. Andrews
Frank S. Stone
E. P. Windham
Dewey
Dave McLean
M. D
W. H. McLendon
Leakesville
Windsor
J. C. Bates
Glen St. Mary
Fla
J. J. Kennedy
Atlanta
Cawthon Hotel
Etole White
Birmingham
Marie Stolly
Battles
Mobile
W. 3. Black
C. L. Black
Cecelia E. Black
Weather and crime brief from local recorder page
Weather updates note Tombigbee and Alabama river levels remain steady with a broad area of low pressure bringing scattered showers east of the Mississippi and hot highs near 106 in Phoenix and 100 in San Antonio. Local forecaster Albert Ashenberger reports fair conditions elsewhere. In court Sam Schwarz is fined 25 dollars or 50 days for disorderly conduct after slapping a newsboy. Eli Collins is fined 10 dollars plus costs for assaulting his wife with a billiard cue.
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Tombigbee River
Alabama
United States
Texas
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
San Antonio
Tex
Sam Schwarz
Robert Gordon
Annie Collins
Czech Leaders Arrested for Espionage in Prague
The Czech parliamentary leader Dr. Kramarz and Bohemian gymnastic head Dr. Schreiner were arrested in Prague on May 32 on espionage charges and for friendly relations with the Italian consul. The Times says they are jailed in Vienna and notes unofficial reports of their release to sway Czech sentiment.
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London
Kramarz
Schreiner
Bohemian Gymnastic Organization
Prague
The
Times
Paris
Vienna
Archduke Frederic
Francis Joseph
Sixty Three Vessels Arrived During June
June harbor activity remained strong with Capt. Thos. P. Norville reporting 64 vessels entered totaling 66 451 tons. Foreign bound steamships led with 41 491 tons, coastwise steamships 16 458 tons, square rigged vessels 2 435 tons, and schooners 6 067 tons, indicating improved riverfront business since February.
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Thos. P. Norville
Race Issue Debated in French Chamber Over Senegalese Rights
In Paris on July 2 Deputy Diagne of Senegal province urged widening military service laws to include French citizens in St. Louis Daker Rufisque and Gore. He argued Senegalese have political rights and must share national burdens, urging an end to race favoritism and prejudice. The bill passed its first reading.
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Paris
Diagne
Senegal
France
St. Louis-Daker
Rufsque
Gore
Charleroi
Playground Opening Demonstration at Lyons Park
The new P. J. Lyons Park hosts a Saturday demonstration by Mobile Y M C A staff showing playground work and physical training for about 100 boys. A paid playground director begins organized classes, with registrations offered at the park. Activities include calisthenics, relay races, dash events, volleyball, baseball, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Lyons
Hessian fly damages large wheat crop across several states
The Hessian fly is causing immense damage to wheat from northwestern Oklahoma and northern Arkansas northward through Kansas Missouri Nebraska and southern Iowa and eastward through Illinois Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania. The Agriculture Department circular warns the fly may cause millions of bushels of loss. A county board meeting to review purchase of the John Craft property near the county jail failed for lack of a quorum with President A G Ward and Commissioner Mc Fadyen the only members present.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Agricultural Department
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
A. G. Ward
McFadyen
John Craft
Church Street
Clan Mackellar Due Here Saturday Promises Trade Boost
The British steamer Clan Mackellar of 3062 tons is due this Saturday after passing Sand Key on the way from New York. Its arrival signals anticipated increased trade for the Mobile area and follows previous Genoa to New York passage.
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Clan Mackellar
Horace E. Upton
Elder-Dempster Steamship Co
Sand Key
New York
Genoa
Italy
Clan Line
van Heynigen
Westlands
Progreso
Charles K. Cessna
Mobile
Atlantic Coast
Eighth District
U. 8
United Fruit Company
Verena
Porto Cortez
Honduras
Karen
Havana
Cuba
Cardenas
Cuban
New Orleans
Munson Steamship Company
Mobile- Cuba
Kotonla
Mex
Mallory Line
Joseph Pose
Daphne
Bean
Lueders
Fort Gaines
Corinto
Bluefields
John Quill
Tusecalooza
Warrior
Tombigbee
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company
Deaths and Funerals Capt Samuel H Gist
Capt Samuel H Gist, Confederate veteran and longtime Alabama Mississippi newspaper man, died June 13 at Mountain Creek Alabama. He published the Calera Journal and earlier work included Belle Fonte Auburn Water Valley Selma Six Mile and Calera. He is survived by son Frank W. Gist of the USDA.
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Samuel H. Gist
Mountain Creek
Ala
Alabama
Missippi
Captain Gist
Calera Journal
Belle Fonte
Jackson County
Elias Green
Gist
Auburn
Frank W. Gist
United States Department of Agriculture
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A. O. Dodge
Horlick
Horlick’s
Racine
Wis
Prickley Heat
Bauer
Wmn
Bennie Kauff
Riley
Gzecks
Austria
Palm Beach
Fouth
Toggery ST. Emanuel
Marine News
the Bay Steamship Co
Jas
A. Carney
Point Clear
South Wharf
Zandels
Pleasure Bay
Fairhope
Magnolia Beach
Jas. A. Carney
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Restaurant
Karl
E. Karl
Albright
BELL
Dauphin and
Royal and
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St. Francis Streets
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