Minnehaha Fire Reported After Explosion Near Halifax
Captain Claret of the Atlantic Trans Line steamer Minnehaha reported a fire fifty seven miles southeast of Halifax caused by an explosion. The ship carried about 100 crew, no passengers, and large quantities of ammunition and inflammables. It was proceeding to Halifax for salvage and awaiting further orders.
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New York
Frank Holt
Holt
Claret
No. 3
London
J. P. Morgan
Glen Cove
Halifax
Minnehaha
Chebudd Head
Cape Race
Police pursue Holt bombing plot as inquest planned
New York authorities continue probes into whether Frank Holt planted bombs on Atlantic steamers. Messages from the Saxonia and Philadelphia report searches found nothing. Investigators seek Holt’s missing dynamite and await an inquest into his death, while identification as Erich Muenter remains influential in the case.
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New York
Frank Holt
Atlantic
Saxonia
Philadelphia
mid-Atlantic
Holt
Erich Muenter
Cambridge
Mass
J. P. Morgan
Glen Cove
Muenter
N. Y
Lewis J. Smith
Nassau County
Thomas J. Relay
Dallas
Sega
Milwaukee
Wis
Cherry Pie Day Delights Manzanola Crowd
In Manzanola on July 8 the town celebrated Cherry Pie Day with a pie for every man woman and child who attended. The event drew nearly ten thousand pies and highlighted the shanty industry as a principal local enterprise.
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Manzanola
Col
Terrific storm leaves dozens dead across midwest
A violent wind and rain storm from Nebraska to Ohio killed over fifty people and injured scores. Cincinnati area reports 33 deaths and 15 missing. 18 deckhands drowned on the Ohio river towboat Convoy. St Charles Missouri suffered 162 blocks demolished. St Peters and Gilmore near total ruin with few injuries. Lincoln and Custer counties Nebraska saw crop damage. Calaway unroofed buildings. Indiana towns faced multiple fatalities and widespread destruction.
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Nebraska
Ohio
Cincinnati
Missouri
St. Charles
St. Peters
Gilmore
Lincoln
Custer
Callaway
Illinois
Mound City
Indiana
Dozens Dead as Cincinnati Storm Wrecks City
Early reports say thirty three people killed and fifteen missing after a violent storm in Cincinnati and suburbs. The tally includes named victims from the Ohio Humane Society and local firms, with many injured, along with wrecked houses, unroofed buildings, and toppled church steeples. The wind reached 70 miles per hour and a towboat capsize caused further fatalities.
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Cincinnati
James T. Allen
The
Ohio Humane Society
E C. Cohen
Rosa Tennenbaum
Charles Kline
Bradon William Hempe
Irene Glatthaus
Phillip Rizzo
George Fagan
Railroad and Interur
Biloxi Alderman Attacks Board Over Extravagant Appropriations
Biloxi Mississippi July 8 Alderman John F Eistetter objects to high city spending saying 59 was spent by the board to detect authors of anonymous letters sent to the state board of health during the cleanest town contest. Detectives were hired and the authors of the epistles identified.
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Biloxi
Miss
John . F. Eistetter
Bistetter
State Board of Health
Iontest
Mississippi Minister Sentenced for Mann Act Violation
Rev James Wiley Wilson a Mississippi minister pleaded guilty to violating the Mann Act and was sentenced by Judge W B Ward in Pensacola Florida to three years in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta He admitted to taking a second wife and six children from Mississippi and eloping with Odell Ropete but claimed impaired judgment.
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Pensacola
Fla
James Wiley Wilson
Yperieeter
W. B. Ward
United States
Atlanta
Odell Ropete
June Board of Trade shows imports rise and exports fall
London figures indicate imports up by 89.18 million dollars led by food raw materials and cotton products while exports slip 33.195 million mainly in manufactured goods. In Wichita chief of police O L Street jailed on a whiskey sales warrant tied to confiscated city hall stocks. mayor suspends him. Honolulu reports a Japan Russia alliance near, with elder statesmen finalizing details in Tokyo.
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London—Board of Trade
Wichita
Kan
O. L. Street
Bentley
Honolulu
Japan
Russia
Toklo
von Wagenheim
Pes
Constanti- Pont
Sree Ake
Weather Outlook for Alabama Mississippi
Generally fair weather dominates Alabama tonight and Friday with moderate variable winds. Mississippi forecasts call for fair conditions through Friday with moderate variable winds please note.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Rogers name named president of convict board in Alabama
Governor Henderson appointed P. J. Rogers of Birmingham as president of the state convict inspectors board to replace Hartwell Douglass and set his term to begin July 12. The same announcement names the new members of the state highway commission and adds Dr. D. M. Luke of Greenville as a member of the state board of veterinary medicine.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
P. J. Rogers
Birmingham
Hartwell Douglass
Rodgers
Tennessee Coal, Tron and Railroad Company
State Highway Commission
R. E
Wilson avoids reply on German draft note until reply arrives
Washington July 8 President Wilson will not answer Ambassador Gerard's inquiry about Germany's submarine warfare note and will not comment until Germany's formal reply is delivered.
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Wilson
Washington
Gerard
United States
Germany
Officers of Winona Ready for Transfer to Tallapoosa
The Winona moved to the L N wharf where ammo and guns were loaded onto the Gen Holabird for Fort Morgan. She then shifted to St Michael street to unload general stores and will return to Turner Hartwell slips before officers and crew report to the Tallapoosa at Hampton Roads on the fifteenth. Officers listed include Captain H B West and lieutenants Crozier Porcher Baggar Dench, eilhorn, executive officer Crozier, chief engineer Porcher.
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Gen. Holabird
Fort Morgan
St. Michael Street
Turner-Hartwell Slips
Tallapoosa
Hampton Roads
Assistant Solicitor Harry H. Smith Reappointment Rumor
Rumors say assistant solicitor Harry H. Smith who was appointed last December will resign the office soon. Reports name V B McAleer Jack Courtney and Mel Frazer as candidates for the vacancy. Smith was seen in the area and the resignation has not been confirmed.
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Harry H. ‘Smith
V. B. McAleer
Jack Courtney
Mel Frazer
Smith
Areca
Bee Fe
Falaba Sinking Found Sunk by German Torpedo
London July 8 The board of trade commission investigating the Falaba sinking has ruled the liner was torpedoed by a German submarine. It cites prompt life saving measures and proper discipline among crew. The disaster claimed 111 lives.
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London
Board of Trade's Commission
Adriatic Liner Base in Liverpool Report
New York reports the White Star liner Adriatic at Liverpool as of early July with details missing due to late bureau transmission. In a separate item, Cessna was fined 256 dollars plus costs by Judge Henry Chamberlain for violating prohibition by selling beer on June 13. Dennis Lynch testified he bought two kegs on the same day.
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New York
Dow Jones
Liverpool
Cessna
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior ‘Criminal Court
Eer
Dennis Lynch
Alvarado plans Calvert Land Development near Mobile
Pittsburgh based Alvarado Construction Co enters a high scale scheme to develop ten thousand acres near Calvert Alabama with optioned lands totaling sixty thousand more. The plan includes a large fig industry and a major canning plant east of Calvert on the Tombigbee river, aiming to employ eight to ten thousand workers and boost Mobile's growth.
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W. A. Roberts
Bankers’ Trust Company of Pittsburgh
Mobile
Alvarado Construction Company
Calvert
Ala
Aeg
Terrills
Tombigbee
Mexico
Gay Ca
Heinz
United States
Mobile County
Washington County
Capeert
Tombighee
Sina
Uce
Nam
J. M. Bain
Ebaroogee Ae Co
Trvine
Resentsburgh
Col
Alvarado Construction Co
Pittsburgh
Sir
Aare
Atlantic
Prominent Elks Leave for Pacific Coast
Dr. R. C. Jones past exalted ruler of Mobile Lodge 108 and Muse Alshe Biso officer left Wednesday night for Los Angeles to attend the supreme lodge convention of the BPOE. They will also visit San Diego and San Francisco via the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Dr. Jones expects to take and rent before returning to Mobile and will be absent about four weeks.
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Pacific Coast
R. C. Jones
Mobile
Protective Order of Elks
Alshe Biso
Los Cal
Supreme Lodge of the
San Diego
Panama-Pacific
San Francisco
Jones
White Crichton man held without bail on statutory offense
A Crichton resident was arraigned in the inferior criminal court on Thursday on a statutory offense charged by the complainant. After a closed trial with only court attaches and Judge Chamberlain present, the defendant was ordered held to the next grand jury without bail.
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J. Sera
Crichton
Hig. Eee
All-Water Coal Shipment Reaches Birmingham from New York
The M Carney arrived in Mobile with the first all water coal shipment from above Lock 17. Birmingham businessmen celebrated the launch of New York to Birmingham transport by water, noting potential cost savings and up river cargo opportunities for ships like the Pratt Consolidated Coal Company fleet.
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M. Carney
Mobile
New York
Llory
Birmingham
Taylor's Ferry
Birmingham Landing
Pratt
Chamberlain Presents Two Bills for Public Review
Representative Bart B. Chamberlain announced two bills for public perusal. The measures, presented by committee chairman Hon. John B. Weakley, would fix license taxes for all businesses and establish a state board of equalization to oversee assessment and taxation.
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Chamberlain
Bart B. Chamberlain
John B. Weakley
Mobile
Mr. Chamberlain
Board of Equalization
Government Takes Over Sayville Wireless Station
The U S government seizes the Sayville wireless station as part of a naval control measure to preserve neutrality. Captain Bullard leads operation with Lieutenant George R in charge locally. Cipher messages and private channels remain restricted while civil service rules apply to charges and operation.
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Washington
Tiile
L. L. Wireless
United States
Germany
Daniels
Bullard
Naval Radio
Tion
Naval
Sayville
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of the Who
Iain Bullard
Department
George R
New York
Tuckerton
Wilson
Navy
Ackerton
N. J
Thaw Is Cross Examined At Sanity Trial
In New York Harry Thaw testifies at a five trial to prove sanity. He describes April 1908 examinations by alienists and recalls opposition at a 1912 habeas corpus hearing. He denies animosity toward Jerome and mentions a public campaign and a petition signed by 400,000 supporters.
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New York
Crneus
Jerome
Matteawan
White Plains
Concord
N. H
Cooper
Thaw
United States
Steel industry at peak activity since 1912 in domestic market
Pittsburgh reports steel mills near full capacity with orders mainly domestic not war related. Bessemer Lake Erie Railway ferries ore heavy trains while rail crews run full shifts as idle cars vanish. Coal and limestone supply chain shows no holiday interruption.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Corporation
Bessemer and
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Rae Ee
Italian Cruiser Amalfi Is Sunk by Austrian Submarine
The Italian armored cruiser Amalfi was torpedoed and sunk yesterday by an Austrian submarine during a reconnaissance mission in the upper Adriatic. Most of the crew were saved. Amalfi, launched in 1908, displaced 9 958 tons and measured 426 feet. Pola, the Austrian base, lies in the upper Adriatic near the Isthria peninsula, about 55 miles southeast of Trieste.
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Rome
Paris
Amalfi ‘Wi
Adriatic
Ministry of Marine
Amalfi
Pola
Upper Adriatic
Isthria Peninsula
Trieste
Russians and Austrians clash as Warsaw push stalls
Strong Russian reinforcements between the Vistula and Bug press Austro-Hungarian forces driving toward Warsaw into a defensive stance. German westward offensive rumors persist, while Berlin publicized trench retakings near Ypres but claims lack corroboration. Turkish attacks yield heavy losses for British forces. Hamilton reports Turks showing no attack potential yet.
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London
Rivera Vistula
Bug
Warsaw
Berlin
Ypres
Belgium
1Élles
Hamilton
Rail traffic on German railways shows passenger rise
London reports via Petrograd Semen and The Times that rate reports indicate increased passenger traffic on German railways continuing with further details on page three.
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London
The
Petrograd Semen and
the Times
Bryan Backs Universal Suffrage in Frisco Speech
Bryan declared support for universal suffrage in Frisco saying it is only a matter of time before women share governmental duties with men. He noted he had been busy with other subjects but urged the cause.
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Bryan
Frisco
Funeral Notice for W Lee McGuire
The friends of the McGuire family are requested to attend the funeral from Dixon and McKay parlors 260 St. Louis street tomorrow Friday afternoon at 3 30 oclock with interment in Pine Crest cemetery. Army officers and Local Council members to meet at the same parlors Friday July 9 at 3 30 to pay respects to our late brother W Lee McGuire by order of HH Miller councilor and E W Russell recording secretary.
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M’guire
William Leh
Dison & McKay
St. Louis
W. Lee Guire
Lost and Found Notices Compile Local Missives
A scrambled collection of lost items and found notices includes a mare missing since evening on Marine Street and a brindle puppy named Jeff with rewards offered. Other entries seek a white liver pointer, a small diamond screw stand, a leather purse with money, and a stray horse. Contact details include Bob Kushla, Ellen Fleming, H. Wilt Bell, J. M. Beckner, and Adkins on various streets.
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Kushla
Bob Kushla
Jeff
Lucy Street
Ellen Fleming
St. Stephens Road
Bay Shore
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TAX Commission
Boyles
Thomas We Sims
State Tax Commission
Rogers
Convict Board
Winona
Alvarado Company
Calvert, Ala
Bankers’ Trust Co
Carnegie Medal
Elsa Baron
Miss Baron
Florence Gardner
Battles Wharf
Miss Gardner
Misses Baron
Gardner
Bigbee
Warrior Rivers
Torpedo
U.S. Gov't
Harry Thaw
Wes
Turky
Mobile Soon NO
UNIOR
U. Army
HH. G. Miller
E. W. Russell
Evenine
Carmén
Arferica
Ird
O'Donnell Street
Oakdale
H. Co Wilt Bell
Tod
J. M. Beckner
Fairhope
Thom
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