Bisso Towboat Company Declares It Will Stay In Mobile
In a statement dated July 16, 1915 Mobile, the Bisso Towboat Company refutes reports that it will leave Mobile port when current contracts end. The firm asserts it is here to stay, expressing confidence in Mobile's future and readiness with sufficient tug boats to handle rising business. The company asks The Item to publish the denial as the report is misleading.
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BISSO
Mobile
Ala
Tor
City
Chamber of Commerce
Bisso Towboat Coo
J. B. Leftwich
Bill Makes It Unlawful for State Committee to Hold Secret Sessions
The session adjourned after a long meeting on port charges with many officials present. The bill aims to forbid secret executive sessions by committees and requires open access to proceedings until adjournment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate Committee On‘ Finance
Bidet Oakes
Commission
Lic
Medical College Bill To Be Introduced Saturday
Dr. E. P. Hogan representing Jefferson will introduce a bill to move the medical college from Mobile to Birmingham when the legislature reconvenes Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
E. P. Hogan
Jefferson
Medical College
Mobile
Open Air Band Concert Program in Bienville Square
Tonight the First Infantry Band performs in Bienville Square with selections including March Colonial Guard One Step I Am Going to Make You Love Me Overture The Enchantress Rag Dont You Dare Call Me Up at Home Waltz Hawaiian Farewell Song Two Step Shoulder to Selection Golden Sceptre The High Cost of Living and a section Jan Brings Two Lips Go Home and Love
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Bienville Square
Colonial Guard
Enchantress
Canker Eradication Boosts Mobile Citrus Industry
R. V. Taylor reports strong citrus canker relief in Mobile County after Alabama horticultural work and rapid funding. George E. Murrell lauds Mobile efforts and predicts final eradication soon while crediting state and national officials and local supporters.
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Satsuma
Alabama
George E. Murrell
Southern Railway
R. V. Taylor
Horticultural Department
Mobilé
The
Mobile
Murrell
the Southers Railway Company
Ala
Vy Talyor
Taylor
Hkewise
George FE. Murrell
Mobile County
State of
Edison Daniels conference outlines naval advisory board plan
Secretary Daniels said Thomas Edison will head a new naval advisory board as part of a proposed bureau of invention. The board would be purely advisory with chief engineers supplying guidance while Navy officers handle development. Daniels expects easy congressional funding with several lawmakers already approving the plan.
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Washington
Daniels
Thomas A. Edison
Naval Advisory Board
Bureau of Invention
Department
Edison
Navy
Congress
New American Note on Contraband Handed to Britain
London July 16 American Ambassador Page visited the foreign office to present what is believed to be a summary of the draft new American contraband note to the British government.
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Britain
London
Page
Foreign Office
Counterfeit Currency Ring Found in Chicago Rooming House
Police uncovered four suspects after breaking up a disturbance at a West Side rooming house. Officials seized a trunk with falsified Minnesota state bonds and counterfeit currency totaling about a quarter of a million dollars in one two and five dollar bills. Detectives found equipment used for producing counterfeit money and arrested four boarders whose names were withheld.
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Chicago
Minnesota
West Side
Nate Geanieee Che Koei
Southern Railway awards large depot contract to local Mobile firm
The Southern Railway Co assigns Hancock, Harbin & Hancock of Mobile to build a freight depot complex on Beaurégard Street east of Royal. The project includes five buildings for repair shops, sand house, and other mechanical departments tied into the yards. Work begins soon.
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Beaurégard Street
Royal
Hancock, Harbin » &Hancock
Coegent
Southern
Mobile
Southern Railway Co
Mobile Shriners Win Contentious High Council Victory
Abba Temple in Mobile gains fifteen counties after the Imperial Council split Alabama into three jurisdictions during a Seattle convention. The victory ends a long contest first organized in 1903, with Abba previously holding nine counties while Alcazer and Zamora shared others in the state. New Abba counties include Greene, Hale, Perry, Marengo, Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox, Monroe, Escambia, and Baldwin among others.
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Abba Temple
Mobile
Imperial Council
Seattle
Alabama
Myron T. Sprague
C. A. L. Johnstone
T. I Young
H. i L. Pettus
Selma
Abba
Alcazer
Montgomery
Zamora
Birmingham
Greene
Hale
Perry
da Marengo
Choctaw
Clarke
Wilcox
Nroe
Escambia
Baldwin
Washington Motile
Weather Outlook and Immigration Decision Cited
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change and light variable winds across regions. An immigration case mentions James Edwards, a West Indian national, awaiting a Washington decision on possible deportation to St. Kitts.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Washington
James Edwards
St. Kitts. B. W
Rotarians Discuss Bill To Reform Justice Courts
John B Mitchell and W B Del Champs led a Mobile Rotary sub committee proposing a bill to remedy alleged abuses by justices of the peace. The measure requires affidavits of residency in the trial precinct and was sent to the resolutions committee for later report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B.mitchell
W. B. Delchamps
Ways and Means
T. K. Jackson
L.D. Dix
H. T Inge
W. H. Armett
Sidney Berrey Wins Mistrial in Criminal Libel Case
The jury in Sidn v. Berrey failed to reach a verdict on criminal libel after a Friday morning ballot showed nine for acquittal and three for conviction. A mistrial was entered and Berrey was ordered held on a new $100 bond to appear at the next term. papers in the case were locked up. Defense and state attorneys argued through Thursday, with Berrey posting bond after discharge.
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Sidn v. Berrey
J. O. Semmes
The
N. R. Clarke
Frank 8
Stone
Baldwin County
C. W. Tompkins
John W. McAlpine
Eastern Star Officers Visit Mobile Chapter
Mrs. Nettie Dean of Decatur grand worthy matron and Thomas L Hackett of Montgomery grand worthy patron of the Order of the Eastern Star arrived in Mobile on a southern tour to stimulate member interest They will address Chapter No 4 in the Masonic Temple Friday night during the visit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Dean
Decatur
Thomas IL. Hackett
Montgomery
Order of the Eastern Star
Mobile
Masonic Temple
Rope Slips First Aid Expert Hospitalized After Rescue Attempt
Homestead, Pa July 16. William Jones, a renowned first aid expert, climbed a telephone pole to救 a man shocked while making wire repairs. He slipped and broke both legs, taken to a hospital. The incident occurred during a rescue effort.
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Homestead
William Jones
Hill 285 Captured by French Forces as Germans Stop
London reports Hindenburg again dominates the eastern war theater with German advances near Warsaw disregarded by Petrograd. In Galicia Austro German armies push across the Dniester amid heavy Russian artillery fire. In the Argonne French recapture No 286. Welch collieries miners remain on strike. Allies take Ngaunderre in Kamerun with minor losses.
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London
von Hindenburg
Warsaw
Petrograd
von Hin- Sentre
Galicia
Dniester
Caucasus
Argonne
France
Red
Erick
Wilhelm
Welch
Germans Cross Windau River North of Koltingania
Berlin via London reports German forces crossed the Windau river north of Koltingania in Courlanda as of July 16 according to an official statement. The Financial News cites German sources indicating Germany is making tentative peace proposals through the United States.
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Windau River
Courland
Berlin
London
Koltingania
Courlana
Germany
the Financial News Today
United States
Allied advances in Dardanelles reported by Athens
A July 16 report from the Athens correspondent of the Express says Allied forces pushed forward in the Dardanelles. The British are said to have dislodged Turks from four trench lines near Derka Tepe and the French achieved a notable success in the Krithia region.
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Dardanelles
Toman
Athens
The
Express
Derka Tepe
Te Krithia
Austrians Cross Dniester Near Galicia and Bukovina
Dispatches from Austrian headquarters report a heavy bombardment followed by a crossing of the Dniester at Uciebiskopie on the Russian border. The move places Galicia Bukovina and the Russian province at the border of meeting Crown lands.
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Dniester
Berlin
London
Uciebiskopie
Galicia
Buk
German Ambassador Sees Submarine War Talks Offer Settlement
Count Bernstorff told Secretary Lansing he believed the German reply to the African note opened a path for settlement via further diplomacy. He stressed Germany would balance submarine warfare with maintaining U S relations and anticipated no repeat of the Lusitania disaster. He left the interview encouraged that rupture fears decreased.
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Bernstorff
Germany
Lusitania
Washington
Count Bernstorff
Lansing
Phillips
Wilson
United States
Ees
Berlin
Great Britain
Count ‘O
Tts
Thaw Granted Present Freedom on $35,000 Bail
Harry Kendall Thaw, deemed sane last week, was released today by Supreme Court Justice Peter A. Hendrick on a $35,000 bail. An appeal by the state was filed as Thaw left the courthouse amid cheering crowds.
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Harry Thaw
New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Supreme Court
Peter A. Hendrick
Justice Hendrick
Thaw
Ture
Hendrick
Cnse
Stat
Thea
Harry — Thaw
Engar Bromberger
Justice Dowling
Bromberger
Stanchfield
Pittsburgh
British Embassy Starts Paying in Washington for Detained Cotton
The British Embassy began payments in Washington for detained American cotton cargoes with ownership established. The first payment, a partial one, set at 10 cents per pound for a cargo, was issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Panel Approves Gifts Ban for Officials
The finance and taxation committee endorsed a bill to bar state county and city officials from receiving transportation or gifts from firms doing business with their body. It also bans out of state trips at state expense without governor approval and prohibits secret meetings. The measures originate from the investigating committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Senate Committee On Finance and ‘Taxation
Young Turks Plotting to Assassinate Venizelos
A private Constantinople letter reported by Havas says the Young Turks committee plans to assassinate former Greek Premier Venizelos. Athens police have taken measures to protect him.
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Venizelos
Athens
Paris
Havas
Constantinople
Greece
Dr Mohr in Committee Fight Over Alabama Public Health System
In Montgomery on July 16 Dr Charles Mohr of Mobile urged reform of Alabama public health, arguing for consolidation of city and county governments and division of Jefferson County. The committee on public health planned a favorable report for the measure on Saturday.
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Dr. Mohr
Montgomery
Ala
Publc Health
Charles Mohr
Mobile
Jeferson
German submarine U-51 sunk in Black Sea
The German U-51 submarine is reported sunk in the Black Sea by Russian warships according to a report from Verna Bulgaria with Athens and Exchange Telegraph Company corroboration. The sub previously evaded the British blockade and Gibraltar en route from Wilhelmshaven to operate against the allied fleet in the Dardanelles and was said to have sunk several Allied vessels including the Majestic.
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Black Sea
London
Verna
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Gibraltar
Witheleshaven
Dardanelles
Majestic
Albany Attorney General to Decide on Thaw Verdict Appeal
Albany July 16 Attorney General Woodbury will reserve action on appealing the Thaw verdict after reviewing the court record. The formal appeal filed today aims to prevent leaving the court's jurisdiction, officials explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Woodbury
Funeral notices for Kenny and Lacy in 1915
Kenny entered into rest July 1915 at 9 46 p m from St J church with solemn pontifical mass at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Interment in Catholic cemetery. Lacy entered into rest July 15 1915 at 11 m funeral from 453 South Lawrence Street to Vincent's Church with requiem mass at 9 30 o'clock. Interment in Magni Cemetery.
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Kenny
Dd Kenny
St. J Church
Lost items notice stray letters and address clues
Lost items record searched fragmentary text indicates a lost item near a station and canal street with contact names A Bell and J Romero. The note mentions returning items to Andrew Otis and exchanging something for a reward.
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Bell
L. & N. Statior
J. E Romero
Canal St
Exchang
Andrew Otis
Tle
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Leon Schwarz
J. C. Rich
Sid Dorgan
Pilots’ Association
Thomas M. Stevens
Walsh
T. M. Stevens
T. P. Norville
Norville
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Canker
Satsuma Strong
Florida
Edison-Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Electrical Wizard
Row
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Are Robinson
Foreman
Jesse L. Strauss
Adolph W. Frisch
Maynard M. Miller
Reker Paul J
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Chester A. Bently
William Newman
Ignatz Spitzer
H. Kuehnle
Charles Kaufman
Mobile Shriners
High Council
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Canadiac
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