Empire Week Delivers Stars In Frontier Drama and Dance
A packed Empire program features Davy Crockett frontier action with a bear capture and mountain peril, plus Greek management backed acts with Charley Chaplin and Dawn in a variety of dances at the Empire. Lucille Stewart leads a V. Ix 8. EB. cast in The Destroyers style feature with Huntley and Robertson while a winter landscape specialty aims to stun audiences.
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Davy Crockett
Crogkett
Farnum
Dawn
Daniel Frohman
Clarissa
Ronald McDonald
Destroyers
Herves
Lucille Stewart
Huntley
Gordon
van Robertson
Richard Turner
Vitagraph
Dream Girl at Empire Features Armor Dalliance
Earle Fox appears in The Dream Girl at the Empire on Friday wearing a full suit of steel armor for a fancy dress ball scene. Kathryn Williams, known for The Neer-do-Well release, returns in Into the Primitive alongside Robert Ames Bennet's jungle drama with animals, storms, and wildlife. Guy Oliver and Harry Landsdale co-star.
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Earle Fox
Mae Murray
Lasky
Paramount
the Empire
Robert Ames Bennet
Miss Williams
Guy Oliver
Harry Landsdale
Prohibition Delegates Reach St Paul for National Convention
About 1,254 delegates are arriving in St Paul for the Prohibition national convention. A get-together conference is planned tomorrow to discuss unity among forces opposed to liquor traffic with nationally known reformers. The convention will open at 10 o'clock Wednesday in the auditorium.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Admiral Knightis backs battle cruisers after Jutland discussion
Washington July 17 Rear Admiral Knight of the naval war college argues the battle cruiser has earned renewed value from the Jutland engagement. He contends battleships remain the fleet backbone but America with long coasts needs battle cruisers, possibly four capital ships, and notes the difficulty of judging enemy losses and ship types. The letter signals a shift in his recommendations on capital ship design.
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Washington
Knight
Naval War College
Daniels
Jutland
United States
Congress
Jellicoe
Use Naval Committee
Orpet Spends Sunday Long Auto Excursion in Freedom
Will H. Orpet, acquitted of Marian Lambert's murder at Waukegan, spent his first day of freedom with family on a lengthy car trip around Lake Forest. Reports he visited Celestia Yonker near River Forest could not be verified.
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Chicago
Will H. Orpet
Marian Lambert
Waukegan
Lake Forest
River Forest
Celestia Yonker
Deaths and Funerals Ida Kate Ashby Gibson
Mrs Ida Kate Ashby Gibson wife of Frank 8 Gibson of Mobile died Sunday night at 1105 at the family home 68 South Georgia avenue after a short illness A devout member of Government Street Methodist Church she is survived by her husband two sons James 8 and John A Gibson of Mobile and two daughters Ida Nette and Julia nd Gibson along with other relatives
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Ida Kate Ashby Gibson
Frank
Gibson
South Georgia Avenue
Mobile
Government Street
Messrs
James
John A. Gibson
Ida Nette
Julian d. Gibson
Mrs. Willie Ayers Dies in Mobile After Short Illness
Mrs. Willie Lewis Ayers wife of Clyde R. Ayers longtime Mobile resident died Saturday night after a brief illness. Survived by her mother Mrs. George W. Lewis two brothers John L. Lewis and George W. Lewis a sister Mrs. Emory Cavens all of Mobile and other relatives. A devout Christian she was a lifelong member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
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Willie Lewis Ayers
Clyde R. Ayers
Mobile
Funeral of Mrs Pattie Hubbard in Magnolia Cemetery
The funeral for Mrs Pattie Hubbard who died suddenly Saturday was held Sunday at 10 AM from her son Ashbel Hubbard's home at 956 Government Street. Rev DU A Planck of Central Presbyterian Church conducted the service and burial was in Magnolia cemetery. Pallbearers were George Stanard R O Harris H F Heustis Thad Harrison and E Vielon.
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Pattie Hubbbard
Ashbel Hubbard
Government Street
DU. A. Planck
Central Presbyterian Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs
George Stanard
R. O. Harris
H. F. Heustis
Thad Harrison and
E. Vielon
Bay Minette Woman Seeks Husband Here
Mrs. Myrtle Kelley of Bay Minette Alabama asks the police chief to aid locating her husband W H Kelley painter and alabastine decorator he was here on July 4 in the town efforts to find him after his absence.
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Myrtle Kelley
Bay Minette
Ala
Chief of Police
W. H. Kelley
Battle cruisers and dreadnaughts in naval strategy
A historical discussion outlines naval build options from four to ten capital ships, proposing mixes of battle cruisers and dreadnaughts. It argues battle cruisers offer high speed for reconnaissance and both strong resistance and avoidance in combat, emphasizing their long range gun power.
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North Sea
Booker Washington Jr Addresses Plateau crowd on education
At Yorktown Church a large African American gathering heard Professor Booker T. Washington Jr urge education and Christian formation as paths for advancement. He noted educated Black workers are valuable and urged training for children and service roles. Isaiah J. Whitley is principal. In Sing Sing, Thomas M. Osborne was welcomed back to the prison as warden and spoke briefly to inmates.
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Plateau
Yorktown
Booker T. Washington, Jr
Plateau Institute Rathers
Isaiah J. Whitley
Young Washington
Sing Sing
Thomas M. Osborne
Osborne
Jewish Congress Plans Rights Congress After War Debate
New York July 17 After heated debate resolutions were adopted at a meeting of representative Jews favoring a congress of Jews of America to secure full civil religious and political rights for Jews everywhere. Brandeis Magnes and other leaders discussed timing and Zionist ties amid war. Immediate relief for oppressed Jews was urged.
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New York
Congress of Jews of America
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court of the Supreme Court
United States
Jewish Congress Organization Society
Judah L. Magnes
Brandeis
Justice Brandeis
Philadelphia
Magnes
Oscar S. Strauss
Congress
Strauss
Princess Yolanda’s marriage prospects in royal line
The piece discusses Princess Yolanda’s possible marriage routes amid European royalty. It notes Italy’s system prevents inheritance by women, hints at political impact being limited for a princess, and mentions potential matches in Italy England Russia. It compares wealth of Italian and English royal families and notes wartime changes among suitors.
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Greece
Italy
Prince of Wales
Yolanda
England
Russia
House of
Savoy
President and Mrs Wilson Return From Chesapeake Cruise
President and Mrs Wilson arrived back early today aboard the naval yacht Mayflower after a cruise in the lower Chesapeake Bay. The return marks the end of a brief official voyage with no reported incidents.
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Washington
Wilson
Chesapeake Bay
First Class Mail From Danish Liners Seized
Berlin July 17 The entire first class mail of the Danish liners Frederick VIII and Oscar II bound for New York was confiscated by British authorities the Danish postmaster general reports The Overseas News Agency also says the Bergensfjord from New York had its mail seized by the British.
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Berlin
Frederick VIII
New York
Oscar II
Denmark
Overseas
Today
Bergensfjord
Castro anxiously seeks writ to stay deportation
Cipriano Castro waits in New York for the immigration commissioner to act on his deportation order. He intends to sue out a writ of habeas corpus to gain liberty, as he did when previously arriving here to appeal a similar board order. The former Venezuelan president and his wife stay at Ellis Island immigration station with staff.
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New York
Ge Cipriano Castro
Commissioner General Immigration
Board of Ty
A’ney
General Castro
Board of Inquiry
Castro Occu
Ellis Island
Weather report for Alabama and east
Forecast from Washington notes partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with a likelihood of thunder showers across Alabama and the eastern region. No major weather events reported.
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Washington
Alabama
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