Prohibitionists Open Convention Amid Rival Nominations
The National Prohibition party opened its convention in St Paul with delegates from nearly every state. Rival Hanly and Sulzer camps clashed in hotel lobbies, while E. W. Chafin drew silence as a possible nominee. Dr Ira D. Landrith is favored for vice president. the session recessed at 12 45 p m until 3 p m.
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ST. Paul
National Prohibition Party
J. Frank Hanly
William Sulzer
E. W. Chafin
Hanly-Sulzer
Daniel A. Poling
Boston
Tic
Willam Sulzer
J. Frank Heary
Eugene N. Foss
Sumner W.haynes
Sulzer
Hanly
E. A. Packer
Robert Huggins
Detroit
The
Knights
Patriot
Ira D. Landrith
Nashville
Tenn
President urged to designate Armenian Day
A concurrent resolution asking the president to name a day for Americans to donate to Armenian relief was adopted by the House after Senate passage. The measure notes hundreds of thousands in need of food clothing and shelter amid wartime conditions and calls for nationwide sympathy contributions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Mobile scene notes several visitors and recruits
Walter Bolton of Theodore and C T Bailey with Joe Albright return from a four day furlough to mobilize Alabama National Guard recruits in Mobile. Haiden Miller of Mobile and Ohio visits Battle House. J H Porter and wife of Atlanta, A C Coffin of Akron also in Mobile. Captain Tom J Anderson of Galveston, a marine surveyor, will stay several weeks.
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Walter Bolton
Theodore
Joe Bolton
C. T. Bailey
Joe Albright
Monery
Mobile
Alabama National Guard
Haiden Miller
Mobile and Ohio
Meridian
Miss
Battle House
J. H. Porter
Atlanta
Mobile Forest
A. C. Coffin
Akron
Ohio
Tom J. Anderson
Galveston
Texas
Flood toll rises as six more deaths reported
In Charlotte on July 19, Southern Railway construction crews from Washington began rebuilding washed-out bridges along the Catawba river. At Mount Holly a 500-man team started work on the main line bridge, with sixteen carloads of materials arriving the previous night and trains expected to run by Sunday.
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Charlotte
N. C
The
Southern Railway Company
Washington
Mount Holly
Flood Waters Rise Over ACL Bridges Prompt Suspension
Atlantic Coast Line officials in Wilmington report Wartree river flood waters two feet above Acton trestle and rising about five inches hourly. Rimini Santee crossing nearly underwater. through traffic on the Sumter Columbia line suspended while main Jacksonville Richmond line remains open.
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Wilmington
N.C
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Wartree River
Acton
N. C
Sumter
Columbia
Santee River
Rimini
8. C
Augusta
Jacksonville
Richmond
Lake Junaluska Reports No Flood Damages
Knoxville dispatch reports Lake Junaluska near Asheville and Waynesville in North Carolina suffered no damage from floods. Officials deny dam break rumors as the Methodist Episcopal Church South continues year’s conference schedule with upcoming Bible conference and a laymen’s triennial session featuring six bishops and attendees from many states.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Lake Junaluska
Asheville
Waynesville
N. C
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Church
Scaffold collapse kills one on Southern railway at Saluda
Greenville South Carolina July 19 a high scaffold of the Southern railway at Saluda river crossing collapsed killing Larry Lark and severely injuring Boyce Key. The supports are believed undermined by high water. Bodies of two unidentified men recovered from the Catawba river at Belmont Gaston county. H P Griffin supervisor and three others rescued from a raft at Lancaster. Prominent Charlotte residents reported washed away at Cimney Rock hotel with communications cut off and safety feared.
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Greenville
8. C
Southern Railway
Saluda River Crossing
Larry Lark
Boyce Key
Recor Charlotte
N. C
Catawba
Belmont
Gaston County
The
Southern Railway Today
H. P. Griffin
Lancaster
Charlotte
Cimney Rock
Flood Toll Rises as Carolinas Recount Losses
Asheville reports flood waters retreating after Sunday rises in the Carolinas and neighboring states. Mortality stands at 40 with potential for more. property losses are estimated between 12 and 15 million dollars as Chimney Rock and Bat Cave in Rutherford County suffer severe damage from the Broad River flood.
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Asheville
N. C
Carolinas
Rutherford County
Chimney Rock
Bat Cave
Rocky Broad River
Relief Fund for Storm Sufferers Reaches 2500
The Citizens' Relief Committee of the Chamber of Commerce reports nearly $2,500 raised by popular subscription to aid storm victims. Dr. H T Inge chaired the meeting and committees submitted favorable progress reports on finance investigation and distributing aid.
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Citizens’ Relief Committee of
Chamber of Comerce
H. T. Inge
Relieff Organization
Lighthouse Buoys Relighted and Replaced After Storm
Lighthouse Inspector reports Dixie Island gas buoy 2 A at Mobile Bay will be relighted. Four Mile Point light on Choc tawhatchee Bay Florida to be relighted. Missing buoys near Horn Island Pass 2 B and 5 D to be replaced. Horn Island Cut beacon to be re established. Pascagoula river entrance beacons 2 4 and 6 destroyed to be re established. South Pass jetty lights relighted. Jump Post light re established. Sabine Bank east end gas buoy to be relighted.
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B. B. Dorry
Eighth Lighthouse District
Lighthouse Service
Department of Commerce
Dixie Island
Mobile Bay
Choctawhatchee Bay
Florida
Horn Island Pass
Horn Island
Mississippi Sound
Pascagoula River
South Pass
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Texas
Sabine Bank
Girl's Camp Near Wayneville Safe After Landslide
Reports from Wayneville say the nearby girls camp remains unharmed and local waters did not rise. Brevard says Mrs Heath survived injuries and is expected to recover from a landslide. One thousand laborers reached Asheville to work on Southern railway tracks as salvage operations continue near a gas plant guarded against trespass. A search party found the drowned body of Miss Mabel Foster on the Biltmore estate after Miss Lotte Wa was swept away.
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Wayneville
Brevard
Heath
Asheville
Murphy
Southern Railway
Mabel Foster
Biltmore
Mis Foster
Lotte Wa
Walker
Cap
Senate debates naval bill and child labor act request
Senate at 10 am debated the naval bill while the Democratic steering committee acted on President Wilson's request for passage of the child labor bill. House not in session, will meet Friday.
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Senate
Ued
Democratic
Wilson
House
U S May Face British Action Over Neutral Trade
Officials note Britain could bar neutral port access and blacklist Americans dealing with German firms abroad. American positions argue Britain lacks right to punish US concerns for trade with Germany and that German outputs in the US are treated as domestic. International law precedent cited by supporters of the American view.
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America
State Department
Great Britain
United States
United States Supreme Court
High Joint Commissions
Blacklist Hits New York Merchants Under Trading Act
New York traders report they and many other Americans named on the British boycott list are based in New York. J A Kahl says the blacklist has blocked his China and Far East trade, halted bills of exchange, and seized goods. Alfred Richter confirms goods seized and mail withheld due to past German connections. John Scully notes long American ownership of his bank and ongoing dealings with England. Oscar L Gubelman says cables were interfered with as his firm considers action with the state department. Charles Hardy suspects list原因 is money sent to Germany.
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New York
New York City
Atcion
Great Britain
J. A. Kahl
China
Japan
Seiure
Alfred Richter
Hong Kong
Canton
Tien Tsin
Richter
United States
Germany
John Scully
England
State Department
Oscar L. Gubelman
Knauth, Nachod & Kuhn
Charles Hardy
Postal charges fixed for submarine service between Germany and America
Geneva July 19 The Neueste Nachrichten reports German postal authorities are preparing regulations and a scale of charges for a submarine postal service between Germany and America, with details learned from Berlin via London.
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Geneva
London
Neueste Nachrichten
Munich
Berlin
Germany
America
Reserve Bank Head to Be Renominated
Washington July 19 Charles S Hamlin governor of the federal reserve board will be renominated as a member of the board when his term expires next month Administration officials denied reports that Secretary McAdoo would quit the cabinet to take Hamlin's place
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Washington
Charless. Hamlin
Federal Reserve Board
McAdoo
Hamlin
Czar's Forces Reported Across Range Into Hungary
Russian advances across Volhynia southeast of Lutsk and along Brunsiloff's southern wing threaten Boehm-Ermolli's lines near Svininsky. The report notes battles on the Stokhod and gains in the Caucasus with Baiburt taken as Austro-German forces retreat.
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Czar
Hungary
Petrograd
London
Stokhod
Volhynia
Lutsk
Brunsiloff
Caucasus
Baiburt
Boehm-Ermolli
Svininsky
Brussiloff
Dubno
Brody
German Aerial Assault Hits Reval Coastline
The German admiralty announced a nighttime bombing by naval aircraft on the Russian border port of Reval on the Gulf of Finland. Bombs struck cruisers and other warships, with numerous hits and a submarine reported as being hit four times.
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Revel
Berlin
Reval
Gulf of Finland
Fate Baldwin fair to soon be decided
Charles B. Aylin, president of the Baldwin County Fair Association, calls a meeting at the county courthouse to select new officers for the next year. Uncertainty hangs over whether a fair will be held this fall due to storm damage to crops. If abandoned, plans aim for a bigger fair in 1917.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Charles B. Aylin
Baldwin County Fair Association
Emma Smith Found Guilty of Petit Larceny in Recorder Court
Emma Smith alias Emma Spear was arraigned on petit larceny charges and sentenced to 60 days hard labor. She appealed the case with bond set at 200 dollars after Lorils Ormundsen testified she robbed him of 30 dollars.
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Emma Smith
Emma Spear
Recorder’s Court
Lorils Ormundsen
Deaths and Funerals in Mobile area
The report lists a funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church with Rev. A. G. Richards presiding and pallbearers named. It notes burial for Mrs Lula Conlon Annan from Government Street and Pleasant Avenue, with survivors including Mrs BE Barnes and Armond Annan. Also records the death of Annie Haven Schaffer aged twenty four from Biloxi, with husband and relatives surviving.
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Messrs. L. J. Miller
BE. Morton
A. O. Jon B. Steber
Thomas Cox
M. de
Trinity Episcopal Church
A. G. Richards
L. C. Annan
Lula Conlon Annan
New York
Government Street
Pleasant Avenue
Annie H. Schaffer
Annie Haven Schaffer
Biloxi
Miss
Mobile
Probe into Hector's Wreck Begins in Charleston
A naval court of inquiry convened at the Charleston navy yard to investigate the loss of the collier Hector valued at 550000 dollars. Captain William R. Shoemaker presides with Commanders MacDougal and Kearney and Lt. Commander Gannon as judge advocate. Testimony begins tomorrow as crews held for questioning.
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Charleston
S. C
Charleston Navy Yard
Hector
William R. Shoemaker
William D. MacDougal
Thomas A. Kearney
St. Clair Gannon
Tire found on streets waiting for identification
A tire found Tuesday afternoon by Willie Kemp at Government and Hamilton Streets is at the police station awaiting identification.
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Willie Kemp
Government
Hamilton
Democratic steering committee to rule on labor bill
Washington July 19 The Democratic steering committee will meet to decide whether labor provisions stay in the imperative legislation before Congress adjourns. The caucus proposed December timing for child labor review and the panel may also set dates on appropriations shipping workmen’s compensation and related measures. Administration leaders hope adjournment occurs August 19.
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Washington
F Wilson
Capitol
Congress
Democratic Steering Committee
Philippines
State Commerce Commission
Adimistration
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North Royal
Edgar Hunt
Huntley
Junaduska
Spartanburg
North
South Carolina
Central Relief Committee
Messrs
Maloney
Horton
DuBose
Plummer
Monroe
Perkins
Quinn
Wright
Wienand
Munselle
E. M Bailey
W. M. Clemens
E. Q. Norton
Dr. H .Inge
Irwin Barrett
Frank ©. Horton
H. W. DuBose
J. F. Plummer
S. D. Monroe
George A. Malone
Virginia
U. S
South America
Jamal
Reserve Bank
Frank W. Crenshaw
Lipa
War Office
Tore Berlin
Longueval
Delville Wood
Somme
Froi de Terre
Verdun
Baldwin Fair
France
Quick Transfer CO
York
Tampa
Key West
DU Bow
Mallory
Mobile, Alabama
Naval Court of Inquiry
Creaper & Burns
Dauphin Street
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