Bayonne Strike Shuts Bayonne Plant Amid Wage Demands
The Standard Oil Company employes strike in Bayonne escalates as 900 workers demand a 15 cent wage increase and cleaners seek eleven cent raise. Company chief Gifford vows to shut the Bayonne plant. 800 to 4,000 strikers intimidate remaining workers while several ships near the harbor face possible towing as the dispute affects oil shipments.
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Henryn
Bayonne
Lera
B. Gifford
F d Old Company
New Jersey
New York Ca
City Attorney to Track Pilans Bills in Montgomery Visit
City Attorney R. H. Smith traveled to Montgomery on Tuesday to follow legislative sessions and advocate bills known as the Pil lans bills. These seek to acquire title to islands below the city and authorize improvements on the property for the city commission.
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R. H. Smith
Montgomery
Pillans
Lime Against Tuberculosis in 1912 Journal of the American Medical Association
An excerpt from the May 25 1912 issue discusses calcium remedies for tuberculosis praising Eckmans Alterative. It claims the remedy aids calcium assimilation and sputum clearing though cautions that journals seldom praise past remedies. Sold by Braswell's Store and Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Cal
Eckman
Braswell
Adockman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Britain Appoints 150 Million Pound War Credit
In the House of Commons a new vote of 150 million pounds was approved, raising total wartime appropriations to 650 million with 1.012 billion pounds to August 5 through March 1. The move funds expenditures out of on hand resources and does not authorize a new loan. Prime Minister Asquith noted July spending reached 54 million pounds, with anticipation of higher rates, and allowed loans or grants to additional countries beyond dominions and allies.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Great Britain
Miller Set to Join Yankees Before August First
Theodore K Jackson of Mobile Baseball Club is due in New York to finalize Elmer Miller trade talks with Bill Donovan of the New York Yankees. Mobile has received a money offer but seeks higher pay, with Miller expected to report before August first and Mobile to receive a centre fielder in return. Jackson also plans Caribbean steamship business while in the city.
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Theodore K. Jackson
Mobile Baseball Club
New York
Bill Donovan
Elmer Miller
That Baseball Association
Mobile
Jackson
Miller
New York City
Caribbean and
Oo Steamship Company
Woman Seeks Divorce Over Cruelty in 1905 Marriage
Nellie Byrd filed for divorce in chancery court alleging violent and cruel treatment by Louis Byrd since their 1905 marriage. She says he struck her with fists sticks and once knocked her down with a chair leaving a lasting head scar. An injunction was issued restraining him from interference during proceedings.
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Nellie Byrd
Chancery Court
Louis Byrd
Smith
Pacific 10 AGT calls for peaceful Pacific congress plan
A session of the Asiatic institute weighed a proposed Pacific union congress to protect the sea routes and ensure peace. Dr. Eliot outlined four principles including open doors and no single power domination, with Honolulu as a potential meeting place in 1916. Chancellor Jordan blamed German military leadership for the war.
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San Francisco
Congress of
Pacific Ocean
Asiatic Institute
Eliet
League of Pacific
Eliot
Honolulu
Orient
David Starr Jordan
Leland Standford Junior University
Germany
Admiral von Tirpitg
Stricter Rules Adopted for Mobile Taxi Stand
Mobile officials approved amendments to sections 730 and 731 regulating taxi cab conduct on St Francis Street at Bienville Square. Drivers must be orderly, yield to traffic, stay in seats, not sleep in vehicles, and avoid disputes. Other city business included approving monthly bills and approving a coal bid for the pumping station.
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Code of Mobile
St. Francis Street
Bienville Square
Pat J. Lyons
Taylor- Lowenstein & Company
Frank Rider
Rebecca Williams
Pillans
Waterworks
Imperial Coal & Coke Company
Lyons
Witness Describes City Court Gambling Case Against Prichard
In city court on Tuesday, D. Haig Prichard faced a felony charge for keeping or operating a gaming table. Chief Crenshaw Detective Harris and Officer St Clair testified about a raid at 6 South Conception Street on December 8, and St Clair explained bank crap. Evidence included seized gambling paraphernalia as the case remained continued several times.
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D. Haig Prichard
Chief Crenshaw
Harris
St.Clair
Police Department
Prichard
South Conception Street
St. Clair
Prichard Place
Divorce suit filed by Jessie Russell in chancery court
Jessie Russell filed for divorce from Louie Russell in chancery court. They married August 13, 1918, in this city. She alleges repeated violence including choking and beating and threats to kill. Alimony is requested.
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Hubby
Jessie Russell
Chancery Court
Louie Russell
Wise Woman Relies on Lydia 3B for Health
A women uses Lydia 3B Vegetable Compound to ease backaches headaches dragging sensations and irritability seen as signals of illness. The remedy is described as a trusted root and herb formula with a long history of aiding women to return to health.
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Lydia
Social evil topic dominates Frisco Purity Congress
At the International Purity Congress in San Francisco on July 20 the focus was on social evil and suppression efforts. Speakers included Rev. EB J Squires from Washington DC and Dr. Lavaro Ramonds from Rio Janeiro.MISS Brown of Seattle stated many immoral women include schoolgirls and the mentally deficient and poor in the country, noting large hidden numbers.
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San Francisco
International Purity Congress
EB. J. Squires
Washington
D. C
Lavaro Ramonds
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Miss Brown
Seattle
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Imall
City Commission honors deceased Sister Regina Kenny
The Mobile City Commission reads a memorial for Sister Regina Kenny of the City Hospital at its Tuesday meeting. Mayor Pilns and Commissioner Lyons lead the tribute while Commissioner Schwarz orders a full page memorial with edges in black. The note praises her charity work, leadership, and humanity as head of the city hospital and chief contributor to the city’s welfare.
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Regina Kenny
City Hospital
Regina
Mobile
Regina Kelly
Uts
In and Out of Town At Local Hotels List of Visitors
The column notes arrivals at Mobile hotels including Bienville with T J Benents from Birmingham J L Jordan Chatom A G Donnell Selma O F Moss Lucedale A D Whitehead Greenville H H Foster Ocean Springs Battle House Hartwell Douglas Montgomery J E Ralston Coden R D Tobin Birmingham W L Bennett Meridian H E McCormack Mrs C F Abell Irvington W S Davis New Orleans J E Moore Jackson J B Holman Camden C J Anger Jackson W W Harrison Harold P W Davidson New Orleans Windsor guests J A Cook T J Aplin Pine Hill J C Burfoot New Orleans C D McLaughlin Irvington Klosky L C McCrary Summerdale R DeBrown Citronelle Mrs J E Cunningham and Mrs J E Cunningham Jr West Point Mrs E H Peet Foley H C Cawthon H H Wacker Pensacola John B Demestre S C Atavent A R Try W V Burleigh New Orleans T F Babcock and wife Fortee Miss C Ryan Mrs L G Peck St Louis Leon Delhomme Cotton Exchange clerk vacationing at Fairhope J A Pulliam Gulfport visiting his daughter Prof A D Whitehead Greenville agricultural agent in Mobile for a conference with George A Maloney.
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Bienville
T. J. Benents
Birmingham
Ala
J. L. Jordan
Chatom
A. G. Donnell
Selma
W. L. Bennett
Meridian
Miss
H. E. McCormack
C. F. Abell
Irvington
W. 5. Davis
New Orleans
St. Andrew
J. J. Moore
Jackson
J. B. Holman, Jr
Camden
C. J. Anger
W. W. Harrison
Harold
Fla
P. W. Davidson
Windsor
J. A. Cook
T. J. Aplin
Eliska
Thomas Pruitt
Pine Hill
J. C. Burfoot
C. D. McLaughlin
Klosky
S—L. C. McCrary
Summerdale
T. F. Babcock
C. Ryan
L. G. Peck
St. Louis
Leon Delhomme
Cotton Exchange
Fairhope
Bay
J. A. Pulliam
Gulfport
A. F. Barr
A. D. Whitehead
Greenville
Southern District
Alabama
Mobile
George A. Maloney
Court business and appointments in Tuesday sessions
Law and Equity Court reports demurrers, judgments and adjournments with several cases noted including Swift Co versus Fruit & Farm Supply Co and Palmes Bros versus Stephen Touart. Chancery docket lists testimony orders and set dates. President Wilson appoints Joseph W. George U S Attorney for Mississippi. Apples and peaches trade notes conclude the column.
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Law and Equity Court
E. Kooiman
Hammer Dry Goods T. C. Sorensen
Merriwether Sentenced to Thirty Months for Safe Robbery
William Merriwether pleaded guilty in city court to robbing the Southern Express Company's local office safe of 8000 dollars on May 20. Judge O J Semmes sentenced him to two and a half years in prison. Other defendants received various durations for thefts and burglaries including Myron Ford, William McClure, Percy Williams, and Henry Williams.
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William ‘Thomas Merriwether
Southern Express Company
O. J. Semmes
Penkee Ee
Grand
Myron Ford
John T. Adams
William McClure
Richard Finch
Toulminville
Percy Williams
McGowin- Lyons Hardware & Supply Company
Ingersoll
Wetumpka
Henry Williams
Roy A. Gossett
Williams
Maritime Lloyds Sailings Limit Cuban Trade Growth
The Mallory liner Lampasas and the American schooner Thomas F Pollard departed with cargoes for Genoa from Bay City Export. Ponce cleared for San Juan and other Puerto Rican ports. Fort Gaines carried 15000 banana bunches and 156 sacks of coffee, returning ballast. Bluefields to Porto Cortez, Honduras. Europa moved to load Cuban port cargo under Munson line charter. Cuban gulf trade expanding. Munson increases fleet to meet demand.
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Mallory
Lampasas
New York
Thomas F. Pollard
Bay City Export Company
Genoa
Italy
Ponce
Porto Rican Steamship Company
New Orléans
San Juan
Porto Rican
Fort Gaines
United Fruit Company
Belize
Bluefields
Porto Cortez
Honduras
Europa
James Gibboney & Co
Munson Line
Cuban
Cuba
Gulf Coast
Munson
Jerome Jones Arrested for Assault and Battery
Jerome Jones was arrested on Tuesday morning by Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lynch on the charge of assault and battery. Joe Hurger, the complainant, alleges Jones assaulted and beat him with his fist. Oscar W. Elliott filed suit in the law and equity court on Tuesday against Z. W. Zimmerman for 275 dollars alleged to be due by account.
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Jerome Jones
Dennis Lynch
Joe Hurger
Jones
Oscar W. Elliott
Law and Equity Court
Z. W. Zimmerman
Man sues Coca Cola firm for bug in drink
G C Bryant files suit in the law and equity court seeking 500 damages claiming a Coca Cola bottle contained a large bug. He swallowed it while drinking and was nauseated and ill for hours. James A Lewis and Son sue J T Alvarez for 82 50 for work and labor performed.
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G C. Bryant
Law and Equity Court
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
James A. Lewis
Licensed to Wed In Probate Court On Monday And Tuesday
Marriage licenses were issued out of the probate court on Monday afternoon and Tuesday. The couples listed include White Turner and Lemus Price, Hartley Hansen and Ethel Yarborough, George Walker and Bessie Dickinson, and Fred Green and Rosetta Pierson. The note ends with a remark on reason versus prejudice.
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Fred Turner
Lemus Alonzo Price
Hartley Owen Hansen
Ethel Joyner Yarborough
George J. Walker
Bessie EB. Dickinson
Fred Green
Rosetta Pierson
Vitalitas touted by Birmingham druggist Manning
W E Manning, longtime Birmingham druggist, cites patient stories of Vitalitas easing indigestion and constipation for twelve years and says three bottles brought full recovery and weight gain. He claims daily reports of remarkable results and endorses Vitalitas as a superior tonic available at Sutton's Drug Store and by most druggists.
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W. E. Manning
Birmingham
Springs
Sutton’s
Local Social Notes Include Weddings and Visits
A string of Mobile residents return from visits in Selma Meridian and Shiloh while others prepare for gatherings at Odd Fellows Hall. The Price Turner wedding was held at Rev Francis Atchison's parlor with family and friends in attendance.
Newlyweds Host After Ceremony at Bride’s Parents Residence
After the ceremony the newly married couple and friends returned to the bride’s parents home for refreshments and well wishes. The couple will reside with Mr and Mrs Harvey Price for now. Funeral of C T Brinkerhoff held Monday at Roche Burke establishment parlor with Interment at Meyers Cemetery near Prichard Hill Pastor Francis M Atchison officiating.
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Turner
Harvey Price
C. T. Brinkerhoff
Roche @ Burke undertaking establishment
Meyers Cemetery
Prichard Hill
Francis M. Atchison
Whistler
City Moves to Cut Weeds on Vacant Lots
City Attorney R H Smith works on a bill to grant the city authority to cut grass and weeds on vacant lots and sidewalks of non resident owner properties. City Commissioner Laz Schwarz pushed the measure to require non residents to clean up, addressing years of lack of authority and trouble with property agents.
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R. H. Smith
Laz Schwarz
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Safford Berney
Lovie McKinstry
Marie E. Patterson
Thomas H. Smith
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Thomas Smith
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Mary Williams
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Southern Railway Company
William M. Harris
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Pete Rossman
Alphonse Phillips
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Robert P. Turner
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George Gibson
Gaston
Ernest Hodges
San Souci Beach
E. M. Daffin
Shiloh
Baptist Church
Edward Lavett
Hugh L. Fox
H. L. Fox
Eight-Mile Station
Beatrice Lane
William Lane
A. J. Davis
S. J. Davis
Semmes
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Mamie Jackson
Millard Eckford
Lee Roy Finnegan
Troy
M. D. Jackson
Z. H. Allman
Harold Wren
Howard Richardson
J.J. Jones
Lambert
Leroy
Pensacola
Robert Dailey
Blanche Chandler
Lillie May Bryers
Plateau
Lyons Park
Charles Whiteman
W. W. Leary
Helping Hand Society
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Mattie
Elizabeth Leary
Mary Louise
Iris Seabury
Irma
Hazel Wilkings
Pauline Willis
Commissioner Schwarz
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Sewelry
Bill
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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