Frankmere May Load 25 Feet Through Mobile Channel
The British steamship Frankmere, due August 1, may load 25 feet 1-2 inches depth if Harbormaster Norville’s recommendation is approved by the harbor board. Mayor Frisee backs the plan as the current channel limit is 25 feet, though Norville says 25 feet 7 12 inches is feasible.
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Frankmere
Dempster
Thomas P. Norville
Harbor Board of
Mayer Schwarz
Frisee
Erom Board
Norville
Edwards Answers On Four Charges
Claude Edwards of 305 Spring Hill avenue faced four charges after arrests by Mounted Officers Macon and Harris. He was fined for disorderly conduct and drunkenness, $25 for resisting an officer, and a jury trial was ordered for assault and battery with bonds set at $250 and $160 for the resisting case. Attorney C W Tompkins defended him.
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Claude Edwards
Spring Hill Avenue
Macon
Harris
Oliver Pistole
Kaw
Edington
Recorder’s Court
Edwards
Pistole
C. W. Tompkins
Crichton
Ann Streets
Home Dredging Co Wins Mobile River Contract
The Home Dredging Company of Mobile won the dredging contract for Mobile River from Chickasabogue Creek to the river mouth. Bid price was 131 10 cents per yard for 650000 yards of work, to be completed in six months as part of the harbor project. Other bidders included L T Gaylord, Southern Dredging Co of Mobile, and Bowers Southern Dredging Co of Galveston. Government dredge will operate in the river during work.
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The
Home Dredging Company of
Mobile
Mobile River
Chickasabogue Creek
United States
C.A.¥. Flagier
L. T. Gaylord
Houston
Tex
Southern Dredging Company
Bowers Southern Dredging Company
Galveston
Big steamer Nicosian to load cargo at Mobile
The steamer Nicosian 4097 Manning master under Frederick Leyland is due in Mobile Sunday from Port Simon. It will dock at Pier 2 to load lumber timber and cotton for Liverpool England. The Mercian also sailed from the port recently reaching twenty five feet depth.
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Nicosian
Frederick Leyland Steamship Company
Mobile
Port Simon
Liverpool
England
Mercian
Seven Course Dinners Replace Simple Supper Complaints
A newspaper-era remark notes bread and milk still make a fine supper, but modern readers favor elaborate seven course dinners and grumble about rising living costs.
Administration seeks quick path on currency bill reform
President Wilson works to unite Democrats on the administration currency bill with hopes for a prompt committee report. He met with Arkansas Democrat Wingo and with Henry to reconcile changes while keeping Pujo findings separate. Senate party polling shows broad support with a few objections and few absences.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
House
Wingo
Arkansas
Henry
Pujo Money Trust Committee
Owen
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
House Committee
Mulhall Senate Lobby Testimony Details Ties to Manufacturers
Congress records reveal Martin M Mulhall’s lobbying for the National Association of Manufacturers with letters and campaigns noted. Democratic senators press for detail while awaiting House cross examination on campaign work and labor legislation efforts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate Lobby Committee
Nelson
Cummins
Overman
Reed
Walsh
Mulhall
House Lobby Committee
House
Senate Committee
McMall
Massachusetts
Bird
Senator Lodge
Charles R. Hatfield
T. D
Nichols
Pennsylvania
Georges A. Peare
Maryland
Taft
C.D. Norton
Beverly
New Jersey
Fenny
Philadelphia
Senator Foraker
John H. Taylor
East Liverpool
H.M. Hanna
Congressional Committee
Plan for Alabama Commercial Congress Proposed by Montgomery
The Panama Canal Celebration Committee discusses forming the Alabama Commercial Congress a state chamber of commerce to oversee county delegations and ensure full regional representation at the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile. Preliminary fees may be required from Montgomery officials and executives.
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Montgomery
Alabama Commercial Congress
Florida Rep Clark renews Monroe Doctrine stance
Washington July 25 Representative Clark of Florida introduced a concurrent resolution reaffirming the Monroe Doctrine. The measure denounces European colonization in the hemisphere and opposes immigration or colonization by people with whom Caucasians cannot assimilate, sending the resolution to the foreign affairs committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Clark
Florida
Earth
Foreign Affairs Committee
Arrest Ordered After Failed Appearance for Warrant
Edward W. Hansen a butcher was arrested on a city license and inspection charge after failing to appear in Recorder's Court. Judge Edington ordered re arrest and set bond at 250 dollars. Hansen had earlier threatened to shoot if a warrant came to his place.
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Edward W. Hansen
F. R. Harsh
Recorders Court
Edington
Hansen
Harsh
Woolfe
Harsh Hansen
Woole
Bucks Gamble Squaws Do Work
San Francisco July 25 Indians employed as substitutes for Mexican laborers in a Nevada desert project work steadily after replacing the men who would drop tools and rest when the boss was out of reach. The change improves productivity and job flow despite harsh conditions.
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San Francisco
Nevada Desert
General strike in Mobile follows machinists walkout
The idle machinists strike began Friday morning over an eight hour day and four dollar daily wage dispute. A expectant general strike of iron workers and dry dock employers on the riverfront is forecast as talks drag with no settlement this week at Central Trades Council hall.
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Mobile
George Jacobson
Jacobean
United States
Barnard
Central Trades Council Hall
Jewel thieves held for trial
Julius Goldstein reported two suspects Manuel Zamoras a Mexican and Stephen Morales a Spaniard were bound over to the city court grand jury under $500 bond after arrest at the Palace Jewelry Company on a watch charm theft. Zamoras confessed Morales denied guilt and faced a conspiracy charge over the chain diamond studded Elk pin found in Morales possession. Detectives Murphy Lacey and Officer Burch investigated and face a $100 award if convicted in city court.
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Julius Goldstein
Manuel Zamoras
Recorder’s Court
Stephen Morales
Murphy and Lacey
Walter Burch
Palace Jewelry Company
Crenshaw
Zamoras
Morales
California Fish Dealer Reweds Wife to End Doubt in Woodland
Samuel Pankost, a Broderick fish dealer, and Edith Cook were remarried in Woodland after a prior Reno ceremony raised doubts about legality. A Woodland justice of the peace officiated to confirm the union, noting the double ceremony as a safeguard against future questions of marital status.
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Sacramento
Woodland
Samuel Piankost
Broderick
Edith Belle Cook
Justice of the Peace Strong
Reno
New
Pankost
Edith Cook
Tom McCorvey Improving at Lyons Ranch
Letters from Lyons Colorado report Tom McCorvey is improving rapidly in health and plans to return home around September 1. He has lived on a large ranch near Lyons for seven months, and the outdoor life has agreed with him.
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Lyons
Col
Tom C. McCorvey
McCorvey
Quote on price and integrity among men
A concise aphorism notes that when someone implies a price for loyalty, their own price is likely lower, implying hypocrisy and the common claim that many men can be bought. It reflects a skeptical view of soldiers or colleagues who claim invulnerability to bribes.
Mrs Emma Wim berly Search For Missing Sons In Mobile
Two weeks ago Emma Wimberly and her three sons Henry Richard and Jeff arrived in Mobile from Montgomery seeking work. Henry 17 returned to Montgomery and sent word he found a job. Henry and a man named McGruder searched Mobile for his mother and brothers visiting police stations city offices charities and Salvation Army. The Item urges help to locate the missing family members.
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Emma Wimberly
Henry
Richard
Jeff
Mobile
Montgomery
Pnes
McGruder
Salvation Army
Notary Bond Filed by Appointed Public Official
Luman W. Savage, recently appointed a notary public by Governor O Nea l filed his bond in the probate court on Friday to begin duties.
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Luman W. Savage
O'Neal
Dairymen Institute Holds Second Health Meeting
About twenty dairymen attended the second Dairy men Institute session led by the Board of Health in the Medical College lecture room. Dr. Mohr noted open pails harbor far more germs than closed pails, and plans for August 8 meetings focus on pure milk production and economical methods.
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Dairymen’s Institute
Board of Health
Medical College
Charles A. Mohr
F. R. Harsh
Mohr
Harsh
Eather
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Store of Quality
Gotham
Channel
Gulf City Dye Works
S., Conception St
Home Dredging Co
Atlanta
N. Y
Julian Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Hawthorne
New York
International News Service
Tom M’corvey
Grancap
Bary
AM. Soda Fountains
Aaye
Mrs. Wimberly
Institute For the Dairymen
Armour’s
Blue Point
van Camp
Abe
Henry C. Meyer
N. W
Dauphin
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