Bond issue to be sold may cancel August election
Attorneys say the $150,000 school bond issue voted January 18, 1916 is legal and will be sold Friday. If sold, the August 1 election will be canceled. Dr. A G Ward and the revenue and road commissioners indicate buyers are protected and no Supreme Court ruling is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.G. Ward
Board of Revenue and Road ‘Commissioners
Acert E. Gordon, Lans
Sullivan ‘& Oy
Otto Marx & Co
Birmingham
Ala
Supreme Court of the State
Relief committee receives $350.05 in subscriptions
Collections totaling 350.05 were turned over to Mr. J. Thompson, chairman of the Central Relief Committee of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce, by sub committees Thursday morning. Clothing and food contributions arrived, with both investigating and distribution committees kept exceptionally busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thompson
Central Relief Committee
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Donations of Supplies Made by Merchants
Merchants contributed supplies with American Seed and Implement Company giving 10 bushels each of cowpeas and sorg hum seed and Simon Shoe Company contributing 7 bushels of seed.
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American Seed and Implement Company
Simon Shoe Company
Wandering Hard Tack Provokes Patriotism Found in City
A piece of Uncle Sam's hard tack believed to have been lost by a distressed owner was found Thursday morning on Dauphin Street near Conception. E M Jones and Charles Delhomme discovered it and planned to place it in a window at Van Antwerp's to aid in recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Mates Castle
Cattle Owner Seeks 5000 Reward in Eradication Case
Samuel Lyons via Rich and Hamilton sued Dr. W J Selkin of the Alabama Live Stock Sanitary Board over cattle eradication in the county near Seesae. Judge Henry Chamberlain ruled warrants insufficient, leading the state to nolle prose the cases after a hard-fought defense by Gaillard and Mahomer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Lyons
Rich & Hamilton
Law and Equity Court
W. J. Selkin
Alabama Live Stock Sanitary Board
Lyons
Aqutern
Seesae
Lark
Acini
Progress
Failur Ap.x Cattle
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Gaillard & Mahomer
Chamberlain
Sweet Potatoes and Watermelons Moved by Gulf Coast Exchange
The first carload of sweet potatoes for the season is being loaded at Carney Alabama for shipment to the northern market. Mobile receives smaller lots, with seven hampers arriving from Axis. A carload of watermelons is also being loaded at Axis for shipment to Mobile, expected Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Carney
Ala
Mobile
Axis
Donald Bankruptcy Petition Is Entered
Donald, a local ship broker, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States court with liabilities of 31332.80 and assets of 30342.97. He was adjudicated a bankrupt and the case referred to R. T. Ervin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
United States
R. T. Ervin
Rotary Club In Weekly Meeting With Cincinnati Speaker
The Mobile Rotary Club met in a weekly session at 1 o clock in the afternoon at the Vineyard of Cawthon hotel. President L. D. om returned from the annual Rotary convention in Cincinnati Ohio and spoke of the trip noting it was the most entertaining journey he had ever taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Rotary Club
Vineyard
Cawthon Hotel
L. D. Om
Cincinnati
Ohio
Executive Citrus Exchange Holds Meeting
An executive session of the Citrus Exchange discusses internal matters. Officials meet to review policies, budget considerations, and organizational affairs affecting members and operations.
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Citrus Exchange
Execu. Coast Ci
Illinois plant may move here new inquiries reach Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce received three letters seeking information about Mobile from the International Directory and from Mr. G. E. Weelfing of Gary Indiana. Another letter from Mr C Wright of Brookfield Illinois hopes to relocate to Mobile or Citronelle with the Aluminum Product Company. Weelfing plans lectures on the South and seeks Mobile data.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce Thursd
Illinois
Mobile
Citronelle
C. Wright
Brookfiel
I11
International Directory
International Commercial Directory of
New York
Chamber of Commerce
G. E. Weelfing
Gary Public Schools
Gary
Ind
South
Taxes Must Be Paid by Friday Warns Deputy Collector Here
Mrs. Sarah E Hoffman deputy internal revenue collector warns that a penalty will be imposed on those who fail to pay taxes by Friday under the special war revenue tax act of October 22 1914. Taxes payable at the custom house. The tax covers pawn commercial and customhouse brokers theater proprietors bowling alley operators circus and other public entertainments pool billiard room operators commission merchants tobacco cigar and cigarette dealers and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah E. Hoffman
Internal Revenue
Custom House
Swapping Horses Leads To Jail Release In Habeas Proceeding
Joe Holder, a black man held in the county jail for two weeks on robbery charges, was freed via habeas corpus in circuit court Wednesday afternoon by Judge Browne. The arrest stemmed from an alleged horse swapping scheme in Cree, with no evidence of criminal intent found.
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Joe Holder
Apollo Train Resumes Runs to Eastern Shore
The Apollo service plans trips to Fairhope and Magnolia Beach with daily departures at 6 30 a m from coastal stations and Sunday evenings from its usual routes. The schedule lists multiple departures for battles in the region with morning and evening times.
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Thero
Fairhope
Magnolia Beach
Dawes Branch Passenger Service Resumes After High Water
General Agent H. Jones of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad announces that the Dawes Branch passenger service resumed today after being interrupted for several hours due to high water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawes Branch
H. ©. Jones
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Bey Poe
Pozieres Hold Is Clinched by Shell Shower
London dispatch reports heavy German shelling and gas shells on the Pozieres front with hand to hand fighting at several points. German submarines sink timber cargo vessels in the North Sea as part of an energetic campaign. Russians claim 6 250 prisoners in Volhynia while Turkish Erzingan fortress is reported captured.
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London
North Sea
Ose
Slonevka
Volhynia
Erzingan
Armenia
Big Ship Again to Sail From Chan deleur Island
Captain Santa Cruz reports the Avenger, ashore four years at Chandeleur island, now floats 150 yards from shore and will anchor at Mobile harbor within days. Rebuilding, costing about 75000, is planned. The schooner John W. Dana was blown apart. a four masted American schooner and a foreign bark lie ashore with cargo.
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Gu. Santa Cruz
Mobile
Chandeleur Island
Ave
Mobile Harbor
Avenger
Santa Cruz
John W. Dana
Mr. Santa Crus
Senate Approves Aid for Militiamen Families
The Senate agreed to provide 2.06 million dollars for relief of dependent families of enlisted militiamen in the organized militia and regular army serving in the Mexican emergency. Eligible dependents would receive up to 50 dollars per month at the secretary of war's discretion.
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Washington
Senate
Protect the Babies by Cleanliness Plea by U S Experts
U S Public Health Service urges action with the banner Give Baby a Chance. They warn that bad air bad milk overcrowding poverty dirt ignorance and heat in summer threaten infant health and survival. The message emphasizes sanitary conditions and prevention.
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U.S
The
United States Public Health Service
English Press Reports Germans Hard on Somme Line
The British official statement says troops fought hand to hand with Germans along the Somme front through the night. It notes heavy use of gas and tear shells by the enemy and reports no other major incidents on the British front in the last 48 hours. A Russian counter claim mentions Teutons, five guns and 22 machine guns captured, and a naval battle in Scandinavian waters is denied.
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London
Somme
France
British Navy has no new scan report officials say
Officials of the British Admiralty told the Associated Press there was no confirmation of unofficial reports of new naval activity in the region. No received data or official notice supported any scan or movement at sea.
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London
Associated Press
Ae Se
Chance of renewed fight in Macedonia lessens
Athens reports that after lengthy talks between General Moschopoulos King Constantine and the Greek general staff there is a general belief in military circles that hostilities in Macedonia may not resume soon. The item notes continued discussions and references a continuation on page six.
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Macedonia
Athens
Veda
London
Moschopoulos
Saloniki
Constantine
Mace
Whistler Shops Resume Full Operation Thursday
The Mobile and Ohio big repair shops at Whistler resumed operations Thursday on a nine hour day. Notice of reopening posted Wednesday afternoon. This month the shops worked two and a half days. resuming Thursday allows six and a half days in July.
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Mobile
Ohio
Whistler
Proposed L and N Traffic Changes Found Unjustified
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that proposed tariff changes by the Louisville and Nashville and other railroads to raise freight rates on grain grain screenings animal and poultry feeds from New Orleans to Columbia Raleigh Wilmington and other North Carolina points and Danville Virginia were not justified. Increases on animal and poultry feeds ranged from 2 to 17 cents per hundred pounds.
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Washington
Louisville and
Nashville
New Orleans
Columbia
D. C
Wilmington
Raleigh
North Carolina
Danville
Interestate Commerce Commission
Allied Submarine Base Bombarded by Zeppelin
Berlin reports a German airship attacked the main base for Russian and British submarines at Marieham on July 25. The airship dropped 790 kilograms of explosive bombs and, though shelled, returned to port undamaged.
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Berlin
Marieham
Germany
John Powe Removed from Seed Sidewalk Incident
A fragment notes John Powe was removed near the Seed sidewalk at Commerce and 8th streets amid an attack. Details are unclear in the readable text.
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John Powe
Commerce
Blacklist Protest Cabled to London by U S State Department
Washington dispatch reports the note to Great Britain objecting to the blacklist of American firms was cabled to London late last night by the State Department Acting Secretary Polk said the cable contains representations and will be released Monday.
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London
U.S. State Department
Washington
Great Britain
State Department
Polk
Firms on British trade blacklist reject proposed resisting body
In New York on July 27 a group of blacklisted British firms said the newly formed association to counter British domination of American commerce is not representative. At least fifty firms refused to join. There was talk of forming an independent body, but government involvement now affects the anti action.
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New York
Prohibition raids net liquor and fines in city
Detectives seized nine ten gallon barrels of whiskey from William McCue’s car at Wilkin son and Elmira streets and McCue fled before being captured. Five men paid $50 fines and several others faced fines or appeals for violations. Wednesday night raids found beer and whiskey in multiple locations including Adams street and a vacant building on Royal Street.
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Wilkinson
Elmira
Newbern
Harris
William McCue
Water Street
Eslava
Wil
McCue
Joe Bit
H. P. A. Richardson
Nen
W. H. Blalack
Adams Street
Gaston
Shines
North Royal Street
Claiborne and
Madison
Jemison
A. Balladares
J. R. Nelson
Crop Damage Reports Lift Wheat Prices in Northwest
Chicago July 27 Wheat prices rose about four and a half cents on crop damage reports from the northwest. September futures touched 1.24 and a quarter dollars. Navy rust and heat blight affected the region, boosting values.
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Chicago
Northwest
British contradict claim of warship entering Chesapeake Bay
Washington reports Sir Cecil Spring Rice relayed a British admiral's denial that any warship entered Chesapeake Bay near dawn. The incident, tied to rumors of a North Carolina armored cruiser, sparked debate over a possible hoax and conflicting paths of U S destroyers with English ships.
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Washington
Cecil Spring Rice
Polk
Sqt
Atlantic
Louisiana
President Urges Navy Bill Review Faced Senate Rejection
Chairman Padgett of the House Naval Committee reported the naval bill with disagreement and conference after President Wilson urged agreement. The debate centered on amendments from Cox Indiana Byrnes and others protesting bill features. The president summoned representatives Padgett and Democratic members for talks.
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Washington
Padgett
House Naval Committee
Wilson
Aries
Cox
Indiana
Byrnes
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HUARD
Patriotis
U. S
van Antwerp
D. L. Jemison
Produce Exchange
Donald Bankruptcy
Rotary Club
Aluminum Products Company of
Brookfield, Ill
Will
Pozieres
Shell Shower
Teutons
Czar
Scandinavian
Cona
Beene Alao
Joe Williamson
W. E. Flinn
Bruce Etheridge
Charles Nathan
George Barnes
Charlie Childs
James O'Grady
Leroy Grayson
W. J
J. T. McGrath
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