Interstate Commerce Commission Revises Export Cotton Rates
The ICC orders non discriminating export cotton rates to Mobile Alabama and requires rail carriers to end penalty rates. It calls for joint through routes to Mobile and removal of preferential docking for certain steamship lines. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce complaint is addressed with prior order vacated as defendants acquiesced.
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Washington
Mobile
Alabama
Savannah
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Iity
Georgia
Mississippi
South
Mo‘ile
Wind and fire damage hit Livingston central business district
A wind and storm swept through central Montana damaging Livingston's business district with heavy destruction reported. Dispatches note German planes above Calais yesterday but dropped no bombs. Multiple incidents across cities include a Scranton banker charged with embezzlement and a hot New Orleans day reaching 100 degrees.
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Livingston
Mont
Mon
Ae Laig
Calais
Anooga
Torin
Adolph Blau
Scranto
Scranton
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Copenhagen
North Sea
Gersilm Marine
C. Johansson
Kalmar
EL Pago
Txas
Henry Salazar
Orjate Monddy
Juarez
Savannah
Bay of Bistay
Parade Lights In Ohio Vehicle Parade Seen In Geneva
In Geneva on July 28 city officials spotted a parade vehicle lit with a tin electric light. A red wink from the drum major’s coat tails warned spectators as the procession moved through town.
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Ohio
Geneva
Shane
Report on Cotton Rates Awaited by Cobb
Traffic Manager R G Cobb of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce expects a letter from Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman C C McChord by Thursday morning explaining delays in compiling new equitable cotton rates to Mobile. An order compelling carriers to file tariffs may be issued soon, with rates possibly in effect in sixty days. The piece lists carriers accused of not publishing tariffs and notes Mobile terminal charges have been standardized, making Mobile a free port.
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R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
C. C. McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile
M. D. Kahn
Joint Freight Traffic Committee
McChord
Atlantic
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Central of Georgia
Atlanta
Birmingham
St. Louis
San Francisco
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Southern Railway
Weemston Shelby Whem
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange
Cobb
Ohio and Southern
Louisville
Nashville
New Orleans
Chicago
Commission
Sleuths Raid Four Spots Find Tiny Beer Haul
City detectives searched four locations on Tuesday afternoon chasing liquor. They found about two dozen bottles at a stable behind a siding on 57 North Royal Street. The raids targeted 55 North gal Street, once a Puckett & Farrell saloon, and another store location.
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North Royal ‘Street
North Gal Street
Puckett & Farrell
Crenshaw Sought to Locate Bettie Nevin’s Son
Local man W Crenshaw received a letter from Bettie Nevin of Alabama City Alabama asking him to locate her son. The note indicates a community effort to find the missing individual and asks for any information or assistance.
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Reef
W. Crenshaw
Bettie Nevin
Alabama City
Ala
Sim
WELL SPRINGS C E SURPRISES IN COMMISSION BILL
The commission government reform bill introduced by Senator Hartwell and passed by the senate provokes strong opposition from city commissioners. Commissioner Schwarz accuses the bill of being drafted locally to preserve life tenure for subordinate city officials and to abolish the election slated for September 6.
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Hartwell
Senate
Schwarz
Giao
Lyons
Pillans
Commispg
Ee Ee Ae
War on Weevil Conditions Favor Cotton Crop Outlook
Farm reports say boll weevil damage is extensive in some sections but overall prospects for a good cotton crop remain favorable. Corn and other food crops face ravages and flour production is noted.
First Bale of Cotton Sells in Montgomery
Alabama reports its first 1916 cotton bale sold at the Cotton Exchange in Montgomery weighing 425 pounds and drawing 10 1/2 cents per pound. Farmers across Mobile and the state note boll weevil damage easing with favorable weather, forecasting an exceptional yield, as diversification and cattle-raising expand across Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Here Pee
Cotton Exchange
Montgomery County
Mobile
Monroe County
German Forces Hold Back on Multiple Fronts Near Warsaw
British press reports German units contesting the Narew river defenses north of Warsaw while Austro German forces push toward the Lublin Chelm railway. Western actions show focus on Riga and potential moves toward Petrovred as casualties and strategic positions shift amid renewed fighting.
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Narew
von’ ‘ Hidenburg
Lublin-Chelm
Teptons
Bug River
Wasaw
Lubin-Chelm
Narew River
Warsaw
Bete
Petronred
Watts
Riga
Figs Peak in Regional Harvest as Canning Prospers
The season brings an exceptionally heavy fig yield across the area with plentiful fruit of high grade. Much of the fig crop is already being canned for home use and market sale. Gardens report peppers, velvet beans, and peanuts also excellent.
House Caucus Advances Revenue Bill Amid Debate
In Montgomery Alabama the house caucus approved the revenue bill as written from section fourteen to seventy nine. The committee was sustained in all contests and an equalization board appointment will be discussed this afternoon. A compromise report on school funding and industrial school provisions was advanced as progress continued on the general revenue bill. The vote favored adoption of the measure despite opposition to cotton mill tax exemptions and shipbuilding tax relief.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Claude A. Grayson
Mobile
Alabama
Weakley
John
Dallas
Rogers
Sumter
Mob Storms Haitian Legation and Kills President Guillaume
A mob in Port au Prince dragged President Vilbrun Guillaume from the French legation and shot him dead as unrest follows the mass execution of 160 political prisoners. The U S cruiser Washington sails for Port au Prince with marines to support possible intervention as tensions rise.
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Port AU Prince
Hait
Haitiena
Vilbrun Guillaume
Haiti
Guillaume
Frerich Tion
Uillaume
Legation
Pa “Eine
Part
Aes
Washington
Ton
M. Girard
Tal
Revotal
Sion
Watia
Guillaumet
Deer
Goveré
Dominican Republic
Falen
San
Washin
Caperton
Cape Haitien
Benson
Oe Secretary of the Navy
All Workers Back at Bayonne Plants End of Oil Strike
New York July 28 workers at Standard Oil Tidewater Bayonne plants resumed work ending a ten day walkout. Vacuum Oil and General which had closed also returned to operations. Jeremiah J. Baly who led the strike sat in an automat with the sheriff as he awaited release. Frank Tannenbaum and an I W W arreste d last week were freed.
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New York
Bayonne
N. J
Standard Oil
Tidewater Oil
Vacuum
General
Jeremiah J. Baly
Frank Tannenbaum
Industrial Workers of the World
Fragmentary legal notice fragment from See 432
A partial OCR fragment from a See 432 notice shows unclear wording but indicates a formal action by local authorities. It mentions dates and parties but lacks readable names or specifics.
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Weevil
Teutonig
Gorizia
Podgora
London
Gulf of Riga
Arsanling
Sokal
House Caucus
King Progress
Hahn
Gus A Hahn
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