Wilson names for Democratic convention leadership.
President Wilson and advisers agree on James for permanent chairman and Stone for platform committee chair. Pomerene still considered for chair, with preparations for the June 15 nomination of Wilson and June 16 nomination of Marshall. Platform focus includes foreign policy and preparedness.
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Washington
James
Stone
Wilson
Pomerone
Ohio
Senitore
John W. Wescott
New Jersey
Marshall
Kern
Mr. Wilson
Vinegar Bend Lumber to Launch Mobile Cuba Barge Line
The Vinegar Bend Lumber Company will operate a barge line from Mobile to Cuba in the near future. It has ordered several large ocean-going lumber barges for the Mobile Cuba trade, with construction contracted to a New Orleans shipyard. Currently it ships lumber to Cuba in schooners. The Bahamas Timber Company also plans a port to Cuba barge service.
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Vinegar Bend Lumber Company
Mobile
New Orleans
Cuba
Bahamas Timber Company
Chicago parade nears nineteen hour pass time
The great Chicago preparedness parade began at 9 o'clock with 2,032 paraders in the first twelve minutes. Officials estimate 200000 enrollments will require about nineteen hours for the parade to pass a fixed point as crowds from New Orleans to Nashville join in support with flags and bunting.
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Chicago
Democratic platform to focus on preparedness and foreign policy
St Louis reports say the Democratic platform will center on preparedness and foreign policy with President Wilson seen as shaping key planks. Senator Stone of Missouri may chair the resolutions committee and Champ Clark could be permanent chair if duties allow. Fred Lynch urged as next committee chairman.
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ST. Louis
Campas
Wilson
Stone
Missouri
Champ‘Clark
Congress
Tony
Fred B. Lynch
Minnesota
William McCombs
Progressives push Roosevelt for president as party seeks harmony
Chicago authorities report Progressive leaders after a conference vow to use all influence to push the Republican national convention to nominate Theodore Roosevelt. If unsuccessful they will consider other candidates. Informal talks with Republicans continue as both sides seek a united platform and ticket.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
City Court Term Its Adjournment Sine Die
The February term of the city court adjourned sine die Saturday afternoon. The alias writ of arrest and forfeiture of bond in the Sylvia Rowell case for violation of the prohibition law was set aside on motion by Attorney C W Tompkins. William Schroeder bondsman for Hugh Gills pleaded guilty and paid $50 plus court costs.
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Sylvia Rowell
C. W. Tompkins
William Schroeder
Hugh Gills
Prechnee
Bloodiest Verdun Battles Rage With German Penetration
Paris reports in a war office update that German assaults on Verdun forts Vaux breach a deep trench north of the main French line but internal works remain French held. Heavy German losses accompany their limited gain as fighting continues in the Argonne west of Verdun.
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Paris
Forts Vaux
Verdun
Meuse
War Office
Argonne
Verdu n Assault Intensifies as Germans Push Reinforcements
Paris reports Ver dun battle reaches unprecedented violence over 48 hours. German forces mass on the Meuse right bank supported by heavy artillery in a bid to force a fortress breakthrough. Despite heavy losses the French say lines remain largely unchanged with Damloup outskirts reached but town center still held by French.
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Paris
Verdun
Meuse
Damloup
Showers Then Fair Weather Promised
The weather forecast predicts thunder showers this afternoon then generally fair with little temperature change tonight and Sunday. Light to moderate winds. Yesterday's high readings included ninety plus in several southwest cities, with the Mobile district reporting no extreme heat.
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Mercury
Cotton Region
Mobile
Warehouse Case Set For June 9 In Prohibition Trial
The Pensacola St Andrew and Sea Steamship Company faces prohibition charges in recorder's court after a May 26 raid on Commerce Street warehouse by Chief Van Liew and detectives. About $4 000 in whiskey beer and other intoxicants were seized. Joe Williamson also charged and reset for June 7.
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Pensacola, St. Andrew
Lf Steamship Company
Recorder’s Court
Commerce Street
van Liew
Rondeau, Murphy
Poison in Medicine Kills One at Byberry Ward
In a Philadelphia hospital ward at Byberry twelve tubercular inmates consumed a poison solution mixed into their medicine. One man died and eleven others were seriously ill. David Friedman, 25, has confessed to placing the poison in the medicine.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Hospital
Byberry
David Friedman
Graduate Nurses Meet in Mobile on June Seventh
The Mobile Graduate Nurses Association will hold its regular monthly meeting Wednesday at 3 o'clock in the Mobile Medical Association hall. All members are urged to attend.
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Mobile Graduate Nurses’ Association
Mobile Medical Association
New Orleans Honors National Preparedness With Veterans Parade
A vocat ional parade in New Orleans drew more than 85 000 marchers amid a Confederate Memorial Day holiday. Twelve divisions, led by the United Confederate Veterans and G A R, included governors officials and legislators as banners of organizations or occupations marched. No uniforms except Civil War veterans militiamen and bandsmen were allowed.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Jefferson Davis
United Confederate Veterans
Governor Pleasant
Nashville Preparedness Parade Draws Citywide Involvement
Nashville hosts a preparedness demonstration and parade with participation from all city organizations and institutions. The march will be reviewed by Governor Tom and feature a Centennial Park address by J M Dickinson. The program includes songs America and The Star Spangled Banner. Weather is bright with possible showers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tom
Centennial Park
J. M. Dickinson
America
Fourth logwood cargo arrives on Dominican schooner Dilia
The fourth cargo of logwood this week reached port aboard the Dominican schooner Dilia from Port au Prince Haiti. Other recent arrivals include the American steamship San Roman and schooners Sadie C Sumner Walton with dyewood bound for Mobile. Workmen discharge and reload cargoes into box cars for shipment to Northern and Eastern points.
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Dilia
Port Au Prince
Haiti
San Roman
Sadie C. Sumner
Walton
Mobile
Romance of Mobile Time Is Extended for Local Showings
The "Romance of Mobile" runs again at the Cre theatre today and Sunday at the Columbia theatre. Arrangements have been made to allow all residents to view the film. Crowds have filled the descent theatre in recent days to see the Mobile produced feature, whose cast is entirely Mobile residents.
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M Mobil
Cre
Columbia Theatre
Descent
British Loss in Tonnage in Horns Reef Battle
British and German losses dominate reports of the Horns Reef naval action in the North Sea. German estimates cite 133000 tons British to 23000 German, though Britain denies the flagship loss. Zeppelins aided German scouts while Verdun operations press Fort Vaux near the fortress.
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London
Horn's Reef
North Sea
Warspite Sonk
Elbing
Verdun
Fort Vaux
Wake
Battle off Jutland described by British trawler captain
Captain Thomas Punt of the John Brown reported a naval clash off Jutland lasting from 4 15 p m to 11 p m over a wide area west of the Horn. He saw fifty German ships, a later British fleet, heavy firing, smoke from hit vessels, and a pursuit as torpedo boats dashed in.
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Jutland
Ymuiden
Holland
London
Thomas Punt
John Brown
Punt
Cunningham held on statutory charge awaiting trial in Mobile
7 Cunningham, a negro, was arrested on a statutory charge and is now in the state penitentiary at Wetumpka. He will be brought back to Mobile for trial. The June term grand jury will convene Monday morning and Cunningham’s case will be the first on the docket. the alleged crime occurred in Toulmin.
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Cunningham
Wetumpka
Mobile
Cunnningham
Toulmin
Two Mobilian Officers Return From Training Camp
Carl McMahon of Company E Alabama National Guard and Ben Marshall of the Machine Gun Company returned to Mobile from Fort Oglethorpe Military Training Camp with news the camp will stay as long as needed to awaken Southern support for preparedness. General Wood said the current list of U S army officers would be exhausted in three months of fighting, based on British army numbers early in the European war.
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Alabama National Guard
Ben Marshall
Mobile
Fort Oglethorpe
Chattanooga
McMahon
Wood
Europe
Plattsburg Camp Sees Surge in Enrollees and Training
General Wood stresses officers are essential to an army and training camps prepare men for leadership. Lt McMahon notes 350 in the first camp with many from the East and Midwest. Plattsburg already lists over 10 000 enrolled with more expected as the camp opens. Two Mobile militiamen returned from Fort Oglethorpe fit and eager about the movement. Arenon says work is plentiful at the camp. Training runs from early morning to after dark with long hikes and equipment carries. Men report excellent spirits and readiness for more drills.
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Wood
McMahon
East
Middle West
Plattsburg
Mobile
Fort Oglethorpe
United States
Areahon
Camp notes praise training camp and worker participation
Lieutenant McMahon spoke of a camp with a strong esprit de corps drawing young men from many professions. He praised the value of training for preparedness and physical fitness, citing a United Fruit Company gesture of covering expenses for workers and noting seventy five Tennessee Coal Iron and Railway employees attended the first Oglethorpe encampment.
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McMahon
United Fruit Company
Tennessee Coal Iron & Railway Company
Oglethorpe
City Commissioner Laz Schwarz Improves at Home
Laz Schwarz, city commissioner, had been ill at home for two days and was reported improving Saturday afternoon.
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Laz Schwarz
City Observes Jefferson Davis Birthday Holiday in Mobile
Mobile marks Jefferson Davis birthday as a legal holiday with banks closed post office on Sunday hours and courts idle. Electra Semmes Colston Chapter UDC hosts 5 PM observance at 1045 Dauphin Way inviting Marian Wilmer Jones COD to attend.
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Jefferson Davis
Confederate States
Mobile
Law and Equity Court
Inferior Court
Electra Semmes
Safford Berney
Dauphin Way
Daughters of the Confederacy
Marian Wilmer Jones
Children of the Confederacy
Germans Elated Over Results of Big Naval Battle
Berlin reports reveal that the German high seas fleet under Vice Admiral Scheer claimed victory in a grand scale naval engagement. Survivors’ accounts cited by German commentators suggest the fleet remained in the field, in spite of a British force said to be roughly twice as strong in ships and guns.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Sayville
N. Y
Scheer
von Johl
Naval engagement reported near Norway and Denmark coast
Detailed reports are not yet received. The main battle likely occurred about 126 miles southwest of southern Norway and 160 miles off Denmark. The day action began around 4 PM and lasted until dark about 9 PM, followed by night engagements. Exact ranges and courses are unconfirmed, but likely around eight miles due to hazy weather.
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Norway
German torpedo boats and destroyers more effective
The article notes German torpedo boats and destroyers outpaced British ships, shaping German successes against a superior foe. It mentions the Warspite loss denial by Britain, German ships reaching Wilhelmshaven, and awaits Admiral Scheer’s fuller report on damage and outcomes.
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Wilhelmshaven
Admiral Scheer
German Fleet Triumph At Sea Triggers ReichstagDisplay
At least thirty four British capital ships engaged in night actions. Westfalen sank six torpedo boats. Pommern was sunk under Captain Boelken. Berlin festooned with flags as German fleet losses were small by comparison. Rear Admiral Hebbinghaus announced the result causing a Reichstag demonstration.
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Admiralty
Westfalen
Boelken
Berlin
Reichstag
Hebbinghaus
Washington
Joy Ride Ends in Court for Chauffeur George Thomas
George Thomas a 4 year old negro chauffeur was arrested after a joy ride in his employer Mr. Samuel L Schwarz car. Police awaited him when he returned and he was arraigned in recorder's court later fined 51 dollars and costs or thirty days hard labor. Schwarz testified he had sent Thomas to a repair shop and that the car was used in the incident.
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George Thomas
George
Recorder’s Court
Samuel L. Schwarz
Thomas
Big Naval Action Report Says German Losses Colossal
Report circulated in London claims eight German warships sought refuge in Danish waters after a North Sea battle. British fleet reportedly waiting as the German admiralty confirms the dreadnought Wesfalen sunk and survivors say twenty torpedo boats were destroyed in what is described as colossal German losses.
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London
Berlin
German dreadnaught and cruiser added to losses from Jutland
London reports June 3 that the German dreadnaught Westfalen 18600 tons was sunk in the Jutland battle. The German admiralty admits losses including battleships Pommern and Westfalen and four light cruisers. British losses include Captain Prowse and the Queen Mary crew. two Zeppelins were also destroyed.
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London
Jutland
Berlin
Beatty
Westfalen
Admiralty
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