Teutons Press Forward Toward Lemberg
Austro German armies from Przemysl drive toward Lemberg after breaking Russian resistance at Medyka. Russian lines hold on the Galician frontier while the Przemysl fortress fall reshapes front. Berlin and Vienna report shortened Russian lines and a pivoting operation centered on Przemysl.
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London
Prze- Smysl
Medyka
Vienma
Lemberg
Medyyka
Grodek Nake
Petrogra’ Y
Teutonic
Przemys
Berlin
Vienna
Praze
Przemysl
Dniester
Lower
San
French Reach Neuville St Vaast In Fierce North Arras Fight
Paris reports indicate major French gains north of Arras with capture of much of Neuville St Vaast and 450 yards of ground gained in the northern area. Shells pound Notre Dame de Lorette and Labyrinth as French forces press toward Lens and seize the Sugar Refinery at Souchez.
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London
Arras
France
Notre Dame de Lorette
Neuville
Souchez
Lens
Ablain
Syeae Ee Ee
Mount St
Tergette
la Bassee
Bi Gun
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
The forecast shows fair conditions across Alabama and Mississippi with mostly clear skies. Temperatures remain mild with a cautious note for possible showers by Monday evening.
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Ala
Mississippi
Vinegar Bend Man I Assassinated at Hiwanee Miss
Bascom Wilson age 25 unmarried was shot from a bush at 8 30 tonight three shots heard by residents three men implicated sheriff Morton and deputies Norsworthy and Fitz geald with officers from Shubuta Clarke county searching for slayers Wilson fireman for Brown Lumber Company killed instantly on way to lodging remains to be shipped Sunday to Vinegard Bend his friends recall no motive or prior trouble
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Bascom Wilson
Brown Lumber Manufacturing Co
Waynesboro
Miss
Hiwanee
E. L. Morton
Harry Norsworthy
William Fitzgeald
Wayne County
Shubuta
Clarke
Wilson
Brown Lumber Company
Vinegard Bend
Heating and ventilation debate at Mobile schools June meeting
The Mobile board of school commissioners will discuss heating and ventilation systems at their June session in Barton Academy. A Nashville expert will be consulted. The legislature may require post 1914 schools to install heating and mechanical ventilation. The plan for concentration of country schools and Roe's tuition abolition motion are also on the agenda.
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Board of School Commissioners
Barton Academy
Itwell
Cochrane
Tisis
Moblie
Nashville
Senate
House
Country School Committee
Roe
Stable proprietors face prosecution for rat proofing failure
City health officer Dr. ene A Mohr says proprietors who do not rat proof stables per city ordinance and instructions from rat proofing engineer R P DuValle will be arrested and prosecuted. Warrants have led to several arrests. ten cases against Martin Lindsey and nine violations docketed for James McDonald. Henry W Shields case continued to allow completion of required work.
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RP. DuValle
Ene A. Mohr
DuValle
Recorder’s Court
Martin Lindsey
James ‘B. McDonald
Henry W. Shields
Roses and flowers brighten gun positions in France
London dispatch reports an artilleryman in northern France noting spring arrival. He says they have planted rose bushes and flowers around their guns to create a homier appearance.
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London
Ihorthern
France
Contract Set For Fine Arts Home By Fair Association
The Gulf Coast Fair Association awards the contract for a 126 by 70 feet three story Spanish Renaissance style fine arts building overlooking Mobile Bay. Jetruths Construction Co. will begin work immediately on a project costing at least 30,000 dollars, with a roof garden and upstairs ladies displays planned.
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Mobile
Gulf Coast Fair Association
Mobile Bay
Jetruths Construction Company
4 Mile
San Diego
San Francisco
Board of Directory
Messrs
Dan BH
Jett
Gus Muths
George + ers
J. A. Weteel
Rehabilitating Two Dauphin Street Properties
Downey and Deegan awarded a contract to M H Roberts for complete rehab and enlargement of Nos. 465 and 467 Dauphin Street. Interiors will be removed and replaced with modern store fronts and canopies, matching the Barry building. Completion will greatly improve the block’s appearance.
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Dauphin
Upper
Dauphin Street
Downey & Deegan
C. T. Gordy
Barry
Gordy
Active Work Begun On Episcopal Church Home Buildings
J A Wetzel supervising architect announced that construction has started on three buildings funded near Spring Hill. The Birmingham firm won the contract previously reported in The Item. Main building and two dormitories will rise at once in a handsome, substantial design.
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Episcopal Church Home
J. A. Wetzel
Episcopal Church Home Building Committee
Unds
Spring Hill
Birmingham
Many Mobilians Join Orioles in Initiation Ceremony
Over one hundred Mobilians from all walks of life will be initiated into the Order of Orioles Alabama Nest No. 160 this afternoon at 3 30 o'clock at their hall over the Southern Express Company office at the northwest corner of Royal and St Michael streets. Supreme Organizer George B. Sellers will oversee the ceremonies for the state of Alabama.
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Order of Orioles
Alabama
Nest No
Southern Express Company
Royal and
St. Michael Streets
George B. Sellers
Ten Vessels Sunk by German Submarines Offshore
London reports German submarines attacked English waters, sinking ten ships on Saturday following ten on Friday. The losses were mainly English steam trawlers and fishermen. no lives were lost except aboard one vessel spared as a lifeboat.
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London
Penfield
United Kingdom
Rise of Gottlieb von Jagow as German foreign minister
Gottlieb von Jagow, Germany’s foreign minister since 1913, is described as a young, little known figure whose main achievement cited is the renewal of the Triple Alliance, recently repudiated by Italy, as he assumes the task of defending the submarine war.
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Gottleib von Jagow
Italy
Churchill Defends Admiralty Record in Dundee Speech
Former first lord of the admiralty Winston Churchill defended his wartime stewardship in Dundee. He cited the Agadir crisis and Dardanelles operations, warned against con scripts, and urged national mobilization to secure victory through full civilian and military effort. He warned against paper attacks and called for unity.
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Dundee
Winston Spencer Churchill
The
Admiralty
Churchill
Agadir
Dardanelles
Lord Kitchener
France
Flanders
Dees
Wilson Notes Delayed Sent To Germany Amid Peace Talk
Washington June 5 The new note to Germany will not be sent before tomorrow at the earliest and is still at the White House as President Wilson adds final touches. Bryan Lansing and aides at the state department have not yet received the document. The discussion centers on freedom of the seas as a key issue for possible peace negotiations, with Germany favoring concessions to colonial holdings while seeking to avoid naval arms limits.
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Washington
Germany
White House
State Department
Wilson
Bryan
Robert Lansing
Department
Pane
United States
Thia
Great Britain
Rim
Hague
France
Carranza Laughs at His Opponents in Mexico City
The Sovereign Convention voted to send a nine man commission to Washington to seek U S recognition of the convention government. The group includes Frederico Gonzalez Garza and Francisco Lagos Chazaro among others. 500000 pesos was voted for expenses. The commission may be delayed by hostile forces controlling access to the capital and coast beyond ten miles from Mexico City.
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Vera Cruz
Aguas Calientes
Mexico
Washington
Wilson
Roque Gonzales Garza
Frederico Gonzalez Garza
Francisco Lagos Chazaro
Alfredo Sarratos
Santiago Orozco
Ernesto Santos Coy
Jenaro Anezcua
Otillio Montana
Carranza
Commission
Mexico City
Convention Party
Orleans Officials Seize Suspects in Local Embezzlement Case
Detective Warren Beret of the Mobile department aided New Orleans officers in arresting Alice Métor Mick and A. L. Jackson, both wanted for embezzlement and grand larceny. Jackson was implicated by watchmaker J. W. Weber of 56 South Royal Street. Archie Dych, a stockman, was arrested in Mobile by Detective W. V. Pearson.
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Warren Beret
Mobile
Rencom New
Jackson
J. W. Weber
South Royal Street
Archie Dych
W. V. Pearson
Police Had Busy Month Of May In City Report
The city police report for May shows 1238 arrests for the thirty days. Among those, 218 were White persons taken into custody.
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Ene Department
Naval Academy Faces Major Scandal In Examinations
Secretary Daniels announced at Washington that three midshipmen were dismissed and seven more recommended for dismissal over widespread irregularities in French and Spanish exams at Annapolis. A court of inquiry will probe the cases with officers unaffiliated to the academy.
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Washington
Daniels
Anapolis Naval Academy
Academy
R. L. Russell
A. T. Long
L. R. Desterigue
W. 8. Watt
Track Records Smashed on Louisville Track
Two spring racing records fell at Douglas Park Louisville on closing day. Luke the one eyed colt of J R Camden broke Leochares six furlong mark to 1 10 3 5, second fastest in the world Irin Mask had 1 09 3 5 at Juarez. Rancher won a mile and a half 1 43 8 6. Bulse defeated Fudge and Black Tiny in a close drive for Klestias as Ellison was drawn.
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Louisville
Douglas Park
Luke
J. R. Camden
Leochares
Irin Mask
Juarez
Ellison
Schorr
Bulse
Klestias
Former East Shore resident Breckenridge held on fraud charges
B W Breckenridge, once living in Battles and Fairhope on the Eastern Shore, is arrested in New Orleans on a $7000 bad check for a yacht. He is also wanted in Mobile for defrauding Henry Hall and E J Buck of large sums, indicted by Mobile’s February city court grand jury, and to be returned to Mobile Monday. He previously fled from Mobile police, tracked from Los Angeles through Texas to New Orleans.
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B. W. Breckenridge
Battles and
Fairhope
New Orleans
Givin
Crescent City
Warren Burch
Mobile
Rotoreey
Breckenridge
Henry Hall
P T
First National Bank
E. J. Buck
National City
Shot to Death in Ambush Near Mobile District
Will Simmons respected resident eight miles from Mobile on Club House road was shot in the chest by an unknown assailant who fled. He died shortly after discovery by night travelers. Sheriff Holcombe sent two deputies to the scene as investigators pursued leads. No enemies were known and the motive remained a mystery as authorities pressed the case.
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Will Simmons
Mobile
Club House Road
Dog River
Holcombe
Simmons
London Tales of Sisters and Hats in Wartime Headlines
London reports a sister sews socks for soldiers with notes from a brother in one. Milliners forecast a favorite hat color for the coming season. A German bomb dropped by a Zeppelin in Northumberland is reported, with a man narrowly identified.
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London
Susie
George
Northumberland
Lost and found notices in Bayou district classifieds
Lost eyeglasses in St. Yi ward. Return to D. Lyne, sheriff's office. Reward offered. Also lost large amygdysth breast item. Return to Price Williams at 18 North Bayou district. Call Bell 518. Other classified ads on page five.
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Price Williams
North Bayou
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