Million-Dollar Land Deal in Mobile Region Confirmed
A Pennsylvania New York Ohio syndicate under the Jantha Plantation Company completed a million-dollar purchase of the Fairford tract, 100000 acres between Calvert and Mobile. Plans include fruit farming and industrial development with a waterfront suburb site near Mobile and another on the Tombigbee. The deal involves A T & N Railway and river facilities, with workforce and factory activity expected to boost Mobile’s prominence nationwide.
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Big Syndicate
Terrills
2Nd
Calvert
Mobile
Healingings
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
L. C. Irvine
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Jantha Plantation Company
Mexico
Mobil
Fairford
London
J. M. Bain
W. A. Roberts
F. W. Boykin
Terrill
Irvine
Tombighbee
Mobile River
John T. Cochrane
Boykin
Bain
Roberts
North America
Alabama
Tennessee
Vanderbilt Heir's Death Body Found Believed Not Alfred Vanderbilt
London reports from Queenstown say a body recovered on the County Clare coast was not Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. The Vanderbilt family representative here denied the identification amid ongoing inquiries into the case.
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Alfred Vanderbilt
London
Vanderbilt
Queenstown
County Clare
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Body Said Found After Lusitania Sinking
A report from Ireland states Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was found on the Clare coast near Doolin after the Lusitania disaster. An old woman gathering seaweed located the body, and a watch and papers were said to help identification. No confirmation from Vanderbilt's secretary or Cunard Line had been received.
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London
Ireland
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Clare
Doolin
Moher
A A
Exchange
Mr. Vanderbilt
Cunard
Body of laborer found off Queenstown coast
June 10 in Queenstown reports a body found on the coast of County Clare identified by locals as a laborer. The Cunard Company denied the report. A contradictory note mentions Mr. Vanderbilt's body.
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Queenstown
Clare Apparen
Chancellor Reversed in Fairhope Colony Case
The Alabama Supreme Court remanded the Mobile chancery ruling in the Fairhope Single Tax Colony case. The court affirmed related cases including Joel A. McDavid vs Bank of Bay Minette and Rosa Hastburn et al vs Zoe Casinas Lloyd. The decision traced to a challenge that the colony lacked proper organization and equity under the governing statute.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Mobile Court
Pairhope Single Tax Colony
A. J
Joel A. McDavid
Bank of Bay Minette
Rosa C. Hastburn
Zoe Casinas
Lloyd
Fairhope
Mobile Chancery Court
Smith
Webb & McAlpine
Bishop of Natchez Addresses Mobile Girl Graduates
The Academy of Visitation of Mobile conferred diplomas and gold Latin medals on three graduates Catharine Potter Miriam Russell and Irma Vans at the eighty third commencement. Bishop J S Gunn Natchez spoke praising Catholic school training and urged women to center their lives in the home.
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Academy of Visitation of Mobile
Catherine Potter
Mobile
Miriam Brewer Russell
Monery
Irma Amelia Vans
Lillian Dreaper
Consu
Miriam Russell
Dollie Wise
Elizabeth Neeley
Sarah Jones
Sallie Louise Bradley
Florence Sullivan
Alice Hairston
Irma Unruh
Genevieve Comerford
Clara Quinlivan
Yvonne Norich
Catherine van Antwerp
J. 5
Gunn
D. D
Natchez
Misz
Bishop Gunn
Ethel Barrymore
Leased Wire Briefs Mix Aid Talks and War News
Brief items from multiple cities report Red Cross aid arrangements for Monclova, church Synod closure in Asbury Park, a Baltic naval engagement update, bread price cut in London, Vassar commencement engaged couples, Austrian reward for Alpine soldier, Susannah sunk by mine, library association telegraphed sympathy, Gulf Light voyage after torpedoing, Bryce tribute to American missionaries, Bu ford refugee transport instruction, US Steel unfilled tonnage rise, and a Chambersburg note on Dr Ella Everett.
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Asbury Park
N. J
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Holland
Mich
Berlin
Baltic Sea
Riga
ONDON
Poughe
Epsie
Vassar College
Verona
London
Susannah
Preston
Bristol Channel
Lloyds
Falmouth
Berkley
Cal
Wilson
Council of the American Library Association
Scilly
England
Gulf Light
Germany
St. Marys
Rouen
Viscount Bryce
Washington
Buford
Vera Cruz
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Chambersburg
Ella B. Everett
Bryan to Publish New Attitude on German Question
Washington sees Bryan preparing a public statement on U S policy toward Germany amid Secretary of State resignation. President Wilson's note to Germany was shown to Bryan with minor changes before its Berlin dispatch, and officials say the new note is not an ultimatum but demands cease of attacks on American ships and citizens.
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Washington
Bryan
United States
Germany
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
International Commission
Bevan
United
Berlin
Lansing
Cotton Mills to Resume Operations by 2,000 Workers
The Everett cotton mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, will restart production next Monday with about 2,000 workers after a strike over wage types. Officials say the dispute, rooted in the switch from piece work to new wages, has been settled satisfactorily.
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Lawrence
Mats
Everett Cotton Wu
Montgomery Advertiser Loses Appeal on Liquor Ads Ban
The Montgomery chancery court ruling banning liquor advertising was affirmed. Judge Lucien Gardner authored the opinion holding the statute constitutional and rejecting the defendant's contentions.
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Montgomery Advertiser
Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court Today
Montgomery Chancery Court
Jud Lucien Gardner
Troy
Strike of Traction Employes in Chicago Inevitable Now Is Belief
Chicago reports that union leaders declined to meet railroad company representatives for arbitration. The strike mood grows as the unions demand wage increases and better working conditions by tonight.
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Chicago
Mobile K of C Delegation to Visit Pascagoula Class Initiation
Mobile Knights of Columbus and a 200 member delegation will travel Sunday to Pascagoula Mississippi for the initiation of a large council class. The Choral Club will perform a concert at Warfield theatre and ladies’ committees will host the visitors. A parade from the train to the halt will feature members in white linen or palm beach suits with canes.
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John H. Glennon
Mobile Council
Knights of Columbus
Pascagoula
Miss
Warfield Theatre
Lady Visitors Mobile
Palm Beach
Schwarz to Seek K of H Supreme Lodge Convention Bid
Laz Schwarz trustee of the Knights of Honor will travel with his wife to Buffalo New York for the supreme lodge meeting starting June 14 for ten days. He aims to persuade the body to meet in Mobile two years later and has secured the Mobile state grand lodge convention for next April.
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Schwarz
H. Supreme Lodge
Laz Schwarz
Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor
Buffalo
N. Y
Supreme Lodge
Mobile
Governor Henderson Taken on Mobile Day Trip to Satsuma Country
Governor Charles Henderson of Alabama spent Wednesday afternoon in Mobile attending the School of Medicine exercises and planning naval militia efforts. He visited with Col. F B Merrill and Joseph Espaila before returning to Montgomery, while Merrill arranged a Louisiana naval reserve cruise visit and new state service plans.
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Henderson
Satsuma
Charles Henderson
Alabama
Montgomery
Mobile
School of Medicine
University of Alabama
Cawthon Hotel
Joseph Espaila
Col
F. B. Merrill
Naval Militia
State Service
Merrill
Canon
Louisiana Naval Reserve
Germans Retreat From the Baltic Provinces in June Action
London report describes German forces withdrawing from the Baltic provinces as Italian and British naval actions surface. British torpedo boats No 10 and No 12 were sunk off the English coast by a German submarine with 41 survivors. Other notes include sinking of the Grimsby steamship and rescue of crews, plus Italian and Austrian movements near the Isonzo and Rovereto.
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London
England
Admiralty
Luis
St Sont Marines
Berlin
Baltic
Russia
Shavli
Bessagola-Zoginie Line
Harwich
Garza Deposed as Provisional President of Villa Zapata Faction
Roque Gonzales Garza head of the Villa Zapata government in Mexico City was deposed June 9 by the convention in session there. Legos Chazaro a Villa delegate from aton was elevated to the provisional presidency. State Department dispatches report the change.
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Washington
Roque Gonzales Garza
Villa- Zapata
Mexico City
Legos Chazaro
Villa
Aton
Rimnane
American Baker Refused Bread Offering to Mexicans
American baker at Laredo tried to distribute bread among destitute Mexicans but was refused by military authorities in Nuevo Laredo. He was told the Mexicans did not need his help and to use the bread for his own people. Three special trains carried over a thousand refugees from Monterey and Saltillo to Nuevo Laredo yesterday.
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San Antonio
Texas
Neuvo Laredo
Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Monterey
Saltillo
Only 3 200 000 Men for British Forces Will Be Gathered
London June 10 The total number of men for the army and navy sanctioned by parliament for service thus far in the present wars stands at 8 200 000 This number will not be exceeded without authority of parliament said Premier Asquith today and dispelling rumors of unpublicized mobilization
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London
Asquith
Oxford Sees Warlike Turn As Troops Occupy Historic Campus
Historic Oxford, home to Oxford University, now hosts convalescent soldiers and troops. Wounded front fighters rest in dormitories with nurses and hospital gear, altering the famed campus atmosphere as peaceful study yields to wartime crisis.
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Oxford
Eng
Governor Slaton Sets One 19 For Hearing On Frank
Atlanta June 10 A hearing before Governor Slaton on Leo M Frank’s application for commutation of his death sentence was set to begin next Saturday at 9 o clock. Both sides will be heard with time allotted to complete the case before the June 22 execution. The governor and attorneys from both sides met at the capitol to determine the scope of evidence and witness presentation.
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Atlanta
Slaton
Leo M. Frank
Capitol
Frank
Hugo M. Dorsey
Slayton
W. M. Howard
Prark
Dorsey
Prinz Eitel Friedrich Captain Arrested in Disguise
An Algeciras dispatch to Havas reports the captain of the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich was arrested in Norfolk while disguised as a cook aboard an Italian steamer. The incident occurred June 10 and confirms the captain’s appearance in a different ship’s crew.
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Pass
Prinz -Eitel Friedrich
Algeciras
Havas
Thierichens Returns Aboard Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Norfolk dispatch reports Captain Thierichens back aboard the Prinz Eitel Friedrich with Third Surgeon Nolte under parole violation. Navy department notified. inquiry underway. At the navy yard officials say Nolte left on leave a month ago and failed to return on time.
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Thierichens
Norfolk
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Nolte
Eitel
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Noite
Two More Middies Involved by Testimony
Annapolis reports Ensign W A Confer who earned his diploma last week and Midshipman A C Rogers joined as co-defendants with seven midshipmen in the naval court of inquiry into irregular examinations at the Naval Academy. Special officers of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from Atlanta were to investigate after fee of the road.
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Annapolis
Naval Court of Inquiry
Naval Academy
W. A. Confer
A. C. Rogers
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Atlanta
British Factory Burns in Park Royal Blaze
Fire at Brian Hughes Strachan motor works Park Royal destroys three acres of plant and 100 Red ambulances and 200 army motor vans awaiting delivery. Damage estimated at $500,000 as troops assist firefighters.
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London
Brian, Hughes & Strachan
Park Royal
Wreck Near Birmingham on Seaboard Air Line Kills Foreman
Link of Atlanta, road foreman of engines, was killed when the locomotive of a Seaboard Air Line train from New York to Birmingham derailed near here. Engineer R L Brooks of Atlanta was probably fatally injured. A negro fireman was also hurt. The locomotive turned over but no passengers were injured and no cars left the rails.
King's Presence Causes Tremendous Moral Effect Upon the Italian Troops
Rome reports the presence of King Victor Emmanuel at the front lifting morale across the battle line. He has visited zones of combat and climbed to frontier fortresses while Queen Helena oversees hospital supply making. The little princes reportedly help craft masks to counter gas effects.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Charlton's Trial Likely Postponed Due to Frontline Jurors
Brescia dispatch reports that all jurors on three lists are serving at the front. The assize judge cannot sit, delaying the Como murder trial of Porter Charlton, the American charged with his wife’s death, until next month.
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Charlton
Brescia
Chiasso
Paris
Talesmen
Assize Ogre J
Como
Porter Charlton
Weather brief for Southeastern states
The weather forecast notes fair conditions with only minor changes expected. In Alabama the night and Friday look fair with light northeast winds and similar conditions continuing.
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Alabama
Germany Seeks Prize Court for Sinking Case
Berlin replies to the U S note on the sinking of the American vessel William P Frye by the Prinz Fritz Friedrich insisting destruction without treaty breach is valid and a prize court must determine compensation. Germany offers claims on record and argues belligerents repay regardless of prize court outcome.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Prussia
Ton of
London
Patel
Foreign Office
Berlin
James W. Gerard
United States of America
William P. Frye
Prinz Fitel Friedrich
Bauer-Entered Rest Mrs Molly Bauer Funeral Details
Notice notes the death of Molly Bauer wife of John Bauer in 1915 at 2 45 pm. The funeral is at St Patrick's Church Friday afternoon at 4 o clock from Noart Beaur gard Street with interment in Catholic Cemetery.
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Bauer
Molly
John Bauer
Lost Items Around Church Seek Return and Reward
Lost items reported near a church include a ladies rest room prayer inscribed from St Anne de Beau Shrine. Also a gold rimmed eyeglasses lost on the south side of the church and an enamelled gold breast pin with daisies. rewards offered by Lynch for return.
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Joe Park
St. Anne.de Beau Shrine
Piedeee and Wilkinson
Church Streets
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