L and N Says No Obstacle to Magazine Point Crossing
Louisville and Nashville officials affirm there will be no hindrance to a crossing over its tracks at Magazine Point for a Southern Railway shipbuilding plant in Mobile. A formal letter confirms the company will not oppose the crossing and supports Mobile’s shipyard project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magazine Point
M Louisville and Nashville
Southern Railway
Hyde
Louisville and Nashville
Commerce Street
Louisville and
Nash- Ilé Railroad Company
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Cmpany
John Bose
New Orleans Mobile Division
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Mobile
Bose
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Edward W. Hyde
Louisville
Nashville
South Atlantic
Gulf
Coal miners strike joins union for five years at Jamestown
More than 200 miners employed by the Pennsylvania Mining Company at Jamestown struck on Saturday and immediately joined the mine workers union for five years. The plant is described as the largest non union concern in the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Ark
Pennsylvania Mining Company
Jamestown
Mine Workers Union
London
David Lloyd-George
Bristol
Kitchener
England
Morriston
Sam Bell
Earl Reardon
Bell
Calexico
Cal
Colorado
California
EL Paso
Texas
Cecil Boyd
Bambite
Chihuahua
Hachita
Toronto
Louisa
Markefelt
Russian Destroyer Sunk by Turk Cruiser
Constantinople dispatch says the Russian destroyer was sunk in the Black Sea Friday night by the Turkish cruiser Midullu, formerly the German Breslau. The Midullu returned safely to port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Black Sea
Midullu
Breslau
Five Mexican ranchers arrive aboard Yalcon in Mobile
A double-end schooner Yalcon berthed in Mobile carrying about five wealthy Campeche ranch owners and a crew of eighteen. The party, described as Mexican refugees from the capital, planned to travel north as the ship carried a small sisal cargo. Most aboard spoke no English and would not shore. The vessel, captained by Joseph Cook, had previously sailed from the lower bay and is the first Mexican schooner in Mobile in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campeche
Mexico
Lower Bay
Mobile
Coma
Joseph Cook
Lower Bar
Cook
Nemesis
Tampa
Fla
Test of Retroactive Solvent Credit Law
Montgomery Alabama June 12 Special John S Mooring chairman of the state tax commission will go to Mobile next week to test retroactive features of solvent credits in the state Blacksher Co of Mobile brings the case to test these retroactive provisions The court of appeals recently ruled solvent credits due before the law’s passage were collectible for purposes of collection
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
John S. Mooring
State Tax Commission
Mobile
Blacksher & Co
Court of Appeals
S. Gassenheimer of
Alabama Officers' School Concludes After Demanding Week
The Alabama National Guard officers' school near the Montgomery Country Club closed after a week of arduous study conducted by U S Army officers. About 125 officers attended as Col G J Hubbard, acting adjutant general, led the encampment and praised the thorough training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama National Guard
Montgomery Country Club
United States Army
Slap of Joy Dealer at Frisco Kills His Friend
In San Francisco Frederick Thompson amusement promoter of Toyland at the fair is described as a lively showman who slapped friends on greeting. He killed Thomas Hughes former secretary of Big Tim Sullivan. Thompson boarded a train to New York after being exonerated of intent to harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
San Francisco
Cal
New York
Frederick Thompson
Thompson
Thomas Hughes
Big Tim”. Sullivan
Hughes
Alden D Swift Wins Trans Miss Golf Honors in Memphis
Alden D. Swift of the St Joseph Country Club defeated Harry G Legg of Minikahda to win the fifteenth annual Trans Miss Golf Association championship in Memphis Tennessee. Swift led by five up with three to play and claimed the title in a dominant match noted as Leggs worst defeat in ten meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Alden D. Swift
St. Joseph (Mo
Trans-Mississi Golf Association
Harry G. Legg
Minikahda Golf Club
Minneapolis
Alder Trane
Stenthat Gait Association
Tse Allirope Pooea
Nex
Cabbage Sparks Odd Queer Romance and Union
In Smith Louisiana on June 12 a delightful local tale ends in marriage between Ansel Hedrick and Miles Essie Carniff. A cabbage preserved a love note Ansel sent before leaving for a fruit ranch, preventing two broken hearts and sealing their bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Cowdry
Ansel
Miss Essie
Essie
Governor declines trip to locate Washington County high school
Montgomery June 12 Special Governor Henderson will not accompany Superintendent Feagin and Auditor Allgood on next week’s inspection trip to locate the Washington county high school. He says his absence from office at commencements has led to a mass of official matters needing his undivided attention for two or three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
Wm. F. Feagin
M. C. Allgood
Washington County
Roosevelts Leave Pass for New York
Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt left for New York tonight. The colonel said plans had not been changed by developments in Washington and the trip followed their previously announced schedule from Pass Christian Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pass
New York
Pass Christian
Miss
Theodore Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Washington
Man seeks jail to avoid two wives in Minnesota affair
Rosenthal Silver, tied to a quashed bigamy indictment, asks a court to lock him in the county jail to avoid seeing either wife. The court left it to him to decide which woman is his wife, citing legal technicalities as the issue remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Rosenthal Silver
Beca
Rosenthal
Hosmer Resigns to Become Shreveport Clearing House Examiner
L. P. Hosmer national bank examiner resigns to take a new post as examiner of the clearing house at Shreveport Louisiana. He is from Gadsden and has extensive banking experience. currently thirty years old and effective in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosmer
Bank
Shreveport
Montgomery
Ala
L. P. Hosmer
National Bank Examiner
Gadsden
Eee Na
Jay
Local School Board Reverses Ban on Married Women Teachers
The school board repealed a year old rule barring married women from teaching in Col. schools. The move allows married women to join the teaching staff once again, reflecting policy change in local education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colo Oo
Schiola
Bryan Explains Signing One Note But Not the Other
Washington June 12 Former Secretary Bryan explains why he signed the first note to Germany and refused the second. He cites differing conditions and three aims not yet met, including investigations, limiting belligerent ship travel, and protecting neutral trade, arguing the second note altered the facts and risks war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Washington
Germany
Control of Equitable Passed to T C Du Pont
New York June 12 Control of the Equitable Life Assurance Society has passed from the estate of the late J P Morgan to General T Coleman Du Pont. The price paid for the Morgan interests is withheld for now and Dupont reportedly paid about a million dollars more than Morgan paid Thomas Ryan in 1909 for the stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
J. P. Morgan
General T. Coleman Dupont
Morgan
Equitable
General Dupont
Thomas ¥. Ryan
Mr. Morgan
Wireless stations prey on man claims Colorado patient
A state asylum patient in Pueblo believes global wireless stations prey on him and drain his strength. He intends to form a union to abolish aerial communication worldwide. Officials note this is reportedly the first such hallucination observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Col
State Asylum
St Paul New Orleans Barge Line to Begin August Operations
Steel barges operated by John H. Bernhardt of the Mississippi River Transporta tion Company New Orleans will be in operation between St. Paul and New Orleans on the Mississippi river in August it’s announced A J Krank vice president of Association of merce Civic workers in St Paul are urged to promote river traffic in St Paul and New Orleans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
New Orleans
Minn
John H. Bernhardt
Mississippi River Transportal Company
Mississippi River
It¢S
A. J. Krank
Association of Merce
Armistice Reached Between Chicago Street Railway and Officials
Chicago June 12 An exchange of notes between street railway employees and company officials over wages and working conditions produced an armistice. The halt on a strike will last until the end of the work day, tomorrow at the earliest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Weather Forecast for Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi
The weather report from Washington on June 13 indicates occasional showers in Georgia Florida Alabama and Mississippi with showers likely on Sunday and probably Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Baldwin Turnbull Weds Beatrice Anita in Roxbury Ceremony
Miss Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull marries in Roxbury after Episcopal clergy declined due to prior divorce. The baroness claims relation to Lucky Baldwin though courts did not recognize her claim. The background mentions a 1911 suit over a large fee and ties to California New York Cleveland and Portugal through Andrew Vincentterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Anita On Turnbull
Ian Cage Banldwin
California
Cmama
Andrew Vincentterson
New York York
Cleveland
Portugal
Byustice
Roxbury
Mass
de Patterson
Lucky Baldwin
Convicts Charged Double Dockage At Flat Top Mine
Frank Armstrong, former check weighman at Flat Top, testified before the Merritt investigating committee that the Sloss Sheffield mine docked convicts 250 pounds per car for slate and rock and then docked for all removed material, describing a double dockage that损 the convicts and benefits the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Flat Top
Sloss
Goethals to Be Relieved from Panama Canal Post
Washington June 12 General George W Goethals governor of the Panama Canal Zone will be relieved and placed on the retired list within months He seeks rest from official duties and his successor will likely be Lieutenant Chester Harding engineer of maintenance of the canal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Goethals
Chester Harding
Canal
Sheriff Sear Gutters Traced Man Wanted for Desertion
Deputy Sheriff Dan Petty departed Sunday for Selma to arrest Warren D. Rowell a white man sought on a desertion charge. The warrant was sent to Selma and executed by the chief of police, with Rowell believed to have fled the area weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Petty
Selma
Warren D. Rowell
Taxi mixup in Cedar Point crash corrected
Police headquarters initially identified the cab involved in Friday morning’s Cedar Point road accident as Cawthon Taxi Company. Reliable reports now state the wrecked vehicle belonged to the Alahite Hotel Taxi Service and not Cawthon. C. W. Tompkins sustained injuries from the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Point Road
C. W. Tompkins
Cawthon Taxi Company
Alahite Hotel Taxi Service
Optimism Grows Over US Germany Note on Neutral Rights
Ambassador Gerard in Berlin reports delivery of the US note to Germany on American rights and property. Officials foresee an amicable adjustment and President Wilson plans Fourth of July at Cornish New Hampshire. Meyer Gerhard arrival expected. Spanish ambassador discusses embargo on antimony with Secretary Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Gerard
Berlin
United States
Germany
Wilson
Lansing
White House
Cornish
N.H
Britain
Great Britain
Oe i
Gerhard
Foreign Office
Meyer Gerhard
Count von Bernstorff
Bernatorff
Spain
Germans Use Big Guns In Effort To Stop French Gains
London reports describe a terrific artillery action after French success southeast of Hebuterne between Arras and the Aisne. Artillery and air bombardment halted infantry movements, with both sides taking heavy losses in close fighting north of Beurn. Paris notes fierce bombardment near Noulette and Bourie to prevent French advances while fog shrouds the battlefield at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hebuterne
Arras
Aisne
Ris
Berlin
Clos
Beurn
Paris
Lorette
Noulette
Bourie
Excursionists From State Capital Pleased With Trip Down River
A Montgomerians group arrived in the city aboard the Peerless describing the Alabama and Mobile river scenes as simply beautiful. Passengers included Miss Martha Bruce chaperone and Miss Edna Dexter Birmingham among others with John Liddiell Roy Diddlell Bert Sessions and Fred Henderson from Camden. The trip benefited from favorable river tides and lush woods, giving the party a very pleasant voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mobile
City
Martha Bruce
Edna Dexter
Birmingham
Laura Heiisell
Fort Dodge
Marjorie Bruce
Daisy Aldredge
Catherine
Ala
John Liddiell
Roy Diddlell
Bert Sessions
Fred Henderson
Camden
Destroyer Wainwright Launched as One of Navy's Largest
The destroyer Wainwright, built by the New York Shipbuilding Company at Camden for the government, was launched in Philadelphia with Evelyn Wainwright Turpin of Jamestown Rhode Island as sponsor. At 315 feet, it ranks among the largest destroyers and is contracted for 29.5 knots speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wainwright
Philadelphia
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
Evelyn Wainwright Turpin
Jamestown
R. 1
British Move to Detain German Sub Officers in Ordinary Camps
London June 12 The press bureau said the foreign secretary asked Ambassador Page to secure Germany’s agreement to transfer 39 British officers from barracks to ordinary detention camps. The British note follows releases of prisoners from U 8 U 12 and U 14 and protests Germany’s split confinement of captured Britons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ambassador Page
Aap Comte
Page
Gerard
Berlin
Nears
Split
German and Russian fronts pivot on Lemberg as battle rages
Reports from Vienna and Petrograd describe German and Austrian forces pressing along the Pruth and Dniester as they seek to recapture territory around Lemberg. Both sides claim gains with 5,000 soldiers reported captured, while Moscow cues warn that success depends on further south actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osser
Teutons
Lemberg
Dniester
Taptue
Urawna
Pruth
Bukowina
Parmy
Vienna
Horodenka
Dobson Funeral Notice for John B Dobson
Entered into rest June 1 1915 at 4 p m John B Dobson. Funeral tomorrow from residence 710 St Michael at 10 o clock and from Trinity Church at 10 30 o'clock. Interment in Magne Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobson
Lost and found items stray through local notices
A mixed readable patch lists items lost or found. Notes mention a ladies room prayer inscribed from St Anne de Beaupre Shrine and a cash reward, a lost small leather bag with cash and a reward, a white female collie puppy lost near State Street, and a nickel plated cap found on Spring Hill Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roe Park
St. Anne de Beaupr Shrine
St. Bell
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Olney
Richard Olney
National Democratic Party
Peter Co
Mr. Bryan
Bashful Ansel
Nature
Washington County School
T. C. Dupont
Anita Baldwin Turnbull
Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull
Lieut. Harding
The
Downs Town
Claiborne Street
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