Embezzlement Charge Entered Against Cowart
Lee Cowart a former Alabama immigration commissioner was arrested at the capitol on a warrant charging embezzlement of 650 of state funds. The warrant sworn by Deputy Sheriff McBrussell cites information from the legislative investigating committee. Cowart testified for more than an hour about his abolished department with Deputy Brassell present.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lee Cowart
Birmingham
Immigration
Capitol
McBrussell
Montgomery County
Legislative Investigating Committee
Cowart
Cheney Surrenders in Alabama Embezzlement Case
Captain John C. Cheney surrendered to Sheriff A. A. Williams in Conecuh county after being charged by State Examiner J. H. Craig with embezzling 1380 in state funds. Bond was posted and the case will be tried in Montgomery. The arrest followed a recess committee inquiry. Craig continues examining fertilizer tag accounts.
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Cheney
Montgomery
Ala
John C. Cheney
State Examiner of Public Accounts
Craig
A. A. Williams
Evergreen
Conecuh County
State Legislative
J. H. Craig
Frank murder case hearing resumes on commutation plea
In Atlanta Governor Slaton hears William M. Howard for Leo M. Frank as he seeks clemency. Howard argues that removing Jim Conley’s testimony leaves no weighty evidence connecting Frank to the crime and questions the indictment timing related to Conley’s affidavit.
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Atlanta
Slaton
Leo M. Frank
William M. Howard
Frank
Howard
Dorsey
Jim Conley
Suffrage bequest announced in Leslie will inventory
About $1,500,000 will be turned over to Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt for the suffrage cause, an inventory of property in the late Mrs Frank Leslie's will shows. The inventory was filed today in New York.
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New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
Frank Leslie Leslie
Harvard
Harvard Zionist Society
Highmore
S. D
Blunt
London
John E. Redmond
Mount Vernon
Charlies Wesley Flint
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cornell
Cal
Atlantic City
N. J
Wilson
Railway Supply Manufacturers’ Association
Iice
York
E. Hecker
Berd Dernburg
United States
Red Cross
Berlin
Germany Calls Out 1916 Draft of Her Reserves
Cologne reports say the German 1916 draft recruits ordered to prefer service will be summoned to colors today rather than in October as previously proposed.
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Germany
Lyndon
Central News
Cologne
Bryan calls for neutral protection and peace talks
Former Secretary Bryan in a statement on The Causeless War predicts a historic peacemaking chance for the United States. He urges an international conference to reform international law and says neutrals must stay out of war while belligerents risk undermining neutral rights at sea. Continues on Page Three.
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Washington
Bryan
United States
Mr. Bryan
Esbya
Red Fer
Herman Metz
Metz
Garrison
Department
Red Cross
J. Méyer-Gerhard
Japan protests China over anti Japanese movement riots and boycotts
Tokyo reports Japan has sent a protest to China regarding anti-Japanese agitation amid riots and boycotts. Discontent following the negotiations ending last month’s Japanese ultimatum is seen in southern China with reports of unrest spreading to Hankow and a British and Asian volunteers unit dispersing a riot for protection.
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Tokio
Japan
China
Republic
Hankow
Compression in Transit Arrangement on Cotton Stands
The interstate commerce commission says the proposed withdrawal of the compression in transit arrangement on cotton from southern California and Arizona to St. Louis New Orleans Galveston and the intermediate territory east of E Pand is not justified.
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Washington
California
Arizona
St.Louis
New Orleans
Galveston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Threatened Lancashire cotton mills closing averted
London June 16 A potential stoppage of the Lancashire cotton industry over wage demands and employer lockout threats has been averted as all parties agree to government arbitration in the dispute.
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Lancashire Cotton Mills
London
Another Swedish Steamer Sunk by Submarine
A June 16 Copenhagen dispatch reports the Swedish steamer Verdandi torpedoed yesterday off Christians Sound by a German submarine. A German cruiser picked up the crew and shelled the vessel, but Verdandi remained afloat though timber laden.
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London
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph
Christians Sound
Commencement at Lyric Theatre Largely Attended
The eighty fifth Spring Hill College commencement at the Lyric Theatre drew visitors from across the United States Guatemala and Mexico. Hon J Theard of New Orleans delivered the address ending with a strong ovation. Frank Gillespie of Atlanta was valedictorian and Julian McPhillips of Mobile spoke on Stonewall Jackson. The college awarded bachelor of arts and science degrees and a bachelor of laws to Arthur de Prenderville from London. Theard urged Christian education and republican values in a lengthy address.
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Alill ‘College
United States
Guatemala
Mexico
J. Theard
New Orleans
Pelican
Frank Gillespie
A. B
Atlanta
Stonewall Jackson
Julian McPhillips
Mobile
James McPhillips
McPhillips Grocery Company
Edward A. Strauss
Andrew Strauss
Arthur de Prenderville
Royal College of Surgeons of London
England
Edward P. Allen
Diocese of
Edward W. Blankenstein
Natchez
Miss
James A. Cassidy
Macon
Gal
Archibald J. Grefer
T.met Meyer
Thibodeaux
Henry A. de Bonneval
Roy EB. Meyers
New Orelans
Harold J. Brand
Schreiver
Pembroke A. Brawner
Chattanooga
M. Gundy Gibbons
Tampa
Fla
J. Joseph Haverty
Julian B. McPhillips
Richard F. Murray
Charlies Pearce, Jr
John W. van Heuvel
Ala
Theard
Spring Hill College
Bishop Portier
Craiser
Order of Loyola
Lberty
Fox
Cost of living climbs beyond 1907 levels in 1914 data
Washington reports US living costs rose to record highs in 1914 per the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The study covers 15 food items across 44 cities in 33 states, showing 1914 food costs far above 1907 and 1913 levels, with variability across individual items and months.
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Federal Bureau OF the Cost OF
Washington
United States
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fey
Growing Crops Suffer For Rain As Outlook Brightens
Reports from The item s news correspondents show rain improving conditions after a dry spell. Corn and oats planted in new soils are yielding well. cotton is fair though weevils are numerous. Sugar cane and sweet potatoes look promising. citrus and pecans show strong prospects as markets steady and livestock herds grow.
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Gulf
Mississippi
Rain Prospects Raise Hope for Strong Farm Yields
Correspondents report soil moisture remains scarce yet general rains on Sunday and Monday improve conditions. Farmers plow hoe and weed to conserve moisture while awaiting larger yields as oats are harvested and Irish potatoes dug and marketed.
London Daily Mail calls for unlimited machine gun production
The Daily Mail urges the government to hasten production by placing orders for unlimited quantities in England, Canada and the United States. The editorial argues that experience shows an army attempting to fight machine guns with untrained troops is like a foot race with a heavy obstacle.
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London
The
Daily Mail
England
Canada
United States
Oemista Aa
Demarest cuts wife and mother in Chicago incident
Calvin Demarest former billiard champion attacked his wife with a knife then slashed his throat. His mother hindered him and was cut in the hand. They were taken to hospital with serious wounds to the wife and Demarest reportedly unharmed. Neighbors restrained him until police arrived.
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Chicago
Calvin Demarest
Calvin
Mechanical Features of Canal Closed to Visitors
The Panama Canal machinery exhibits in the canal zone are closed to visitors after arrests of four men for photographing the equipment. Father Bernard Lefebre of St Louis Cathedral in New Orleans confirms access restrictions and notes that previously open areas are now restricted to employees and officials.
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NEW_ORLEANS
Panama Canal
Bernard Lefebre
St. Louis Cathedral
Canal Zone
Father Lefebre
French Torpedo Boat Sinks After Collision
The French torpedo boat No. 331 sank today after a collision with the British steamer Arleya near Cherbourg. Six crew members were drowned and others were rescued by torpedo boat No. F. Launched in 1907, the vessel displaced 97 tons and could reach 26 knots.
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Cherbourg
Paris
Debated German Agent Case Sparks State Department Review
Washington reports charge that Dr Anton Meyer-Gerhard may be Alfred Meyer chief German army supply chief, with safe conduct arranged for a return to Berlin. Authorities will investigate identity, possible incognito travel, and implications for diplomatic protocol.
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Meyer-Gerhard
Alfred Meyer
Washington
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
United States
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
State Department
Bernstort
Bryan
Red Cross
Berlin
Wilson
M. Jusserand
Cecil Spring-Rice
Gerhard
Meyer
Aerial warfare flares as battles rage over England and Karlsruhe
London reports British forces seized a German trench line west of La Bassée while a Zeppelin bombed northeast England causing fifteen dead and fifteen wounded. Karlsruhe endured a major air raid by 23 French aircraft with 18 bombs, fatalities reported at 19 and many injured. Pro-German editorials condemn the attack as barbaric and demand retaliation.
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London
la Basses
England
Karlsruhe
Baden
Geriow
Highity
Berlin
Paul Becker
Tages Sn
Germany
Mont Seas
Paris
Mos
Arras
Pari
Mexican ex-president Carbajal visits Pass Christian
Francisco I. Carbajal, former president of Mexico, is the latest prominent visitor at Pass Christian. It is understood he plans to practice law in New Orleans upon his return.
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Francisco
Carbajal
Pass Christian
New Orleans
Christian
Migs
Francisco 8. Carbajal
Mexico
Negro Outlaw Surrenders After Long Chase in Alabama
A masked suspect, unnamed, surrendered to police at Lower Peach Tree Alabama after days of pursuit. Officers allege involvement in last week’s killing of Chapman at Scyrene. The man denies the shooting charge and will be taken to Clarke County for trial.
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Chapman
Scyrene
Clarke County
Grand Duke Constantine of Russia Dies Suddenly
Grand Duke Constantine Constantino vitch, president of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and head of military schools, died last night of heart disease at age 57. He was a member of the reigning family and related to Prince Jean Constantino vitch.
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Perogad
London
Grand Duke
Constantine Constantinovitch
Imperial Academy of Sciences
Prince Jean Constantinovitch
Castro Asked to Form New Cabinet in Portugal
President Braga asked Jose Castro acting premier and interior minister to form a new cabinet. Senora Castro became head of the ministry after Premier Chagas resigned following a revolutionary outbreak.
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Castro
Portugal
Lisbon
Paris
Braga
Jose Castro
Senora Castro
Chagas
Weather Update For Mobile Alabama Mississippi Tonight
Mobile: fair tonight with increasing clouds and light variable winds. Alabama: fair tonight with Thursday increasing clouds and likely showers in the north portion. Mississippi: fair tonight with Thursday increasing cloudiness and likely showers in the north part.
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Winus
Alabama
Mississippi
Zeppelins Kill Fifteen in English Air Raid Late June
London reports indicate a heavy air raid on the northeast coast of England with fifteen dead and many wounded. The attacks mark the third raid in two weeks, following prior fatalities on May 31 and June 6 as German air power targets British shorelines.
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London
England
Funeral Notice Mary Elizabeth Wheat 73
The friends of the family are requested to attend the funeral from the residence of her daughter Mrs Hil S Brewster Street six west of Tomorow at 9 o clock Interment in Cemetery. Died Wednesday June 16 1915 at 9 o clock.
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Wheat
Mary Elizabeth Wheat
Brewster St
Lost and Found Notice Collected From Town Section
A Sunday evening notice lists rewards for various lost items including an enamelled gold breast pin and a nickel plated automobile cap. Contact 205 South Claiborne Street or Room 2 74 1 2 St for returns.
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Claiborne
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