New Billingsley embezzlements alleged by Wade
The article reports charges of embezzlement against Le Cowart in Birmingham for $650 and Captain John C. Cheney for $1,382 as part of a state funds probe led by an investigating committee. It notes Cowart’s promise to explain all transactions and outlines impending hearings in June. It also covers C. Homer Billingsley, former pure food and drug clerk, linked to nearly $10,000 in embezzlements and a missing person case with a reward offered.
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Wilrcomery
le Cowart
Birmingham
Immigration
Capitol
John C. Cheney
Agricultural Department
Cowart
M. H. Screws
Court of Common Pleas
Cheney
New
C. Homer Billingsley
Department of Agriculture
Department
J. A. Wade
Commissioner of Agriculture
Wade
Cairo Milling Com
Cairo
Ill
George P. Plant Company
St. Louis
Billingsley
Reuben F
Billingsey Eens
Wade Alsu
Reuben F. Roth
Tank Steamer Desabla Sunk Off Scotland By Submarine
The 6000-ton Desabla tank steamer, chartered to the British government, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the north Scotland coast. A cablegram from Andrew Weir relayed to Robert Mitchell provided no crew status. Built in 1913 for General Petroleum, the vessel later carried British government cargo.
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San Francisco
Desabla
North Scotland
Robert Mitchell
General Petroleum Company
Andrew Weir
Weir
Desable
Pacific
Tank Line
American Aviator Flies Upside Down and Loops the Loop
Charles F. Niles of Rochester and passenger Stephen Magordon, of New York and Chicago, reportedly set a U.S. record at Hempstead Plains L I by flying a monoplane upside down four times and looping the loop twice with combined useful load of 585 pounds.
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New York
Hempstead Plains
L. I
Charles F. Niles
Rochester
Niles
Hempstead
Stephen Magordon
Chicago
Lloyds reports Aberdeen trawlers sunk by German subs
Three Aberdeen vessels the Petrel Explorer and Japonica were sunk by German submarines, the Lloyds report said. Other items note deaths in Berlin and various society elections and meetings around 1911 era.
Alabama High Court affirms Bonner anti liquor law
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the Bonner law restricting liquor shipments and possession within the state. The ruling reverses an injunction issued to force Southern Express Co to accept six quarts from J E Whittle of Pensacola for shipment to Fletcher Farmer in Montgomery County.
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Jare Ala
Albama
Alabama
Southern Express Company
Fee Court
Gaston Gunter
Montgomery City
J. E. Whittle
Pensacola
Bonner
Whittle
Fletcher Farmer
Ramer
Montgomery County
Gunter
Express Company
Supreme Court
McClellan
State land agent's job to end next Monday
Governor Henderson announced he will sign a bill abolishing the state land agent office on the upcoming Monday. Before leaving office, W. J. Martin's books will be examined by J. T. Gorman. Martin was to wind up sales of sixteenth section school lands and other duties before retirement.
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Montgomery
Henderson
W. J. Martin
Martin
Body of 11 year old found in Cincinnati yard
Elizabeth Nolte 11 was found murdered in the back yard of the Nolte home in Cincinnati. Her throat was cut and the body was wrapped in a sheet and found without clothing. Police believe she was assaulted and murdered after a man spoke to her Tuesday morning.
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Cincinnati
Elizabeth Nolte
Nolte
Calera Merchant Killed as Car Strikes Hog Near Pelham
James Collins Jr a Calera merchant died and his father James Collins Sr was fatally injured when their car hit a large hog on the road one mile south of Pelham Alabama and overturned trapping them beneath the vehicle.
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Calera Merchant
Hog
Birmingham
Ala
James Collins, Jr
Calera
James Collins
Pelham
Chicago Police Graft Trial Convicts Two Defendants
In Chicago a police graft trial verdict found Captain James O'Dea Storen and Detective Sergeant Michael Weisbaum guilty of conspiracy. Frederick Roth, a former detective sergeant, was acquitted.
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Chicago
James O'Dea Storen
Michael Weisbaum
Frederick Roth
Revolt in Malines Reports 700 Belgians Killed
A dispatch from Amsterdam cites a Ghent traveler reporting a Tuesday Malines revolt where German troops fired on civilians, with 700 said killed. The Amsterdam correspondent notes no confirmation yet and Malines is isolated by electrified wire fences.
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London
Central News
Amsterdam
Ghent
Belgium
Malines
American Consul Protests Arrest of Italian Vice Consul
The American consul at Trieste protested to Vienna over the arrest and internment of Italian vice consul Signor Canova in the American consulate. He had been detained despite assurances from Trieste’s governor that his liberty would be respected.
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London
Trieste
Vienna
Geneva
Daily Express
Signor Canova
Men Block Women Conductors to Free Men for Front
In Birmingham England on June 17 the plan to hire women as bus and tram conductors collapsed as men refused to teach them or operate the vehicles. The committee thus decides to hire youths under 18 and men over military age as conductors.
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Birmingham
Eng
Blackstrap Rates Stand in Sugar Planters vs Illinois Central Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to modify a ruling in the Louisiana Sugar Planters Association v. Illinois Central Railroad. The dispute concerns blackstrap molasses rates from New Orleans Mobile and other Gulf ports to St Louis and interior points. Reargument had been heard.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisiana ‘Sugar Planters’ Association
Illinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Mobile
Gulf
St. Louis
American Registry Refuses Danish Steamships Registry Flag
New York June 17 Refusal to transfer several Danish steamships to American registry because no American money was invested has been announced by Eugene T Chamberlain US commissioner of navigation in the commerce department. The ships, sailing under German Danish Dutch and Norwegian flags, are said to have been purchased with overseas funds and are not entitled to the American flag. Over 1 600 900 is involved.
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New York
Eugene T. Chamberlain
United States Commissioner of Navigation
Department of Commerce
New York Maritime Regi Ster
Washington
Kerlain
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Chamberlain
Copenhagen
March
Rotterdam
Berlin
Today
Admiralty
Verona
Chiasso
Paris
Lage di Misurina
Geneva
Laibach
Bersaglieri
Buchstein
Cadorra Alps
Komen
London
Dardanelles
Marines Sail From San Diego For Lower California
The Fourth regiment of the U S Marines with 300 men aboard the flagship Colorado under Admiral Howard sailed from San Diego at 9 35 a m for the Lower California coal region. The Red Cross relief board will meet next Wednesday to discuss Mexican relief work and policy on landings to assist refugees if asked but not to take territory.
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Cal
States Marine Corps
Colorado
Howard
California
Washington
International Relief Board of the American Red Cross
Lansing
Roosevelt
Seth Low
Elihu Roto
Yaquies
Pacific Fleet
Mexico
Maytorena
Sonora
United States
Admiral Howard
Esperanza
Diaz
Guaymas
Raymond Elevated to President of Mallory and Clyde Lines
In New York on June 17 H H Raymond former vice president and general manager of Mallory and Clyde steamship lines was elected president of both lines succeeding Henry R Mallory. Raymond retains his general manager post and has been with the company over twenty five years. Henry R Mallory retires from Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines, with Galen L Stone succeeding him as president and remaining on the board.
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New York
H. H. Raymond
Mallory and Lyde Steamship Companies
Henry R. Mallory
Raymond
Mallory
Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines
Mallory, Clyde, Ward and Porto Rico Lines
Galen L. Stone
Weather and Ship Sunk Report From London
Fair weather remains with little change tonight and Friday. Light variable winds and low cloud. A British steamer named Traffo, 224 gross tons, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. the crew was saved.
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London
Central America Opens Trade Route with Mobile Coffee Flow
U S Commerce official Garrard Harris told Mobile chamber officials that Central America offers a prime opportunity for importing coffee through Mobile. He noted rising coffee production in Guatemala Costa Rica Honduras and Panama and predicted Mobile could capture much of the trade with better roasting and shipping. He urged deeper cooperation with local merchants and highlighted plans for a roasting plant in San Jose and a Royal Bank of Canada branch in Salvador to ease exchange.
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Mobile
Garrard Harris
United States Department of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
New Orleans
Harris
British Honduras
Gulf
South America
San Jose
Guatemala
United States
Honduras
Hariig
Central America
Royal Bank of Canada
Salvador
Royal Bank
Tech Committee
Gulf Ports
Washington
Time for Britain to Organize Food Supply
The Times urges the government to organize Britain's food supply as it does munitions. It argues Germany faces near starvation was a myth and that Germany’s food is secured for the long term, so England must secure its own supply.
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Great Britain
London Times
London
the Times
Germany
England
Wireless link connects Russia to England in wartime greeting
A new powerful wireless station in Russia sent its first messages to England marking a wartime greeting from the chairman of the Russian government to James W. Lowther, speaker of the House of Commons, in London on June 17.
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London
Russia
England
James W. Lowther
House of Commons
Wool crop at Ocean Springs nets high price
Ocean Springs Miss June 17 The wool crop brought the highest price in years selling for 32.49 cents a pound up from 25.25 cents last year The local crop will total about 35 000 pounds, much larger than the previous year.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Bryan Says Preparedness Provokes War and Is Futile
Former Secretary Bryan argues against U S military buildup warning it provokes rather than prevents war. He asserts Europe’s upheaval stems from “might makes right” and praises President Wilson’s restraint and peaceful example while decrying arms race and universal readiness as dangerous and ineffective.
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Washington
Europe
Bryan
United States
Wilson
Mr. Bryan
White House
Bryan Saye
Austro Germans Press Advance On Lemberg City
Reports from Athens and other cities describe Austro German forces pushing toward Lemberg amid battles on fronts in Galicia and the Dardanelles. Italian Bersaglieri reportedly storm Austrian posts while trenches hold in the Dardanelles and Carnic Alps with ongoing artillery duels.
Tallassee Cotton Mills Ordered Sold to Satisfy Mortgages
In an amendatory decree Judge H D Clayton orders sale of the Tallassee Falls cotton mills at Tallassee Alabama to satisfy mortgages totaling 12 000 000 held by Baltimore trust companies principal owners are Maryland parties and the two mills are to be sold separately
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Tallassee
Montgomery
Ala
H. D. Clayton
Tallassee Falls Manufacturing Company
Baltimore Trust Companies
Maryland
Tipton Loses Appeal in Dope Selling Case
Tipton was fined 60 dollars plus costs in city court after a jury affirmed the judge from the recorder’s court. Police cited tipping cocaine sale just before a federal act took effect. Edward Schreiner was found not guilty on a charge of allowing minors to play poorly contrary to state law.
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Tipton
Recorders Court
Edward Schreiner
Great Lakes liners eyed for Atlantic coast service
Reports say Atlantic coast steamship firms plan to buy Great Lakes steamers. The Erie Railroad Company confirms offers to transfer lake vessels, with four railroads including Lehigh Valley considering purchases. The shift follows plans to surrender water routes by December first, with the executive committee of the Trunk Line weighing the matter.
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Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast Service
New York
Atlantic Coast Steamship Companies
The
Erie Railroad Company
Enna
Wanna
Lehigh Valley
Ng Steamship Lines
Trunk Line
Lost and found notes from local ads
Lost and found notices list items on Spring Hill Ave and Royal Street. A nickel hub cap is claimed at the office. another entry offers a $5 reward for gold rings marked with a square and compass and a diamond, with locations near Claiborne and Poe streets. A one dollar bill is left on Royal Street, with finder to return to N Royal Street.
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i _office
Claiborne
J. G. Tener Jackson
Poe
Royal Street
Gress
Dauphin ‘Streets
N. Royal Street
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