League of Peace Proposals Takes Form at Independence Hall
At Independence Hall in Philadelphia on June 17 prominent publicists educators editors and economists gathered under the No-Provisional Committee chaired by former President William Howard Taft to outline a league of peace. The four basis articles call for judicial tribunals conciliation council military restraint and periodic conferences to codify international law.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
William Howard Taft
Wilson
Taft
Provisional Committee
Council of Conciliation
Council of Con
John Bates Clark
Columbia University
Clark
Europe
illfated craft from mobile to port tampa
Tampa mariners believe the hull of the waterlogged schooner Donna Christina contains the bodies of Captain Parrish his wife and baby and eight crew members. The vessel was towed to Port Tampa after foundering fifteen days out of Mobile in the Gulf of Mexico. Righting work began and may clear the mystery soon. The Christina carried lumber from Moragues Lumber Company bound for Cuba.
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Tampa
Fla
Parrish
Mobile
Gulf of Mexico
Christina
Moragues Lumber Company
Tunas de Zaza
Cuba
Los Angeles Club Wins Tom Morris Golf Cup
Chicago dispatch reports late today that the Los Angeles Country Club won permanent possession of the Tom Morris golf cup with a 25 down score.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
City Briefs: Excursion Train to New Orleans and Local Notices
Passenger Agent H C Geron announces a direct excursion train to New Orleans for Sunday June 27 leaving Mobile at 7 30 a m. The Interstate Commerce Commission will begin a physical valuation inspection of Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company property July 1, expected to take several months. Mrs Minnie Dirsett sues G E McCrary for 184 80 on a promissory note in the law and equity court. A marriage license was issued to Arthur v Dead and MageglefFinche: Wheelerville. Adolph More, a cook at 66 Government street, is arrested on a warrant for embezzlement alleging he converted a gold wedding ring valued at 5 for Mittie Curry as rent.
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H. C. Geron
Louisville and Nashville
New Orleans
Mobile
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Law and Equity Court
Minnie Dirsett
G. H. Krumpel
G. E. McCrary
Arthur
Dead
MageglefFinche
Wheelerville
Adolph More
Government Street
Sheets and Murphy
Mittie Curry
Moore
Denial From German Embassy Over Meyer-Gerhard Charge
A telegram from the German embassy in Cedarhurst New York signed by the charge d affaires denies the charges that Dr Anton Meyer-Gerhard is really Dr Alfred Meyer. Officials will decide if the telegram should be made public. No word from Count von Bernstorff and White House says President Wilson has no official knowledge of the report.
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Washington
State Department
Cedarhurst
N. Y
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
Alfred Meyer
Count von Bernstorff
Wilson
White House
Dr. Meyer-Gerhard
War Department
Post Office Department
United States
Europe
German envoy Meyer-Gerhard identity denied by embassy
Count Von Bernstorff, Germanys ambassador, told the state department through embassy officials that reports misidentifying his envoy as Alfred Meyer privy councillor and army supplies chief are untrue. He returned to New York from a Catskills trip and declined comment, deferring to the state department.
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NEWS
Meyer
State Department
Three Men Held On Murder Charge In Birmingham Wreck
Three men charcoal burners and ped dlers W S Henry Amos Smith and Archie Lee were arrested by Birmingham police detectives and Seaboard agents on a murder charge tied to the wreck of the New York fast passenger train nine miles from Birmingham last Wednesday night. An incriminating statement is reported. another arrest is expected. The suspects live near the rail where a section was removed.
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Birmingham
Ala
W. S. Henry
Amos Smith
Archie Lee
Egan
Eubanks and Crenshaw
J. M. Neufer
M. Welch
Seaboard Air Line
New York
Seaboard
Land fence case in Chin Chula faces county compromise
A. F. Lesley charged with obstructing a county road by fencing land had his case called in the city court and taken from the docket amid reports the county may compromise Lesley’s land rights. Lesley was fined $10 and costs in the lower court on a test case. Other cases reset include Albritton for petit larceny. Saturday’s call lists multiple minor offenses.
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A. F. Lesley
Chinchula
Ala
Inferior Criminal Court
Lesley
Alphonse Zeiman
Robert Albritton
Charles Jackson
W. R. Wadley
John Edwards
Norman Jefferson
Co. J. Eastman
Kate Ivory
Gus Jones
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Directors Pass Dividend
Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company voted to pass the dividend. The stock has recently traded on a 4 percent basis.
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New York
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Suits in Equity Filed By American Glue and American Credit
The American Glue Company files suit in equity against Mobile Chair Co for 505.47 on a promissory note. In the same court American Credit Investment Company sues Blue Rock Manufacturing Company for 275 on a promissory note.
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American Glue Company
Law and Equity
Mobile Chair Co
American Credit Investment Company
Blue Rock Manufacturing Company
Camden Alabama Social Notes Highlight Local Guests
Mrs J M Dannelly of Selma visits Mrs G T Dannelly in Camden. Local students return from Judson College normal school and from Montevallo. Chautauqua Circle hosts Tennyson group at Mrs Leon Spurhin home. Mrs J S Foster ill in Selma infirmary after appendicitis operation. Mrs George Twilley visits then returns to Louisiana. Mrs M McArthur returns from Selma and Montgomery. Mrs Clarke Jones hosts her mother Mrs Layenby of Forest Home. Mary Albritton returns from Montevallo. Judge J N Stanford and Misses Jean and Mary Alma Stanford return from Richmond Virginia.
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Camden
Ala
J. M. Dannelly
Selma
G. T. Dannelly
Maida Smith
Effie
Olivia McArthur
Jimmie Fuller
Normal College
Amelia
Leila Ervin
Judson
Foster
George Twilley
Louisiana
W. M. Cook
M. McArthur
Montgomery
Clarke Jones
Layenby
Forest Home
Mary Albritton
Montevallo
J. N. Stanford
Jean
Mary Alma Stanford E
Richmond
Virginia
Kushla Personal Notes Hit Kushla Alabama In Brief
W L Carpenter is in Citronelle on business this week. Richard Smith adds a second wagon to his meat route, driven by his son Reynolds. Gardens and crops suffer from drought and heat. Mrs Marion Tisdare Hope and Marion visit from Mobile to stay with Mr and Mrs A H Stutevant. A R Adams from Mobile visits Kushla as a large poultry farm resumes hatching after new baby chick orders. Charles Lindey visits Kushla in a new automobile.
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Kushla
Ala
W. L Carpenter
Richard Smith
Reynolds
Marion
Tisdare
Hope
Mobile
A. H. Stutevant
A. R. Adam
Charles Lindey
Brassell barred from running again for Montgomery City Commission
The Supreme Court ruled Walter R. Brassell, serving city commissioner, cannot seek re election or have his name placed on the ballot under the new Montgomery city commission law. The decision tests the law’s application to incumbents in Montgomery.
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Brassell
Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Walter R. Brassell
Church Outing to Point Clear Draws Up to 400
Between three and four hundred men women and children of the Mobile Confederation of Churches left the city on the Pleasure Bay for Point Clear. C W Moss chaired the committee that provided entertainment for the occasion.
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Mobile Confederation of Churches
The
Bay Steamship Company
Point Clear
C. W. Moss
Weather Forecast and River Conditions Report
Shippers should guard against 96 degree heat for six hour shipments north east and west. Tomugbee river and branches show little change over the next two days while the Alabama river remains steady. High pressure dominates the eastern half with summer warmth and rains in the south Atlantic and upper lake regions. A warm low pressure area from the northern Rockies to northern Texas and a depression bring heavy rain to southern Florida. Mobile will enjoy fair weather tonight and Friday. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
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Tomugbee
Alabama
Upper Lake
South Atlantic States
Upper Lake Region
Rocky Mountains
Texas
Florida
Miami
Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Summer Movements and Local Affairs in Prichard
Mrs W B Dismukes moves with family to Daphne for the summer where her daughter attends the normal school. Charlie Brown and Julius Jones take a river trip. Ladies' Aid Society meets with Mrs J W Butterley. Baptist Study Class met. Mrs John Sims visits her mother in Lockhart Miss. A large youth fishing party on Chickasabogue reports a jolly time though poor catch. Mrs Walter Cochran improves after operation and will return home next week. Life's mysteries sixty cent straw hats.
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Prichard
Ala
W. B. Dismukes
Daphne
Messrs
Charlies Brown
Julius Jones
Ladies’ Aid Society
J. W. Butterley
John Sims
Lockhart
Miss
Walter Cochran
Southerrn
Supreme Court Denies Birmingham Tax Petition
The Supreme Court denied Birmingham's petition for certiorari to review a Court of Appeals decision upholding section 36 F of the 1911 revenue bill. The dispute arose from the Birmingham Waterworks Company refusing to pay an $18,000 privilege tax, arguing section 36 F exempted them. The lower court ruled for the company and that ruling was sustained on appeal.
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Supreme Court
Birmingham
Montgomery
Ala
Court of Appeals
City of
Birmingham Waterworks Company
Three Good Towns in Washington Vie for Agricultural School
State officials W F Feagin and Allgood visited Pine Grove site for the Washington county high school with four hundred residents at a luncheon. Contenders include Chatom and Healing Springs. Pelham urged Chatom as location. Feagin and Allgood planned tours to Healing Springs and Chatom to evaluate sites.
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Washington
Carson
Ala
W. F. Feagin
Allgood
Pine Grove
Washington County
Chatom
Healing Springs
Joe M. Pelham, Jr
Messrs
Feagin
Entire Annapolis Class Still Held as Middies
The entire first class at the Naval Academy remains on the navy roster as midshipmen nearly two weeks after graduation. No commissions as ensigns have been issued and the pay of the young men is held up pending the outcome of the gouging scandal at the academy.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Navy
Academy
Alabamian Consular Officials Promoted by Secretary Lansing
Washington June 17 Consular changes announced include H H Balch of Madison Ala moving from St Stephen N B to consul at Yarmouth N S Livingston T Mays of Orleans from Charlottetown P F I to consul at St Stephens N B John A Gore of Banner Miss promoted from Turk's Island to consul at Regina Sask
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Washington
Lansing
H. H. Balch
Madison
Ala
St. Stephen
N. B
Yarmouth
N. S
Livingston T. Mays
Orleans
Charlottetown
St. Stephens
John A. Gore
Banner
Miss
Turk’s Island
Regina, Sask
New Twin Motor Boats Set for Mobile River Launch
McTaggert and Thompson Dry Docks build two powerful twin gasoline motor boats for Mobile buyers. The vessels are scheduled for launch into Mobile River on Tuesday of next week.
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McTaggert & Thompson Dry
Mobile People
Mobile River
Two Steamers Up to the Mallory Line
The Mallory Line will receive two extra steamers Thursday afternoon the Pathfinder of the Porto Rican Line and the San Marcos of the Mallory fleet both reported at the lower bay around 2 o clock and will reach the city Thursday night This marks four Mallory steamers in one week after the Alamo sailed Tuesday and before the Sabine on Sunday
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Mallory Line
Pathfinder
San Marcos
Mallory
Lower Bay
Alamo
Sabine
Suburban League meeting outlines future Mobile City League talks
A full Suburban League meeting in Whistler laid over admitting the Mobile City League for a future session. A general committee was named to organize a big field event and an all day picnic at the Suburban League park. Attendees included Jim Smith Dan Brandameahl Willie George J F Hanley and Frank Flynn.
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Whistler
Ala
Jim Smith
Dan Brandameahl
Willie George
J. F. Hanley
Frank Flynn
Fato S
Mittie Davis
Gulf Crest
B. J. Browning
Third Street
B. L. Wood
Century
Fla
Mr. Wood
L. W. Hatchell
Warsoyn Street
W. Kelley
John Ranagier
J. McCarty
G. L. Lambeth
Prichard
Bush Arbor
Eight-Mile Creek Bridge
St. Stephens Road
W. B. Browning
Dan Dykes
Daphne Steamer Launch Prompts Local Waterfront Event
At noon Saturday the gasp steamer Daphne, built for a Daphne Mobile venture, will be launched into the river in Daphne with Miss Irene Coster breaking a bottle. The 85 by 75 foot boat seats 200, powered by an 80 horsepower engine, and marks a new Mobile Daphne trade venture led by Joseph P. Pose and a local stockholder group.
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Daphne
McTaggert & the Dry Docks
Tile River
Mobile
Irene Coster
Dahone
Joy
Above
Daphla
Joseph P. Pose
Pose
Daphne Tradt
Pi Pose
Pon
Com
Daphne Uly
F. W. Hackmeyer
A. D. Star
C. EB. Coat Santerreo
J. Berga
C. Alle
C. Balando
W. Gabel
L. Randall
W. D. Randall
C. Tagnolle
Kagag
B. Ev Ory
J. R. Dixon
W. W. Stewart
Stapleton
J. W. Havard
Tile
H. R. Gaylord
P. J. Sr Mertz
G. L. Wilson
Raymond aBi Scott Higbee
A. G. Simon
B. N.nette
R. Edmondson
A. Michael
G. R. Valla
Tunstall
BE. G. W. Seite
Mra. C. Thompson
Harry Fans
McCartney
Arthur Duvyie
Anz Abito
Millie D. Shonts
Mra. B. Stapleton
Daphne Grocery. Co
D. Havard
Ogburn-Griffin
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League OF Peace
Edward A. Filene
Chamber of Commerce
America
Filene
Port Tampa
Mobile GasCo
Gerhard-Meyer
Bernstorff
City Court News
Camden Personals
U. S
C. J. Gayfer & CO
Miss Coster
Lillian Corset
Paul Jones
U.S
Panama
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