Ships Pushing for American Registry Hearings
Joe York reports that Eugene T. Chan United States commissioner heard a request to register several steamships under American flag. Denied owners claim ships now fly neutral flags and would not threaten U S interests. American Trans Atlantic Company formed to pursue registry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe York
R. G
American Transee
Eugene T
United States
American Trans-Atlantic Company
Washington
No Special Session to Settle West Virginia Debt Situation
Charleston June 18 Governor Hatfield says the U S supreme court ruling on the Virginia West Virginia litigation does not prompt a third wartime special session. He sees no reason for an extra session and none will be called unless developments make it necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Hatfield
United States Supreme Court
How Much Are Your Family Food Bills Per Week
A reader asks about weekly food costs and argues for balancing high meat intake with cheaper nutritious options. Dietitian Dr Hutchison notes meat is a clear food for building material while macaroni from Durum wheat feeds blood and muscle. Faust Macaroni costs 10 cents per large package from Maull Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Dietitian
Hutchison
Maull Bros
St. Louis
Military Property Must Be Returned Says Colonel Maddox
Lieutenant Colonel F. M. Maddox of the First Infantry A N G issues a final notice demanding all civilians return government military property by June 26 1915 at noon to office 414 City Bank building or face federal prosecution. The notice warns possession of any military item including worn or small articles is prima facie evidence of theft and names may be erased only after compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Maddox
First Infantry
City Bank
United States
Inf. A. N. G
Dixie Park group loses appeal in Blind Tiger cases
In city court Wade H. Orr operator of Dixie Park and Gibby Brown, a Black employee, were found guilty of violating the prohibition law and fined $50 plus costs after prior records court fines of $250 and costs. Four guilty verdicts this week in the city court with three cases by police under Detectives Newbern and Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade H. Orr
Dixie Park
Gibby Brown
Recorder’s Court
Newbern and
Harris
Sunday School Workers Convene at Lambert
The Second district convention of Mobile County Sunday School Association will meet June 20 at Lambert and run all day. Prominent Mobile workers will hear reports. Officers: C. C. Miller president R. Ransier vice president and Miss Mae Hinson secretary. The district includes Kushla Union Chunchula Union Gulfcrest Baptist Gulfcrest Methodist Russell Union and Turnerville Baptist school groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County Sunday School Association
Lambert
Mobile
CC. C. Miller
Citronelle
R. Ransier
Miss Mae Hinson
Kushla Union
Chunchula Union
Gulfcrest Baptist
Gulfcrest
Methodist
Russell Union
Turnerville Baptist Church
Two Convict Department Appointments Announced
Governor Henderson announced two appointments in the Alabama convict department. Dr. Russell Co. Smith of Brewton was named physician inspector, succeeding J. M. Austin of Wetumpka, who became resident physician at the state prison in Wetumpka, succeeding J. T. Fowler. All board positions are filled except president, temporarily held by Hartwell Douglass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
State Convict Department
Russell Co. Smith
Brewton
J. M. Austin
Wetumpka
J. T. Fowler
Hartwell Douglass
Bunker Hill Anniversary Observed in Boston
The 140th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill was observed in Boston and suburbs with a general business suspension. The main celebration took place in Charlestown with a military and civic parade around the monument marking the battlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bunker Hill
Charlestown
Itching Skins Remedies Highlight Resinol Treatment
A Baltimore doctor's resinol ointment and soap are promoted as safe effective relief for eczema ringworm and itchy eruptions. The ad claims immediate itch relief and quick healing at low cost with widespread physician use over twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Gulfport Named Gulf Coast Branch of Dixie Highway
Gulfport will host a branch of the Dixie Highway from Chicago to New Orleans after a conference with Dixie Highway Association officer W. B. Troy and Mississippi officials. Counties on the route including Hinds, Rankin, Covington, Forrest and Harrison are building the road with Harrison county upgrading Gulfport to Bond, aiming for full readiness by early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Chicago
New Orleans
W. B. Troy
Dixie Highway Association
D. J. Morrison
Mississippi Highway Association
T. J. Lowther
Mississippi Gulf Coast Highway Association
Mr. Troy
Jackson
Gulf Coast
Hindsimpson
Rankin
Covington
Forrest
Harrison
Harrison County
Bond
Troy
Mississippi
Central Trades Council to Hold Wednesday Meeting in St Michael Street Hall
Wives daughters and lady friends of Central Trades Council members are invited to a Wednesday night meeting in the hall on St Michael street with a special program of music and addresses. The Mobile chamber of commerce ways and means committee will convene at 6 o clock Monday evening in its rooms. The Mobile Lodge of the Order of Maccabees to host a moonlight excursion and dance aboard the pleasure steamer Charles E Cessna Friday night with public invitations issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Trades Council
St. Michael Street
Trades In Mobile
Ways and Means
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Lodge
Order of Maccabees
Charles E. Cessna
Notable City Court Fines for Minor Traffic Case
J. G. Murphy was fined five dollars or ten days by Recorder Edington for driving past a street car while discharging passengers amid extenuating circumstances. Adolph Moore, a white defendant charged with embezzlement of a wedding ring belonging to Mittie, had his case continued until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Murphy
Edington
Adolph Moore
Mittie Eree
Monjay
MOBILIANS WILL HAVE GREAT TIME ON GULF COAST
A party of thirty five Mobilians led by A L Staples of the Bank of Mobile heads to Gulfport Miss for a weekend outing. They depart Saturday at 4 18 PM on Louisville Nashville Train No 1 bound southward to attend a dance at the Great Southern Hotel and visit Ship Island for surf bathing before returning for a dinner aboard an Italian ship hosted by Henry Piaggio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Staples
Bank of Mobile
Louieville
Henry Piaggio
Municipal Shed Provides With Good Seats for Visitors
A dozen ten foot wooden benches were installed by the street department under municipal sheds to give the public seating. Commissioner J J Heller led the project on Mayor Harry Pillans orders. The department also moved back fences encroaching on the southern drain from Jefferson Bay to Warren and repurposed former property owner space as a walk and driveway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty the Street Department
J. J. Heller
Harry Pillans
Jefferson Pbay
Warren
Singleton Damage Suit Suill: Occupies Court
Edward Singleton sues Mrs. C. P. Frederic for 1000 damages over an alleged false arrest for larceny. The case began Thursday before Judge Samuel B. Browne in the circuit court and is likely to go to a jury Friday afternoon. Clerk F. W. Hermann of the inferior criminal court was cited for contempt for being late as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Singleton
C. P. Frederic
Samuel B. Browne
F. W. Hermann
Inferior Criminal Court
Cutter Winona Delayed Departure For July Start
The Cutter Winona will not leave port until later in the month or early July, per Captain H. B. West. The delay is due to the unfinished Talapoosa cutter for the Mobile district. Winona officers will later receive orders to travel by rail to Newport News, Virginia, to command the new vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Coast Guard
Winona
H. B. West
Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
Mobile District
Moile
Newport News
Civic groups discuss billboard controls on Government Street
A joint meeting of Mobile Chamber of Commerce civic improvement and tiome nance committees considers billboard erection and maintenance rules. If removal is not possible, they may require moving signs back from the sidewalk and may also study beautifying St Joseph Street to Bienville Square. Chairman John Wetzel stated data from other cities will guide the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Improvement
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Ways and Means
Tiomenance
Government Street
St. Joseph Street
Terminal Station
Bienville Square
John Wetzel
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Noted Painter Mrs Jessie Dana Dies After Swimming
Nantucket Mass June 18 Mrs Jessie Halladay Dana who wed Edmund Trowbridge Dana in Cambridge three years ago in a socialist ceremony omitting the word obey died while bathing here yesterday Her marriage drew attention for the custom and she later became a royal portrait painter before returning to marry Dana Her father Henry Halladay of Harrow on the Hill Wales was a wealthy iron and steel manufacturer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket
Mass
Jesse Halladay Dana
Edmund Trowbridge Dana
Cambridge
England
Halladay
Dana
Mrs. Dana
Henry Halladay
Harrow-on-the-Hill
Wales
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R. G. Wagner
U. S
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Convict Department
Stransky
Sophie Stransky
Bronx County Supreme Court
Weeks Benjamin Stransky
Sophie
Papa
Slepe
America
CoLtan
Monroe Park
Vitagraph
Essanay
Séligens Pictorial
Sweedie
Nellie
Lubin
Frenchman’s Run
Recorder
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Franklin Street Presbyterian Church
P. H. Hensley
Staples
Bank of Mobile 8
Suill
Coe
Bauer
Jessie Halladay
Kuppenheimer
Palm Beach
L. H. Meyer & Sons
Florida
Alabama
Texas
Griffing Brothers
Grand Bay
Mobile GasCo
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