Identification confirms body in Alabama linked to Mississippi magnate
A telegram from D. M. Taylor of Waynesboro Mississippi identifies the Dadeville Tallapoosa county corpse as C C Green missing since January 11 1915. Russell Green verified the body after exhumation and authorities plan further inquiry with the Pinkertons. Green a longtime landowner Elk and Mason leaves a large family in Waynesboro and Huntsville.
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Mobile
D. M. Taylor
Waynesboro
Miss
C. C. Green
Madison County
North Mobile Development Company
Dadeville
Tallapoosa County
Montgomery
F. W. Crenshaw
United States
Green
Mobile Lodge of Masons
Huntsville
Mone
Injured Cyclist Hurt on Conception Street Road
Joseph E. Barrett of Toulminville was badly hurt when he fell from a motorcycle descending a hill on Conception Street toward the Three Mile Creek bridge. He was found unconscious on the bridge and taken to Dr. G. E. Newbern in Prichard for treatment. his skull is suspected fractured.
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Joseph E. Barrett
Toulminville
Conception Street
Three-Mile Creek
Charles B. Hodges
Mobile Autonomy
G. E. Newbern
Prichard
Barrett
W. H. Barrett
Mobile and
Ohio
Buckatunna
Miss
Mobile and Ohio
Whistler
State Militia Probes Began In Alabama
A special legislative recess committee opened hearings on 1913 recommendations for state militia reorganization. The review targets Adjutant General Scully’s administration, now under General G. J. Hubbard. Hubbard says Battery B mustered out on mutiny charges at Mobile will get a public hearing with potential reinstatement if facts justify it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Military Board
Scully
G. J. Hubbard
Hubbard
Field Artillery
Mobile
Japanese Object to Montana Bill
Senator Walsh in Washington cautions Governor Stewart against a Montana bill to bar white women from restaurants run by Orientals. The note, at Secretary Bryan’s request, urges caution due to international tensions, and the governor forwarded it to the house committee overseeing the measure.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Stewart
Walsh
Washington
Bryan
House
Turks Moving Funds Confirmed by Diplomats
Report from London states the Ottoman Bank and the German Bank of Constantinople are shifting assets to Konieh in Asia Minor and the Turkish government archives have already been moved there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
March
Ottoman Bank
House judiciary votes to drop impeachment against Judge Dayton
The House Judiciary Committee approved 11 to 4 to drop impeachment proceedings against Federal Judge Dayton of West Virginia. The same telegram notes other items including ship Navajo sailing from Galveston with 6 112 bales of cotton for Bremen via Norfolk and a New York grand jury indicting anarchists Abarno and Cerbone for dynamite plot.
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House Judiciary Committee
Dayton
West Virginia
Galveston
Bremen
Norfolk
New York
Frank Abarno
Charles Cerbone
Mme. Poincare
France
Campalio
Italy
Biaffi
Sarah Bernhardt
Bordeaux
Senate
Ilson
Congress
Hellish
Harvard Observatory
Northwestern University
Vermont
13 Bodies Found in Layland Mine After Blast
Rescue teams searched the Layland mine in Hinton West Virginia after an explosion. Three more bodies were recovered bringing the dead to thirteen with many feared still trapped. Officials warned after damp filled workings and two to three days may pass before the mine is clear. A coffins car arrived for the dead.
British Ship Gibraltar Recounts First Day War Conversion
The British steamer Gibraltar arrived from Gibraltar with a tale of conversion from German to British flag on its maiden voyage. Formerly the German Schneefels of 3627 tons, the ship sailed Calcutta to Boston before a British torpedo boat demanded salute toward Gibraltar and forced surrender. A prize court later ordered the sale of the vessel.
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Strait OF Gibraltar
New York
Gibraltar
Schneefels
Calcutta
Boston
Mediterranean
Forty Three Ships Visit Port in February
Capt. Thomas P. Norville, harbor master of Mobile, released the February port report to Mayor Harry Pillans. The tally shows 43 vessels, total tonnage 43,256. steamships foreign-bound 19 or 21, 195 tons. steamships coastwise eight at 8,331 tons. square-rigged six at 1 ton. schooners ten at 8,709 tons.
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Thomas P. Norville
Port of
Mobile
Harry Pillans
Waterways Bill Passes Senate With 25 Million Support
Washington report on the close of the sixty third Congress details a Senate move approving a rivers and harbors program carrying 25 000 000 funded under war department oversight. House fights over the lump sum and conference battles delay final passage before the term end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sixty-Third
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Trade Commission
House
Post Office
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of War
Board of Army Engineers
Marshall
Oliver
Bryan
Clarke
Stone
Sherley
Kentucky
Situation critical as Turkish defenses tighten along Asia Minor
Paris reports four battleships bombarded Turkish army positions along the gulf of Saros near the Dardanelles. Ottoman bank funds and books are said seized in Constantinople. Athens dispatch notes Turkey faces a critical moment with hastily thrown up defenses, mass troop movements from Smyrna vilayets, desertions, and dissension among Young Turks leaders.
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Paris
Matin
Gulf of Saros
Dardanelles
Callipoli
Constantinople
Athens
Figaro
Turkey
Asia Minor
Vilayets
Smyrna
Blockade tactics threaten neutrals amid war
Rome reports Italian press united that German and British blockade measures will harm neutrals. Tribuna calls neutrals to defend rights against belligerents. In New York, insurers refuse German Austria shipments unless policy says free of British capture. rates hold at 1 1 4 to 2 percent, but capture risks persist.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
England
Tribuna
New York
March
Austria
German reply to American note aims to placate yet threaten England
The Daily News from London on March 3 says the German response seeks to calm America while provoking a clash with Britain, but cannot steer Great Britain away from its policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Daily News
America
England
Great Britain
Washington Encouraged by German Note Developments
Officials in Washington voiced optimism over unofficial London reports on Britain's stance, asserting U S policy aligns with international law. Representative Metz noted scarce dye stuffs in the United States with only a few days of supply expected, leaving American mills dependent on Germany for dyes.
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Washington
Administration
London
Great Britain
United States
Metz
White House
Germany
German and British Reactions to U S Naval Note
German commentators express mixed views on the U S proposals for naval war zone rules. Count Von Reventlow criticizes the German reply as impractical while Die Post and others note suspicious or cautious support. Papers debate flag abuse, neutrals, and Britain's possible concessions.
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Count von Reventlow
Die Post
Germany
Great Britain
United States
England
Persius
Morgen Post
Washington
British steamer St. Helena runs aground off Currituck coast
The 2708 ton British steamer St. Helena ashore one and a half miles below Currituck life saving station on the North Carolina coast. She sailed from Liverpool January 14 for Charleston and was last reported arriving February 14. The vessel rests easy with light wind and moderate sea as a relief tug heads out at 4 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
St. Helena
Currituck
North Carolina
Liverpool
Charleston
D. C
Senate Passes Relief Measure for Oil Operators
Washington March 3 The Senate last night passed a relief measure for Western oil operators whose plants would close due to a Supreme Court ruling in the mid-West oil cases. The bill was amended to permit leasing of oil lands to operators with prior entries before July 1 1910 if they surrender all claims. The measure moves to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
House
Campaign for crop diversification to open at Mobile rally
Chief P G Holden leads a Mobile prosperity mass meeting at the Battle House Wednesday night with fourteen speakers from Alabama and beyond. Speakers include Judge A E Chamberlain of Minneapolis and farmer leader R A Hayne, with Mrs G E Mathis also likely to speak.
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P. G. Holden
Battle House Auditorium
Holden
Mobile
Montgomery
Walsh
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Jim Hill
Ohio
R. A. Hayne
Mathis
G. E. Mathis
Gadsden
Alabama
Harte Auditorium
Do. W. Farr
Mobile County
C. W. Farr
M. C. Hammock
Edgar Green
J. W. Beeson
A. E. Chamberlain
J. F. Hudson
Lindsey Reese
R. A. Hayne, Mrs. G. FE. Mathis, Professor P. G. Holden
J. KE. Hite
Burrowa
Duggar
Auburn
Feagin
Educational Department
Wade
State Agricultural Commissioner's Department
Baldwin County
J. M. Browning
Zeller Wigent
C.C. Hudson
C. Funk
A. J. Clark
Mess
C. C. Hudson
C. B. Funk
H. A. Clarke
M. Cc. Hammock
A. K. Chamberlain
J. E. Hite
Professor Feagin
J. E. Waggoner
J. FE. Waggoner
E. A. Holden
Guy H. Hathorn
J. W. Wooten
C. (. Kirkpatrick
Geo. W. Powell
Nat Harker
Mississippi
George County
Merrill, Lucedale
Agricola
Merrill
J. C. Dorsett
F. B. Merrill
J. G. Leatherbury
Dr. Finger
Lucedale
Court House
J. Lumpkin
Jake London
W. J. Hurst
W. A. Avery
L. G. Sellers
F. M. Young
T. H. Byrd
C. J. Trobridge
B. R. Hegwood
E. A. Denson
J. T. Vice
Cc. A. Bryan
N. C. Hamilton
Wayne County
McLain High School
Tom Rabby
J. E. Green
W. W. Green
J. M. Ferrill
B. BE. Green
Perry County
Beaumont High School
Jeff Griffis
W. H. Overstreet
W. FE. Daniela
Bayless Overstreet
B. B. Breland
D. H. C. McGinnis
Birmingham burglary suspect linked to Dowdell case
Albert Dowdell, a suspect held by police as a dangerous character, is thought by Detec tive Burch and Deputy Soles to be Edward Dowdell wanted in Birmingham for burglary and grand larceny. Sheriff Holcombe has a warrant and notes the man fits the description. The warrant accuses him of breaking into and robbing Emma Harville’s home and taking various items.
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Albert Dowdell
Warren Burch
Lee Soles
Edward Dowdell
Birmingham
Holcombe
Jefferson County
Emma Harville
Gilcrease Wimms arraigned for knife assault on Council Harper
Wimms appeared before Judge Henry Chamberlain in the inferior court for assault with a knife on Council Harper. He was fined ten dollars plus costs or seventy days of hard labor on the county road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilcrease Wimms
Henry Chamberlain
Council Harper
Cattlemen Rally to Aid Sheriff in Fight Against Theft
Mobile cattlemen met at the courthouse to support the sheriff and state solicitor in a drive to stop cattle theft. Darby Odom presided with speakers John Ormond and Frank Boykin detailing losses and urging legal aid, witnesses, and enhanced enforcement. They urged keeping bond on Price T. Smith at $500 per charge and thanked The Mobile Item for publicity support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Darby Odom
John Ormond
Whistler
Frank Boykin
Calvert
Maobile
N. R. Clarke
Holcombe
First Child Baptized by Masons in Alabama
In Mobile an Infant, son of Robert Leroy Douglass and Amelia Sheffield Douglass, will be baptized by the Scottish Rite fraternity marking the first such ceremony in Alabama Freemasonry. Invitations note Mobile Consistory No 2 invites members to attend Friday March fifth at eight o'clock in the Scottish Rite Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
K. L. Douglass
Mobile
Charles Hervey Douglass
Robert Leroy Douglass
Amelia Sheffield Douglas
Scottish Rite
Ala
City Proclaims Thursday Half Holiday for Crop Diversification
Mayor Pillans and Mobile city board declare Thursday March 4 a municipal half holiday from noon to 6 pm to back a crop diversification campaign. Employers urged to close stores and businesses. citizens asked to aid the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillans
City Commission
Board of Commissioners
City of
Mobile
Congress Thanks South American Mediators for Peace Efforts
Washington March 4. The House adopted a joint resolution expressing thanks of Congress to South American ambassadors Da Gama Naoa and Suarez for their mediation in the U S Mexico controversy. It provides gold medals to the mediators in appreciation of their work for peace and order in the American continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senorgs da Gama
Naoa
Suarez
United States
Mexico
House
Senate
American
Killed Woman Who Scorned His Love in Philadelphia
A New York man Charles Co. St. Clair killed Mrs. Harry Hall of Waterbury Conn in a Philadelphia hotel Monday night and then killed himself. Arthur D. Stein, a relative, said St. Clair had courted Mrs. Hall before her four month ago marriage to Harry Hall. On the wedding day St. Clair reportedly attempted suicide.
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Philadelphia
Charles Co. St. Clair
New York
Harry Hall
Waterbury
Conn
Arthur D. Stein
St. Clair
Hall
Stein
Weather outlook for the Deep South
The forecast shows rain tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures. Alabama expects rain tonight and tomorrow with warmer air. Mississippi also reports rain tonight and tomorrow with warmer conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Germans Bombard Anti and Warsaw in March Attacks
A Montenegrin report from Cetinje says five Austrian warships bombarded Anti and its port, destroying stores, sinking a royal yacht at anchor, and killing a civilian. Separately a German aircraft bombarded Warsaw, Poland, with most bombs hitting residential districts and no casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vars
Montenegro
Cettinje
Anti
Warsaw
Poland
Petrograd
Two Forts at Ossowetz Fall in Polish Fortress Line
Berlin dispatch reports two Russian forts at Ossowetz Poland demolished and guns silenced. Ossowetz near the Prussian frontier is a key fortress in the northern Poland fortifications forming part of the line the Russian Tenth Army withdrew to from East Prussia.
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Ossowetz
Berlin
London
Poland
Cologne
East Prussia
Asquith speech provokes British wartime pledge in Cologne
The Cologne Gazette reports on Premier Asquith outlining Britain's retaliatory plans against Germany. It quotes that Great Britain will press submarines to destroy Germany, asserting if Britain wants war to the knife she shall have it.
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Amsterdam
London
Cologne
Asquith
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Submarine fleet sails toward Dardanelles from Pola
Austrian six submarine fleet, with torpedo boats and destroyers, departed Pola at dawn for the Dardanelles. The Telegram reports the group was last sighted off Corfu as it advanced toward the strategic strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dardanelles
Geneva
Paris
Big Austrian Losses in Eastern Galicia
Semi official communique reports heavy Austrian losses amid bombardment in Ossowiec area. German forces expended ammunition while German fire reportedly mowed down enemy units. Situation described as favorable to Russian position in eastern Galicia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galacia
Russian Drive Forces Turks Back Across Caucasus Route
Russian army of the Caucasus advances, cutting the route for Turkish meat and supplies from Co ple through Kops and isolating a large area in Armenia near the Tchoruk estuary scenes along the river pack.
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Tiflis
Trans-Caucasia
64Grad
London
Caucasus
Tchoruk
Armenia
Kops
Nine Vessels in Action at the Dardanelles
Athens dispatch reports nine battleships in bombardment of forts in the Dardanelles with six British and three French ships. The fleet reached within two miles of Chanak Kalat as allied troops landed at Kum Kaleh and engaged Turkish defenses near Besika telegraph station.
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Athens
Paris
Dardanelles
Chanak Kalat
Kum Kaleh
Besika
Straita
Allied fleet silences Chanak batteries report
An Athens dispatch on Tuesday stated the allied fleet destroyed the batteries at Chanak Kalesi Fort Sul tanieh, silencing the Turkish defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Chanak Kalesi
Fort
Sul¢tanieh
Dardanelles Shelled Again and War News From Europe
London reports say Germany and Austria are losing on eastern fronts with Russians checked in eastern Galicia and Austrians in the Carpathians under pressure. The allied fleet bombarded the Dardanelles again though confirmation is lacking. Britain insists on a sea blockade while US protests rise and neutral countries weigh responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teutons
London
Germany
Austria
Carpathians
Pi d
Galacia
Poland
England
Washington
United States
Holland
Great Britain
Coal Seizure Halts Work Indefinitely in Delaware and Hudson
Notices posted in Wilkes Barre say all Delaware and Hudson collieries in the district have suspended operations indefinitely. Around 12,000 workers and the company face widespread layoffs due to weak demand for coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Delaware and
Hudsar
Pope
Aspension
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Taylor
Pinkerton
C. ©. Green
Root
Burton
Smoot
Lodge
Tages Zeitung
T P
Briain
Farm Preachers
Battle House
Asault
International Harvester Co
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