Paris and London Reply to US on German Blockade
March 9 Paris reports American reply to French and British notes on the Germany blockade has been received in Paris and London. It mirrors lines in American papers and seeks detailed information on proposed blockade measures. Washington has not yet received replies from France and Britain about means to hold up cargoes for Germany. President Wilson was told unofficially that Britain planned an order in council yesterday.
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Paris
Journal
Germany
London
Saatin
Washington
Ington
France
Great Britain
United States
Wilson
Goulds Out Of Directorates On Missouri Pacific Line
In St Louis on March 9 official control of the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain system ended as George J. Gould and other Gould representatives were removed from the railway boards. New directors for Missouri Pacific were Edward A. Faust William H. Lee E J Pearson of St Louis Nicholas F Brady Newcomb Carlton A J Hemphill Cornelius Vanderbilt and W H Williams of New York replacing George J Gould Edwin Gould Kingdon Gould James Steyer E O Adams J G Metcalfe E T Jeffrey and B S Pryor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Goulds
George J. Gould
Gould
Missouri Pacific
Edward A. Faust
William H. Lee
E. J. Pearson
Nicholas F. Brady
Newcomb Carlton
A. J. Hemphill
Cornelius Vanderbilt
W. H. Williams
New York
Edwin Gould
Kingdon Gould
James Steyer
E. O. Adams
J. G. Metcalfe
E. T. Jeffrey
8. F. Pryor
Single Tax Apostle Coms to Mobile in South Tour
Frederick H. Monroe president of the Henry George Lecture Association visits Mobile during an extensive Southern and Western tour to promote the Single Tax movement. He travels to the West and Northwest organizing work while continuing to evangelize the cause to communities along the Atlantic coast. Monroe has prior ties to Mobile and the Eastern shore.
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Mobile
Frederick H. Monroe
Henry George Lecture Association
Atlantic Coast
Monroe
Mr. Monroe
Law and Equity Jurors Called for Thursday Duty
Additional jurors drawn for Tuesday for duty in the law and equity court on Thursday include Ernest H. Planck Phillip 8. Meyer Noah Schwarz Lewis Servall William A. Douglass Charles E. Leiter Frank S. Jarvis William N. Deegan Newton F. Williams Frank L. Sigler Frank B. Annan W. Bernard McCoy Willis J. Glascow James M. Jackson Charles T. Adolph Myles H. Savell Joseph A. Ryan Charles W King Clas H. Cartman Claude Christy Leslie L. Brown John N. Cammack George Wherlein Reinnison and L. Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Ryan
Charles W. Kiing
Clas H. Cartman
Claude Christy
Leslie L. Brown
John N. Cammack
George Wherlein
Reinnison
L. Williams
Italy Charts Plan to Arm State Railways with Steamers
A bill in Parliament authorizes state railways to buy or charter steamers for transport of coal and essential goods to counter rising ocean freight costs. In New York, an emergency message from Governor Whitman supports repeal of the ban on employing aliens on public works, passing the senate 86 to 7 and expected to reach the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Paris
Whitman
New York Senate
Assembly
Swamp Root Credited For Kidney Trouble Recovery
A Brooklyn resident testifies in 1914 that Swamp Root cured years of kidney issues after doctors failed to help. He recalls a seven year severe illness and that his family had to lift him from bed. He swore Swamp Root was the remedy and would use it again if needed.
Kilmer Swamp-Root Sample Offer In Binghamton NY
A promotional letter from Dr Kilmer and Company of Binghamton NY urges readers to send ten cents for a sample size bottle of Swamp Root and a booklet about kidneys and bladder. Mention The Mobile Daily Item. Regular bottles sold at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Go
Binghamton, N. Y
Sheriff sale advertised of Clark-Butler Realty Co real estate
Under an order of sale Mobile County Alabama will sell the interest of Clark-Butler Realty Co in lands in Mobile County described as the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 35 Township 2 South Range 3 West excluding ten acres and the east half of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 35 also lots eight in the village. The sale is to be held in front of Mobile County courthouse on Monday April 5 1915 at twelve o'clock noon for cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Price Home Co
Clark-Butler ‘Realty Company
Equity
Alabama
Mobile County
Clark-Butler Realty Company
Towit
St. Stephen’s Meridian
Helen Angle Manslaughter Case Evidence Presented
In Bridgeport Connecticut on March 9, the state introduced impressions of Mrs Helen Angles feet from last July taken at Stamford police headquarters as evidence in her manslaughter trial over Waldo Ballowes death. The bloodied barefoot prints in the apartment hallway and courtroom areas are alleged to match the defendant.
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Bridgeport
Helen M. An
Stamford
Conn
Waldo Ballou
Ballou
Gle
Helen Angle
Angle
Countess Szechenyi Not Ill in Austria Denial
Vanderbilt family denies reports that Countess Laszlo Szechenyi formerly Gladys Vanderbilt is ill in Austria Hungary. Cable reports claimed smallpox illness in Budapest, but family says she recently wrote from Budapest in good health and is working with wounded soldiers.
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Szechenyi
Austria
New York
Laszlo Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Austria-Hungaria
Vanderbilt
Budapest
Wounde
Law and Equity Court Dockets Tuesday Actions
Law side actions reported with judgments by default and court and a jury verdict. Wm H Louisell vs C A French damages $237.40. Hammel Dry Goods Co. vs C L May damages $217.18. Strauss Pritz Co. vs Chas Schimpf costs paid. German Trust Bank vs E V Pickley jury verdict for plaintiff $5,757. Call for Wednesday Saddlery vs G F & B Chemical Co.
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LAW and Equity Court
Law Side
Safford_ Berney
Wm. H. Louisell
C. A. French
Hammel Dry Goods Company
C. L. May
Strauss-Pritz Co
Chas. Schimpf
Small roof fires reported at two city homes
Firefighters answered calls from box 314 just after 7am for a small roof fire at James Kennedy's one story frame home 553 South Wilkinson. At 7:24am an alarm from box 57 sent crews to Frank Bogue's one story frame residence 205 Spring Hill Avenue. Sparks caused both blazes with little damage.
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James Kennedy
Wilkinson Street
Frank Bogue
Spring Hill Avenue
Home remedy for cough touted with Pinex mixture
An advertorial note promotes a cough remedy claiming to halt coughing by healing inflamed throat membranes. It recommends mixing Pinex with sugar and water to make a full pint solution, promising rapid, pleasant relief and easy preparation with full directions.
Japan US inquiry over China demands
The United States sent a friendly inquiry to Japan noting differences between Japan and China's versions of demands on China. Japan sent a supplementary note to the great powers explaining omitted articles and kept long-standing issues with China. In Tokyo it is believed the US and European powers have no objections and Japan aims to win acceptance of most demands. China warns force might be used if not accepted by March 12. Washington says no representations were made. Britain’s Grey affirms adherence to the 1905 treaty with China and equal opportunities for all nations.
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Torio
United States
Japan
China
Peking
Lu Cheng Hsiang
Yuan Shi Kai
Washington
Wilson
Great Britain
London
House of Commons
Grey
Attorneys sue for Eliza Buerger property in Scott street suit
Attorneys Road Tonemeire and Mc Mahon filed suit in the circuit court on Monday for Eliza Buerger against Henry Martin Buerger to recover possession of property on the east side of Scott street 100 feet north of the Scott and Dauphin streets corner. Minnie V. Williams filed the bond in probate court on Tuesday. Jessie Cunningham convicted in city court Tuesday on assault and battery with a pistol and sent to county jail for sentence. Harry Groom represents the defendant. H A Feiberman represents the H M Price Hardware Company, suing Clark-Butler Realty Company in law and equity court on Tuesday for 175 dollars due on a promissory note.
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Attorneys Road
Tonemeire
McMahon
Circuit Court
Eliza Buerger
Henry Martin Buerger
Scott Street
Scott and
Dauphin Streets
Jessie Cunningham
Walter Jones
Harry Groom
H. A. Feiberman
H. M. Price Hardware Company
Law and Equity
Clark-Butler Realty Company
Former Deputy Guilty Of Shooting Quinley In City Court
Stanley Dixon a former deputy sheriff was found guilty of assault to murder for shooting H. J. Quinley a railroad switch man in Pric last night. The verdict came after a long trial in city court and Dixon faces sentencing later in the term.
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H. J. Quinley
Stanley Dixon
Dixon
Pric
Home Garden Employes Meet Wednesday Over Vacant Lot Work
Advertised notice calls all applicants or prospective applicants for Home Garden Association vacant lots to meet with George A. M. director at the Gulf Coast Home Products Show Alba building Royal Street Wednesday between 1 and 3 p.m. The gathering aims to complete enrollment of all interested in the work.
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Home Garden
Home Garden Association
George A. M
Gulf Coast Home Products
Alba Building
Royal Street
British Subjects From Ruatan Leave Mobile for War
James Warren and H Flynn British subjects from Ruatan Island in British Honduras sailed from Mobile aboard the schooner Pleroma with a cargo of coconuts. They will join the colors in the war on the continent, continuing to own and operate the Pleroma in Gulf trade.
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Ruatan
Lea FO
James Warren
H. Flynn
British Honduras
Mobile
United Fruit Company
England
Warren
Flynn
Powder Concern to Dissolve
The International Smokeless Powder and Chemical Company stockholders met in Camden New Jersey and voted to dissolve the $10,000,000 corporation. Du Pont Powder Company holds about 95 percent of the stock, and the government has begun manufacturing its own smokeless powder, reducing demand for this company's product.
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Camden
N. J
International Smokeless Powder and Chemical Company
du Pont Powder Company
Fire on La Touraine Aboard French Liner Calmly Resolved
Inquiry launched by Admiral Charlier and Director Duorot into a fire confined to one hold of the La Touraine as it docked after a voyage from the United States. Passengers were untouched, life belts used, and lifeboats ready. Rotterdam and other ships stood by before escorting the liner to Cherbourg.
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Caussin
Rotterdam
la Touraine
Prawle Point
England
Guichen
Du _ Petit Thouars
Cherbourg
British report notes gains and mining impact on front
London March 9. The semi weekly British headquarters report says overall front unchanged with localized gains. The snipers mastery near La Bassee and Ypres continues. a March 5-6 mine under a German trench southeast of Ypres killed several, crater held briefly, enemy trenches on both sides rendered useless. Enemy artillery more active in spots but effect slight.
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London
John French
la Bassee
Ypres
Robertson to be traded by Nationals to St. Louis
Outfielders Bescher and Robertson will be traded by the New York Nationals to the St. Louis Nationals for pitcher W. D. Perritt, according to a San Antonio dispatch from the team’s spring training site.
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Robertson
ST. Louis
Bescher
New York Nationals
St. Louis Nationals
W. D. Perritt
San Antonio
Explosion in German Arsenal Kills Fourteen at Antwerp
Central News reports from Amsterdam that a massive blast at Antwerp's German arsenal today killed fourteen men and injured seventy. Emergency crews responded as flames spread, with casualties confirmed by authorities and wartime dispatches.
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London
Central News
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Tuesday's Closing Markets for Cotton
Market closing data shows receipts totaling 847 for the week and 58,042 since August. Exports to Britain reach 83,223 with continent shipments at 97,417. Stock on hand stands at 1,653,528 with U.S. ports reporting 9,279,677 since August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Abs de Oaks Esen
Ate Teor
Britain
Continent
New York Cotton Market Sees Heavy Selloffs
Heavy selling in the New York cotton market early in the session attributed to houses with German connections left prices unsettled. May opened up but other months moved little to lower, with later declines offset by mid morning rallies and the market finishing steady.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Prices End Mixed After Early Decline
New Orleans cotton opened lower but by midmorning showed a net loss of 4 to 6 points. Spot cotton steadied with middling at 8.13 and 1,290 bales sold on spot with 950 arriving. Cotton closed steady with a net decline of 5 to 8 points as futures ranged from March to December contracts.
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New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Report
Spot cotton in Liverpol eased with good middling at 5.39, middling 5.07 and low middling 4.67. Sales reached 8 000 bales with 2 500 bales for speculation and export, receipts 33 648 bales, futures quiet and steady with May JUne at 4.99 and 5.08 1 2, July-August 5.10, Oct-Nov 6.24 and Jan-Feb 5.31.
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Liverpol
Cash Grain and Provisions Market Report
Chicago March 9 cash grain and provisions futures opened with declines amid broad selling. Traders noted lower prices for corn and wheat while provisions traded unevenly as speculative interest waned.
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Cash Grain and Provisions
Chicago
Fallaure
Naval Stores Prices in Savannah Report
Turpentine firm in Savannah quotes 42¢ with 6 casks receipts. Rosin firm shows 208 barrels receipts. Bid ranges for grades A through N are listed with specific prices from 2.95 to 5.55 and other entries Wa WW at 5.45 5.55.
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Naval
Savannah
Brunswick shooting victim dies in bank district rampage
Brunswick Ga March 9 Gunner Tomnas a bank clerk among those shot by Monroe Phillips who ran amuck in the business district last Saturday died of his wounds today. Tomnas death is the eighth in the tragedy Phillips was shot down by a citizen after he had killed five and wounded thirty two others.
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Brunswick
Tomnas
Monroe Phillips
Amuck
Phillips
Labor Secretary Calls UMWA Leaders to Strike Settlement Conference
Secretary of Labor Wilson invites John P. White and Frank Hayes of the United Mine Workers to a conference to reconsider settlement plans for the eastern Ohio coal strike. The gathering targets senior union officials to review options and reach an agreement.
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Wilson
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
John P. White
Frank Hayes
Stock prices drift with mixed gains and losses across sectors
Irregular trend visible as Union Pacific and United States Steel edge up slightly while other shares slip. Notable risers include Woolworth and American Tobacco with modest gains, and several tobacco and chemical stocks cited with varying fractions.
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Union Pacific
United States Steel
Ther Nent
Woolworth
International Harvester
American Tobacco, Ptd
London
American Smelting
American Sugar
American & Tel
American Tobacco
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Chesa & Ohio
Cuicego
J. Paul
General Electric
Great Northern
Pfd
Illinois Central
Reading
Rep. Iron & Steel
Rock Island Co. Ptd
Seaboard Air Line
Sloss-Chef
Steel & Iron
Bouthern
Pacific
Southern Railway
Tennessee Copper
Texas Co
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Western Union
Bethlehem Steel
American Beet Sugar
Cardinal Gibbons Arrives in New Orleans for Mexico Talks
Cardinal Gibbons arrived in New Orleans from Baltimore and will confer with Archbishop Mora y Del Rio, head of the Mexican Catholic Church, about the serious church situation in Mexico. The meeting is expected to be arranged for tomorrow. He was fatigued on arrival and declined to see anyone.
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Cardinal Gibbons
New Orleans
Mexico
Baltimore
Mora Y del Rio
Joint Milit ia Maneuvers Planned by Militia
Brigadier General Mills announced that the war department contemplates joint camps of instruction for field artillery coast artillery signal corps and medical corps during the summer with a possible small scale cavalry camp. The concentration of regulars along the Mexican border would prevent infantry maneuvers.
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Washington
Mills
War Department
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Signal Corps
Medical Corps
Railroads Win Extra Coal Dump Charge Upheld
The interstate commerce commission upheld a charge by Norfolk and Western and other railroads for dumping coal from piers into boats in Norfolk and Newport News harbors. The New England Coal and Coke Company’s complaint was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norfolk & Western
Norfolk
Newport News
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England Coal & Coke Company
Evacuation of Piedras Negras Reported
Washington March 9 The state department was advised that Piedras Negras has been evacuated by the Carranza garrison and moved toward Nuevo Laredo. Official records of the town were brought to the American side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Piedras Negras
Carranza
Nuevo Laredo
Willard Heads to Havana for World Title Bout
Jess Willard, heavyweight contender, left Los Angeles for Havana to meet Jack Johnson for the world championship on April 3. He has continued light training while in the city.
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Willard
Los Angeles
Cal
Jess Willard
Havana
Cuba
Jack Johnson
Grand jury acts at Palm Beach targets gambling rings
Palm Beach Florida March 9 grand jury subpoenas were issued for prominent men across the country tied to efforts to wipe out gambling at a fashionable winter resort. Witnesses include John F Fitzgerald former Boston mayor and H H Fitzgerald James Schoolmaker of Pittsburgh, Charles Cragin of Philadelphia, H S Black of New York, Thomas D Shevlin of Minneapolis and Peter and Thomas Vreedenburg of Bridgeport. John R and Edward Bradley proprietors of Beach Club face gambling room charges. they waived preliminary hearing and are held on 5000 bail each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Figerald
Boston
H. H. Fitzgerald
James
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Charles Cragin
Philadelphia
H. S. Black
Papes Diapep sin claimed to regulate stomachs in minutes
No stomach pain gas or indigestion in five minutes says Pape’s Diapepsin. The ad claims fast relief from sour upset stomach indigestion and gas with a money back guarantee and a fifty cent case offering value and safety for home use.
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Pape
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