Pennsylvania launches a mighty battleship in Newport News
The United States battleship Pennsylvania is launched at Newport News with Secretary Daniels signaling. Miss Elizabeth Kolb of Germantown, Pa., christens the ship as 10,000 Americans and a German observer salute from nearby vessels. The Pennsylvan ia, bigger than the Queen Elizabeth and armed with twelve 14 inch guns, is set for commission by February 28, 1916 and will cost over 13 million dollars.
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Newport News
United States
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Kolb
Germaintown
Daniels
James River
Prinz Ejitel Friedrich
Berry
Thierichens
Dardanelles
Nevada
Oklahoma
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
France
Panama Canal
Navy Dry Docks
Bond sale funds St Louis bridge completion
A $2,750,000 bond issue was sold to four St Louis firms to complete a municipal bridge project across the Satellinetpil river at St Louis. The move follows earlier plans and signals final financing for the crossing despite prior delays.
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AB Coabine
Satellinetpil River
St. Louis
Pennstodiele Senate
House
French Academy of Science
Apece
New York
Gulf Coast
Florida
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Ohio
W. J. Mayo
Mayo Radiator Company
New Haven
Lillian May Cook
Susie Wahlers
Carl Beradnotte
Gustave
Sweden
Baron de Geer
King's Horse Guards
William
George von der Martwitz
Vienna
Berlin
Gloria
la Plata
Stockholm
Swinemunde
Copenhagen
E. Novello & Co
Supreme Court
Dacia
Edward N. Breitung
Chicago Stock Yards
Wyvisbrook
Campeche
Bads
Progreso
Training School Attracts Large Attendance At Mobile
The Baptist Training School draws an exceptionally large crowd at First Baptist Church Mobile under the Baptist State Board of Missions. Daily sessions begin at 4:30 p m with prayer and praise, and from 4:35 to 5:35 two classes are led by Harry L Strickland and Miss Lillian Forbes. Dr W S Wiley concluded Monday with The Winning of Christ and a ladies lunch followed from 7:30 to 8:15.
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Baptist Training School
Baptist State Board of Missions
Baptist Churches of Mobile
First Baptist Church
Harry L. Strickland
Lillian Forbes
Birmingham
W. S. Wiley
Christ
Souths Lumber to Rebuild Europe
Plans for exporting yellow pine to France England Switzerland and Holland were discussed by the Alabama division of the Southern Pine Association in Montgomery on March 16. J B Rhodes of New Orleans said London buyers expect Liege to be rebuilt largely from Southern pine as German and Russian supplies are no longer obtainable.
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Montgomery
Ala
France
England
Switzerland
Holland
Alabama
Southern Pine Association
J. BE. Rhodes
New Orleans
London
Liege
Germany
Russia
Child May Solve Murder Mystery in Bare
In Bare Indiana police worked to obtain a statement from Clifford Balding one of William C Balding family survivors as three Balding family members died and others including Clifford remained unconscious. Officers held a suspect but offered no immediate breakthrough in the tragedy.
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Bare Haute
Ind
Wiliam C. Balding
Decree Rendered In United States District Court Case
In a United States district court the judge for the case of Joseph eres MY ae ber Seno Deas has rendered a decree, granting a ruling as part of the ongoing proceedings.
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United States District Court
Toulmin
Josepheres MY Ae
Permanent body launched for crops movement
A Diversified Farming Association is forming across Alabama and Mississippi counties affected by the I H C crops campaign. At the Cawthon Hotel meeting temp chairman Aubrey Boyles and temp secretary G G Card were chosen, with Prof P G Molden and Mrs G H Mathis named as advisers. The group aims to organize through chambers of commerce, banks, press, schools, and civic groups to promote self-sustaining farming and diversified crops, following the Mississippi campaign model.
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Alabama
Mississippi
I H. C
Cawthon Hotel
Aubrey Boyles
G. G. Card
J. C. Bush Jr
Mobile
Baldwin
Escambia
Conecuh
George County
Miss
R. F., Powell
Fairhope
George A. Maloney
A. A. Ross
Brewton
S. M. LeBaron
Miss Luther
Castleberry
Holden
Cawthon
Chambers of Commerce
Bankers’ Association
Cereeral
G. H. Mathis
Gadsden
Jessie McGuire
Mobile County
L. M. Wetzel
Baldwin County
Alabama Naval Stores Company forms in Mobile county
The Alabama Naval Stores Company files incorporation in probate court to engage in general naval stores business with headquarters in bile. Capitalized at 25000, starting with 11500. Incorporators include W P Lewis L J Knox Calvert Creole Naval Stores Satsuma Pace Barrow New Augusta Vin cent Mobile and W H Schofield Whistler as secretary and treasurer.
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Alabama Naval Stores Company
Mobile County
Mississippi
General Naval Stores
Bile
W. P. Lewis
Prins
Ik Gem Citron Es Ne
Tronelile
L. J. Knox
Calvert
Creole Naval Stores
Shooting case dismissed for lack of evidence
On a charge with intent to mar or harm a man and with a gun involved, the record shows the court discharged the defendant due to lack of evidence in the shooting of Grady Anderson, a night watchman for Lucas E. Moore Stave Company at Three Mile Creek two weeks ago.
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Grady Anderson
Lucas E. Moore
Three-Mile Creek
Standard Compress Demonstrated in Mobile Attracts National Interest
A Mobile gathering showcases the Standard Compress and Warehouse Corpora tion as Birmingham New Orleans and New York participants tour the facility. Stakeholders from mills and cotton exchanges describe savings of freight and improved bale quality with the new method amid optimistic plans for expansion.
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Mobile
Birmingham
New Orleans
New York City
Waterbury
Conn
Standard Compress and Warehouse Corporation
Virginia
H. K. Milner
Milner Land Company
Standard Corporation
J. D. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick Land and Cement Company
New Corporation
W. D. Nesbitt
H. T. Rowley
New York
Moses V. Joseph
Loveman, Joseph & Loeb
M. J. Warner
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Magnolia Compress
Standard
Weather Summary for Alabama Tonight and Tomorrow
Fair tonight with very cold temperatures and strong winds. Friday becomes colder with clearing skies and light to moderate rain chances. Highs and lows reflect a cool, dry start followed by a damp, chilly day. Weather services advise warm clothing and caution on slick surfaces.
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Alabama
Freezin
Arin Cher
U S Protest Grows Over British Trade Order
President Wilson avoided discussing the British order in council shutting off German trade awaiting formal notification but indicated the outline displeased the United States. Officials expect a protest stressing international law as neutral commerce faces disruptions and cotton shipments risk losses under the new regime.
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Washington
Wilson
Order In Council
United States
Great Britain
Cold St Patricks Day Forecast Hits Tennessee
The weather forecast predicts frosty St Patrick s Day with 36 degrees in the morning and colder by night. Forecaster Ashenberger notes sun and light snow reaching Nashville and Knoxville while Mobile expects nonseasonable warmth, prompting renewed doubts about the last cold snap.
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St. Patrick's
Nashville
Knoxville
Tenn
Ashenberger
Irish Cops to Head St Patrick Parade
The Hibernians will stage the St Patrick Day parade on Wednesday led by Sergeant John Lincoln and six Irish-descended officers from the police department. Chief Crenshaw ordered the platoon. Lincoln, a native of Ireland, is honored as a distinguished officer and citizen.
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Hibernians
John Lincoln
Police Department
Crenshaw
Ireland
Dutch steamer Van Hogendorp sails from Mobile for Rotterdam
The Dutch steamer Van Hogendorp from Galveston arrived at Mobile Coal Docks to load bunker coal for its voyage to Rotterdam. Zimmern Coal Co ordered the loading and expects departure Wednesday morning. The ship carries cotton and freight, with coal from Alabama mined for Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co to be assessed by a company official aboard.
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Netherlands
van Hogendorp
Galveston
Texas
Mobile
Rotterdam
Holland
Zimmern Coal Company
Sam Zimmern
Alabama
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Assemblies of God leaders dispute Holy Rollers label
The Semmes Alabama leader of the Assemblies of God told The Item that the term Holy Rollers used in Ira Ward’s trial coverage was an error and that members do not roll. He said the remark was about disturbing public worship cited in an inferior criminal court proceeding where Ward was fined $20.
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Holy Rollers
Assemblies of God of Shippers
Semmes
Ala
Ira Ward
Inferior Criminal Court
Assemblies of God
Robbers Club Horse Strike Report in Davis Avenue Area
Owen Brackett a negro wagon driver for Hultz Meat Market told police two white men tried to hold him up near Jackson and Aspiring streets at dawn. They allegedly struck his horse with a club near the Askin and Marine store on Dauphin street, knocked the animal, and fled. William Hults later corroborated the incident and found the wagon at the scene.
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Owen Brackett
Hultz
Davis Avenue
Jackson
Aspirin
Askin & Marine
Dauphin Street
William Hults
Jeecea
Hesai
Sprinkles Appointed Reef Warden In Alabama Oystering
George Sprinkles a Bayde la Barre oyster man has been named chief oyster warden under the new law abolishing the Alabama Oyster Commission. The telegram to A G Ward shows support from the revenue board. The position pays 126 dollars monthly and requires a power boat. Sprinkles will choose an assistant soon.
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Mobile
Montgomery
George Sprinkles
Bayde la Barre
Ala
Alabama Oyster Commission
A. G. Ward
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Sprinkles
Fourteen Pass Medical Licenses in Alabama Exam
Fourteen of thirty five applicants passed the January medical licensure examinations in Montgomery. The board reports four winners from Jefferson County with Birmingham and Bessemer also represented. Names listed include Avery, Beggs, Bragg, Canterberry, Dickson, Edwards, Ellis, Frazer, Staples, Meeks, Lewis, McAdory, Norton, and Turlington.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
W. H. Sanders
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Bessemer
W. M. Avery
Boudon
R. P. Beggs
Mobile
E.G. Bragg
Victoria
T. Z. Canterberry
Vance
J. D. Dickson
St. Clair
W. B. Edwards
Union Springs
Ll. C. Ellis
Rockford
B. F. Frazer,Jr
Shreveport
J. D. Staples
Goodwater
A. A. Meeks
C. J. Lewis
Jacksonville, Fla
D. McAdory
E. M. Norton
L. F. Turlington
Two Women Dead In Los Angeles Apartment Fire
Two women are dead and a third woman is fatally burned with many others injured in a fire that swept an apartment building in Los Angeles early today. Residents escaped by leaping from windows to the ground as flames engulfed the structure.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sheriff seeks owner for four hides found with suspect
Hides described as a black bull or steer with specific ear marks, a dark brown bull or steer with crop and underslope and tail brush cropped, a light red cow with white face and ear crops, and a light red steer about two years old. Sheriff requests the owner come forward after a Friday arrest of George Taylor at Water and Adams streets on suspicion of being dangerous.
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Sheriff's Department
George Taylor
Water and
Adams
Jurors Fined for Failure to Appear in Court
H. M. Edwards of Theodore Alabama Louis H. Metzger of Vassar Hulbert and John C. Orrell of this city were summoned as jurors in the law and equity court. They failed to answer to their names and were fined $50 by Judge Sattord Berney.
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H. M. Edwards
Theodore
Ala
Louis H. Metzger
Vassar
Hulbert
John C. Orrell
Law and Equity Court
See
Pease On
Sattord Berney
Battles and casualties report from Europe and Dardanelles front
Dispatches from Brest and Paris describe north Bukowina advances in bad weather with Austrian trenches taken at Novo Salitsa and heavy Austrian losses. Prussian casualty totals reach 1 050 029 killed or missing since the war began. New Dardanelles gun reports and Turkish forces at Kum Kale are noted with British ships engaging. Italy expels correspondents as Rome censors coverage of Vienna Tageblatt and the furter Zeitung.
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London
Bukowina
Mxrehs
Brest
Roumania
Bad Weat
Novo Salitsa
Baynoet
Italy
Paris
Rome
Vienna Tageblatt
Furter Zeitung
Prusian
Heveningens
Copenhagen
Prussia
Wurttemberg
London reports on European warfare and neutral observers
Reports from London on March 16 discuss sea activity in the East and the effect of a British order. Paris claims recoveries of losses while editors question blockades and urge forbearance toward neutrals amid extraordinary wartime conditions.
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London
Menance
Paris
German cruiser Dresden Sunk After Brief Battle
London reports the German cruiser Dresden was sunk near Juan Fernandez Island after a five minute fight with the British squadron on March 14. The crew were saved and fifteen were wounded. Germans were evacuated to Valparaiso. The Dresden, last seen near the Falklands, was the only survivor of its five ship squadron.
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de Brick
London
Admiralty
Glasgow
John Luce
R. N
H. M
R. J. Segave
Kent
John D
Sea c B
Dresden
Juan Fernandez Island
Fagen
Mages
Valparaiso
Delton
Falkland Islands
Straits of Magellan
Await Fagts on Washington March United States Will
The fragment mentions awaiting actions on Washington likely tied to March events in the United States. Specific details are unreadable.
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Washington
United States
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Theilena
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Department of Agriculture
U.S
Congress
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Turkey
Beleste
ST. Patrick's Day
T. C
Company
Man
New Hampshire
Kum Kale
Athens
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