Associated Press Exonerated in Antitrust Probe
Washington reports Attorney General Gregory finds no ground for federal action against the Associated Press under the anti trust law. AP President Frank B. Noyes says the ruling confirms the organization’s lawful, ethical conduct and long scrutiny by the Justice Department.
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Washington
Gregory
James M. Beck
Sun Writing and Publishing Association of New York
Associated Press
A. P
Frank B. Noyes
Jated Press
New York Sun
Department of Justice
Italian punitive expedition routs rebels near Gebadia
An Italian force from Bengazi under Colonel Paiola dispersed a strong rebel group near Gebadia after a hard fight. Rebels suffered about 100 killed with many wounded, while Italian losses were 40 killed and 45 wounded. A second expedition from Cyrenacia joined to quell a rebellion said to have grown considerable.
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Rome
Paris
Bengazi
Paiola
Gebadia
Shellfish Men Meet in Orleans
Delegates from seaboard and gulf states attend the seventh annual convention of the National Shellfish Commissioners Association in New Orleans. W. McDonald Lee of Irvington Virginia serves as president as officers are elected on Thursday. Delegates will inspect Louisiana and possibly Mississippi oyster fisheries during the three day session.
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New Orleans
Seaboard
Gulf States
National Shellfish Commissioners’ Association
W. McDonald Lee
Irvington
Louisiana State Conservation Commission
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama Coal Sent to Florida by Steamer Dorothy
The Dorothy bound for Boca Grande sailed with 500 tons of Alabama coal from Corong Fuel & Iron Company mines north of Mobile. The coal arrived at Mobile via the Southern Railway in nineteen cars and was transferred at the railway coal chute. This marks the first Alabama coal cargo for the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad, signaling potential future use of Alabama coal and Mobile as a coal port.
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Dorothy
Boca Grande
Alabama
Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad
Corong Fuel & Iron Company
Mineral
Mobile
Southern Railway
Virginia
Davis Brothers Face Grand Larceny Charges
Charles and Ivan Davis, arrested in New Orleans by Detective Warren Burch and others, are brought to Mobile for recorders court hearings Wednesday afternoon on charges of grand larceny. The pair allegedly entered the American Laundry stealing 140 dollars and took a watch valued at 50 dollars from Captain Sam Reed of the Gen. S. B. Holabird government mail boat.
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Charles
Ivan Davis
New Orleans
Warren Burch
Mobile
Recorders Court
Sam Reed
S. B. Holabird
Charles Davis
Easton Kentuckys Coal Strike Ends After Agreement Reached
The coal strike in Easton Kentucky ended yesterday as miners returned to work following an agreement. A special meeting of United States Steel Corp amended by laws to reduce the number from twenty four to eighteen. Murray resigned as director and five vacancies remained. American gunboats reached Santiago while a yacht La Vedette was towed into Beaufort after crew rescue. Seattle Chamber reports a 50 member Chinese trade delegation will tour the U.S. this spring. President Wilson issued a recess appointment to Joseph T. Johnson as United States district judge for the western district of South Via.
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Easton Kentiary
United States Steel Corpora
Murray
Santiago
Cialmoado
Haiti
Beaufort
N. C
Herbertborn
Miami
New Y
Coast Guards
Fort Macon
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
United States
Wilson
Joseph T. Johnson
Spartanburg
D. C
Uni
South Via
Berlin
Vigilancia
Bremen
Kirkwell
Middle
East Tennessee
Nashville
Monterey
Tenn
Boston
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Chicago
Kansas City Baseball Club
Federal League
Newark
Haldwin
William Alfred Tucker
St. Agnes Episcopal Church of
Fla
Harriet Delaney
Tucker
U S Recruiting Station to Close for Present
The U S recruiting station in this city and the Meridian station will close on March 20 until further notice due to economy. Sergeant Maguire and Corporal Black along with men from Meridian will report to New Orleans. Seven applicants were accepted by Lt Col Thomas J. Lewis, including Fisher Norton Goff brothers and Jones. No new coast artillery or colored cavalry enlistments will occur unless re enlisted. One more visit to confirm closure will occur before the action takes effect.
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J. Maguire
Mobile
United States Army
War Department
Washington
Meridian Station
Maguire
Corporal Black
New Orleans
Army
Thomas J. Lewis
William J. Fisher
Coast Artillery Corps
Samuel F. Norton
James W
Otis L
Arthur J. Goff
Wade
Miss
Jesse A. Jones
Infantry
King Young
Andalusia
Colored Infantry
Colored Cavalry
Lewis
Former heavyweight champ seeks marriage license in Newark
Robert Fitzsimmons, 53, applied for a license to wed Mrs Temo Simomin, 28, in Newark New Jersey. Lacking his own divorce certificate he was refused and said he would reapply with proof later. The divorced wife of Henry Simomin of Portland, Oregon is the fiancée.
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Newark
N. J
Robert Fitzsimmons
Temo Simomin
Henry Simomin
Portland
Ore
Fitzsimmons
Chicago Registration Brings Record Lists
Chicago on March 17 saw 67 912 women and 55 223 men add names to the registration, over 30 percent above expectations. The total prior registration stood at 665 906 with 447 194 men, and yesterday’s adds push the grand total to 789 041, a new record voting population.
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Chicago
Biles Fined Fifty Dollars After Downtown Fight
In city court Casper A. Biles was fined 50 dollars and costs after a jury found him guilty of assault and battery for a February fight with John H. Duffie at St. Francis and Royal streets. Duffie was badly bruised and a crowd gathered nearby.
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Casper A. Biles
Recorder’s Court
Biles
John H. Duffie
St. Francis and Royal Streets
Internment View Seen on German Cruiser Case
Washington March 17 Naval officers who met Commander Thierich of the Prinz Eitel at the launch of the dreadnought Pennsylvania returned here with the impression that the question of interning the German auxiliary cruiser would be decided by the United States by fixing a time for the ship to leave or intern.
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Washington
Thierichens
Pennsylvania
United States
Captain Improv ed Ill at Home
Captain ay improved at his home in the city according to a report by his physician Dr William.
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Wiliam
St Patrick’s Day Parade in Mobile 1915 Honors Saint
The 1915 St Patrick’s Day celebration in Mobile featured the Ancient Order of Hibernians parade with Coast Artillery units from Fort Morgan and Fort Barrancas. A Mass at St Patrick’s Church was led by Bishop Edward P. Allen followed by a grand parade past Mary’s Orphan Asylum and Ryan Park. Guests dined at the Battle House, and the day included a notable sermon by Rev Father W Kerrigan and a large civic turnout.
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Mobile
Erin
Battle House
Ireland
Fla
Hibernians
Emerald Isle
United States Coast Artillery
St. Patrick's Church
Edward P. Allen
Mary's Orphan Asylum
Bishop Allen
Ryan Park
Abram J. Ryan
Mobile Hibernians
St. Patrick’s Church
Diocese of
E. J. Hackett
E. B. Kennedy
T. A. Lenahan
D. A. Brady
J. J. Navin
S. Jr
R. O. Gerow
D. D
D. L. McGowan
W. A. Kerrigan
St. Patrick's
St. Patrick
St. Patrick's Choir
Knights of Columbus
Coast
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
J. Sullivan
Pat J. Lyons
Alfred G. Moses
Wilson Wears Shamrock for St Patrick’s Day
President Wilson appeared at the executive offices wearing a sprig of Shamrock and a green necktie. The Shamrock was presented to him by Miss Sue Marion of Jersey City New Jersey.
Lost Keys at Police Station Bunches Await Owners
Several sets of keys found at the sergeant's office near the tin gates are awaiting owners. Valuable keys can be claimed by identifying property or ownership.
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Soe
Tin Gates
Diversification campaign expands into Southern Alabama
The Association of Southern Alabama launches follow-up work for the Diversified Farming campaign with J Lesitie Taylor and Aubrey Boyles overseeing temporary county appointments in southern Alabama and parts of Mississippi. Tick eradication drives Mobile county while garden and poultry programs target boys and girls, aided by the Chamber of Commerce and local leaders.
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Diversi ‘Association of
Southern Alabama
J. Lesitie Taylor
Association
Aubrey Boyles
Mississip
Alabama
Mississippi
P. G. Holden
International Harvester Company
J. B. Waggoner
A. E. Chamberlain
Mobile County
George A. Maloney
Maloney
Ways and Means Committee
Association For
J. Leslie Taylor
J. C. Bush, Jr
Taylor
C. of C
Chambers of Commerce
George G. Card
Chamber of Commerce
G. H. Mathis
Gadsden
Montgomery
Bee See
C. C. Kilpatrick
DeKalb County
Fort Payne
Cherokee County
Marshall County
Guntersville
Albertsville
Chamber of Commerce Board Opens Two Day Session
In Washington on March 17 the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States began a two days session. They consider resolutions from the annual meeting including a plan for a federal budget system and discuss a program for national affairs for the coming year.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chamber
Corsican Hoists Stars and Stripes on Mersey Run
The British liner Corsican hoisted the Stars and Stripes while steaming from Liverpool to Halifax on its last voyage as two German submarines were reported nearby. Passenger David McKay of the Canadian Pacific Railway says the American flag was hauled down as the ship cleared the Mersey.
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Montreal
Mersey
Liverpool
Halifax
David McKay
Canadian Pacific Railway Freight Department
Frank Stites Aviator Falls To Sudden Death
Frank Stites, aviator, died after jumping from his aircraft in an air well at a motion picture city near Los Angeles. He plunged about 300 feet and succumbed to injuries shortly after. He had operated his own airships in the area for several years.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Frank Stites
Stites
Foreigners Seek Protection at Progreso Amid Mexican Turmoil
Foreigners in Progreso seek asylum aboard the U S S Des Moines after alarms of insurgent defeats. Carranza agrees to protect foreign life and property as Vera Cruz reports calm and port open to international traffic. Consul Silliman and officials coordinate transport for Americans and foreigners out of Mexico City. schooner Susie Dantzler reaches Vera Cruz with no imprisonment feared.
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Vera Cruz
United States
Department of State
Foreign Office
Progreso
Carranza
Des Moines
Mary Bryan
Wilson
Silliman
Carranga
Mexico City
Dantzler
Susie B. Dantzler
Gulfport
Miss
Campeche
Dethioff
Yucatan
Delaware's Tender Fire Upon at Vera Cruz
Reports from the City of Tampico passengers say the U S S Delaware tender was fired on by snipers at Vera Cruz on March 10 as it entered and left the harbor. Captain Rogers aboard the Delaware reported no injuries among the crew or passengers.
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Delaware
Galveston
U. S
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Rogers
Barrancas Band Plays Public Concert For St Patrick Day
The Eighth Coast Artillery band from Fort Barrancas arrived at Louisville and Nashville depot and was escorted to the Battle House by Division No. 1 Ancient Order of Hibernians. The band performed in the hotel lobby to a large audience while Mine Host Monaghan opened the hotel for visiting ladies. Senator Underwood helped bring the band back here at the request of local Hibernians.
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United States Coast Artillery
Fort Barrancas
Louisville & Nashville
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
St. Patrick's
Battle House
Monaghan
Ned Lors
United States
Underwood
George J. Sullivan
Michael J. McDermott
Hibernians
Dry Territory Bill Signed By Utah Governor
Salt Lake City March 17 Governor Spry signed the dry territory bill passed by the legislature. It bans shipment of liquors from wet to dry territory and makes sale or solicitation punishable by the same penalties. The measure takes effect in sixty days.
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Salt Lake City
Spry
Dry Territory
Houston Child Burns From Open Grate Accident
Six year old John Houston son of Mr and Mrs Russell Houston Monterey Place Houston suffers severe burns after his nightgown caught fire from an open grate. He jumped from bed and stood with his back to the grate as flames ignited his gown. Dr Marion Inge attended the child and the father, traffic manager of the Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad, was away but returned Tuesday afternoon.
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John Houston
Russell Houston
Monterey Place
Marion Inge
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Weather summary for Mobile Alabama with frost risk
Fair tonight with frost likely heavy. Temperatures will drop with a sharp change. Thursday looks fair with continued frost risk and cool conditions.
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Mobile
Alabama
Pensacola Man Named Director of the Florida East Coast Railway
In St Augustine Florida on March 17 President W H Beardsley and all railway officers were re elected at the annual meeting. William A Blount of Pensacola was added to the directorate and elected chief counsel. No successor was named for Morton Riddle the late general manager but duties will be performed by Vice President J P Beckwith of St Augustine. The stockholders elected an executive board of Beardsley Beckwith and W K Kenan Jr of New York.
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Beckwith
W. K. Kenan, Jr
New York
West Virginia Guard Reduced to One Man After June
Governor Hatfield vetoed a 65 000 dollar appropriation for maintenance of the National Guard and signed a salary bill for Adjutant General John C. Bond. The guard will consist of only one man after June 30 unless borrowing is arranged for support.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
National Guard of
Hatfield
National Guard
John C. Bond
Grey Refuses Answer on Japan China Expedition
In the House of Commons on March 17 Foreign Secretary Grey declined to answer whether Japan planned a large military force to China escorted by a warship squadron. He said he could not reply to a question presented as asking for confirmation of such an expedition.
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London
Grey
House of Commons
Japan
China
McManus Not American Citizen, Mexicans Say
Statement from Carranza officials in Vera Cruz says John B. McManus killed in Mexico City on March 11 was not an American citizen. He had lived there about fifteen years and was said to be a naturalized Mexican.
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Garza
Mexico
M’manus
Vera Cruz
Mex
Carranza
John B. McManus
Mexico City
Zapata
McManus
Charge of Passing Bad Checks Leads to Arrest
Detectives Lacey and Murphy arrested millman Spence of 552 Bean Street on a charge of passing bad checks. He was found at St Michael and Warren Streets attempting a $15 check with insufficient funds. Earlier he cashed a $36,738 check from the Southern Manufacturing Company where he worked while intoxicated.
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Lacey
Murphy
Spence
Bean Street
St. Michael and
Warren’ Streets
Southern Manufacturing Company
Patterson of Montgomery Dies Former Head of Negro Normal School
William B Patterson of Montgomery died after a long illness. He was the first president of the normal school for negroes established about thirty five years ago and remained in that role until his death. He was highly regarded in Alabama and throughout the state.
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William B. Patterson
Montgomery
Wee Montgomery
Sroudence - Montee
Tts
Patterson
Aernal School For
Alabama
Carranza Orders Church Restoration at Nuevo Laredo
A Vera Cruz dispatch says General Carranza orders restoration of the Catholic Church at Nuevo Laredo. The church property will be reestablished under government protection as conditions warrant within territory controlled by Carranza forces.
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Carranza
San Antonio
Texas
Vera Cruz
Nuevo Laredo
Rg B
Madde
Rranza
Shortage in State Accounts Shocks Alabama Officials
Birmingham March 17 Merritt investigating committee exposed another defalcation in a state executive department. Bradley Brown testified that J Kennedy former Jefferson county collector of automobile licenses kept 2000 dollars in unissued licenses later paid by the bond company securing Kennedy's bond. Further testimony covered private dealings charged to the state and convict mine prison practices.
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Birmingham
Ala
Merritt
Bradley Brown
Cyrus B. Brown
J.8. Kennedy
Jefferson County
Treasury
Kennedy
Secretary of State
D. J. Simpson
O'Neal
Montgomery
Leyland Line to Bring Two Big Cotton Steamers in April
The Leyland Steamship Line will dispatch two large cotton steamers to this port in April. The Alexandrian of 2899 tons will load about 10000 bales, while the Scythian of 3028 tons will carry a larger cargo. Return dates for Nestorian and Albanian are not set, but expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyland Steamship Line
A. LeBlanc
Tmobile Liners, Inc
Alexandrian
Scythian
British steamers Atlant and Fingal torpedoed near British coast
Paris dispatch reports a British steamer blown up during mine removal. London confirms two torpedoings. Atlantians from Glasgow and Fingal of Leith reported sunk off Northumberland. Twenty-one rescued from Fingal, six feared lost including the chief mate.
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London
Atlanta
Atlantians
Messrs. J. & P.E Son
Glasgow
County Lesland
Fingal
J Bross
London and Edinburgh Shipp Company
Leith
Northumberland
North Shields
Przemysl Fall Seen Certain By Petrograd
London dispatch reports Petrograd says the Austrian fortress Przemysl will fall within days. Russians report capturing Austrian troops and say the garrison remains under siege with hospitals crowded and supply scarce.
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Przemysl
London
Petrograd
Battlefront Struggles Shift Focus to Neuve Chapelle and Przemysl
London dispatches report Neuve Chapelle remains key as British troops press German lines with heavy losses while the attack on Przemysl seeks to relieve the fortress. Meantime Russian forces tighten around Przemysl as Petrograd notes a check near Smolnik. No confirmation on Amethyst's suspected Dardanelles penetration.
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London
Przemysl
Petrograd
Carpathians
Smolnik
Latowiska
Dardanelles
Constantinople Report on Dardanelles Operations
Constantinople reports only unit operations against the allied fleet at the Dardanelles. Two new destroyers approach the outer defences but mines are said to be futile against effective fire. The city remains calm and largely indifferent to the passage threat.
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Constantinople
Berlin
London
Eo Ag
Opera Ceziia
Dardanelles
Athena
Enon
Amethyst Fire: British Cruiser Hit by Shells in Spot
A Daily Telegraph dispatch reports the British cruiser Amethyst came under field artillery fire while attempting to bear from an unexpected spot. She was hit by several shells, nineteen killed and several wounded. The vessel was aged but fighting power remained unimpaired. An Athens dispatch notes twenty two men aboard with thirty more affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Telegraph
Athens
Montgomery seeks fugitive former food bureau head
Special to The Item Montgomery March 17 Shortl W R Waller announces active search for Cy Homer Billingsley former chief of the pure food and drug bureau charged in a warrant with embezzlement and conversion of state funds. Sheriff Waller cooperates with state officials and plans to publish his photographs as needed. The fugitive has not been seen in Montgomery in ten weeks amid broad local interest.
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Montgomery
W. R. Waller
Montgomery Com
Homer Billingsley
Pure Food and Drug Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Billingsley
Waller
Henderson
Mont
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Cyrenacia
Orleans
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Davis Brothers
U.S
Bob Fitzsimmons
Eitel
Father A. J. Ryan
South Alabama
R. H. Starbuck
Walsh
Pass Christian Produce Exchange
Board OF Directors
U. S. Chamber OF Commerce
Susie Bantzler
Destines
State Department
Barrancas Band
Utah
Houston
Pensacola
Florida East Coast Railway
Priemsys
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