Convict Mobile Burglars In East
Chief of Police Crenshaw received a letter from Chief Richards of Pittsburgh notifying that Walter Bender and Thomas Egan, wanted in Mobile for burglary, had been convicted there. Bender got fifteen months in prison and Egan was sent to the reform school. they will be returned to Mobile after serving their sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Crenshaw
Jee Richards
Pittsburgh, Police Department
Walter —&. Bender
Thomas Egan
Mobile
Emile Herpin
Swell
Weinacker
Bender
Egan
Reform School
Chicago pair lead doubles at American Bowling Congress
In Peoria the team of W Remias and F Karon from Chicago won doubles with 1237.85 pins while J Johnson and W Fuhl of Chicago ranked sixth with 1167. No changes occurred in the high five or singles through noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
W. Remias
F. Karon
Chicago
Johnson
W. Fuh
Portable wireless instrument tested by U S Signal Corps
A eight pound wireless telegraph device carried in a hand satchel is being tested on Bedloe's island. It connected with the wireless station there and sent a message to Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook twenty one miles away. The device may send messages over 1000 feet without an antenna and could be used in trench warfare with a stated range up to 300 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Signal Corps
Bedloe's Island
Fort Hancock
Sandy Hook
Cratheus First to Ship Horses From Mobile to Foreign Port
The Norwegian steamship Cratheus of the Seeberg Line sailed Friday morning for Jamaica with a general cargo. It becomes the first steamship to carry horses from Mobile to a foreign port, delivering the cargo to a French port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cratheus
Seeberg Steamship Line
Jamaica
Mobile
Horn Extradition Hearing Over War Expedition Claim
Bangor hearing on Werner Horn resumes as prosecutors and defense argue over acts of war and international law. Officials plan a Boston trial if extradition is approved, with defense citing belligerent status and immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Werner Horn
International Bridge
Vanceboro
Charles H. Reid
Horn
Boston
Joseph F O'Connell
Germany
Canada
United States
Vermont
St. Albans
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Diggs Case Won't Affect Foster's San Francisco
Convictions of F. I. Drew Caminetti and Maurice I. Diggs under the Mann act were affirmed by the U S circuit court of appeals in San Francisco. The Foster case in Mobile is on the June district court term call, delayed by a physician’s certificate about Foster’s health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Drew Caminetti
Anthony Caminetti
United States Commissioner of Immigration
Maurice I. Diggs
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Gilbert
Wolverton
Ross
Joel M. Foster
United States District Court
United States Court of Appeals
Nail Friidéisco
Foster
Mobile
Berlin Alderman Election Brings Socialist to City Council
Berlin aldermen chose Herr Sassenbach, secretary of a labor union, to join the city council. It marks the first time a Socialist has been nominated for this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Herr Sassenbach
Tiz Foot Remedy Ad Brims With Energetic Claims
An old newspaper advertisement touts Tiz as a remedy for tired and sore feet. It promises instant pain relief from corns callouses bunions and swelling and claims shoes will fit comfortably again. The laid out language emphasizes glowing feet and immediate comfort.
Mobile & Ohio Railway Lands in Alabama and Mississippi
Mobile and Ohio Railway lands totaling 480 acres seven miles west of Chunchula in Mobile County Alabama offer best pine land soil with a running stream for farming and stock raising. Sums price at 11.50 per acre. other tracts from 40 to 10,000 acres offered at four dollars per acre and up. Address Geo Kilborn president Alabama Land and Development Co 408 N Royal St Mobile Alabama Bell Phone 957 J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile & Ohio
R. R
Ala
Miss
Chunchula
Mobile County
Alabama
Satsuma
Geo. Kilborn
Ala. Land & Dev. Co
N. Royal St
Mobile
Bell Phone
German writer says Dardanelles forts are little damaged
Berlin reports a special correspondent of the Berlin Tageblatt inspected the Dardanelles. He says allied fire inflicted no serious damage to inner fortifications. Five British ships disabled and three mine sweepers sunk. No Turkish soldiers killed since shelling began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Oversea
Big Farm Firms Driving Change In Texas Agriculture
Dallas March 19 The federal commission on industrial relations opened hearings on big farm operations in Texas and their impact on labor and tenant farming. Testimony centered on the Taft ranch and Padgitt ranch in central and southwest Texas with claims of new economic methods and social changes. A former Padgitt superintendent recounted 1912 socialist agitation influencing lease decisions and tenant withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Padgitt Ranch
Texas
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Taft Ranch
C. A. Rives
Ryan
Okla
Coleman County
Rives
Padgitt
Coleman
W. T. Davis
uAikely
Eitel's Interning Still Seen Likely in War Context
Newport News March 19. Collector Hamilton awaits a reply from Commander Thierichens about how long the German cruiser Prinz Witel Friedrich will need to be seaworthy. No repair deal is arranged yet though engine and boiler work continues. internment of the ship and burden of deporting seventy six aliens remain unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Norman R. Hamilton
Thierichens
Prinz Witel Friedrich
Shipbuilding Company
Angle case nears close in Stamford manslaughter trial
Bridgeport Connecticut March 19 State Attorney Homer Cummings wrapped up the state's closing in the manslaughter case of Mrs Helen M Angle accused of Ballou death in Stamford last June He argued Ballou was killed by violence after being driven down stairs and dragged to a doorway The State showed a dented bloodstained hat and a flat iron dent matching the dent as evidence of foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Homer C. Cummings
Helen M. Angle
Waldo Ballou
Stamford
Ballou
Cummings
Angle
The Real Secret of Rejuvenating the Face
An advertisement claims facial renewal via nightly mercorized wax that removes dead skin safely. Within weeks the youthful underlying skin appears as old skin is gradually absorbed. It touts mercolized wax sold in stores and a saxolite hazel recipe for deeper wrinkles.
Convict Lease System Under Fire in Alabama Hearing
Senator White and Dr. Cunningham attacked Alabama's convict lease system before the Merritt committee alleging inhuman treatment and urging reform. White called for discontinuing the system and placing convicts on public roads when feasible, while Cunningham urged state control and piecework manufacturing to replace hiring out convicts. He stressed humane treatment, road work, and reforming water power and forest conservation laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Merritt Investigating Committee
Frank S. White
United States
R. M. Cunningham
Senator White
Curtis
Bibb County
White
Preacher recounts wild election day in Indianapolis
In Terre Haute election fraud case a preacher testifies about slush fund handling by Frank Clark and missing receipts. Witnesses describe violent scenes at precinct B Lisle ward and threats to aid Republican prosecutor candidate Horsley amid alleged voter intimidation in the red light Sixth ward area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Frank
Buster) Clark
Terre Haute
Clark
Donn M. Roberts
Sixth Ward
Maurice Walsh
Democratic County Committee
Roberts
United States
Frank C. Dailey
Alexander Aczel
Steel
Waas Grozzi
I. B. Harper
First Methodist Church
LisNle
Harper
William Horsley
Mary Bailey
Bernard Clogston
Emma B. Moore
Appalling Armenian Hardship Report Reaches London Red Cross
London officials receive dire Armenian Red Cross fund reports detailing mass casualties and suffering. An Armenian doctor Derderian describes Alashgerd plain strewn with corpses as Kurds attacked retreating Russians left people in mosques. 120,000 Armenians destitute in the Caucasus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Armenia
Armenian Red Cross Fund
Derderian
Alashgerd
Red Cross Fund
Death of William George Dixon at home in Alabama native
William George Dixon aged 70 and a native of Alabama died suddenly at his Davis avenue residence. He collapsed on the gallery shortly before the onset. Survived by his wife a daughter and other relatives. Mrs L J McC Reeder is mentioned in relation to the Thursday evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William George Dixon
Alabama
Davis Avenue
St. Charles Street
Mr. Dixon
Obituary notes for McCary Reeder Foote and Alidor families
Laura J. McCary Reeder 74 native of Wetumpka Ala resident here since childhood widow of William C. Reeder died after a short illness. Survived by two daughters and a son plus several relatives. Mrs Sallie Foote Waller died in Richmond Va after long illness. Catherine A Alidor widow of Henry Alidor native of Mobile died suddenly at her Bay avenue home after contracting a cold in Nashville during a United Garment Workers convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura J. McCary Reeder
Wetumpka
Ala
William C. Reeder
Kate
Jennie McCary
L. E. McCary
Mary Lou McCary
Cary
Marion FE. McCarty
Sallie F. Waller
Sallie Foote Waller
Charles J. Waller
Mobile
Richmond
C.K
Sarah Lyon Foote
Charles J. Foote
Fairford
H. H. Smith
Birmingham
L. H. Kennerly
R. H. Clarke
Catherine A. Alidor
Catherine Adele Alidor
Henry Alidor
Bay Avenue
Harris Street
United Garment Workers Union
Nashville
Tenn
Obituary of Mrs. Alidor with surviving relatives
Mrs. Alidor possessed a good heart and was loved by many friends. She leaves two sons Samuel C. Alidor of the Schenker Alidor Electric Co and Edgar Alidor, and three daughters Mrs John Nicholas Ada Belle and Miss Margaret Alidor, with other relatives in Mobile and St Louis.
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East
U. S. Signal Corps
FAUST
Maull Bros
St. Louis, U. S. A
Tennessee
Northern Railway
Ritory
Fashion
Union Terminal Station
Calvert
York
Meridian
Tuscaloosa
Federal District of
Massachusetts
John F. Merrill
Diggs
SO OA
Norman Tae
Dardanelles
Eitel
L. J. McC. Reeder
Samuel Bernstein
Nobby Woolen Mills
Nobby Tailor
Dauphin Street
Scott
Scotts
JRS. McDonnell & CO
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