Tax Reform Talk Moves Across Mobile County
Mobilians urge revision of the tax system during a joint legislative recess committee on taxation and finance. Delegates from Mobile County and Daphne Normal plan visits to inspect rural schools and discuss remedies with local and state officials, aiming for fairer assessments and increased school support.
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B. B. Baker
Mobile Bay
Rivers Harbor Committee
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Aes Bennars
Theobile County Tax League
J. Curtis Ish
The
Peoples ‘Bank
W. E. P. ‘Wilson
Mobile County
D. H. Edington
Mobile Bar Associaton
Judiciary Committee
Eerchet
Earn
Heard
George Stearn Jr
Fearn
Montgomery
Tenders for six months treasury bills at Bank of England
A London report states tenders were received for six months treasury bills totaling 75 million dollars. Other briefs note a horse betting law test suit in Arkansas, Progreso port tax relief, and various regional happenings.
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London
Treasury
Bank of England
Little Rock
Arkansas
United States
James P. Clark
Washington
Progreso
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
ST. Louis
J. Buttner Furniture and Carpet Company
San Francisco
New York
Coumulgee
Clyde Line
Bremen
Hart
Trenton
WN. J
Rockefeller’ Institute
New Jersey
Clay City
William Larson
Larson
Concord
N. H
Boston and Maine Railroad Management
Public Service Commissions
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Wilson
E.M. House
Europe
House
British Bitter At Sinking Of Ships
London reports intense editorials decrying the sinking of steamers and the Aguila by German subs. Critics condemn the lack of rescue and call for humiliation and punishment of Germany, urging the world to deter further aggression.
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London
Aguila
Germany
Morning Post
Hym
Matamoros Not Under Fire Today Reported Quiet Front
Reports from Matamoros indicate no fighting up to 10 oclock today between Villa and Carranza efforts around the city. Forces after an unsuccessful attack lie before Matamoros and may be pressed by Carranza troops in the west and south if Franco troops are present.
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Cee. Tex
Villa
Carf
Matamoros
Mata
Carrariza
Franza
Bomb plot case opened in St Patrick's Cathedral
New York March 30 The state opened its case against Frank Abarno and Carmine Carbone charged with making and placing a bomb in St Patrick's Cathedral on March 2 Ademeo Polignani the Italian detective testified detailing how he gained prisoners' confidence and how police were alerted He described meeting Carbone and Abarno and that the plan was formed January 17 with Carbone to make bombs and purchase ingredients
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New York
Frank Abarno
Carmine Carbone
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Ademeo Polignani
Polignani
Carbone
Abarno
Tennessee Solons Vote Recess From April 2 to May 3
A Democratic legislative caucus in Nashville adopted a resolution to recess from April 2 through May 3. Governor T C Rye addressed the caucus and urged the move so the new board of control can organize penal and charitable institutions and the funding board can handle the state's floating indebtedness.
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Nashville
Tenn
T C. Rye
Rye
Board of Control
Legisla
Lee Heads Masonic Research Society
Lawrence Lee, past grand master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Alabama, was elected president of the Masonic Research Society of Montgomery. Thomas A. Himes Jr. became vice president with Elbert A. Holt as secretary and treasurer. A literary committee includes Dr. B. C. Ehrenreich, George A. Beauchamp, and D. S. Hausman. Joseph Seeman and Thomas B. Broadway join the board of control.
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Montgomery
Ala
Masonic Temple
Lawrence Lee
Masonic Grand Lodge of Alabama
Masonic Research Society of
Thomas A. Himes, Jr
Elbert A. Holt
B. C. Ehrenreich
George A. Beauchamp
D. 8. Hausman
Joseph Seeman
Thomas B. Broadway
Board of Control
Philadelphia Grandmother Killed as Grandson Shoots Self
March 30 in Philadelphia Mrs. Matilda Cohen 85 from a prominent family was shot and killed while Henry B. Cohen her grandson died from self inflicted bullet wounds. The police believe a personal crisis sparked the tragedy.
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Philadelphia
Mathilda Cohen
Henry B. Cohen
Canvass Totals Break Records as Reds Lead Blues
The Y M C A drive reports 151 new members on Tuesday, with Reds totaling 187 and Blues 179, as Birmingham and Mobile chase. George Three Foot of the Blues adds 35, boosting the Blues’ daily total. re-check pending exact figures while Reds hold the lead.
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Reds
Blues
Association
George Threefoot
Birmingham
Mobile
Item
Cawthon Hotel
Mitchel
Higgine
Crenshaw
Minto
Boyles
Thornton
Conner
Enone
Cammack
Turner
Aeree
Hutchinson
Carroll
Enews
Wilson
Desiaiola
Reiss
Reichert
Brandon
Cole
Foreman
Fearn G., Jr
Hudson
Chalmers
Cadillac
Ford
Packard
Oneeowe
Birmingham Fights for YMCA Members in Rivalry
Mobile workers boosted by Birmingham lead as campaigns race for a thousand YMCA members. The Reds and Blues clash for supremacy in mobile recruitment with taunts and cheers as teams vie for top standing. Local volunteers push enlisting efforts amid public skepticism of Birmingham’s boastful stance.
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Birmingham
Mobile
Birmmingham
Reds
Blues
Armbright
New Presbyterian Church to Rise at Laine Miss
Brick for the foundation of a new Presbyterian church at Laine Miss was hauled today. Contract work will begin immediately under Mr Hill of Moss Point. Rev J C Watt from Moss Point led the project with broad local support. Property was donated by Professor and Mrs De Lamorton and building materials by Moss Point merchants. The church will measure 30 by 50 feet with a belfry and modern conveniences.
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Laine
NEW Presbyterian Church
Miss
Hill
Moss Point
J. C. Watt
Presbyterian Church
de Lamorton
Runaway horse not cause of Level Best Window damage
A horse that ran away from another part of the city did not fear a Bauer Drug Company motorcycle and collided with a wheel, causing damage to the Level Best Shoe Company show window on Dauphin Street.
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Best Shoe Company
Dauphin Street
Bauer Drug Company
Chemahant Oes
Submarine F-4 Moved Shoreward Amid Rescue Efforts
Washington reported that submarine F-4 sunk at Honolulu harbor entrance was moved three hundred feet toward shore this morning. The Navy said the move offered salvage hope but no living chance for the twenty one men aboard as divers worked to surface the vessel. The depth ranged from forty three to sixty fathoms with the harbor light about twenty eight hundred yards away.
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Honolulu
U. S
Alfred F. Ede
Nevada
Washington
Honolulu Harbor
4 Daniels
Smith
Edtesane
Investigation Opened In Rae Tanzer Suit Case
New York reports under United States District Attorney H S Marshall the probe into Miss Rae Tanzer statement about naming the wrong man in a breach of promise suit against James W Osborne. Marshall called some of Tanzer's statements unbelievable but said federal activity would continue with possible conspiracy prosecutions.
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New York
Miss Rae Tanzer
James W. Osborne
United One
H. 8S. Marshall
Marshall
Miss Tanner
Osborne
Alabama Attorney General rules signs for saloons must go
Montgomery March 30 Attorney General Martin issued an opinion stating Alabama prohibition laws require removal of all signs advertising saloons or bar rooms. Wholesalers may keep signs under three inches high under federal law. Sheriff Waller of Montgomery County ordered all signs taken down after the opinion. The ruling clarifies state level uncertainties since the law’s enactment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin
Alabama
Waller
Montgomery County
Suit Over Clay Conversion Against Southern Railway
In a law and equity court session Monday afternoon attorneys G L Smith and H T Smith for Augustine Meaher Henry Clarke executors Norborne R Clarke and Henry Hall Norborne Clarke as executors sue Southern Railway for 25000 dollars claiming conversion of 50000 cubic yards of clay from plaintiffs property five miles north of Mobile along the railway line. Plaintiffs allege the defendants are using and selling the clay for building purposes.
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Law and Equity Court
Augustine Meaher
Henry Clarke
Henry Hall Norborne R. Clarke
G. Henry Hall
Norborne R. Clarke
Southern Railway
Mobile
Bananas Pile Up As Steamers Dock at Pier 1
Over twenty five thousand banana bunches arrive in the city on Tuesday as the steamer Dictator from Belize brings 14 500 bunches and Fort Gaines from Puerto Gorteez delivers about 13 000. Both ships plan to depart Friday and Wednesday respectively with freight. The United Fruit Company also forecasts Verona and Colombia with over twenty five thousand bunches later this week.
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Fort Gaines
Belize
B. H
Pier 1
Oon
Puerto Gorteez
Hon
Tela
United Fruit Company
Verona
Colombia
Southern Passenger Wreck Near Concord No Fatalities
Southern passenger train No. 8 collided head on with a freight train near Concord, 22 miles from Charlotte. T. W. Williams of Charlotte and two Black trainmen were slightly injured as crews jumped to safety. The crash happened on a rare single track section between Charlotte and Washington.
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Southern
Charlotte
N. C
Concord
T. W. Williams
Washington
Parole Granted to Tubercular Prisoners at Mount Meigs
Montgomery Alabama March 30 Governor Henderson ordered the parole of all tubercular prisoners at the convict tuberculosis camp. Nineteen patients were released from Mount Meigs with ninety still remaining under care.
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Montgomery
Ala
Sign Rule For Distillers Upheld By Federal Officials
Washington March 30 Federal regulation requires rectifiers distilleries and wholesale liquor dealers to display a sign of at least three inches in height. Officials say the choice of the Alabama attorney general will not interfere with the internal revenue law.
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Washington
United States
Alaama
Docks Board Men of Jacksonville View Standard Compress
President M Corse of the Jackson ville Docks Board and A D Stevens visited the Magnol Compress in Mobile to inspect the unique device recently installed by Mobile and Birmingham investors. H H Maynard of Mallory Steamship Line also toured the plant while W D Nesbitt of Standard Compress explained operations. The visitors praised the plant and predicted benefits for cotton men.
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M. Corse
Jacksonville
Fla
A. D. Stevens
Mobile
Birmingham
H. H. Maynard
Mallory Steamship Line
W. D. Nesbitt
Standard Compress Company
Photographs Show Not Missing Florida Boy Identity Unsolved
Photographs from St. Petersburg Florida indicate the four year old boy taken from E 8 Carroll in Fort Worth is not Robert Allen Striker, the December kidnapping subject in a nationwide search. The Fort Worth man Carroll is jailed and refuses to talk.
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Fort Worth
Tex
St. Petersburg
Wilc
Carroll
Robert Allen Striker
Jurors Drawn in Robinson Murder Case
The city court set to hear John Robinson murder trial on Friday April 2 with jurors summoned including Malcolma Partin Edward Cunningham William Vizard Jacques Baumhauer Filomeno Benemelis Alfred Bright Jesse Freeland Frank Lambert James Rasher John Hogan Augustus Rayford Guy Gordon Henry Haines William Keen Emile Herbel John Monahan Michael Duss Lucien Curtis William Charles Smith James Ducloux Homer Daughdrill Mosnet John Couch R Walker William Joseph Ecataefee Gennes
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Robinson
John Robinson
Malcolma Partin
Edward M. Cunningham
William Vizard
Jacques H. Baumhauer
Filomeno Benemelis
Alfred M. Bright
Jesse F. Freeland
Frank W. Lambert
James R. Rasher
John Edward Hogan
Augustus H. Rayford
Guy W. Gordon
Hen
Italian Troops Ordered Toward Tyrolese Frontier
Italian military headquarters reports orders to move several regiments from Como Varese and Brescia toward the Tyrolese frontier as Austrian forces concentrate nearby. Sofia dispatches note Bulgaria halts shipments of German artillery and ammunition bound for Constantinople. many German officers pass through Sofia seeking passports to enter Austria.
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Tyrolese
Geneva
Paris
Como
Varese
Brescia
Bulgaria
Sofia
Constantinople
Turkey
Austria
France Gains $50,000,000 Credit Pact via Morgan Syndicate
New York reports negotiations complete between J P Morgan and French officials for a $50,000,000 one year treasury bond credit to aid France with buying American goods. Total French credits in the U S rise to about $75,000,000 since the war began. Britain seeks a $100,000,000 credit. a $10,000 note issue was withdrawn.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
France
Tal
Ing
Treasury
J. P. Mi _gan & Co
Britain
Offer Made Bulgaria Enos Midia Line Boundary
Paris March 30 The Athens correspondent reports diplomatic sources confirm Field Marshal Von der Goltz has been authorized by Turkey to offer Bulgaria the Enos Midia line as a new boundary in exchange for continued neutrality in the war.
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Bulgaria
Paris
Athens
Havas
von der Goltz
Turkey
Enos-Midia Line
Turkey Offered Territorial Concessions to Bulgaria Reported
A Sofia telegraph of March 27 says Turkey offered territorial concessions to Bulgaria. The terms mention Adrianople Kirk Kilisz and other key towns as part of the proposed arrangements.
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Adrianople
Bulgaria
Turkey
Eco
Sofia
Kirk Kilisz
War Office: Sea Plane Bombs British Ship at Dardanelles
An official statement from Constantinople via London reports a sea plane attack near the Dardanelles. British naval casualties or damage are cited, with the event described as part of ongoing operations in the strait.
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Constantinople
London
Dardanelles
Repairing Forts at Paris Reports Dardanelles Actions
March 3 report notes intermittent Turkish cooperation from Athens as allied air attacks strike fortifications. Turks reply feebly but actively repair damage while large Turkish forces gather at Smyrna to oppose a landing by allied troops.
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Paris
Dardanelles
Aya
Athens
Smyrna
Prohibition Fights Gain Ground in Britain and Abroad
London presses report Lloyd George urging root and branch action against drink as Britons, workers backing prohibition. News from Petrograd notes Hindenburg seeking momentum in Nieman region while Austrians defend Carpathians. no word on Dardanelles resumption. Russians reportedly purge Black Sea fleet.
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London
Leon
Russia
United Kingdom
David Lloyd-George
Federation
Germany
Austria
Lloyd-George
Aquila
Carpathians
Petrograd
von Hindenburg
Nieman
Poland
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Chief Crenshaw Answers Ten Suit in Birmingham Trial
Chief of Police Frank W. Crenshaw left the city Sunday night for Birmingham where a $5,000 suit was called for trial Tuesday morning. The suit was filed by W. C. Morrison who was arrested there for the Mobile lice but later found to be the wrong man and released.
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Frank W. Crenshaw
Birmingham
W. C. Morrison
Morrison
Special Brand Cigar Ties Suspect to Burglary Case
Willie Bradford, 21, is arrested by Detectives Lacy and Murphy in Mobile on suspicion of robbing James G. Chambers at 152 Georgia Avenue last Sunday. The theft included a gold watch money and jewelry along with cigars of a brand Chambers uses. Bradford was seen smoking those cigars nearby Sunday night. Bradford denies the robbery accusation.
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Wilie Bradford
Lacy and Murphy
James
G. Chambers
Georgia Avenue
Chambers
Mobile
Bradford
Trade Balance Surges to Record High, Officials Say
Officials report a record trade balance of 368,469 million in favor of the United States, with the latest weekly figures showing continued strength. The figures are cited as eclipsing all prior records and signaling a robust economic position.
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United States
International conference on prices of staples and freight rates
Senator Fletcher of Florida reports from Dr. David Lubin that a conference on international price levels and freight rates is gaining momentum. Delegates from France, Hungary, Russia, Austria, Great Britain, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay support the proposal as Congress moves to push the topic for the 1917 institute meeting.
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Pela
Lena’ Fletcher
Floride
David Lubin
Institute of Agriculture
Eed
Congress
Fletcher
Lubin
International Commerce Commission
France
Hungary
Russia
Austria
Great Britain
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Public Accounts Report on Dallas County Indebtedness
In his report to Governor Henderson Examiner Gorman notes Dallas County owes the state $983.25 from failure to turn over funds and $32.42 as a removal bill connected with a felony case. The money was paid into the treasury when the matter was raised. County books and accounts are reported correct by Examiner Gorman.
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Montgomery
Henderson
Dallas
Germany
Dallas Board of Revenue
P. H. Ites
Dallas County
Ama
Ee Examiner Gorman
Corrosstone Regres Aoe
Gorman
Danish Vessel Paris Flees Pursuit by German Submarine
Captain Tholandsén of the Danish steamship Paris recounts a German submarine sighting off Lowestoft in the North Sea. The Paris sped ahead for miles before a British torpedo boat intervened to break the chase and lift the pursuit.
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Philadelphia
March
Tholandsén
Paris
Korsor
Lowestoft
North Sea
Tholandsen
Weather Outlook Rain Tonight Through Wednesday
Weather brief notes rain across regions. In Mobile expect rain tonight and probably Wednesday. Alabama near by also forecasts rain through Wednesday. Mississippi shows rain in the southwest portion.
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Mobile
Alabama
Neah
Mississippi
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