Tax system revision urged by Mobilians at joint committee
A Mobile county tax debate spurred calls for tax and finance reform. Mobile leaders urge improved property assessment, better funding for rural schools, and stronger financial support. The group plans meetings with officials in Daphne and Mobile to study canker in taxation and seek remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Baker
Mobile Bay
Rivers Harbor
Mobile
Judiciary Committee
Rge Fearn Jr
George Fearn Jr
Fearn
Legute
Montgomery
British bitterness at sinking of ships
London observers condemn German submarine warfare after the sinks of steamers and Aquila. Editorials say Germany must be made to pay for aggression and that the wartime spirit of resistance should be crushed and reined in with consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aquila
Germany
Morning Post
Matamoros Situation Quiet Early With No Firing Reported
Reports from Texas indicate no fighting around Matamoros by 10 o clock. Villa and Carranza forces had clashed earlier but fighting was not ongoing, with indications that renewed action might occur later in the day near the western and southern approaches.
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Cee Ius Tex
Villa
Car
Matamoros
Mata
Carranza
Ata Ville
Tenders for six months treasury bills at Bank of England
The Bank of England received tenders for six months treasury bills totaling 75 million dollars. Also reported were related briefs from across the country including a suit in Arkansas over horse racing legality and pari mutuel betting in larger cities, along with weather notes from Pennsylvania and several regional notices.
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London
Treasury
Bank of England
Little Rock
Arkansas
United Tes
James P
Washington
Progreso
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
ST. Louis
J. Buttner Furniture and Carpet Company
San Francisco
New York
Coumulgee
Clyde Line
Bremen
Hart
Trenton
N. J
Rockefeller Institute
New Jersey
Clay City
William Larson
Larson
Concord
N. H
Boston and Maine Railroad Management
Public Service Commissions
Maine
New Hampshire
Missetts
Wilson
Colonel House
Abarno and Carbone Face Bomb Plot Trial
The state opened its case against Frank Abarno and Carmine Carbone in New York on March 30 for allegedly placing a bomb in St. Patrick's Cathedral on March 2. Detective Ademeo Polignani testified after posing as an anarchist and detailing meetings, plans, and purchases of ingredients.
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New York
Frank Abarno
Carmine Carbone
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Ademeo Polignani
Polignani
Carbone
Abarno
Tennessee lawmakers vote to recess April 2 to May 3
A Democratic legislative caucus in Nashville approved a recess from April 2 to May 3. Governor T C Rye addressed the caucus and urged the move to allow the new board of control to organize penal and charitable institutions and for the funding board to manage the state's floating indebtedness and report back.
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Nashville
Tenn
T C. Rye
Rye
Board of Control
Pontrol
Lee heads Masonic Research Society
Montgomery Alabama March 30 Lawrence Lee past grand master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Alabama was elected president of the Masonic Research Society of Montgomery. Vice president Thomas A. Himes Jr secretary and treasurer Elbert A Holt, new literary committee members Dr B C Ehrenreich George A Beauchamp D 8 Haus man, and board of control members Joseph Seeman Thomas B Broadway chosen.
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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
Tragic shooting ends life of Philadelphia matriarch
Philadelphia report of March 20 describes 85 year old Mrs Ma thilda Cohen killed by her grandson Henry B Cohen who wounded himself with a self inflicted gunshot. The event occurred at the Cohen home in Philadelphia as a personal crisis unfolded.
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Philadelphia
Mathilda Cohen
Oere
Henry B. Cohen
Canvass Leaders Reds and Blues Gain 151 New Members
The YMCA drive across Mobile Birmingham and surrounding areas shows Reds and Blues combined adding 151 new members on Tuesday, bringing total to 377. Blues with 94 and Reds 65 lead their respective day totals, with Birmingham reporting 152 new members and 427 overall.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Reds
Blues
Association
George Threefoot
Item
Cawthon Hotel
Birmingham's Example Spurs YMCA Campaign Rivalry
In Mobile and Birmingham campaigns for the YMCA goal of a thousand members, workers heatedly competed. Rivalry between Reds and Blues energized the push as Armbright and the Fowlkes group led cheers. Mobile fears defeat for its seaport status against an overconfident Birmingham. Tuesday night standings showed team progress in Mobile.
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Birmingham
Mobile
Birmmingham
Reds
Blues
Presbyterian church to rise at Laine Miss
Brick foundation for a new Presbyterian church at Laine Miss was hauled today and construction will start immediately under contractor Hill of Moss Point. Rev J C Watt led the effort with strong local support. donations came from Professor and De Lamorton and Moss Point businessmen. Building will be 20 by 50 feet with modern conveniences.
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Laine
Presbyterian Church
Miss
Hill
Moss Point
J. C. Watt
and de Lamorton
Runaway Horse Not Cause of Level Best Shoe Window Damage
An animal that escaped from another part of the city did not fear a Bauer Drug Company motorcycle. It collided with a stationary wheel on the east side of Conception street, leading to damage to the Level Best Shoe Company show window on Dauphin street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Best Shoe Company
Dauphin Street
Bauer Drug Company
Conception Street
Submarine F-4 Moved Shoreward Amid No Hope for Crew
On March 30 the submarine F-4 sunk at Honolulu harbor entrance was shifted 300 feet shoreward at 3 0 o'clock. A terse message noted the sub was surfaced but offered no hope the 21 crew inside would be saved. Water depth ranged 43 to 60 fathoms, with shoal waters about 2 7 0 0 yards from land.
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Honolulu
U. S
Alfred F. Bole
Nevada
Washington
Honolulu Harbor
Sorreteus Y Déniels
Tysubmarine Division
Resoa
Smith
Investigation Opens Over Breach of Promise Case
New York March 30 United States District Attorney H S Marshall began inquiry into Miss Rae Tangier statement that she named the wrong man in a breach of promise suit against James W Osborne. Marshall called some of Miss Tanner s statements unbelievable but said federal activity would continue possibly leading to conspiracy prosecutions.
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New York
Rae ‘Tangier
James W. Osborne
United States
H. S. Marshall
Marshall
Miss Tanner
Osborne
Lawsuit Alleges Conversion of Clay by Southern Railway
In a law and equity court Monday afternoon attorneys for Augustine Meaher Henry Clarke and executors Norborne R Clarke 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. The suit alleges the defendants use the clay for building and selling it.
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Law and Equity Court
Steamers Bring 25000 Bananas to City in Port Arrival
Two Norwegian steamers Fort Gaines and Dictator delivered over 25000 banana bunches to Pier 1 on Tuesday. Dictator from Belize carried 14509 bunches and will depart Friday for the same port. Fort Gaines from Puerto Gorteez delivered about 13900 and leaves Wednesday for Tela. United Fruit Co expects Verona and Colombia with over 25000 more bananas later in the week.
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Fort Gaines
Belize
B. H
Pier 1
Toon
Puerto Gorteez
Hon
Tela
United Fruit Company
Verona
Colombia
Southern Passenger Train Crashes Near Concord
Charlotte resident T. W. Williams and two Black trainmen were slightly injured when Southern passenger No. 8 collided head on with a freight train near Concord, 22 miles from Charlotte, on a rare single track segment. Crews escaped by jumping.
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Charlotte
N. C
Southern
Concord
T. W. Williams
Washington
Parole Granted to Tubercular Prisoners at Mount Meigs
Governor Henderson ordered the parole of all incurable tubercular prisoners. Nineteen patients were released from the Mount Meigs tuberculosis camp in Montgomery Alabama. ninety inmates remain.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
Mount Meigs
Alabama Attorney General bans saloon signs statewide
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 had signs, electric or otherwise, removed after requesting the opinion. The ruling ends statewide uncertainty since the law’s passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Martin
Alabama
Waller
Montgomery County
Sign Display Rule Under Federal Tax Law
Washington March 30. Section 3279 of revised statutes requires rectifiers, registered distilleries, or wholesale liquor dealers to display a sign of at least three inches high under internal revenue rules. Officials say the attorney general of Alabama does not interfere with the internal revenue law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Alaama
Docks Board Men of Jacksonville View Standard Compress
President M Corse and A D Stevens of the Jacksonville Docks Board visited the Magnol Compress in Mobile to inspect the unique machine installed by Mobile and Birmingham builders. H H Maynard of Mallory Line joined, with W D Nesbitt of Standard Compress guiding a tour. Visitors praised the plant and its potential benefit to cotton men.
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MEN OF
Jacksonville
M. Corse
Fla
Woard
A. D
Stevens
Mobile
Birmingham
H. H. Maynard
Mallory Steamship Line
W. D. Nesbitt
Standard Compress Company
Photographs Aid Fort Worth Child Case Mystery
Photographs received from St. Petersburg Florida show the Fort Worth boy taken from E Carroll on Saturday is not Robert Allen Striker the kidnapped child sought nationwide. The Fort Worth boy’s identity remains unsolved as Carroll stays silent in jail.
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Florida
Fort Worth
Tex
St. Petersburg
Fla
Carroll
Robert Allen Striker
Jurors Drawn in Robinson Murder Case
Jurors summoned for the John Robinson murder case set for trial in city court on Friday April 2. Names listed include Malcolma Partin Edward Cunningham William Vizard Jacques Baumhauer Filomeno Benemelis Alfred Bright Jesse Freeland Frank Lambert James Ragher John Hogan Augustus Rayford Guy Gordon Henby Haines William Keen Emile Herbel John Monahan Michael Duggan Lucien Curtis William Smith Homer Daughdrill Richard Mosnet John Couch Joe Roberta John Has Frontier 3 Josephus
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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. Ragher
John Edward Hogan
Augustus H. Rayford
Guy W. Gordon
Hen
Italian Troops Ordered Toward Tyrolese Front
Italian military HQ reports regiments near the Swiss frontier ordered to move toward the Tyrolese front as Austrian troops concentrate. Bulgaria halts shipments of German artillery to Constantinople and awaits passports for Turkish travel. Paris dispatches say Von der Goltz was authorized to offer Bulgaria the Enos-Midia line in exchange for neutrality.
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Geneva
Paris
Como
Varese
Brescia
Bulgaria
Sofia
Constantinople
Turkey
Austria
Athens
Havas
von der Goltz
Enos-Midia Line
Territorial Concessions Mentioned in Sofia Dispatch
Archangel Telegraph from Sofia dated March 27 notes Turkey offered territorial concessions to Bulgaria. The terms reportedly include Adrianople Kirk Kilisz and other key towns.
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Adrianople
Bulgaria
Turkey
Sofia
Kirk Kilisz
Warship collision claim from Dardanelles incident
A London dispatched official statement reports the Ottoman ae office accusing a British warship of colliding with a British vessel in the Dardanelles. The claim is presented as an official assertion from Constantinople.
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Constantinople
London
An Ae
Repairing Fortifications Amid Dardanelles Engagements
Fortifications at the Dardanelles are being repaired after intermittent Turkish fire. Turkish forces respond feebly and concentrate large bodies at Smyrna to oppose allied landings while efforts in the area continue.
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Paris
Dardanelles
Athens
Smyrna
Prohibition Debate Grips Britain Amid War News
London reports show Lloyd George pressing for a root and branch ban on drink as Britain faces German submarine attacks including the Falaba sinking. Employers back the plan while labor leaders seek strong measures. Dispatches also note German offensives in the Nieman region and Carpathian battles.
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London
United Kingdom
David Lloyd-George
Sede’ Tion
Falaba
Germany
Austria
Lloyd-George
Great Britain
Aquila
Carpathians
Petrograd
von Hindenburg
Nieman
Poland
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Chief Crenshaw Answers Suit in Birmingham Trial
Chief of Police Frank W. Crenshaw left the city Sunday night for Birmingham where the case against him for $5,000 was called for trial Tuesday morning Morrison had been arrested in Birmingham by Mobile police but was found to be the wrong man and released before a suit followed by Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Crenshaw
Birmingham
W. C. Morrison
Mobile
Morrison
SPECIAL BRAND CIGAR BETRAYS MAN ACCUSED OF BURGLARY
Willie Bradford aged 21 a negro was arrested by Detectives Lacy and Murphy on suspicion of robbing the residence of James G Chambers at 152 Georgia Avenue. A gold watch $16 in money and jewelry were stolen last Sunday morning. A number of cigars of a brand Chambers alone uses in Mobile were found with the loot. Bradford was seen in the neighborhood Sunday night smoking the cigars. The police charge of robbery.
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Willie Bradford
Lacy and
Murphy
James
G. Chambers
Georgia Avenue
Chambers
Mobile
Bradford
New French Credit of 50 Million for America
News from New York reports that J. P. Morgan & Co and the French government have completed negotiations to establish a 50 million dollar French credit in the United States. The plan calls for one year treasury bonds at 5 percent to buy American goods, with funds possibly remaining in the U.S. for purchases. The total French credits in the country since the war began would reach about 75 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
France
Treasury
J. P
Ses Co
Washington
Britain
Trade Balance Figures Reported for United States
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a trade balance figure near 868,469 with reference to last week and ongoing official remarks. Not enough clear entities or context to determine precise parties, dates, or totals.
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Washington
Genent
International Conference Weighs Global Staples Prices
In Rome a proposed international commerce commission for ocean carriage is debated. Delegates from France Hungary Russia Austria Britain Chile Argentina and Uruguay back the plan as nations discuss measures to stabilize staple prices and aid producers worldwide. Senator Fletcher and Dr David Lubin push the agenda urging action at the 1917 congress.
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Washington
Fletcher
Florida
David Lubin
Rome
Institute of Agriculture
Congress
Lubin
International Commerce Commission
France
Hungary
Russia
Austria
Great Britain
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Dallas County Debt Report Notes State Shortfalls
Montgomery March 30 A special report to Governor on Dallas county finances cites a $983.25 indebtedness from not turning over solicitors fees to the state and a $32.42 removal bill in a felony case. Examiner Gorman lists four corporations owing franchise taxes and says county books and accounts were correct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Derson
Dallas County
Examiner of Public Accounts
Gorman
Aes
Ea Examiner Gorman
Dallas
Danish Vessel Flees Submarine Off Lowestoft
Captain Koray of the Danish steamship Paris reports a German submarine sighting off Lowestoft in the North Sea. The submarine chased the Paris for miles while the crew maintained speed until a British torpedo boat intervened to break the pursuit and flying mines were observed.
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Philadelphia
March
Koray
Paris
Lowestoft
North Sea
Tholandsen
Stean Mee
Weather Outlook Rain Tonight Through Wednesday
The forecast indicates rain in Mobile tonight and likely through Wednesday, with Alabama also expecting rain tonight and again Wednesday, and Mississippi seeing rain mainly in the southwest portion.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Soley
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Masonic Research
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Cole
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G., Jr
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England
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Chief Crenshaw
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