Parleys Reach Point for Final Decision Relief
Major Generals Scott and Funston met in El Paso to receive Washington instructions that no immediate troop withdrawal from Mexico will be agreed to. A second conference with Obregon was planned, with possible focus on future state department negotiations and cooperation plans against Villa.
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EL Paso
Texas
Scott
Funston
Washington
Mexico
Obregon
State Department
Arredondo
Carranza
Villa
French Drive Near Verdun II Gains In Counteroffensive
War office reports French forces under Petain gained trenches along about three fifths of a mile and 300 to 600 yards deep on April 29 30 on the Verdun front. A second attack southeast of Fort Douramont captured a first line trench over 600 yards long. No decisive action reported on the Russian front. Austro Italian front clashes continue. Greek mass meeting in Salonika urges Venizelos policy and Entente intervention.
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London
Verdun
War Office
Dead Man’s Hill
Petain
Fort Douramont
Dvinsk
Vienna
Amadeilo
Greek Liberal Party
Saljoniki
Greece
Venizelos
Entente
New Features Add To The Item Today Lineup
The Item today introduces a daily Health Talk on the editorial page, a Bed Time Story, and a Ten Minute Classic excerpt from world literature. Health talks are practical for everyday topics and classics offer brief access to renowned works.
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Matt
Jeff
Abe Martin
Mason's Notes Rhymes
Beauty Charday
Walt
Berries Fill a Box With Klondyke Fruit
Peter Kenstler of Hall's Mill road brings 24 large Klondyke strawberries to The Item office. He an acre in berries has sold $130 worth this season and sold five crates this morning at high prices due to quality. Kenstler retails his fruit mainly to Government street homes and cites fifteen years in the business.
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Item Office
Peter Kenstler
Hall's Mill Road
Kenstler
Kentsler
Government Street
Remarkable Navy Tests Planned for Communications Demonstration
Washington May 2 To test wartime preparedness a telephonic telegraphic and wireless demonstration will link Atlantic and Pacific coast stations and the battleship New Hampshire at sea with the navy department. The event runs from 4 pm Saturday to Monday on a true war basis. Officials from the Navy War Department and Coast Guard will participate with multiple bureaus, signaling a nationwide test of emergency communications from Maine to Florida and Washington to California.
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Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Maine
Florida
Washington State
California
New Hampshire
New York Navy Yard
Department
Daniels
Navy
General Staff
War College and
Signal Corps
War Department
Coast Guard Service
Ete N.H
Conn
Philadelphia
Hundred injunctions issued to abate liquor sales countywide
County Solicitor N. R. Clarke announces more than one hundred injunctions have been served in three weeks against clubs and owners alleged to sell or store liquor. Writs target operators, agents, and residents with penalties including fines and possible imprisonment.
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N. R. Clarke
Fritz Moson
Leston
Jacob
H. Zuckerman
James Smineous
Round Oak
Jacob Frisch
Live Oak Club
Carrie A. Holt
Alexander J. Patterson
Macartney & Schley
West
H. Strauss
Southern Club
Peyton Steele
Lessee
Abraham Budin
la Fayette Club
George T. Hoffman
the Cosmopolitan
George O'Dell
Ouchita
Nizich
Stone M T Club
David Scott
W. E. Rogers
Mobile Outing Club
George J. Sullivan
Lillian J. Lankford
St. Louis Street
James K. Glennon & Co
Rauen
Huge Cocoanut Cargo Comes on Schooner Clara Scott
The American schooner Clara Scott reports Monday with over half a million cocoanuts, the largest shipment in years, anchored in the river to discharge at the fruit piers for shipment to the Franklin Baker Company in Philadelphia. This first Mobile cocoanut cargo of the season signals a fleet of cocoanut laden vessels to follow, reviving waterfront employment in discharging and shipping.
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Clara Scott
Franklin Baker Company
Philadelphia
Mobile
Scott
Rier
Honduras
May Showers Forecast Tonight and Wednesday
Weather forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday with likely showers. Southeast and south winds are expected as a pressure system moves through the Gulf states toward the southeast.
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Gulf States
Seven Villistas Sentenced to Death in Deming Court
In Deming New Mexico seven Villistas captured after the Columbus raid were condemned to die by Judge Edward L Medler for murder of American citizens. The court scene showed a wounded man carried in a cot and another limping on a crutch with a bandaged head.
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Deming
N. M
Columbus
Edward L Medler
Mobile to Fit Out Large Bark Leila at $100,000
Samuel Zimmern plans to fit out the American bark Leila in Mobile, spending over $100,000 on hull completion. The vessel, 212 feet long and 37 feet beam, will carry 2500 tons dead weight and use oil engines. Construction will employ Mobile workers and target the Mobile–South American trade.
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Mobile
Leila
Samuel Zimmern
Zimm
Ponble
Essary
Gulfport
Wales
Saat
Zimmern
Ter Hull
Fee & Tora
Esaoe Zimmern
One Mile
Erie
Gertaee
Official Ticket to Vote on Next Tuesday Here
The article lists candidates on the ballot including Woodrow Wilson for President and a representative for the 66th Congress. It notes no opposition for some offices and details several judicial and local posts with multiple candidates.
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Mobile
Abe Ag Rygh
Memnen
C. Smith
J. Tee
T.’ Orville R. Leigh
Claude Grayson
Circuit Court
John
Drago
Michael J. Duggan
Edward Huet
Sex. H. Smith
C. E. Chapman
N. A Madiler
George A. Thomas
C. W. Marcelline Ressijac
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Mobile business leaders form anti tick drive group
An influential Mobile coalition of business leaders, bankers, and professionals organized this afternoon to support enforced tick eradication laws in Mobile County. President R V Taylor urged continued dipping, citing court upholds, with Dr C A Cary stressing countywide backing and possible penalties for noncompliance.
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Mobile
R. V. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
C. A. Cary
Cary
Mobile County
Cary Sam
Automobile Club Proposes Traffic Rules Revisions
A Mobile traffic committee from the Automobile Club presented proposals to the city commission urging parking restrictions on the north side of Dauphin Street and an 18 inch curb clearance, with four feet spacing between cars. The full ordinance, amended by Commissioner Pillans, was tabled until Thursday for agreement on conditions for drivers and the public.
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Automobile Club of Mobile
City Commission
N. A. Stallworth
Pillans
Automobile Club
Dauphin Street
Oldest Yale Man Dead: Dr David F Atwater 98
Dr David Fisher Atwater, aged 98, died at his Springfield home. He was the oldest Yale University graduate, class of 1829, after graduating from Yale College in 1829.
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YALE
Pringfield
Mass
David Fisher Atwater
Yale University
Yale College
Refusing Readers Spur Dipping Law Debate
A fragmented note raises questions about readers refusing dipping, linking to legal action and regulatory debate. Officials consider enforceable standards while communities weigh health and safety implications.
Washington Briefs on German Submarine Note Progress
Washington reports a brief session not held to hurry the last note on submarine actions. Secretary Lansing says no steps violated the note and expects movement this week.
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Washington
Lansing Ward
Republicans in Lebanon elect uninstructed delegates
In Nashville Tennessee a fourth district convention in Lebanon selected W A L Fayette and Lt Gene as delegates. They will go uninstructed to the national convention.
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Nashville
Tennn
Lebanon
W. A. L. Fayette
Gene
Mexico Promulgates New Mining Law With Tax Shakeup
Mexico City May 2 General Carranza issues decree promulgating a new mining law. The measure imposes higher taxes on large mining properties while aiding smaller operators. It aims to break up concentrated holdings and curb speculative ownership, affecting gold interests valued in the hundreds of millions.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Carranza
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