Austro German Offensive Claims Big Russian Losses
Austrian and German forces launched a major offensive believed to breach Russian lines along the Dunajec and into the Carpathians, taking thousands of prisoners and seizing equipment. Berlin council of war planners and Austro Hungarian loans backdrop the victory amid Italian parliament and regional fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Corre
Mazurian
Carpathians
Indica
von Falkenhayn
von Gesteendert
Kuntriad
MacKenzen
Ninth Army
von Hindenburg
Neue Freie Presse
Dunajec
Biala
Week of fair weather forecast for the U S
The weather bureau forecast a week of generally fair weather across the United States starting tomorrow. Moderate to seasonable temperatures are expected from the middle Atlantic to the Gulf states with brief showers possible in the eastern gulf and a stretch of fair conditions in the west gulf and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic States
South Atlantic
Gulf States
West Gulf States
Tennessee
River Dredging Bill Faces Opposition at Hearing
A joint rivers committee debated a dredging bill amid resistance from wharf and property owners who demand dredging stay 30 to 60 feet beyond their lines. Proponents argued city and state action is needed to prevent uneven dredging and vessel delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Rivers Arbor
Taint A
Danner
Turner
City Commission
Mobile
H. H. Holmes
Twenty-first
Gaillard Hamilton
Bancroft
River Front
Charles Ollinger
Chamberlain
Crayson
City Commissioners Retire Paying Bonds
The Mobile city commission in regular session authorized retiring paying bonds series D numbers 229 to 2511 totaling 11500 as of May 1 1915 at par The board also appropriated 7300 to cover interest on several bonds due May 1 1915 including 2025 on 81000 series D 2775 on 111000 series B and 2500 on 100000 sewer bonds all due May 1 1915 with payments to Peoples Bank New York and American Exchange National Bank New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillans
Lyons
Schwarz
Board of Commissioners
City of
Mobile
Peoples Bank
Ala
American Exchange National Bank of New York
American Exchange ‘National Ban Bank ] of
New York
Check Symptoms of Lung Trouble and Alterative Cure Claims
An old advertisement urges checking symptoms of severe lung trouble like fever night sweats and weight loss. It promotes Eckman’s Alterative claiming many recoveries and cites testimonials including Mrs Rosa Voelpels and Miss Mary Korhamer. It lists Philadelphia laboratories and drug stores as sources for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
W. Thirty-sixth St
New York
Mary Korhamer
Rosa Voelpel
Rekman
Taeding Asussets
Philadelphia
Braswe 8
East Side Parents Gripped By New York Child Murder
In New York police probe a four and a half year old boy Charles Murray murdered in a lower East Side tenement hallway. Similarities to the March 18 killing of five year old Leonore Cohn prompt arrests of several men. a negro porter with rusty razor blades remains under watch as fear spreads among East Side parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Murray
Lower East Side
Leonore, Cohn
Murray Home
Murray
Cohn
Baseball Action Withdrawn From Federal Court
Ban Johnson, president of the American League, said the suits between organized baseball and the Federal League would be taken out of federal court in Illinois. He noted contracts and reservations are final, and only the American League withdraws its actions. A Chicago meeting of AGs and federals occurred ten days earlier, but no agreement emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ban Johnson
Illinois
Philip Ball
St. Louis
Federals
Johnson
Federal Leagues
Chicago
National League
Wagle Denies Plans to Withdraw Illinois Suit
Robert B. Wagle vice president of the Federal League says no plans exist to withdraw the Illinois suits from court. He asserts consent from all parties is needed and that no Federal League officer would act without league notice. National League President Tener also says the Illinois case should not be withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
New York
Robert B. Wagle
Federal League
Illinois
League
Tener
Theational League
Johnson
National League
Comfortable Clothes For City's Firemen
The Mobile fire department adopts lighter summer uniforms with roll collars and turned down peaked caps. The Dreaper & Burns firm won the clothing and cap contract, priced at 14 dollars for the coats and 1.50 dollars for the caps, awarded Monday by Commissioner Pat J. Lyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Department of
Mobile
Pat J. Lyons
Fire Department
Dreaper &* Burns
Cotton Mills Bid in by Creditors' Committee
The Aiken Langley and Seminole cotton mills in South Carolina were bid in at noon by a creditors committee led by William McKintey Jr and Charles H Low for 475 000 under a federal court order the units bought individually at 200 000 125 000 and 150 000 as part of a pre announced reorganization plan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken, S
Pouncey Granted New Trial in Promissory Note Case
Samuel W. Pouncey once active in local business circles was granted a new trial after being convicted last Saturday in city court of obtaining a promissory note for 1500 dollars valued at 600 dollars from George W. Buckley by alleged false pretenses. Judge O J Semmes adjourned the matter Tuesday after defense arguments by Hogan and Grove, with bond set at 750 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Pouncey
George W. Buckley
O. J. Semmes
Hogan and Grove
Kerr Returns From Washington Trip With Bradley Note
President and General Manager H. F. Kerr of Seeberg Steamship Company returns from a several day visit to Washington and New York. He did not disclose details but indicated the trip contained important implications for Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr
H. F. Kerr
Seeberg Steamship Company
Washingtony
van York
Mobile
Mutimus Sentences and Deportation Testimony Shifts
Lon Carmichael jailed after pleading guilty to stealing jewelry and receiving a six month county road sentence. Inspector J K Worden will travel to Macon Ga to testify in Chinese deportation cases before Judge Speer on May 10. Detectives arrest Willam McElroy of Crichton for maliciously injuring animals after T J Duggan reports chickens shot by the accused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Carmichael
Court of Justice of the Peace
Pearson
Wilmer
Ala
Carmichael
J. K. Worden
Immigration Bureau
Macon
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming quinine fights malaria and iron strengthens the system. The label states its tasteless formula and the price of 50 cents.
President Wilson awaits reports on Gulf Light attack
President Wilson awaits full reports from Consul Stephens at Plymouth and Ambassador Gerard in Berlin about the German submarine torpedoing of the American steamer Gulf Light. An embassy inquiry in London will examine the ship and crew, with findings sent to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Gulf Light
Stephens
Plymouth
Eng
Gerard
Berlin
Leon C. Thresher
Falaba
Germany
Bryan
Skinner
London
State Department
Westminster Gazette
Treatment of unions by P R R complained of
H B Perham, president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, told the Industrial Relations Commission at Washington on May 4 that the Pennsylvania Railroad has long refused to recognize railroad telegraphers and shopmen unions allied with the AFL while recognizing transportation brotherhoods. He called the railway's conduct arbitrary and unfair since the 1887 strike, saying it threatens peace and progress and sets a harmful example for other railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Relations Commission
H. B. Perham
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Pennsylvania
The
Juror and Husband Talk Prompt New Trial Date Set
In a Mobile Infirmary damage suit, Judge Samuel B Brown moved the case to May 25 after it was learned that juror J H Leeper and the plaintiff Mrs Fannie Tucker’s husband discussed the merits of the case. Tucker seeks 10000 for alleged nurse negligence during her illness care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Tucker
Mobile Infirmary Association
J H. Leeper
Samuel B. Brown
Browne
Leeper
Tucker
Mobile Infirmary
Webb, & Aes
G. L
H. T. Smith
China Japan clash over demands at Tokyo debate
The Manchester Guardian reviews the China Japan talks noting Japan’s broad demands clash with China's independence. It warns that China fears costly enforcement and urges Japan to consider a self denying ordinance to satisfy all. Count Okuma is seen as a prudent statesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Asia
China
Japan
Okuma
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
Jealous of Britain in Tokyo China dispatch
A Times dispatch from Peking says Japanese public opinion and press campaigns favoring force raise fears of action by Japan against China over demands for concessions. It notes about 60,000 Japanese troops in China and Britain’s view that Japan seeks to enter the Yangtze valley and challenge Britain's traditional positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Peking
The
Times
China
Japan
Yang-Tse Valley
Great Britain
Wilson Hopes Japan China Crisis Clears Soon
President Wilson expressed hope the Japan China dispute would clarify shortly and denied any ultimatum from Japan to China. He said China had not asked the United States for moral support and warned against trusting unverified reports as parley notices continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Japan
China
Tokio
United States
Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting Set for Tuesday
The board of directors will hold their regular meeting at 7 30 oclock Tuesday night in the rooms of the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Death of William Jordan in Mobile street car accident
William Jordan, 59, city street department employee and former carpenter, was killed Monday night near Day's station in Prichard when struck by an inbound Mobile Light and Railroad car. He slept on the track, the motorman stopped too late. Survived by six sons and four daughters. His mother perished years earlier in an electric car tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jordan
City Street Department
Prichard
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Berenson & Sands
Jordan
South
Dearborn ‘Street
Charles Jordan
Old Shell Road
Mobile Street
William
Charles
Joe
Doss
Dan Jordan
Sallie Brunson
Maggie Chambliss
Fannie Burch
Spring Hill
Hubbard Zemurray Ships Return to New Orleans Trade
Hubbard Zemurray Co resumes New Orleans arrivals with the Gansfjord re routing from Mobile. The Bodo and Viator will serve Mobile tropics lanes, bringing about five cargoes monthly. On board the Viator, Earl White and Ashbel Hubbard note a strong fruit market prospect as several fruit firms plan ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard-Zemurray
Gansfjord
New Orleans
Mobile
Ashbel Hubbard
Hubbard
Chamelecon Steamship Line
Bodo
Viator
Tropics
Mr. Hubbard
Earl’ White
Memphis
Tenn
Lee Christmas
Republic
Late Marine News From Harbor Report
The tug Nimrod tows the American barkentine Skoda and the Honduran Schooner Pleroma toward St Andrews Fla for a cheap lumber cargo. The Norwegian steamer Fort Morgan brings 18000 banana bunches to United Fruit, the largest this season, from Puerto Cortez. Bluefields, under repair, will sail to Puerto Cortez tomorrow after a month in port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimrod
Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company
Skoda
Pleroma
St. Andrews
Fla
Fort Morgan
United Fruit Company
Puerto Cortez
Hon
Bluefields
Deaths-Funerals Raymond R. Cumberland 25
Raymond R. Cumberland aged 25 died at 6 30 am Tuesday at the family home 51 George street after a brief illness He came to Mobile eight years ago from Calvert Alabama and resided here since He is survived by his father W A Cumberland three brothers P P and M S Cumberland of Chile W K Cumberland of Waynesboro Mississippi and two sisters Mesdames Daisy L Landrien and Mattie P Millstead of Reedsburg Alabama The remains will be taken to Calvert Wednesday morning for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond R. Cumberland
Ohio
George Street
Mobile
Calvert
Ala
W. A. Cumberland
P. P
M. S. Cumberland
Chile
Court Actions In Chancery Court Included Dismissals And Decrees
In the Chancery Court before Judge Thomas H. Smith business listed includes the dismissal of Lewis Morse versus May Morse for want of prosecution and a decree for Theodore Hollister to marry. Other cases reset or overruled include Ben Evans versus Dan Barrett and J J Hauser versus Foley and Co. Call for Wednesday lists Cox versus Robertsdale Wood Product Co and National Mosaic Flooring Co versus P J Glass with additional pending matters involving McAllister versus White and Dunlap Mercantile versus Day Hamilton Vercantile Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Thomas H. Smith
Lewis Morse
National Mosaic Flooring Company
P. J. Glass
Henry G. McAllister
Frank E
White
D. R. Dunlap Mercantile Company
Day-Hamilton Vercantile Company
Vegetable Compound Promised To Restore Women’s Health
An ad-like note cites a New York assembly claim that healthy women are rare and urges readers to try Lydie Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for headaches backaches nervousness and mood lows said to signal organic disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Lydie
Pinkham
Boy Loses Leg in Street Wagon Accident
11 year old Godard boy had his right leg torn off at the knee when his leg was caught in the rear wheel of a Smith Bakery delivery wagon on Conception street near Palmetto. He was taken to Providence Infirmary where his thigh was splintered and he remained for several weeks. The family lives at 365 South Conception street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
With Godard
Louis Godard
Conception Street
Palmetto
Smith Bakery
Providence Infirmary
Godard Lad
South
Bomb Explodes Wrecks Bronx Borough Hall Before Taxpayers Meet
A powerful dynamite bomb exploded at Bronx borough hall during preparations for a taxpayers meeting. Five people were inside. two were thrown twenty feet but unharmed. The first floor was wrecked and the building closed to the public. Two foreigners were arrested nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bronx Borough Hall
New Retail Shoe Store Organized in Mobile
A new retail shoe company named McAtee Shoe Company was organized in Mobile on Monday with incorporation papers filed on Tuesday. It will operate at the McAtee store on Dauphin Street, with capital of 3000 dollars. Incorporators include H. B. Pake as president and manager with 30 shares, A. L. Staples as vice president with 28 shares, and B. H. Pake as secretary and treasurer with two shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
McAtee Shoe Company
McAtee
Dauphin Street
H. B. Pake
A. L. Staples
B.H. Pake
Warning to Violators of Traffic Ordinance
Walter May was fined five dollars or ten days after being arrested for passing a street car with passengers. The judge announced that violators arrested after May 2 will face a minimum twenty five dollar fine or fifty days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter May
Edington
Exaggerated German Defeat Claims Warned by Mail
London May 4 German reports of a crushing defeat on the Russian frontier are dismissed as exaggerated by the Daily Mail's military correspondent. He notes such claims aim to influence wavering neutrals, while acknowledging continued German pressure toward Cracow Riga and Ypres. He says Russian resistance would not be altered by any single German reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
Cracow
Riga
Ypres
Russia
German Version of North Sea Action Mirrors British Report
Berlin reporting that the German admiralty statement on Saturdays North Sea action matches the British version yet labels the lost German vessels as outpost boats. It notes that armed English trawlers were engaged and one was destroyed, with a division of English torpedo boat destroyers joining the battle and causing the loss of outpost boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
North Sea
Ihider to Lecture on Housing Conditions
John Ihider field secretary of the National Housing Association will lecture on sanitary housing conditions at 7 30 p m Wednesday in Harte Auditorium M C A He will discuss conditions as they exist in Mobile and speaks at the invitation of Dr G H Fonde health and sanitation committee chair and Mobile Chamber of Commerce vice president He is to address the Mobile Rotary Club at their Thursday luncheon and meeting on the same topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ihider
National Housing Association
Harte
M. C
Thider
Mobile
G. H. Fonde
Health and Sanitation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Shider
Mobile Rotary Club
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Austria
U. S
Bettie
Bauer
Ae & Uts
Norman Dred Dmr LE
N. Royal
U.S. Chief OF Naval Operations
East Side
Mrs. Tucker
Dan
Late Marine News
Ihider
Hutchison
Faust
Maull Bros
St. Louis, U. S. A
van Antwerp
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