Officers elected for Mobile Idea No 1 Order of Oaks term
The Mobile Idea No 1 Order of Oaks held a regular meeting Monday night electing officers for the ensuing term. Names include C. W. Tompkins as past president, H. C. Mouldip as president, Dr. R. A. Hail as vice president, J. B. Fincher as secretary, R Beard as treasurer, G. W. Ingram as chaplain, L. F. Lieper as escort, L. L. Brown as inner guard, Ira T. Powers as outer guard, J. Brookhart and J. O. Sirmon as trustees. A social session with refreshments is planned for Thursday evening, May 21, with invitations to the ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Idea
Order of Oaks
C. W. Tompkins
Bart B. Chamberlain
H. C. Mouldip
R. A. Hail
J. B. Fincher
R Beard
G. W. Ingram
L. F. Lieper
L. L. Brown
Ira T. Powers
Price
J. Brookhart
J. O. Sirmon
Wag
Marriage Licenses Issued To Barry And Bones
A marriage license was issued Tuesday by the probate court to Robert Barry of Galveston Texas and Annie Juanita Bones of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Barry
Galveston
Texas
Annie Juanita Bones
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Promised Liver Boost
Advertisement touts Hot Springs Liver Buttons to tone the liver and purify blood. Claims include improved digestion, reduced headaches, restored energy and ambition, with a 25 cent box and a free sample offer from Hot Springs Chemical Co. in Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Serine Chemical “Co
Hot Springs
City Commissioners Back Tax Collector as Agent at Sales
In regular session the Mobile city board approved making the tax collector agent for unpaid tax sales and authorizing bids to cover city claims when needed. They also approved a $62,000 venture bond to Bank of Mobile, paid hospital and gravel bills, granted pro rata plumbers license relief, disallowed a damage claim, and awarded three bridge contracts on St. Louis street drain to A Hancock for $601.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of City Commissioners
Pillans
Lyons
Bank of Mobile
Wilkinson Street
Goubil & Ryan
Dickinson
City of Mobile
Rutherford
St. Louis Street
A. Hancock
Auto Thief Nabbed After Stolen Car Recovery
Ferrell Gossett white, arrested Monday morning and charged with stealing Eugene Thoss Jr.s automobile. Gossett fined 25 dollars and ordered to 10 days hard labor plus 12 months hard labor. Hazel Williams with Gossett held on bond 100 dollars for one month or 10 days jail. Williams appealed with bond 150 dollars. Car taken from Thosss business front Sunday night, found Monday morning at Dearborn and New Jersey streets.
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Ferrell Gossett
White
Eugene Thoss, Jr
Recorder's Court
Hazel
Williams
Gossett
Complexion Secrets Of An Actress
A new volume claims continuous grease paints harmed skin and praises mercolized wax as superior. The writer says applying a thin layer nightly, then washing off, improves texture by absorbing worn tissue. Saxolite solution with hazel used daily addresses wrinkles and pores with notable outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Rail Wrecking Attempt Reported At Fowl River Trestle
Special officers of the Louisville and Nashville road and county authorities probe an alleged rail removal on the Fowl river trestle south of Theodore. Unknown parties took one and a half miles of rail and stole a large iron bar from the tool house in the days before discovery. Authorities indicate the motive remains uncertain.
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Louisville and Nashville
Theodore
Federal forces ready for action in Mexican capital conflict
Reports say Admiral Mayo in Tampico urges action and could seize Tampico with his fleet now. The Des Moines and two cruisers await orders as a nine-ship torpedo boat fleet stands by. Separately the War Department mailed mobilization instructions to state militia, detailing funding and transport methods for a National Guard mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
National Guard
War Department
United States
Woman Receives Ransom Telegram for Husband
Mrs Horace W Mills of Boulder Colorado reports a telegram from Vera Cruz stating her husband is being held for ransom in the state of Vera Cruz Mexico May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
Horace W. Mills
Vera Cruz
Orders Not To Clear Vessels From Vera Cruz Ports
Admiral Badger reported to the navy department that Territorial Minister Hacienda in Vera Cruz ordered customs officers not to clear or enter any vessels from or to American ports. The instruction was said to apply to all ports in the state of Vera Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Admiral Badger
Navy Department
Drayton
Tuxpan
Territorial
Hacienda
Vera Cruz
Alarm over Silliman report in Mexico
Washington, May. Alarmed by unofficial reports that Acting American Consul John R. Silliman has been a prisoner of General Maas, Mexican federal commander, for two weeks, the state department sent urgent telegrams of inquiry to the Brazilian minister in Mexico City, Counsel Miller at Tampico and Consul Hanna at Monterey. Silliman’s regular post was Saltillo, but he was moved to San Luis Potosi in the present emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silliman
Washington
John R. Silliman
San Luis Potosi
Mex
Maas
State Department
Mexico City
Miller
Tampico
Hanna
Monterey
Saltillo
Carranza Dropped From Mexican Mediation Talks
In Washington May 5 mediators moved to settle differences between Huerta and the United States over Vera Cruz. Carranza was temporarily eliminated from mediation due to his refusal to agree to a truce. The envoys left open his return if he later accepts armistice terms as the plan proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Washington
Mexico
Huerta
United States
Vera Cruz
Saltillo
Senator Lippitt Introduces Villa Information Resolution
In Washington on May 5 a Senate resolution by Senator Lippitt Rhode Island called on President Wilson for information about a published claim the president might aid Pancho Villa to rule Mexico. The measure faced objections from Senator Stone and was postponed. Lodge sought to read a London biographical sketch of Villa later.
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Washington
Wilson
Pancho Villa
Mexico
Senate
Senator Lippitt
Rhode Island
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
General Villa
London
Senator Stone
Poindexter
State Department
Blackstrap Molasses Trade Expands Through Mobile Port
Mobile and Ohio Railroad reports 8.5 million gallons imported from Cuba via Mobile to Chicago, with 1.5 million more expected. Hearing set Friday before Examiner Hines to address Louisiana domestic rate discrimination, while imports from Cuba and Mobile to St Louis remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Cuba
Mobile
Chicago
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Louisiana
Examiner Hines
Crescent City
James L. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Meeting of traveling men on passenger train plans
All traveling men brokers and jobbers are urged to attend a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms next Saturday May 9 at 7 30 PM. The discussion will cover establishing a Mobile Alabama to Georgiana Ala passenger train with connection to L N lines and extending trains from Repton to Flomatoft with a return trip. The Alabama Railroad Commission plan to consider these proposals in Montgomery on May 18 or June 1 with full attendance desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Georgiana
Ala
Repton
Flomatoft
Selma
Alabama Railroad Commission
Montgomery
Burns Suit Against Civic League Dismissed Over Qualification
The W. J. Burns National Detective Agency suit against the Civic League of Mobile to recover 1226.31 for services in 1913 was dismissed in circuit court after the agency failed to file a secretary of state certificate to operate in the state. Other docket items included several dismissals and a judgment against defendants in separate cases, with a Wednesday call for James Williams vs. Mobile Light & Railroad Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Burns National Detective Agency
Civic League of Mobile
Secretary of State
MacGowin-Lyons Hardware Co
Edward Tessner
A. J. Holmes
Gage & Martin
Elmer Maddox
Robert Windham
R. H. Radcliff
J. S. Radcliff
James Williams
Mobile Light & Railroad Company
Alabama Railroad official visits city after Tuscaloosa stay
Edgar B. Kay, engineer of the Alabama Railroad Commission based in Tuscaloosa, is in the city for a visit staying at the Cawthon Hotel. D. H. Stewart and family of Fairhope are spending several days here with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar B. Kay
Alabama Railroad Commission
Tuscaloosa, Ala
Cawthon Hotel
D. H. Stewart
Fairhope, Ala
Lecture Concert in Graffnola Parlors by Mrs Erwin Craighead
Mrs. Erwin Craighead presents a lecture concert on Mignon by Ambroise Thomas in private Grafa nola parlors. Readings feature Columbia records played on a Grafonda as the lecture unfolds. The event emphasizes two electric ceiling fans for cooling and invites all, with no admission fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Craighead
Ambroise Thomas
Columbia Records
Columbia
Smith Piano CO
Masonic Temple
Captain Kolb's Son Ill in Montgomery Home
Reuben Kolb, son of Agriculture Commissioner R. F. Kolb, is desperately ill at his South Hull Street residence. Friends show little hope for recovery as his health, never strong for months, deteriorates rapidly in the last two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Kolb
Montgomery
Montgomery, Ala
Reuben Kolb
R. F. Kolb
Hull Street
Kolb
Department of Agriculture
Steamer on Fire in Atlantic Fires Near Cape Race Sable
Sable Island radio picked up a distress call from two steamers far out on the Atlantic. One vessel reportedly on fire sent a brief plea for help before atmospheric conditions cut the transmission. The Seydlitz later sighted a damaged hulk with mast and funnel gone and no signs of life aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sable Island
Atlantic
Seydlitz
Wholesale Dry Goods Meet Opens in Mobile
Final preparations completed for the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association three day session at the Battle House starting Wednesday morning. Mayor Lyons opens with welcome, Alfred H. Williams of Nashville responds, and Murray Brown of Birmingham delivers the president’s annual address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association
Battle House
E. O. Fowlkes
Lyons
Fowlkes
Alfred H. Williams
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Victrola and
Victor Records
Castle House
Heisey
Thoss
Maenseae
Seeds of Chaos
Essanay
Giaihai
John Bunny
Bill Hips
Iss Bountiful
Selig
Ung
Kalem
Dippy
D m
Federals Mine Capital Railroad
Taylor
Villa
Burns
Civic League
México City
Sir Lionel Carden
Etowah
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Dreamland Theatre
Oliver’s Jubilee Co. and
the Lynch Trio
Goldstein’s
Ulus Mus
Oldstein
Cape Race
Southern Association
All National Biscuit Co
Suro Son Vcucavav
BU Proston
Eboasecesc
White Mountain
Horlick
Packer
Colgate
Welch
Hudnut
Catherine
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