Russians Making Steady Progress Against the Turk
Petrograd May 5 reports three Russian army groups in Asia Minor advancing toward Baiburt Erzinjan and Diarbekr since Trebizond fell. Turkish forces concentrate against the Russian center to defend Erzinjan. Russian operations show close cooperation and unified advance from the Black Sea coast to Bitlis despite mountains.
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Petrograd
London
Trebizond
Asia Minor
Baiburt
Erzinjan
Diarbekr
Caucasus
Ack Sea
Bitlis
Sage and Sulphur Compound for Dark Hair
The old time Sage Tea and Sulphur method is back in use as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound. Sold in drug stores for about 50 cents a bottle it darkens gray hair and adds a lustrous fullness. It is a cosmetic product not a medical remedy.
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Wyeth
Turkish Offensive in Armenia Collapses Gates to Offensive
Reports say Turkish designs to flank and cut off sea coast forces have failed and the Armenian campaign has shifted to a defensive posture. A local Turkish push in Urumiah is viewed as an isolated maneuver. German activity on the Dvinsk front remains intense in the lake region with no major shifts.
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Armenia
Urumiah
Dvinsk
Cuautla Seized by Carranza Forces in Morelos
Mexican Constitutionalists capture Cuautla the second city in Morelos along with ammunition and railway trains. Villa Ayala, former Zapata HQ, is also taken. Reports from Morelos say Zapata followers are being defeated across the region.
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Mexico City
Cuautla
Morelos
Villa Ayala
Zapata
South American Leaders Back U S Merchant Marine Plan
Washington May 5 Secretary McAdoo after Buenos Aires talks said South American statesmen backed rapid development of a merchant marine under an American flag and completion of a Pan American railway as the key to closer unity among American nations.
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Washington
McAdoo
Buenos Aires
International High Commission
Lorimer Again Seeks U S Senate Bid After Acquittal
Chicago May 5 William Lorimer, acquitted on charges tied to the La Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank failure, said he will run for the United States Senate again. He plans to re-enter politics after paying bank depositors and clearing his finances within a year.
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Chicago
William Lorimer
la Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank
United’ S States Senate
Home Economics Club Receives Gift Sign
A handsome sign, donated by Mr. R. E. Daly, now stands at the Home Economics Club headquarters with a dark blue background and gold lettering. Members express pride in the acquisition.
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R. E. Daly
Lavretta Again Heads Alumni Banquet at Spring Hill College
The Spring Hill College alumni banquet at the Battle House honored Dr. W. M. Mastin for 25 years as surgeon. Fr. E. A. Cummings and C. Lawrence Lauretta praised him as sixty attendees listened. Officers elected: Lauretta president, Mahomer vice president, Yeend Potter secretary treasurer. Faculty present included Fr. Cummings and Fr. Fazackerly.
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Oratory
Spring Hill Jesuit College
Battle House
W. M. Mastin
Mastin
E. A. Cummings
C. Lawrence Lauretta
Alumni Association
Reepee
James Hope Glennon
Matt Mahomer, Jr
Tisdale Touart
Oscar Guesnard
Mobile
James K.glennon
David R. Barbee
John ©. Bush
Matt Mahomer
Yeend Potter
Spring Hill College
S. J
J. Fazackerly
William Salentine
S.J
J. J. Navin
Brazil demands urgent inquiry into Rio Branco sinking
Rio Janeiro May 5. Brazil orders an urgent inquiry into the torpedoing of the steamship Rio Branco to defend neutral rights. Brazilian newspapers demand strong government action, urging cooperation with the United States to oppose submarine warfare and criticizing Germany’s actions.
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Rio Janeiro
Legation
Rio Branco
Jornal Do Commerce
United States
Correlo de Manha
Germany
Gazeta de Noticias
William
O Paiz
Brazil
Wenceslau Braz
Battle House hosts lobby gathering and visitors
In Mobile several visitors stay at the Battle House including Mrs A Brooks Smith of Lakeland Florida and Misses Ashby and Johnson of Devlies Green Kentucky. Haiden Miller of Mobile and Ohio Railroad tours Mobile with executives to discuss fall and winter business.
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Battle House
A. Brooks Smith
Lakeland
Fla
A. Ashby
Devlies Green
E. Johnson
Fianapolis
Ind
M. .D. Currie
Mobile
Haiden
Haiden Miller
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
St. Louis
J. S. Taylor
R. W. Taylor
Simmons
Wife
Cincinnati
Bodies of Prichard tragedy victims sent to Jackson
The bodies of Mr and Mrs Ben Presnall principals in the Prichard tragedy were sent to Jackson Alabama on Friday morning by Crenshaw Undertaking Company. They will be buried in one grave in the family burying ground near Jackson in Clark County. A party of relatives accompanied the bodies including Mr M Morgan father of Mrs Presnall and other relatives.
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Ben Presnall
Prichard
Jackson
Ala
Crenshaw Undertaking Company
Clark County
M. Morgan
Presnall
Ee Baugh
Necklace Recovered From Mail Robbery Suspect
New York May 5 Federal inspectors recovered a pearl necklace valued at 2500 from the home of Robert H Brogan, linked to the March registered mail theft on a ferry. They also seized ten unset diamonds, fifty six rings, twelve bracelets and twelve wrist watches. Brogan says the necklace was brought for appraisal by Edward J Quigley who was arrested in Baltimore in the same case.
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New York
Post Office
Robert H. Brogan
United States
Brogan
Edward J. Quigley
Baltimore
Mob Hangs Youth Near Scene of Alleged Attack
Hempstead Texas May 6 Tom Dickson a 22 year old Black man was hanged by a mob near the public road where he was accused of attacking a fourteen year old girl returning home from school.
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Hempstead
Texas
Tom Dickson
Norwegian Ship Mars Burned By Teuton
A Copenhagen dispatch says the Norwegian schooner Mars bound for England with pit props was stopped and burned by a German cruiser. The crew was saved. The report notes Scandinavian opinion that U boat warfare against merchant ships is waning and links this to a rise in steamship shares on stock exchanges.
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London
Mars
England
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Schooner Jennie S Hall Delayed For Sail To Antilla Cuba
The American schooner Jennie S Hall will sail this afternoon for Antilla Cuba with 376 082 superficial feet of lumber but faces a two day delay due to a shortage of able bodied seamen. Purchased recently at Mobile by J H Sommerville of Gulfport the vessel will return to Gulfport after the cargo is discharged. Masters report crews hard to find with A B certificate holders asking high wages and talk of sending to Atlantic ports for help.
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Jennie S. Hall
Antilla
Cuba
Mobile
J. H. Sommerville
Gulfport
Military Training Camp Set for Galveston
Major General Leonard Wood authorized Major Marcellus J. Spinke to arrange a civilian military training camp in Galveston Texas from June 5 to July 1. The minimum enrollment was set at 220 men.
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Galveston
Texas
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Marcellus J. Spinke
Coast Artillery Forces
Concert Time Moved Up for New York Philharmonic in Mobile
To accommodate out of town visitors the New York Philharmonic concerts in Mobile on May 9 start at 2 45 PM instead of 3 PM. Tickets must be reserved by tomorrow at 6 PM with Hans Curiel handling sales at the Lyric Theater box office and City Bank building.
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Mobile
New York Harmonic Orchestra
Eicert
Grand Bay
Pensacola
Philharmonic
Lyric Theater
Hans Curiel
Music Lovers Association
City Bank Building
Germans to War with Foreign Makers of Dye
Berlin reports that Germany warns that nations hoping to control or replace German aniline dye supplies will face a bitter struggle after the war. Leading German chemical firms have formed a coalition to protect their mutual dye interests amid postwar pressures.
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Berlin
London
Germany
Danish Schooner Seizure Claim in Swedish Waters
Witnesses testified at an inquiry that the Danish schooner Olga was seized by a German trawler in Swedish waters while sailing from Halmstad to England in March, alleging the capture occurred within Swedish territorial limits.
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Stockholm
London
Olga
Halmstad
England
New Steamer Planned for Tampa New Orleans Trade
Gulf and Southern Steamship Company announce construction of a 2,000 ton freight steamer within a year for the Tampa to New Orleans route. The Jacksonville firm holds the contract.
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Tampa, Fla
Gulf and Southern Steamship Company
Atlante, Gulf and West Indian Lines
Senate Passes Hollis Farm Loan Bill With Narrow Vote
The Hollis farm loan bill clearing a rural credits system won 58 to 5 in the Senate. Republican opponents were Brandegee Oliver Lodge Page and Wadsworth. An earlier Smoot salary cut for the farm loan board failed 29 to 31 in the Senate. A House measure similar in aim is expected soon.
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Washington
Hollis Farm Loan
Senate
Brandegee
Oliver
Lodge
Page
Wadsworth
Banking Committee
Smoot
Farm Loan Board
Committee
House Banking Committee
House
Birthday Celebrations at Empire Theater
The Item invites April born children to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theater this afternoon with five friends. Tickets mailed. Send full names addresses and birthdates to Birth day Editor Mobile Item sg two days before birth.
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Empire Theater
Malaria Tonic Ad Seeks Widely Known Remedies
Classified fragment lists names Magdalene Chutat and Bernadine Strieffer with addresses and birth dates. Mentions Delve Out Malaria and Build Up System and Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as a labeled quinine and iron product priced at 50 cents.
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GROVE
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U. S. Senate
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St. Louis, U. S. A
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E. H. Britton
Dauphn Street
Lavretta
Spring Hill
Dr. Mastin
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Knights of Columbus Hall
St. Matthew's Church
Carnley
Jefferson A. Carnley
Elba
Alabama Public Service Commission
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Escambia
Mary N. Ferguson
C. V. Shoub
Henry Delany
Delta Highway
Franks
Stone
Ray Minette
St. Andrew Hotel
Baldwin County
Mobile and
Baldwin Delta Highway
C. J. Armstrong
Clanton, Ala
R. F. Manly
Birmingham
H. H. Arnold
Trinidad
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Mr. Arnold
M. J. Sanders
New Orleans
W. Tt
Frank Harrison
Ee F. T. Matthews
Attalla
Tourist Welcome Club
Attalla Cornice and Structure Company
Dr. D. ©. Bryant
George R. Bryant
R. A. Bryant
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Nuainscook
Dolores Soinette
Muslinwear Sale
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Teuton
Atlantic
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Tampa-New Orleans
Farm Loan Bank
Magdalene Chutat
Selma Street
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