One-Cent Postage and Trade of Latin America
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce plans two membership meetings in the trellis room of the Battle House. William H. Armbrecht will present a quarterly report on the first three months of his term. Charles William Burrows will advocate one-cent postage and enlist business support. E N Trefz will discuss Latin American trade and the Belize voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
William H. Armbrecht
E. N. Trefz
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Charles William Burrows
National
Burrows
Chamber of Commerce
Battle House
Trefz
Mobile Trade Commission
Belize
Congress
Guthrie Gols 10 Japan Soon
George W Guthrie Democratic state chairman of yania was chosen for ambassador o paid his respects to Wilson and asked when he would go to Tokio. The president told him to suit his own convenience and Guthrie will confer with Secretary Bryan on his return Thursday. Japan has notified acceptance and the nomination is expected to go to the senate this week.
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Associated Press
Washington
George W. G
Yania
Wilson
Tokio
Guthrie
Bryan
Japan
State Department
Senate
Two French Nationals Held as Unadmitted Aliens Near Fulton
Louis Monin and Louis Jonian, natives of France, employed at a nearby lumber mill, entered the United States at Mobile without immigration exams. Immigration Inspector Jack Worden served warrants at Fulton. A Fulton hearing is scheduled with potential release on recognizance pending Washington action.
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Louis Monin
Louis Jonian
France
Fulton
Ala
United States
Mobile
Jack Worden
Monin
Anad Jonian
Department
Washington
Red Flag Controversy Sparks CityTension
In East Liverpool on May 7 a clash between patriotic societies and the Socialist group escalated as the mayor ordered the fire department to remove a red flag from Socialist headquarters. The flag was taken down but quickly replaced, drawing crowds and pledges to resist removal.
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Associated Press
East Liverpool
Patriotic Societies
Socialist Organization
Maydér
Carnegie Not Scotch Voter
Miss Mae Scott Troy, a San Francisco suffragette, cabled Andrew Carnegie asking why he is listed as a voter in Dornoch parish Sutherland Scotland. The message notes Carnegie as "A Gentleman" with residence at Skibo Castle and questions King Edward offering him a dukedom.
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Associated Press
London
Miss Mae. Scott- Troy
San Francisco
Andrew Carnegie
Dornoch
Sutherland
Scotland
Edward
Carnegie
Skibo Castle
Carnegie Declares American Citizen at Age Eleven
James Bertram states that Mr. Carnegie is an American citizen by birth in the United States after moving to Scotland later. Bertram notes Carnegie could not vote in Scotland as an alien and that his father’s naturalization predates Carnegie reaching adulthood.
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Associated Press
New York
Carnegie
James Bertram
Scotland
Slavery Question Tangles Philippine Islands Policy
Secretary Garrison told the Senate there is indirect evidence slavery existed in the Philippine Islands under American rule but no records in the War Department confirming current slavery. The reply came to Senator Borah's resolution citing a letter from Secretary Worcester of the Philippine government alleging slavery.
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Associated Press
Washington
Philippine Islands
Senate
Garrison
War Department
Borah
Worcester
Hardware Men Meet for Second Day at Battle House
The Southern Hardware Jobbers Association held a larger second day session at the Battle House Auditorium. Committees were named on by laws, memorials, auditing, resolutions, and other items. The American Hardware Manufacturers Association also met there with a large crowd, a Trade Relations address given, and a resolutions committee named for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Hardware Jobbers’ Association
Battle House
J. D. Moore
J. C. Boring
American Hardware Manufacturers’ Association
L. C. Abbott
Marshalltown
S. D. Latty
Chicago
E. S. Jackson
Philadelphia
Laundrymen to Meet in Mobile for 1914 Convention
Laundries from Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee will gather in Mobile for the Tri-States Laundermen’s Association convention in 1914. The decision came via telegraph from Hattiesburg after Mobile’s Chamber of Commerce and local delegates secured the event, with invitations extended by city officials and industry leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Mobile
Wm. H. Monk, Jr
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Hattiesburg
Miss
William H. Monk, Jr
Ala
Chamber of Commerce
Glenn E. Ainspaugh
Imperial Laundry
W. L. Woodruff
Peerless Laundry
Schwarz
Tri-States Association
President Wilson Meets Congress Aides On Appointments
President Wilson spent most of the day in talks with congressmen about appointments. Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois suggested Irving Shuman was likely to become comptroller of the currency in the treasury. An New Jersey delegation backed Cornelius J Ford for public printer, though no definite choice emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Irving Shuman
Treasury Department
New Jersey
Cornelius J. Ford
State Federation of Labor of
Francisco Vasques Gomez in Washington plans border trip
Francisco Vasques Gomez is in Washington and says he expects to go to the Mexican border after receiving unspecified advices. He declined to reveal their nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Francisco Vasques Gomez
Munitions for Huerta May Be Forwarded
The United States will continue to permit shipments of arms to Huerta’s government in Mexico if officials ensure the arms do not reach rebels. Ernesto Fernandez Arteaga, representing the constitutionalists, protested that immunities under U S neutrality laws do not apply to Huerta. A shipment of 2000 rifles and 3,000,000 cartridges aboard a vessel at New Orleans is awaiting official action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Mexico
Huerta
State Department
New Orleans
Ernesto Fernandez Arteaga
Constitutionalists
Kaufman Urged for Appointive Position by Stanley
Washington May 7 Representative Stanley chairman of the house committee that investigated the steel trust urged President Wilson to appoint Atwayit to a position. By 8 Kaufman of Coatesville Pa a printer who testified against steel interests has been ruined by boycott and is now a bankrupt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Stanley
House
Steel Trust
Wilson
Kaufman
Coatesville
Lukens Iron Company
Inferior Court Fines and Bonds For Local Offenses
In the Inferior court on gaming charges James McDonald and Frank Stokes were fined $1 or ten days. Several others including Jack Finley Ben Fisher John Thompson Wes Tanher Bob Ginn and Andrew Hosselt were fined $10 or ten days for gaming on Sunday. Frank Morang and Sandy Plenty were held to City court under $1000 bond each for burglary of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad station house at Semmes. Caster Alexander forfeited bond for oyster law violation after failing to appear. Bill Saunders jailed three months for obtaining $2 under false pretense from M L Davis by misrepresenting ownership of a brass check. bond set at $300 on appeal. Mary McQueen fined $61 or ninety days for assaulting Dennis Brasfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McDonald
Frank Stokes
Jack Finley
Ben Fisher
John Thompson
Wes Tanher
Bob Ginn
Andrew Hosselt
Frank Morang
Sandy Plenty
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Company
Semmes
Caster’ Alexander
Bill Saunders
M. IL
Congress Proceedings Noted Morning Sessions
Met at noon and 11 a.m. stakeholders discussed Cuba intervention, Alaska issues with Walter L. Fisher testifying. McReynolds refused access to Brazilian coffee correspondence. Tariff bill reading continued with income tax provision. C B Smith proposed lobbyist registration in Congress.
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Bacon
Cuba
Territories Committee
Walter L. Fisher
McReynolds
House
C. B. Smith
Congress
Weather outlook for Thursday and tonight
Mobile forecast calls for fair conditions and mild temps through 7 p.m. Thursday with light northerly winds. Alabama sees fair weather tonight and Thursday with cooler air in north and west regions. Mississippi also reports fair conditions tonight and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
Home Rule for Ireland Bill Reintroduced in Commons
Premier Asquith reintroduced the Home Rule for Ireland bill in the House of Commons and it was read a first time under the standing orders. It will face a second reading on June 2 with debate barred at this stage.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Asquith
Secretary Named for Tropical Trip
President William H. Armbrecht of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce announces Garrard Harris as secretary of the Mobile Trade Commission to Central America. Harris will accompany fifteen businessmen on a month long trip starting May 16 and report news to the Chamber for pamphlet publication. The Chamber pays his expenses with no additional remuneration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Armbrecht
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Garrard Harris
Mobile Newspapers
Mobile Trade Commission
Central America
Chamber of Commerce
Harris
Armbrecht
M and O Purchases St Louis and Cairo Railroad
A special meeting of Mobile and Ohio Railroad stockholders approved buying the St Louis and Cairo line from Cairo Illinois to East St Louis Illinois a distance of 152 miles They also approved issuing 3 000 000 in Mobile and Ohio St Louis division 5 percent mortgage gold bonds and mortgaging the purchased line to secure the bonds The deed will pass from the St Louis and Cairo Railroad Company to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company The Mobile and Ohio had previously operated the St Louis and Cairo road under lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Gulf Terminal Station
St. Louis
Stovall Faces League President Over Suspension
St. Louis, May 7. George Stovall suspended manager of the St. Louis Americans traveled to Chicago to plead his case with American League President Johnson. Stovall admitted losing his temper after spitting on an umpire last Saturday.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
George Stovall
St. Louis Americans
Chicago
Johnson
American League
Stovall
Navy League Committee Seeks Support for Fleet Reform
A Navy League delegation led by Governor O Nealon of Alabama Colonel Robert M Thompson and Perry Belmont called on President Wilson to back a program for younger fleet commanders a national defense council and a steady progressive naval construction plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Navy League
Wilson
Council of National Defense
O'Neal
Alabama
Robert M. Thompson
Perry Belmont
Railway Development Offices Elected
The Railway Development Association chose Baltimore as the next meeting site. Officers elected include Wood of Baltimore as president Rutledge Smith of Nashville as vice president W H La Baume of Roanoke as secretary and L L Lawrence of Laurel Mississippi as treasurer.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Railway Development Association
United States
Canada
Mexico
Baltimore
W. Wood
Rutledge Smith
W. H. la Baume
Roanoke
L. L. Lawrence
Laurel
Miss
M. & C. Shopmen Granted an Increase
General Manager R V Taylor says wage boosts for workers in machinery, car repairing, boilermaking, blacksmithing, and tin smithing at Whistler will take effect soon with several hundred men affected. The exact date was not announced. The Associated Press also reports a two cent per hour raise for about 25,000 carmen on Southern lines, effective April 1, boosting annual income by roughly $165,000, with boilermakers and sheet metal workers among those benefiting.
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Whistler
R. V. Taylor
Mobile and
Ohio
Taylor
Carmen
Associated Press
Southern Railway
Kansas City
International Union of Railway
M. B. Ryan
Car Men's Union
Washington, D. C
Bacon Seeks Cuba Intervention Authority Bill
Senator Bacon reintroduces a bill defining presidential authority for intervention in Cuba. The measure would require future actions to support Cuban authorities rather than displace them, though he says he does not want to spark talk of current intervention.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bacon
Foreign Relations Committee
Cuba
Civil Service Rule for Postmasters Aims at Fair Exams
Washington May 7 Postmaster General Burleson announced an executive order to require competitive examinations for all fourth class postmasters not in office or seeking appointments. The move, reversing Taft, keeps fourth class postmasters in the classified service but mandates exam selection by post office inspectors from among the top three applicants. The order sets an age limit for years and seeks to depoliticize appointments, offering Democrats and Republicans equal opportunity under the exams.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Burleson
Fourth Elacts
Postmaster General
Taft
Civil Service
Post Office
Southern Pacific Counsel Meets Attorney General on Merger
Maxwell Evarts counsel for the Southern Pacific Railway Company discussed with Attorney General McReynolds the proposed dissolution of the Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger. It follows the Supreme Court extension of dissolution time to July 1.
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Southern Pacific
Associated Press
Washington
Maxwell Evarts
Southern Pacific Railway Company
McReynolds
Union Pacific
Supreme Court
Negro burial rights at Chicago Forest Home cemetery
John Gaskill sues to force Forest Home Cemetery Company to permit burial of his wife, asserting Negroes have equal burial rights. Supreme Court hearing held in Washington on May 7.
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Associated Press
Washington
Forest Home Cemetery
Chicago
Supreme Court
John Gaskill
Responsibility for Alaska rests with Congress says Fisher
Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes said in a Senate Territories hearing that Congress bears full responsibility for Alaska’s conditions and urged federal action to open the territory. He advocated government operation of a rail line to connect tidewater with the interior, arguing private interests should not be expected to extend beyond coal and copper areas.
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Washington
Alaska
Congress
Fisher
Senate Territories Committee
Rail service blamed as ICC probes New Haven railroad
Washington May 7 Consumers and officials testified during the Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into the New Record line. Edgar J Rich argued higher rates would be needed to improve public service while Charles F Choate faulted the commission for focusing only on certain lines. Robert Homans of the Boston Chamber of Commerce warned that New England faces a transportation monopoly, noting weakened competition between the New Haven and Boston and Maine roads which leads to poor and inadequate service.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ments
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aday
Edgar J. Rich
King
Boston
Maine
Charles F. Choate
Commission
New England
New Haven
Boston and Maine
Maine Central
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Robert Homans
New York
Hartford
Homans
High School Students Win Recognition After Strike At Stuyvesant
Fifteen hundred pupils strike at Stuyvesant High School winning promise of consideration for grievances. They wrecked the basement dining room after protests over ventilation and quality of fare. Students complain about dull music and demand livelier tunes.
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Associated Press
New York
Stuyvesant High School
Bankers Urge Prompt Legislation At Convention
The American Bankers Association executive committee will urge prompt banking and currency legislation at its next convention. A Briar Cliff Manor meeting pressed for a new financial system to place the United States on par with other nations and to inform President Wilson and Congress. Council sessions covered currency burglary protection and agricultural education reports.
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Associated Press
New York
American Bankers’ Association
Briar Cliff Manor
Wilson
Congress
United States
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Latin America
Guthrie Gols
T. C. McGonigal
T. G. McGonigal
Dominican Republic
Southern Commercial Congress
McGonigal
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Brazil
Adolfo A. Noues
Ari- States Association
Gomez
Trade Commission
St.louis
Cairo
League
O‘nealon
Car Men's Union of Southern and Allies
Little Island
Interior Department
Boston and Maine Railroad
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