Homecoming Day at Hill College Memorable Event
Alumni from Alabama and Mississippi converge on Mobile for Hill College Homecoming Day. A Sunday program includes a five event schedule with a ball game among association members and a feast after tours of new dormitories. An annual banquet at the Battle House ends the day with speakers and invites from local officials.
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Hill College
Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Spring Hill
Battle House
Matt Mahomer, Jr
Rev. E. Cummings
Spring Hill College
C. Lawrence Lavretta
Tisdale Touart
Mobile County
1916 Diocesan Council Adjourns in Alabama
The Episcopal diocese of Alabama council adjourned in Aniston after a three day session. Next meeting set for Trinity church in Mobile in 1916 with Bishop Beckwith given sole charge of internal church affairs. Board members elected include B C Pickens W M Orton W H Monk Jr J C Banks B J Baldwin W B Del Champs Robert Jemison J F Maury and Mabry. Six clerical and six lay delegates were chosen to attend the provincial synod in Sewance in October.
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Anniston
Ala
Diocesan Council
The
Episcopal Church
Diocese of Alabama
Trinity Church
Mobile
Beckwith
B. C. Pickens
W. M. Orton
W. H. Monk, Jr
J. C
American Liner Philadelphia Sails With 940 on Board
The American liner Philadelphia sails for Liverpool with 940 passengers aboard and 150 left behind due to full capacity. Captain Mills pledges to take precautions reaching the war zone as six bookings were canceled at the last minute and the ship departs under a sober pier atmosphere.
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Philadelphia
York
Liverpol
Lusitania
Mills
Taft endorses a wise and patriotic course for Wilson
Former President Taft in Milwaukee on May 8 expressed distress over the Lusitania sinking. He said the situation is difficult and would not embarrass the president by discussion but voiced confidence that Wilson would pursue a wise and patriotic course.
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Taft
Wilson
Milwaukee
Wis
American Vice Consul Foote Reported Missing From Chemnitz
London May 8. E Kilbourne Foote American vice consul at Chemnitz is missing an announcement by the Central News says he left his post for America a month ago and nothing has been heard since it is believed he has been stopped by the German army
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London
Wheat Dips Five Cents On Lusitania Sinking Turmoil
Wheat fell over five cents a bushel in Chicago amid Lusitania sinking fears and trade disturbances. Prices slid from $1.31 to under $1.30 as British freight trade paused and buyers anticipated further adjustments. New York later showed recoveries as banks and markets reassured confidence and trading cooled.
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Chicago
United States
New York
New
Banks and Stock Exchange
Captain J. B. Miller Missing Off Erie Run
Captain J. B. Miller of the coast and geodetic survey is missing after a freighter mishap near Erie Pennsylvania. He is 35 years old and among several crew members reported unaccounted for. Butter sales detail appears as unrelated local market data for Elgin and Bugin.
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J. B. Miller
Washington
Coast and Geodetic Ex
Erie
Missing Lusitania passenger Sir Hugh Lane named
New York May 8 authorities list another missing passenger from the Lusitania Among the names is Sir Hugh Lane director of the National Gallery in Dublin He was identified as among those unaccounted for in the catastrophe and remains a figure of art world prominence.
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Hugh Lane
New York
Sir Hugh Kane
National Gallery
Building Permits Issued for Week Ending May 8
The city engineer reports the week ending May 8 saw permits for Ortman to erect brick structure and for Ryland at Davia Avenue and two-room erection on Ryland's Lane.
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City
Engi
Ortman
Ryland
Cunard Manager Alfred Booth Speaks on U S Passengers Loss
Alfred Booth, manager-director of the Cunard Steamship Company, expresses heartfelt sympathy for the American passengers murdered by German submarines. He notes world grief over the attack on innocent lives and mentions steps to aid survivors at Queenstown.
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Liverpool
Alfred Booth
Cunard Steamship Company
Cunard
Queenstown
Trawler Bennington Sunk By Submarine
Aberdeen reports the steam trawler Bennigton sunk by submarine shell fire off Aberdeen Shire. The crew were saved. The incident prompted rescue operations and naval attention in the area.
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Bennington
London
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Shire
Lusitania Disaster Death Toll Reaches 1216
Survivors recount the ship's sinking with scenes of heroism and farewell. Lifeboats crowded with passengers drifted, some rescued by approaching steamers within hours, while others died in the water or aboard trawlers before reaching shore.
Loss of Life Placed at Fifteen Hundred
London reports the Lusitania sinking off Old Head Kinsale Ireland with an estimated fifteen hundred lives lost and 658 known survivors among 2160 aboard. Queenstown and Kinsale ferries landed 596 and 11 respectively plus 52 aboard a steamer. 45 bodies reached Queenstown and five at Kinsale. Rescue efforts continue amid confusion.
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London
British Admiralty
Old Head Kinsale
Ireland
Queenstown
Kinsale
Queens
Only 51 of 188 Americans Saved
The U S consul at the port reports 51 Americans saved from 188 aboard. The roll excludes Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Charles Frohman Elbert Hubbard Justus Miles Forman and Charles Klein. Of the Americans aboard 106 were in first cabin 65 second and 17 steerage. Many first cabin passengers died at luncheon while waiting for boats. Crew members, including Captain Turner, survived none of the other officers.
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United States
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Charles Frohman
Elbert Hubbard
Justus Miles Forman
Charles Klein
Queenstown
Turner
Lusitania Sinking Echoes Rule of the Sea Debate
Survivors recount no panic among crew as lifeboats were launched from the Lusitania toward the Irish coast. Lookouts remained vigilant and boats capsized during launch. many saved by lifebelts. Among rescueds were Lady Mackworth, daughter of David A. Thomas, and Julian de Agate, Cuban consul general at Liverpool.
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Toronto
Lusitania
Lady Mackworth
David A. Thomas
Julian de Agate
Liverpool
List of Lusitania survivors compiled from dispatches
A May 8 New York list names Lusitania survivors drawn from cable dispatches and the Queenstown American consul. The roster includes Abramowitz S. to Young Philip with numerous notations of passenger list status, origins, and multiple spellings.
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New York
Queenstown
Abramowitz
Adams
Mrs
Henry
Boston
Alles
N. N
Ayala
Julian de
William McMillen
Balba
John J
Baba
Ballantine
Margaret
Bernard
C. P
Oliver
Birmingham
Byrne
Michael G
Cairns M
Cannon
Owen
Chambers
Guy
Charles
J. H
Toronto
Rev. H. L
Gwyer
Hammond
O. H
Hardy
Miss
Harnwick
D. C
Harman
Cornelius
Haris
Henderson
Huntley
Violet
Herris
John
Hill
C. T
London
Holland
Jenkins
Frances
Jones
Judson
Fred
Kay
Robert
Kaye
Miss Katherine
Fears For Adam Glass in Critical Condition
Adam Glass a leading furniture merchant in the city lies in an extremely critical state at his home. Little hope is held for his recovery as crowds in London react to the Lusitania disaster with urgent concern and Cunard promises a survivor list and aid to those saved.
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Adam Glass
St. Emanuel
Church Streets
London
Lusitania
Cunard
Queenstown
Telegrams Start Pouring In On Lusitania Sinking
President Wilson read early newspapers and dispatches about the Lusitania while telegrams from friends and relatives of passengers arrived. Secretary Bryan met with Lansing and Phillips as officials prepared to gather facts and assess a grave situation.
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Wilson
Lusitania
State Department
Bryan
Lansing
Phillips
Senator Stone Urges Calm On Lusitania Tragedy
Senator Stone of the senate foreign relations committee cautions restraint after the Lusitania sinking. He notes reports of loss of life, urges not to act impulsively, and recalls the ship was British and potentially carrying reservists bound for service.
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Washington
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Cordmittee
England
Americans Knew the Risk and the Lusitania Contrast
The speaker argues that American citizens aboard warned ships faced risk and should not provoke action. He compares the Gulf Light and Lusitania cases, noting neutrality and delicate complications. He questions where the nation stands if citizens are injured while in danger zones.
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Bellevent
Gulf
Lusitania
Feeling of Alarm Among Senators Over Lusitania Sinking
Senator Lodge questioned whether to discuss the Lusitania sinking and warned against rushing into warfare without a chance for passage. At the capital, senators felt alarm yet avoided public discussion while awaiting developments as American lives were seen as at risk and public opinion stirred.
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Lodge
Foreign -Relations Committee
Ambassadors Instructed To Make Inquiries At Berlin
The article reports Ambassador Gerard directing inquiries in Berlin amid a European crisis that eased. Navy officers discuss Lusitania torpedoing, noting the liner slowed in submarine lanes and questioning destroyer presence and response in broad daylight.
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Gerard
Berlin
Foreign Embassies Express Deep Concern After Tragedy
Foreign embassies including British French Russian and others expressed concern over the ship catastrophe. No advices had been received by London or any embassy about the British liner removing its guns, and officials awaited updates as the death toll and circumstances remained unsettled.
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London
Count von Bernstorff
Haniel von Hainhausen
Tennessee State Debt Bonds Sold for 11 781 000
Tennessee state debt refunding bonds totaling 11 781 000 were sold to a New York syndicate at an average rate of 4.28 percent. The buyers include Redmond & Co Guaranty Trust Company Brown Brothers & Co White Weld & Co Kean Taylor & Co and Rhoades & Co all based in New York.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
New York
Redmond & Co
Guaranty Trust Company
Brown Brothers & Co
White, Weld & Co
Kean, Taylor & Co
Rhoades & Co
McConnell Rescued Englishman With Mississippi Plantations
Queenstown May 8 John W. McConnell of Memphis Tennessee was among those rescued during the incident. He is identified as an Englishman with plantations in Mississippi as part of the rescue report.
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McConnell
Mississippi
Queenstown
John W. McConnell
Memphis, Tenn
Manchester cotton official aboard Lusitania on voyage
John W. McConnell, vice president of the Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers' Association of Manchester, England, and owner of several Mississippi plantations, was listed as a first class Lusitania passenger. He left Memphis April 28 to return to England after inspecting his Mississippi properties.
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Memphis
Tenn
John W. McConnell
Fine
Manchester
England
Mississippi
Leper Lunardi Escapes Illinois Prison
Angelo Lunardi, a man with leprosy, escaped from Highland Park jail in Illinois last night. State health officials were notified and Chicago area authorities warned to arrest Lunardi. He was brought from Italy aboard a North German Lloyd ship, with deportation ordered, but wartime closure prevented action.
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Springfield
Ill
Angelo Lunardi
Highland Park
State Board of Health
Chicago
Lunardi
City Brevities Larceny case bound over on derrick boom charge
George Robinson, a Negro, charged with larceny of a derrick boom belonging to James Gibboney & Co., was bound over to the grand jury under a $50 bond when arraigned in the recorder's court Saturday.
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George Robinson
James Gibboney & Co
Recorder’sa
Premonition of disaster saves three Americans
Boston dispatch reports a Boston shoe dealer Edward B Bowen canceled Lusitania passage after a foreboding sense of danger. Newton residents Mrs Bowen, and Mr Henry Adams with his son William Adams also avoided sailing. Arthur Henry Adams, London representative for US Rubber, is noted among Adams family.
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Boston
Edward B. Bowen
Newton
Bowen
London
Taft Sees Positive Prospects for 1916 Republican Win
Madison May 8 Taft addressed Wisconsin Republicans from across the state in his first police speech. He predicted a favorable prospect of Republican success at the polls in 1916 citing business awakening and the need to curb capital investments amid eighteen months of stagnation.
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Madison, Wis
William H. Taft
Taft
Believed Navy Physician Kills Girl Then Ends Life
In Baltimore a man thought to be Dr. C. V. Druen of the U. S. Navy Medical Corps shot and killed Grace Eichorn in a taxicab late last night and then committed suicide returning to the scene.
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Baltimore
C. V. Druen
United States Navy Medical Corps
Grace Eichorn
Funeral of Miss May A Lancashire
Burial held Friday at 3 PM from 210 Marine Street and 3:30 PM from St Joseph's Church officiated by Rev Father Salentine. Remains interred in Magnolia Cemetery. Pallbearers listed as Frank Day Peter Smith Charles Delhomme and H Hudof.
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May Agnes Lancashire
Marine Street
St. Joseph's Church
Father Salentine
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs
Frank Day
Peter Smith
Charles Delhomme
H. Hudof
Mrs Mary Forbes Dies At Mobile Home After Lingering Illness
Mrs Mary T Forbes a Mobile resident for many years died Saturday at 2 AM at her home 307 St Joseph street after a lingering illness. She was about 78 and survived by two sons Stephen and Jacob Forbes both well known Mobilians plus other relatives.
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Mary T. Forbes
Mobile
St. Joseph Street
Stephen
Jacob Forbes
Child Lott Dies After Brief Illness at 48 Rapier Avenue
John J. B. Lott son of Mr and Mrs William O Lott died Saturday morning at 9 55 o clock at the family home 48 Rapier avenue after about a week long illness Parents, well known Mobile residents, expressed deep sympathy from their many friends in the community.
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John J. B. Lott
John Jeptha Blacksher
William O. Lott
Rapier Avenue
Death of Mobile Merchant Jack Lott in Delchamps area
News from Delchamps in Mobile county reports the death of Jack Lott a local merchant after several weeks illness. He was a Mobile native and survived by his mother and other relatives. The Crenshaw Undertaking Company has charge of the remains and the funeral will be held from their parlors.
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Jack Lott
Mobile
Delchamps
Crenshaw Undertaking Company
VESSELS IN PORT LIST WITH NATION AND DESTINATIONS
A compiled port register lists vessels including Ottar Bellucia Fort Morgan Louisiana Verona Taha Bodo Marga Vance Bennesvet Parchim Sylifid Ganges Maria and more. Destinations cover Havana Puerto Cortez Progreso Mexico England UK and Pensacola with various docks and pier entries.
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Ottar
Nor
Bellucia
Fort Morgan
Louisiana
Verona
Noor
S.seeess Taha
Nop
Ccccces
Bodo
Hon
Marine shipping updates at Mobile port and nearby waters
Local manager Horace Upton reports the British steamer Ardanahor will load zinc ore from New Castle and Australia and steel billets for Manchester at Pier 2. The Kluestrome from Glasgow is due to load cotton goods for parts of the United Kingdom, while the James W. Paul Jr. and Bodo arrived or operated amid storm conditions and towing efforts in the lower bay.
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Horace Upton
Elder-Dempster , Steamship Company
Ardanahor
New Castle
Australia
Panama Canal
Manchester
England
Mobile Liners, Inc
A. LeBlanc
Kluestrome
Glasgow
Scotland
Mobile
United Kingdom
James W. Paul, Jr
Bodo
Chamelecon Steamship Company
Puerto Cortez
Norwegian
Liverpool
U. S. Coast Guard
Winona
Gulf
Bar
Mobile and Gulf Telepraph Company
Fort Morgan
James W. Paul Jr
Beacon 6
Donald McKay
Progreso
Mexico
Seeberg Steamship Company
Paul
Independent
George God
Vessels Bound for Various Ports Listed in Shipping Notices
An experienced bar pilot reported difficulty spotting distant hazards at sea. Several vessels including Nubian Laurenson Polstad Waldimir Sawin Albanian Signe San Juan Lampasas Sabine Gansfjord Fort Gaines Kylestrome Edward V Pickles Ship Transatlantic Bark City of Mobile and others were listed as bound for Mobile Liners Inc Mallory Steamship Co Hubbard Zemurray and United Fruit Company routes from ports such as Liverpool Glasgow Havana Puerto Cortez and San Juan.
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Nubian
Laurenson
Liverpool
England
Tarpon
St. Andrew
Gulf
Polstad
van Heynigen Brokera Company
Waldimir Sawin
Lopenhagen
Den
van Heynigen Brokerage Company
Albanian
Eng
Mobile Liners, Inc
Incs
Span
Huelva
Spain
van Heynigen
Signe
Munson Line
San Juan
Porto Rico
Porto Rican Steamship Co
Lampasas
New York
Mallory Steamship Company
Sabine
Gansfjord
Nor
Puerto Cortez
Hon
Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company
Fort Gaines
United Fruit Company
Kylestrome
Glasgow
Scotland
Edwar V. Pickles
Havana
Cuba
Whittney-Bodden Company
Trinidad
Brkt
Stranger
San Fernandino
Whittney-Bodden Co
Maritime movement records from Gulf to Atlantic ports
May 7 reports show arrivals and sailings of multiple steamers and ships at Tampa New Orleans Port Eads Key West and Jacksonville with vessels including Brunswick Satilla Texas City Philadelphia Escondido Frontenac and Laur a Anderson among others and routes via New Orleans Havana Kingston Port Arthur and more
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Tampa
Fla
Brunswick
New Orleans
Ralph E. Eaton
Cardenas
Caroline Vought
Honduran
Satilla
Texas City
Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia
Key West
Fort Meyers
Arca
Newport News
Caucasian
Port Arthur
Cibao
Nor
Kingston
Crathens
Port Au Princé
Mobile
Puebla
Mex
Matanzas
Vermont
Avonmouth
Port Eads
Strs
Escondido
Bluefields
Excelsior
Havana
Lysefjord
Frontera
Sch. Frontenac
Rio de Janeiro
Cuban
West
Laura c. Anderson
Wm. P. Palmer
Ouvette
Port Tampa
Miami
Jacksonville
Sir Lenape
New York
Comanche
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Alumni Association
Three States
Diocesian Council
E. Kilbourne Foote
Chemnitz
N. Y
Elgin
A. Booth
Cunard Line
Cork
Queens- Taee
S. Senet
Eet .George
Knox
G. M
Lansetter
H. B
Lassetter
Loewdon
Lauriat
Chasikha
Levin
Thomas D
Levinson
Joseph
Senger
Lewis
J. F
Light
Herbert
Lines
Stanley B
Stan B
Lynnson
J. Jr
Livermore
Vernor
Lockhart R. R
Loney
Lund
Oe Lordon
Andrew
An McConnell
John W
McMurray
Mackworth
Lady
Cardiff
Wales
Manley
Marderud
Uno
Marichal
Daug
Martin
Rae A. T
Matreal
Ebne
Meyers
H. H. Meyers
Maycock
Miss May
Mesh
Thomas
Moore
Daniel
Morris
Rev
H. C
Moseley
Irene
Pearle
Ardray
Pearl
F. Warren
Stuart Duncan
Perry
Frederick J. Perry
William Phillips
Wallace B
Rankin
Reiddy
J. R. Readdie
Rowan
Frederick
A. Bowen
Scott
George Scott
Sharp
Samuel
Simpson
H. W
Slidell
M. T. Slidell
Smith
J. Preston
Jessie Taft
Braceville
Ohio
Steele
Georges Stevens
George
Stockton
A. Stockton
Sullivan
Mrs. E
Sweeny
John M. Taylor
Richard Lionel
Montreal
D. A
Tierney
Michael
James Tierney
Pittsburgh
W. T
Vassar
Walker
Annie
Mary Walker
Ward
Webb
Miss Minnie
Williams
Edith
Winter
Miss T
Witherbee
Wolende
Wright
Robert C
Young
Philip
Senator Stone
Illinois
E. B. Bowen
Mr. and
Mrs. Adams
Repubs
Navy
M. A. Lancashire
Marga
Vance
Bennesvet
Parchim
Sylifid
Ganges
Maria
Urug
AUK Ues
Turner-Terminal
Kansas City
N. C
Spanish River
N.S. Kansas City
Barkentines
Dryee Etherke
Ollinger
t-Bruce Bm Schoone
Ai Barrios
Charles E. Cessna
Beaver
James A. Carney
Pleasure Bay
Lucinda Sutton
Albert D. Mills
Margret G
Séceees
Margret
Oscar G
Harbor
Municipal
Eslava Street
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks
Fairhope and Mag
Beach Murray & Peppers Docks
Alabama River
Daphne
Marine News
Bold
Oneida, Community, Ltd
Oneida
N.Y
Alamo
Florida
Georgia
Virginia
Maryland
North S
South Carolina
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