Mobile to Produce Patent Door Checks in New Plant
A new factory for patent door checks opens in Mobile with 75 000 devices on first order. Durham Metal Manufacturing at 329 North Royal Street fills the order for the National Door Check Company of Mobile led by W T McGowin, while A J Parsons credits McGowin for bringing the plant. Two types of checks operate by compressed air and are designed for wire screen doors and heavier doors, promising a major new local industry and 15 to 25 additional jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
A. J. Parsons
Manufacturers’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Durham Metal Manufacturing Company
North Royal Street
National Door Check Company of Mobile
W. T. McGowin
National
Parsons
McGowin
Royal Street
Durham Manufacturing Company
Durham
Royal and
Adams Streets
Gibbs
Wilcox and Gibbs
Chamber of Commerce
Charles 8. Mellen
New Haven Railroad Company
Interstate Ommoerce Commission
Boston
Hearing on Mobile Bay harbor project opens in Pensacola
Lieut. Col. C A F Flagler led a public hearing Friday at the Y M C A in Pensacola on the Mobile Harbor and Bar project. The session sought public opinion on enlarging the channel depth to about thirty feet with further details filed in Washington after the engineer’s report.
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C. A.F. Flagler
United States
Bar
Ala
Sirvey
Washington
German pastors appeal to teach and arbitrate armament issue
A group of 150 German Protestant clergymen sent an appeal to all German pastors urging teaching and arbitration on the armaments drive. The appeal ties the issue to recent imperial parliament bills for increasing the German army and frames the debate in moral terms.
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Boston
Germany
Boy Climbed Vesuv ius to Catch Cloud
New York May 9 Mr and Mrs Irving Bacheller return from Italy with their 77 year old son Paul who recounts an expedition up Mount Vesuvius to fetch a piece of cloud. The boy climbed mid slope before exhaustion and sleep, a government guard waking him and guiding him back.
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New York
Irving Bacheller
Italy
Paul
Mt. Vesuvius
Union Car Men of Cincinnati Go on Strike
Cincinnati street car workers vote to suspend work on all Cincinnati Traction lines starting at 9 p m. The executive committee cites demands for higher pay union recognition shorter hours and overtime pay. company officials say the union has under 100 men and that transit will not be delayed.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Union of Street Car
Cincinnati Traction Company
Gunboat Petrel Due In Mobile Monday
The U S gunboat Petrel will arrive in Mobile on the afternoon of May 12 from Pensacola and stay about seven or eight days. The 890 ton vessel, built in Baltimore in 1889, carries eight officers and 134 men and is a three masted schooner. It will be open to inspection during visiting hours and has seen service in the Gulf and Caribbean during the Mexican and Central American unrest.
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United States
Mobile
City
Pensacola
Baltimore
Columbian Iron Works
Gulf and Carribbean Sea
Mexico
Governor O Neal Returns to Montgomery From Washington
Governor O Neal returned to Montgomery on Friday morning after an absence from the state since Monday and is expected to resume official duties. The trip to Washington was not detailed but prompted questions about his activities and schedule.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Washington
Friedmann Cure Under Fire by Critics Still
Public health observers say early results of Dr. Friedmann tuberculosis vaccine do not justify broad confidence. Government investigators report that time and further data are needed to evaluate effects amid disease variability and strong psychic influence on outcomes.
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Associated Press
Washington
F. F. Friedmann
American Association For the Study
John F. Anderson
A. M. Stimson
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York
Friedmann
Public Health Service
Berlin
Democrats 10 Hold a Caucus in Reorg Effort
Washington May 4 A petition by Rep Potter Iowa circulated to call a Democratic congressional committee reorganization meeting shows enough signatures for a call tonight The main contest centers on the chairmanship with Rep Ben Johnson Kentucky a leading candidate for the post
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Democratic Congressional Committee
Potter
Iowa
Ben Johnson
Kentuck
Postcard Color Change Approved in Washington
Washington May 9 Penny postal cards will switch to green as in foreign nations. Postmaster General Buliesen signed the order standardizing the color for future issues.
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Associated Press
Washington
Buliesen
Poor Condition of Cotton Crops in the South Reported
Alabama Commissioner Reuben Kolb reports widespread poor stands across the region. Replies from cotton states show drought and dry weather delaying germination, with planting and stand percentages varying but overall weak. Alabama notes poor stands statewide due to planting over, seed scarcity, and poor germination.
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Montgomery
Ala
South
Reuben F. Kolb
Mississippi
Florida
W. A. Graham
North Carolina
J. J. Watson
Porth Carolina
Benjamin Hennessy
Oklahoma
E. ©. Bruener
Louisiana
J. J. Conner
Georgia
T. F. Peck
Tennessee
F E. R. Kane
Texas
Kolb
Alabama
Prohibition Crusade Opens in Kansas City Kansas
A $500 fine marked the start of Missouri brewer prosecutions by Kansas City Kansas authorities to curb interstate liquor trade with Kansas City Missouri and eliminate blind tigers. Louis Segelbaum, a beer bottling driver, was fined for delivering beer to a Kansas City Kansas house and collecting there. Eight brew wagon drivers arrested under Chief Gordon’s orders faced continued hearings on Webb law violations.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kas
Missouri
Kansas
Gordon
Sewer Escape Captured in Leavenworth
Clyde Stratton escaped from the federal penitentiary on March 24 by crawling a half mile through a fifteen inch sewer. He is recaptured under the name Frank Williams in Pekin Illinois based on photos. Stratton, serving five years for post office robbery, was pursued after two accomplices tried to flee but were driven back by sewer gas.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Clyde Stratton
Frank Williams
Pekin
Stratton
Senate advances 8 hour day bill for DC women workers
In session at 2 p m the La Follette measure for an eight hour day for women workers in the District of Columbia was ordered favorably and reported. Territories committee kept hearings on Alaskan problems. House convened at 11 a m and opened a five hour debate on reports and resolution in the Glover Sims controversy.
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Senate
District of Columbia
Territories Committee
HOUSE
Weather forecast brief for Alabama and Mississippi
Weather outlook shows generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday. Alabama and Mississippi expect fair skies with light to moderate winds, mostly northerly in direction.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Contempt Case of Millionaire Before House
The House opened five hours of debate on Charles Glover, the millionaire bank president found guilty of contempt for assaulting Rep. Sims of Tennessee in Farragut Square on April 18. Moon denounced Glover, calling his dueling remark proof of malice and a bid to plunder the treasury. Campbell defended Glover as overreach of congressional power and a denial of trial by jury.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Charles 8
Glover
Representative Sims
Tennessee
Farragut Square
Sims
Underwood
Representative Davis
Representative Camps
Bell
Kansas
Representative Moon
Washington Banker
Johnson
Kentucky
Moon
United States Treasury
Treasury
Campbell
United States
Fire Devours Bazaar in Scutari Amid Wind
A morning blaze roared through a bazaar at the old Turkish fort in Scutari, fanned by strong winds. Montenegrins are blamed for starting the fire as they left the city in protest over evacuation. The blaze destroyed many shops including jewelry, carpets, and silks with heavy losses.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Scutari
Cattaro
Austria-Hungary
Intercollegiate Boat Race Set for Saturday on Charles River
Boston May 9 One of the earliest intercollegiate rowing events takes place tomorrow on the Charles River featuring Harvard Pennsylvania and Princeton eights. Pennsylvania with three extra oarsmen and Coach Ellis Ward has trained here since Thursday. Princeton led by Dr J Duncan Speath arrived Thursday and trained over the course. Harvard is rounding into form after two weeks of practice but no past results exist to compare prospects.
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Associated Press
Boston
Charles River
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Ellis Ward
J. Duncan Speath
Tigers
United Commercial Travelers Meet Opens in Montgomery
The annual convention of the United Commercial Travelers of Alabama opened at 1 PM in Montgomery led by Grand Counselor George S. Stevens. About two hundred delegates attended as the parade moved downtown and the convention was scheduled to run two days.
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Montgomery
Ala
United Commercial Travelers of Alabama
George S. Stevens
Greenville
Gambling in Paris Reveals Wealthy Victims and Profits
In a Paris chamber debate Vicomte Gustave Yves de Kerguezec warns of clandestine gambling networks preying on visitors. He cites salons and card rooms run under charitable pretenses, with millions earned by financiers and contractors while government percentages from racecourses boost state revenue.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Vicomte
Mme
Armand Fallieres
Emile Loubet
Felix Faure
Italy
Spain
Bulgaria
Viscomte de Kerguezee
Viscomte
Diaz Candidate for Presidency in Mexico Oct 26
Roberto Gayon reports a New York consigl via the Mobile consul that a national palace meeting with the president cabinet supreme court attorney general party reps and General Felix Diaz agreed to hold the presidential election October 26 next. The government pledged to end revolutions and restore peace with Huerta deemed competent. Public opinion praised the government and press voiced patriotic support.
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Roberto Gayon
Mobile
Ala
New York City
Mexico
National Palace
Supreme Court
Felix Diaz
Huerta
Sts
President Wilson to Confer With Leaders on Currency Bill
Washington details of the currency program for the house and senate will be discussed in a conference with President Wilson tonight or tomorrow. Opposition in the senate to hasty currency legislation is noted while Underwood and others plan to press for cautious handling in the present session.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Wilson
Underwood
Palmer and Glass
Owen
Money Trust
Pujo
Munsterberg Defends Non English in Peace Celebration
Harvard professor Hugo Munsterberg warned the American committee celebrating 100 years of peace among English speaking peoples against fears of an England United States alliance against Germany. He urged careful handling to avoid labeling non English descendants as second class and cautioned that some see the movement as aiding England against Germany. Carnegie responded that Americans are neutral and urged monuments to emphasize lasting peace with all nations.
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Associated Press
New York
Hugo Munsterberg
Harvard
American Committee
England
United States
Germany
Munsterberg
America
Carnegie
Dr. Munsterberg
Professor Munsterberg
Bicycle Accident Injures City Sweeper A J Briyole
A street sweeper, A J Briyole, was run over by a bicycle driven by a negro youth near Wilkinson and Government streets Friday morning. He was too injured to walk and was later taken home by cab after Motorcycle Officer Noah Harris investigated the incident.
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A. J. Briyole
Wilkinson
Government Street
Noah Harris
Brigele
Biloxi Family Mourns Death Of Three Year Old Child
Alfred T. McLeod III died Friday in a Biloxi infirmary after a short illness. The body was taken by Dixon and McKay to Biloxi for interment Friday night.
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Alfred T. McLeod
Alfred T. McLeod, Sr
Biloxi
Miss
Dixon and McKay
Dr. J. B. Dorsett Dies After Lingering Illness
Dr. J. B. Dorsett, a prominent physician in the western county, died Friday afternoon around 2 o'clock after a lingering illness. He is survived by relatives in Wilmer Alabama and other areas, with many friends in the community.
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J. B. Dorsett
Wilmer
Ala
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C. A F. Flagler
Vesuvius
Paul Bacheller
Union Car Men OF
Petrel
Trim Naval
O’neal
Congressional Committee
Missouri Side
Cyte Stratton
Leavenworth Pen
Ill
Charles C. Glover
U. S. Treasury
United Commercial Travelers’ Meeting
Charles
Mellen
Vicomte Kerguezec
Diaz
Gayon
Wit
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