Governor Henderson Heads North Alabama Inspection Trip
Governor Henderson leaves for Sheffield with state officials to Mussel Shoals on the Tennessee river for an inspection tour. The party includes Alex E. Walker John H. Wallace W S Keller and other Montgomery citizens. They will not return until late in the week and attend events in Birmingham Cordova and Sheffield on their schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
May
Henderson
Sheffield
Mussel Shoals
Tennessee River
Alex E. Walker
John, H. Wallac
W.S. Keller
Birmingham
Cordova
Lock 17
Warrior River
North Alabama
German Ambassador Refuses to Confirm Lusitania Sinking Link
Report recounts Count von Bernstorff at the Ritz Carlton declining to confirm German submarine involvement in the Lusitania disaster. He questions proof and maintains there is no statement until evidence is established, while a hotel conference discusses German denial and possible legal defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritz Carlton
Count von Bernstorff
Lusitania
Cunard Line
Haniel von Heimhauser
Julius P. Meyer
Boyed
von Papen
United States
Jacob H. Schiff
Washington
Germany
James Harvison Killed by Lightning in Tibbie
James Harvison, a prosperous Tibbie area farmer, was killed by lightning late Thursday night. His wife and small child were badly burned, the home nearly destroyed. Mrs. Harvison plans to move to Hobson to live with her father. Survived by a wife, one child, his mother, and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortelyou
Ala
James Harvison
Tibbie
Shipp Named Defendant in $10,000 Damage Suit
Attorney C C Nesmith for W M Chapman sues J L Shipp for $10,000 damages alleging Chapman was maliciously arrested and imprisoned on a larceny charge for three days after Shipp advised an arrest in Birmingham. Chapman was brought to Mobile on a warrant and discharged. A perjury case against Shipp is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C C. Nesmith
W. Melrose Chapman
J. L. Shipp
Chapman
Birmingham
Shipp
Mo-Cola Company
Mobile
Edington
Mrs Carman Faces Second Murder Trial At Freeport
In Freeport New York Mrs Florence Carman wife of Dr Edwin Carman prepares for a second murder trial tied to the shooting of Mrs Louise Bailey last June. The case draws wide public interest as Carman maintains composure amid social and family support and continues life in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
N. Y
Florence Carman
America
Edwin Carman
Louise Bailey
Carman
Dr. Carman
Merrick Road
Elizabeth
Helen Bedell Angle
Stamford
Conn
Waldo Ballou
Mrs. Angle
Carmans
Mrs. Carman
Methodist Church
New Jersey
Huntington
Marie Doran
Harman
Garland Gaden
Werner Yeren
Mineola
Coast Newspaper Men Guests of Dixie Film Co
Newspaper men from along the coast and friends gathered to tour the Dixie Film Company studio under construction at Sunkist Biloxi river. Notables included Col C C Stealey Washington correspondent for the Louisville Courier Journal and a host at the event. Upton Sinclair residing near Mississippi City helped host with Dixie Film Company directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
Dixie Film Company
Sunkist
Pepp's Ferry
Biloxi River
G. W. Haynes
Ocean Springs
E. Moran
Bilo
Naomi
Gulfport
Upton
Sinclair
Kimbroight
Mississippi City
Dixie Film Ny
Lusitania Victim Visited Mobile With Daughter in April
Charles E. Paynter of Liverpool and G M Luce & Co. lumber exporters was a Lusitania victim. He stayed at the Battle House in Mobile with his daughter from April 15 to 19 before sailing to New Orleans and home via New York. The loss was reported to Luce by tablegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Paynter
Mobile
Battle House
Paynter
Liverpool
England
G.M. Luce &Co
New Orleans
New York
Luce
Miss Miter
Miss Hartwell Heads Fund Drive for Virginia Veterans
Miss Hartwell to head a ladies committee to raise funds for old veterans attending the Richmond reunion. Captain John A. Mahon and the Mobile Rifles announce her leadership for arranging the Flag Day program and veteran participation, with plans to hold a committee meeting at the Cawthon Hotel next Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Mahon
Mobile Rifles
Mira Mabel Hartwell
Mra
Harry T. Hartwell
Richmond
Captain Mahon
Rifles
George J. Flournoy
Lécke Micchon
J. ‘A’ Dair
Vic Calver
Jack Mahon
the Mobile
Waynesboro Establishes Local Retail Merchants Group
Waynesboro Mississippi forms a local branch of the Mississippi Retail Merchants Association. State Secretary W. D. Hawkins of Meridian directed the organization. V. C. Latham was elected president and J. A. Leggett secretary, both pro tem. A Monday meeting will complete director selections.
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Waynesboro
Miss
Mississippi Retail Merchants’ Association
W. D. Hawkins
Meridian
Yv. c. Latham
J.A. Leggett
Burglary At Otto Gordons Store In Flomaton
A burglary in Flomaton Alabama on May 8 reports Otto Gordons store entered by a man described as a Greenville Black man who stole a suit and shoes. He fled to a railway boxcar on a side track where he was caught by two Flomaton citizens and handed to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flomaton
Ala
Otto Gordon
Greenville
Theda Bara Returns to Crown in The Clemenceau Cage
Theda Bara, famed for The Vampire, headlines the Crown Tuesday in The Clemenceau Cage. The program also features What Happened to Jones with Fred Mace, Blanca Forgets with Flo LaBadie, The Open Door, and Checkmate on the same bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theda Bara
the Vampire
Crown Theatre
Clemenceau Cage
Miss Bara
Antoine
Tim
the Crown
Jones
Brady
Fred Mace
Blanca
Vitagraph Favorites at Empire Today
The Empire theatre presents Earle Williams Anita Stewart and Norma Talmadge in two reels including A Pillar of Flames. The Sort of Girl Who Came From Heaven stars Williams and Stewart with Ralph Ince production. Chaplin Comes Monday with By the Sea and Lubin's A Romance of the Navy starring Orm Hawley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Theatre
Earle Wlliams
Anita Stewart
Harry T. Morey
Norma Talmadge
Earle Williams
Heaven
Vitagraph
Ralph Ince
Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Essanay
Orm Hawley
Earle Metcalf
Edgar Jones
Fairhope notes guests and club activities in town
Mr George Dickerson of New Orleans guests at the Gables while Milton Harrington of Mobile. Plans for district women's clubs convention in Mobile, rains disrupt Friday events, and a Junior Library benefit play is rescheduled. Parents Round Table discusses Dr Henderson on adolescence and education focusing on character and immediacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George 8. Dickerson
New Orleans
Gables
Milton Harrington
George Hardware Co
Mobile
The
Iage
L. J. Comings
Jet
Parents’ Round Table
Organic School
M. L. Johnson
Dr. Henderson
Bia
Henderson
Pillichody Receives Shell Fragment From Ganges Bombardment
Henry D. Pillichody, head of the Mobile and Gulf Telegraph Co, was given part of a shell fired into the Norwegian bark Ganges during the West Hartlepool bombardment. The Ganges, recently arrived from Liverpool, showed large and small holes in her port bow but remains anchored upriver taking on a cargo for the United Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Pillichody
Mobile and Gulf Telegraph Company
Ganges
West Hartlepool
Tiverpool
United Kingdom
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Count von_ Bernstorff
Anneu
Tibble
Jacobson
Eureka
Palm Beach
Priestley
Cravenette
Dauphin ST
Coast
Miss Hartwell
R. B. duMont
Wm. W. Croom
Dumont & Croom
St. Michaer St. Gell
Empire Today
News OF
Fairhope
Empire
Charlie Chaplin
Europe
Jackson
J. R. Armstead
Alfred Barnes
Gulf City
Bevill
Studebaker Dray
Capital
Dauphin Street
Fulton Avenue
Thames & Batre
St. Francis Street
Morries
LYONS
Maury
Unruh
J. T. Jett &Co. General Contractors
City
Bell
Res
Iana
William G. Reneke
Tornado and
Automobile Insurance
N. Royal St Bell
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