Navy League Urges Congress to Authorize 500 Million Loan
New York May 12 Resolutions calling on President Wilson to summon Congress in an extra session to authorize a bond issue of 500000000 to provide the country with adequate naval defense were adopted by the Navy League of the United States through its executive committee. Names appended include General Bruce Porter Robert M Thompson Charles A Fowler Perry Belmont John C O Loughlin and Frank J Symes.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
Navy League of the United Tes
Gruce Porter
League
Robert M. Thompson
Charles A. Fowler
Perry Belmont
John C. O'Loughlin
Frank J. Symes
Florida House Defeats Resolution Urging Neutrality Support
Florida legislators yesterday voted down a concurrent resolution urging President Wilson to use best efforts to maintain U S neutrality. The measure had cleared the Senate on Monday and now fails in the House.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Wilson
United States
Florida
Senate
Illinois Senate Endorses President Wilson On Lusitania Crisis
Springfield Illinois May 12 The Illinois senate adopted a resolution recognizing the gravity of the Lusitania sinking and conveying support to President Wilson. The message states the senate endorses any action he deems advisable to preserve national honor and protect citizens.
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Springfield
Millnois Senate
Senate
Wilson
Williams comments on Lusitania and Gulf Light torpedoing
United States Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi speaks on the Lusitania disaster. He says if the ship had been armed Germany was justified, but claims it was not and calls for fleet mobilization, apology, and indemnity without issuing an ultimatum. He says the president will handle the matter.
Marshall urges disarmament and world court in Mississippi speech
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall told a Hattiesburg audience that U S standards of right and wrong have changed and urged disarmament and an international court to settle disputes. He cited recent incidents, including the Lusitania, as examples of tensions threatening war.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Thomas R. Marshall
Lusitania
Jingoes
Taft Urges Patience On War Risk At Union League
In Philadelphia Taft called for calm deliberation in the Lusitania crisis and urged Americans to stand by President Wilson. He warned that heat of indignation should not drive hasty action given the possible loss of life and treasure.
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Philadelphia
Union League
William H. Taft
Wilson
Lusitenia
Taft
Mr. Taft
Germany
England
Lusitania
Grand Lodge of Alabama Odd Fellows Meet in Birmingham
The seventy fifth annual session of the Grand Lodge of Alabama Independent Order of Odd Fellows convened in Birmingham with Judge R L Bradley presiding. Officers elected include George Huddleston grand master and George Stiefelmeyer deputy grand master. The grand encampment also met in Birmingham with Harry Firstbrook named supreme delegate to San Francisco. The report lists 482 subordinate lodges and 15,486 members, with $33,153.50 paid for relief.
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Birmingham
Ala
Grand Lodge of Alabama
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
R. L. Bradley
Vernon
Alabama
Grand Lodge
George Huddleston
George Stiefelmeyer
Cullman
Palmer P. Daugette
Henry C. Pollard
Huntsville
J. C. Bowie
Talladega
Odd Fellows
Harry Firstbrook
Bessemer
San Francisco
H. C. Pollard
J. F. Cramton
T. L. Powell
Y. F. McCartney
C. W. Capps
L. N. Buell
H.C. Pollard
Final Austrian Note Before Italian Cabinet Events
A large crowd cheers Salandra and Sonnino as war vs peace rift swells. Rioters target Giolitti while soldiers stop an attack on his residence. King Victor Emmanuel holds final say on war or peace. cabinet debate favors or questions ministerial prerogatives and parliamentary role.
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Giolitti
Salandra
Sonnino
Peace Party
Victor Emmanuel
Austria
Pope Benedict Faces Looming War and Rome Exit
Reports from San Sebastian say Pope Benedict is distraught over Italy entering the war and believes decisive action is near. He may expel the German and Austrian ambassadors from Rome and withdraw papal nuncios from hostile courts to protect Vatican relations with the Quirinal.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Paris
Benedict
Italy
Quirinal
Vatican
Rome
Good Grand Bay Lady Goes to Her Reward
Mrs. W. W. Reed, who arrived in Grand Bay from New York with her husband and son, died after a lingering illness. The notice notes her recent move and reflects local sentiment amid ongoing European war concerns.
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Grand Bay
Ala
W. W. Reed
New York
Reed
VESSELS IN PORT AND LISTED NAMES AT SEA
A damaged OCR fragment lists numerous ship names and nationalities including Ardanmhor Petra Kennebec Karen Marga Vance Hildegard Ethel Clarke Stranger Lucinda Sutton Albert Mills and P. McLoughlin among others. The text mentions locations such as Parchim Sylfid and Charles E. Cessna and notes figures like 66.60 060 and Pleasure Bay. The fragment references steamships in port and in port location details.
Ships and docks list at Manchester and New York ports
Destination Pier 3 Manchester and Pier 8 Cuban Ports Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks New York with Havana Cuba and related ship movements. Includes references to Upper Stream MNocks Turner Terminal Docks N O M C Docks Spanish River Bark S tr eam Pier 6 M S Kansas City Docks Barkentines United Kingdom Linited in River Platte to Load Free Henderson Dry Docks River Platte Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks Pensacola Fla Stream Foreign Ports Schooners Turner Terminal Docks North Side Pier 4 Upper Stream Ollinger Bruce Dry Dock Bay Steamers Estaya Street Municipal Docks Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks Murray and Peppers Docks Coastwise West Indies Repairing Excursion Trade Daphne Ala Fairhope and Mag Beach Fairhope and Battles Repairing
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Manchester
Eng
Cuban Ports
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks
New York
Havana
Cuba
Turner
North Side
Upper Stream
Turner-Terminal
Ollinger
Bruce Dry
Eslaya Street
Municipal Docks
Bruce Dry Docks
Murray & Peppers Docks
American steamer Northwestern ships molasses to harbor docks
The American steamer Northwestern carrying 650000 gallons of black strap molasses reached the harbor Tuesday afternoon and began unloading at pier 6 on Wednesday while the Sun is due later this week. Also, 1200 tons of sulphur and part of the Kennevec cargo were hauled from the Gulf Steamship Company vessel to Pinto Island for lightening, with Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks planned for hoisting.
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Northwestern
Cuban Molasses Company
Pier 6
The
Sun
Kennevec
Gulf Steamship Company
Galveston
Texas
Pinto Island
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks Company
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Progreso
Mexico
Oscar G
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Fort Gaines
Puerto Barrios
Bluefields
Co Fruit Company
Friay
Minnie Avent
Pensacola
Sylfid
Spanish River
Governor Discusses Proposed 1.5 Million Bond Issue
Governor Henderson returning from Sheffield speaks in Montgomery on a plan to issue ten year bonds to meet state indebtedness. He supports the 1.5 million loan, stressing annual payments of 150000 and contrasts state bonds with corporate securities. He indicates he may speak on the topic after his wife’s death.
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Montgomery
Henderson
Sheffield
Mussel Shoals
Birmingham
Cordova
Lock 17
Warrior River
Dodson's Liver Tone Versus Dangerous Calomel
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable remedy to replace calomel. It claims calomel harms bones and causes sickness while Liver Tone cleanses the liver, purges bile, and avoids salivation, with a money back guarantee and child friendly taste.
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Dodson
Col Sam Will John Testifies on Hospital Lands Fees
Col Sam Will John of Dallas County testified before the legislative investigating committee about his state work disposing of swamp lands owned by Bryce Insane Hospital at Tuscaloosa. He said he received 1000 for the service, paid from the swamp land fund, and claimed it legitimate despite a code ban on compensation. He also reportedly received 1500 for lands for the Alabama Girls Technical School at Montevallo.
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Montgom
Ory
Sam Will John
Dallas County
Legislative Investigating Committee
Bryce Insane Hospital
Tuscaloosa
John
Alabama Girls’ Technical School
Montevallo
Wounded in pistol duel near Saucier Mississippi
W. L. Blacklege and P. Rouse, brothers in law and turpentine operator and suspect, were wounded in a pistol duel near Saucier. Blacklege had been shot previously by an unknown man. Rouse was arrested for that shooting and released on bond. both men were treated at home after the town confrontation in front of Wood's store and scheduled for court Friday.
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Wood
Whistler Notes Include Lodges Meeting and Local Visitors
Whistler Alabama May 12 Whistler lodge No 221 I L M meets tonight at 7 30 in the I O O F hall The Ladies Auxiliary to the I A of M meets this afternoon at Odd Fellows hall Several residents return from visits to Mobile Gadsden Semmes and New Orleans and many attend jury duty and church revival events A Whistler Rooters Club organized with officers named and guests listed.
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Louis Godard
William
Frank R. Connors
New Orleans
Nettie Lee Davison
Messrsy Julius Newell
Charles Kohl, Jr
Bayou Sarah
O. G. McGehee
Mobile
Francis M. Atchison
Sadie Phelps
Lula Peterson
Eliza Woolley
William A. Cato
Alphonse Davis
Semmes
Ala
Samuel—J. Davis
J. B. Pittman
Prichard
Henry Tomas
Birmingham
Rebekahs
Whistler Lodge
Williamspp
Homer Pringle
Tra HH. Pring
Mabel O'Donnell
Madeline Stauter
Effie Matthews
Manuel Philipone
Axis
Whistler Rooters
Clarence Tate
John Tew
Ves
Rete
Hairston Am Esnenee
Mor E. O'Connor
Aes
James E
Selma
Charles Welch
Knight Fempias
Mobile Nmandie Saee Eee
German envoy denounces Roosevelt over Lusitania remark
Berlin reports Baron Mumm von Schwarzenstein condemns Roosevelt's Lusitania remark as an insult to Germany and its people. He says Germany views the sinking as justified wartime action and criticizes American and British actions amid wartime tensions.
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Roosevelt
Germany
von Schwarzenstein
Berlin
London
Mumm von Schwarzenstein
Lusitania
England
North Sea
Outbreaks in London Target German Shops and Profs
Antigerman violence erupts in East India docks area with sixty to seventy German shops wrecked Germans attacked or forced to hide police and troops deployed to protect Germans Russian Jews seek police protection in East End. German br hand signs in windows declare no business with Germans bishop Laurence Scanlan dies in Salt Lake City after long illness.
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London
East India Docks
Salt Lake City
Laurence Scanlan
Salt Lake
German Flag Trampled By Enraged British South Africans
A Reuters dispatch from Johannesburg reports rising anti German sentiment after the Lusitania disaster. Crowds gather near the town hall to sign petitions urging a mass meeting to protest Germanys actions. A large German flag is spread on the ground and another flag is burned in front of the town hall as the mayor agrees to call a mass meeting.
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London
Reuter
Johannesburg
Germany
Delegation to Open Warrior River Lock No 17 Leaves Mobile
Delegation No 2 from Mobile to attend the opening celebration of the Warrior river lock No 17 will depart by rail tonight for Tuscaloosa via the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Readable reservations list many Mobile business figures and officials accompanying or meeting the party.
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Mobile
Warrior River
Tuscaloosa
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Paul Danner
Mobile Coal&Co
D. R. Barbee
Mobile Register
W. M. Clemens
Mobile Item
BE. D. Peppers
Murray & Peppers
J. H. Bancroft
American Laundry
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
H. H. Wefel, Jr
James Gibboney
G. M. Luce
J. T. Maury
Maury & Unruh
J. A. Jackson
New Orleana, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
D. R. Dunlap
Alabama Iron Works
Christiansen
R. Seeberg
Hervey E. Jones, Jr
Ohio
Henry Hall
First National Bank
Lock
Russell Houston
F. C. Turner
F. C. Turner & Co
Elliott G. Rickardy
George W. Dunlap
Guil Dry. Docks Co
J. W. Little
Peoples Bahk
Charles Keller
W. L. Guthrie
United States Engineering Department
Horace Turner
Horace Turner &Co
Cordova
Birmingham
Allies drive ahead as German resistance buckles in West
Allied forces push north from Arras through German positions in Belgium and northern France. Berlin headlines the new Anglo French offensive while British and German reports clash on progress near Ypres and Lille amid uncertain eastern front gains. The Globe notes American involvement and reactions in Washington.
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Dardanelles
Aegean Sea
Germany
Berlin
Lenz
Douai
Arras
German War Office
Ypres
John French
Lille
Petrograd
Washington
America
Wilson
The
Globe
Albert
Mrs Thames Advocates Illiteracy Campaign in Alabama
Montgomery May 11 Special Mrs E D Thames of Greenville field agent for the Alabama Illiteracy Commission conferred with Education William Feagin on her commission work. She is a renowned Alabama educator and will tour counties to organize schools and support moonlight literacy programs.
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Montgomery
E. D. Thames
Greenville
Alabama Illiteracy Commission
William ¥. Feagin
Man Finds No Pleasure Without Cost
A pithy reflection on human appetites notes that enjoyment often comes with a price. The quote suggests money and loss accompany satisfaction, implying restraint or tradeoffs influence pleasure.
Exterminate Cockroaches With Stearns Electric Paste
Advice page promotes Stearns Electric Paste as a solution for cockroaches in kitchens and pantries. It claims night application and morning cleanup of dead roaches, with a two ounce box offered for twenty five cents and directions in fifteen languages.
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Stearns
Steamer Quill Arrives Safely at Tuscaloosa
The second Mobile contingent to the War of river navigation opening arrives with Captain Taylor and engineers Keller and Guthrie. The John Quill reached Tuscaloosa safely with a cheerful crowd aboard and Lock No. 1 handled the run. Birmingham crowds plan to join Cordova for the event with a flotilla ready on Bankhead Lake.
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Tuscaloosa
Warrior River
Samuel W. Taylor
United States
Botters
Hulls
Mobile
Charles Keller
Guthrie
United States Engineering Department
Taylor
Messrs
Keller and
John Quill
Gulf City
Birmingham
Cordova
Sauer’s Bluff
Bankhead Lake
Will
Ascaloosa
Police guard German vessels interned at Hoboken
New York May 12 police were assigned to guard the German Lloyline merchant fleet at Hoboken. Detachment placed to protect day and night approaches following an official request from the line officials.
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Hoboken
New York
What Dyspeptics Should Eat
A physician advises that most indigestion stems from acidity. Sufferers should avoid acidic foods and heavy meats, then try a meal of any foods in small amounts, followed by a teaspoon of bisulated magnesia in water to neutralize acid. Magnesia is presented as the best food corrective and antacid, with emphasis on relief after meals.
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St Ta
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Navy League
Illinois
Williams
Marshall For
Europe
Ardanmhor
Petra
Nor
Essesees
Kennebec
Karen
Marga
Vance
Bennesvet
Parchim
Russ
Hildegard
Ethel Clarke
Stranger
Lucinda Sutton
Albert D. Mills
P. McLoughlin
Charles E. Cessna
James A. Carney
N. O
United Kingdom
West Indies
Daphne
Fairhope and Mag
Beach Fairhope and Battles
Marine News
Col
Saucier, Miss
Whistler
East End
West End
Bradford
Aeagee
Big River
Albert S. Towle
C.E
N. W. &J. Francis and
Royal Sts
Quill
the Workers
Skat
Warrior Locks
Bank of Mobile National Banking Association
M. J. McDermott
A. L. Staples
T. J. O'Connor
R. W. Byrne
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