Public Schools of Giy and County to Close May 31
The Mobile county school board plans to end the 1914-15 session on May 31, with discussion at the May meeting about a land committee to develop conservation and revenue from school lands and to appoint a competent supervisor. Debate centered on whether a specific man should be named and how to structure the committee.
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Public Schools
Giy
County
Vickers
Cochrane
Jordan
Land Committee
Mobile County
Wed
L. C. Irvine
Lespedera
South
James H. Dillard
Montgomery
Sclater Fund
Plateau
Country School Committee
Weaver
Dixon
St. Elmo
Venetia
Kushla
Zirlott
Barton Academy
Old Shell Road
School Improvement Association
Murphy
Toulmin Gaines
Jessica McGuire
C. Baldwin
G. A. Maloney
W. T. McGowin
McGowin
Vinol credited for strengthening weak child in Lakeport ad
A Lakeport New Hampshire parent testifies that an eight year old girl rose from a debilitated, run down state after using Vinol. The testimonial asserts Vinol boosts appetite and strength and urges other parents to try it. Van Antwerp Drug Corp. markets Vinol at leading drug stores.
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van Antwerp Drug Corp., Inc
Mobile Electric Co Offers Free Fans and Toasters to Invalids
Mo bile Electric Co and T. K. Jackson announce free electric fans and toasters for indigent invalids in the company's territory during hot weather. Requests must be physician certified showing inability to pay, and service may include temporary wiring and installation.
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T. K. Jackson
Mobile Tric Company
Jackson
Inferior Court News Includes Theft and Assault Sentences
Kate Ivory received thirty days in jail for buying crossties stolen from the Southern Railway. Willie Williams drew four months hard labor for his role in the theft. Lizzie Boseman was fined 500 or 140 days hard labor for assaulting James Tunstall. A threats charge against Wesley Dick was dismissed for lack of evidence.
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Kate Ivory
Henry Chamberlain
Southern Railway
Willie Williams
Lizzie Boseman
James Tunstall
Wesley T. Dick
Germany Likely to Accept US Demands on Lusitania Note
Washington awaited the note's exact phrasing amid anxiety over its terms. Berlin officials and allied observers anticipated a favorable German response or careful refusal to end submarine warfare, while dispatches from capitals continued to reach the White House with broad confidence in the president.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Berlin
Gerard
Rome
Vienna
Lusitania
White House
Injunction Sought Against Beauty Parlor Operator
Lovie McKinstry filed in chancery court for an injunction against Marie E. Patterson to restrain operations of a beauty shop, facial and scalp treatments, and sale of toilet preparations or chiropody. McKinstry alleges Patterson violated a two year noncompete after purchasing the business known as the Marinelilo Shop.
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Lovie McKinstry
Chancery Court
Marie E. Patterson
Marie Patterson
Marinelilo
Patterson
Vitalitas touted as universal tonic by Houston firm
Col John S Akin general manager of Vital Remedies Co claims Vitalitas has generated hundreds of favorable statements from diverse professionals and workers across the South. He shows a file of voluntary letters praising the tonic saying it costs nothing to obtain and should be in every home. Sutton's Drug Store sells Vitalitas.
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Vitalitas
John S. Akin
Vital Remedies Company
Houston
Texas
South
Sutton’s
Anti-Advertising Law Upheld by Supreme Court
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the public safety board’s actions as lawful under police power. It denied an injunction against the Montgomery board of safety and upheld related criminal decisions including life terms for Porte and a hang sentence for Dickson and Carter. The court also remanded Jackson for retrial.
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Montgomery
Board of Public Safety
Supreme Court
Horace Stringfellow
Stringfellow
Cortoners
Board of Safety
Pearson
Gaston Gunter
Wm. A. Gunter, Jr
City Court of
Court of Appeals
Gunter
Mike Minto
Jeames Adams
Coote Porte
Ezzie Glasscock
Fayette County
Lon Carter
Eliza Carter
Jefferson County
Matthew Peters
Tallapoosa County
Tom Jackson
St. Clair
City Commission Asked to Censor Moving Pictures
Miss Ethel Lambert of the School Improvement Associations asks Mobile city commissioners for a Saturday conference to discuss appointing censors for moving pictures shown in local theatres. The commission will await Miss Lambert and her committee before deciding on any action.
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Ethel Lambert
Meng
Mobile
Miss Lambert
Visitors flock to city hotels on Thursday
A parade of guests checked into the Cawthon Windsor and Bienville hotels in Mobile on Thursday. Among the visitors were W. C. Hutchins J. B. Cole Ira A. Culver and others from Atlanta Winston-Salem Anniston St Louis and more. Local hotel guests included J. W. Thurmann F. G. Maxwell and J. A. McCall with others from Birmingham Daphne and surrounding towns.
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W.C. Hutchins
J.B. Cole
Ira A. Culver
Atlanta Ga
G. F. Jenkins
Winston-Salem
N. Cc
V. R. Campbell
C. D. Pollard
Anniston
Ala
W. L. Drake
St. Louis
Cawthon Hotel
J. N. Grenade
Chatom
Battle House
J. A. Ryan
Birmingham
C. E. Hamilton
Greenville
William Toney
Jesse A. Stelle
H. E. West
Wilmer
C. C. Poenss
E. B. Howe
A. Klosky
J. W. Thurmann
F.G. Maxwell
Irvington
H. Brannan
M. le Baron
J. A. McCall
de Funiak Springs
Frank Matlock
T. B. Pace
Jackson
Misses Youngs
Daphne
J. Andrew
Atmore
P. Ww. Sprinkle
Hermann
E. Bosarge
Dauphin Island
C. A. Blitz
Foley
Windsor Hotel
J. S. Mooring
Murray C. White
Montgomery
St. Andrew Hote
Bienville Hotel
Mizpah Lodge meeting and local social notes in Whistler
Mizpah Lodge No. 222 BRC of A will meet at Odd Fellows Hall thr evening at 7 30. Viola Clark of Mobile visits her mother Mrs F J Vukers. Sadie Phelps returns to Mobile after visiting the Peters. Arthur Cowan moves to Portland Maine. H H Paterson returns from Mobile. Gregg family to Cleveland Tenn. Dancing class at Odd Fellows Hall last night with about twenty couples. Buck Lord visits Mobile. John Ballentine on jury duty. Laura Grace Meyers Ernest visit cousins Hazel and Elmer Wilkins at Prichard. John George and Thomas Kohl in Mobile for court and business.
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Whistler
Ala
Mizpah Lodge No
Odd Fellows’ Hall
H. Coleman
Viola Clark
Mobile
F. J. Vukers
Sadie Phelps
Peters
Arthur Cowan
Portland
Maine
H. H. Paterson
J. T. Gregg
Cleveland
Tenn
Oda Fellows’ Hall
Buck Lord
John Ballentine
Chancery Court
Laura Grace Meyers
Ernest
Hazel
Elmer Wilkins
Prichard
John George
Thomas Kohl
Italian steamer Astrea sinks near Taranto after mine strike
The Italian steamer Astrea, en route from an English port with coal for state railways, sank near Taranto after likely hitting a mine. Seven crew were saved, three drowned.
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Taranto
Italy
Paris
Astrea
Windhoek Captured by Union Forces in German South West Africa
An official Capetown report says Windhoek, capital of German South West Africa, fell yesterday with no resistance to General Botha and Union forces. The town hosts 3,000 Europeans and 12,000 natives, with significant railway stock seized and martial law proclaimed as occupation begins. General Botha urged troops to protect German women and children and emphasized the move as crucial for complete possession.
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London
Capetown
Reuters
Windhoek
Southwest Africa
Union of South Africa
Botha
Allied fleet bombs Dardanelles forts amid heavy Turkish losses
A Paris dispatch reports that allied ships re entered the Dardanelles to bombard Kilid Bahr Chanak Kalessi and Nagara. The bombardment paused at eight then resumed for continued action as Turkish trenches fall back. the Turks are heavily reinforced but suffer mounting casualties.
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Paris
Havas
Athens
Dardanelles
Kilid Bahr
Chanak Kalessi
Nagara
Three Towns Destroyed in Aegean Straits Action
London reports from Moudros claim Chanak Kalessi Maitos and Kilie Bahr were reduced to ruins by fleet fire in early May. Forts in the straits are falling as a major assault on Achi Baba heights continues, with the Helles Kilid Bahr peninsula potentially under Allied control.
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London
Chanak Kalessi
Maitos
Kilié Bahr
Moudros
Lemnos
Achi Baba
Moudos
Cape Helles
Kilid Bahr
Gallipoli advances and Western Front clashes reported
Athens dispatches note a British and French advance on Gallipoli with claims of heights taken. Meanwhile German led attacks near Ypres and French offensives north of Arras show limited success as Austrian forces suffer. Russian Cossacks win at Bukowina, taking 20 000 prisoners and guns before reporting actions in Galicia. Rioting against Germans eases in England but rages in South Africa.
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London
Athens
Gallipoli
Turkey
Ypres
Arras
Bukowina
Petrograd
Russia
Galicia
Vienna
Hayes to Leave for New York With Dispatches
Scott R. Hayes son of Rutherford B. Hayes sails from Copenhagen on the United States to New York carrying confidential government dispatches from Petrograd to Washington. The departure is dated May 13 and confirms the delivery of sensitive materials.
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Copenhagen
London
Scott R. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
New York
Mr. Hayes
Petrograd
Washington
Albert D Millis sails for Cardenas Cuba from the harbor
The American schooner Albert D Millis cleared at the customhouse on Wednesday and, towed by the tug Native of the Mobile Towing and Rocking Company, left the harbor in the early hours of Thursday. It was the sole sailing of Thursday.
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Albert
D. Millis
Cardenas
Cuba
Native
Mobile, Towing, and Rocking Company
Will repatriate all male enemies British decision continued
Rioters attacked offices of Sir George Albus near the stock exchange and burned furniture. They set fire to Gulderfinger & Co. general merchants causing at least 250000 in damage. Total losses from the rioting exceed 1000000 as the unrest continued well into the night.
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George Albus
Stock Exchange
Gulderfinger & Co
Britain calls up special constables after Lusitania riots
London reports anti German unrest spreading to major cities with Scotland Yard issuing an emergency summons for all special constables. Shuttered German shops and police guard presence mark a tense atmosphere though most outbreak sites calmed by morning. Kentish town reports looted German shops.
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London
Scotland Yard
Liverpool
Manchester
Birkenhead
Glasgow
South End
Smithfield
Kentish
Courts Free Wednesday docket in Browne's session
In the Browne circuit court, Thursday's business includes Seabury versus Henderson on trial with a call for Friday and other cases taken out. In Law and Equity Court, Lovejoy as receiver wins final judgment of 256.66 against Leeper. Dannenberg non suits against Morningstar and default against Dannenberg with damages 227.30. Central Auto Company vs. Day dismissed. Friday calls include Smith versus Bacho and Barry versus Page & Jones.
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Circuit Court
Browne
Seabury
Henderson
Law and Equity Court
Berney
William G. Lovejoy
Louis F. Leeper
Kaufman & Flonacher
J. Dannenberg
Edward Morningstar
Central Auto Company
C. A. Day
H. H. Smith
F. W. Bacho
E. T. Barry
Page & Jones
E. T. Barry & Co
Divorce Decree Granted in Crouch Case at Land and Equity Court
Equity Side reports Phoeby E. Crouch versus Walter R. Crouch decree of divorce after business Thursday session. Also National Fruit Products Company et al versus S. Kessler et al on publication order against non resident defendants.
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Land and Equity Court
Equity Side
Berney
Phoeby E. Crouch
Walter R. Crouch
National Fruit Products Company Et Als
S. Kessler Et.al
Two Women and a Man Suing for Divorces
In chancery court Mary E. Ehle sues Fred. D. Ehle for an absolute divorce alleging actual violence and habitual drunkenness since their 1914 marriage. Bessie Mandeville seeks separation from Allen G. Mandeville after a troubled marriage beginning in 1912 with alleged assault and forced floor-sleep, seeking alimony from a $100-a-month income. John Spielvogel petitions for divorce from Rose Spielvogel over five years of abandonment since their 1911 Schwarzwasser, Hungary wedding.
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Mary E. Ehle
Chancery Court
Fred. D. Ehle
Bessie Mandeville
Allen G. Mandeville
Mobile and Tuscaloosa Toast Lock 17 Opening
Mayor H Pillans of Mobile sends telegram to Senator Bankhead praising the completion of Lock 17 on the Warrior river and Mobile’s port facilities. He notes Mobile’s support for river navigation and the broader Alabama trade potential, and declines Tuscaloosa attendance but sends a letter of congratulations.
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Mayor Pillans
Father of Movement
Warrior River
Harry Pillans
United States
John H. Bankhead
Lock 17
H. Pillans
Pillans
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Mobile
Ohio
Mississippi
Galveston
New Orleans
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