Rye Against Feld Seen As Leading Tennessee Contest
In Tennessee on May 16 Democratic county mass conventions name delegates for the May 26 27 state convention. Davidson County 95 votes and Shelby 67 uninstructed votes suggest no candidate will gain full instructed control. Indications show a Rye vs field scramble with Rye backed by Senator Luke Lea.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Davidson County
Shelby
Tom C. Rye
Rye
Luke Lea
Father of the Navy Statue Unveiled in Washington Ceremony
Tens of thousands of Irish Americans gathered in Washington for the unveiling of the Commodore John Barry statue known as the Father of the Navy. President Wilson and James J. Regan among speakers as a martial parade preceded ceremonies. The monument, a gift from Congress, was sculpted by John J. Boyle and stands on a marble pedestal with a victory relief and inscription noting Barry’s birth in Wexford Ireland and death in Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
W.ashington
Commodore John Barry
Navy
St. Patrick
Ancient Order
Hibdernians
Boston
New York
Hiladelphia
Thermy
Marine Corps
Barry
Elise H. Hepburn
Philaelphia
Commodore Barry
Wilson
James J. Regan
Ancient
Order of Hi“rrians
William C. Clarke
J. I. C. Clarke
Geneal
Congress
John J. Boyle
Louis Lowenthal Dies at 72 in Mobile
Louis Lowenthal, a retired merchant and capitalist, died at 12 45 this afternoon at the home of Walter Mitchell on Government Street. He was 72 and had been ill only a few days. The news stirred wide regret in Mobile where he was well known.
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Louis Lowenthal
Walter Mitchell
Government Street
Lowenthal
Mobile
Hammel Funeral Will Be Masonic
Arrangements for the funeral of Leopold Hammel, noted Mobile merchant, are set for 4 o'clock Sunday at Temple Shaarai Shemayim with Rabbi A G Moses officiating. Interment will be at Hebrew Cemetery. Masonic lodges will conduct the ceremonies. Over a thousand mourners visited the home, including many of his employees.
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Leopold Hammel
Government Street
Temple Shaarai Shemayim
A. G. Moses
Hebrew Cemetery
Masonic Lodges
Jones Re elected Leader of Montgomery County Democrats
Col. George W. Jones district attorney for the Louisville and Nashville railroad was re elected chairman of the Montgomery county Democratic executive committee as the new body assumed duties yesterday. James S. Patrick, a young attorney, was re elected secretary of the committee.
Becker Trial Pause Delays Rosenthal Murder Case
New York May 16 A recess today halts the presentation of the Rosenthal murder case in which Charles E Becker former police lieutenant heads the strong arm squad accused of instigating the crime. Whitman expects to finish the state case Monday with the defense likely to wrap by midweek a verdict possible within a week.
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New York
Charles. E. Becker
Herman
Rosental
Charles Whitman
Fate of Parks Dark Spot in Cloudless Sky
Reports detail the disappearance of American soldier Samuel Parks siting him in Huerta lines. Mexican officials promise vigorous inquiry as U S Wilson and Bryan press for information, amid Tampico unrest and shifts in arms shipments to the Constitutionalists led by Carranza and Villa.
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Washington
Arano
Samuel Parks
Huerta
Riano
United States
Parks
Associated Press
Muerta
Niagara Falls
Wilson
Mexico City
Setretchy Bryan
Lionel Carden
John R. Silliman
Saltillo
Legation
Vera Cruz
Silliman
Tampico
Badger
Carranza
Jampico
Rio Grande River
War Department
Navy Department
Durango
Villa
Torreon
Hipolito
Torres
San Luis Potosi
Uneasy Times in Vera Cruz for American Residents
William N. Collins in Vera Cruz reports calm but constant fear among Americans of potential outbreaks. He and others await guidance from the United States, fearing possible departure from Mexico and hoping for a safe government standard.
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Montgomery
Ala
HB. Collins
William N. Collins
Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States
Citronelle Man Seeks Mobile to Chicago Highway
M. C. Skinner of the Citronelle Business Men's League toured Mobile to push a proposed highway from Mobile to Chicago via Citronelle Waynesboro Meridian and into Tennessee He planned to visit two Mississippi cities to seek their cooperation in the project.
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M. C. Skinner
The
Business Men's League of Citronelle
Mobile
Chicago
Citronelle
Waynesboro
Meridian
Tennessee
Mr. Skinner
Mississippi
Weather outlook by region and weekend forecast
The weather bulletin notes fair conditions tonight and Sunday across Alabama with moderate northeast and east winds. Mississippi shows partly cloudy skies for tonight and Sunday.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Waller Declines Federal Marshal Post in Alabama Race
Montgomery Ala May 16 W. R. Waller appointed and confirmed as federal marshal for the middle district of Alabama declined the honor saying he preferred the sheriff’s race. His opponent McD Cain may be named marshal or postmaster at Montgomery with reports of other appointments.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. R. Waller
United States Senate
Middle District
Alabama
Wilson
Waller
Montgomery County
McD. Cain
Mr. Cain
Alabama Capital Wilk Bid for Presbyterians
Montgomery officials plan to lobby for the 1915 Presbyterian general assembly to be held in Montgomery. John W. Durr and W. P. Neilson join pastors and local leaders in presenting formal invitations from the First Presbyterian church, Business Men's League, the governor, and city to Kansas City delegates.
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Montgomery
Ala
Fifty-Third General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
John W. Durr
W. P. Neilson
First Presbyterian Church
Business Men's League
Alabama
Kansa City
Paroled convict Zamora thanks Mobile officials
Manuel Zamora the Mexican convict on the county road was paroled by Governor O Neal during the governor s Mobile visit. He arrived Saturday from the convict camp and went to Police Chief Crenshaw to thank him for securing the parole. He visited locals who helped in his release before departing Saturday afternoon for New Orleans with his wife already there.
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Manuel Zamora
O'Neal
Mobile
Crenshaw
Zamora
New Orleans
90 Year Old Man Ordered to Pay Alimony to Wife
In New Orleans a 90 year old man, John J. Davenport, was ordered by Judge Chretien to pay his 88 year old wife one dollar a week alimony after a case of wife desertion. Davenport claimed his wife was abusive and quarrelsome, while witnesses noted she paid rent receipts. Specialized audience reactions and court conduct were noted during the proceedings.
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New Orleans
Chietley
Criminal Distric Court
John J. Davenport
Jedge
Chretien
Two State High Courts Rest Until June First
In Montgomery Alabama May 16 the supreme court and the court of appeals will rest after completing the third division call this week. They will hear cases from the seventh division in the week of June 1 covering Calhoun Cherokee Clay Cleburne DeKalb Etowah Randolph Shelby St. Clair and Talladega. Over the next three weeks the appellate court will take up cases from the fourth eighth and second divisions and adjourn for the summer on June 39.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Calhoun
Cherokee
Clay
Cleburne
DeKalb
Etowah
Randolph
Shelby
St. Clair
Talladega
Tuxpan Falls Into Hands of Invaders
State Department reports from Vera Cruz say Tuxpan on the Mexican east coast has fallen to the Constitutionalists. Spanish refugees arriving in Vera Cruz confirm the occupation. Consul John R. Silliman, imprisoned at Saltillo, is en route to Mexico City but travel delays persist.
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Tampico
Vera Cruz
Washington
Tuxpam
Mexico
Constitutionaliste
State Department
Canada
Law
Mexico City
John. R. Sillman
Saltillo
Four Maimed Heroes Weep at Not Being Able to Return
Four patients at the naval hospital in the Brooklyn Navy Yard mourn they cannot rejoin comrades in Vera Cruz. Forty one convalescents may return on the hospital ship Solace when it sails, but the vessel may be delayed by needed repairs.
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New York
Vera Cruz
Solace
C. G. Smith
Naval Hospital
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Department
Consul Bonney Quits Post at San Luis Potosi
May 14. Constitutionalist forces under General Gonzales occupy San Luis Potosi and assure Americans may return. Consul Bonney reports no Americans killed in his district before leaving, railroads paralyzed from fuel shortage, British vice consul in charge. Admiral Badger reports Mexican gunboats Bravo Zaragosa and Tug Tampico arriving at Puerto Mexico with cruiser Tacoma and two destroyers.
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Washington
Gonzales
United States
Miller
Bonney
San Luis Potosi
Badger
Puerto Mexico
Tampico
Bravo
Zaragosa
Tacoma
Panaman Sails for Galveston with Munition
The Panaman steamship chartered by the war department sailed from New York for Galveston carrying ammunition chiefly shells for field pieces and small arms, plus foods for the troops. Fourteen ordnance experts from Springfield arsenal under Captain Marsh were aboard to join Funston's brigade.
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Galveston
New York
War Department
Springfield Arsenal
Marsh
Funston
Sailors Refuse Spaghetti and Wine on Italian Bark
Eight American and Scandinavian sailors aboard the Italian bark revolted in Gulfport Mississippi seeking beef instead of spaghetti and wine. They are jailed in Harrison County while the vessel awaits repairs and possible crew changes.
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Associated Press
Gulfport
Miss
Harrison County
Ayres
Spaghett
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