Casement and Bailey Committed for High Treason Trial
St Roger Casement and Daniel J. Bailey were committed for trial in London on charges of high treason connected to the Irish rebellion. The exact trial date and court were not announced. Constable Carter of the Royal Irish Constabulary testified, and Bailey sought to reveal a statement for authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St Roger Casement
Daniel J. Bailey
Carter
Royal Irish Constabn
Bailey
Canal Authorities Hear Rumors of Dynamite Plot
May 17 Panama reports canal authorities tightening guard on locks amid rumors of dynamite attacks. The American steamer San Ramon bound from San Francisco and Mazatlan to New York was searched before passing the canal. Crew all American, cargo dye woods, arrived Christobal Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
San Ramon
San Francisco
Mazatlan
Mexico
New York
Christobal
Bryan declines as Nebraska delegates to national convention
William J. Bryan said he will not attend the Democratic national convention as an alternate delegate from Nebraska. Charles W. Bryan also plans no independent run, and the statements aim to correct alleged misrepresentations by corporation controlled papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Charles W. Bryan
Bryan
Two British Sailors Held by Germans Aboard Republic
In Vancouver British Columbia on May 17 two crew members of the British steamship Republic were arrested by Lieut. Tweedale. The men Edward Cordis and E M Krutz claim American citizenship while authorities say they are Germans. Krutz also goes by Martin.
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Vancouver
B. C
Republic
Lieut
Tweedale
Intelligence Department of Militia and Defense
Edward Cordis
E. M. Krutz
Krutz
Martin
War May Force Price Of Newspapers Higher
In Chicago on May 17 executives of the International and Daily Press Association warned that Europe’s war could raise prices for newspapers and magazines. They urged strict economy in paper use as shortages bite. In two 40 000 population cities and other major centers several dailies halted publication or faced near shutdowns due to scarce stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Europe
International and Daily Press Association
Ago
Issu
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Washington reports fair weather for Alabama and Mississippi tonight and Thursday with a slight warmth expected on Thursday. Forecasters anticipate clear to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures across the region, helping outdoor plans.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Warm spell and rain storms sweep across regions
The forecast promises fair and warmer weather by Thursday after a brief early spring warmth. High barometer conditions linger from the northern Rockies to the Gulf, bringing cool, clear conditions overall, while a low barometer area brings rain and wind in the East. New York reports heavy rain and strong winds, and Phoenix tops the thermometer at 92 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Rockies
Gulf
South Atlantic
New York City
Phoenix
Women to discuss ice supply at Friday meeting
The Home Economics Club led by Mrs James R Hagan will meet Friday morning to decide whether Mobile housewives should run an ice plant or accept offers from nearby manufacturers. They say ice trusts have pressured small makers, complicating price reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Hagan
Ireas
Tce
Home Economics Club Eyes Cooperative Ice Plant Plan
A discussion outlines offers from outside ice manufacturers and a potential cooperative ice plant funded partly by the Home Economics Club. A Friday meeting at 11 o clock will decide contracts and gather signatures to pursue affordable ice, despite a strong trust and ongoing price challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Economics Club
Prize Hen Lays 83 Fegs in 85 Days Ends Life
Captain Bill Alley’s prize hen on Catherine Street reportedly laid 83 eggs in 85 days and then died after a brief illness. Skoda, master of the barken tine, described the hen as ordinary yet unusually productive and noted the family kept a careful daily eggs record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Alley
Catherine Street
Barkentine Skoda
Binnacle Lamp Club
South America
Skoda
Alley
Salazar's Red Army Attacks Mexican Ranch
El Paso report says General Jose Ynéz Salazar led three men in a raid on the Santo Domingo ranch 30 miles east of Ojo Caliente Chihuahua. They seized flour then fled. A follower is described as blind and another as cripple and deaf and dumb.
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EL Paso
Texas
Jose Ynéz Salazar
Pascual Orozco
Paso
Santo Domingo
Ojo Caliente
Chihuahua
Salazar
NEAT REUNION GHTY WILL BE CHOSEN TODAY
Birmingham May 17 The Veterans and Sons of Veterans faced a busy day at the annual reunion with election of officers and selection of the next reunion city. Memorial services were held under joint auspices of the Veterans and the Confederate Southern Memorial Association as meetings continued amid crowds of old soldiers in a theatre unable to accommodate all visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Sons of Veterans
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
Veterans and the Memorial Association
Veterans groups plan courtesy calls during Alabama G A R meeting
Officials of the Department of Alabama Grand Army of the Republic hold their state meeting while parade participants and sponsors gather. General Charles A Mange and staff will call on General Bennett H Young, who will in turn host the G A R delegation and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans and Sons of Veterans
Department of Alabama
Grand Army of the Republic
Confederate Veterans
Charles A. Mange
Bennett H. Young
Young
Yacht Defiance to Become Cargo Boat
NORFOLK Va May 17 The demand for shipping facilities was emphasized here when it became known that the racing yacht Defiance once a candidate for the America s cup has been brought to Norfolk to be cut down and rebuilt for coastwise shipping. She will eye tween Norfolk and Beaufort N C
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Defiance
Beaufort
Northern Baptist Convention Opens Eight Day Minneapolis Meeting
In Minneapolis on May 17 thousands of delegates and lay visitors gathered as the Northern Baptist convention opened an eight day meeting. Governor Burnquist welcomed the assembly and Shailer Mathews of the University of Chicago delivered the annual address as convention president. A report on the conference outcome with the Southern Baptist convention slated for Friday awaited interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinneapolis
Minn
Northern Baptist Convention
Burnquist
Minnesota
Shailer Mathews
School of Divinity
University of Chicago
Southern Baptist Convention
Threlkeld of Tupelo Draws Life Sentence
In Tupelo Mississippi on May 17 W D Threlkeld a local merchant was found guilty of the March 10 murder of John D Witt a school teacher and sentenced to life imprisonment He allegedly killed Witt for whipping his child a pupil in Witt s class.
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Tupelo
Miss
W. D. Threlkeld
John D. Witt
Threlkeld
Witt
Hardinge May Return to British Foreign Office
London May 17 A statement says Baron Hardinge former viceroy of India will succeed Sir Arthur Nicolson as under secretary of the foreign office retiring due to ill health. Hardinge would resume the post he held before becoming viceroy of India.
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London
Baron Hardinge
India
Arthur Nicolson
Foreign Office
Lord Hardinge
Music Lovers Hold Annual Meeting Friday Night
Officers of the Music Lover's Association of ile request full attendance at the annual meeting. The event is set for Friday night at 8 39 o'clock in the main parlor of the Cawthon Hotel. Amendments to the constitution will be offered and many other important matters will come up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Lover's Association of
Ile
Cawthon Hotel
Crown Prince Not Active on Verdun Front
Heavy cannonading continues on the Verdun front with little infantry action. A German hand grenade attack near Dead Man's Hill failed. German and British forces clashed off the Belgian coast. British destroyers report German destroyers withdrew with no British casualties. An Austrian air raid on Venice caused little damage due to anti aircraft batteries. London awaits the preliminary hearing outcomes in the high treason cases of Sir Roger Casement and Daniel J Bailey. The Dutch steamer Batavia V, 1500 tons, was blown up in the North Sea with four sailors dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Verdun
Paris
Dead Man‘s Hill
Belgian
Venice
Lave
Roger Casement
Daniel J. Bailey
North Sea
British Warships Meet Germans in Sea Engagement
A naval engagement occurred yesterday off the Belgian coast between British destroyers and German destroyers. There were no British casualties. The British official report says the encounter lasted a short time before the German force withdrew to their ports.
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London
German Attack On Dead Man's Hill Halted
Paris May 17 official report says German troops opened an attack last night near Dead Man's hill but the effort failed. To the Meuse east Verdun front, continuous cannonading raged with activity at Haudremont wood and Vaux pond. French aeroplanes conducted raids throwing bombs on Damvilliers and stations at Metz Frescati and Brieulles.
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Dead ‘Man’s Hill
Paris
Ades
Dead Man’s Hill
Meuse
Verdun Front
Haudremont Wood
Vaux Pond
Damvillers
Metz
Frescati
Brieulles
Dutch Steamer Batavier V Blown Up in North Sea
A Lloyds dispatch reports the Dutch steamer Batavier V, 1500 tons, blown up in the North Sea. Four crew members are missing and presumed dead, the rest landed at Great Yarmouth. The Batavier V was en route from Rotterdam to London.
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London
Lloyds
Great Yarmouth
Batavier V
North Sea
Roterdam
Attacked He Fights Mad Dog to Death
Sol Heidelberger a retired book keeper fought a mad dog Tuesday afternoon at Joachim and Conti streets near Conti. The dog, a 40 pound cur, jumped and bit his leg. Heidelberger throttled the animal to death before police arrived. He suffered some excitement from the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Heidelberger
Joachim
Conti
Heidelberger
Sheets and
Adams
Hebdelberger
Police to Guard Republican Convention at Coliseum
Chicago May 17 Police from the Chicago department will guard the Republican national convention at the Coliseum. Two hundred seventy six patrolmen, plus fifty detectives, are in training under Chief Charles Healey to protect delegates and visitors from pickpockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coliseum
Pensacola owner and captain plead guilty
Pensacola, Maylor J Diaz owner and Captain H. By Snell master of the schooner Lucy H pleaded guilty in federal court to violating a maritime regulation off the Mexican coast. Diaz was fined 200 dollars and Snell 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola, Fla
Maylor J Diaz
H. By
Snell
Lucy H
Mexico
Diaz
Nitrate Plant Attack Delays Army Reorganization Bill
Senate debate on the army reorganization bill faced a delay as the nitrate plant provision came under attack. Hartwick and Lodge opposed the measure while Underwood and Smith defended it citing wartime needs and fertilizer use. Lodge criticized the house for reducing the regular army size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hartwick
Lodge
Underwood
Hardwick
Smith
South Carolina
Senator Smit
Senator Lodge Critiques Defense Spending on Nitrate Plant
Senator Lodge laments Congress would fund a $20,000,000 nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals while denying adequate funds for immediate frontier defense. He notes all Atlantic and Pacific coast artillery units are to be deployed to Mexico, leaving the border exposed, and accuses conferees of trying to do nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Maine
Fo Monroe
Coast Artillery
Pacific
Mexico
Senator Lodge
Congress
Muscle Shoals
Lodge
Senate
House
Clean Sidewalks Campaign Warns Property Owners
The police department under Lieutenant Henry Farmer begins its annual summer campaign to remove grass and weeds from sidewalks and vacant lots in Mo bile. Property owners have five days to comply or face arrest under the city law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Henry Farmer
Three Places Raided as Prohibition Enforcement Nets Liquor
Deputy sheriffs raided the Oriole Club at Royal and St. Michael streets and found a small quantity of prohibited liquor. Soft drink stands of George O'Dell at Scott and New Jersey streets and B. Malone at Elmira and Warren streets were also raided. Tom Purnell and Ben Burns were docketed at the county jail on prohibition violations and bonded for appearance in inferior criminal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriole Club
Royal and
St. Michael Streets
George O'Dell
Scott and
New Jersey
B. Malone
Elmira
Warren Streets
Tom Purnell
Ben Burns
County
Inferior Criminal Court
Alabama Underwriters Choose Birmingham for 1917 Meeting
The Mobile delegation reports Birmingham selected as next meeting site for the Alabama Fire Underwriters. The gathering will be held in May 1917. Mobile's group includes G. M. Ladd Peyton Norville Major James K. Glennon and Joseph F. Bullock.
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Mobile
Alabama Fire Underwriters
Birmingham
Huntsville
G. M. Ladd
Peyton Norville
James K. Glennon
Joseph F. Bullock
Brandeis Nomination Set for Vote Next Wednesday
Washington May 17 The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to vote next Wednesday on the Brandeis Supreme Court nomination. Louis D. Brandeis faces a confirmation move as the committee decide the path to the high court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandeis
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Pineapple Cargo Sets Mobile Import Records on Paloma
The Cuban steamship Paloma arrives from Havana with the largest pineapple cargo ever imported through Mobile. It will fill 160 freight cars and require four trains to move inland, as Munson Line foresees a larger pineapple season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Havana
Munson Line
Munson
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Special Officers Raid Girard For Illicit Liquor
Twenty two officers with warrants from Alabama Attorney General arrived by special train to search and seize liquor in Girard Alabama. They moved through the town as wagons emptied, discovering liquor in five locations valued at over a hundred thousand dollars with potential militia backup if resisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Alabama
Georgia
Girard
Ala
Alabama Moves to Clean Up Girard Town
Stirred by complaints Alabama state actions move to clear Girard. An agent has gathered evidence on site while Girard figures visit Montgomery seeking lines on state plans. Reports say large quantities of liquor were moved from Girard stored in county cotton houses and gins or buried.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Girard
Galveston Official Guests Mobile Mayor Lyons
M. E. Shay water and sewerage commissioner from Galveston Texas visits Mobile and tours the city reservoirs and pumping station with Mayor Pat J. Lyons and Commissioner Harry Pillans. He travelled from Louisville where he attended a water and sewerage convention and is studying conditions for his department. Shay’s father lived in Mobile during the Civil War.
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M. E. Shay
Water and Sewerage
Galveston
Texas
Mobile
Louisville
Pat J. Lyons
Harry Pillans
Shay
Water and Sewerage Commissioners
Mr. Shay
Twenty-first Alabama Regiment
One Prohibition Case Decided In Inferior Court
A brief session of the inferior criminal court disposed of one case Ben Burns charged with violating the prohibition law. He was fined $50 and 20 days hard labor costs. He paid. Other docket items include Jack Harris murder set for May 22 and Joe Frazier assault and Monroe Singleton same, nolle.
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Inferior Criminal Court
Ben Burns
Burns
Dss
Jack Harris
Frazier
Joe Frazier
Ae Dallcey
Monroe Singleton
Same
Nolle Ah Na Teh
Bandits Routed Near Border as U S Cavalry Surrounds Raiders
A truck driver from Boquillas reports Major Langhorne surrounded Mexican bandits who raided Glend Springs, about 125 miles from the border. He says six were killed and 75 captured, to be brought for trial, while Army officers had not yet confirmed the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neene Rn
Langhorne
Glend Springs
Boquillas
Ani
Untitled fragment from Marathon notices
A partial report from Marathon Texas notes a man named Terry arriving in lane, then rushing out amid unclear events. Details are sparse in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quillas
Tex
Terry
Villa forms new army in Durango reports from Mexico
Columbus New Mexico May 17 truckmen arriving from the Mexican frontier say Villa has created a new army in Durango. They report 2500 men rallied to his standard. General reports offer no note of a pursuing column. Army men assume the band is being driven back toward the hills after an attack on American troopers at El Rubio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
N. M
The
of Mexico Supplement
Villa
Durango
Lieutenantton
el Rubio
American Citizen Dies in Batavier V Explosion
The American embassy reports Luigi Mancini Mancini, an American wireless expert from Roswell New Mexico, drowned when the steamship Batavier V exploded. Two other American citizens aboard were rescued. The incident occurred as the vessel was blown up en route to London.
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London
Luigi Martini Mancini
Batavier V
X . Mancini
Roswell
N. M
German promise cuts war risk insurance rate
London May 17 reports say British ships sunk by submarines during the last phase of a German pledge to warn before sinking has led underwriters to reduce the war risk insurance premium by one half of ten per cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Mrs Martin in danger after shooting in Albany
Mrs. Martin remains in danger after being shot Monday night. Her husband, Peter C. Martin, says the pistol exploded while he was cleaning it and left a skull fragment imbedded. The attending physician reports she is not yet out of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter C. Martin
A. Son
Martin
Tor
Sidewalk Contracts Awarded for National Cemetery Site
Sidewalk contracts for concrete work at the National Cemetery and near the new post office on St Jo street have been awarded to Maths Construction Company. Work will begin on the sidewalks shortly.
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National Cemetery
St. Jo Street
Maths Construction Company
Cs Ae
Reputed Tigers Docketed On Prohibition Charge
James Thomas and Frank Tweet were docketed Wednesday in the Pearge at of a prohibition law case. They posted bond for trial in the inferior criminal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas
Frank
Tale
Inferior Criminal Court
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Kaiser
Mad Dog
Pensacola
Senator Underwood
Senator Wick
Harawick
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Order of Police
Paloma
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Batavier
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