Bandits Near Sebastian to Die at Brownsville Executions Today
Two Mexican bandits Chapa and Buenrostro, who raided Sebastian in 1915 and killed A L Austin and his son, face hanging in Brownsville Texas with Governor Ferguson declining to interfere. Cowboys from the Hearst ranch aided in scattering a band near Madera, killing 15 and capturing six as part of the border conflicts.
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Namiquipa
Columbus
N. M
Hearst Ranch
Babicora
Madera
Atezurro Dominguez
Pedro Castillo
Carranza
Hearstanc
Ranch Viejo
Dominguez
Castillo
Brownsville
Tex
Ferguson
Austin
Sebastian
Buenrostra
Chapa
Buenrosta
South's Wealth Has Doubled in 25 Years
John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, told the Tennessee Bankers Association that the book value of Southern wealth has more than doubled in 25 years. He credited the reserve banking system for spurring Southern industry and releasing funds from reserves to support commerce, boosting prosperity.
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Chattanooga
John Skelton Williams
Tennessee Bankers’ Association
South
Voting on shipping bill provisions begins today
Washington May 19 voting on amendments to the administration shipping bill began in the house at 4 o'clock this afternoon after final debate on the measure.
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Washington
House
Adams Fights Chicken Thief in City Duel
L G Adams head of the Automobile Club challenged a thief on Carlin avenue at 1 am after seeing a man with a sack of eight chickens. The thief shot at him and escaped west on Old Shell road, dropping the poultry at the chase. Police report also note six Rhode Island hens stolen from Mrs Scarliff on Espejo street.
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L. G. Adams
Automobile Club
Ford
Adams
Carlin Avenue
Old Shell Road
Mitchel Charges Probe Chief With Treachery
New York May 19 Mayor Mitchel accuses Senator Thompson of treachery to the United States over his probe into police wire tapping amid a munitions contract link. Thompson says the inquiry will continue in executive session. Hardy asserts national interest.
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New York
Mitchel
George F. Thompson
Legislative Committee
United States
Seymour
Thompson
Lamar Hardy
Burns Detective Agency
J. P. Morgan & Co
Hardy
ReWraspe Caaitien
Swann
Seymour & Seymour
Woods
Count Refuses to Pay Gambling Debt in Court Suit
New York May 19 Count Nicholas Riabuchinsky a member of the Russian imperial family and agent for munition purchases filed in supreme court for 45000 dollars lost at roulette. He answered that the only transaction was a roulette game and that losses were gambling and invalid. He had complained to police that he was robbed and the house was not on the square. The house was raided afterward.
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New York
Nicholas Riabuchinsky
Russia
Supreme Court
Nicholas
Timothy McKenna
Cumberland Assembly Elects Its Moderator
Rev. Dr. J. L. Price of Searcy Arkansas was elected moderator at the eighty sixth meeting of the Cumberland Presbyterian church in Birmingham Alabama. The morning session also appointed committees and announced the next meeting place was contested among Jackson Tennessee Lincoln Illinois and Dallas Texas.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. L. Price
Searcy
Ark
General Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Jackson, Tenn
Lincoln
Jil
Dallas
Texas
Life Saving Tests Held By Red Cross Corps
The Life Saving Corps of the Red Cross Society will conduct life saving examinations for several men who have applied for membership. The tests are scheduled for Monday evening at 6 30.
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Life Saving Corps of the Red Cross Society
Two Million in MMP Building Refused Here
Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks Co refused contracts totaling over two million dollars citing lack of shipyards as Mobile loses the business. Meanwhile New Orleans area plans involve two local lumber firms building half a million dollars of ocean barges for Mobile Cuban trade. A New York firm asked Ollinger Bruce to build four 2000-ton ships and self propelled barges 325 feet long with engines and modern systems.
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Ollinger- Bruce Dry Docks Company
Mobile
New Orleans
New York
Ollinger-Bruce Company
Northern Company
Pensacola Lumber Firms Bid on Two Schooners and Barges
Two Pensacola lumber companies offered contracts for two schooners of about six hundred tons each. Smaller shipbuilding bids were refused as Pinto Island's yard lacks capacity and no shipbuilding facilities. Vinegar Bend Lumber Co and Bananas Timber Co targeted near New Orleans for at least two ocean-going barges for Cuba and West Indian trade, with total cost over half a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Dock Company
Pinto Island
Vinegar Bend Lumber Company
New Orleans
Mobile
Cuba
Bananas Timber Company
Shipyard boom spurs talks of new yard startup
Mr. Russell Thompson of the Ollinger Bruce Company says buyers focus on completion speed and cost, as flood of orders for shipbuilding comes from across the country. He notes Mobile capitalists could profit by launching a new yard, needing only a modest initial investment.
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Russell Thompson
Ollinger-Bruce Company
Mr. Thompson
Slightly Warmer Weather Forecast Saturday
The weatherman predicts generally fair and slightly warmer conditions for Saturday after unseasonably cool days. Light northeast to east winds, clear skies, and a cool nationwide trend with frost in Pittsburgh North Dakota Minnesota and northern Michigan. Phoenix led heat turning 90 while Tampa and Miami reached mid 80s.
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Pittsburgh
North Dakota
Minnesota
Michigan
Phoenix
Arizona
Mercury
Tampa
Miami
Excursion Planned To Old Spanish Fort
Members of the Tourist Home Club of Mobile arranged an excursion to Spanish Fort on the eastern shore Saturday afternoon. The bay boat Daphne will carry 100 extra persons on its regular trip tomorrow, leaving Mobile at 8 oclock and returning about 9 30. Many Mobile residents are expected to join to see the famous old fort.
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Elome Club of
Mobile
Spanish Fort
Daphne
Old Fort
Austria Gains Against Italy Amid Stiffer Front Pressure
London dispatch reports Austrian forces push a five mile advance on the Italian front despite stronger resistance. Main effort concentrates in southern Tyrol near Rovereto, threatening Trent. Verdun sees renewed German assaults east of the Meuse as Russia probes treaty implications with Romania.
Vessel Cleared Despite 40 Percent A. B. Seamen Issue
Captain Hagan reported that the Francis M was cleared at Pensacola under special permission after failing to muster 40 percent A. B. seamen. The vessel, which had discharged asphalt at the previous port, faced a threatened libel over lumber carriage to Montevideo. The case involved telegraphic exchanges with Washington and mobile authorities as captains sought sailors from several ports.
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Department of Commerce
Washington
Pensacola
Hagan
Francis M
Montevideo
Mobile Jacksonville
Fate of American Lynch in Dublin Under Censorship and Plea
The fate of Jeremiah C. Lynch, an American convicted in the Irish rebellion, remained unclear as censors withheld word by 11 o'clock. President Wilson made an eleventh hour plea for a stay before midnight, hoping to defer the execution until the American government could investigate.
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New York
Jeremiah C. Lynch
Dublin
Wilson
Lynch
London
No Information at London Embassy on Lynch Sentence
May 19 London says no confirmation yet from higher authorities on Jeremiah Lynch of New York, a consul charged with Irish rebellion complicity. American embassy asked deferment of any death sentence pending government investigation.
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London
Garrarmee Tins
Ireland
Jeremiah Lynch
New York
Shake Up Expected in German Cabinet Report
A Daily Express dispatch from Amsterdam says Germany will undergo a general cabinet shake-up with Herr Von Rathenau set to succeed Dr. Karl Helfferich as imperial treasurer, who is slated for a new post.
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London
Daily Express
Amsterdam
Herr von Rathenau
Karl Helfferich
Petition Drive Aims to Halt Liquor Move After Seizure
In Girard Alabama on May 19 a large force conducted liquor raids, inspecting buildings and sending eight cars with deputies across Russell county. Alabama official M. S. Baughn said large quantities were stored. Petitions urge Governor Henderson to let shipments return to distilleries to avoid ruin, promising to quit the business. Two guard companies remain on duty with no disorder reported.
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Girard
Ala
Russell County
Baughn
Alabama
Ure
Henderson
Chancellor Refuses Injunction on Liquor Seizure
Montgomery May 19 Oscar 8 Lewis chancellor of southeastern division refused to grant injunctions preventing the removal of liquor valued at $500 000 seized by a raiding party for the attorney general's department at Girard Russell county Wednesday. He told Lawrence R. Brown assistant attorney general there was no equity in a joint bill filed by Frank DeGraffenreid attorney of Russell county.
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Montgomery
Oscar 8
Lewis
Southeastern Division
Girard
Russell County
Lawrence RE. Brown
Frank DeGraffenreid
Alabama Moves to Hold Liquor Seizure at Girard
Chancellor Lewis at Tuskegee refused an injunction to stop liquor removal after seizure. Attorney General William N. Martin sent Mr. Brown to Tuskegee. The court found no equity since the bill wasn’t filed in the proper court. The state militia remains at Girard as guard for the liquor pending court rulings.
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Chancellor Lewis
Tuskegee
William N. Martin
Mr. Brown
Lewis
Girard
Raiders Reach Interior of Russell County In Weeklong Mission
Attorney General Martin reports Girard led raid stretching line into Russell county and likely to continue through the week. Impeachment proceedings expected from the wholesale raid as Martin’s desk boots with impeachment papers.
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Martin
Girard
Russell County
Five-Year-Old Girl Draws Florida Democratic Delegates
In Tallahassee on May 193, Florida selected four delegates at large and district delegates to the Democratic national convention by drawing names from slips held by the five-year-old daughter of Attorney General West. The elected at large delegates were Patrick Murphy John Cooper Jr E H Jones and H C Sparkman. The method was chosen due to insufficient time to canvass complete primary returns before the June 6 convention.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
West
State Committee
Patrick Murphy
John ©. Cooper, Jr
E. H. Jones
H.C. Sparkman
Bse
Record repair job on vessel to be done in Mobile
The San Christobal, a Mexican tank steamship, arrives from Puerto Mexico for a major rebuild at Mobile. The fire gutted the hull from stern to aft cofferdam, with repairs estimated at 150000 dollars. The Ollinger Bruce Dry Dock Co. and local firms are set to handle the work, a historic and costly project for the port.
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Mobile
Puerto Mexico
Galveston
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Dock Company
Pearson Oil Company
Officials Hope Senate Expands Navy Building Plan
Washington May 19 Officials say Congress will approve a naval building program despite the House Naval Committee blocking the five year plan and dropping battle cruiser provisions. Officials expect a program including at least two dreadnaughts and four battle cruisers to satisfy leaders.
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House Naval Committee
Washington
Administration
Congress
West
Wilson
Daniels
Kitchin Signals Support for Naval Appropriation Bill
Majority Leader Kitchin stated he would not oppose the naval appropriation bill as drafted by the committee. He described the measure as satisfactory and hinted at speaking in its favor. A House vote was expected next week, though some leaders doubt a vote before the national conventions.
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Kitchin
Kitchen
Naval bill authorizes mixed fleet expansion in 1917
The bill authorizes five battle cruisers and four scout cruisers, plus ten destroyers and twenty submarines, with one hospital ship one oil fuel ship and one ammunition ship. Total appropriation reaches 240 million dollars, the largest naval sum yet proposed. Secretary Daniels laments no full five year plan, expects Senate action to restore battleships. House allies praise the compromise plan amid Democratic support.
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Daniels
Department
Interstate motor vehicle license accepted across states
Washington May 19 A bill to make the motor car license from one state valid in any other state was favorably reported to the house by the interstate commerce committee.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce
Italians and Austrians wage bitter war across lines
Paris dispatch reports heavy Austro-Hungarian naval movement and a planned Austro-Hungarian assault on Avlona while Italians counterattack along the front. One hundred fifty steamers are at Fiume loading munitions for Durazzo protection as the Austrians push toward Avlona.
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Paris
Fiume
Durazzo
Bruck
Avlona
Atlanta Man Brings Down German Flyer in Duel
An Atlanta man shoots down a German aircraft near Weiserkopf as the aeroplane goes in flames. The incident follows air combat reports from the area with the local flyer cited as responsible for the downing.
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Atlanta
Imann
Germans Renew Large Scale Attack on Verdun Front
The war office reports a renewed German assault on Verdun with two divisions opposing French positions at Avecourt and Hill 304 west of the Meuse. Germans seized a small post south of 287 east of Avecourt but failed to capture the north slope fort on Hill 304 that had fallen the day before.
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Paris
Verdun
Avecourt
Meupee
War Office
French and German forces in limited actions along Meuse front
An official report notes infantry fighting largely in the Meuse sector with limited activity east of the river toward the Woevre. It mentions German attacks near Verdun and Sub-Lieutenant Navarre, a famed French aviator, downing his tenth aircraft in a Dolante fight over the Argonne.
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Meuse
Verdun Front
Navarre
Dolante
Argonne
Austrian Troops Press Italian Front With Counter Strokes
Berlin reports Austrian forces push forward on the Italian front. Italian troops resist with vigorous counter strokes as Austrians cross the Luano Valley and seize Costabella in the ongoing advance.
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Berlin
Luan
Costabella
Austrians Advance in Alpine Front Near Roverto
Berlin dispatch reports Austrian forces pushing south and southeast of Roverto with daily progress. Front has moved several miles despite heavy terrain and persistent snow, soldiers ascending and descending cliffs up to four thousand feet within a mile.
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Berlin
Roverto
British Warships Bombard Turkish Fort at El Arish
London May 19 British ships and aeroplanes bombarded the town of El Arish in Egypt near Palestine border. Officials announced the bombardment believed to have destroyed the town. El Arish sits on the coast near the Suez Canal communications route.
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London
el Arish
Palestine
Egypt
French Trenches Taken on Verdun Front by German Report
German war office reports the capture of French trenches on the Verdun front west of the Ducks wood along the Haucourt Esnes highroad. French officers and 120 men were taken prisoner according to the brief London dispatch.
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Bergin
Berlin
London
Haucourt-Esnes
Verdun
German War’ Office
Ducks Wood
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Buenrostro
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Price
Old Spanish Fort
Austria
Italy
Cadorna
Tyrol
Trent
Vienna War Office
Germany
Conftict
Avecourt Wood
Romania
U.S
Senate
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