Harbor depth raised to 28 feet in Mobile Channel
Officials led by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Keller and Captain Thomas P. Norville announced that Mobile harbor can eventually support vessels with 28 feet draft instead of 26 feet 6 inches. The Nubian and other ships may load here rather than at New Orleans, a change welcomed by waterfront interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Keller
United States Engineers’ Office
Thomas P. Norville
Mobile Harbor
Mobile Liners, Inc
New Orleans
Kidnapping Case Links Father to Missing Rosa in Colorado
In Denver Colorado police search statewide for ten year old Rosa Nagy who vanished with Steven Fuskas 85 years old who says the girl resembles his dead daughter. Fuskas once coal miner from Holden West Virginia moved to Colorado after tragedy and kept two sons in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver, sColo
Steven Fuskas
Rosa Nagy
Fuskas
Holden
W. Va
Colorado
Detroit
John Nagy
John
Rosa
Nagy
Road Superintendent Fends Off Attack While Removing Fence
Superintendent J. H. Jackson of the road department, with W. H. Walker, cut down a fence blocking the Russell to Lott road. A. F. Leslie had placed the obstruction and was arrested. Jackson says a son of Leslie attacked him and Walker and he used force to subdue the assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Jackson
Road Department
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Russell
Lott Road
A. F. Leslie
Leslie
W. H. Walker
Jackson
Walker
Bowes of I. C. Inspects Mobile Docks
Vice President F B Bowes of the Illinois Central Lines, based in Chicago, visited Mobile on Saturday to inspect docks and railroad terminals. He toured river and yard areas with Receiver W F Owen and W F O Dwyer, praised Mobile County as a fruit growing region, and said orange groves impressed him before returning to Chicago.
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F. B. Bowes
Illinois
Central Lines
Chicago
Mobile
Satsuma
Yarid
W.F. Owen
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Company
W. F. O'Dwyer
Bowes
Mobile County
Mined With Glass Causes Grief to Autoists
County authorities are seeking those who placed a glass and metal trap on the main highway between Norway and Quinnesec. For three miles the road was littered with broken glass nails and old iron. about 500 bottles were used. Dozens of cars were damaged until the road was closed for two days for cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Mich
Son's Jitney Bus Tells Fort Wayne Tale of Banter
May 22 Fort Wayne Ind A boy named Sammy Greenland son of General Manager Greenland of the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company becomes the butt of jokes after a sign on his jitney bus prompts taunts. The incident highlights local Mild humor as the family deals with attention from the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Sammy Greenland
Greenland
Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company
Sammy
Ainner Wayne
Shreveport Wins Southern Commercial Secretaries Meeting Site
Shreveport Louisiana was chosen as the next hosting city for the Southern Commercial Secretaries Association after a tight contest among Raleigh Columbus Baltimore Jacksonville Knoxville Lakeland Selma Norfolk and Roanoke. A. V. Snell of Charleston was elected president for the coming year and F H Andrews of Mississippi was named secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Southern Commercial Secretaries Association
Shreveport
Raleigh
Columbus
Baltimore
Jacksonville
Knoxville
Lakeland
Selma
Norfolk
Roanoke
A. V. Snell
Charleston
S. C
F. H., Andrews
Mississippi
Alabama
W. H., Lounsberry
Arkansas
Carl J. Faber
District of Columbia
Clarence J. Owens
Florida
A. J. Holworthy
Georgia
W. B. Royster
Kentucky
George H. Fox
Louisiana
A. H. Borden
Maryland
R. J. Beacham
R. L. Pritchard
North Carolina
J. C. Forrester
South Carolina
R. W. Holcombe
Tennessee
Texas
J. R. Babcock
Virginia
William A. Cox
West Virginia
C. T. Boykin
Pay Up Week Opens in Colorado to Boost Business
Denver May 22 Pay Up Week opened today in Colorado as the Colorado Committee on Unemployment seeks to urge debtors to pay outstanding obligations to inject money into circulation and spur business. The effort calls for cooperation from employers and civic bodies to end a low mood and restore prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Colo
Colorado Committee On
Boards of ‘County Commissioners
City Health Officer Seeks Fly Traps for Markets
Dr Charles A Mohr city health officer will urge the city commission to buy patent fly traps by Paul Roeder of Montgomery to place at markets and downtown areas to cut fly numbers. The traps were tested in the downtown district Saturday under health board supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Mohr
City Commission
Paul Roeder
Montgomery
Board of Health
All Day Picnic Excursion Leaves Pleasure Bay
The bay steamer Pleasure Bay of the Bay Steamship Company is chartered for an all-day picnic excursion on Sunday by Jack Luscher and B D Hyde. About a hundred people left the city at about 5 AM for Battles Wharf and will return late Sunday afternoon. It opens the summer season at Battles Wharf.
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Pleasure Bay
The
Bay Steamship Company
Jack Luscher
B. D. Hyde
Battles Wharf
Nerviest Woman Attends Harvard Dining Hall Rumpus
The nerviest woman seen in years at Harvard took a seat in the dining hall gallery before 500 diners. Rapping and shouts arose, but she remained unfazed. A flustered waiter told her she caused the stir. she rose, bowed, then calmly surveyed the crowd and departed.
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Harvard
Mess
Boston
Negotiations on Commerce Halt In Diplomatic Row
Washington May 22 The state department said talks among American trade advisers and British commercial envoy Sir Richard Crawford halted over differences. Britain claimed right to supervise cargoes under its order in council, while the U S avoided any implication of such approval. Officials said a gentleman's agreement aimed to permit Americans with German purchases to ship goods via neutral ports by early June.
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Washington
State Department
the Department
Richard Crawford
Bryan
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Robert F. Ross
W. B. Fleming
Department of State
Ross
Fieming
Y. M. C. A. Member Describes Odd Hatchery Claim
Jerome Jackman, a Y M C A member and Sunday school teacher in Minneapolis, says he raised three broods of chickens in his room by placing eggs on a hot water bottle and covering them with a feather duster. He reports a 100 percent profit and asks to be remembered for his faith and role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Jerome Jackman
Young Men's Christian Association
Sir John French Reports Progress to the South
The official press bureau released Sir John French reports progress for the British expeditionary forces in France and Belgium. A violent artillery engagement occurred northeast of Festubert with some infantry fighting. The forces have advanced south of La Quinque Rue. no other front actions reported.
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London
John French
France
Belgium
Festurbert
la Quinque Rue
Leased Wire Briefs From World War I Era
Brief dispatches from multiple cities report a Baker brothers letter 12 000 miles traveling to East Prussia from their mother’s death a Taube bomb over Paris and social scenes around hospital camps Belgian refugees and royal observations in London Amsterdam and other locales report varying attitudes among prisoners and civilians amid wartime shortages and disarray
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John
Edward Baker
East Prussia
Paris
London
London Illustrated
France
Victoria Station
Amsterdam
Pan American Financial Conference to Convene in Washington
The Pan American Financial Conference gathers in Washington this week with delegates from all South and Central American republics. Key topics include inter American banking and trade facilities, Latin loans placement in the United States, and enhanced shipping services between U.S. ports and Latin American ports. The event features figures Ignacio Calderon of Bolivia Octe Zayas of Cuba Aristides Arjona of Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan-American Financial Corference
Washington
South
United
Europe
United States
Ignacio Calderon
Bolivia
Octe Zayas
Cuba
Aristides Arjona
Panama
Memory Lost Chicago Musician Finds Happiness in Mobile
Charles Wengerd, a Chicago musician and choirmaster, suffered aphasia last January and wandered to Mobile. He found aid with A. W. Dean in Orchard, joined a peaceful farming life, and reunited with his wife and two children after memory returned.
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Charles Wengerd
Chicago
Aphasia
Wengerd
Kiily
Oldent Ag
A. W. Dean
Rchard
Mobile
New Orleans, Mobile
Mr. Dean
Mobile County
Salem
Ohio
Jdanusery
Congregational Church
Dauphin
Royal Streets
Wou Ming LO le
Orchard
Dean
Bagpipe Factories Run Day and Night Worldwide Craze
London May 22 For the first time in history Scottish bagpipe plants are operating round the clock from Glasgow reports. English Irish and Indian regiments join the pipe craze with 16 000 pipes daily playing Johnny Cope in Britain at sea or in France. Prices range 35 to 45 dollars and demand exceeds supply.
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London
Glasgow
Britain
France
Wedding Shielding Crap Game Raid in Eureka Texas
In Eureka Texas on May 22 eleven Black men were accused of using a wedding as cover after a constable spied them gaming. The leader claimed they slept sound after attendance, but investigators found alleged deception and a hidden craps game in progress.
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Eureka
Tex
Mistah
Eastern Front Battles Rage Across San and Narew
Russians claim gains along the San left bank with four villages captured and a fifth contested while one town on the right bank is taken. Berlin cites no clear advance as Vienna reports slow offensive. Narew actions see Germans using poison gas. Kielce retreat continues. Paris notes British repulse near La Bassée with heavy fighting. Ablain house to house fighting advances. Turkish Gallipoli reports clash reversals contested by Cairo.
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San
Carathian
Petrograd
Berlin
Vienna
Narew
Retopat
Kielce
Paris
la Bassee
French
Festubert
la Quinquerue
Ablain
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
Cairo
Complete Dixie Highway plans outlined by regional commissioners
Chattanooga May 22. Fourteen Dixie Highway Association commissioners defined the Chicago to Miami route with eastern and western paths. Western route goes Chicago Indianapolis Louisville Nashville Chattanooga Atlanta Macon Tallahassee Jacksonville St Augustine Palm Beach Miami. Eastern route parts from Indianapolis to Chattanooga then Dalton and Mason joining the west. Segments to Jacksonville to be chosen within ninety days and all road work must be built within a year. Officers named include Co. E. James president W. R. Long secretary treasurer W T Anderson vice president Macon M M Allison Tennessee and G W Saxon Florida.
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Chattanooga
Dixie Highway Association
Chicago
Miami
Indianapolis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Lexington
Knoxville
Nashville
Atlanta
Macon
Tallahasse
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Palm Beach
Daytonville
Dalton
Mason
Co. E. James
W. R. Long
W. T. Anderson
Georgia
M.M. Allison
Tennessee
G. W. Saxon
Florida
Dallas Labels Its Eggs Four-Legged Chick Appears
Dallas, May 22. The city promotes its eggs under the Dallas Selects label. A four legged chicken, from a setting egg, appeared, owned by J B Addington. The creature is normal except for its extra limbs.
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Dallas
Tex
J. B. Addington
Mobilization of Army and Fleet Declared by Rome
A royal decree announces that from May 23 a state of war exists in Italian provinces including Brescia Verona Vicenza Padua and Ferrara and in Adriatic islands and coastal towns. Public response is enthusiastic with mobilization of army and navy under wartime ministerial orders.
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Rome
Sonirlo
Brescia
Verona
Vincenza
Belluno
Udine
Venise
Treviso
Padua
Nantua
Farrara
Adriatic
Teuadey
Italy
Condi Brescia
Vicenz Adins
Venuzia
Pa ‘Mantua
Ferrara
Vienna
of Avarna
Austria
United States
Poxon
Foreign Office
Comenino
Prince von Buelow
Forecast Shows Fair Weather for Four Southern States
Washington dispatch reports a weekend forecast for Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi calling for fair conditions on Sunday and Monday.
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Washington
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Lost Items Ad Listing With Rewards and Locations
Classified notes report several lost items including a gold pen with initials S H T, a gold dollar pin, a black hound with white chest and tail tip, a lemon and white pointer, and a pair of eyeglasses with tortoise shell rims. Items are tied to locations such as Prichard car routes, Cedar North and South Carolina streets, Government loop, Dauphin and Royal streets. Rewards offered for returns to listed contact persons.
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Cedar
North and
South Carolina
Mamie Burgess
E. Jackson
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