Germans Ready Postwar Trade Push With Shipbuilding Boom
Hamburg May 30 Albert Ballin war manager of German railroads and Hamburg American says postwar trade will hinge on economic battle with strengthened rivals. He urges freedom in world trade tenants of England must end. Hugo Stinnes and August Thyssen join Vulkan ship works expansion as German shipbuilding revives with orders from Hansa and Roland lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
London
Albert Ballin
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Woermann Shipping Company
Herr Ballin
England
Reichstag
Germany
Weermann Line
Hugo Stinnes
August Thyssen
Vulkan
Bremen
Thyssen
Stinnes
Sinnes
Hansa Line
Roland Line
Iron Mountain Sues Over 23 Million Bonds
In Shreveport Louisiana on a Saturday suit filed by the St. Louis Iron Mountain Railway and B F Bush receiver seeks collection of 23 7 million Texas and Pacific Railroad second mortgage income bonds from 1888 held by Bush as receiver. A receiver for the Texas and Pacific and an injunction are sought to limit net income use to bond payments.
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Shreveport
United States District Court For
Western District
St. Louis, Iron Mountain Railway
B. F. Bush
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Bush
Texas and Pacific
New Orleans
Bankers’ Trust Company
Metropolitan Trust Company
Walker Hill
New York
Bankers’ Truust Company of
Dallas
Iron Mountain
Forfeit ends Havana sewering contract dispute
Havana authorities report Rokeby and Mc Givney forfeited a $500,000 bond to avoid agreeing to an extra $1,500,000 work demanded by the Cuban government. The case concerns the pay ing and sewering project valued above $15,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Messrs. Rokeby and
McGivney
Marse Chan and the Hero of Virginia
The tale follows Marie Chan, born in Virginia, who rejects early romance to join the Confederate army as a private, rises to captain, and dies at the head of his troops after insisting on a homeward future with Miss Anne. His sacrifice is witnessed by a faithful servant who bears his body home.
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Page Four
Marie Chan
Marse Chan
Miss Anne
Virginia
Richmond
Anne
Channing
Providence
Sam
Colonel Chamberlin
Bankers appoint new committees in Alabama association
The Alabama Bankers Association named committees for agriculture warehousing and general legislation. C E Thomas of Prattville was elected president at Pensacola. Members include James Keith Anniston as agriculture chair and Val Taylor Uniontown as general legislation chair. Gaddy bound over for bigamy after a 1914 Talladega marriage and a recent Talladega marriage.
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Montgomery
Als
Alabama Bankers’ Association
C. E. Thomas
Prattville
Pensacola
James Keith
Anniston
Oscar Walls
Birmingham
W. B. Folmar
Troy
Allen Northington
B. W. Pruett
Gadsden
W. M. Baldwin
J. H. Brakeford
Tuskegee
F. M. Moody
Tuscaloosa
Adolph Hohenberg
Wetumpka
E. C. Melvin
Selma
Val Taylor
Uniontown
W. H. Manley
J. W. Little
Mobile
Accident injures Miss Mackie Pettus during fishing trip near Hope Hull
Miss Mackie Pettus of Hope Hull was accidentally shot by Sam Gardner while a party prepared for a day outing near Hope Hull Monday. Gardner had obtained a gun believing game could be killed. The gun fired into the crowd striking Pettus in the lower body. She was brought to Montgomery infirmary where doctors said the injuries are not fatal.
Recorder Fines Three In Tiger Cases
A heavy Tuesday docket in the recorder's court saw six arraigned for violating the prohibition law. Ollie Werneth W D Johnson and William Flannagan were each fined 50 dollars. John Barrett pleaded not guilty and was fined 50 dollars or 50 days after an appeal. Barrett claimed liquor belonged to others, Boltz testimony cited loose room boards. W J McGrath and Patrick Brady were continued. Sam James received 30 days hard labor for stealing six pairs of cocks.
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Recorder’s Court
Ollie Werneth
W. D. Johnson
William Flannagan
Haid
John Barrett
Barrett
Roltz
Kurch
Ludlow
Boltz
W. J. McGrath
Fatrick Brady
John James
Sam James
Bauer
Reiss
Edington
House of Commons backs 15 percent beer output cut
London reports the house of commons passed a second reading on a bill to reduce beer production by 15 percent. New York notes the death of Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Slicer of All Souls' Unitarian Church, a reformer and author. Detroit records the death of Dr. Nathan Jenks, 44, a noted obstetrician. Ottawa logs William Noland Thomas among those wounded in the overseas casualty list. Chicago reports Chief Iron Tail, 65, died on a passenger train near Fort Wayne after a stop in Rushville Nebraska. New York Central Lines head A. H. Smith announced the Eastern Freight Accumulation Conference will dissolve effective May 31.
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London
House of Commons
New York
Thomas R. Slicer
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Ottawa
William Noland Thomas
Buford
Militia Department
Chicago
Iron Tail
Rushville
Neb
Fort Wayne
Ind
A. H. Smith
New York Central Lines
Eastern Freight Accumulation Conference
Teuton Propaganda Smuggled Into American Book Imports
British claim abuses of permits for American educational institutions enabled German scientific texts to be shipped through the blockade line. Complaints mount over non delivery of orders from Germany. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice told Acting Secretary Polk that publishers surreptitiously included war propaganda pamphlets in scientific works, slowing shipments.
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Washington
Germany
Cecil Spring-Rice
Polk
State Department
Senate Clears Way for Political Meet
Washington May 30 The Senate adopted a three day recess from June 3 to June 19 to clear the way for national political conventions. Only bills resolutions and communications from the president will be in order on meeting days. An understanding was reached to dispose of Oregon and California Railroad land grant before June 30. Senator Shafroth failed to move the Philippine bill as unfinished business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Shafroth
Hervey predicts Escambia highway bond will pass
George H. Hervey manager of the San Carlos Hotel in Pensacola Fla is visiting Mobile with his brother C B Hervey He reports that the Escambia county highway bond issue will carry and he expects Redan road development around Pensacola within six months
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George H. Hervey
San Carlos
Pensacola
Fla
Mobile
C. B. Hervey
Cawthon
Does Your Condition Discourage You
An old advertisement promotes Eckman’s Alterative for asthma bronchial and pulmonary complaints after cold symptoms persist. The lime-bearing remedy claims long usage and natural support with no habit forming drugs, sold by R L Braswell and leading druggists, Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
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Eckman
R. L. Braswell
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Japanese raise big floating dock at Tsing-Tau for Sasebo shipment
Tienses May 3 report states the large floating dock sunk by Germany alongside warships near the surrender forts at Tsing-Tau has been raised by the Japanese and will be moved to Sasebo, Japan.
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Tien-Tsin
Tsing-Tau
Sasebo
Japan
Marse Chan and Antebellum Life Reflected in Page Tale
The text recalls Marse Chan and his family graves with Miss Anne nearby and Judy the servant and her husband tending the graves. It then notes Thomas Nelson Page as a leading American short story writer born in 1853 in Oakland Virginia and serving as ambassador to Italy. His story Marie Chan appeared in 1884 and helped shape postwar Southern memory.
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Marse Chan
Miss Anne
Judy
Marie Chan
Thomas Nelson Page
United States
Oakland
Virginia
Washington and Lee University
Richmond
Italy
South
Americas
Lakes
Gulf
Julius W. Muller
Ge-Rar-Dy Tea Promoted As Kidney Remedy
An advertisement claims IGED TEA is bad for kidneys but promotes Ge-Rar-Dy Tea as a cheap herbal medicine from Indian roots. It asserts the tea cleanses blood liver and kidneys and offers a 10 cent package price with free samples from Phil P Crowap Co New Orleans.
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Phil. P. Crowap Co., Ltd
New Orleans
The Nagging Wife
A terse critique of nagging wives: it wastes effort and wrecks marriages while leaving a dissatisfied husband and a broken home in its wake. The piece notes long years of fuss over trivial matters like muddy shoes and dirty sofas, without achieving any lasting reform.
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Neeonelina
Large Timber Deal Consummated in Choctaw County
A timber and saw mill deal of considerable interest has been consummated by the R. F. Darrah Lumber Company of Meridian Mississippi and Thompson Bros. Lumber Company of Climax Alabama. They have taken over about 100 000 000 feet of long leaf yellow pine timber in Choctaw county Alabama lying adjacent to timber now owned by Thompson Bros. Lumber Company.
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R. F. Darrah Lumber Company
Meridian
Miss
Thompson Bros. Lumber Company
Climax
Ala
Choctaw County
New Orleans Jitneys Lie Dead on Decision
New Orleans drivers report more than 300 jitneys halted after a federal court ruling upholding an ordinance requiring a $5 000 bond per car. One driver was arrested and charged with violating the ordinance as streets show the halted fleet this May 30.
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New Orleans
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Abe Martin
Tipton Bud
Bloom Center
W. D
D. R. Gaddy
Court of Appeals
Gaddy
Mattie Reed Ragan
Talladega
Pearl Carden
Miss Carden
Hope Hull
Detroit
Nathan Jenks
Hervey
Beauty
Royal Society
van Antwerp
Mary Page
The
Victim
Hepsey Burke
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