Women Suffrage Defeated in Three Eastern States
Election returns show majorities against woman suffrage amendments in New York Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Republicans gain a New York congressman Massachusetts governor and seats in New Jersey Ohio statewide vote rejects prohibition while Democrats win in Maryland and Philadelphia mayoral contest.
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New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Congress
Maryland
Legislaire
Kentucky
Augustus O. Stanley
Edwin P. Morrow
Mississippi
Samuel W. Metall
David I. Walsh
Philadelphia
Thomas B. Smith
New Jersey
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Charles Milroy
Toledo
Toledo Railways & Light Company
Detroit
Seagoing Blind Tigers Alarm Biloxi Officials
Biloxi area sheriffs and county officials plan action against seagoing blind tigers they say have operated along the gulf coast for months. They report liquor dealers from New Orleans use power boats to ferry large quantities to Biloxi and other towns, selling to locals along the route.
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Biloxi
Miss
Gulf Coast
J. C. Elmer
New Orleans
Gulf
Crescent City
Eight Thousand Bales of Cotton Lost in Augusta Fire
At Riverside compress in Augusta Georgia a blaze destroyed or badly damaged about eight thousand bales of cotton and nearby houses. Loss nears $100 000 with insurance on both cotton and compress. Fireman Spivey missing feared dead. another firefighter injured.
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Augusta
Spivey
Fire Destroys Ten Thousand Bales of Cotton in Brooklyn Warehouse
A fire at the New York Dock Company warehouse on the East River in Brooklyn destroyed about ten thousand bales of cotton late last night. The loss is estimated at $100,000 and firemen say spontaneous combustion likely started the blaze, which threatened nearby warehouses containing nearly 100,000 bales of cotton bound for export.
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New York
New York Dock Company
East River
Brooklyn
Women’s votes aid wets to win in Illinois towns
Chicago November 3 Beardstown and Mounds two wet towns among eleven in Illinois where local option elections were held yesterday voted to continue wet. The women’s vote proved a surprise to anti saloon forces in Beardstown piling up a considerable majority in favor of saloons. In nine dry towns two Percy Willisville voted to let saloons return.
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Chicago
Beardstown
Mounds
Illinois
Percy
Willisville
Typhoon Sweeps Southern Luzon Heads for Manila
A violent typhoon moving toward Manila devastates southern Luzon where last month’s storm killed nearly 200 and caused about 1 million dollars in damage. Two coast guard vessels sounded but crews were saved.
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Manilla
Luzon
Manila
Fairfax Harrison to Reach Mobile Tonight
Fairfax Harrison president of the Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway together with H B Spencer and E H Coopman of the Southern Railway arrive in Mobile on a special train Wednesday night at 9 30 to inspect the Mobile and Ohio main line. They remain until Thursday night at 9. Cotton Exchange officers were elected with LeBaron Lyons president and H G Grimley vice president.
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Fairfax Harrison
Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway
H. B. Spencer
The
Southern Railway
E. H. Coapman
Southern
Washington, D. C
Mobile
Mobile and Ohio
R. V. Taylor
E. C. Rendell
C. B. Hayes
Cotton Exchange
Mobile Cotton Exchange
LeBaron Lyons
H. G. Grimley
Winston Jones
E. D. Ledyard
H. E. Upton
M. D. Kahn
Henry Hall Clarke
Estes D. Baker
F. M. Ladd
R- P. Pope
Briand vows France will fight to end for victory
Paris November 3 Premier Briand declares France will not sign a peace treaty until victory is secured and durable guarantees are obtained. He outlines a national program of unified effort using all public services, pledges accountability, and emphasizes closer allied coordination and continued resistance against Germany. The premier affirms France and allies will press on to the end.
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Paris
France
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Chamber
Joffre
Italy
England
Balkans
Germany
Bethlehem Steel Shares Dip After Opening Rally
Bethlehem Steel opened at 465 and surged briefly before sliding to 441 and then 425 1 2. The stock later traded around 425 as weakness dominated, well off its October 22 high of 600.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Weather forecast for Mobile and Washington regions
Fair and slightly cooler tonight with Thursday partly cloudy and warmer conditions. Alabama and Mississippi forecast features fair skies tonight, cooler in extreme south portions, and light northeast to east winds.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Villa Abandons Agua Prieta Attack and Withdraws
General Villa, driven by hunger and lack of ammunition, begins withdrawing his army from the Agua Prieta field. About 1,500 on his right wing guard Anavacuchi pass as Villa heads southwest to water and supplies. Casualties include 336 dead on the field and 125 for Calles, with 70 wounded.
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Duglas
Ariz
Villa
Agua Prieta
Anavacuchi Pass
Hender
Gallardo Pass
Carranza
Calles
Walles
Sua
Washington
Douglas
War Department
Harry J. Jones
11Th Infantry
Steve Nagy
15Th Infantry
Edward Tank
Michael Burger
7Th Infantry
Ollie E. Widden
Frank Dudley
Cook 8Th Infantry
Walter Mays
Funston
Arbalejo
Wilson
Garrison
White House
Nogales
Mobile graduate nurses elect officers at annual meeting
At the Medical Society Hall this afternoon at 3 o'clock the Mobile graduate nurses will hold their annual meeting with the election of officers as the main business.
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Ree
Medical Society Hall
Italy claims gains along Carlo and Ilonzo fronts
War dispatches report Italian advance on the Carlo and Ilonzo fronts as Austro German lines retreat. Fort Hansel near Malborghetto is bottled up with Italian artillery dominating Pontafel to Tarvis. French troops reportedly land at Kavala and Serbian fortifications at Kragujevac are destroyed. Roumania may join the Allies after 500,000 troops land.
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Udine
Paris
Hansel
Malborghetto
Pontafel
Tarvis
Landing of French Troops Reported at Kavala in Balkan Front
Sofia telegram to Berlin reports French troops landing at Kavala on the Greek coast and potential link with Bulgarian fronts near Krivolak and Strumitza. London calls this a materialization of Asquith's aim to secure Serbian independence. rumors of Monastir and Serbian retreat are denied by official sources. Austro German and Bulgarian forces press in northern and western Serbia and eastern Bulgaria, with about 150,000 German troops, while Serbian defenses yield ground.
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London
Kavala
Sofia
Berlin
Krivolak
Strumitza
Balkans
Asquith
Serbia
Great Britain
France
Balkan
Monastir
Vienna
Young Baldwin farmers push for better livestock and science in agriculture
Hough and Randall of Robertsdale Baldwin county arrive in Mobile to purchase Shorthorn cattle and plan Duroc Jersey hogs. They promote a new era of farming, stressing education and scientific methods to boost profits and modernize Baldwin farms. Hough owns 240 acres and aims to expand stock near Robertsdale.
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Baldwin County
Hough
Tom Randall
Robertsdale
Mobile
Mr. Hough
Baldwin
Mobile County
Man Killed in Royal Street Shooting by Edward Roche
Thomas L. McMahon city employee was shot at 10:30 Tuesday night near Conti and Royal streets by Edward Roche after a sidewalk altercation. Roche, arrested and held without bond, faced murder arraignment and a Friday hearing. Witnesses described a quick, violent slaying as McMahon fled into a poolroom where a fatal second shot ended his life.
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Thomas L. McMahon
Edward Roche
Conti
Royal
Roche
Edington
Bing
N. R. Clarke
McMahon
Jeff Pierce
Central Station
Royal Street
0. H. Harris
Mobile
City Street Department
Union
Great Prosperity Ahead Says McAdoo
Secretary McAdoo, returning from a Pacific coast trip, predicted the United States has entered the greatest era of prosperity in its history. He cited strong industrial and commercial activity, confidence in business, and growth in foreign trade as evidence of America's strengthening economy.
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Washington
McAdoo
Pacific Coast
United States
Notable deaths and assorted 1915 political updates
Isaac Leopold Rice, known as a lawyer, manufacturer and author, dies suddenly at 66 in New York. In Greenville, S C the American Cotton Manufacturers Association votes to hold its 1915 meeting in Atlanta. Macon Ga banker M M Lowry is convicted in federal court on three counts of making false entries. Capetown steamer British Prince ashore on Possession Island but considered not in immediate danger. Chicago reports half of a 200000 fund to lure the party conventions to the city. Washington Army general George M Sternburg, Civil War veteran, dies at home at 77.
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New York
Isaac Leopold Rice
Greenville
S. C
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Atlanta
Macon
M. M. Lowry
Americus (Ga.) National Bank
Capetown
Luderitzbucht
George M. Sternburg
McMahon Funeral to be Held Thursday Afternoon
Thomas L. McMahon entered into rest on November 2, 1959. Friends are invited to attend the funeral Thursday afternoon from his late home at Bay Avenue and Harris Street in Oakdale and from St Matthew's Catholic Church at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in the Catholic cemetery.
Lost items scattered through local notices
Lost small black and white female hound described with tan specks over eyes contact F G Mitternight Toulminville Bell 653 W. Lost black purse shaped like handheld bag with contents and reward contact A J Touart 334 National City Bank Building. Lost fox terrier puppy at Spring Hill avenue and Ann street owner contact Hall Bell 3735 1. Lost gold bar breastpin with diamond center reward if returned to 103 8 Cedar Street. Lost one lady’s purse on streetcar possibly contains a man’s watch contact S Aldridge at Van Antwerp’s and reward.
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A. J. Touart
National City Bank
Spring Hill Avenue
Ann Street
Ob Hall
Bell
Cedar Street
S. Aldridge
van Antwerp
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Tive
New York New York
Greater
Alfred E. Smith
Edward Swann
New York County
James Cropsey
Kings
Republan
Elmer
Boston
Mass
Victor D. Papineau
Webster
Worcester Probate Court
Curtis Wmery
Emery
Solomon
Mugh
Range
Carlo
Ilonzo
Fortifi
War Office
von .Hindenburg
Swenton
Ilsen Lakes
Amsterdam
Greece
von Buelow
Prince von Buelow
Switzerland
Madrid
Montenegro
Kragujevarz
Thos. L. M’mahon
Edward
Thos
Marons
Madoo
F. G. Mitternight
Toulminville
Burke’s
Dauphin
Royal Streets
Steiner's
Xu Road
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