Allies seize nine warships in bold but vague raid
German front reports persist with renewed troop arrivals in Flanders as trains haul 15 000 fresh forces to Belgium. Observers note conflicting moves between Brussels and Liege while battles rage from Ypres to Arras with bayonet assaults and heavy losses on both sides.
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Flanders
Hasselt
Belgium
Paris
Fatherland
Brussels
Liege
Krupp
Ostend
Bordeaux
Marne
Bord
Cambrai
le Quesnoy-en-Santerre
Aix Noulette
Albert
Thiepval
Alles
Vailly
Aisne
Meuse
Stremi
Ypres
Arras
Highteenth
Frankfort
Coblenz
Hanover
Beaurains
Tilloy
St. Laurent de Blangy
Calais
Dixcoote
Wytchaete
Messines
Armentiers
Lille
Dixmude
Yser
Grand Crown of
Nancy
Lens
Louis E Rayfield Sets Oyster Counter at Battle House
Louis E Rayfield now runs the oyster counter of the Battle House Grill Room. He owns oyster beds at Coden and receives fresh oysters daily. Drop in and try a dozen on the half shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Rayfield
Battle House
Coden
Court docket cleared after fifty years praised in Mobile
The first time in fifty years the court docket was cleared and Mobile greeted the news with congratulations. Judge Ander son of Demopolis in Marengo county is regarded as a friend of Mobile. The Ogburn Griffin Company vs Orient Insurance Company recalls a store collapse at alley and Water street with insurers except Orient settling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Anderson
C. J
E. I. Howard
Thomas J. Brannan
Mocireuit Court
State of Alabama
Mo. and Ohio Railroad Company
Ap Y
Mobile Chancery Court
af‘Gardner
Ogburn-Griffin Grocery Company
Orient Insurance Commy
Mobile Circuit Court
W. H. Brunner
Mobilert Lumber Company
Circuit Court
E. G. Rike
McHugh & m
Mobile Law
Graffenreid
Mobile Light and “i Company
Edward Hughes
Mobile Law and Equity
Walker Garrow
Leb Toxey
Mobile It
Reid
J. P. Watters
Mobile
Demopolis
Marengo County
Ogburn-Griffin Company
Orient Insurance Company
Alley and
Water Street
Orient
Mobile official to tour eight counties for tax reform leagues
E. T. O Connor, field representative of the Mobile County Tax Reform League, will leave Monday to visit Washington Choctaw Clarke Marengo Wilcox Monroe Conecuh and Escambia counties. He will organize bodies like the one in Mobile in Chatom Butler Thomasville Demopolis Camden Monroeville Evergreen and Brewton. Tax Leagues in Birmingham Montgomery and Selma are reorganizing surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County Tax Reform League
E. T. O’connor
Washington
Choctaw
Clarke
Marengo
Wilcox
Monroe
Conecuh
Escambia
Mobile
Mr. O’connor
Chatom
Butler
Thomasville
Demopolis
Camden
Monroeville
Evergreen
Brewton
Birmingham
Montgomery
Selma
Great Grief Over British Dog Law for Refugees
Dover November 7 English dog import rules force six month quarantine at entry points with no waivers causing distress among Belgian refugees. Many saved pets during wartime escape but faced separation when reaching Folkestone or Dover, with some forced to abandon or drown animals to avoid long quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
England
Folkestone
Ostend
Belgium
Russians Break Through Austrian Lines Near Cracow
Russian forces press toward Cracow halting Austrian movements as they push toward the Carpathians. The front line is strained with 20 572 Austrian and German prisoners taken in ten days ending November 4 including officers, cannons, and ordnance.
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Cracow
Carpathians
Emselves
Hungary
Sieradz
Russian Poland
Warthe River
Kalisz
Galicia
Russian
Poland
Richmond Subscribes Its Share Of Cotton Loan Fund
Virginia business men subscribed more than the quota to the cotton loan fund. Richmond’s portion of the four and a half million dollars was oversubscribed in forty seven minutes, with the Nat noting the rapid response from the Richmond delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Navy chiefs press for four battleships a year and bigger fleet
A large portion of the naval board led by Admiral Dewey backs Meyer’s call for five monster battleships, with four a year seen as necessary to keep the U S in a top tier. Secretary Daniels may trim to two as congress debates the plan while the army outlook remains under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
General Naval Board
Admiral Dewey
Meyer
Congress
Naval Board
Navy
Daniels
General Board
Gardner
Massachusetts
United States
Mexico
War Department
Wood
Legislators Oppose Special Session On Cotton Settlement
The court may set a price between nine and 10.82 cents per pound for cotton damages, with the average 10.32 cents cited as the earlier maximum. The Pell interests argued liquidation at the maximum, while the court will weigh objections and evidence before final settlement. Liverpool May-June futures ranged 4.39 to 4.84 pence per pound with spot up two points. 724,000 bales total stocks, 442,000 American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Jumps $2 a Bale in New Orleans
Initial trading in the Liverpool exchange lifted cotton prices in New Orleans by $2 a bale and spurred the New Orleans Cotton Exchange to expect futures trading to resume by November 16. Contracts rose 16 points on the England news as members crowded the ring and reports covered active transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Liverpool Exchange
Liverpool
Forthcom
Girl Detained in Mississippi Over Baby Left on Doorstep
An 18-year-old girl, detained in Roxie Mississippi, is alleged to have deserted a two weeks old baby on a doorstep. She was arrested at Kirby near Roxie and gave the names Mrs Smith and Mise Bond before later admitting the baby is hers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxie
Mississippi
Mises
Kirby
Fruit Grower with Bad Checks Jailed for Orange Barter Scam
Mobile police arrested J L Jennings dubbed the bogus check man after forging and cashing bad checks to finance a Florida orange racket. W C Lott aided Chief Crenshaw to trap the seller who claimed ties to Florida orange growers and a 20 acre grove, with earlier exploits in Montgomery Cincinnati St Louis Cleveland and Miami. Jennings faces trial for a $39 bad check and is sought in Montgomery.
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J. L. Jennings
Montgomery
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Cleveland
Miami
Fla
Pitcher
Mobile
Jennings
Crenshaw
W. O. Lott
Florida
Mr. Lott
Mobilian
Chief Crenshaw
Cincinnati Packer
Lott
D. P. Jennings
Largo
Jennings Is Badly Wanted In the Cities Named Is Not Doubted By Chief Crenshaw
Bankers
Arkansas Rejoins Southern League As Litt le Rock Franchised
Gomerians failed to retain the Litt le Rock franchise and Arkansas returns to the Southern League. R G Allen named manager of the Litt le Rock team. The Mobile Baseball Association’s new president attended the first meeting since his induction. Theo K Jackson of Mobile and B A Anrew s of Chattanooga named to the 1915 schedule committee. The Southern Association meeting was harmonious aside from ousted Billiken defenders.
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Gomerians
Arkansas
R. G. Allen
Little Rock
Mobile Baseball Association
Theo K. Jackson
Mobile
B. A. Anarews
Chattanooga
Southern Association
Billiken
Montgomery After Sallie Franchise Loss Hints at Return
Montgomery may still field a baseball team next season despite losing the Southern League franchise. Fans discussed entering the South Atlantic League by purchasing the Columbia franchise, while disappointment grew over the sale of the Montgomery franchise to Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Columbia
Little Rock
Football Results Southern and Eastern Caps Collage Scores
A long list of college football scores from Southern and Eastern divisions. Notable results include Clemson 35 over Georgia 3, Harvard 20 over Princeton 0, Army 20 over Notre Dame 7, Purdue 40 over Kentucky State 6, Michigan Agricultural 21 tied Union 21, Missouri 32 over Drake 6.
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Southern
Tech
Auburn
Arkansas
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Sewanee
Alabama
Clemson
Georgia
North Carolina
Va. M. L
Virginia
St. Johns
South Carolina
Wakeforest
Mississippi College
Mississippi
Tulane
Roanoke College
Gallaudet
Bingham
Kings College
Washington and Lee
Swarthmore
Henderson Brown
Southwest
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Brown
Cornell
Franklin and Marshall
Washington and Jefferson
Pittsburg
Williams
Wesleyan
Lehigh
Penn State
Navy
Fordham
Army
Notre Dame
Lafayette
Mulenberg
Dartmouth
Tufts
Colgate
Rochester
Carlisle
Holy Cross
Syracuse
Rutgers
Georgtown
Union
New York University
Westminster
Carnegie Tech
Johns Hopkins
Gettysburg
Town
Northwestern
Ohio State
Indiana
Purdue
Kentucky State
Earlham
Rose Poly
Michigan Agricultural
Missouri
Drake
Case
Kenyon
Ames Again Elected Mayor of Ocean Springs
In Ocean Springs Mississippi the municipal primary produced W T Ames as mayor with 81 votes over W E Kilson 44. L Tardy won the marshal post 73 to BEL Armstrong 49, with other race results: Clerk W S Davis 68, James Lynch 53, Alderman at large A J Catchet 103, First Ward Frank E Schmidt 30 over E S Davis 22, Second Ward Tom Murphy 13 over W S Vancleave 12, Third Ward George L Friar 15 over Adolph Weider 13, Fourth Ward J D Minor 10 over Dr J J Bland 7. The contest was close but orderly with nearly full turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Springs
Miss
W. T. Ames
W. E. Kilson
L. Tardy
Bel. Armstrong
W. 8. Davis
James Lynch
A. J. Catchet
Frank E. Schmidt
E. S. Davis
Tom Murphy
W. S. Vancleave
George L. Friar
Adolph Weider
J. D. Minor
J. J. Bland
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Syn Arel
Alabama Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Na
County of
City of
Umits
iGovernor’s
Wison
L. S. Betty
Brooks Smith
B. B. Comer
B. M
Louisville and Ville Railroad
of Watters et al _ Lyons Closed
J. Percy Watters
H. T. Hart
City Cou-Er
Pat J. Lyons
Watters
Lyons
J. T. Smith
Mobile Light and Pad Company
Spring Avenue
Item Avenue
Nober
McAlpine
Smith
Tours
E. T. O'Connor
South Alabama
Sig
Nature
W. C
Chief Cren
Shaw
Sallie
McCowan & Dietz
Dauphin Street
Kabo
Panama
Sins Ribot Union OO
Ern
Louisiana
Industrial
Centenary
Christian
Austin
Texas
Haskell Indlang
Eastern
Mobile Truck & Draying Co
Adams ST
Bell
J. Barry, JR
Spring Hill Avenue
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