Protest on Rates May Prove Futile in Southeast Rail Tariff
New Orleans and Mobile traffic officials discuss a proposed 10 percent freight rate rise across southeastern terminals. The interstate commerce commission is expected to file the tariff November 24 and implement January 1, amid months of hearings. Despite local protests, railroads argue the commission has already reviewed and accepted the measure, resolving years of long and short haul rate disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mobile
Recommerce Commission
Theodore Brent
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cobb
Brent
No Decision Wednesday on Recall Petition
Judge Browne was indisposed at home and unable to rule in the Alabama case Las Schwarz ex rel. v. Williams seeking to halt actions on a recall petition against the plaintiff. No date for a decision was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel B. Browne
Circuit Court
State of
Alabama
Las Schwarz
Price Williams
Probate Court
Tom Jones Seeks Release In Habeas Corpus Case
Tom Jones filed habeas corpus proceedings in probate court seeking release from the county jail. He was sent to an unspecified institution by the recorder on charges of stealing a watch from Estelle Mallory. The case returns Thursday at 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Jones
Estelle Mallory
Vessels in Port and Harbor Docks Listing
A historic port record lists vessels and docks including Municipal Docks Pier 1 Pier 8 Gun Dry Docks and Harbor repairs. It notes river packets steamers schooners and bay routes with destinations such as Mobile New York Cuban ports Puerto Cortez and Fairhope Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Docks
F. Oo
Las Wlry
Ollinger & Bruce Docks
Gulf Dry Docks
Harbor Harbor
U. 8
N. Docks
Wieasure Bay
Dauphin St
Covseocs
East Side Harbor
River Packets
United Kingdom
New York
Cuban
Puerto Cortez
Germany Demands Belgian Counselor Exit From Brussels
M Deleval a Belgian employed by the United States as counsellor to the legation at Brussels has left Belgium and will not return as Germany has declared him persona non grata. The State Department says he departed and will not resume his post. It remains unclear if the action relates to Edith Cavell case or other legation staff activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. Deleval
United States
Legation
Brussels
Belgium
Germany
State Department
Deleval
Edith Cavell
Costello Fined for Prohi Violation by Judge Chamberlain
Sam Costello was fined $51 or 30 days hard labor for selling whiskey to Deputy Sheriff Packett. He gave notice of appeal with bond set at $200. Also noted: Hays held on assault with attempt to murder. Moore fined for assault and battery. Lindsey Clem mons and Anderson forfeited bonds for gaming. Fire plugs added by waterworks at Southeast Stocking intersections. six inch service line 883 feet costing $731.70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Costello
Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Costello
R. H. Packett
Joe Hays
Illie Moore
Edward Lindsey
Theodore Clemmons
Walter Anderson
Harry Pillans
Waterworks Department
Water Department
Stocking
Church Street
Monroe
Eslava Streets
Bananas Discharged From Norwegian Steamers At Tropical Wharf
Two cargoes of bananas were discharged at the tropical fruit wharf by Fort Gaines of United Fruit Company and Viator of the Chamelecon Line. Wednesday arrivals were the only reports for the day. Seamen applied in large numbers for examinations with local inspectors. The American schooner Georgia D Jenkins sailed for Cuban ports, led by McIntyre Lumber and Export Company. The Tombigbee river packet John Quill arrived with passengers and cargo, to return later in the week. City of Mobile docked from Montgomery and Selma with a heavy cargo and large passenger list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropical Fruit
Fort Gaines
United Fruit Company
Georgia D. Jenkins
McIntyre Lumber and Export Company
John Quill
City
Mobile
Municipal Wharf
Montgomery
Selma
Way Landings
Weather and river forecasts for shipping routes
Moderate temperatures predicted for 36 hour shipments heading north south and east with stable river levels on the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers. A high barometer area drifts east over the eastern half of the U S bringing fair conditions, near freezing temps in the far north and warm days along the Gulf coast as a southeast moving low pressure system adds regional variability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombigbee River
Alabama River
Lower Lake Region
United States
Gulf Coast
New York City
New Orleans
Calgary
Alberta
Modena
Utah
Colorado
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Uniform Health Rules Advocated at Southern Medical Gathering
Dr. D W Jones of Brookhaven Massachusetts urged a unified health code for Southern states at the Southern Medical Association in Dallas involving one commissioner per state and a U S Public Health Service representative. He noted current regulations vary mainly in details and cause confusion among minor officials. A cable from Dallas and Waco physicians to the Vienna Medical College was sent in solidarity with scientists affected by war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Southern Medical Association
D. W. Jones
Brookhaven
Mass
Mississippi
M. E. Faber
I.L. McGlasson
Waco
Vienna Association
River Trade to Open Alabama River for Mobile
Congressman John L. Burnett urged year round navigation on the Alabama river and links to the Coosa valley to boost Mobile. He cited government aid for private projects, 180 miles of upper Coosa already navigated, and 825 miles of potential stream. Oscar L. Gray named to rivers and harbors committee. W P Lay showed Mobile benefits from Coosa river development with maps and a new overview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama River
Coosa
Mobile
Oscar L. Gray
Rivers and Harbors Committee of
Congress
John L. Burnett
Gadsden
Chamber of Commerce
Burnett
Coosa Valley
Rome
W. P. Lay
Mountains
Georgia
Deaths and Funerals Include Mrs Virginia Mountain Smith
Burial of Mrs Virginia Mountain Smith widow of George Washington Smith occurred from Miss Evie Mountain's home at 256 North Joachim Street with Rev A G Richards conducting the service. Magnolia Cemetery laid her to rest amidst floral designs. pallbearers named. Mrs Eula D Kennedy of Nettl eboro Ala died Tuesday night at 8 30 and was to be buried in Sunny South Ala. Travis Weaver, 14 months old son of Mr and Mrs Rip Weaver, died at home in Crichtodp and burial set for Calvert Alabama. Queen mother Elizabeth announces Carmen Sylva as official title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Smith
Virginia Mountain Smith
George Washington Smith
Evie Mountain
North Joachim Street
A. G. Richards
Trinity Episcopal Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs
Joseph Hynde
H. A. Stanton
A. Foreman
Benjamin Vincent
H. B. McMillan
D. N. Browne
Eula D. Kennedy
Eula Davis Kennedy
Nettleboro
Ala
Sunny South
E. D. Peppers
Travis Weaver
Rip Weaver
Crichtodp
Calvert
Washington County
Alabama
Bucharest
Iit
Elizabeth
Carmen Sylva
Satsuma Buttermakers Might Start Creamery
J. G. Shand demonstration farmer for the Southern Railway and the Mobile and Ohio railroad says Satsuma near Mobile has top butter makers and a small creamery could benefit the community. He argues farm failures could have been prevented with better buttermaking and dairying knowledge.
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Satsuma
Mobile
J. G. Shand
Southern Railway
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile creamery plan urged by J Shand for gulf coast
J Shand, a farmer with ten cows, argues a unit creamery can start in Mobile via a winter demonstration farm with the Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway. He contends a community creamery will sustain Mobile against crop or price shocks, and urges Satsuma and other small towns to act now to build local dairies.
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Mobile
Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway
J. Gushand
Gulf Coast
Shand
Mr. Shand
Satsuma
Yoshihito Crowned Emperor of Japan in Kyoto
In Kioto Yoshihito was consecrated emperor with ceremonies including ancestor worship and enthronement. Foreign observers noted the solemn pageantry and Japanese court robes, as crowds filled the streets. The event sparked hopeful omens for the empire’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kioto
Japan
Yoshihito
George W. Guthrie
Post Wheeler
Okuma
Banmai
Empire
November Nuptials Branded By Mobile Weather
A playful Mobilian note proclaims November Nuptials as a cure for the wedding fever among graduates and young couples. It describes a sunny climate recipe and cites scattered regional temperatures from Modena Utah to New Orleans. A neighborly tale closes with a moral about sharing plants, ending with a fair tonight and cloudy Thursday.
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Ashhenberger
Modena
Utah
New Orleans
New York City
Calgary
Mississippi
Russian minister resigns. S V Rukhloff honored
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports S V Rukhloff, minister of communication, has retired. The emperor awarded him the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuter
Petrograd
S. V. Rukhloff
Alexander Nevsky
Hutchison Named Advisory Board Member
Dr. Miller Reese Hutchinson, Edison chief engineer, was named to the naval advisory board in Orange New Jersey. Edison, chairman, had hoped to serve but his hearing difficulty prevented it. Hutchinson becomes his assistant and helped develop telegraphy by touch used in meetings. Hutchinson was born in Mobile Alabama in 1876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
N. J
Miller Reese Hutchinson
Thomas A. Edison
Naval Advisory Board
Edison
Mr. Hutchison
Hutchison
Mr. Edison
Dr. Hutchison
Mobile
Alabama
Divorced Wife Allegedly Kidnaps Children, Florida Claim
Sheriff Holcombe received a letter from R. J. Rogers of Munson Florida alleging his divorced wife, in this city, took their two children last Friday. Rogers says the children were awarded to him in 1911 by Judge Price Williams Jr. through habeas corpus. No warrant accompanied the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Holcombe
R. J. Rogers
Munson
Fla
Rogers
Price Williams, Jr
Court judgments and cases in Tuesday session
Law and Equity Court reports judgments for Peterson and Son versus Willis for land, Forcheimer Grocery versus Zieman Grocery for 332.46, Haskell and Haskell versus Schley for 111.05, and Cleutat versus Hallett Manufacturing on trial. Wednesday carries Patent Vulcar ite versus Richards Buildings Material and others. The Cordelia, 1046 tons, two thousand tons of coal, disappeared near Copenhagen. suspected torpedoing by a British submarine.
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Law and Equity Court
Law Side
Berney
Peterson & Son
Willis Willis
Forcheimer Grocery Company
Zieman Grocery Company
Haskell & Haskell
John T. Schley
Charlotte Cleutat
Hallett Manufacturing Company
Patent Vulcarite Company
Richards Buildings Material Company
Mattie Johnson
Edward Whitehurst
Lott Produce Company
Frank E. Smee
National Kellastone Company
Richards Building Material Company
Vitalitas touted as natural tonic with wide reach
An advertisement extols Vitalitas as a pure natural tonic aiding stomach liver kidneys and blood ailments. It notes shipments to Tipperary Cork and Limerick and claims the product brings relief and cures where medicines fail. Sold at Sutton's drug store and other druggists.
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Tipperary
South
Cork
Limeric
Vitalitas
Sutton
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Maggie
Doatt
Mae Maggie
Missouri
Ole
Stone
Orleans
Think Commission
Zim
Turner Terminals
B. Holabird
Fairhope
Magnolia Beach
Fairhope Direct
Daphne Direct
City of Mobile
Sylvanian
Liverpool
Eng
Mo Fie Liners, Inc
Ps. Clyde
Nor
Faverpool
En Hest Knber
Bee E
Hing
Pietsol Ing
Den
Fss
Portishead
Peuee
Tropics
Calted Fruit Co
United Fruit Co
Viking
South America
Carribean
Southern Line
Ethel Clarke
One
Mobile Coal Company
St. Francis Bt
Room
Morris
ST. Francis Street
A.A. Richards
U.S
Marine News
Columbia
Davis’ Modern Minstrels
Southern
City of
Satsuma Buttermakers
Emperor OF
Weather Well
South Sea Isle
A. Bugg
Gretna
Justice of the Peace
Niagara Falls
Colonel Ashenberger
Rose Gardens
June
Reese Hutchison
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Ital
Pete
Remington
Remington Arms-Union Metallic
Caledworth
Broadway
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