Baldwin Plans 10 greet scouts for Old Spanish Trail
Baldwin prepares to greet ten scouts for a ceremony on the Old Spanish Trail starting Wednesday afternoon.
16 Nov 1915
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1915
Page
1
Baldwin prepares to greet ten scouts for a ceremony on the Old Spanish Trail starting Wednesday afternoon.
The Old Spanish Trail convention executive committee states it has not chosen any route. It will decide at Mobile on December 10 and 11 after considering community input and the scout car trip report. No specific road is favored. communities must present the issue for the convention.
Fairhope Baldwin county communities plan to welcome the old Spanish Trail scout car Wednesday evening. James A. Emmett explains the project to boosters, outlining roads plans linking Mobile, Baldwin and West Florida groups. Forty-two cities west of New Orleans are being informed of the convention and its role in the national highway movement.
Captain Moller of the Vinland filed a report from Copenhagen claiming a British warship ordered the Danish vessel to halt and trailed it within the three mile limit off the New Jersey coast. Separate notices report a currency call to national banks and a Thanksgiving recess for the U S Supreme Court.
The item features Sudre Dartiguenove flanked by Haiti's cabinet and bodyguard with Rear Admiral W B Caperton, seen as the de facto ruler, and Haiti's foreign minister Borno Down in a state carriage scene.
President Wilson intends to draft his address this week focusing on national defense and suggested revenue to fund it. He will also endorse conservation measures and the Philippine bill, with cabinet discussions guiding the final recommendations and timing for release of cabinet reports.
The Japanese steamer Iro, taken into Saigon Bay by a French cruiser, was suspected of carrying arms to mutineers in India. A man aboard, claiming American nationality, had no passport and appeared to be a former German consul in China.
Chief of Police G. M. Van Liew states a crusade against cyclists who ride on streets without lights or proper tagging will be pursued. The move targets improving street safety and regulatory compliance amid ongoing municipal efforts.
Roger B. Wood says four defendants reported to a fifth man directing German bomb conspiracies in U S. waters. Fay and Scholz file demurrers challenging the indictment as to violations of federal law. Other defendants Kiensele Breitung Bronkhorst plead not guilty as trial schedules loom.
The twenty fifth reunion of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons in Mobile conferred thirty three degrees on Tuesday and will continue with the fifteenth and sixteenth on Tuesday night and the thirty second on Friday morning. Committees include Executive T M McMillan and James L Cawthon, Reception H M Price and others, with many named members from Selma, Stieberry, Brewton and Minette assisting.
Professor Michael Pupin of Columbia University, Serbia's honorary consul general, told the National Academy of Sciences he will not reveal a receiver that eliminates static in wireless telegraphy until the war ends. He reported the experiment's completion, claiming the device could enable global wireless communication and record only desired sound waves.
The Alumni Association of Spring Hill College meets tonight in Parlor B of the Battle Hise at 1 30 posting a large attendance as important matters are to be discussed.
Reports from London and Rome say Bulgarian forces have renewed a fierce offensive in central Macedonia threatening Serbia and its allies. Tetovo is contested while Bulgarians push toward Pristina and Monastir, with Monastir again at risk as French and British reinforcements arrive. Greece's stance remains uncertain amid potential border tensions. On the Galician front Russians concede ground near the Styr forts but dispute a retreat across the river, with questions about Czartorysk and the Kovel Sarny line lingering.
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener discusses possible Egyptian attacks with British officials in the Near East. Greece is pressed for guarantees as troops move to form a new Balkan front. Front activity includes French withdrawal near Gradisce and Bulgarian advances toward Monastir with diplomatic moves to Scutari.
Forecast for Alabama Fair tonight and Wednesday with freezing interior temperatures and light southeast winds. Mobile shows fair conditions with a light frost likely tonight and warmer temperatures Wednesday, minimum around 39 degrees.
The Mobile Winter Land Show dazzled more than a hundred rail travelers from the North and East with exhibits of Mobile country products. L C Irvine opened the event, highlighting climate advantages and the show as a tourist clubhouse. Demonstrations by Fairhope Wilmer and Choctaw county impressed agents who praised Choctaw’s 172 varieties from a four acre farm.
In St. Xavier's chapel at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine New York Clairborne Foster descendant of Lydia Boggs wed Lieutenant James McDowell Cresap U S N Cresap an Vera Cruz landing party two years ago Miss Cresap was a young actress in Abe and Mauriss.
The scene centers on ticket agents and city officials reacting to the cold snap described as the season's coldest day. M Bailey notes the Norther city passenger agents group, while local voices reiterate typical winter warnings despite weather bureau data confirming record cold late last night.
A group of over 100 passenger agents and their companions arrived by train at Louisville and Jeffersonville station for a Mobile winter show welcome. Officials from Mobile’s Chamber of Commerce greeted them at Bienville Square before a warm breakfast and a tour highlighting Mobile’s sunny climate, Bemville Square beauty, and the Open Winter Land Show.
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