Bank Bookkeeper Campbell Arrested In $56 000 Embezzlement Case
M B Campbell bookkeeper at First National Bank Montgomery Alabama arraigned on a federal charge for false entry to defraud on November 3 1914 held to grand jury in ten thousand dollars bond. Reported that funds passed over twelve years and may have financed a suburban project Bungalow Town with possible confederate or fictitious name involved. Further arrests expected as scrutiny continues.
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Montgomery
Ala
M. B. Campbell
First National Bank
Campbell
A. S. Woolfolk
Serious FFEGTO of War Affects U S Business
Washington officials say the worst effects of the war on American business seem past. Restored confidence, rising European demand for U S food, and a surge in orders for army supplies have flooded factories. Including ammunition orders, total business may exceed 200 million dollars. Factories operate at near capacity to meet demand.
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Washington
Europe
Britain Declares North Sea Closed to Neutral Vessels
In the House of Commons Premier Asquith said the British government will declare the whole North Sea a war zone with neutral vessels at risk of detention as prisoners of war. Oil and copper will be contraband of war and measures follow. Lloyd George urged a new beer tax of seventeen shillings three pence per barrel. Germany continues a persistent offensive in Flanders amid uncertain wider outcomes.
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Associated Press
London
Asquith
House of Commons
North Sea
Bou of Tanets
Rime
David Lloyd-George
Cracow in Flames as Forces Fight Besieging City
Dispatches report Cracow besieged with inhabitants fleeing as Russian advances and Austrian efforts clash. Letters claim 40 000 Austrian dead in a single day in Galicia while Vienna asserts successful rear guard actions near Valievo and halted enemy occupation near the village.
Bank bookkeeper arrested for embezzlement in Montgomery
M B Campbell head bookkeeper of the First National Bank of Montgomery was arrested on embezzlement charges. An official bank statement says the defalcation totals 58558.62 and the bank directors will replenish the loss. Campbell, jailed in county custody, confessed in a cell statement that thefts began twelve years ago and escalated as he tried to recover.
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Montgomery
Ala
M. B. Campbell
First National Bank
A. M. Baldwin
Campbell
Prince of Wales Goes to the Front in France
London dispatch reports the Prince of Wales crossing from Folkestone to Boulogne and joining Field Marshal French. His voluntary service since August 4 and assignment to the Grenadier Guards are noted. The move is praised as a morale boost for British and French troops.
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Prince OF Wales
France
Associated Press
London
Boulogne
Daily Chronicle
Folkestone
French
Grenadier Guards
Board at Capital Refuses Solvent Credit Levy
Montgomery board of revenue refused the state tax commission solvent credit assessment of 90000 on Durr Drug Company, a leading Montgomery wholesale house. Judge Tyson advised the board, which unanimously disallowed the commission's assessment claiming it would be double taxation for six months.
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Montgomery
Ala
Board of Revenue of
State Tax Commission
Durr Drug Company
John R. Tyson
Alabama Supreme Court
John W. Durr
Board of Revenue
The
Tax Commission
Tennessee at Vurra stops Turkish indignities
An Athens dispatch reports the American warship Tennessee arriving at Vurla Asia Minor and halting ill treatment of British French and Russian residents. Smyrna authorities fled inland fearing bombardment as the garrison there is listed at 35 000 Turkish soldiers.
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Associated Press
Paris
Athens
Havasgency
Tennessee
Vurla
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Decree Orders Resale Of Launch Urania In Brinkman Suit
In federal court Judge H. T. Toulmin presiding, the Brinkman et al case against Launch Urania resulted in a decree setting aside the prior sale and ordering a new resale of the launch.
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United States District Court
H. T. Toulmin
Brinkman, Et al
Launch Urania
Norwegian Steamer Stavangeren Arrives with Bananas
One vessel, the Norwegian steamer Stavangeren, 606 tons, Loxik master, from Puerto Cortez Hon., entered the customs house Tuesday with 18 000 bunches of bananas aboard.
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Stavangeren
Loxik
Puerto Cortez
Hon
Germans Annihilated In Northern France Assault
London reports describe brutal fighting near Ypres amid continuous rain. A German regiment of 3,000 attackers attacked at 310 yards, was checked, pressed, then annihilated after repeated advances, with only a third of its force surviving to withdraw.
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Ypres
Shipping Strains Rise as Federal Measures Expand Trade
The opening of the federal reserve system and the Panama Canal boosts trade while over eighty foreign built ships join U S registry under emergency law. Officials warn of scarce carriers for exports, rising freight rates, and selective cargoes amid grain surges and uncertain passage of the merchant marine bill with a narrowly Democratic House and earlier opposition.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Panama Canal
South America
Congress
House of Representatives
Thorough search brings no word of son of Frank Glass
In Montgomery on November 17 there is no news about John Purnell Glass missing since November 7. His automobile was found wrecked on Bell Street after colliding with a curb. Family search across Alabama and beyond has yielded no clues to his whereabouts.
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Montgomery
John Purnell Glass
The
Montgomery Advertiser
Frank P. Glass
Birmingham News
Mr. Glass
Alabama
Glass
Bell Street
Buy Early Club urged by Mobile merchants
Local merchants in Mobile urge residents to start shopping early for Christmas. They warn wine haste clashes with the season and encourage thoughtful gift selection through the Buy Early Club.
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Mobile
Griffing Heads to Chicago for Railway Meeting
Hiram G. Griffing freight agent of the Mobile and Ohio railroad at Mobile and president of the American Association of Freight Agents left Tuesday for Chicago to attend a meeting of the American Railway Association, of which he is a member.
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Hiram G. Griffing
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile
American Association of Freight Agents
Chicago
American Railway Association
Cossacks Capture Goldap in East Prussia
A Petrograd Reuters report credits Russian forces with taking Goldap after a surprise advance on a heavily defended German position. Russian guns and mounted units encircled the hill, and Cossacks and dragoons swept the trenches as Germans fled in under thirty minutes.
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Goldap
London
Reuter
Petrograd
East Prussia
Rusegian
Denton Livestock Stockyards Burned in Fierce Fire
A large fire destroyed the stockyards of Denton Livestock Company at St. Jad, causing the death of about seventy head of stock and a total loss estimated at 25090 dollars. Flames raged for hours as the fire department fought the blaze near the Standard Oil plant with winds driving smoke and danger toward nearby homes and buildings.
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Denton
St. Jad
W. J. Denton
Joseph R. Little
Calvert
Little
J. Hackett
Conception Street
Standard Oi Company
Ocon 1
A. D. Davis
Fir Denton Company
Cotton loan fund nearing completion says McAdoo
Secretary McAdoo stated the 1 385 000 000 cotton loan fund has not been abandoned and subscriptions are almost complete. He expects a definite announcement within days and believes the fund will benefit the whole country despite predications of collapse.
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Washington, Navy
McAdoo
Federal Reserve Board
President Wilson Invited to Visit Mobile by Doctor
Dr Seale Harris of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce invites President Wilson to visit Mobile and gulf coast cities this winter. Wilson said he is unsure if public business will permit the trip. Harris also urged support for creating a department of medicine in the government.
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Washington
Wilson
Mobile
Ala
Gulf Coast
Seale Harris
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Harris
Southern Medical Journal
Department of Medicine
Alabama Reports Public Roads Spending and Highway Costs
Montgomery Nov 17 Alabama spent last year on public roads 125 412 71 a sum distributed under the state highway department. Since 1911 the state has spent 347 133 62 on public roads while highway department salaries and expenses exceed 31 000. Examiner J T Gorman submitted the governor a report on W S Keller state highway engineer with Keller's books reported correct.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Examiner of Public Accounts
J. T. Gorman
W. .S. Keller
Atate
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Kalu
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