Survivors Say Two U Boats Hit Liner Britannic
The Britannic suffered a torpedo strike from two U boats, with one hit and the other deflected by a course change. Lifeboats and lifebelts aided evacuations as officers and crew worked on deck. Wounded were cared for by rescuers and survivors were landed at Phaleron Piraeus and Keratsini amid rapid response. The incident drew attention from officials including Sir F. B. Eliot at the hospital.
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Poe
Thea
Says
Phaleron
Piraeus
Keratsini
F. B. , Eliot
Theussian Hospital
Wounded Aboard Hospital Ship Britannic Sinking Report
London dispatch reports the admiralty stated no wounded were aboard Britannic when it sank. The ship held only crew and hospital staff, contrary to earlier Athens reports of wounded aboard.
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Associated Press
London
Athens
Admiralty
Robbery at Chattanooga Triggers Police Hunt
In Chattanooga Tennessee police and Southern Express officials seek two men after a motor-truck robbery in the business district last night. Driver Fren Cornellson says two well dressed men forced him to open the strong box and rifled it, stealing about forty thousand dollars in currency while leaving sixty thousand untouched.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
South
Southern Express Company
Fren Cornellson
Atlantic
Corneilson
Leary
The
Express Company
McFarland
Mobile welcoming tourists and visiting dignitaries
A steady stream of visitors arrives in Mobile for leisure and business. Tourists from Albany and Philadelphia stay at the Battle House while others from Boston Buffalo Cleveland and Columbus tour Mobile and Baldwin counties. Local officials Judge Semmes recovers from surgery as others seek property interests and public office bonds are filed by George E Stone and Henry A Cannon.
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J. B. Williams
Columbus
Ohio
Mobile
Cawthon
Baldwin County
Mrs. van Court Caribithen
Philadelphia
The
Battle House
George E. Stone
Henry A. Cannon
Mount Vernon
Mobile County
C. C. Lowder
Henderson
Villa Begins incident on Chihuahua City
A report from Juarez officials states Villa began an incident on Chihuahua City from the south at 11 o clock this morning. The message was received by Carranza authorities in El Paso.
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Villa
Chihuahua City
Associated Press
Eli Paso
Texas
Carranaza
Juarez
Raids Reported by Deputy Sheriffs and Prohibition Violations
Deputy sheriffs reported multiple raids on Wednesday night listing individuals such as Dennis McBride Joe Brook Charles Medicus and John Adams with addresses in St Michael North Joachim and South Conception. Afternoon police raids led to fines of 50 dollars plus costs for violations of the prohibition law arraigned before Judge Chamberlains inferior criminal court while others were continued.
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Dennis McBride
St. Michael and Lawrence
Joe Brook
North Franklin
Charles Medicus
North Joachim
St. Michael
South Royal
John Adams
South Conception
Joe Robbins, Jr
South Water Street
W. J. Leesch
Government Street
Charney Washington
R. B. Thomas
Erie Baldwin
Bob Allen
Chamberlains
Clarente Thornton
Percy Williams
Willie Williams
Roscoe Woods Sentenced 20 Days For Auto Law Violation
Roscoe Woods, a Black man, began a twenty day term in the county jail on Thursday for violating the automobile law. He was arrested in spring 1915 for failing to stop and give his name and number. The recorder fined him $25 and the case went to city and supreme courts, both affirming the decision.
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Roscoe Woods
Woods
Recorder
Woman elected to House spent $687 in campaign
The report notes Hedena Montana Je nkin of Missoula, elected to Congress on the Republican ticket November 7, spent $687.70 on her campaign. Other items touch on Carranza rumors near Soto La Marina, a Johns Hopkins founder Louisa Parsons dies in England, and various brief notices from Baltimore to New Haven.
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Hedena
Mont
Baltimore
Louisa Parsons
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Clara Barton
Beaufort
S. C
England
Submarine Sowing Mines Broadcast in Aegean Warned
In Athens a Daily Mail dispatch reports Admiral du Fournet saying two German mines were adrift off Ileva near Piraeus. He warned sailors that a submarine appeared to be sowing mines in the Aegean. The Greek steamer Sparti, sunk Tuesday, was likely struck by a mine, not a torpedo.
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Associated Press
London
Daily Mail
Athens
du Fournet
Mediterranean
Ileva
Piraeus
Sparti
Deaths and Funerals for Clara McDonnell and Others
Funeral services are announced for Clara Adelaide McDonnell daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James McDonnell to be held Friday at 10 am from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with burial in the Catholic cemetery. Virginia G Hansen funeral held Wednesday at 4 pm from the family home 402 St Joseph Street burial in a local cemetery. Reverend O C McGehee presided at St Francis Street Methodist service. Ned Irving Crandall aged 50 a native of Middlefield New York and later resident of Irvington Mobile County died Wednesday afternoon after a brief illness. He is survived by his widow Mrs Belle Crandall a daughter Miss Madge Crandall and a son Clydia Crandall along with a sister Mrs C M McLean and other relatives. The funeral and Bayou la Barre cemetery burial are planned for Saturday morning.
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Clara A. McDonnell
Clara Adelaide McDonnell
James McDonnell
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Asheville
N. C
Roche & Burke
Government Street
Virginia G. Hansen
St. Joseph Street
Olie
O. C. McGehee
D. D
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
Ned Crandall
Ned Irving Crandall
Middlefield
N. Y
Irvington
Mobile County
Stevensport
Wis
Crandall
Belle Crandall
Madge Crandall
Waukesha
Clydia Crandall
C. M. McLean
Binghampton
Bayou la Barre
City Commission Meets Abatement Petition Sanctioned
A special meeting of the city commission was held Thursday at 10 o'clock. The petition of R. B. Jordan for abatement of penalties on taxes was satisfactorily arranged. The entire commission was present.
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R. B. Jordan
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H. W. Taylor
Tourist Welcome Club
New Orleans
Gulfport
Gulf Coast Boosters
C. M. Kingsbury
Albany
C. M. Kingsbury, Jr
W. L. Kibury
Cleveland, C
Kingsbury
O. J. Semmes
Crescent City
Oliver J. Semmes, Jr
Pensacola
Fla
R. A. Christie
Havana
Cuba
Cawthon Hotel
Christie
W. M. Williams
Brewton, Ala
J. B. Hebron
Armour Packing Company
Memphis
Als E Mobile
Charlies P. Rogers
Buffalo
A. W. Wheeler
Sancisco
Cal
Chicago
L. P. Munger
Birmingham
Ala
J. M. Bain
Pittsburgh
Calvert, Ala
Moa
Battleouse
Carranza
Diaz
Brownsville
Felix Diaz
Soto
la Marina
Gulf Coast
Matamoras
United States Army
Cleveland
Gustav Pabst
Milwaukee
United States Brewers
Houston
Southern Furniture Warehousemen’ S Association
Atlanta
Arthur Beresford Mortimer
W. Mortimer
Los Angeles
Flora Maclvor
County Tyrone
Thompson Falls
John Manire
Siberia
Goodwin Sands
Balatmore
American Federation of Labor
New York
Edward Ue
Doc
Federal District Court
Knoxville
Knoxville Sport Promoters
H. M. Johnston
Chattanooga Club
Southern Baseball Association
Com
Reuter
Berlin
Amsterdam
New Haven
Conn
Harvard
Aegean
C. J. Gayfer & CO
Vanta Baby Garments
Vanta
Spring Hill
Victrola
the Talking Machine Man
Dauphin Street
Lea & Perrins
Hubert Street
New York City
the Empire
Vitagraph
Barney Bernward
Paramount
Marguerite Clark
George Washington
Irst National Bank. OF
Mobile, Alabama
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Postal Savings
Henry Hall Jas ER. McDonnell F. Forcheimer , Chas
D. Willoughby
Henry Hall
CHAS
Press & Cashier
J. W. Woolf
M.Q. Discher
E. C. Meredith, JR
L. Lebaron Lyons Besto
P. R J. W. Phillips ’. Marshall Turner
Fitle Guaranty Threee CO. Capital
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