Rotary Club Proposes Five‑Member Library Investigation
At its weekly meeting the Rotary Club of Mobile moved to form a five‑member investigating committee to study establishing a modern public library. Prof. J T Wright led the resolution, with F W Evans H W Taylor and J L Cawthon voicing support. Dr George A Searcy spoke on the Alabama Insane Hospital. The club also welcomed Russell Ladd as a member and named C A In Johnson stone chairman of the entertainment committee. Rotary Day at the Knights of Columbus Carnival was announced with a December 1 date. The next meeting moves to the following Wednesday due to Thanksgiving.
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Mobile
Rotary Club
J. T. Wright
F. W. Evans
H. W. Taylor
Tourist Welcome Club
James L. Cawthon
George A. Searcy
Alabama Insane Hospital
Harry. Tim
Dix
Russell Ladd
C. A. In Johnstone
Knights of Columbus
R. of C
Roosevelt Heads Rebellion in the United States
A dispatch printed in El Democrata Chihuahua City claims Col Theodore Roosevelt leads a revolt in several states to overthrow President Wilson. Officials call it a canard of the yellow press, with the American ambassador asking Washington for confirmation.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Roosevelt
Wilson
el Democrata
Chihuahua City
Mexico City
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Pythians Here Will Hold Large Reunion
Four Mobile Pythian lodges plan a reunion at Pythian Castle hall on Friday December 1. Lodges Rescue No 24 Mobile No 67 Percivale No 102 and Red Cross No 134 participate. Committees named for refreshments seers and reception coordinate the gathering with Plateau and Whistler lodges as guests.
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Pythian
Mobile
Pythian Castle Hall
Rescue No
Mobile No
Percivale
Red Cross
Plateau
Whistler
Henry Simon
Mobile Lodge
J. H. McCabe
J. E. Twomey
Comer Sims
C. L. Smith
W. L. Cahall
Mobile C of C Plans Exchange of Cards
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce coordinates an interchange of cards and courtesies with other city commerce groups. Replies have come from Washington Chicago Atlanta Alton Bloomington Danville Macon and others agreeing to the plan for mutual cards among member associations across regions.
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Mobile C. OF C
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Chicago
Atlanta
Alton
Lil
Peoria
Ill
Bloomington
Danville
Macon
Vill a renews assault on Chihuahua City at dawn
El Paso dispatch reports Villa resuming attacks on Chihuahua City at 9 o'clock this morning while Andres Garcia of Carranza consulates denies reports that General Trevino and his forces are at Terrazas station and have evacuated Chihuahua City.
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EL Paso
Tex
Villa
Chihuahua City
Juarez
Andres Garcia
Carranza Consulates
General Trevino
Terrazas Station
Villa renews attacks on Chihuahua City repulsed again
Juarez rumor reports Francisco Villa renewed assaults on Chihuahua City today and was repulsed once more as his forces fell back from positions outside the city after noon.
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Associated Press
Juarez, Mex
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua City
Sit
Carranza Forces Clash Leaves Heavy Casualties
In the battle near Chihuahua City one general two colonels and 100 Carranza troops were killed. Villa forces reported 400 killed and left on the battlefield. The report notes delays due to military censorship and places the events at El Paso Junction, dated November 23/24.
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Chihuahua City
Mex
el Pagso
Carranza
Villa
Villa Command
Carranza troops allegedly switch sides with bandits
Richard Wilbrun reports that about 1,000 Carranza troops sent from Chihuahua by General Trevino joined bandits without firing a shot. The El Paso Juarez train brought around 100 refugees and three box cars of Chinese passengers. Continued on page ten.
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EL Paso
Tex
Richard Wilbrun
Chihuahua
Carranza
Trevino
Bandita
Juarez
Changes in Admiralty at London Expected
The Times reports London government will strengthen the board after criticisms. Impending changes are likely to be published within the next few days.
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Admiralty
London
the Times
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Dry conditions with fair skies for tonight and Saturday. Temperatures fall with frost expected tonight and may bring chilly morning lows across Alabama and Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Railroads seek 1.25 billion extra capital yearly
Alfred P. Thom told the congressional railroad investigating committee that railroads will need about 1.25 billion dollars in additional capital annually for the next ten to twelve years to expand facilities. About 250 million dollars a year more will be needed to refund maturing debt, with Thom proposing federal regulation to draw in investors.
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Washington
Alfred P. Thom
Railway Executives’ Advisory Committee
Congressional Railroad Investigating Committee
Thom
Investment in railroad facilities to meet future demand
Mr. Thom states wealth and transportation demand grew about 9 percent annually. He forecasts the growth continuing for ten to fifteen years, implying rail investment must rise at a similar rate. He puts the total need at 1.25 billion dollars, excluding extensions into new territory.
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Thom
Question on Funding Railroads and Public Control
Mr. Thom argues the public must see a viable funding source for railroad investments. He warns that revenues are fixed by government and state authorities, with little investor accountability, complicating any great investment plan.
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Mr. Thom
Old Man Winter Forecasts Bring Cold Snap Tonight
The forecast predicts fair and colder conditions tonight with frost and a 37 degree low. Winds shift to moderate northwest as the nation trends toward a chilly pattern for Thanksgiving and the southern states brace for a winter ahead.
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Saya
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Mississippi
United States
Mississippi River
Idan
Wyoming
Boiler Full of Clothes Stolen from Walnut Street House
A boiler filled with clothes and hot water was stolen this morning from a home at 9 Walnut Street. Police express no prior parallel for such a theft and are seeking the thief seen carrying a boiler of steaming clothes.
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Walnut Street
Teutons Claim New Gains in Wallachia Front
Berlin reports near total conquest of Little Wallachia as Austro German forces seize Orsova and Turnu Severin on the Danube. Romanians retreat possibly cut off after Craiova fall. Russian push in Dobrudja reaches Lake Tashaul near Constanza amid Entente pressure near Monastir.
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Associated Press
London
Wallachia
Berlin
Orsova
Turnu Severin
Danube
Rumania
von Falkenhayn
Craiova
Bucharest
Zimnitza
Giurgiu
Alt. Zimnitza
Dobrudja
Petrograd
Lake
Tashaul
Constanza
Monastir
Sntente
Carnival Officers To Be Named At Tonight Meeting
Officers of the Mobile Carnival Association will be chosen at a 7 30 PM directors meeting in the Colonial Room at the Cawthon. Bids will be opened and selections announced. Plans for making the next carnival the best in the city will be discussed and full attendance is requested.
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Mobile Carnival Association
Cawthon
Satsuma Day Fiesta To Offer Low Transit Rates
Chairman R G Cobb of the Satsuma Day celebration transportation committee reports three railroads entering Mobile have announced cheap passenger rates for December 7. He expects more lines, including Louisville and Nashville and Southern, to follow, to attract visitors to celebrate with all roads participating.
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R. G. Cobb
Transportation Committee For
Mobile
Ohio
New Orleans
Chicago
Alabama
Tennessee
Work Will Win for You in Distribution of Christmas Gifts
A Mobile Iteni g newspaper touts a fair distribution plan offering one thousand dollars worth of gifts. It pledges no cash in advance and invites subscribers to participate by sending nomination blanks today.
Ways and Means Committee Meeting Set at Battle House
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means committee will meet Monday night at the Battle House. Supper is at 7 o'clock and the business session begins thirty minutes later.
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Ways and Means Committee
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Battle House
Barton to Meet Laurel Team on Thanksgiving
Barton Academy High School will play Laurel Mississippi high school eleven on Thanksgiving Day at Laurel on the fair grounds gridiron. The teams are about evenly matched and a close contest is expected with Mobile boys leaving Wednesday morning for Laurel.
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Barton Academy High School
Laurel, Miss
Fair Grounds
Repo
E Mobile
Laurel
Overton admits killing Judge Lawler in self defense
David D. Overton former Madison county circuit clerk testifies he killed Judge W. T. Lawler on the Whitesburg bridge in June in self defense after Lawler attacked him with a knife. He says they fought over a wide area and he shot Lawler after striking him with a revolver. he denies disposing of the body or cleaning blood from the bridge.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Ala
David D. Overton
Madison County
W. T. Lawler
Whitesburg Bridge
Lawler
Witness recounts fatal bridge confrontation and escape
Overton testified about a struggle on a bridge with Lawler that ended in Lawler’s death. He described using a gun as a club, firing a final shot, and fleeing to avoid capture. He sought medical treatment and recounted contacting Sheriff Philipps for safety plans.
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Overton
Lawler
Huntsville
Robert Phertipps
Gnece
Philipps
Chattanooga
Williame
50 000 Pounds of Red Snapper Here
Over 50 000 pounds of red snappers were brought to Mobile Thursday afternoon from the Campeche Mexico fishing banks. The cargoes were loaded aboard the smacks Amelia Gloria Thea and Alice and consigned to the Superior Fish Company. It was the largest single shipment in about a year.
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Mobile
Campeche
Mexico
Amelia-Gloria
Theresa
Alice
Superior Fish Company
Delegation to Attend Rivers and Harbors Congress
Mobile will be represented at the Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington on December 6 to 8 under a resolution passed by the Joint Rivers and Harbor committee at the Battle House. Chairman Horace Turner to attend and name a delegation. The committee also discussed replacing channel lights and buoys in the Mobile ship channel, destroyed in the July 5 storm and not yet rebuilt.
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Mobile
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
Joint Rivers and iIarbor Committee
Battle House
Horace Turner
Mobile Ship Channel
Death of Hiram Maxim Inventor of Automatic Firearms
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, famed inventor of the automatic firearm system, died at his London home. Born February 5, 1840 in Sangerville Maine, he trained in shops and carried a four year carriage factory apprenticeship. His notable works include the Maxim rapid fire gun used by the U S Army.
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London
Hiram Maxim
Hiram Stevens Maxim
Sangerville
Maine
United States Army
Prevent
Romanian forces advance in Dobruja front reports
An official Rumanian war department statement says Romanian forces have offensive across the Dobruja province, capturing several towns and moving fifteen miles north of the Tehnavoda Constanza railroad. In the Oltenie valley they withdrew from the left bank of the Olt river.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Hiram P Maxim and Family of Inventors Highlighted
The passage notes Sir Hiram Maxim's work on incandescent lamps, self regulating current machines, cordite, smokeless powder, and airplane improvements. It mentions his knighthood in 1901, residence near London since 1881, and memberships in major English scientific societies. It also profiles his son Hiram Percy Maxim and brother Hudson Maxim with their notable inventions.
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Hiram
Queen Victoria
England
London
Legion of Honor
Hiram Percy Maxim
Anso
Maxim
Hudson Maxim
Coast Development Committee to Convene in Mobile
The Southern Gulf Coast Tourist and Development League executive committee will meet Monday November 27 at 1 PM in the directors room of the First National Bank. Members listed include President Henry Hall Mobile first vice president R W Goodheart Pensacola and other officers and directors from Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana.
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Southern Gulf Coast Tourist and Development League
Hall
First National Bank
Henry Hall
Mobile
R. W. Goodheart
Pensacola
Thomas L. O'Donnell
Hattiesburg
Miss
A. F. Dantéler
Moss Point
H. W. Taylor
Gregory M. Luce
Lucedale
W. D. Harrigan
Fulton
Ala
G. B. Dantzler
Gulfport
EB. M. Lovelace
Brewton
W. H. Louisell
Leakesville
J. H. Weston
Logtown
W. D. Stapleton
Bay Minette
Mincey
Wiggins
Desertion suspect Barney Kennerly arrested in Prichard
Barney Kennerly, wanted in Brewton Escambia County Alabama on desertion charges, was arrested Thursday night in Prichard by Sheriff Kelly and Deputy Floyd Lewis. He was held in the county jail and taken to Brewton Friday morning for trial.
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Barney Kennerly
Brewton
Escambia County
Ala
Prichard
Kelly
Escambia
Floyd Lewis
Kennerly
Bréwton
Russians Begin Advance in Dobrudja Front
Petrograd dispatch reports Russian forces advancing in Dobrudja area with troops reaching Tashual and crossing the river. No additional context provided.
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Dobrudja
Orsova and Turnu Severin Captured by Germans
The war office reports Orsova and Turnu Severin on the Danube have fallen to Austro German forces. Rumanians in the extreme western area are said to have broken, while Teutonic troops press toward the alt plains of Wallachia as Russians advance elsewhere.
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Orsova
Turnu Severin
Associated Preas
Berlin
Noveaeh Ville
Turnerin
Danube
Austrotroops
War Office
Mania
Wallachian
Alt
Spanish hospital ship Braemar mined. all aboard saved
A British Reuter report from Athens says the hospital ship Braemar of 6,280 tons gross, en route from Saloniki to Malta, was mined in the Mykoni channel in the Aegean. All aboard were saved. The Braemar Castle was torpedoed in the same area.
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London
Braemar
Saloniki
Malta
Aegean Sea
Mykoni
Reuter
Athens
Braemer Castle
Entente Gains On Macedonian Front Frontline
Entente forces on the Macedonian front advance against the enemy as Allied troops push forward in the region near Salonika. Reports from Paris cite improving pressure with continued operations and battlefield activity across the front.
Jewels Worth $60,000 Recovered in Harriman Theft
New York police say jewels valued at $60,000 stolen from Mrs. Edward U. Harriman’s home on November 12 were found last night after two arrests. Arthur P. Daggett of Larchmont and Orville Daggett of Brooklyn are in custody charged with the theft.
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New York
Edward U. Harriman
Arthur P. Daggett
Larchmont
N. Y
Orsville Daggett
Brooklyn
Archbold Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
New York Nov 24 John Di Archbold president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was operated on for appendicitis at his home here last night His condition was reported as reassuring today.
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Associated Press
New York
John di Archbold
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Posse and Bloodhounds After Alabama Negro
In Enterville Alabama on November 24 an armed posse with bloodhounds searched the county for an unknown negro after an attempted crime against the wife of a prominent local planter. The group pursued the suspect through the lower section of the county and aimed to capture the man who was described as an important figure in the vicinity. The posse members claimed to have tracked the negro and hoped for his arrest.
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Associated Press
Cc Enterville
Ala
Bloodho
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U.S
Urges Public
U. S
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Carnival
Satsuma
Ways and Means
Barton
Judge Lawler
Jurist
Strikin Lawler
Charlies M. Nulls
Percy Brooks
Rivers Congress
Ber
Lin
Macedonia
Coast Development Committee
Pertrograd
Gan
Tashual
Entente
Paris
Macedonian Front
E. H. Harriman
Archbold
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