Watered Florida lands in Chambers case trial begins
In Kansas City on November 25, government and defense lawyers argued to the jury in the Cham bers Land Company fraud trial. E C Chambers and four company agents face charges for using the mails to defraud investors in Florida lands. Witnesses including E L Russell testified that literature admitted truth about drainage claims and canal plans to reclaim the Everglades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
E. C. Cham
Chambers Land Company
Florida
Mr. Chambers
A. B
E. L. Russell
Miami
Charles W. Hubbard
Pittsh
Kan
Fila
Russell
J. O. Wright
Washington
Everglades
Stock Exchange Reopening Plans Fully Complete
Details for the stock exchange reopening next Saturday outline bond class grouping by state municipal railroad industrials and utilities with a minimum price cut of 2 to 5 points under July 30. Quoted prices will only reflect actual sales no bid or ask quotes. A five member committee will supervise and frequent official transaction lists will be issued. An expanded trading floor space and restored telephonic links enable rapid business while brokers are asked to avoid public statements on operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Stock Exchange
George Leatherbury Sends Syrup to Mobile Poor
Chief of Police Frank W. Crenshaw received sixty gallons of country syrup for distribution to the poor of Mobile. The gift was sent by George Leatherbury, now at Bexley Mississippi, with a letter requesting it be used for Mobile’s needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Crenshaw
Mobile
George Leatherbury
Bexley
Miss
Experiences of Noble Women in Europe and America
An article promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women experiencing the change of life. It argues noble European women endured hardships and that American women can learn from them, claiming the remedy strengthens the body and eases discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Pierce
Chicago Removes Price Restrictions on Stock Trading
The Chicago stock exchange eliminated minimum price restrictions on most stocks. Beginning next Friday traders will operate without price limits except for securities listed on the New York exchange and those that closed at 15 dollars a share or less on July 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
ChicaGo Stock Exchange
New York Exchange
Bank in Dunceit Dun Bank Closes Over Shortage
Merchants and Farmers Bank of Duncan Miss failed to open. A state tank examiner is in charge. The bank reported capital of 25000 with deposits of 14000 and an official shortage in its accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Claresdale
Miss
Merchants& Farmers’ Bank of
Duncan
Southern Railway freight rate proposal suspended
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended a Southern Railway plan to raise freight rates by about ten percent on crude clay carloads from South Carolina and Georgia to New York City and eastern interior destinations until June 1. An inquiry into the proposal is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
The
Southern Railway
South Carolina
Georgia
New York City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rates Suspended On Southern Freight Clasification
A higher rating in the railways freight classifica tion for address plates culverts and iron or steel tanks was suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission until June 4 pending an inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
South
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eighty Four Carloads of Horses Shipped to Bordeaux
Memphis agents shipped eighty four carloads of horses consigned to the French government at Bordeaux. The horses are for army use and will go directly to New Orleans to be loaded on steamers upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Bordeaux
New Orleans
Troops Near Home as Transport Squadron Arrives Off Galveston
The wireless reported the transport squadron bearing the American expeditionary force home from Vera Cruz about 200 miles off Galveston bar today and due here tomorrow afternoon.
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Galveston
Tex
Vera Cruz
Galveston Bar
Fire from defective flue damages Elmira Street residence
A fire caused by a defective flue damaged a home at 750 Elmira Street, occupied by C. S. Turner, on Wednesday afternoon. The alarm came from Box 62 at 12:35 p.m. The property is owned by the Ola Barnett estate.
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Elmira Street
Turner
Ola Barnett
Laxative Brom Quin ine ad appears with Grove signature
An old ad promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE with a reminder to look for the BE. W. Grove signature on the box. The price is listed as 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. W. Grove
Vadeo Cascara Bitters for Broad Ailments
Advertises Vadeo Cascara Bitters claimed to relieve constipation malaria dyspepsia indigestion biliousness grippe chills fever sick headache sour stomach and kidney and liver affections. For sale at Van Antwerp's.
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van Antwerp
England Prepares to Repel Possible Invasion
England accelerates civilian led defenses along east and south coasts. Emergency committees mobilize to withdraw women and children, destroy scarce commodities, block roads, and secure livestock. Rifle clubs form with red G R badges for those ineligible for service. Hull and other towns form district committees. mayors chair efforts with police cooperation. Bicyclists and motorists assigned duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
England
Germany
War Office
G. R
Hull
Daily Mail
Deal
Sandwich
Folkestone
Nine Additional Indictments in Arkansas Trouble Filed
Fort Smith Ark November 25 The federal grand jury returned nine more indictments stemming from the Hartford valley mining troubles. Indictments were filed with no hearing before January 10. Only one new name appears in this batch. No disorder reports from Prairie Creek neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Smith
Ark
Hartford
Federal Court
Prairie Creek
Archbishop Blenk Nearing Return After Illness
Archbishop James Blenk of New Orleans Diocese, hospitalized at St. Joseph's in Chicago, showed improvement and planned to return home by week’s end after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
James Blenk
Diocese of
New Orleans
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Coffee Exchange To Reopen On November 30
The New York Coffee Exchange will reopen on Monday November 30 following a special board meeting. The announcement was issued by the exchange’s leadership today in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated New York
New York ‘Coffee Exchange
Cost of Producing Cotton Averages 6.24 Cents Pound
Washington reports the cost of producing cotton averaged about 8.24 cents per pound or 29.35 dollars per acre in 1910. The 1896 study showed 5.27 cents per pound or 15.42 dollars per acre. The 1910 findings indicate a material rise in production cost, about three percent yearly, amid falling cotton prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Nat C. Murray
Federal Bureau of Crop Estimates
Department of Agriculture
Department
Murray
Doctor Graves Repudiated by Foreign Office
London reports a Foreign Office representative told the House of Commons there was no connection with Dr. Carl Armgaard Graves, who claimed Britain’s secret service role and a 1912 autumn mission abroad. The denial applies to periods before and after June 16, 1918, amid long scrutiny of Graves’s espionage claims and 1912 Edinburgh arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Carl Armgaard Graves
Great Britain
Dr. Graves
England
Edinburgh
Germany
French possessions endangered Madrid thinks report
Berlin reports say Madrid newspapers believe France will lose Morocco Algeria and possibly Tunis unless a large colonial war is waged. They refuse to back Spanish military aid. An Austro-Hungarian war loan total reaches 2.2 billion crowns and Zurich sources note French circles want a three month moratorium extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Madrid
France
Morocco
Algeria
Tunis
North
Africa
Zurich
Switzerland
Russian Defense Holds Fast as Petrograd Reports
Petrograd via London reports the Russian defense on the German left is holding fast and that Russians may press the offensive on the German right. The German advance from Wielun south of the Warthe is checked after severe fighting. heavy reinforcements are said to be arriving between the Vistula and Warthe.
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Petrograd
London
Wielun
Warthe
Vistula
Steamer Jason N Mahony Refused Clearance
The steamer Jason N Mahony was refused clearance in San Francisco on orders from Washington. It had been loading ship supplies when the directive called for a thorough investigation into the vessel and its activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Jason N Mahony
Washington
Cash Grain and Provisions Chicago November 25
Cash grain and provisions prices list No. 2 red at 1 15 1 15 3 4, No. 2 hard 1 15 1 1 8 4, No. 2 yellow corn new 64 3 4 65, Oats standard 50 50 1 4 c, No. 2 rye 1 07 1 2, Pork 17.00 10.12, Ribs 9 50 10 25. Vadeco Cascara Bitters advertised for laxative use at Van Antwerp's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mobile Chamber OF Commerce and Business League
Mobile
Ala
Lee
Navy
Cotton futures drift steady in early New Orleans trade
In New Orleans on November 25 cotton futures fell 2 to 4 points early with Liverpool prices not meeting expectations. Traders waited for December first notice days and holiday effects amid light selling and steady undertone as December export talk supported the market. March futures held about one point above yesterday’s close while spot sales totaled 260 bales with 1,220 bales to arrive. Middling stood around 77-16 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Liverpool
New York Cotton Market Steady on Covering and Trade
The New York cotton market opened steady and then steadier as December shorts covered pushing prices above yesterday’s close. Later months rallied near last night’s levels with quiet overall business and some investment buying in October. Export demand was light at 8,500 sales while spot prices for middling upland and gulf held firm with light activity.
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New York
Shorts
Liverpool Cotton Prices Ease Amid Quiet Spot Market
Liverpool on November 25 reports cotton spot quiet with price easing across grades. Middling fair 5.48d, good middling 4.75d, middling 4.43d, low middling 3.87d, ordinary 2.734d. Sales 8,000 bales, including 6,500 American. receipts 6,539 bales. Futures close steady with May to June 4.14 and later months around 4.20–4.36.
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Liverpool
Turpentine and Rosin Prices and Receipts in Savannah
Naval Stores market report from Savannah shows turpentine at 45 cents with 415 casks received and rosin at 769 barrels received. Quoted prices list several grades from B to N and Wg Ww with values ranging from 3.40 to 5.95 dollars per unit.
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Savannah
Money Market Rates and Exchange Steady
Mercantile paper quoted at 4 3 4 to 5 1 2 percent. Sterling exchange steady with sixty day bills at 4.86, cables 4.90, demand 4.89. A director should extend illness recovery time to maximize profits in his field.
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Money Market
New York
Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Trivial quarrel ends in double murder and suicide in San Francisco
William H. Hill, a San Quentin guard in residence at Mrs. Ella Sproles’s boarding house, shoots two people and then kills himself after a quarrel at breakfast. Police find Mrs. Sproles and Hill dead in a kitchen, HoGuard, her son-in-law, slain on another floor, and Frederick Rust wounded in pursuit. Shots fired conclude the tragedy.
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San Francisco
William H. Hill
San Quentin Penitentiary
Hill
Ella Sproles
Mission Street
James H. Hoguard
Allies threaten Colombia over neutrality demands
London dispatch reports Britain and France urging the United States to press Colombia to observe neutrality rules more strictly. If unmet, the allies may take measures in self defense to protect their interests.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
France
United States
Colombia
House of Commons
Widow of late Mobile mayor Hurtel dies at 253 N Conception
Mrs. Sarah Gaillard Hurtel relict of Alphonse Hurtel former Mobile mayor dies after a week of illness at her home 253 North Conception Street. She lived in Mobile for 49 years born in Claiborne Monroe County with two daughters two sisters and two brothers as survivors. Funeral at Central Presbyterian Church Thursday at 3 30 p m.
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Sarah Gaillard Hurtel
Alphonse Hurtel
Mobile
N. Conception Street
Caroline Gordon Gaillard
Monroe County
Clifton Berney
T. A. Hamilton
W. Parham
John
William Gaillard
Central Presbyterian Church
Sweden Legation Mystery Messenger Arrives in New York
Per Ost berg, claiming to be a royal courier from King Gustav, landed in New York and met with Sweden legation officials but failed to reveal his identity. Communications with Stockholm offices could not verify who he is or his mission.
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Washington
Navy
Per Ostberg
Gustav
Legation of
Sweden
New York
Ekengren
Legation
Stockholm
Lyric Cancels Matinee of The Silent Voice
Lyric manager H C Fourton received a Wednesday notification that Otis Skinner’s matinee in The Silent Voice, scheduled for Saturday, has been canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Fourton
the Lyric
Otis Skinner
The
Silent Voice
Allied Fleet Wrecks Plan at Zeebrugge
Allied naval forces destroyed the German plan at Zeebrugge and removed the threat along the coast. Dispatches from London say the damage was greater than first believed and warn of a new, concentrated German offensive in Flanders aimed at breaking through with overwhelming numbers. The Allies remain confident after defeating the Prussian Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser AT
Eebrugge
Channel
Zeebrugge
London
Flanders
Expected Effort to Turn Flank
London reports the German attempt to turn the Russian flank at Wielun Pass was expected and checked. Russian operations in Poland are worsened by German rout damage from Warsaw, with rail lines wrecked for hundreds of versts and devastation from Warsaw toward Kutno. Russians advance on Cracow forts from Miechow Woinicz and New Sandeo.
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London
Wielun Pass
Times
Petrograd
Poland
Warsaw
Kutno
Cracow
Miechow
Woinicz
New Sandeo
Blease Grants Seventy Five Thanksgiving Pardons
Governor Cole Blease announced seventy five pardons or paroles for Thanksgiving Day. Since taking office four years ago he has commuted or released more than 1,400 prisoners. The notice appears in Columbia South Carolina with state records confirming the action and lists him as standard practice.
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Associated Press
Columbia
83. C
Cole Blease
State Penitentiary
Secretary of State
Blease
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Chambers
GEO. Leatherbury
Satsuma
Milliken
Patrick
John T. Milliken
Dix
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
George C. Goodrich
Golden Cycle Mining Company
Cripple Creek
Flue
Arkansas
Archbishop Blenk Well
Federal Bureau
Doctor Graves
Secret Service
Mobile Chamber OF Commerce
Goshen and
Creamery
New York Creamery
New
Dauphin Island
St. Louis
A. W. Emierson
Codeniblie Wharf
M. & O. Bay Shore
Birmingham
Coden
Cottage Hotel
U. S
Hurtel
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