Public Schools Open Session with Record Early Enrollment
An update from Mobile reports on the opening of city and county schools for 1914 15 with notable enrollment increases. Street scenes show principals and teachers arriving early to receive materials as ten white and four colored schools begin only after adjustments to staff.
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Richard Hines
Yerby School
Clavie School
Leinkauf School
Murphy
Vigor
Ofe
Indica
Mobile
Weather brief for Mobile and Alabama
Partly cloudy tonight for Mobile and Friday. Alabama forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions today with continued cloudiness elsewhere.
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Mobile
Alabama
Germans Increase Pressure On Niemen Front In Russian Poland
German forces push toward the Niemen river in Russian Poland with a large attack spanning 74 miles from Osowiecz to Symno. Russian defenses meet them west of the Niemen as German coastal movements near Memel and Windau raise questions about potential amphibious operations.
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Associated Press
London
Baltic
Niemen
Poland
Galicia
Russia
Petrograd
Niemen River
Russian Poland
Ossowetz
Symno
Memel
Windau
Russian invasion of Hungary sparks global alarm
Venice dispatch reports the start of Russia’s invasion of Hungary causing greatest apprehension despite official assurances of no significance. The note mentions no immediate threat to fortifications around the monarchy and hints at wider geopolitical unease.
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Venice
Paris
Hungary
Iaw
Italy to Protest Turkish Capitulations Change Today
Rome dispatch to Havas Agency reports Italy plans a protest to Turkey over the abolition of the capitulations in Constantinople. The move follows diplomatic friction and questions about foreign concessions.
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Paris
Italy
Turkey
Constantinople
Rome
Havas
French Revenge on Sedan Battlefield in Retreat Ops
Reports from London describe French forces exacting revenge on German troops during a strategic Allied retreat from the Belgian border. The Paris Daily Mail account details the second battle of Sedan with French artillery fire, bridge destroyals, and night searchlights in a brutal, near-screening carnage that left many Germans dead or drowned.
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Associated Press
London
Sedan
Paris
Daily Mail
Seden
Case of Germans Failing to Follow Behalf of Kaiser
London dispatch reports The Times published a text of an August 19 order from Emperor William to the army directing all effort to exterminating the English and routing General French's forces, describing the English as treacherous and contemptible.
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Kaiser
Associated Press
London
The
Times Today
William
French
Aeroplane shipment raises war vessel question
Washington October 1 shipment of the hydro aeroplane America to England from New York on the Mauretania raises a new question of international law. If classed as munitions of war it would be seized as contraband. If classed as a warship the United States might be charged with responsibility for its departure from a neutral port. No protest has been made and the question has not come up officially.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
England
New York
Mauretania
United States
Austria deplores mine incidents as Italy demands indemnity
The Austrian government replies to Italy's protest over Adriatic floating mines. Austria deplores the sinking of Italian vessels and pledges to remove the menace to shipping and fully indemnify victims' families. Italy seeks indemnity of one million dollars.
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Associated Press
Rome
Laly
Oet
Adriatic Sea
Austria
Eee
Italy
Italy seeks more aircraft as war fuels demand
New York dispatch reports Enea Boss, Italian agent, says Italy already owns seventeen dirigibles, 280 biplanes and seventy hydroplanes with torpedo- capable units. He notes a government commission to buy high power aeroplanes and motors and recalls supplying a 600 horsepower flying machine for a trans Atlantic test at the war's outbreak.
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New York
Enea Boss
Tomaso di Savoia
Genoa
Williams Seeks Tax on Government Employees in War Bill
In the Senate Senator Williams proposed amendments to the war revenue bill taxing government employees except the president, Supreme Court justices and Congressmen at 1-2 percent of salaries and removing the tax on casualty damage and accident insurance. Another proposal would raise annual liquor dealer licenses. Senator Thompson of Kansas urged increasing internal revenue tax on distilled liquors from 1.10 to 1.28 per gallon for bonded and newly produced liquor.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Williams
Supreme Court
Thompson
Kansas
Storm Dissipates Over Gulf With Rain Expected
The local weather bureau announced the gulf storm has dissipated and rain is expected as the aftermath. Officials noted conditions are returning to normal with only light, passing showers anticipated along the coast.
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Gulf
Leggett Acquitted In Laurel Murder Trial
Kearney Leggett was acquitted on the first ballot of the murder of Devan Sharbrough in Laurel Mississippi. The verdict came at 1 30 a m after the jury had been locked up for the night prompting cheering blocks around the courthouse. Leggett pleads self defense and a letter by Mrs Leggett admitting illicit secrets figures prominently in the case.
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Laurel
Miss
Kearney Leggett
Devan Sharbrough
J. M. Arnold
Pack
Johnson and Cassidy
Deggett
Leggett
Sharbrough
Livingston dormitory to be rebuilt at once after fire
Webb Hall at Livingston Normal School, destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt immediately. State Supt. W. F. Feagin reports plans are being made. about 200 female students were affected, with sessions set to continue under local support and board backing.
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Montgomery
Webb
Livingston Normal School
W. F. Feagin
G. W. Brock
Livingston
State Normal School Board
O'Neal
Will T. Sheehan
Bill Huddie dies from boxing injuries in San Francisco bout
Bill Huddie, a 142 pound boxer, died from injuries suffered last night in a six round bout won by Arthur Carroll. Referee Bert Cotteme and match maker Gregory Senetats were charged with manslaughter. three others held.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Bill Huddie
Arthur Carroll
Bert Cotteme
Carroll
Gregory Senetats
Charaea
Opportunities in South America Warned by Redfield
The Department of Commerce urges caution yet signals South America offers business opportunities. Redfield warns against overhype and reminds merchants that gold ingots do not line South American streets, stressing careful, strategic steps to expand trade.
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Department of Commerce
South America
German Effort Against Allies Under Heavy Strain
A Ghent dispatch reports Germany built five heavy pontoon bridges across the river from Ghent toward Namur for a possible retreat, with wounded moved back. Rotterdam wires say German forces are withdrawing from northern France toward Mons to cover a retreat. Reports describe German right wing tactics failing to pierce Allied lines near Amiens, with heavy casualties and reinforcements ongoing. A reassignment of Marshal of France and Joffre’s condition near the front is noted as significant. A German casualty list lists about 80 names including three generals with one killed and two wounded.
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Associated Press
London
Ghent
Riveet
Namur
Rotterdam
Daily News
Bencbs
France
Tnd
Marne
von Kd
Loni
O Er
Amiens
Rlee
Joffre
Berden
Hague
Seherbening
Emil Henigst
Oskar Reuter
Flour Order Soars as War Nation Buys 110 000 Barrels in St Louis
A rush order for 110000 barrels of flour was placed with a St Louis milling company by reps of an unnamed warring European nation. The single largest local flour sale, it uses Kansas wheat to produce 540000 bushels. Shipments to Kansas fields start soon, flour headed to New York. price undisclosed.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Kansas
Kansas Fields
New York
Banker Mandel Arrested on New York Indictment
Adolph Mandel an East Side banker facing an indictment for accepting deposits after learning his banks were insolvent, was arrested in New York. His institutions with 2,000,000 in deposits were yet closed by the state banking department. Depositors have urged the district attorney to audit the books as depositors testified before the grand jury.
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Associated Press
New York
Adolph Mandel
East Side
State Banking Department
Mandel
Grand
Italian steamer Tomaso di Savoia reaches New York
The Italian steamer Tomaso di Savoia carrying passengers including 26 Americans arrived in New York from Genoa after a voyage lasting about four years.
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Associated Presa
New York
Tomaso di Savoia
Amcafis
Genoa
Yverene
Customs fall off in New York receipts for September
New York customs daily report shows duties paid at the customs house totaling 424 016 25 yesterday with 208 544 04 from recent importations. A decline of about 6 246 834 15 compared with last September is noted in the month’s receipts.
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Associated Press
New York
Custom House
Crew of the on
The report notes the crew of the on with details from Lowestoft dated Oct 1 as relayed from London. The fragment indicates a maritime incident or operation involving shipboard personnel and an English port context. Further specifics are unavailable in the excerpt.
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Lowestoft
Eng
London
German Warships Engage Japanese Positions Near Tsing Tau
German warships bombarded Japanese positions near Tsing Tau east of Kiau Chau as Japanese artillery duels continued. A German torpedo boat destroyer was sunk in harbor while a Japanese mine sweeper off Kian Chau was blown up with three killed and thirteen wounded. German claims say Tsing Tan defenses fell to overwhelming Japanese strength with 1700 killed and 860 wounded on the Japanese side.
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Tokio
Oct
Tsing Tau
Kiau Chau
China
Japanese War Office
Tsing -Tau
Kian Chau
Tsi Nap
Shan-Tung
Peking
Tsing Tan
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