Great Britain claims breakthrough in anti submarine warfare
British admiralty reports a new system of detecting and trapping German U boats, including submarine telephone listening posts and nets across channels. Patrol boats and armed motor boats with small guns allegedly disrupt and capture subs, reducing their threat to merchant and naval ships.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Huro I
Neutral
British Isles
London
Germany
Canada
Cooler Tuesday promises heat relief across region
A light patch of cooler air is forecast for Tuesday easing the heat. The piece notes a northeast breeze and warm sunshine that stirred crowds on Sunday, with no major weather relief expected in the next twenty four hours.
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Ashenberger
Bay Shore
Baldwin
Mobile
Duluth
Minn
Heflin Sees Cotton Up To Eighteen Cents
Rep Heflin of Alabama, on the house agriculture committee, says cotton should rise to eighteen cents. He cites state reports showing crop conditions near 60 percent with total U S production around 10 million bales, amid wartime demands and shifts in acreage and fertilizer use.
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Heflin
Washington
Alabama
House Committee On Agriculture
United States
Commissioners of Agriculture
Apkansas Sc
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Russia
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Missouri
India
Egypt
Call of the Dance heads Empire program with Vanesi Dolly
The Empire bill features The Call of the Dance a four act Broadway favorite with danseuse Vanesi Dolly in a standout dancing display. The Dolly sisters earned 15000 from Cornelius Vanderbilt for their act at his Newport home. Also shown is Diamond From the Sky with Lottie Pickford and Irving Cummings. Admission 10c, children 5c.
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the Empire
Vanesi Dolly
Vaness Dolly
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Newport
Market Rebounds as Trading Hits New Volume Record
New York Oct. 4 Trading surged as stocks of special character again drew strong buying from commission houses. Westinghouse American Car and Foundry and related issues led activity with gains in General Motors Studebaker Willy's Overland and others. The Anglo French loan close spurred fresh demand as total shares traded neared 1,100,000 by noon.
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New York
Westinghouse
American Car and Foundry
American Can
American
Lackawanna Steel
General Motors
Studebaker
Willy’s
Willys- Overland
Tukcover
Crop price target set to raise 1814 1915 averages
A figure states that to lift the 1814 and 1915 crop averages to the five year mean before 1814, the current crop must reach 18 cents after being pegged at 8 cents for the moment. The note emphasizes aligning prices with historical averages across two eras.
Half Billion Loan Seems Success and Subscriptions Close
New York October 4. An Anglo-French loan announcement by J P Morgan & Co says no underwriting subscriptions will be accepted after 10 am tomorrow. Subscriptions continued to pour in with many British and French citizens abroad seeking bonds for higher interest, but their bids were rejected to keep funds in the U S for exchange stabilization.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
England
France
Stabilization of Exchange
Mobile Creamery Not Under Suspicion Says City Bacteriologist
Dr. Howard Warren city bacteriologist told The Item that the Mobile Creamery is not under suspicion. He explained a naming mix up with Mobile Dairy run by C. P. Werneth, which has been an offender and is now suspected.
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Howard Warren
Mobile Creamery
Mobile Dairy
C. P. Werneth
Day's Full Dinner Pails Save 6 From Starvation
Six men and three boys trapped for over six days in the Coaldale mine near Lansford Pa were rescued in good condition. They survived largely on dinner pails and liquids, with families visiting as officials said the daylight timing helped preserve life.
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Lansford
Coaldale
Lehigh Navigation Company
Board approves purchase of three bloodhounds for county
In a special Monday session the Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners authorized the county roads superintendent to buy three bloodhounds from A B Cole of Citronelle for 70 dollars to aid in trailing escaped convicts from the county camp. President A G Ward led the meeting with Commissioners Green McFayden and Whatley present.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
A. B.cole
Citronelle
A. G. Ward
Green
McFayden
Whatley
New Judiciary Law Faces Mobile County Court Reshaping
The new judiciary law and veto of a re circuiting bill by Governor Henderson may reduce Mobile county to one circuit judge at the May primaries unless a special legislative session changes the law. The merged circuit court would unite circuit law and equity city and chancery courts with a $3 500 annual salary. Representative Chamberlain said he may visit Montgomery to push a possible special session and gauge legislative support.
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Henderson
Mobile County
Circuit Court
Law and Equity
City and Chancery Courts
Chamberlain
Montgomery
Roads Will Not Fight the Injunction Against Rate Hikes
In Birmingham, Alabama, railroads seeking to raise rates on iron making raw materials will not contest the attorney general's injunctions. They plan to file a petition to set new rates to bring the litigation to a head, arguing the proposed hikes would affect a special lower rate under the tariff. The issue centers on whether a petition to raise rates equals altering a special rate.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Commission
Governor Vetoes Bill for Attorney General’s Assistants
Governor Henderson vetoed a bill approving three assistants for the attorney general. The measure would have set salaries at 2500, 2400, and 2090 dollars, with the bill passing the legislature.
President to Attend Second World Series Game in Philadelphia
President Wilson plans to travel to Philadelphia on Saturday to watch the second game of the world series. He will be accompanied by Secretary Tumulty Dr Cary T Grayson naval aide and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones his cousin.
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Mobile
Bay Minette
Washington
Wilson
Philadelphia
Tumulty
Cary T. Grayson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Three Sues for Divorce in Chancery Court
Florence H. Rose sues Alfred Rose for divorce on voluntary abandonment. they were married in March 1915 in the city and Alfred now lives in Liverpool England. Rosetta Lee sues Orrie Lee for abandonment. married here nine years ago. Nellie Lundy seeks divorce from Aaron Lundy for violent temper and fear of violence. married in the county on April 18 1914. The Wage Slave may console himself in envy of the unemployed.
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Florence H. Rose
Chancery Court
Alfred Rose
Liverpool
England
Rosetta Lee
Orrie Lee
Nellie Lundy
Aaron Lundy
Fairhope Boosts Growth in Warm Winter From Elgin Visit
L N Jack, father of Mrs Ned Dougherty, returns from Elgin NL with Western tour tales, boosting Fairhope as four to five northern families arrive for winter. Residents push for morning mail, tourism growth, and new housing. Civic boosters expand. clergy from three churches attend services as staff and guests engage in local education and events.
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Airhope
Ala
L. N. Jackfather
Ned Dougherty
Elgin
Fairhope
Mort Bixler
Gulf Coast Fair
Foster
Christian Church
G. C. Simpson
Methodist Church
Swafford
Baptist
Harry Shaffer
American Laundry
Mobile
W. E. Sweet
Flint
Mich
Marietta L. Johnson
School of Organic Education
Greenwich
Conn
Organic Education
E. B. Davis
Coden
Southern Sewer Pipe rate petition heard by commission
The Southern Sewer Pipe Company of Birmingham sought a reclassification of rates on earthen pipe and related products before the public service commission in Montgomery. A decision is expected later. Attorney Stewart McKenzie, representing iron companies, planned to meet the commission regarding Birmingham railroads seeking higher raw material rates for iron making.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southern Sewer Pipe Company of
Birmingham
Public Service Commission
Stewart McKenzie
Iron Companies
Legislator Resigns to Join Montgomery City Commission
Dr T J Stough resigns from the Montgomery county legislature to take a position on the Montgomery city commission. His election to the city post is immediately contested by William B Smith of this city. A stray sentence about women and shopping follows the main facts.
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Montgomery
Ala
T. J. Stough
Montgomery County
William 8. Smith
Margate bark Margaret in distress off Gulfport
An American bark thought to be the Margaret, sailing from Gulfport Mississippi, was spotted 15 miles south of Fort Morgan. The vessel showed distress. tow attempts were made and the crew expected to decide its fate after stuck in a hurricane. Also 1500 General Electric machinists in Schenectady struck for eight hours.
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Margaret
Gulfport
Miss
Currier
Cuban Molasses Company
Fort Morgan
van Gilger
Bar
Echo
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric
Vitalitas tonic praised as daily health aid in ad copy
Morning draughts of Vitalitas claimed to cure indigestion sour stomach biliousness rheumatism liver kidneys bowels and blood. Described as a heavy golden liquid extracted from an earth substance and sold by Sutton's Drug Store and other druggists in a full page advertisement.
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Vitalitas
Sutton’s
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