Armenians in Asiatic Turkey Face Renewed Massacres
Ambassador Morgenthau reports renewed Armenian massacres in Asiatic Turkey after Bulgaria joined the war. Most Armenians there are killed or banished to desert towns between the Tigris and Euphrates. Funds for refugees exist, but no plan to bring them to the United States.
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Washington
State Department
Morgenthau
Constantinople
Turkey
Bulgaria
Tigres
Euphrates
Ambassar Morgenthaum
Gulf Coast Fair Grounds Attract Mobile Visitors
Mobile's stabled horses and improving track draw several thousand visitors to the Gulf Coast Fair Grounds as preparations for the late month exposition progress. Twenty five thoroughbreds workout daily under superintendent John L. Ramsey while Chairman Harry Hollister displays judge's cup and related trophies in the Daniels window on Dauphin street. Bruce Kennedy of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce says Traveling Men's Day will pull Gulf Coast travelers and expects record attendance.
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Gulf Coast Fair Grounds
Mobile
John L. Ramsey
Harry Hollister
New York
Hollister
Dauphin Street
Bruce Kennedy
Montgomery
Mobile Rifle Club Shines in Indoor Range Showing
The Mobile Rifle Club held an instructional shooting night at the Mobile battalion indoor range. Captain Jack Mahon guided basics of sighting and operation while members produced fine scores. Lieut. Col. Frank Maddox was named a life honorary member as the club plans its record shooting season.
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Mobile Rifle Club
National Guard
Jack Mahon
Army
Frank Maddox
No Occasion for Uneasiness Says John T Cochrane
New York October 11 The Alabama Tennessee and Northern railway faces a receivership suit from D H Tolman but John T Cochrane president says there is no ground for a receiver since the company is not in default beyond a grace period and the matter should be resolved without alarm. Treasurer Guthrie notes Tolman seeks 3750 in coupon interest but only 1750 is due per bonds and not in default. Officials at National City Bank report a calm, routine day with no anticipated receivership.
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New York
Mobile Item
Mobile
Ala
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
John T. Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
D. H. Tolman
Chancery Court
Road
K. R. Guthii
Tolman
Guthrie
Cochrane
National City Bank
Mexican Consulate in Mobile Closed by Carranza Order
The Mexican consulate in Mobile remains closed pending formal recognition of the Constitutionalist government. Vessels bound for Mexican ports must obtain clearance from New Orleans consul Francisco R. Villavicencio, with penalties for noncompliance. Pensacola clearances are also affected. Rafael Y. Arias serves as Mobile consular agent for the Constitutionalist government.
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Constitutionalist Government of
Mexico
New Orleans
Francisco R. Villavicencio
Pensacola
Whch
Mobile
United States
Rafael Y. Arias
Divorce suit filed by Effie Harold in chancery court
Effie Harold filed for divorce from John H. Harold on abandonment grounds. Married in Baldwin county on December 24, 1894, they lived together until 1912 when the husband left her without cause. Last known residence listed as Madison Wisconsin.
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Effie Harold
Chancery Court
John H. Harold
Baldwin County
Madison
Wisconsin
Vessel listings and port status aboard at South American and Atlantic ports
A reader style catalog lists vessels in port including WIRQUA and Edgar with nationalities Br Nor Am, and details of ship types such as schooners ships barkentines and bay steamers. It notes destinations Laid Up Port Arthur Gibraltar Buenos Aires and repairs in progress at Buenos Aires with entries for Bay trade and Daphne direct routes.
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Wirqua
Teres Nesare
Earlswood
Edgar
Nor
Emila S. de Perez Kulchmore
Karen
Pathfinder
October Birthday Wishes For Local Children Celebrate Party
The MOBILEN ITEM notes Mariam Jockel born Oct 12 1910 age five at Catherine St and Clifford Lee born Oct 12 1905 age ten at 108 Madison St invited to entertain five friends at a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon Tickets mailed October birthday notices request boys and girls born in October to send full names addresses and birthdates to Children editor MOBILEN ITEM at least two days before their birthday.
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Mariam Jockel
Catherine St
Clifford Lee
Madison St
the Item
Empire Theatre
Cloudy Tonight and Wednesday Rain Forecast
A humorously dense weather column notes the forecast for cloudy skies with probable rain on Wednesday. It rambles through weather, names places like Sheridan Wyoming and Durango Colorado, and ends by predicting rain with a light joke about protein explanations.
Pathfinder Arrives In Harbor After Short Atlantic Passage
The American steamship Pathfinder of the Porto Rican Steamship Line arrived at daylight Tuesday docked at the Mallory pier after a swift passage around the Florida capes. Nearby, the Viking of the Caribbean & Southern Line is overdue and expected to load for South American ports later today. The Munson Line’s Karen from Cuban ports is due to return to Havant after loading.
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Pathfinder
Porto Rican Steamship Line
New York
Mallory Pier
Florida Capes
Caribbean & Southern Steamship Line
Viking
Karen
Munson Steamship Line
Hecht
Cuban
Havant
Munson Line
Margarita
Gulf Dry Docks
Viator
Chamelecon Steamship Line
Dictator
Orr-Laubenheimer
Tropics
Belize
B. H
Weather and river forecasts from local forecaster Albert Ashenberger
Moderate temperatures for 36 hour shipments in the North East and West. The Tombigbee river and branches will fall in the next two days while the Alabama continues to fall. A high barometer area brings fair weather east of the Mississippi with colder conditions in the West. A rise in temperature in the northern Rockies follows a low area, warmer weather east of the Mississippi.
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Tombighbee
Alabama
Mississippi River
Middle Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Albert Ashenberger
Great Military Exhibit Promised for the Fair
Captain Jack Mahon calls the Gulf Coast Fair military exhibit the souths finest and says Mobile battalion trophies and Fort Barancas companies will display soldiers life in entertaining features worth a long remembered show.
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Gulf Coast Fair
South
Jack Mahon
Fort Barancas
Deaths and Funerals James R Lucius and Estelle Zepernick Peters
James R. Lucius died Sunday afternoon at city hospital. Funeral Tuesday from Crenshaw Undertaking. interment Magnolia Cemetery. Estelle Zepernick Peters died Monday at 2:30 PM at daughter’s home, age 52. service at St Marys Church and Magnolia Cemetery. Survived by daughter and son Philip Peters. brothers L E Zepernick and Frank Zepernick.
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James R. Lucius
City Hospital
The
Estelle Zepernick Peters
Philip H. Peters
W. E F. Mooney
Houston Street
Philip F. Peters
Ek, C. Zadek Jewelry Company
L. E. Zepernick
Macon
Miss
Frank Zepernick
Mobile
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Mrs Nancy Bassett Dies After Long Illness at 78
Nancy Bassett 78 lifelong Mobile resident died Tuesday morning at 1 16 at the family home on Oakdale avenue after a long illness. She is survived by two sons H T Bassett and W G Bassett a daughter Mrs Mary Tilton of Oklahoma four sisters Mrs Freda Hearn Moss Point Miss Mrs John Thompson Shelbyville Illinois Mrs Belle Milligan Deming New Mexico and Mrs C K Roe Spring Hill Mobile County.
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Nancy Bassett
Oakdale Avenue
McDonald Avenue
H. T
W. G. Bassett
Mary Tilton
Oklahoma
Freda Hearn
Moss Point
John Thompson
Shelbyville
Belle Milligan
Deming
N. M
C. K. Roe
Spring Hill
Mobile County
Infant Geraldine Brown Dies After Illness
After a brief illness six month old Geraldine daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester H Brown died Monday afternoon at 2 o clock at their home 15 Parker Street located in the family residence obituary notice states.
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Geraldine
Chester H. Brown
Parker Street
Drayman Arrested Delivering Beer in Violation of Law
Dan Mangle, a white man, was arrested Monday afternoon by Deputy Sheriffs Brannan and Bernstein for violating the state prohibition law transportation section. He allegedly delivered four half casks of beer at 510 Elmira street and said he was hired to make the delivery. He was released on bond to appear in inferior criminal court Wednesday.
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Dan Mangle
Brannan and
Bernstein
Mangle
Elmira Street
Inferior Criminal Court
How Much Are Your Family Food Bills Per Week
A reader asks about weekly food costs and shopping habits. The piece cites Dr. Hutchison on meat as economical fuel and notes macaroni offers high nourishment, with Faust Macaroni highlighted as a cheap versatile option.
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Hutchison
Use Mercorized Wax For Sallow Or Rough Skin
Skins that are sallow blotchy or oily respond to mercorized wax applied like cold cream before bed and washed off next morning to remove fine particles. With two weeks of use, skin becomes softer and clearer, while a face bath of hazel water Saxolite powder is claimed to tighten wrinkles.
Fail to Locate the Body of Lieutenant in San Diego Search
A night search for Lieutenant Walter R. S. A. aviator failed to locate his body after he fell to sea 2,000 feet from his ship. Dragging operations were conducted today while the aircraft sank in forty feet of water.
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San Diego
Cal
Walter R. S. A
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Joe Albright
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Smith’s
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