Glad Hand Pilots Named to Conduct Pathfinders Party
Mobile prepares for the Jackson Highway Pathfinders with a pilot committee of H J Harrington Finlay McFadyen and L G Adams named to guide the party. Local groups subscribe funds and arrange hospitality as Nashville visit details are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Jackson Highway
Jackson Highway Committee
Alabama
Retail Grocers and Merchants Association
W. T. Goubil
Chamber of Commerce
S. A
Ways and Means
State Line
Pascagoula
Pathfinders
B. Hervey
Cawthon Hotel
Highway Committee
A. G. Ward
Gulf Coast
Mobile County
Jackson Highway Association
Leased WIRE BRIEFS FROM PARIS TO FALMOUTH
Count Henri de Vogue dies from battle wounds. Salandra returns from the front with talks with King Victor Emmanuel and Cadorna. Swiss pardon for-doerflinger. Sarrail to command in Orient. Archduke Ludwig Salvator dies at 68. milk cards discussed in Berlin. Peru's finance minister Aurelio Garcia Lastras resigns. Cambridge men enlist. 10,250 total, one in seven killed or missing. Antoine crew landed at Toulon after submarine sinking. Casner, 20, dies from blood poisoning after football injuries. Norbert Weiner appointed Harvard assistant professor at age 19. later Tufts bachelor’s degree holder. Constantin Dumba arrives at Falmouth aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam but stays aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Henri de Vogue
Melchior de Vogue
Marquis de Vogue
French Red Cross
Rome
Salandra
Victor Emmanuel
General Cadorna
War
Finance
Berne
William
C. A. Doerflinger
Athens
Sarrail
Tes Orient
Saloniki
Amsterdam
Archduke Ludwig Salvator
Austria
Brandeis Castle
Elbe
Berlin
Lima
Peru
Aurelio Garcia Lastres
London
Cambridge Review
Cambridge University
Toulon
France
Antoine
Mediterranean
Brunsville
W. Va
Roland G. Casner
Cambridge
Mass
Norbert Weiner
Harvard
Weiner
Tufts College
Falmouth
Constantin Dumbar
Austria-Hungary
United States
Nieuw Amsterdam
Large haul of liquor seized near Dog River by deputies
Deputies seized a large quantity of liquor on the banks of Dog River about two miles from the river mouth. Wagons carried the haul to Mobile and then to the county jail. Officials suspect a New Orleans schooner unloaded contraband near the McBride race track. The search expanded to Manassas and St Joseph streets, arresting Walter Johnson for liquor violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holcombe
Dog River
Mobile
Sheriff's Office
New Orleans
McBride Race Track
Fulton’ Road
Cedar Point
Dorian
E. T. Rondeau
Walter Johnson
Manassas
St. Joseph
Lacey
Burch
Dorlon
St. Andrew
Frank J. Levine
South Water Street
Levine
Cook
Columbia Rowing Crew Faces Poor Prospects Against Yale
Coach Rice of the Columbia rowing team fears the Nov 12 race with Yale may be canceled due to poor conditions and a lack of candidates for both varsity and freshmen crews, leaving chances of success slim.
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Rice
Columbia
Yale
Alabama man sets road record for Birmingham to Mobile trip
Hupmobile driver H W Patterson, Texas Oil Co local manager, claims a 401 mile Birmingham to Mobile run in 23 hours 20 minutes with no major breakdowns. He traveled via Montgomery Troy Elba Sampson Andalusia Bay Minette Fairhope and crossed by bay steamer, averaging about 17 miles an hour amid some rough sections.
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H. W. Patterson
Texas Oil Company
Patterson
Birmingham
Mobile
City
Baldwin County
Sampson
Andalusia
Alabama
Florida
Fairnope Ala
San Carlos
Fla
Japanese Munitions Sent to Russia at Cost Says Okazaki
K Okazaki a Japanese parliament member arrived in New York reporting Japan’s ammo plants and arsenals running at full capacity. He stated a sizable portion of munitions is shipped to Russia and that Japan sells war supplies at cost to the Russian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
K. Okazaki
St. Louis
Liverpool
Russia
Japan
the Hague
London
Petrograd
Times
Tokio
Martial Law Declared at The Hague in Partial Form
The Hague proclaims a specified and partial martial law affecting army supply trades and worker movements. In a placard issued this morning, residents learn that workmen must secure military permits to travel to other districts, while foreigners remain unaffected.
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The
Hague
the Hague
London
de Hague
Bankers Organize New York Athletic Club for $200 Fees
New York October 14 One hundred or more bankers in the financial district are forming a bankers athletic club. They have leased 6000 square feet on the eighteenth floor of the Equitable building. Squash and handball courts and other facilities will be provided for racquets tennis fencing boxing and gymnastic exercises. Initiation fees and annual dues are set at $200 each.
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New York
Financial District
Bankers’ Athletic Club
Equitable Building
Arama
Mobile urged to build exports via Gulf ports to Australia and S America
San Francisco reports rising demand from Australia New Zealand and South American markets. Gulf coast ports and Panama route touted for direct shipments as Pacific ports struggle. 1914 1915 export figures show increases to Argentina Brazil and other nations, prompting the Chamber of Commerce to assign a manufacturers committee to compile data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Australia
New Zealand
Europe
Gulf Coast
Panama Canal
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Panama
New York
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
The
Chamber of Commerce
Threatened Confiscation of American Plants Not Under Sanction of Villa
El Paso October 14 Villa officials in Juarez disputed a decree threatening confiscation of the American Smelting and Refining properties and other large Mexican mining companies. They said Governor Fidel Avila of Chihuahua issued the order without General Villa authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
Villa
Juarez
Mexico
Fidel Avila
Chihuahua
General Villa
Caesar Sails to the Mediterranean to coal U S warships
The U S collier Caesar sailed from Norfolk yesterday for the Mediterranean via Funchal Madeira to coal American warships already in those waters.
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Norfolk. Va
United States
Caesar
Campton Roads
Mediterranean
Funchal
Madeira
Wilson approves garrison plan to grow the Army
President Wilson backed Secretary Garrison's plan for increasing the Army at an annual cost of 180 million dollars, with a 30k to 50k man boost, expanded coast defenses, more field artillery, and a large reserve through short term enlistments. Navy plan to raise 100 million could push total national defense near 400 million.____________________
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Washington
Wilson
Garrison
Congress
Navy
National Guard
West Point Military Academy
Breckinridge
Hay
House Military Committee
Chamberlain
Senate Military Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Daniels
Cotton Seed Hits Fifty Dollars a Ton In Alabama
Cotton seed, for the first time in Alabama history, sold today for fifty dollars a ton. Several concerns paid the price, while prospects for higher prices kept many planters from offering seed. War needs, exports, and expanded use of cotton seed products in the North are cited as reasons for the advance.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Louisiana Banks Ready to Handle Crop Movements
New Orleans reports debts and reserves show Louisiana banks have ample resources to manage crop movements this year without needing funds from outside institutions. State bank examiner Sims announced in his quarterly statement that nearly half of bank reserves are in gold.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Sime
State Bank Examiner
Sims
Dixie Highway progress hoped for completion in a year
Dixie Highway commissioners en route from Chicago to Miami reached Nashville for a banquet. Judge M. M. Allison, president of the Dixie Highway Association, said the highway’s construction is advancing and he expected completion within a year.
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Dixie Highway
Nashville, Tenn
Dixie Highway Commissioners
Chicago
Miami
Fla
Nashville
Chattanooga
M. M. Allison
Dixie Highwy Association
Gulf Coast Marketing Exchange Extends Reach Along Mississippi Coast
Farmer directors vote to extend the Gulf Coast Marketing Exchange to Mississippi coast points including Biloxi and Perdido with plans to organize local exchanges. Secretary Prem ley to tour Mississippi towns to gauge joining interest before incorporation.
Mobile and Escambia Game Laws Held Unconstitutional
Attorney general William S. Martin advises that Mobile county game law and Escambia county fish catching regulation are unconstitutional for violating Section 165 of the state constitution. The Mobile bill, sponsored by Representative Claude A. Grayson, changes all open seasons except wild turkey gobblers, snipe, plover, deer and squirrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
William S. Martin
John H. Wallace, Jr
Mobile County
Escambia County
Mobile
Claude A. Grayson
Zeppelin raid on London kills and wounds many
Berlin dispatch reports 55 killed and 114 injured in a Zeppelin raid on London. The item notes mobile weather and forecasts for Alabama Mississippi with generally fair skies tonight and Friday, cooler tonight and gentle shifting winds.
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London
Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Farmer Organizes Local Chapter to Join Gulf Coast Exchange
W. H. Sissons of Magnolia Springs mobilizes about twenty five farmers along Fishriver to form a Magnolia Springs local for the Gulf Coast Marketing Exchange. He states the group will be represented at the next exchange directors meeting and aims to strengthen the cooperative for local benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast Marketing Exchange
Mississippi Coast
Mobile County
Biloxi
Baldwin Counties
Perdido
Baldwin County
Fowl River
Moise County
M. J. Thompson
John Bb. Lawrence
Dyas
W. C. Bromley
Ray Minette
Robertsdale
Foley
Magnolia Springs
W. H. Sissons
Mississippi
Bilox
Gulf Coast
Premley
Exchange
Gulf Coast Exchange
A.J. Harkins
Mobile
Calvert
Lawrence
J. JD. Farnsworth
W. HW. Sissons
Mr. Sissons
Aubrey Boyles
W.C. Bromley
W. (. Bromley
British Attack Across Front Fails. European War News
Across the Ypres to Loos front British attacks and coast bombardment fail, while Russia cites munition superiority as key to Eastern successes. Tokyo may join Russo Japanese talks. reports of Bulgarian division near Kraguyevatz and seventeen German Baltic ore steamers sunk by British submarines.
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Berlin
London
Ypres
Loos
War Office
Paris
Havas
Bucharest
Kraguyevatz
Serbia
Baltic Sea
Stockholm
Exchange Telegraph Company
Uneasy London on Balkans as allies debate action
London feeling grows uneasy over Balkans without definite allied plans. Dispute in the French chamber, Italy's silence on expedition, and Britain’s uncertain program fuel doubt. Public opinion splits on joining the conflict. Continued on Page 5.
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London
Balkans
Chamber of Deputies
Balkan
Italy
Serbia
Biloxi Plans Seawall District After County Rejection
Biloxi citizens consider a municipal seawall district to protect against hurricanes and high tides after Harrison county supervisors rejected the proposal. The city council and a committee will survey property owners and report sentiment, with the Biloxi Chamber joining efforts. A highway scouting event from Tennessee is planned with Biloxi pilots coordinating arrivals on October 21. Also, a wedding and a relief association meeting were held with officers named.
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Biloxi
Misa
Harrison
Dilext Commercial Club
Alabama Gulf Coast Association
Jackson Memorial Highway Association
Nashville
Maris Lanius
Alphonse Ketels
Lanius
Dunbar, Lopes & Dukate Company
Abitext Relief Association
Riviera Hotel
George H.dunbar
George H. Dunbar
W. E. M. Dukate
W. T. Bolton
Marguerite Elmer
J. G. Wiltz
East
End
H. Tomlinson
E. Philbrick
Belle Gordon
Central District
W. KK. M. Dukate
E. Toler
By Enochs
W.O. Clark
Wi End
A. P. Stewart
Douglas Waterson
Back Bay
John «R» Mounier
Mary Arguellies
Lost items and rewards in city classifieds
Lost one fountain pen with gold band return to D E Jett 63 Dauphin street reward. Lost one gold scarfpin with cameo north of Dauphin street return to Room 208 City Bank reward. Picked up Tuesday night emalheifer owner may claim by applying to Lewise Gayle. Central Market Lost on Prichard Whistler Maine or Waee nne meee one ladies gold and pearl parasol 5 engraved A F rewards on W Savannah and Bayou St. Lost Lady nose Royal street ward at Box K-18. Lost this move on Bear street car at 6 o clock please return item and reward. Other Classified Ads on Page M.
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D. E. Jett
Dauphin Street
City Bank
Emal
Heifer
Lewise Gayle
Central
Prichard
Whistler
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Glad Hand
Pathfinder Party
Ito
Sarvoavit lv
Sheriff’s Office
Szys
Eusily
U. S
California
Brooklyn Mavy Yard
Naval Advisory Board
George H. Rock
Jrength
Alami
Baldwin
Escambia
Farmer
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