Grand Jury Targets Mobile School Conditions and Safety
The Mobile County grand jury for the October term reports exhaustive city school inspections. It flags Barton Academy Yerby Oakdale Marechal Clark and Owen as needing fire exits, lighting and sanitary upgrades. Overcrowding noted. Booker T. Washington deemed unfit. Council School wooden fire escapes condemned.
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Barton Academy
Yerby
Marechal
Oakdale
Clark
Owen
Booker T. Washington
Council
Oliver J. Semmes
City Court of
Mobile
Grand Jury
Norborne R. Clarke
G. B. Thames
Mobile County
Tucker
Marescheal
Russell
Leinkauf
Old Shell Road
Semmes
A. J. Owen
Ed.t. Washington
S. S. Murphy
Sanitarium for Tuberculosis Planned in Mobile
Mobile will host a tuberculosis sanitarium announced by E. M. Bailey and Dr. E. A. Peterson. The site is selected and construction is to begin without delay after a thorough medical investigation. The decision notes Mobile’s winter climate aids curing tuberculosis for northern patients seeking relief.
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Mobile
E. M. Bailey
E. A. Peterson
Andeen
Dutch tanker sees suspected submarine off La Campaine
Officers aboard the Dutch tank steamer La Campanine arriving from Rotterdam report at 2 a m on October 1 a dark object maneuvering near the stern they took to be a German submarine. Cromwell Gibson of Jacksonville sues estate executives for 1 300 000 over land purchase in the Everglades drainage area. London reports Daily News says Sir Edward Carson has resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rotterdam
London
Sir Edward Carson
Daily News
Cromwell Gibson
Jacksonville
Fla
Samuel M. Jarvis
Everglades
Gulfport Beached Steamer Birchwood To Be Floated Soon
Gulfport Miss Oct 16 Great progress by Gulfport Towing toward floating British steamer Birchwood beached during the storm. A small dredge from New Orleans aids the channel, expected to float by Sunday afternoon. Contract price $30,000. Also reports juvenile thefts and plans for a juvenile reformatory. County to fund road bonds and beach road project across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Gulfport Towing Company
Birchwood
Pascagoula
New Orleans
the Humane Society
Pass Christian
Beach Road
Board of Supervisors
Aviztor Beltrano Dies in Buenos Aires Loop Attempt
Francisco Beltrano was killed today in Buenos Aires while attempting a loop in an aeroplane. The fatal accident occurred during the performance as crowds watched, with authorities reporting the skilled aviator unable to recover from the maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviztor Beltrano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Francisco Beltrano
Big Chicora Plant to Renew Saving Operations Oct 21
CHICORA Miss Oct 16 A Robinson Land and Lumber Co began moving wagons and gear toward Clara to establish camp for log cutting. They plan to restart their band mill by October 21, cutting about two million feet for interior trade and car material. Idle since March, the operation may expand to another mill if profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicora
Miss
Robinson Land and Lumber Company
Clara
McAdoo Pushes Big Navy and $46 Million Merchant Marine
William G McAdoo secretary of the treasury urged in Kansas City that the United States build a large navy capable of facing any world power and create a $46,000,000 merchant marine to serve as a naval auxiliary in wartime, speaking before the Kansas City Commercial Club.
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McAdoo
Kansas City
United States
William G. McAdoo
Kansas City Commercial Club
Winter Time In The North And Mobile Gardens Begin
The passage describes a Mobile garden program starting this week with over four thousand six hundred ninety families planned to plant fall and winter crops. It envisions a Christmas like North and Mobile scene with snowbirds, frost, and fresh vegetables ready for the table as the Mobile Home Gardening Association leads the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Waelich
Mobile Home Gardening Association
E. Q. Norton
The
Gardening Association
Mystery figures emerge in Mobile recall of City Commissioner Schwarz
Petitions to recall City Commissioner Laz Schwarz circulate in Mobile with reports naming William J. Hanlon and Bart B. Chamberlain as possible targets for police chief and recorder posts. Circulators claim sufficient signatures to trigger recall filings, but the sponsors remain unidentified. Crenshaw denies involvement as rumors spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Laz Schwarz
William J. Hanlon
Pat J. Lyons
Bart B. Chamberlain
Williams
Fifteen Killed in U P Wreck Near Randolph Kan
A Union Pacific motor train plunged down an embankment near Randolph Kansas today after a washout. At least fifteen people were killed and many injured as cars submerged in Fancy creek with six drownings among seventy two passengers in one car.
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Kansas City
Union Pacific Railroad
Randolph
Kan
Fancy Creek
Des Moines
Union Pacific
Weather Brief for Mobile and Southeast States
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change and light easterly winds. In Washington area the forecast calls for fair conditions, while Alabama expects fair skies tonight and Sunday with gentle northeast and east winds. Mississippi will have partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday with gentle to moderate winds from the east and southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Ississippi
Vienna planning to lay out parks as vegetable gardens
A historical note claims that firing a 15 inch gun blows away a 500 pound bale of cotton. It also mentions a 16 inch naval gun projectile weighing 950 pounds and outlines plans to convert all Vienna parks and open spaces into vegetable gardens.
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Vienna
Villa reported killed in Casas Grandes clash
A Mexican who arrived from Casas Grandes brought a report that General Francisco Villa, leader of the northern Mexican faction, was shot during a disaffected revolt after a demand led to a mutiny among about seven thousand of nine thousand troops. Another account claimed Villa was being court martialed when the train left Casas Grandes. A separate report said General Rodolfo Fierro died by drowning after fording a river, a detail viewed with skepticism by some.
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Paso
Texas
Francisco Villa
Mexico
el Paso
Cases Grandes
Villa
Casas Grandes
Joan
Juarez
International Bridge
Ornelas
General Villa
United States
Medinavella
Elpa Texas
Rodolfo Fierros
Villa Generals
Fierro
William Benton
General Urbana
Urbana
Mississippi Expects Strong Gulf Coast Fair Representation
Gulf Coast Fair Association reports Mississippi will send more exhibits to Mobile than Jackson or Meridian fairs. New entries arrive rapidly, with Ocean Springs expected to boost attendance. Armour Fertilizer Company representative Robertson Palmer notes strong interest from Greenville Evergreen fairs and Citronelle's exhibit on Thursday October 21 to be shown at Mobile.
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Mississippi
Mobile
Jackson
Meridian
Gulf Coast Fair Association
Robertson Palmer
Armour Fertilizer Company
Ocean Springs
Palmer
Greenville
Evergreen
Citronelle
Mobile Chosen as Likely Site for Aviation School
A telegram from J. BERGER of a Wright interests syndicate proposes Mobile as the site for an aviation school to train Canadians for British service in Europe. R. G. Cobb, acting secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, says Mobile offers year round conditions and waterfront access for hydroplanes, with a formal follow up letter expected to detail the plan.
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Mobile
Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company
Dayton
Europe
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Monihe
Derger
Berger
Cobb
United States
Aviation
Pensacola
Wright
Berger Wire
U.S. Defense Plan Aims 1.2 Million Trained Army
Washington reports official details of a six year national defense program. It envisions an army including reserves reaching 1,200,000 trained men and a navy expansion to add sixteen capital ships ten dreadnoughts and six battle cruisers along with submarines destroyers and scout cruisers within five years.
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Washington
National Defense
City boy Carl finds wonder in toy balloon day
A twelve year old, worn in street clothes, experiences a single day of City of Wonders in Mobile. He gazes at shop windows, marvels at luxuries, and receives a five cent toy balloon from a restrained vendor as his wagon leaves Saint Emanuel Street. The moment marks a life shaping, dream inspiring event.
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Carl
City OF Wonders
St. Emanuel Street
City of Toys
Santa Claus
Mobile
Wonders
Balkans War Shifts as Bulgaria and Britain Declare
Bulgaria and Great Britain declare reciprocal hostilities while Serbia also engages, marking a new Balkan phase. Greece refrains from joining Serbia immediately, Roumania neutrality remains unclear, and Mackensen’s campaign shows slow progress with defensive holds near Nish. In the West, Allied trenches hold but German gains appear along the Champagne line. London questions air defense readiness as Churchill and Asquith figures feature in debates.
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London
Bulgaria
Great Britain
Serbia
Ferdinand
Balkan
Greece
England
Roumania
Balkans
Paris
Bucharest
Vosges
Champagne
John French
Pheish
Loos
Winston Spencer Churchill
Duchy of Lancaster
Admiraltty
Asquith
House of Commons
Annan Bryce
Viscount Bryce
Washington
Continuedj
Venizelos expects Allied victory and urges timely entry
Former Greek premier Venizelos expressed earnest hope for Allied success and said he favors early and decisive war participation. He argued the question is not whether to wage war but when to enter, noting the new government’s stance on aiding Serbia. Premier Zaimis had stated Greece would not join the war now.
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Paris
Venizelos
Greece
Athens
Matin
Serbia
Funeral Notice Wooten Dieq 1915 Obituary
Margaret O Wooten wife of the late Thomas Wooten died Wednesday afternoon October 13 1915 aged sixty four. The friends of the family are requested to attend the funeral from residence 208 Congress street tomorrow Sunday afternoon at o oclock. Interment Magnolia Cemetery.
Lost Fountain Pen and Gold Scarfpin Notice
Lost items advertised include a fountain pen with gold detailing and a cameo scarfpin found near Dauphin Street. Rewards offered for return to D. Be Jett at 63 Dauphin Street or Room 208 City Bank. Other classified ads appear on page iy.
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D. BE
Jett
Bduphin Street
Dauphin Street
City. Bank
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Uncle Sam
Haiti
L. T. Waller
Camp
Waller
Robinsons
Schwarz
U.P
U.S. Army
Teutons
Bulgars
Peter
von Mackenzen
Bis
Nish
Pisana
Boukva
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