Mobile Oyster Commission member Charles Clark dies at 49
Charles Clark, a longtime Mobile county resident and Alabama Oyster Commission member for two years, died suddenly at his Coden home after a brief illness. He moved from Mobile twenty years ago to run an oyster business and a large retail grocery. He is survived by his wife, six children, and a brother William Clark.
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Charles Clark
Mobile County
Alabama Oyster Commission
Coden
Mr. Clark
Commission
Daniel Bosarge
Bayou la Barre
Clark
Thomas Forbes
Dauphin Street
Royal
Mobile
Oyster Commission
O'Neal
Miss Cooper
Bon Secour
William Clark
Pankhurst Denied U S Admission After Ellis Island Hearing
English suffragette leader Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst was denied admission to the United States after a quick Ellis Island inquiry into her English prison record. A deportation order was issued unless Washington intervenes, with her lawyer planning an appeal.
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Associated Press
New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
England
United States
Mrs. Pankhurst
France
Rheta Child Dorr
Holloway
International Medical Congress
Washington
Special Board of Inquiry
Chapel Car St Peter Brings Archbishop to Boston Mission Congress
Archbishop Bonzano, papal delegate to the United States, arrives in Boston aboard the chapel car St Peter attached to a Washington train. About 700 clerical and 1 500 lay delegates gather as the Catholic missionary congress opens to study missionary conditions nationally and abroad.
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Associated Press
Boston
St. Peter
Washington
Bonzano
United States
Catholic Missionary Congress
Georgia Governor Proclaims Tuberculosis Day
Governor John M. Slaton designated Sunday December 7 as tuberculosis day urging Georgians to observe it to advance the world-wide effort against the disease. The call appears in a proclamation issued in Atlanta.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Juhn M. Slaton
Free Text Books Proposed by Mobile Grand Jury
The Mobile grand jury of the October term recommends abolishing the school fee system and providing free text books for Mobile students. It asks the Board of School Commissioners to study the issue and align Mobile with progressive cities. The panel examined 89 cases, 287 witnesses, found 60 true bills, and urged sanitary improvements at the insane asylum and nuisance remedies near the Mobile County jail.
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Mobile
Board of
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Mobile County
Henry Pickens
Looks Good for Currency Bill Advances in U S
Washington reports indicate Wilson and senate Republicans near a currency bill accord with a banking committee report due by November 10 and a possible final vote. Democratic leaders discuss a recess if a set vote date is agreed. President met Senator Nelson as Republicans on the committee reportedly show cooperation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Banking Committees
Congress
Nelson
Grand Jury Report City Court Mobile October 1918 Term
The grand jury reports eleven days of session in City Court Mobile for the October 1918 term. They docketed 89 cases examined 287 witnesses and found 59 true bills. Special committees examined the county treasury and the county books and bonds.
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City Court of
Mobile
Dredge Workman Fatally Hurt on Government Vessel
Jack Fowler, a Wahalak dredge employee, was badly injured Saturday morning aboard the dredge at the foot of Eslava street. He was rushed to the United States Marine Hospital with slim chances of recovery. Fowler’s home is Meridian Mississippi, and relatives were notified.
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Jack Fowler
Wahalak
Eslava Street
United States Marine Hospital
Fowler
Meridian
Migs
Board has authority on Pankhurst case deportation
Washington October 18. Commissioner General Caminetti said the Pankhurst case might reach his bureau today if the special board acts promptly. The board has authority to permit landing without reference to Washington. If the board orders deportation the decision would be appealed to Caminetti and Acting Secretary Post and would be final.
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Associated Press
Washington
Caminetti
Pankhurst
Special Board
Post
Ravenscroft Leads in Finals for Women’s National Golf Title
In Wilmington on October 18 Miss Gladys Ravenscroft former British champion led Marion Hollins Metropolitan champion by one hole after nine. Both competitors did not play to expectations in the deciding match of the week long tournament.
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Wilmington
Del
Gladys Ravenscroft
Marion Hollins
Miss Hollins
Miss Ravenscroft
License Case Continued In October Arraignment
John Wilson was arrested by Traffic Officer Walter Burch for violating state motor vehicle license law. He was arraigned before Recorder Edington Friday and the case was continued to October 1.
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John Wilson
Walter Burch
Edington
Lewis cries persecution at McCalman
Dr W M Hancock Lewis of Carrollton Ga denies he is an Alabama ex convict amid accusations by A E McCalman. He travels with Dr J R Hughes and attorney John D Humphries to prove his innocence while a convict named Jack Gabriel questions his identity.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. M. Hancock-Lewis
Carrollton
Atlanta
A. E. McCalman
Alabama
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Georgia
Newport
Lewis
University of the South
Sewannee, Tenn
Hospital Medical College of
J. R. Hughee
John D. Humphries
Dr. Lewis
J. N. Gibson
H. EB. Ervin
Convict Department
Jack Gabriel
Gabriel
Walter Franklin
Birmingham
Presidency Interest Grows in Sabbath Work Through Alabama
At the Alabama Sunday School Association meeting in Montgomery, Oct 16, reports show record half year results. 182 conventions and 416 addresses reached 20,1965 people, with 1,798 Sunday schools represented. volunteers served 108,592 people across 1,740 Sunday schools without pay.
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Alabama Sunday School Association
Montgomery
Mobile
Sunday Schools of
Alabama
Association
Leon C. Palmer
Minnie Allgood
Dadeville
Hazel Ison
Gadsden
Chattanooga Veterans Seek Federal Home Reconciliation
Members of Chattanooga Came No. 7 Sons of Veterans met in extraordinary session to memorialize Congress. They urged admission of Confederate Veterans to National Soldiers' Homes and linked the move to postwar reconciliation sparked by reunions of Federal and Confederate veterans in Chattanooga and summer gatherings.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sons of Veterans
Congress
North
South
Deportation of 153 Chinese Arrives in San Francisco
A shipment of 153 Chinese laborers, the largest consignment yet for deportation, was sent back to China from San Francisco. They had entered Mexico seeking work, but unsettled conditions there left them unable to find jobs and they crossed into California.
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San Francisco
China
Mexico
California
Barge Stirling Captain Reports Theft At Waterfront
George Munson, captain of the barge Stirling, reported to police that a blue suit was stolen from the cabin. Police investigate several petty thefts along the waterfront recently.
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George Munson
Stirling
Weather summaries for Alabama and Mississippi coast sections
Weather report notes cloudy conditions in northeast Alabama tonight and Sunday with warmer temperatures. Mississippi area reports cloudy conditions in southern portions with Sunday fair and recorded temperatures around 74 to 76 degrees at a street corner location.
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Alabama
Col- Mississippi
Royal and
Streets
Clairvoyants Under Arrest in Cook County Fraud Case
Old Doctor Russell and his wife Louise, famed clairvoyants, were arrested in Solumbuse O in connection with the Clairvoyants Trust. Chicago detectives anticipate wholesale fraud charges. The trust is alleged to have defrauded Cook County of about half a million dollars before members dispersed nationwide.
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George the Third
Gatese Ozememat
King George
Liberty
Russell
Chicago
Solumbuse
Louise
Clairvoyants Trust
Clairvoyants’ Trust
Cook County
Hotel Jewelry Theft Suspect Detained in Gulfport
Detectives Burch and Pearson arrest Henry Griggsby, a former waiter at the Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport, after a valuable diamond ring goes missing upon his departure. Griggsby admits possessing the ring and is held for Gulfport authorities.
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Burch and Pearson
Henry Griggsby
Griggsby
Great Southern
Gulfport
Larceny Suspect From Selma Jailed
Will Lyman wanted in Selma Dallas county on grand larceny charges was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lynch and jailed pending arrival of Selma officers. Lyman was indicted by the Dallas county June term grand jury.
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Will Lyman
Selma
Dallas County
Dennis Lynch
Lyman
Nurseryman Arrested For Traffic Violation In City
W W Mann a nurseryman residing at the Southern hotel was arrested Saturday morning by Traffic Officer Walter Burch charged with driving past a street car while passengers were boarding and alighting. He will be arraigned in the re-
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W.W. W. Mann
Southern Hotel
Mann
Walter Burch
Uneasy Mexican Situation as Huerta Entreats Support
Washington officials weigh Huerta’s potential retirement while Blanquet is deemed ineligible due to birth in Spain. Rumors of Felix Diaz and foreign powers’ stances add tension as Britain’s stance prompts questions over provisional rule. Daylight cables describe general developments with no firm resignation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Huerta
Mexico
Blanquet
Hulerta
Madero
Spain
United States
Wilson
O'Shaughnessy
Howe
Mexico City
Great Britain
Lionel Carden
Renuthe
Ambassador Page
Immigrants Have Vitality and Power, Eliot Says
Boston article reports Charles W. Eliot emeritus of Harvard near Rhode Island at a YMCA event describing immigrants as possessing vitality and power. He warns Americans should not look down on educated but unassimilated newcomers and notes Harvard classes failed to reproduce themselves as a comparison.
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Associated Press
Boston
Charles W. . Eliot
Harvard University
Rhode Island
Eliot
Harvard
Henry Lane Wilson Defends Huerta Government View
Henry Lane Wilson former U S ambassador to Mexico said Huerta’s Provisional government is as legal as Roosevelt’s after McKinley’s assassination. He argued Wilson could recognize Huerta without losing face and warned that without support an intervention might be required, while criticizing current Mexican violence and past Madero era killings.
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Spokane
Wash
Huerts
Mexico
Roosevelt
McKinley
Henry Lane Wilson
United States
Wilson
Huerta
Chace
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