Mobile booster party to join Wilmer fair Saturday
Eighty automobiles with two to seven Mobilians each will leave Bienville Square at 11 A M for the Wilmer Fair. The group forms a booster party to publicize Mobile and the host city. Russell Houston of the Chamber of Commerce urged strong Mobile turnout and mailed letters detailing the trip.
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Bienville Square
Wilmer Fair
Mobile
Russell Houston
Special Chamber of Commerce Committee
Wilmer
Chamber of Commerce
Route Reported In Excellent Condition For Wilmer Trip
Official word says Springhill avenue to Crichton and Moffett road to Wilmer are in excellent condition and the run can be under an hour. Bienville Square will depart Saturday at 11 if possible to unite Mobile people for the Wilmer excursion with food plans to follow.
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Springhill Avenue
Crichton
Moffett Road
Wilmer
Bienville Square
Judge McCorvey Cannot Relieve Judge Semmes
Judge W G McCorvey of Monroe County Alabama writes Judge O J Semmes that he cannot travel to Mobile to relieve him this term. Semmes asks Governor Henderson to appoint a special judge. the governor is expected to decide before Monday as criminal docket cases have not been set for trial.
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W. G. McCorvey
Monroe County
Ala
O. J. Semmer
Mobile
Semmes
Henderson
Butcher Fined on Charge Found Guilty at Recorder
A. J. Gayle, a butcher at the Cohoe loop, pleaded guilty to selling fresh meat not inspected by health authorities. He was arraigned before the recorder Friday and fined $10 for the offense, testifying he shot the beef because the animal was hard to handle.
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A. J. Gayle
Co Oe Loop
Gayle
Assault With Knife Costs Woman $51 Fine Friday
Hattie Longmeyer, described as a negress, was fined $51 and 30 days hard labor by Judge Edington for assaulting Hardaway Young. The two fought with a knife two weeks earlier. Longmeyer was hospitalized, escaped, then recaptured by police. Young faced $25 or 25 days.
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Hattie Longmeyer
Edington
Recorder’s Court
Hardaway Young
Young
Longmeyer Wo
A. d
Serbs Break Through at Western Macedonian Front
French reports say the Bulgarians suffered heavy losses including 1000 prisoners and three cannons as Serbians pushed two miles north to Velyeselo after taking Brod. They pierced the second line and gained the Brod and Velyeselo positions, while Greek turmoil and disrupted Athens dispatches cloud the scene.
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Associated Press
London
Velyeselo
Brod
Greece
Athens
Constantine
Court Dismisses Espalla Salary Claim in Mobile
Judge J Semmes ruled in city court that Joseph Espalla Jr chairman of the County Board of Equalization cannot recover 270 for services in August over 27 days. The complaint alleged a 100 per day salary but was denied and Espalla said he would appeal to the Supreme Court in Mobile County.
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Espalla
J. Semmes
Joseph Espalla, Jr
County Board of Equalization
Miet
Supreme Court
Mobile
State board may convene county board. court sustains demurrers
Espalla argued the state board can summon the county board anytime. Attorneys Gordon and Edington for the county filed demurrers claiming the board held sessions only after August 1 and that the state board lacked authority and that the law set a fixed meeting time. The court ruled for the county, upholding the demurrers.
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Espalla
State Board
Gordon
Edington
Ice Man Richard Davis Faces Shortweight Charge
Richard Davis was accused of shortchanging Police Sergeant Charles Schreiner by selling 17 pounds of ice for 25 pounds during a Thursday incident at the police station. Schreiner, known for his brass knowledge, pursued the charge as the case moved to the recorder’s court, with a continuation set for next Tuesday.
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Richard Davis
Charles Schreiner
Davis
Schreiner
Department
Jes
Davie
Recorder’s Court
Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means Meet Monday Night
The Ways and Means Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Battle House Monday night. Lunch will be served at 7 o'clock and the business session will follow thirty minutes later. Important items will be considered.
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Ways and Means Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Battle House
Corner Sold: Conception St Francis Building to Gas Co
Maury and Unruh announced the two story brick corner property at Conception and St. Francis streets sold for 51.90. The site was owned by Mrs Olive Dickson of Texas and transferred to the gas company.
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Messrs
Mobile troops welcomed by crowds today
Mobile greeted its soldiers as the First Regiment arrived for a welcome parade at Bienville Square. Thousands lined the streets as the regiment paraded, then the troops boarded trains to continue west to Nogales, Arizona, for stationing.
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Mobile
L. and
Bienville Square
Nogales
Ariz
Frost Predicted for Mobile Tomorrow Morning
Weather Bureau forecasts frost for Mobile with a drop in temperature from 68 to 40 degrees by Saturday morning. Forecaster Ashenberger reports a 13 degree fall from Thursday to Friday and a 55 degree reading this morning after a high of 81 yesterday.
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Weather Bureau
Ashenberger
Mobile
Voters Asked to Back Education Move
A county wide outreach aims to persuade Mobile voters to support the educational amendment. A noon Chamber of Commerce meeting gathered representatives from various organizations to discuss messaging and voter education. Superintendent S S Murphy will draft a letter to about 6,500 voters detailing the measure and its impact.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mobile County
Chamber of C Commerce
Rtse
Stueetngel Sander Saka
Murphy
Troop Train Arrives at L and N Depot for Parade
The first section of the troop train pulled into the L and N depot shortly after 7. The second followed within an hour and the third arrived at 9 30. Soldiers were given freedom to meet loved ones as mothers wives and sweethearts embraced them before formation for the parade.
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L. and
Four More Companies In the Regiment Formed
Sixteen companies formed the First regiment. There were twelve companies a supply company and a head. Continued on Page Three.
Two Fined for Auto Speed Law in Mobile
E. J. Raub, contractor, paid 310 Friday for violating automobile speed laws. Detective Noah Harris testified Raub ran his car over the limit. Raub initially appealed but then paid the fine. Raymond Coleman, charged with the same offense, was fined $10 and paid.
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E. J. Raub
Recorder
Noah Harris
Raub
Raymond Coleman
Travelogue Film Shoots In Mobile And Coden
Scenes for a travelogue depicting Alabama were filmed today in Mobile and Coden. Mrs. John C. Anderson and Miss Willie Gayle from Montgomery aided in the production, with the company planning more location shoots at resorts to showcase the state’s resources.
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Mobile
Coden
Motion
Pany
Alabama
John C. Anderson
Anderson
Willie Gayle
Montgomery
Motion Picture Company
Silver Jubilee of Father Brady Set for November
Invitations issued for the silver sacerdotal jubilee of Rev. Fr Daniel Alfonsus Brady pastor of St. Vincent's Catholic Church in this city on Tuesday November 21. A solemn high mass opens at 9 20 a m and the sermon will be delivered by Rt Rev John W Shaw bishop of San Antonio Texas. A banquet will be tendered to the pastor and a reunion of the congregation follows at the Brothers of the Sacred.
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Daniel Alfonsus Brady
St. Vincent’s Catholic
John W. Shaw
San Antonio
Texas
Brothers of the Sacred
Martin: Points Ten Years Behind His Stand
A brief item notes Martin facing a decade of support for his stance while pundits count the years since his decision.
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Martin
TNS
Mobile YWCA Seeks Help For Travelers Aid Day
Mobile YWCA asks Mobile residents to support Travelers Aid Day with contributions at downtown locations. The travelers aid program meets incoming trains and assists young women travelers, protecting them and guiding them to safety, a preventive service credited with saving girls from trouble.
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Mobile Y.W.C.A
Travelers Aid
Young Women’s Christian Association
Watchman Aboard Avenger Found Dead With Broken Neck
John Pederson 17 St Emanuel street was found dead aboard the Avenger at the foot of Delaware street. He likely fell into the ship’s hold during Thursday night and his neck was broken. The Avenger, the vessel that grounded on the Chandeleur islands in 1906, was afloat again after the July 5 1916 storm.
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John Pederson
St. Emanuel Street
Delaware Street
Pederson
Chandeleur Islands
All but two crew saved from Cunard liner Alaunia
New York dated Oct 20 Cunard liner Alaunia sunk yesterday by a mine in the English Channel. Officials announced that all passengers were saved and, as far as can be traced, all crew except two. Passengers were landed at Falmouth on Wednesday.
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New York
Cunard Ling
English Channel
Falmouth
Swedish Steamer Normandie Sunk by German Submarine
The crew of the Swedish steamship Normandie landed at Frederikshaven after the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The ship measured about 1,342 tons, 232 feet long and 35 feet beam, built in 1905.
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Copenhagen
London
Frederikshaven
Mark
Governance clash over allocations ties up state finances
Attorney General William L. Martin replied to Governor Henderson defending past railro ad commission spending and asserting no constitutional flaw in legislatures’ broad appropriations. He noted Henderson’s eight years as railroad commission president saw $90 660 070 in counsel fees paid without clear appropriation. Martin accused the governor of endorsing four 1915 acts with indefinite funding through the fiscal year ending September 30.
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Hendérson
Martin
Alabama
Railroad Commission
Governor’s aid funds cited for graft raids investigations
The article notes payments from the state treasury totaling 1 620 904 21 to cover convict, fish and insurance departments and the militia under unsettled enactments. Attorney General Martin says despite constitutional concerns and grants by the governor since September 23, assistants’ salaries are paid as citizens offer funds to continue law enforcement against graft and lawlessness uncovered by raids.
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Martin
Attorney General Martin Remarks on Prosecution Funding
Attorney General Martin expresses regret over the spectacle of a sovereign state accepting donations to fund prosecutions and promises to seek a speedy remedy in court. A dated August 17 letter from the governor notes that unlisted office employees will be released January first and asserts courtesy during the administration. Martin replies that he is not persuaded by the governor and that legal duties have been fulfilled.
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Martin
Leons Martin
Selma Man Amos Collins Files for Bankruptcy
Amos Collins of Selma a wage earner filed a bankruptcy petition in the United States district court this morning listing liabilities of 428.75 with no assets. The case was referred to B. H. Craig referee in bankruptcy in Selma.
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Selma
Amos Collins
United States District Court
B. H. Craig
Snow and cold strike central Illinois with early fall
Snow and freezing temperatures hit Tlinois as the earliest snow in years falls in the central part of the state. A sharp temperature drop accompanies the snowfall, plunging to low levels and signaling a cold start to the day.
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Associated Press
Chicagyu
Tlinois
Snow Deepens Across Iron Range and North Woods
Snow that began last night continued today across Minnesota, dropping two to six inches in the Iron ranges and north woods. Loggers expect a heavy early winter ahead as the storm persists.
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Great North Woods
Associated Press
Duluth
Minn
Iron Ranges
North Woods
Minnesota
Nashville Cold Wave Forecast For Tennessee Night
Since 7 o'clock this morning the official temperature here has held at 40 degrees above zero with freezing expectations for Nashville and northern Tennessee tonight and near freezing in the southern part of the state. The day follows a wild blustery night.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tynn
Tennessee
Temperature Plunges Across Gulf Coast with Frost
Byted Press reports a drop of 18 degrees in 12 hours left New Orleans at 56.1 degrees at 7 am. Weather bureau notes low readings across Mississippi Louisiana and northern Alabama with light frost in northern Louisiana.
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Byted
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Miner recounts Villa raid and threats to worker
Thomas Mendes, a mining employee in the Custhuiriachic district, describes Villa and Salazar’s 800 men entering Cusihuiriachi on September 26 and warns were told he would be killed if he worked for an American company. He reports Villa’s men near his home as his wife screamed and he was wounded.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mendes
Ween
Mendez
Martin Lopes
Pablo Lopes
Villa
Popez
Moridész
Chihuahua City
Birth Control Clinics to Be Set Up in Several Cities
Mrs. Margaret Sanger announced clinics for disseminating birth control information will open in San Francisco, Cleveland, and other western and inland cities. Police seek a clinic in East New York Brooklyn advertised in English, Yiddish, and Italian. She says teaching birth control is a misdemeanor and will be fought through the courts.
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Associated Press
New York
Margaret Sanger
Portland
Ore
San Fancisco
Cleveland
Sanger
Larrimer Rescues Nine From Pensacola Vessel MicHeola
The tank steamer Larrimer rescued the nine crew members of the Pensacola fishing schooner Minneola after it left Pensacola on October 13 for the snapper banks off Yucatan. Captain Jenkins of the Larrimer relayed the wireless message. no fate details for the Minneola were given.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Pensacola
Jenkins
Gulf Refining Company
Pencola
Yucatan
Kaiser Visits Front and Dubs Saxon With Degree
Emperor William visited the Champagne front on Wednesday and presented General von Einem, commander of the Saxon army, with the Pour le Merite laurels, according to the Cologne Gazette.
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Amsterdam
London
William
Champagne
Cologne
von Einem
Romanian front drives Austro German invaders to frontier
Romanian war office reports the Austro German invasion pushed back to a frontier in the Out valley. Repulses elsewhere on the front inflicted heavy losses on German and Austrian forces. Romanian forces recaptured Mount Surul near Rothenthurn pass in the Robul sector.
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Associated Prove
Bucharest
London
Rumania
War Office
Et As
Uzul
Serbian forces seize plateau and village on Macedonian front
Paris reports the Serbian army captured the plateau and village of Velyeselo on the western Macedonian front. The advance puts Bulgarian forces near the Cerna river town of Velyenelo, with French wartime communiqués confirming the latest gains.
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Paris
War Office
Velyeselo
Prod
Cerna
Velyenelo
Isterday
Greek Reservists Take Law Into Their Own Hands
Reuters dispatch reports Greek reservists and angry crowds taking control as police and marines struggle to restore order. French police chief warns anti Venizelos papers may be banned amid suspensions. News notes officers and troops leaving Athens for Salonika and reports of unrest spreading to Janina.
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Lowrom
Ens
Reéuter
Tomiane
Atteme
Germans Shell Allied Trenches in Night Raids
London Oct 20 The official account of operations on the French front reports heavy shelling of Stuff and Schwa redoubts by the enemy last evening. Two small actions were carried out against the enemy trenches in Loos during the night.
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Associated Press
London
Schwa
Loos
Weather notice for Mobile turning cold this weekend
Mobile forecast calls for much colder air tonight with a sharp drop by Saturday. Expect fair skies but chilly winds from the northwest as temperatures dip and residents brace for the weekend cold snap.
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Mobile
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