Court checks 172 signatures on recall petition for Mobile City Commissioner
Probate Judge Price Williams Jr reviews 172 signatures aimed at recall of City Commissioner Laz Schwarz. If 134 are qualified voters, recall filed triggers election date. if not, petitioners have 10 days to gather missing signatures. Attorneys for Peter Jackson and John Case filed the four identical petitions amid signs of opposition and potential legal challenges to the recall clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwarz
Price Williams, Jr
Mobile County
Laz Schwarz
Williams
City Commission
Frank J. Yerger
Verger &.Foster
Peter G. Jackson
John Case
Jackson
Thomas J. Young
Philip H
Mike) Desmond
J. T. Burns
Harry T. Hartwell
Mr. Schwarz
F. W. Crenshaw
F. I. Thompson
Wired teen admits he wired himself to Erie track
In Rochester New York Newton Hoff man confessed he attached himself to the Erie tracks near South Avon late Monday night and his foot was severed by a southbound electric car. In Russellville Arkansas students at the state agricultural school return to class after assurance disciplinary methods will be eliminated. In Galveston Texas the British schooner Charlevoix overdue from Havana arrived and sailed with lumber to Cardenas. In New York the Erie Railroad freight train was held up near Glen Rock but bandits escaped. In Norfolk Virginia millionaire Henry Kirn prominent farmer organizer died at 81. In Panama a canal employee was acquitted of defrauding the Colombian government on postal payments for canal carrier services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Newton Hoffman
Erie
South Avon
Russellville
Ark
State Agricultural School
Galveston
Tex
Charlevoix
Savannah
Havana
Cardenas
New York
Jensen
Glen Rock
N. J
Norfolk
Henry Kirn
America
Panama
John Cameron Miller
Canal
Panama Railroad
Thanksgiving Day Proclaimed by Wilson For Nov 25
President Wilson issues a proclamation designating Thursday, November 25, Thanksgiving Day, noting the United States has remained at peace while most of Europe wars. He emphasizes maintaining rights of man and friendship with great nations we deal with.
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Wilson
Washington
United States
Europe
Baldwin County Voters Support 95 000 Highway Bond Issue
About six hundred Baldwin county voters, from a total gubernatorial primary poll of 887, asked the county board to allow a bond election of 95000 to fund the Mobile Baldwin highway project across the Tensas delta. The board set December 13 for the vote with Mobile County pledging cooperation. Strong support from petition signers suggests a clear victory, while Hampton D Ewing notes mixed sentiment in southern areas. J H Webb from Mobile attended the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin County
Board of Revenue and County Commissioners
Mobile-Baldwin Counties
Tensas Delta
Bay Minette
Mobile County
Baldwin
Mobile
Hampton D. Ewing
New York and
Pensacola
J. H. Webb
Virginia Steamship Taken as Prize at British Port
London reports the Danish steamship Virginia which departed New York on September 25 bound for Christiania and Copenhagen has been captured and brought into a British port as a prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Virginia
New York
Christiania
Copenhagen
Deputies Lose Jobs Over Contraband Schooner Escape
Deputies Daniel Petty and Joseph Mullaney were discharged by Sheriff W H Holcombe for letting the schooner T E Welles evade seizure and depart Dog River with contraband liquor. Captain Tom Burns and mate Robert Burns led the vessel. crew threats and a restored tug plan followed. A second vessel Oyster Plant was sighted with liquor from New Orleans but no hoard found. Sheriff Holcombe pledged to enforce the prohibition law with Mobile Bay patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Petty
Joseph Mullaney
W. H. Holcombe
T. E. Welles
Dog River
Holcombe
New Orleans
Tom Burns
Robert Burns
Mobile
Lower Bay
Oberhaus
Mullaney
Petty
Bernstein
Burns
Oyster Plant
Sheriff's Office
Mobile Bay
Last of Natchez Bank Suits Believed Settled
Natchez Mississippi October 21 the suit of the bank receiver against R P Stewart director for 1 250 000 deposits lost by the failure was compromised in chancery court yesterday for 16 260 This ends litigation connected with the bank failure as other directors had previously compromised and settled suits against them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchez, Miss
First Natchez Bank
R. P. Stewart
One Bad Year On Farm Proves Half Acre Rule For Gulf Coast
W B Quein recalls leaving Colorado due to a too large 80 acre Western farm. He finds Gulf Coast land needs only about a quarter as much to yield full year round, praising climate and market access. He plans to stay in Wilmer and expand via a new farmers exchange as Crary school teaches his daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coloradan
W. B. Quein
Mobile County
Gulf Coast
Mr. McQuein
Wilmer
Colorado
Gulf Coast Fair
New Farmers’ Exchange
Fifteen U S Troops Repel Mexican Bandits at Ojo de Agua
At dawn on October 21 fifteen American soldiers from Troop G and the signal corps held off about seventy five Mexican raiders at Ojo de Agua, sixty miles up the Rio Grande. Three U.S. soldiers were killed and eight wounded before reinforcements from Mission arrived to drive off the attackers.
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Brownsville
Tex
Ojo de Agua
Rio Grande
Third Cavalry
Company P
Signal Corps
Sharer
Joyce
McConnell
Bowner
Behr
Shailenback
Langlands
Kible
Smith
Cansler
Stewart
Mission
Frank R. McCoy
de la Rosa
Luis de la Rosa
Mexico
Rio Bravo
Teynosa
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Fair tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Light north winds. Washington forecast notes Alabama and Mississippi as fair tonight and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Schwarz 10 Seeks to Enjoin Court in Recall Matter
Commissioner Laz Schwarz plans probate court actions to restrain Judge Price Williams from acting on a recall petition filed Wednesday. Attorney T. M. Stevens said recall requires constitutional amendment and state supreme court precedent limits legislative removal methods. Proceedings to restrain probate court action announced for this afternoon or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwarz
Laz Schwarz
Yepert
Price Williams
Messrs. Stevens
Mettergrey & McLeod
T. M. Stevens
Commission
Supreme Court
Mobile Expert Goes to I C C in Rates Cases
R G Cobb traffic expert of the Chamber of Commerce left Thursday morning for Washington to appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Mobile’s protest against cotton tariffs. He spent weeks tabulating railroad tariffs to show Mobile shipments not aligning with the commission order. A suspension of rates effective November 1 is requested pending the commission’s decision. London: Robert P Skinner, American consul general in London, left for Falmouth to sail to New York on the Rotter dam.
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R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile
Southern
Mobile Cotton Committee
Cobb
Cotton Committees
London
Robert P. Skinner
Falmouth
New York
Rotterdam
Pathfinders Escort Party Invites Mobile County Support
All are invited to greet the Pathfinders and join the escort as they travel toward the Mississippi line. The pilot party seeks motorists and friends to meet at points along the route and help welcome the scouting committee into Mobile county and Alabama.
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Jackson Highway
Jackson Highway Pathfinders Ready For Mobile Arrival
Jackson Highway Pathfinders depart Pascagoula Friday for Mobile with a pilot party to greet them at the state line. Alabama officials and local leaders coordinate escorts and a brief Dawes fair visit en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Highway
Pascagoula
Missy
Mobile
State Line
KE. M. Bailey
Know
Dawes Fair
Clty
Er. B. Dunton
Jackson County
Transformation of Pine Lands into Golden Citrus Orchards Shown
Dawes's first Orange Belt Fair showcases a shift from pine lands to citrus and orchard farming. Mobile attendees join the Dawes event with club women highlighting home canning, preservation, and domestic science. Livestock displays include Duroc Jersey hogs, Shorthorns, and diverse crops from multiple farms. The fair, directed by Mrs Joseph Wilkin, marks a decade of agricultural change with school exhibits led by Miss Louise Mae Martin and refreshments overseen by Mrs Aaron Rosenquist.
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Dawes
Mobile
E. M. Bailey
Women of
Government Street
C. A. Max
Mr. Max
Max
Chamber of Commerce
John A. Green
Joseph
A. J. Hatchell, Jr
George Wright
L. Anderson
Clyde Smith
Welch
Green
M. Downer
Agricultural and Horticultural Department
William Mills
Gulf Coast
Louise Mae Martin
Dawes School
Aaron Rosenquist
Ernest Walker
Southern Railway
W. H. Reynolds
Gulf Coast Citrus’ Exchange
Cadorna Seen Preparing Strong Austrian Strike On Front
News dispatches report Italian forces advancing on the Tyrol front as General Cadorna plans an invasion of Austrian territory to aid Serbia. Pregasina and Brentonico/Dosso key sites threaten Rovereto and the route to Trento, signaling expanding operations. Cyprus offer to Greece and Serbian rail strikes also noted as war developments.
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Verona
Italy
Paris
Cadorna
Serbia
Pregasina
Riva
Brentonico
Dosso
Rovereto
Mar
Trent
London
Great Britain
Cyprus
Greece
The
Daily Telegraph
New Alcohol Prohibition Violations Led to Fines
Recorder Edington fined Adolph Rieman $100 and $150 bond for possessing more than five gallons of beer for delivery without definite addresses. H J Williamson faced a $500 fine and $500 bond for having seventeen pints of beer in a building with a soft drink stand at No 9 North Royal Street. Schroeder, a grocer at State and Wilkinson, was fined $400 and given three months hard labor for a large liquor quantity. An appeal was filed and bond set at $500. Twenty-seven more lines discuss a Paris factory blast casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Edington
Adolph Rieman
H. J. Williamson
North Royal Street
Rieman
Schroeder
William Schroeder
State
Wilkinson Streets
Lawrence White
Larry Murray
Murray
Funeral Notice Julia Palmer Brewton
Julia Palmer Brewton died Wednesday October 20 1915 at 1 30 PM. She was wife of Royal Ly Brewton. Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence 6 North Jackson Street tomorrow Friday morning at 10 o clock. Interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Lost items and rewards notices from local ads
Lost small gold coil pin center in Crescent Theater South Royal Street. Return to 304 South Royal St. Lost gold rimmed eye glasses trolley attached. Return to Misic hospital Government St Reward. Lost one large brindle dog with markings on legs. Return to 1113 Church or 1106. Other classified ads on page.
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Crescent
Theater
South Royal Street
South Royal St
Misic Hos
Church
Rin
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Alabama State Official Road Commission
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G. N. Mitcham
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J. B. Rylanece
Dadeville
John Craft
Old Federal Association
Monroe County
L. J. Bugg
Keller
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Chef
Louisiana
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Baronovichi
War Office
Pripet River
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