Mobile County Officials Back Natchez to Mobile Highway Plan
Mobile County commissioners and leaders of the Auto Club, Tourist Welcome Club and Chamber of Commerce pledged cooperation with Mississippi highway engineers led by John Craft to pursue a Natchez to Mobile road. They outlined routes via Lucedale or Georgetown and promised to aid in tapping the Mississippi line to connect Mississippi and Alabama road networks.
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Mobile County
State Highway Commission
John Craft
Natchez
Mobile
Battle House
Messrs
H. W. Bell
Laurel
Miss
Y. A. Kramer
Mississippi
W. W. Evans
Leakesville
Alabama
Orge County
Lucedale
Wilmer
Georgetown
Messrs. Whatley
Belton and
New .30 Caliber Armor Piercing Bullet At Sandy Hook
Army officers testing the new armor-piercing bullet at the Sandy Hook proving grounds report strong results. The .30 caliber round fired from a Springfield rifle penetrated a steel sheet three quarters of an inch thick at fifty yards and then pierced a silhouette target behind it.
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Associated Press
New York
Army
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Fey
First Alabama Guard Regiments Reach Nogales Camp
News reports the First regiment National Guard of Alabama arrived in Nogales Arizona at 4 a.m. Tuesday in good condition after a long trip. The unit paused in Mobile Friday for a parade while the Second and Fourth regiments are due to arrive in Nogales later in the week.
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National Guard of
Alabama
Nogales
Arizona
Mobile
City asked to fund gasoline for humane officer
At a regular session the Mobile city commission discussed a petition from the county humane officer seeking 7 50 for gasoline used while on official duty. The Mobile Humane Society represented by Bromberg Craft O Connell Reynolds and White urged a city match. The commission took the matter under advisement without approving payment.
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County Humane
Messrs
F. G. Bromberg
John Craft
J. C. O’connell
W. H. Reynolds
Rev. T. A. White
Mobile Humane Society
City Officials Clash Over Special Autos Rules
City Attorney R H Smith says the city lacks authority to regulate special autos in zones urged by county school commissioners to protect children. Commissioners will place signs in the school district and ask owners to slow down. City sheds payment of $300 to W P Lee for work approved.
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R.H. Smith
W. P. Lee
Porto Para lightering under way at Mobile bay
The J M Walsh Stevedoring Company began work Monday to lighter the Portuguese bark Porto Para ashore on the west bank of the swash channel of Mobile bay. Work should finish by Tuesday night and float the vessel. The Porto Para will be towed to Mobile and hauled out for a survey. The Danish bark Ladis towed to Pensacola for ballast will be towed back this week for repairs and repainting.
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J. M. Walsh Stevedoring Company
Porto Para
Mobile Bay
Mobile
Ladis
Pensacola
Accused Man Arrested for Drunkenness and Theft of Shoes
George Catling was detained at the police station on a charge of drunkenness and petit larceny. Willie Lee claims Catling stole a pair of shoes from him. the shoes were found in Catling's possession when Officer Alex McCarron arrested him.
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George Catling
Willie Lee
Catling
Alex McCarron
Alleged Army Deserter Arrested Here
Fred Piper alias Fred Douglas alleged deserter from the Fifteenth Infantry S A formerly at Fort Florida was arrested here Tuesday by detectives Burch and others notified of the arrest.
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Fred Piper
Fred Douglas
Fifteenth Infantry
S. A
Fort Te Ae Fla
Burch
Whistler Store Robbery Reported Monday Night
Robbers entered a Whistler store late Monday night and carried away groceries and shoes. A portion of the loot was recovered Tuesday morning in an empty nearby house.
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Kelly
Whistler
Miss Goldberg to Speak at Temple Tonight
Miss Jeanette M Goldberg of the Chantang Society of America will speak tonight in the Government Temple assembly room at 8 o clock. An invitation is extended to all interested to attend.
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Miss Goldberg
Temple
Jeanette
Goldberg
Chantang Society of America
Government Temple
Moses
Mayors Enforcement Tightens Traffic Rules for Underage Drivers
Mayor Harry Pllans orders strict enforcement of traffic laws from today. Chief G M Van Liew will read new directives to police stressing roadside conduct, sidewalk spitting bans, and skating ordinance compliance. Primary focus is arrests of drivers under age sixteen unless an adult accompanies them.
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Harry Pillans
G. M. van Liew
Dorlon
Farmer
Arrest All Without Proper Auto Lights
Police urge arrest of all persons operating automobiles without headlights and without tail or rear lights and without a valid license as part of ongoing enforcement noted in continued coverage.
Cavallos Deemed Lacking Authority to Solicit for V A
Captain F J Disler of the Volunteers of America writes to Chief of Police Van Liew in Birmingham asking that Mr and Mrs Cavallo be stopped from soliciting funds for the organization. The letter asserts Cavallos have no authority to solicit money for the Volunteers of America.
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F. J. Disler
The
Volunteers of America
Birmingham
van Liew
Spot Cotton Advances 2.50 In Charlotte
Spot cotton rose another 2.50 per bale in Charlotte on October 24 with few bales offered. The prevailing price stood at 19 cents while the same date last year showed an advance of 22.50 per bale.
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Charlotte
N. C
Negro Wanted In City Is Held In Chicago
Chief of Police G M Van Liew received a telegram indicating a Black man believed to be wanted here is being held in Chicago. Details on identity and charges were not provided in the readable text.
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Chicago
Chief of Police
G. M. van Liew
Licenses Issued by Probate Court Tuesday
Licenses for marriage were issued from the probate court on Tuesday. White and William E. Case joined with Es telle A Berdarni, Phillip Thomas and Sanaa Walter J. Schaffer and Lillie BE. Moungey in separate unions.
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White
William E. Case
Estélle A. Berdarni
Phillip Thomas
Sanaa Walter J. Schaffer
Lillie BE. Moungey
Milk 2 Cts Cheaper If You Act as Own Delivery Wagon
New York reports plans to cut milk price by two cents a quart for customers who carry their milk home. The dairy league and state officials say milk will be sold at butcher shops for eight cents a quart, with cooperation from the caterer and butcher network across the city.
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New York
State Commissioner of Foods and Markets
Dairmen
Dairymen’s League
Cateriar Neuestion
Virtu
Recorder Orders Destruction of Much Liquor in Pensacola Case
One hundred eighty cases of whiskey and one carton of wine seized on October 9 from the Pensacola St Andrews and Gulf Steamship Company warehouse were ordered destroyed by Recorder D H Edington. Several defendants pleaded guilty to prohibition violations and were fined, raids by deputies yielded additional liquor seizures at multiple locations in Pensacola.
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Pensacola, St. Andrews and Gulf Steamship Company
D. H. Edington
Recorder’s Court
Dan Butler
Charles Mayson
Willie ‘Thornton
George Bonner
Joseph Chatman
McNamara
Brothers
Northwest Canal
Wilkinson Streets
Beauford Street
Government Street
Pat O'Brien
Davis Avenue
Three-Mile Creek
Bob Thomas
Jackson and
Earle Streets
Four Die in Alabama Gravel Pit Cave-In Near Barton
Four white men and a black man were killed when a gravel pit one mile from Barton Alabama caved in. Victims named include Joseph Gibbs Gus Gadd Thomas Holcomb Edward Gibbs and Eph Thompson. The accident occurred as gravel was hauled to the Cherokee and Tuscombia highway and rescue crews arrived too late. Joseph Gilyba, a victim, served as justice of the peace in Barton.
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Joseph Gilyba
19 Cents Bid For Cotton On Montgomery Change
Montgomery Ala October 24 ecg canis was bid for cotton ore today by local cotton men. Despite the high price there were a few sales recorded and the impression prevailed that cotton would rise much higher in the near future.
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Phess
Montgomery
Ala
Florida Storm Approaches North Florida Coast
Weather bureau notes a storm off the Florida coast moving northeast toward North Florida. Storm warnings extend from Fort Monroe to Jacksonville as officials monitor the system.
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Florida
Rae
Fort Monroe
Jacksonville
Gulf Coast Fair to Host Largest Southern Horse Show
The Gulf Coast Fair will host what is billed as the Souths largest horse show this year with forty stalls reserved and more entries expected. Street cars will run to the fairgrounds Friday but gates stay closed until opening day Monday to minimize pre opening confusion. Noted entrants include horses from Thomas Ezell Jackson Tenn wood farms Nashville Dale Slade Franklin Ky Miss Mamie Taylor Meridian and W P McWilliams Meridian with early entries from Sixteen Mort L Bixler returning to Mobile from Jackson Miss.
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Gulf Coast Fair
South
Thomas. H. Ezell
Jackson
Enn
Wood ‘Farms
Nashville
Dale
Slade
Franklin
Mamie Taylor
Meridian
W. P. McWilliams
Pansneaty
Sideen Mort L. Bixler
Mobile
Miss
Free For All
Ilussel Boy
Bilis Frank
Liberty
Til
Horace McCarron
Charles
Ex War Governor of Triest Appointed Premier
A Rome dispatch says Prince Conrad von Hohenlohe Schillingefurst, former military governor of Triest and former Austrian premier and interior minister, is appointed to succeed the late Count Stuergkh as premier of Austria.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Rome
Conrad von Hohenlohe-Schillingefurst
Triest
Austria
Count Stuergkh
Braves and Yankees to Start Season With Dixie Series
Boston Nationals and New York Americans will train in Miami and Macon and begin a road trip together by late March. The teams plan six to eight joint games in Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas under local boards of trade supervision.
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Associated Press
Boston
Boston Nationals
New York Americans
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Hapgood
Miami
Macon
Boards of Trade
Once Famous Bare Back Rider Killed by Trolley
Indianapolis dispatch reports the death of Pearl Jones aka Katie La Pearl, once a famed bare back rider in leading circuses. She was struck by a streetcar in Indianapolis on October 24, about 50 years old, married locally for years.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Pearl Jones
Ays
Katie la Pearl
Franck
Ant
Ndt
Hees
Pétion
Man Well Known Here Dies in Meridian Auto Start
News of the sudden death of Mr. John W. Wood district passenger agent of the Queen and Crescent road at Meridian Mississippi Sunday was received here. He had visited his daughter's grave in Magnolia cemetery and started to enter his automobile when he was stricken. Mrs Wood and two other women were in the car. The vehicle ran over several graves before a policeman stopped it to prevent a worse accident.
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John W. Wood
Queen and Crescent Road
Meridian
Miss
Lecred
Magnolia Cemetery
Judge bars publicity in Copeland murder trial
In Galveston Texas on October 24 the jury trial of John Copeland bank cashier Marshall Tex charged with murder in the William Black anti Catholic lecturer case began. Jurors are Protestant with two Jews the trial is to prevent publicity while Miss Sadie Black the adopted daughter of the slain man is to testify.
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Galveston
Tex
John Copeland
Marshall
William Black
Sadie Black
Black
Arkansas
Reep
Miss Black
New Loan to Britain Expected From United States
The report states an American loan to Great Britain of 300 million dollars with 56 percent interest, priced at 99, maturing in two years. Securities include US stocks and bonds, Canadian issues, and neutral-country obligations, similar to the 260 million arrangement last August.
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Great Britain
United States
All Guard Units Except Cavalry Leave for Border
Montgomery report says the Alabama brigade headquarters, signal corps and hospital corps departed for the border after encamping since the first call. A 1,200 man cavalry regiment remained, while the last detachment delayed due to tourist car shortages.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Alabama Brigade
Signal Corps
Hospital Corps
Cavalry
Aged Judge on Virginia Supreme Court Resigns
Judge Richard H. Cardwell, aged president of Virginia’s supreme court of appeals, resigned today. Governor Stuart accepted the resignation and named Judge Robert B. Dentis of the state corporation commission to succeed him. Christopher B. Garnett was named to replace Judge Prentis as tax board adviser.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Richard H. Cardwell
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Stuart
Robert Bentis
State Corporation Commission
Christopher B. Garnett
State Tax Board
Prentis
Hughes to Speak in New York City Three Times Tonight
Charles E. F. Hughes, resting in Montclair, leaves for New York City to deliver three speeches tonight and one in Brooklyn tomorrow. He will meet with Republican national chairman William R. Willcox and spend the day preparing talks and handling correspondence.
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Associated Press
Montclair
N. J
Charles EF. Hughes
New York City
Brooklyn
New York
William R. Willcox
Weather summary for Mobile and vicinity
Fair and warmer tonight with light to moderate winds. Seven day outlook shows partly cloudy skies with mild conditions and little precipitation.
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Mobile
Mississippi
Northy
Red Lanes Cut Through Battle Ground as Constance Falls
Petrograd admits loss of Constanza yesterday followed by further setbacks. Berlin reports loss of Fort Felow and additional reversals, with strategic lines breaking under pressure.
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Battle Ground
RSV
Berlin
Capture of the Rua of Rashova Reported
Berlin dispatch dated October 24 via Sayeville reports the capture of the Rua of Rashova during ongoing operations. The report emphasizes strategic gains and outlines immediate military implications for the campaign.
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Berlin
Sayeville
Rashova
Adl ies Fail In Mad Effort To Break Lines
Oct. 28. Berlin reports French and British assaults against German lines failed after heavy losses. The war office states allies suffered severe defeats with casualties described as a long row of dead along the Somme front.
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Berlin
Sayville
War Office
Somme
Navy refuses 10 postpone bids on warship orders
Navy rejects ten postponement requests as bids for four battleships and destroyers proceed. Officials say representatives from the sea services will observe the opening of bids and the authorized program includes twenty submarines. The Associated Press reports from Washington dated October 24.
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NAVY
Associated Press
Washington
Despleas
Pesan Lot
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Nogales, Ariz
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Morris Meyer
Gave-In
Barton, Ala
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Copeland
Cashier
Britain
U.S
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