Burglars Loot Abney Grocer y Store and Maisels
Burglars looted Abney’s grocery at Conception Beauregard corner early Friday, stealing goods as two held him and another robbed the cash register under electric light. At Cedar Bloodgood, Maisel’s store was hit. two suspects fled after a scuffle while Mrs Maisel entered. Detectives Lac ey Bureh Newbern Harris Lott investigated without locating suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Abney
Conception and
Beauregard Streets
Beauregard Street
Kuey
Lacey
Bureh
Max Free
Cedar and Bloodgood Streets
Maisel
Newbern
Harris
Lott
Ships Then Flee After Night Attack
London officials report a night incident in which German destroyers attempted an attack but were driven off. The British Admiralty confirms two German destroyers were involved and notes heavy weather hindered operations on multiple fronts including Macedonia and Dobrudja.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Two Held to City Court On Burglary Charge
D B Sherry a white man and Pensacola Gomez a negro were held to the city court under 500 dollar bond by Recorder D H Edington on burglary charges. They were arrested after being caught in the act burgling C H Whiteman's tinshop on St Francis street near Joachim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola Gomez
C. H. Whiteman
St. Francis Street
Joachim
Officer Accused of Drawing Gun in Wilkinson Street Incident
Lieutenant Dorion reports Officer Murray drew a pistol on J H Mallon and Wy E Duttedn of the government launch Dauphin in a Wilkinson street house. The two men filed a complaint at 2 a m claiming Murray was drinking and abusing them with Park penn George Doyle present. Mayor Pillans will review Chief Van Liew’s report after hearing both sides before action.
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R. L. Dorip
Priday
Tom Murrey
J. H. Mallon
Wy E. Duttedn
Dauphin
Wilkinson Street
Lnd
Lala Stroupe
Dorion
van Liew
Murray
Eer Dorion
Police
Park Penn George Doyle
Harry Pitlans
Pillans
Police van Liew
Mayor Pillans
Special Band Concert At Bienville Square Saturday
Special program arranged by William Walters features a gold band and Al Frid minstrel troupe at Bienville Square. The event is a principal attraction in an annual concert series with a term starting early tomorrow morning at 1 o clock.
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William Walters
Bienville Square
Walters
al. G
Mackensen's Drive Shows No Let Up
Field Marshal von Mackensen presses the retreating Russo Romanian army in Dobrudja as Sofia reports its flight toward Danube and Varna. Russians resist Austro German thrust into Romania from the northwest while gains are reported on the Moldavian frontier and new French advances near Fort Vaux. German guns break up a French attack south of the Somme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Sofia
da Nube
Petrograd
Hirsova-Casaphelli
Constanza-Tchernavoda
Rumania
Transylvania
Russian War Office
Verdun
Paris
Fort Devaumont
Nivelle
Fort Vaux
Fort Douaumont
Chenois Wood
Somme
Berlin
Fresnes-Mazancourt-Chaulnes
Cobb to Press Mobile Cotton Rate at New Orleans Hearing
R G Cobb traffic manager Mobile Chamber of Commerce sails to New Orleans for Interstate Commerce Commission hearings Monday. Mobile and regional railroads back Cobb as New Orleans seeks cotton rate parity with Mobile. Cobb presents mileage data and evidence to keep the lower rate. Hearings are before Examiner Thurrell in the new federal court building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
N. CO
Mobile & Ohio
Mobile
Cobb
Federal Court
Thurrell
Interstate’ Commerce Commission
Good Things Donated by Citizens for Mobile Soldiers
Citizens aboard a train for the First Alabama regiment report the large box of good things is enjoyed by Mobile soldiers en route to the Mexican border. The Chamber of Commerce and local merchants organized the donation plan to boost morale during the journey.
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Mobile
Alabama
National Guard
Ber of Commerce
Leon Schwarz
Len
Chamber of Commerce
Siena
É¢Ard
Lanark
New Mexico
Atlanta Man Released By Recorder In Larceny Case
J D Hedrick of Atlanta was released by Recorder D H Edington on Friday after being arrested by Mobile police on a larceny charge involving R W Automobile Appliance Company of Georgia capital. No prosecutor appeared in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Hedrick
Atlanta, Ga
Trust
Et Tthe
Automobile Appliance Company
Georgia Capital
D. H Edington
Dissolution filed for Chamelecon Steamship Company
A certificate of dissolution for the Chamelecon Steamship Company was filed in probate Friday. The company operated fruit steamers into this port for a short period, with Mr. Ashbel Hubbard serving as president.
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Chamelecon Steamship Company
Ashbel Hubbard
Weather forecast for Mobile and vicinity
Fair tonight with low around 46. Northeast winds. Saturday expected warmer. mostly fair conditions continue. Local areas including north Alabama also forecast fair tonight and a warmer day Saturday.
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Mobile
Gulf Coast Fair Exhibits Arrive as Grounds Prepare
Exhibits for the Gulf Coast Fair begin arriving with Citronelle and Fairhope displays. Citronelle reports an unusually good corn showing despite a poor year. Fairhope’s exhibit features citrus fruits garden products and livestock with training work and clay art. Opening Monday brings a half holiday. Rotary Club backs a citywide closing.
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M. C. Skinner
Citronelle
Fairhope
C. E. Littlefield
Eastern Shore
Mobile
Aeny Merckae Eae
Lee Khane
Rotary Club
Zimmern
Mobile Committee to Campaign for Educational Amendment
A Mobile committee led by George J. Sullivan John T. Cochrane Harry T. Hartwell and Julius T. Wright will canvass Mobile county voters to promote the educational amendment to be voted on in November. The plan was approved at a conference with State Superintendent W F Feagin at the Cawthon hotel and includes printed placards highlighting the measure's importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Sullivan
John T. Cochrane
Harry T. Hartwell
Julius T. Wright
Mobile County
W. F. Feagin
Cawthon Hotel
Mobile
Tick Eradication Laws Validity Being Argued
The session heard demurrers argued by Mahorér and defense attorney J. G. Hamilton of Rich & Hamilton. The proceedings focused on the validity of tick eradication statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
and Mahorér
J. G.hamilton
Rich & Hamilton
Sesson
Weather watch still unclear center of disturbance in Caribbean
Pressure remained generally low today over the Greater Antilles and western Caribbean with a rising tendency. Reports to the weather bureau said no definite center of the disturbance had been located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribbean
Greater Antilles
Weather Bureau
Julius Hammel to Erect Modern Office Building
Julius Hammel announced plans to construct a three story brick office building at the southeast corner of Government and Conception streets. The project will replace Fidelia One and will include stores on the first floor and basement with offices above. Construction aimed for early 1917 and plans to be finalized within about thirty days.
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Conception
Government and
Conception Streets
Fidelia One
Mel Reir
Julius Hammel
Auto destroyed by fire on Cedar Point road
Harry Puckett’s Almost tile Own Up automobile was nearly ruined by fire early Thursday on Cedar Point road. The car halted with the driver working on the engine when a party member reportedly struck a mate and gas leaked, igniting flames that spread to the gasoline tank and caused an explosion heard miles away. The car was towed to the city. the body and top fixtures burned away, leaving only the engine and frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Puckett
Cedar Point
President Wilson Shakes Hands on New Jersey Stop
President Wilson and a labor-supporting delegation greet crowds in New Jersey en route to Long Branch. At Piedmont and Keyser he shakes hands, students sing, and the president jokes that the welcome brings back old times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee Son
Cumberland
Wilson
Long Branch
N. J
Piedmont
Keyser
W. Va
Rates From Wellington to Chattanooga Unfair
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled 9 cents per hundred pounds for lumber shipments from Wellington Alabama to Chattanooga Tennessee is unreasonable beyond eight cents. Reparation by Seaboard Air Line was ordered after a complaint by Advance Lumber Company of Birmingham.
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Associated Press
Washington
Inte Commerce Commission
Wellington
Ala
Chattanooga
Tenn
Seaboard Air Line
Advance Lumber Company of
Birmingham
Helena Arkansas sues over cotton freight discrimination
The Business Men's League of Helena Arkansas filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission claiming cotton freight shipments concentrated at Pine Bluff Arkansas with privilege to re ship to Boston but not at Helena Arkansas, against the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Business Men's League of
Helena
Ark
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Pine Bluff
Boston
Mass
St.Louis
Chattanooga Sewer Pipe Rates Cut Interstate Disadvantage
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that freight rates on sewer pipe from Chattanooga to North Carolina towns create undue disadvantage versus intrastate shipping. A hearing was ordered to determine reasonable interstate rates and the city of Chattanooga faces scrutiny in the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Chattanooga
North Carolina
Interstate Ferce Commission
Chatsnooga
War Secretary Baker Warns of Border Bandit Plot
War Secretary Baker charged that a bandit attack on American troops or border towns in Mexico was planned to discredit U S policy. Officials refused to reveal sources but called the warning nonpolitical and aimed at protecting lives and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
War and State Department
Baker
Mexico
Lansing
United
Ech
United States
Three Trainmen Killed as Passenger Car Turns Over
Three railroad workers died near Union Point Georgia when the engine of Georgia Passenger Train No 1 derailed onto another track. The engineer David Printup, a well known Georgia railway mechanic Whiteside, and John Curry were killed. All residents of Augusta. No passengers injured.
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Atlanta
Union Point
David Printup
Georgia
Whiteside
John Curry
Augusta
State Cannot Fund Daphne Repairs, Montgomery Says
Attorney General Martin announced that Alabama cannot provide $3,609 for Daphne Normal’s repairs after a gale damaged the facility. Grane Auditor Micond noted the $25,000 annual jail and repair appropriation has expired with the September legislative session, and private subsidies must cover the costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Daphne Normal
Martin
Grane
Micond
Liner Chicago Races For Isle Of Safety After Fire
The French liner Chicago, with 180 passengers aboard, left Bordeaux October 22 and is racing to Fayal after a fire in its boiler room. Lloyds received advices and said the ship was expected to reach Fayal later today.
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New York
Chicago
Bordeaux
Thie
Lloyds
Fayal
Woman Seeks Right to Kill Assailant If Captured by Posses
John Cook, a black man, was arrested by detectives in Roper Alabama for allegedly attacking a hen at a home near Trusaville. He was taken to a women's hostel for identification as authorities shield him from potential vigilante violence. News of the capture has not reached Woodlawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn
Woman attacked by unknown black assailant at Woodlawn
A Birmingham woman told police a gunman beat her at home in Woodlawn and threatened to kill her if she screamed. Her three year old daughter was struck during the assault and both mother and child remained in danger as a posse and bloodhounds hunted a suspect. Detectives pursue leads but withheld the suspect’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Woodlawn
Walita’himi
Bone
Panama Canal Net Tolls Hit 7.41 Million in Two Years
A financial survey reports tolls of 7,411,682 for the first two years of Panama Canal operation. During the period 2,097 ships passed through, with the Ohioan as the deepest vessel at 29 feet 4 inches. The canal was closed from August 15, 1915, to August 14, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panama Canal
Russo Romanian Front Activities Reported as War News
War bulletin describes Russo Romanian clashes in the Tulghées and Bicaz areas along the Trotus valley with Teutonic forces suffering heavy losses at Dragoslavele. It notes fighting in the Predeal region and a retreat toward the southern Transylvanian frontier in the Jiul valley.
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Pranstuwasts
Ban
Associated Press
Bucharbesp
Wisdon
Tulghées
Bicaz
Trotus
Usul Valey
Dragoslavele
Jiul
Mackensen Pushes Forces Toward Hirsova District
Berlin dispatch reports German forces under Mackensen pressing toward the Hirsova district as they pursue retreating enemy units along the front. The advance continues from near Long Field with Marshal von guiding operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackensen
Hirsova
Associated Press
Berlin
Long Field
Marshal von
Four houses burn to ground and one badly damaged in Triangle fire
A fire Friday at 12:15 in the Triangle near Prain and Georgia streets and the Nashville crossing destroyed four houses and badly damaged a fifth. Fire Chief McCosker sent the entire department to the scene as alarms climbed to three. Occupants report much of their belongings lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prain
Georgia
Vile
Nashville
McCosker
Triangle
Fire damages two homes on Chestnut and Scott streets
A Friday blaze slightly damaged a one story frame dwelling at 64 Chestnut street and caused roof sparks near 208 Scott street. John T. Bauer and D Gimon own the properties with occupants Jones and Creighton listed. Fire crews responded to the incidents and investigated the causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Street
Otenfield
Marriage Like Issued for White and Agnes Staufer
A late Thursday notice announces a marriage like issue between William V. Doody, and Agnes Staufer, detailing the names and event as reported in the local column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William V. Doody
Staufer
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Abney Grogery
Latter Place
ABNEY
Abney Place
Teutonic Destroyers
Veris
Ture
Torpedo Boi
Macedonia
J. H. Mahon
W. E. Duncan Red Shor
J.D. Hedrick
Recorder
Chamelecon Company
Citronelle and
Fairhope Com
New Jersey
Helena, Ark
Hold
State and War Department of
Uable
U. S
Daphne
R. H. Downman
R. H. Pe Grenk
Siaberufacturers’ Association
Louisiana
Isle OF Safety
Pay Kop
Azores
Witelece
Fire Department
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