Mobile reacts to steel plant promise with broad support
Northern investors back a thousand ton steel rail mill proposed by the Southern Steel Company on the Dickens tract north of Mobile. Bank of Mobile officials affirm the project’s solid standing and foresee a population surge of about ten thousand. Rupert H Fry of Old Line Life Insurance Co commits to $6.7 million in Milwaukee stock. H H Wefel Jr confirms months of negotiations and backing for Mobile plant. Continued on page two.
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Mobile
Dickens
Southern Steel Company
M. J. McDermott
Bank of Mobile
National Banking Association
Southern Steel Interests
Faville
Sleep
Mr. McDermott
McDermott
Rupert H. Fry
Old Line Life Insurance Company of
Milwaukee
Wilwaukee
H. H. Wefel, Jr
Mi Ak
Chicago
Wefel
Cotton Prices Jump as Market Reacts to Crop Report
New York reports a sharp rise in cotton prices after the government’s fourth crop condition update. Prices jumped about 3.30 per bale from Friday close, with December futures at 12.86 amid heavy trading and ongoing speculation of higher levels.
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Associated Press
New York
Cotton prices rise on drought and strong demand in New Orleans
The AP reports cotton jumped 3 to 3.50 a bale in New Orleans on Sept 2 as long buying and drought in the western cotton region boosted sentiment. Government condition at 68.2 percent and record U S consumption for the season backed the advance, with futures climbing after the August 25 report.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Census Bureau
Liverpool
H Halliwell Promotion at City Bank
Thomas H. Halliwell, formerly a receiving teller, is named assistant cashier at City Bank & Trust Company. The change fills the vacancy left by Thomas McCorvey, who takes a health related leave and is now in Denver. A vacation trip to Asheville accompanied Halliwell and colleagues English Cody and Wingaving.
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Thomas H. Halliwell
City Bank & Trust Company
Halliwell
Thomas McCorvey
Mcorvey
Denver
City Bank
Mr. Halliwell
Ashevile, N. C
English Cody
Win
Gaving
City’ Bank
Acquitted Nurse Fears for Life After Murder Trial
The Newburgh nurse Miss Krill was acquitted of murdering her lover Dr. Stanley E. Tron who served Italian clients. The police provide a bodyguard as she reports death threats from some Italian admirers convinced of her guilt.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Miss Krill
Stanley E. Tron
Tron
Thaw Case Sparks Quebec Jail Release Bid
Sherbrooke Quebec faced a new bid to free Harry K. Thaw as Sir Lomer Gouin's government pressed for immediate habeas corpus action. Aime Goeffrion and Consel Jacobs argued before Superior Judge Hutchinson for speedy court consideration and a ruling on Thaw’s detention.
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Sherbrooke
Que
Harry K. Thaw
Quebec
Lomer Gouin
Aime Goeffrion
Thaw
Gouin
Dominion
M. Goeffrion
Consel Jacobs
State of
New York
Hutchinson
Governors to Work Roads in Arkansas Demonstration
Arkansas plans a two day good roads demonstration sparked by Governor Hays. Governors Hall Hodges and Missouri’s Major, with National Democratic leader W. M. Kavanaugh, will join Arkansas workers to grade roads. Hundreds of automobiles and local volunteers organize road building with chicken dinners for workers.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Governors Hall
Louisiana
Hodges
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
George W. Hays
Hays
National Democratic
Arkansas Committee
Major
Killed Physician After Mother's Death Sparks Vigilante Motive
In Cariq on September 2, Harvy R. Fields an insurance solicitor shot and killed Dr. E. E. Gordon a prominent local physician. Fields claimed Gordon’s care caused his mother’s death following a recent operation. Fields surrendered to police. he is 25 with a wife and child.
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Associated Press
Cariq
E. E. Gordon
Harvey R. Fields
Gordon
Fiel
Fields
Wreck on New Haven Line Kills Sixteen Passengers
Sixteen dead and forty injured when the Kite Mountain Express crashed into the Bar Harbor Limited near New Haven in fog bound conditions. Brakes failed on a wet track as the train dug through two Pullman cars, with Yale player Daniel Dunn among rescuers. Two boy campers from Camp Cobbessee in Maine were killed. a party of Sidwell Friends School students escaped injury.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Kite Mountain Express
New York
Bar Harbor Limited
Maine
A. B. Miller
Stamford
Cobbessee
Monmouth
William Althul
Norfolk
Albert Green
Sidwell Friends School
Washington, D. C
Belgrade
Lake
Bar Harbor
Daniel Dunn
Yale
R. A. Hotchkiss
Sen
Governors Hays and Major Plan Road Work Exhibit
Governor George W. Hays of Arkansas and Missouri Governor Major will join in “good roads” days. Major telegraphed he will bring overalls and a shovel for an exhibition of plain and fancy shoveling, with both governors and Little Rock Mayor Taylor pledging to work on roads Wednesday and Thursday statewide.
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Associated Press
Little © Rock
Ark
George W.hays
Arkansas
Major
Missouri
Hays
Taylor
Little Rock
Arkansas Executive
Aviators Die When French Plane Capsizes Near Buoy
In Rheims on September 2 Lieutenant Paul Le Franc of the French naval flying corps and his passenger Madame Le Fevre wife of an artillery officer were fatally injured when their aeroplane capsized and burned near Buoy last night. Villagers reaching the scene found both occupants hopelessly injured.
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Associated Press
Rheims
Paul le Franc
French
Naval Flying Corps
Mme, Lefevre
Train wreck on Decorah branch kills three near Maynard
A south bound Rock Island train on the Decorah branch derailed near Maynard tumbling a ten foot embankment. Three passengers were killed including John Proctor of Kansas City Lt Hepworth and Mrs Cora Debrow both of Oelwein Iowa. About thirty five were injured in the crash caused by spreading rails.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Rock Island Road
Maynard
John Proctor
Kansas City
Hepworth
Oelwin
Cora Debrow
Mineralogist John Henry Warner Killed by Cannibals
Prisbane Australia on September 2 reports John Henry Warner a German American mineralogist was killed by cannibals while leading a radium prospecting expedition in an unexplored Papuan region.
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Associated Press
Prisbane
Australia
John Henry Warner
Canibals
Papuar
Two Thousand Negroes Tie Up Port Business
A large strike by Negro locals of the International Longshoremen's Union has halted loading of lumber, timber, and cotton in Mobile. About 2,000 workers demand half of timber and cotton work at white-done wages, threatening a port-wide shutdown if unmet. authorities report no disorder yet.
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Tional Longshoremen’s Union
Belize
International Organization
Mobile
1. U
Mallory Line
Neuces
Munson Line
Karen
Bertha
Balanee
Crenshaw
Workingmen's Cotton and Timber Benevolent Association
Pensacola Woman Says She Eloped With Sailor Rice
Mrs. Jessie D. Gilmore of Pensacola told Chief Crenshaw's office she eloped with Rice after alleging cruelty by her husband, taking $100 of his money and four children. They fled to Flomaton, then Mobile where she stayed at the Windsor Hotel. Rice remained in Flomaton.
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Pensacola News
Police Department
Jessie D. Gilmore
Pensacola
Crenshaw
the News
Rice
Gilnore
Alono
Sheriff's Department of
Gilmore
Flomaton
Mobile
Windsor Hotel
Weather overview for Alabama and Mississippi today
Fair to night and Wednesday. Temperatures at Royal and Boagisn corner: 8 a.m. 76, 9 a.m. 78, noon 83, 3 p.m. 89. Data shows warm, clear conditions across the region with gentle progression in afternoon temperatures.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Royal and
Boagisn
Hale Arrives to Discuss Mexico Deadlock With Wilson Aid
William Bayard Hale special investigator for President Wilson in Mexico arrived Key West by boat and took a train to Washington. He declined to discuss details but said Wilson's proposals to Huerta through John Lind would not be accepted and he would file a detailed report to the President and Secretary Bryan.
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Associated Press
Key West
William Bayard Hale
Wilson
Mexico
Washington
Huerta
Jobn Lind
Hale
Bryan
Secretary Bryan Reports Mexico Situation Unchanged
Secretary Bryan spoke with President Wilson at the summer White House confirming the Mexican situation remains unchanged and no presidential visit is needed now. Reports mention John Lind’s plans unclear while Lind may return home unless Huerta moves. Consul Hanna to probe Torreon execution rumors. Americans in Constitutionalist ranks said safe. Hearst and Laguna estate parties uninjured in attacks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bryan
Wilson
White House
John Lind
Vera Crag
Hrgan
Lind
Huerta
Hanna
Monterey
Torreon
Bravo
State Department
Alger
Topolobampo
Hearst Estate
Laguna
Yaqui Lands Claim Demanded Back in Ultimatum
American refugees report Sonora Constitutionalists demand the insurgent government return all lands taken from the Yaquis by Porfirio Diaz. The ultimatum states in bold terms: Return our lands or fight.
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Ced
Wilson envoy Lind to tour Mexican agricultural belt
Vera Cruz Mexico Sept 2 John Lind personal representative of President Wilson and Rear Admiral Frank F Fletcher commander of the second division United States Atlantic fleet depart today for a tour of the tropical agricultural belt in Mexico. They expect to return here tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Vera. Cruz
Mex
John Lind
Wilson
Frank F. Fletcher
United States Atlantic Fleet
Mexico
August 76 Percent Sunshine in Monthly Summary
The local weather bureau reports August had 76 percent sunshine with an excess of heat. Average daily temperature rose 2.7 degrees, nine thunderstorms occurred, and rainfall was deficient by 1.20 inches. Of thirty days, twelve were clear, seventeen partly cloudy, and twelve rainy. Winds were not high velocity except on the fifteenth at 33 mph from the east. The period’s high was 97 on the fifth and low 67 on the twenty-fifth.
Dynamite found in dipping vat near Larkinville
In BCottsburg Alabama two sticks of dynamite and six feet of fuse were found in a dipping vat near Larkinville. The fuse was lit but failed to detonate. This marks the third attempt to blow up vats in the vicinity with officials facing threats from opponents of compulsory cattle dipping and no suspects yet identified.
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Associated Press
Bcottsburg
Ala
Larkinville
Kentucky Family Feud Fatal for Three Men in Saylersville
Three men were killed and a fourth probably fatally wounded near Saylersville Kentucky in a gun fight likely tied to a family feud. The dead include Nero Howard and Seymore Howard brothers and a young man named Cornett. Cornett’s father Russell Cornett also took part and is believed wounded.
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Associated Press
Saylersville
Here
Nero
Seymore Howard
Cornett
Russell Cornett
Bay Road Rights Purchase Delayed by Mobile Board
City officials deferred action on buying easements for the Bay Shell Road from Frascati to the Longbridge line amid a city street rights probe. The vote canvass reaffirmed Commissioner Harry Pillans’ reelection as the board prepared a $606.40 prorata share for the Bay front park stretch, with a next meeting to decide funding and legal details. A bond retirement of $7,000 (series C) was approved for bonds 479 to 492.
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Lay Shell Road
Frascati
Harry Pillans
Pillans
George Fearn, Jr
Bay Shell
New Orleans, Mobilev and Chicago Railroad
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
T. W. Sims
Virginia Rhen
R. C. Kennedy
Stauter
Lyons
Board of Commissioners
City of
Mobile
Mobile Rate Case Continued On October Term
The Alabama railroad commission postponed hearings as Southern Railroads were not defendants in the pig iron rate dispute from Birmingham to Mobile. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce argues railroads favor Atlantic ports. A Guin case seeks halted passenger trains 105 and 106. An appeal seeks restored three cent passenger rate. The commission also weighs freight classifications from Birmingham suppliers.
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Ste Montgomery
Ala
Southern Railroaid Company
Louisville & Nashville
Mobile & Ohio
Alabama Great Southern
Alabama Railroad Commission
Birmingham
Mobile
William HH. Armbrecht
R. G. Cobb
Horace Turner
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic Ocean
Guin
St. Louis
San Francisco
Ernest 8Ite
Hamilton
Gus Hallmark
Petsoners
John
Philadelphia legislator dies in Barnegat Bay mishap
Edgar K. Bleloch of Philadelphia, member of the Pennsylvania legislature, was drowned in Barnegat Bay New Jersey when he fell from a motor boat while on an official visit yesterday.
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Associated Press
New York
Edgar K. Bleloch
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Barnegat Bay
New Jersey
Pillans Re-Elected to Mobile Commission by Large Margin
Commissioner Harry Pillans was re-elected to a three year term with 1,581 votes to 407 for Hieronymus and 264 for Jackson amid a low key, cash free campaign. Pillans carried every ward, including his home ward by 215 votes, total vote 2,242. Hieronymus won 11 more votes than Jackson in the Fifth ward, with Jackson strongest there.
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Harry Pillans
Mobile
Pillans
W. T. Hieronymus
Peter G. Jackson
Hieronymus
Jackson
Mr. Pillans
Hieronymous
Laz Schwars
Hendryx
City Decoration Plans Set At Chamber Meeting
Public and private decoration committees will meet at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday at 6 p m to decide the October decoration plan for the Commercial Congress events. The call urges immediate agreement as the general director will be away in September for state celebrations.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fifty Thousand Children Idle as Law Halts Work
Boston Sept 2 Thousands of children of the mills lose work under a new state law banning under fourteen in workshops and limiting under sixteen to eight hours daily or forty eight weekly Nearly fifty thousand workers are affected by the change.
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Boston
Church Street Cemetery Reopened After Wall Breach
An old church street cemetery at the end of Church street was reopened after a high powered hole five feet wide was found in the wall. Eyewitnesses say autoists reported the breach to police and the site was secured.
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Church Street
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Emma E. Krill
Harry Thaw
Kavanaugh
Southern League
Kills
White Mountain Express
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Jessie Gilmore
Plan
Admiral Fletcher
Southern Railway
Fal- Hierony Jacksons, Mus. Son
Massachusetts
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