Two All Held to Grand Jury in Dope Cases
Two alleged narcotics violators were bound over to the federal grand jury after hearings before US Commissioner Jere Austin. Bromley and Sarah Lewis were charged with conspiracy to bring drugs into Alabama from Louisiana. Bromley bonded at 1000 dollars, Lewis at 280. Phillip Moeton, principal witness, testified Bromley financed trips and that the doctor in New Orleans supplied fictitious prescription names.
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Federal
Grand Jury
United States
Jere Austin
J. J. Bromley
Phillip Morton
Alabama
Louisiana
Sarah Lewis
Skeet
St. Louis Street
Rey
Phillip Moeton
Bromley
St. Louis
Warren Streets
New Orleans
Moeton
Dr. Hincks
Homer Vance
Reckless Driver Bond Suit Filed After Failure to Appear
City attorney to sue for the amount of the bail bond connected to Charles Smith charged with reckless driving. Smith failed to appear in court after repeated continuances, leading to the bond collection action. Ed Zeigler signed the inquiry for Zeigier's bakery.
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Charles Smith
Smith
Zeigier
Shey
Ed Zeigler
Yus
Schooner Davenport Arrives in Mobile for Repairs
The American schooner William H Davenport from Progreso Mexico with 250 tons of logwood arrived in Mobile Friday evening and anchored in the stream. She will repair here after damage from the August 17 storm. The vessel was towed to Mobile by the tug Mayiom.
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William H. Davenport
Progreso
Mexico
Mobile
Gulf
Mayiom
Autos in Parcel Post Delivery Speed Service
Four new motor vehicles with steel bodies began service to expedite parcel post delivery. P D Bevitle outlined the contract for carriage of mail to and from trains and steamers. Poste J Blocker stated autos will allow faster, more efficient handling of the mails.
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P.D. Bevitle
Post Delivery
Pauling
United States
Spanish River Bridge Approved by Congress
An act authorizing Mobile and Baldwin counties to construct and maintain a bridge across Spanish River was approved on August 21. The bridge will be near the junction of Raft and Spanish rivers and serves as a key link in the Mobile Baldwin inter county road project, per a letter from Senator J H Bankhead.
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Spanish River
Congress
Mobile
Baldwin
J. H. Bankhead
Chamber of Commerce
Spanish Rivers
Courts collect $200 in four Day Law cases Saturday
Four Day Law cases in city and county courts Saturday yielded $200 in fines. Three defendants paid $50 each to the county, one to the city. Joe Woodly and Willie Grant pled guilty in the criminal court. Recorder’s court saw Fred Nelson fined $50 for violating prohibition law and Mrs. C A Holt fined $50 on a city charge. Patrol reports raid eight places Friday night netting liquor. Nelson and Connick properties yielded beer and whiskey. Walter Jenkins Frank Bell and Thomas Jackson charged and placed on county jail docket.
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Joe Woodly
Willie Grant
A. B. Etheridge
Elijah Davis
Recorder’s Court
Fred Nelson
C. A. Holt
W.H. Flinn
Joseph Tyrrel
RRS Ica
Charles Nelson, Jr
Contj and
Commerce
John Connick
Washington Avenue
Virginia Streets
Nelson
Connick’'s Place
Walter Jenkins
Frank Bell
Thomas Jackson
Boy Hurt In Torpedo Explosion At Home
Stanley Bell eight of 256 Adams street was seriously burned and injured when a railroad torpedo he was playing with exploded. He struck it with a hammer to open it and a fragment burned his arm and eye. He was reported to police as badly powder burned.
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Stanley Bell
Adams Street
Five Men Charged With Playing Kelly Out on Good Behavior
Five youths, Pete Coronas Bennie Danenburg John Ladis C T Green and Pete Peterson were arrested Friday night in a Conti Road pool room for playing Kelly out on good behavior continuances until November 1.
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Kelly
Conti
Royal
Atreeis
Pete Coronas
Bennie Danenburg
John Ladis
C. T. Green
Pete Peterson
Mobile Rival Seeks 1917 AVMA Convention
Mobile doctors Dr BE King Jr Dr M H Bohréer and Dr A H Baker spoke for Mobile at this year s AVMA convention in Detroit with the Chamber of Commerce backing the bid. Kansas City remains Mobile s rival for the 1917 gathering.
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Mobile
American Veterinary Medical Association
Chamber of Commerce
BE. D. King, Jr
M. H. Bohréer
Ohio
A. H. Baker
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
State Harbor Board Set to Meet in Mobile September 22
The state harbor commission will convene in Mobile on Friday September 22 with all up state members in attendance, announced by Secretary W. H. H. Greenwood.
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State Harbor Board
State Harbor Commission
Mobile
W. H. H. Greenwood
Upstate
Preacher Schedule At Broad and Elmira Church
Rev Chappelle announced preaching duties for Broad Street and Elmira Methodist Church. Rev O Calhoun will lead Sunday service at 1 PM and the evening sermon at 6 PM.
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Broad’ and Elmira Methodist Church
O. ¥. Calhoun
Spring Hill College Opens Despite Railroad Strike Threat
Anxious parents rush to send boys as Spring Hill College begins its eighty seventh session on September 7. President Father Cummings in New Orleans assures that opening proceeds on time regardless of a potential strike, with new faculty additions announced.
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Spring Hill College
Father Cummings
New Orleans
Spring Hill
New Faces in College Faculty At Spring Hill
The college announces several new faculty members for the coming year. Father Frederic McDonald, ex vice president of a New Orleans Jesuit college, becomes assistant prefect of studies and teaches Latin Greek English and philosophy to the junior class. Father John Stritch from Loyola University New Orleans will head the sophomore class and is welcomed back by Spring Hill and its alumni.
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Frederic McDonald
Jesuit College
New Orleans
John Stritch
Loyola University
Father Stritch
Spring Hill
Spring
Spring Hill announces faculty shifts and opening day prospects
Father Felix Clarkson will lead the senior study hall and the English department for the intermediate class. D Needham K Marrin and J Kearney take charge of English. Father William Wilkinson leaves for Georgetown British Guiana and Father Michael Cronin of Selma Alabama replaces him. Father Cummings in New Orleans plans to bring sixty to seventy five boys on opening day and predicts record attendance next Thursday.
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Felix Clarkson
Spring -Hill
Former Loper postmaster arrested on embezzlement charge
George T. Loper former postmaster of Loper Alabama in Washington County was arrested here Saturday morning by U S Marshal and District Attorney Harry Pegues. Authorities say he may have misappropriated money order funds in small amounts after being indicted by the last federal grand jury.
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George T. Loper
Loper
Washington County
Te Ae
E. 8
Harry P. Pegues
Lopez
Negro Dies After Falling Under Train Near Saraland
Edward Williams, a Black man, lost his life near Saraland Alabama when he fell under a moving train during an attempt to steal a ride. The jail report says the accident occurred as he tried to hitch an illicit ride.
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Edward Williams
Saraland
Ala
Williams
Baptist Evangelistic Meeting Continues At North Side Church
Evangelistic meetings at North Side Baptist Church draw large crowds and will continue next week with three services daily. Local organizers urge attendance as renewed revival efforts press forward in the community.
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North Side Baptist Church
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Alabama and Mississippi fair tonight and Sunday. Mobile area fair tonight and Sunday with a maximum around 84 degrees. Light south winds are expected.
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Wbcast
Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Mobile
13 Year Old Whistler Boy Rescues Drowning Woman
In Eight Mile Creek north of Whistler, Maggie Alvarez slipped from safety and drowned despite attempts to save her. Forest George, about 13, dove in and grabbed her foot, pulling her to the bank and saving others from a tragedy.
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Whistler Boy
Miss Alvarez Ashor
Whistler
Maggie Alvarez
Bessie Brooks Jackson
Nina Gray
Forest George
Permanent Canal Coaling Plants Near Completion
The Panama Canal terminals are nearing full completion of permanent coaling plants. Coaling companies are asked to specify space needs for revocable licenses as space is allocated. Some filed blanket requests, others specified tonnage. adjustments are allowed and all firms will receive equitable consideration.
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Canal
Panama Canal
Wilson Accepts Nomination With Defense of Policy
President Wilson formally accepted his renomination at Shadow Lawn Long Branch outlining Democratic reforms and a firm stance on Mexico and European belligerents. He condemned the Republicans as unable to meet new age demands and urged national leadership in world affairs.
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Long. Branch
N. J
Wilson
Democratic Party
America
Bulgarian Army Chief Dies Amid War Declaration Delay
Reports say General Jostoff, chief of the Bulgarian general staff, died by his own hand due to Bulgaria postponing a war declaration on Romania. Sofia dispatches say death attributed to appendicitis.
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London
Amsterdam
Jostoff
Bulgaria
Rumania
Exchange Telegraph Company
Sofia
Rumanians Run Back by Enemy on Own Border Line
Austro Hungarian troops repulsed Rumanian forces near Orsova and Hercules Foorde on August 31 according to an official Austro Hungarian army statement dated September 1. Transylvanian towns Nagy Szeben Hermannstadt and Sepsi Szent Gyorgy north of Kronstadt had already been evacuated.
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Berlin
Orsova
Hercules Fuerdoe
Nagy-Szeben
Hermanstadt
Sepsi-Szent-Gyorgy
Kronstadt
Tropical Disturbance Drifts Westward Toward Mexico
The weather bureau reports the tropical disturbance crossed the Yucatan to the Bay of Campeche and will move westward into Mexico where it dissipates. The system poses no threat to the United States.
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U.S
Weather Bureau
Yucatan Peninsula
Bay of Campeche
Mexico
Bulgarians Renew Macedonian Front Assault
Paris dispatch says Bulgarian forces renewed pressure on the western Macedonian front last night. The war office reports their attack in the Ve sector was repulsed by the Allied forces, keeping front lines stable.
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Paris
War Office
President asserts loyalty to United States over foreign powers
In remarks on European negotiations the president emphasizes that while property claims may be vindicated, life and humanity's rights cannot. He asserts his neutrality but declares he is above faction as an American citizen and rejects foreign allegiance among voters.
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United States
Italians and Fors In Violent Artery Battle
Italian and Austrian artillery disputes raged on the Trentino front with reports of a resurgent Austrian push in Lugana valley repulsed. Attacks in Suganea against Monte Civarone failed as enemy aircraft bombed Rolle Pass with no damage reported.
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Rom
London
Trintino
War Office
Lugana
Trentino
Suganea
Monte Civarone
Rolle Pass
Cismon Valley
Doe
Three More Arrests in Cattle Dipping Cases
Three more persons charged with violations of the cattle dipping law were placed on the county jail docket Saturday morning. B. Byrd William Barnett and W. M. Dixon, all of Citronelle, were arrested on warrants sworn to by inspectors of the cattle dipping work.
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B. Byrd
Willi Barnett
W. M. Dixon
Citronelle
Congress to Adjourn by Thursday Says Simmons
Washington reports Senate leaders anticipate adjournment on Thursday September 7 with Senator Simmons confirming the plan. The session appears set to skip Senator Owen's corruption bill as lawmakers press for closure of current congressional business.
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Congress
Simmons
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Owen
Child plague wanes in New York City report
Associated Press reports a drop in new infantile paralysis cases in New York City with 61 cases in the 24 hours ending 10 a.m., down from 68. Deaths rose to 19 from 16, while weekly averages remained lower than the prior week and officials expect further declines. Total cases reach 1,155 and deaths 1,968.
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Associated Press
New York
Proposed lumber rate increase suspended nationwide
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended today a proposed increase of 1 4 cents per hundred pounds on lumber in carload lots from Falco Alabama to all points in Central Freight Association territory.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Falco
Ala
Central Freight Association
Debate on Webb bill resumes in House today
Washington Sept 2 Debate on the Webb bill to establish the complete legality of American combinations formed solely for export trade wither nt of domestic trade was resumed in the House today.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Germans Reoccupy French Trench Line on Somme Front
Report from Paris notes repeated violent attacks last night as German forces reoccupy parts of trenches recently taken by the French on the Somme front south of Estrees in the Champagne region.
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Associated Press
Paris
Somme
Estrees
Champagne
President pursues oppression fortunes over property stance
The President reiterated a focus on the fortunes of the oppressed in relation to his Mexican policy, indicating a priority shift away from property concerns.
Constantine in grave condition reports spark political tension
London reports conflicting word on King Constantine. Some sources deny abdication while others say his condition is grave after surgery days earlier. An Athens mass meeting committee urged Constantine not to interfere in politics and military action warnings reached Premier Zaimis.
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Associated Press
London
Constantine Eee
Pro Entente
Athens
Constantine
Zaimis
Pharmacists Meet to Standardize Entrance Rules
Members of the American Pharmaceutical facilities representing fifty colleges met with the National Association of State Boards of Pharmacy in Philadelphia on September 2 to plan legislation standardizing entrance requirements for the profession. Officers were elected including Ellis BD Lewis from Alabama John A Weeks from Texas and W Ward from Tennessee.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Pharmaceutical Facillties
Colleges of Pharmacy
National Association of State Boards of Pharmacy
Association of State Soarne
Ee Ellis BD
Martial Law Spreads in Greece Amid Revolution Report
London dispatch reports Greece erupting into wider revolt with martial law proclaimed in Athens Piracis and several cities. In Galicia, Russia pushes forward toward the Hungarian frontier as Austrians resist fiercely and counterattacks are repulsed.
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Athens
Greece
London
Piracis
Lemberg
Petrograd
Galicia
War Office
Man Thought To Be Fay Captured In Corinth Mississippi
A man matching the description of Robert Fay, who escaped from the Atlanta federal penitentiary, was arrested in Corinth Mississippi early today. He is held pending further word from Atlanta and was known to plan to head toward the Mexican border after the prison break.
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Fay
Corinth
Associated Press
Miss
Robert Fay
Atlanta
July Exports Rise by 20 Million Says Report
Washington Sept 2 The department of commerce reports July exports of bread stuffs cotton seed oil food animals meat and dairy products cotton and mineral oil rose by nearly 20 million dollars from July last year. For the seven months ending in July total exports exceeded the prior year by about 99 million dollars though declines occurred in cotton and breadstuffs aside from mineral oils.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Commerce
Early Senate Debate On Peace Measures And Embargoes
Washington dispatch reports Senate debate over peace measure and commission powers as a House bill, if passed unamended, may cancel the stake order. Garretson states the house bill is satisfactory to the brotherhoods while other sources mention an arrangement involving omitted details.
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Associated Press
Washington
A. B. Garretson
Garretson
Brotherhoods
Railroads End Embargoes After Strike Order Revisions
Chicago dispatch reports multiple railroads revoked embargoes and modified perishables acceptance. Key lines like Chicago and Northwestern and Santa Fe indicate Western heads expect Eastern roads to follow suit today.
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Chicago
Jtlwaukee
9. Paul
Island & Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern
Monon
Leem & Eastern Illinois
Great Western
Central
Pacific
Chattanooga
St. Louisa Fort Worth
Andenyeb
Yazoo
Mississippi
Atlanta
West
Birmingham
Atla
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Colorado & Southern
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Western Railroad
Bill Certain to Pass by 6 P.M
In Washington, Sept 2 the senate reassembled at 10 o'clock to vote on a rail transportation program. An Adamson bill passage was reported in the house and President Wilson would sign once the bill reaches Shadow Lawn. The aim is to end a general paralysis of rail traffic with swift presidential action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Adamson
House
Shadow Lawn
Shafrat Democrat
Underwood
New York Clearings Record Set on One Day
New York clearings for one day totalled 1 058 926 600 dollars surpassing all prior records. The rise is linked to Friday payments on a 250 million dollar British loan and early month settlements. Previously the high mark stood at 868 176 506 dollars on a past date.
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New York
Septa
New Tork
Nice Ments
Famous Grand Circuit Driver Dies From Injuries
Cleveland Ohio September 2 Gosnell of Muncie Indiana Tamouy driver on the Grand Circuit died today from injuries received at Ni Randall track. He was thrown and rendered unconscious after a spilling mishap while riding a rott ing mare.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Gosnell
Muncie
Ind
Tamouy
Ni Randall Track
Wera
el Gosnell
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