Harbor measures pass Senate amid州 Alabama debates
Senate approved Hartwell bills creating a state harbor commission and authorizing city waterway improvements and dock maintenance within Mobile Bay area, granting land and island rights to the state harbor commission for terminals and public use. Bonner temperance measures passed in modified form. liquor delivery restricted to specific hours.
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Mobile
Alabama
Senate
Hartwell
Hill
Thach
Lewis
Siggins
Judge
Weather
Denson
Hartwell Commission
Chamberlain
Serbia's Answer Nears Presentation Amid Peace Overture Talks
London reports no formal peace talks yet but notes Serbia's final draft to the Quadruple Entente is ready and to be presented. Bulgaria concessions may be favored, Macedonia terms likely limit Serbian concessions, while a central powers friendly neutrality could permit Bulgarian armament shipments.
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London
Near East
Nish
Serbia
Macedonia
Sofia
Balkan
League
Bulgaria
Germany
Violent Artillery Fire Continues in the West
In Sept 4 dispatches from Paris the French war office reports intense artillery battles northeast and south of Arras and between the Oise and Aisne. The article notes ongoing global war efforts as diplomats seek peace while Russians defend the Dvina and mount a counter offensive toward Vilna. French guns pound German trenches on the western front.
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Paris
Arras
Oise
Aisne
French War Office
Dvina
Petrograd
Vilna
von Hindenburg
Germans Capture Riga Bridgehead at Friedrichstadt
Berlin reports a German victory in the battle for Riga as troops seize the Friedrichstadt bridgehead on the Dvina about forty miles below Riga. The advance nets thirty seven officers and three thousand three hundred twenty five men.
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Berlin
London
Riga
Friedrichstadt
Dvina
Germans Deny Allied Breakthroughs At Arras
Berlin dispatch reports the Overseas News Agency denying rumors that French and British forces broke German lines at Arras. The agency says German positions in the west are more secure now than months ago and labels rumors as propaganda by Germany's enemies to sway public opinion.
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Berlin
Arras
Germany
Mob Seizes Prisoner in Tennessee Sheriff Jailed
A mob overpowered Sheriff La Fon near Dresden Tennessee and bound prisoner Mallie Wilson a Black man charged with entering Mrs James White's room. The mob placed a noose on Wilson but released the sheriff when Mrs White's husband refused to kill.
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Nashville
Tenn
la’ Fon
Dresden
Mallie Wilson
James White
Railroad offices to close for Labor Day half holiday
Announcement states that ticket offices of Mobile railroads will close at 1 PM Monday to grant agents and clerks a Labor Day half holiday. The order was received this morning.
Banks Hold Record Reserve As Eight Hour Day Adopted
The weekly clearing house banks and trust companies show a reserve of 209,110,910 dollars above legal requirements, up 4,311,330 from last week. In New Jersey the Standard Oil Company adopts an eight hour day affecting 25,000 workers.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Thousands watch Mobile children dance in Bienville Square
Thousands gathered in Bienville Square Mobile for a dancing tournament that drew families from the city. The event featured a raised platform on St Joseph Street with a large child chorus and bands from Drago and Pearson. Volunteers from the Chamber of Commerce guided the program as joyous crowds watched the children perform.
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Mobile
Bienville Square
Pat Lyons
Jack O'Connell
Sally
Ben
Sue
Grandma
Grandpa
Lou” Savage
Chamber of Commerce
St. Joseph Street
Drago
Pearson
Pilotage Fees May Not Be Required In Alabama Waters
A bill introduced in the Alabama House by Rep. Davis would exempt barges and power driven craft operating on Alabama rivers up to Mobile harbor and bay from pilotage fees. The change would extend current coast-wise exemptions to these vessels in Alabama waters and avoid mandatory pilot services for crossing Mobile Bay outer bar or navigating bay or state waters.
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Mobile Bay
Alabama
Bay of Mobile
Cit of
Mobile
United States
Mo- Vile River
State Harbor Commission
Montgomery
Ala
Davis
Walker County
Georgia Peach Crop Moved to Eastern and Western Markets
The Southern Railway ran 187 special trains from Atlanta to Potomac Yard, moving 2,636 peach cars with 98.2 percent on time to market between May 27 and August 17. Forty percent of trains used four engines and eight crews, with extensive staff supporting train assembly, maintenance, and dispatch.
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Georgia
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Potomac Yard
Western
Chattanooga
Labor Day Observed With Nationwide Holiday
September 6 will be observed as Labor Day with widespread closures. The Mobile Item will publish no editions that day per the Mobile Central Trades Council request, as markets, public buildings, and many businesses close for part or all of the day while workers take a rest.
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Mobile
Mobile Central Trades Council
Big Guns at Fort Totten Hit Moving Target at Sea
In New York on September 4 a perfect score was declared after twelve shots from twelve inch mortars at Fort Totten struck a moving canvas battleship target at 6,000 to 7,000 yards. Observers at Sans Point confirmed hits as the large projectiles tore through the canvas.
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Fort Totten
New York
Sans Point
L. L
Suit Against Alleged Unlawful Turpentiners In Mississippi Is Filed
Federal suit filed in New Orleans seeks 52048 from Imperial Naval Stores Company for turpentine and resin allegedly taken unlawfully from Mississippi government lands between 1906 and 1910. Government charges the acts occurred while the firm operated as J. J. Long Company and Standard Naval Stores Company.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
W. W. Guion
U. S
Imperial Naval Stores Company
J. J. Long Company
Standard Naval Stores Company
Nine Men in An Open Boat Reach Fernandino de Noronha
News from Pernambuco reports the Italian steamer Francesco Ciampa abandoned at sea after a fourteen day fire off Brazil. Captain Balzano and eight crew members survived in an open boat and reached Fernandino de Noronha on Aug. 16. remaining crew members unaccounted for. The ship sailed from Androgean Scotland to Montevideo Uruguay.
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San Francisco
Francesco Ciampa
Brazil
Pernambuco
Balzano
Fernandino de Noronha
Androgean
Scotland
Montevideo
Uruguay
Forty Mississippi Girls in Celebration At Expo
Forty Mississippi girls representing as many counties were to participate in Mississippi day at the Panama Pacific exposition. John Dicks Howe, president of the Mississippi Society, chaired the day with Governor Brewer represented by W. E. Blakeslee, Mississippi commissioner of agriculture.
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San Francisco
Mississippi
John Dicks Howe
Mississippi Society
Brewer
W. E. Blakeslee
Dwarf woman dies at 106 11/2 feet tall
New York Sept 4 Mrs Jeanette Schwartz died last night in the Brooklyn Home for the Aged in her 107th year. Her height was two and a half feet and she weighed under 23 pounds. She was born in Stuttgart Germany.
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New York
Jeanette Schwartz
Brooklyn
Stuttgart
Germany
Lynching Report Claims Unsuccessful Attempt Led to Fatal Hanging
Nashville Tenn. report says Wilson accused of entering Mrs. White s sleeping room at Greenfield was hanged early today. A prior attempt by Circuit Judge Jones and Sheriff La Fon to stop the lynching reportedly failed as a rope around his neck was cut and his body found hanging south of town.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dresden
Wilson
Jim White
Greenfield
Joseph K. Jones
la Fon
Greenfiell
Martial Law Proclaimed in Haitian Districts by American Troops
Port au Prince and surrounding districts under martial law as Rear Admiral Caperton proclaims control today. Officials report calm conditions as American expeditionary forces assert authority.
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Port-Au-Prince
Caperton
Port-au- Prince
New German Submarine Superior to Earlier Types
A Christiana despatch reports a new German submarine of a far larger type seen off the Norwegian coast. Berlin notes this as confirmation Germany will commission superior subs, surpassing previous submersibles.
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Berlin
Sayville
Christianta
Norway
Germany
Deserter From Norfolk Naval Station Identified
Jonn L. Davison a young white man arrested on a dangerous charge has been identified as a deserter from the Norfolk Virginia naval station. Chief Crenshaw will send the deserter to the naval station at New Orleans Sunday night.
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Jonn L. Davison
Naval Station
Norfolk
Frank W. Crenshaw
New Orleans
Northeast storm warning from Mobile to Pensacola
A weather bureau advisory issued at 9 this morning warns of a tropical storm approaching the Gulf coast near the Apalachicola river mouth. It forecast inland passage this afternoon or tonight and diminishing strength, with a hurricane warning from Panama City to Cedar Keys. A second warning at 10 a.m. from Mobile to Pensacola predicted strong northerly winds this afternoon and tonight.
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Weather Bureau
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Apalachicola River
Fla
Panama City
Cedar Keys
Pensacola
Bowie
Gulf Coast Tropical Storm Approaches Apalachicola Mouth
The weather bureau says the tropical storm center nears the Gulf coast near the Apalachicola river mouth. It is expected to pass inland this afternoon and weaken. Cedar Keys reports floodwater reaching the main street and gale winds, with little shipping damage anticipated due to prior warnings.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Apalachicola River
Diminia
Cedar Keys
Fila
Strick
Bermuda Gale Delays Bermudian Ship and Disrupts Services
A severe gale swept Bermuda uprooting trees and damaging property. Electric power and telephone services were disrupted as the steamship Bermudian carrying 206 American tourists was delayed in port.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Bermudian
Denial of Murder Confession by Three Negroes
Providence report says George W. Healis Henry Spellman and C Victor Brown deny confessing to the murder of Dr C Franklin Mohr. Police had claimed the trio admitted killing the physician at the urging of Mrs Mohr.
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Doctor Mohr
Providence
R. I
C. Franklin Mohr
Associated Press Today
George W. Healis
Henry Spellman
C. Victor Brown
Alabama Rain Tonight and Mississippi Fair Weekend Forecast
The Weather Bureau bulletin notes Alabama will see rain tonight with a Sunday of clouds and strong north winds. Mississippi is forecast generally fair tonight and Sunday with fresh north winds.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Villard Urges Abolition of Nationalistic Groups in U S
Oswald Garrison Villard, publisher of the New York Evening Post, told a Laurel Hill gathering that American citizens of foreign descent forming groups apart from citizenship threaten the nation. He urged immigrants to embrace full American duties and warned against divided loyalty under the flag.
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Tockbridge
Mass
Oswald Garrison
Villard
New York Evening Post
Indhn
Laurel Hill Association
Wire
Mr. Schurz
Carl Schurz
Mr. .Willard
Austria- Hungary
Bacho's Criminal Libel Trial Set for September 19
Fred W. Bacho suspended Mobile attorney faces trial for criminal libel against Safford Berney. Bond is $250. He claims a conspiracy by judges and officials to ruin his practice and steal land, naming John W. McAlpine Robert E. Gordon N. R. Clarke and Judge Berney among others in a lengthy letter. The case alleges a frame-up, jury packing, and腐 accused misconduct.
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Fred W. Bacho
Mobile
Safford Berney
Law and Court
Henry Chamberlain
Bacho
Lee
Berney
Judiciary Committee
Alabamah of Representatives
Attorn
John W. McAlpine
Atto. Robert & Gordon
Soltel N. R. Clarke
Becau
Texas
Brown
Ef Cult Court
Asant
H. H. Smit
Bowie
Bocho
Mobile Bar Association
Red W. Bacho
Ala
Clary Committee
Law and Equity Court
Mobile County
Safford Ser.vey
Robert E. Gordon
N. R. Clarke
Saffold Berney
Judg Berney
Browne
Emma C. Brewer
Schultz
Wilkes
Hon
Name of British vessel afloat confirmed in San Francisco
London reports Lloyds that the British William T. Lewis owned in San Francisco remains afloat and logged. Also from Amsterdam the Krupp Company has subscribed to German war bonds. In San Francisco Major General George W Goethals marks Tuesday as Goethals Day for the Panama Canal Pacific Exposition.
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London
Lloyds
William T. Lewis
Sancisco
Amsterdam
Krupp Company
San Francisco
George W
Lost Pointer Dog Located From Description
A dark liver colored pointer named Spotn is reported lost. Last seen in the neighborhood, owner asks residents to check sheds and yards. Contact details not provided in the note.
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