French ship Bordeaux sunk off Gironde coast
Paris reports the French steamship Bordeaux torpedoed and sunk twelve miles from the Gironde entrance. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. the vessel belonged to Compagnie Generale Transatlantique and measured 4530 tons. Emperor Nicholas announces command of all Russian armies. Poincare replies with wishes for victory. Artillery duels continue along the French front with intense fighting near Souchez Neuville Roye and in Champagne and Vosges regions. German bombers target Gerardmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bordeaux
Gironde
France
Compagne Generae Transatlantique
Havre
St. Nazaire
Poincare
Nicholas
Tsarskoye-Selo
Petrograd
Raymond Poincare
War Office
Souchez
Neuville
Roye
Queenvieres
Nouvron
Champagne
Vosges
Arras
Agny
Wailly
Rove
Queenevieres
Champvagne
Auberive
Souain
Beausejour
Lusse
Germany
Gerardmer
St. Die
British Cruiser Sunk by German Submarine U-27
The admiralty announced that the German submarine U-27 sank a small British cruiser several weeks ago and has not been heard from since August 10, likely lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Admiralty
Virginia Senators Back National Prohibition Push
Senators Thomas Martin and Claude A. Swanson told the News Leader they will vote for prohibition of liquor in the District of Columbia and back a constitutional amendment for national prohibition. They spoke in Richmond during a visit tied to the Richmond post office dispute and James River improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Thomas Martin
Claude A. Swanson
News Leader
District of Columbia
United States
Martin
James River
Senator Swanson
Virginia
U S Steel Eyes Dauphin Island Harbor Plan
Rumors claim United States Steel would acquire Dauphin Island from Tidewater Securities led by J M Dewberry of Birmingham. A harbor between Big and Little Dauphin Island could serve Mobile Bay deep water needs for Cuban ore, with an extended branch to Cedar Point cutting transport time. An official declined to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States’ Steel Company
Dauphin Island
Tidewater Securities Company
J. M. Dewberry
Birmingham
Big
Little Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
Steel Corporation
Mobile Ship Channel
Mobile
Bay Shore
Cedar Point
Chicago
Millionaire Washes Dishes at American Lake Camp
Above Citizen Army Camp shows Harry Whit ney Treat, Seattle financier, washing dishes during mess. Capt Jens Bugge of the Twenty first Infantry oversees. The camp at American Lake Washington gathers bankers merchants lawyers doctors ministers railroad officials and others for military instruction akin to Plattsburg and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Whitney Treat
Seattle
Jens Bugge
Twenty-first Infantry
Treat
American Lake
Washington
Plattsburg
N. Y
San Francisco
Great
Civic Chamber Withdraws Farm Work Funds
The Chamber of Commerce informs George A. Maloney that the $600 yearly farm demonstration funding and an automobile upkeep allowance are withdrawn. With outside support limited to $900 annually from county state and federal sources, farm work in Mobile county may end unless business leaders raise funds. The changes include merging the secretary role into traffic manager duties, with R. G. Cobb handling both, and 30 day notices given to James L. Carlisle and Secretary George C. Card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
George A. Maloney
Maloney
Unites States Department of Agriculture
Mobile County
R. G. Cobb
James L. Carlisle
George C. Card
Palmer Pillans
Maroney
Cobb
Chamber
Fifty Farmers Sign Up for Gulf Coast Exchange Plan
More than fifty farmers united to establish the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange in Mobile. They pledged cash and market produce, aiming to raise over $1,000 this week and to form a permanent organization within three weeks. A September 20 meeting is planned with farmers from over twenty shipping points to set headquarters in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast Exchange Plan
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Mobile
Four Corners
Mt. Vernon
Satsuma
Axis
Calvert Yeste Yiene
Aubrey Boyles
Business Men's Committee
Exchange
Boyles
Tite
Bruce
Plotters traded messages to both sides in Greece
Arrests in Athens via Paris reveal two men and a woman charged with trafficking in messages addressed to King Constantine and the Greek army staff. Officials say dispatches from German and Austrian sources reached Russia while British admiralty messages are also present. the suspects allegedly operated a regular information trade, selling to either side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Paris
Constantine
Russia
Daniels Considers Hazing Inquiry Report At Naval Academy
Secretary Daniels began consideration of the board's hazing inquiry findings at the United States naval academy and will discuss them with President Wilson before reaching any conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniels
United States Naval Academy
Wilson
Chamber withdraws funds from county farm demonstration work
In Mobile the Chamber of Commerce action withdraws financial support from the Farmers Cooperative Demonstration Work citing local financial strain. The project, a cooperative effort requiring regional backing, now faces reduced funding of about 900 dollars annually after the chamber pulled 600 dollars for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Statue to honor German submarine captain Otto Weddigen
Copenhagen notes a Kiel statue plan for Captain Otto Weddigen the U-9 commander famed for sinking three British cruisers last September. The wooden model will be plated with gold silver and iron nails donated by admirers and unveiled September 22 funded by Krupps. Proceeds from nail sales support relief in East Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
London
Germany
Otto Weddigen
North Sea
Kie Zeitung
Kiel
Krupps
East Prussia
Students Arrive for Spring Hill College Opening
Students arrive at Spring Hill College for the opening day. Trains bring new and returning students as President Cummins from New Orleans confirms more arrive on the afternoon train. Comrades meet and escort arrivals from the city to the Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Hill College
Cummins
New Orleans
British Gold Reaches United States on Treasure Train
The third consignment of gold and securities from England arrived at Halifax on the cruiser Argyle and was moved by special train to New York overnight. Seven express cars carried the treasure with engines changed and a pilot train leading the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangqr
England
Halifax
Argyle
United States
New York
Alabama House Approves Revenue Bill Conference Report
The conference committee report on the general revenue bill was adopted 64 to 6 in the house after a senate delay vote. The shipbuilding plant tax exemption remains, with a franchise tax fixed at 40 cents per $1,000 of stock and solvent credits untaxed. Citrus growers protest a reduced 5,000 appropriation versus proposed 25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Conference
House
Senate
Lusk
Grayson
Conference Committee
Shapiro
Hill
Mobile
Baldwin County
Wilson
Gulf Coast
Baldwin
Cullman
Hartwell
Finance and Taxation Committee
Capitol
James H. Webb
Davis Convict Work Measure Favored by House Committee
A Davis Walker bill to bar state and county convicts from work in mines turpentine camps lumber camps or other private employment under lease or contract received favorable report from the house judiciary committee. The act sets enforcement dates including 1918 1920 and mandates felony penalties and a statewide vote in November 1916.
Legislature presses on with few days left
The legislature faces only three days remaining to act on revenue and appropriation bills as Governor Henderson plans to study reports before deciding on signatures or amendments. Senate and House convened for the forty second day with bills on municipal bond issues terminals and weapon confiscation advancing, amid attempts to curb premature litigation and expand daily sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
House
Senate
Hartwell
Representative Wilson
Dilla
Air. Wilson
Chamberlain
Officers claim Hesperian torpedoed ship
Washington dispatches report commanding officers of the sunken liner Hesperian affidavit that fragments and water on deck prove a torpedo strike eight feet below the water line. They cite odor of high explosive and a hidden six inch gun as evidence amid official uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hesperian
State Department
Main
Frost
Queenstown
Survivors Claim Hesperian Was Sighted by Submarine
Survivors from the Hesperian say a submarine was sighted near Queenstown and the ship kept a zigzag course after. Wesley Frost, American consul, secured a joint statement from officers, but it adds no new flight or warning details. Passengers question why life belts and lifeboats were not fully prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesperian
Queenstown
Wesley Frost
Multiple Persons Injured in Fatal and Serious Crashes
Police report lists William Matthew 21 at 6 New St Francis Street involved in a fatal crash with fractured skull and broken limbs. William Walter Mason 37 of Prichard dies from internal injuries leaving a widow and children. Oscar F. Cordon of 3804 N Joachim Street suffers skull fracture and bruising with some recovery chance. J J Bisby of 108 New St Francis Street suffers cuts and bruises. two days expected for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Matthew Rapes Weth
New St. Francis Street
Dauphin Street
William Walter Mason
Prichard
Mobile and
Ohio
Whistler
Oscar F. Cordon
Indian Motors Cycle Company
N. Joachim Street
J. J. Bisby
Indian Motor Cycle Agency
Fatal collision on Cedar Point road kills two men
A motorcycle and a heavy truck collide four and a half miles from the city on Cedar Point road. William Chenoweth a 21 year old bicycle repairman dies from a crushed skull. William Mason a 32 year old carpenter dies en route to hospital. Deputy Oberhaus rides with a negro chauffeur in the truck and ten seized whiskey barrels are cited. The accident occurred around 7 PM Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Point Road
William Chenoweth
Dauphin Street
William Walter Mason
Carpenter
Prichard
Akull
Hopital
Mason
Rochempany
Ny Chenoweth
Arma
Bisbee
August Oberhaus
Holcombe
Mon Louis Island
Oberhaus
Famous Methodist Editor and Scholar Dead at Nashville
Nashville Tenn Sept ge Gross Alexander 63 editor of the Methodist Review and book editor of the Methodist Episcopal church South died Monday afternoon at Long ih Cal of apoplexy. He had served as secretary of the last six Southern Methodist general conferences and was a committee member for the commemorative ten year edition of the Authorized Union of the English Bible in 1911. He was born in Scottsville and was connected with the publisher's house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Ge Gross Alexander
The
Methodist Review
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Long Ih
Cal
Methodist General Conferences
Scottsville
Alexander
Tonia
Odist Publishing House
Cholera and Typhus Spread in Austro German Army
A Rome dispatch reports official news of rising cholera and typhus within Austrian and German forces. In the last twenty days 3 296 cholera cases and 1 885 typhus cases were recorded across many parts of Germany and Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Havas
Rome
Austria
Germany
Lost items and a found motorboat listed in notices
Lost pointers include a white dog with liver spots and a shrine pin with a diamond, to J W Little, 956 Dauphin St, and Dr JCoOM Bell. Also a black jeweled watch monogram F L found by L Gaston at Fairhope. a motorboat found at Bon Secour after a wreck near Pensacola Fort. more notices list various items and contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Little
Dauphin St
Jcoom Bell
van Antwerping
F Beach
F. L
L. Gaston
Fairhope
Bon Secour
O c Beach
Ward
W. S. Callaway
Pensacola
Fort Lost
Newel
S .Pecture
Lane
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Uzar Nicholas
Bulletin
Martin and Swanson
U. S. Steel Company
Citizen Army
Civic Chamber
Card
Carlisle
Galvert
Renue
Tho
Hesperin
Iin
White Mouse
Lansing
Ambassador Page
Waimana
Newport News
Morgen Post
Allan Line
Ireland
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