No Chance Now for Success of Plan 10 Mediate in Europe
Associated Press reports from Washington that Great Britain will not seek peace until Germany is decisively defeated. Ambassador Page cites high British officials and observations showing that peace talks with the Allies at this time would fail. Britain France and Russia have agreed not to make peace without common consent, dampening Washington's efforts to offer good offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Wilson
Ambassador Page
London
Foreign Office
Page
France
Russia
Personal Notices Highlight Visits and Movements Across Cities
Pr B C Overton leaves for Beaumont Texas after the death of Oron Overton. Peter Salmon sails to resume study at Valparaiso University. U D C meeting set at Y M C A tea room Friday at 11. Miss Mary Rodgers visits from New Orleans and stays at the Battle House. R Terregona, son of Alexandria mayor, visits Mobile. Co B Freeman of Pensacola visits on business. T H Neighbors and wife tour Mobile and stay at the Battle House. Outfielder Jimmy Clarke visits Mobile en route to Baltimore. Mrs J J Reilly and son visit from Okolona. Mr and Mrs George H Hervey depart for San Antonio after loss of daughter Susanna Hervey. Edward Dortch and wife from Fulton also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rodgers
New Orleans
City
Battle House
Jimmy Clarke
Mobile
Beaumont
Texas
Blenvitte
Baltimore
George H. Hervey
San Antonio
Hervey
Susanna Hervey
Archduke Frederick losses cited as Russians push toward Poland
Vienna officially admits Archduke Frederick lost about 120 000 men in Galicia battles, one quarter of his force, as German troops move south toward Poland to aid Austria across the Vistula. Reports note new battle near Lemberg and Russian advances with prisoners and loot described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange Telegraph Company
Rome
Vienna
Frederick
Poland
Vistula
London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Lemberg
Petrograd
Galicia
Nicolaieff
Frampe
Seventeenth Landwehr
Zamost
Russian Poland
Lublin
Rawa Ruska
Dniester
Velugue
Maer and Dodd to Attend National Meet of Collectors
Percy W. Maer United States collector of customs and Deputy Walter H. Dodd will leave Saturday for New York to attend the annual conference of collectors of customs of the United States including possessions in the Philippines Cuba and other areas. They are visiting Mobile and staying at the St. Andrew hotel. Mrs D W Graves of Memphis Tennessee is visiting Mobile and staying at the Cawthon hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Graves
Memphis, Tenn
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Servian Armies Advance Into Bosnia Reported
An official communication states large numbers of Servian troops crossed the Save from Belgrade toward the Bosnian frontier between September 6 and 6 and advance into enemy territory. A detachment faced strong resistance and part was captured. Fotcha in Bosnia, 80 miles southeast of Sarajevo, is reported taken. The Drina crossing attempt by Austrians failed with heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nish
Servia
London
Save
Hungary
Belgrade
Fotcha
Bosnia
Sarajevo
Drina
Newspaper men freed after German capture near Beaumont
American correspondents marching with the army reach Beaumont where German officers arrest them for photographing with a Red Cross flag. They are held in a school turned barracks, then jailed amid French prisoners, later moved to a cafe, fed minimally, and guarded by German and Belgian troops. They ride a prison train to Aix la Chapelle, then cross into the Dutch border after covertly keeping accounts favorable to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Beaumont
Mittendorfer
Belmont
Gerbeaul
Stevenson
Hernebeard
Red Cross
Élgian School House
Prince August Wilhelm
Heaumont
Prince Chimay
Maubeuge
Aix-la-Chapelle
Sunday Short Trip Ticket Offer from Royal Street
Spend your Sunday at Coden or Bayou la Batre with round trip tickets priced at 50 cents. Information available at City Ticket Office located on 238 Royal Street, on September 8, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coden
Bayou la Batre
City Ticket Office
Royal Street
Allied Assaults Push Germans Back Along Line
Reported in Paris and London on September 10 that Allied efforts create a widened gap in the German front from Meaux to Vitry le Francois, with British and French forces gaining ground near the Marne and threatening a turning movement while German reinforcements rush east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Meaux
Vitry-le-Francois
Epernay
Marne
London
The
Temps
Nancy
Luneville
Germany Not Fair to Ally Says Petrograd Voice
London dispatch quotes a Petrograd correspondent arguing Germany has not fairly aided Austria on the French front and that Austrian needs for siege batteries and corps go unmet. He predicts the Russian advance will force either destruction or capitulation of Austria's main armies within days as Russians close on Cracow.
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London
Germany
Petrograd
Austria
Cracow
Vistula
President Wilson backs railway executives call for credit support
Wilson agrees with the rail executives urging national effort to sustain railway credits through private cooperation and possible government action. He sends a letter to Chesapeake & Ohio chairman Frank Trumbull praising the committee's statement and the need for public and governmental aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Frank Trumbull
Chesapeake & Ohio Board
Adams sues Scheuermann over auto collision injuries
Vivian O. Adams filed suit in the law and equity court seeking $500 damages after a June 16 collision at Government and Wilkinson streets. She alleges the Scheuermann chauffeur was negligent in operating the defendant’s automobile, injuring her as a four passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian O. Adams
Law and Equity Court
John V. Scheuermann
Ona
Government and
Wilkinson Streets
Schuérmann
Woman Fined $101 in Prohibition Case. Other Defendants Also
Annie Bell Robertson was fined $101 or 50 days in jail for violating prohibition law by Judge Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court. She appealed with bond set at $200. Robert Lewis was fined $101 for carrying a pistol concealed and remanded for sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Bell Robertson
Sudge Chamberlain
Inferior
Robert Lewis
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promised Quick Health Fix
Advert shows Dr King’s New Life Pills claimed to cure dizziness biliousness constipation and sluggish digestion. It promises a healthy bile flow and cleaner stomach and bowels with the first dose benefiting the general system. Available for 25 cents at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Fury of Aodault on Lemberg falls in four day battle
Russian forces describe the fall of Lemberg after a four day siege begun August 29 at Ziocsow. They detail Naked Hill assault, brutal shelling, exhausting heat and cold, heavy casualties, and a decisive double quick charge into the first and second lines ending with enemy retreat and capture. An Austrian Magyar screen was scattered by Russian artillery causing panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Lemberg
Ziocsow
Golaya Gorka
Naked Hill
Trade expansion discussed with Latin America at Washington conference
Washington conference on expanding US Latin American trade and addressing wartime needs heard from South American diplomats. Secretary Bryan and Secretary Redfield welcomed delegates as Minister Calderon of Bolivia urged better shipping and lower freight rates, credit, and goodwill. Minister Perez of Peru called for extended credit to South American buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Latin America
Departments of State and Commerce
Bryan
Redfield
Calderon
Bolivia
North
South America
Perez
Peru
New York Banks to Handle 80 Million City Obligations
J P Morgan Jacob Schiff and Benjamin Strong assured the federal reserve board that a syndicate of New York bankers would handle about 80.6 million in City of New York obligations held by European creditors without help from banks outside New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board Today
J. P. Morgan
Jacob Schiff
Benjamin Strong
New York
United States
Revolvers Stolen in Jackson Sought Here
A Clarke county sheriff asks Mobile police to watch for five pistols and a gold watch taken from Andrews Hardware in Jackson Alabama on September 7. The letters suggest the items may be pawned in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Crenshaw
Coates
Clarke County
Mobile
Andrews
Ala
Steel tonnage grows with US Steel August total
New York September 10 The unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel Corporation on August 31 totalled 4,231,831 tons, an increase of 64,742 tons over July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Denial of Pilot Shift Change by Port of Mobile Board
At a Mobile Port pilot board meeting on September 10 1914 commissioners Norville van Liew denied a petition by seven lower bar pilots to rotate pilots on the Fort Morgan pilot boat. They argued against disrupting efficiency and noted protests by fifteen pilots and lengthy on‑shore vacation time for those at Mobile. The resolution preserves the current pilot regime and rejects the requested change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Pilot Commissioners
Port of
Mobile
Thomas P. Norville
G. M. van Liew
Mr. van Liew
Lower Bar
Fort Morgan
Norville
George R. Vaughan
C. P. Smith
Harry L. Hargrove
Harry R. Murray
B. A. Smith
W. J. Allen
D. W. McKay
J. J. Cook
Board of Pilot Commissioners of
Ala
Italian to Establish Agricultural Experiment Station in Tripoli
The Italian government plans to set up an agricultural experiment station in Tripoli to boost local agricultural production. This initiative aims to foster research, crop improvement, and sustainable farming practices in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Georgia Doctor attributes recovery to Grape-Nuts food
A prominent Georgia physician shares his personal health recovery after switching to Grape-Nuts. He cites renewed strength, improved digestion, and quicker convalescence, saying his experience led him to advocate the product for nerve and brain health and for convalescents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Headache and Nervousness Cured by Chamberlain’s Tablets
Mrs. Richard Olp of Spencerport New York credits Chamberlain’s Tablets with curing her headaches and nervousness and restoring her health. For sale ball dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Richard Olp
Spencerport
N. Y
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Peter Salmon
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso
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R. Terregona
Mayor Terregona
Alexandria
Co. B. Freeman
Pennsacola, Fla
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J. J. Reilly and Son
Okolona
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Fulton
Berlin
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Finland
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Servain
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Turkey
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Pathfinder
North Sea
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