750000 Unionists Ready 10 Quit New York Gar Strike
United labor leaders threaten a sympathetic walkout in Greater New York affecting subway elevated and surface lines. Gompers declines comment on a general strike while organizers say 50000 union workers could be mobilized within six hours if needed. Traction officials blame heavy traffic on surface line stoppages for reduced subway service.
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Associated Press
New York
Greater
Manhattan
Bronx
West Chester County
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Alleged Gaming Is Expensive 107 Arraignments Reported
B Haig John Harsey Joe Springs and John Bettis faced inferior criminal court Monday on vagrancy by gaming and were fined 1 dollar or ten days. Willie Wright Felix Johns and Andrew Bell charged with gaming in a public place fined 50 dollars or twenty days. Oliver Haywood linked to a 1913 Bettis shooting and assault on his wife Mary. fined 126 dollars or five months and ten days hard labor. Blanche Denton charged with vagrancy and fined 200 dollars after a jury-trial demand. Eliza Chestang fined 1 dollar or ten days for vagrancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Haig
John Harsey
Joe Springs
John Bettis
Inferior Criminal Court
Willie Wright
Felix Johns
Andrew Bell
Oliver Haywood
Walter Bettis
Mobile
Mary Haywood
Blanche Denton
Eliza Chestang
Ten Summer Girls Pay $10 Each for Airship Trip
Ten girls from Manhattan and Brooklyn ride a Curtiss flying boat over Great South Bay for ten minutes each at Blue Point. One by one they soar in the single passenger seat with an aviator, while mothers and chaperones cheer and fences line the shore. Each paid $10 for the airborne thrill as the craft rose and dipped above the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Great South Bay
Blue Point
New York Polio Toll Rises to 2123 With 66 New Cases
A health bulletin reports 23 more infantile paralysis deaths in the 48 hours ending 10 am today, raising New York's total fatalities to 2123 since the outbreak began. The bulletin also notes 66 new cases, with a slightly lower two day average than in Friday’s report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Department of Health
Arrested for Stealing His Own Automobile in Newport
George A. Mathewson of New Bedford, Mass., pursued his runaway car after two apprentice sailors took it from in front of the Hill-Top Inn. Police traced the auto, number 30287, within half an hour, and Mathewson was briefly detained by officers as the scene and pursuit unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
George A. Mathewson
New Bedford
Mass
Mathewson
Assistant State Road Engineer Boyd Quits
R. P. Boyd, assistant state highway engineer since the department began May 1, 1911, resigns to become superintendent of road construction in Monroe parish, Louisiana, where $400,000 will be spent on roads. J. B. Converse of Selma named as his successor. Boyd to begin September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
R. P. Boyd
Highway Department
Monroe Parish
Louisiana
W. S. Keller
Shells Strip Clothing From Men They Kill
London report from the Somme describes how powerful British shells strip every shred of clothing from many fallen soldiers at Guillemont. The correspondent notes corpses east of the village laid bare, with no visible injuries, suggesting death from the blast concussion rather than direct wounds.
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Associated Press
London
Somme
Guillemont
Hughes greeted by loud crowd in Syracuse visit
Charles E. Hughes returned to Syracuse where a vociferous crowd met him at the station. He delivered his main speech at the fairgrounds at 2 PM, then hosted a two hour hotel reception. The Allied Club plans a 250 guest dinner in his honor before he heads to Plattsburg.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
Allied Club of
Hughes
Plattsburg
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Ellen M England
Ellen M England aged 65 native of England died at her Oakdale home after a short illness. Mobile resident 22 years she is survived by husband George and four sons Alfred K Percy E Charles W Fred G and two daughters Mrs J L Leavitt and Mrs J W Hooge seven grandchildren and other relatives Erasmus J Rowell aged 69 lifelong Mobile County resident died in a local infirmary after a long illness. He is survived by numerous relatives in the city.
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Ellen M. England
England
George England
Oakdale
Mobile
Alfred K. Percy E
Charles W. England
Atlanta
Fred G. England
London
Eng
J. L. Leavitt
J. W. Hooge
Erasmus J. Rowell
Mobile County
Schroeder and Fillingame Wed in Probate Court
John L. Schroeder of Mobile Art Glass and Mirror Works married Miss Sarah Rosetta Fillingame of New Orleans in a Monday morning ceremony at 10 o'clock in the probate court. Judge Price Williams officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Schroeder
John IL. Schroeder
Mobile Art Glass and Mirror Works
Sarah Rosetta Fillingame
New Orleans
Price Williams
World’s Largest Steel Span Falls in Dominion Collapse
Debris toppled the world’s largest steel span as 8,000 ton jacks lifted a pontoon-anchored section 150 feet. Spectators and officials, including Dominion cabinet members, watched rescue efforts. The project began in 1853 and culminated in a 1907 collapse after years of delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Dominion Cabinet
Europe
Quebec
New York
Canada’s grand bridge plan by multiple American builders
Canada’s federal railway department chose a commission including noted American bridge builders to oversee a reconstruction. The proposed channel span would exceed all existing structures, totaling 3,239 feet shore to shore with 1,800 feet between anchor buttresses. The design included two railroad tracks, two street car tracks, and two roads for several lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Federal Railway Department
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk
Quebec Central
Inter-Colonial
Quebec
Lake St. John
Saguenay
Canadian Northern
Delaware and Hudson
Four German Stowaways Reach U S on Spanish Ship
Four German sailors from the Belgrano, tied in Corunna, arrived in New York as stowaways aboard the Antonio Lopez from Cadiz and Barcelona. They carried a letter to the German consul general and sought work. At Gibraltar the ship was searched but the stowaways remained hidden and were sent to Ellis Island for further examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Corunna
Spain
Antonio Lopez
Cadiz
Barcelona
United States
Gibraltar
Ellis Island
Cured Malaria While He Read His Paper
Mr Height reports curing malaria by taking Granger Liver Regulator for several nights after supper while reading his paper. The product is described as a vegetable preparation free of alcohol and kept in a tin box, sold by the known best system druggist.
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Adams
Hope to Face Bakers of Chicago With Test of Anti Trust Law
Chicago housewives were urged to help city weights and measures test bakers for short weights and anti trust violations. William F. Clucett said inspectors would test loaf weights after a baking firm admitted cutting the weight of its 5 cent loaf.
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Bakers of Chicago
Chicago
City Department of Weights and Measures
William F. Clucett
Weather Outlook For Mobile And Vicinity
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with fresh east winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Russian Victory Report From Persia and Caucasus Front
Petrograd reports a Russian victory over Turkish forces in Persia with Bana in the Sakkiz region occupied. The Kare region near Ognott west of Erzingan in Turkish Armenia saw a fierce clash with four officers 240 Askaris one machine gun one howitzer and two cannons captured or destroyed during the engagement.
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Petrograd
London
Persia
War Office
Sakkiz
Bana
Caucausus
Ognott
Erzingan
Armenia
Askaris
Quiet Front From Riga to Rumania
From Riga to Rumania the front remains unchanged with no important developments reported in the Russian sector. The official statement notes the Western front in Russia is unchanged as of Sept 11.
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Riga
Rumania
Associated Press
Pretrograd
London
Russia
British Troops Cross Struma River Front in Macedonia
British forces on the Greek Macedonian front crossed the Struma river under fire last night. They gained a footing on the eastern bank about forty miles northeast of Salonika and attacked Bulgarian positions at Nevolyen and Karabjabes as they pressed the offensive. A wartime report notes the Bulgarians resisted fiercely.
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Paris
Greek Macedonia
Struma
War Office
Saloniki
Nevolyen
Karabjabes
Italians Capture Strong Austrian Position in Trentino Front
Rome reports Italian troops have captured a strong Austrian position in the Lenò valley of the Trentino front. Ground was also gained in the upper Posina valley according to the war office.
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Rome
London
Troo
Leno Valley
Trentino
War Office
Posina
Irvine Protests Co-operation Farm Funds
A letter from L. C. Irvine of Demonstration Plantation Creamery asks the board of revenue and road commissioners to hear him before further funds are spent on farm demonstration work. The request was before the meeting Monday afternoon but had not been acted on by late hours.
Farmers Slay Wives Turn Guns on Selves in Alabama Tragedy
Huntsville reports Benjamin Cowley, a farmer from Abingdon, shot and killed his wife early today then attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head. The dead woman leaves two small children. Cowley was taken to a hospital and is believed to recover. Alleged domestic difficulties precipitated the tragedy.
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Huntsville
Ala
Benjamin Cowley
Abingdon
Cowley
Man shoots wife then kills self near Mount Juliet
A Lebanon Tenn special reports Odie Floyd aged 27 shot his wife at their Mount Juliet home and then fatally shot himself. There were no witnesses.
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Nashville
Tennn
Lebanon
Tenn
Odie Floyd
Mount Juliet
Bulgarian King Ferdinand Hides in Cellar Bedroom
A Zurich dispatch reports King Ferdinand of Bulgaria sleeps in a steel plated bombproof cellar bedroom to dodge air raids from allied forces at Salonika. The informant likens his terror to his conduct in the Balkan wars.
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Zurich
London
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Saloniki
Court Docket Notices Involving Brook Noble Kling Ketchum
In Chancery Court cases, Joseph Brook vs L L Noble dismissed on motion of complainant. Frank R Van Ouden vs Fred Kling et al register reads a count of partnership and laid over until October 4. George P Malone et al vs Charles Colden Ketchum et al guardian ad litem W B Mc Aleer appointed. adjournment until October 4.
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Chancery Court
Smith
Joseph Brook
L. L. Noble
Frank R. van Ouden
Fred Kling
Register
George P. Malone
Charles Colden Ketchum
W. B. McAleer
Money orders stolen from Havana mail sacks
An official post office order reveals that many money orders to U S mail order houses went missing in Havana. An elevator stopping between floors is accused of opening letters with money orders. one arrest has been made.
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Associated Press
Havana
Post Office Department
United States
Expert to Check Books of Old Girard Officers
W C Fowler hired by the Girard city council to audit the books kept by former officials. The move aims to show how funds were used in recent years as citizens and the attorney general seek accountability. The Russell county grand jury will convene in Seale for a special session tied to liquor seizures and related investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
W. C. Fowler
Girard
Attorney General's Department
Russell County
Wooden leg used to hide whiskey at Daily News office
In Williamson West Virginia on September il Thomas Garner editor reports the Daily News found a quart of bootleg liquor stashed in a wooden leg kept in a office box. The paper states no staff member is believed responsible and jokes about the disguise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W. Va
Sept. Il
Thomas Garner
The
Daily News
Gnesen-Posen Invests in German War Loan
Archbishop Dalbor directs clergy to invest church funds in the new German war loan. Wiesbaden municipality subscribes to the loan with a large mark amount.
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Gnesen-Posen
Berlin
Witreteai
Dalbor
Gnesen
Wa Loan
Wiesbaden
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Self
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