Chaos in Constantinople Amid Armenian Refugee Crisis
London reports describe chaotic conditions in Constantinople with shortages and price gouging under a wartime defense committee. The Sheik ul Islam resigns over Christian element expulsions, the Greek Armenian patriarch loses powers, and the Bosphorus end is sealed by wire netting and mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Reuter
Athens
Covent
Committee of National Defense
Haver Pasha
Talaat Bey
Sheik Ul Islam
Cabi
Black Sea
Bosphorus
Corinth Woodmen Drill Team Heads to Gulfport
Seventeen members of the Woodmen of the World drill team from Corinth Mississippi arrived by Mobile and Ohio Railway under Captain W C Mathis of Company F 113th Regiment. The unit, supporting 500 members, departed Monday afternoon via Louisville and Nashville for Gulfport ahead of the state encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth
Miss
Mobile and Ohio
W. C. Mathis
Mathis
Louisville
Nashville
Gulfport
Acting Mayor Receives Seal Request for Mobile Collection
Acting Mayor Schwarz received a letter from Charles Edward Prior of Hartford asking for imprints of Mobile's official city seal for a personal collection. The request will be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Schwarz
Charles Edward Prior
Hartford
Vitalitas Earth Fluid Said to Aid Thousands in South
An advertisement touts Vitalitas as a restorative earth product with claims to ease indigestion rheumatism nervous debility catarrh and kidney bowel and blood disorders. It promises relief after other treatments fail and urges readers to visit Sutton's store or local druggists for purchase and history of the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty
Sutton
Druggists
Adv
Old City Whipping Post Returns as Justice Seen
Acting Recorder A B Gordon sentences Edward Harris and Richard Luellyn for assault and vandalism as crowds hear the old whipping post reintroduced in the city jail. Other cases include Jim Hall’s 2 dollar fine for a collector’s misdeed and various minor offenses among local colored residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Harris
Castle Crenshaw
Harris
Richard Luellyn
Davis Avenue
City
Recorder Garden
Jim Hall
William Polk
Polk
Jim
Gordon
Minnie Simon
Lillian Gate
Lillian
Minnie
Jim Davis
Mobile children celebrate September birthdays at Empire Theatre
The Mobile Item notes several children born on September 13 celebrate birthdays. Names include Eugene Murphy and Somers Sibley, ages from 2 to 14, with parties to entertain friends at a birthday picture party this afternoon. Readers born in September invited to send full details to the Children’s Editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene L. Murphy
Elmira St
Somers Sibley
S. Hamilton
Clarence E. Berg
Francis Godard
S. Conception
Leslie Sibley
Hamilton
Gladys Dean
Adams St
the Item
Empire Theatre
VESSELS IN PORT AND DOCKS LISTED AT GULF REGION
Multiple ships and tonnage listed in port at Gulf Dry Docks Pier 1 to Turner Terminals. Vessels include Uppland Swed 1518 Bodo Nor Unknown, Winona U.S. 6, Crathens Nor 799, Verona Nor 19, Lampasas Am 2, Nelson Am 2,797 and many others. Also notes on repair yards at Puerto Cortes and Lake Pontchartrain with several vessel movements and statuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uppland
Swed
Bodo
Nor
Fort Gaines
Winona
U. 8
South American
Dictator
New Camelia
Crathens
Verona
Lampasas
Nelson
VESSELS MOBILE BOUND TO VARIOUS PORTS AND LINES
A list of ships with origins destinations and carriers including Bark Carolina from Urug to Moragues Lumber, Schooner C W Mills from Progreso to Van Heynigen, Steamship Pathfinder from New York to Porto Rican Line, Naperian from Br to Mobile Liners, Bark Alex Lawrence from Liverpool to master, and multiple other vessels with cargoes and routes among Havre Huelva Calais Colon Antilla Boston Newport Nassau Progreso Puerto Cortez and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
Havana
Cuba
Moragues Lumber Company
C. W. Mills
Progreso
Mex
van Heynigen
Fruithandel
Bel
Penarth
Pathfinder
New York
Naperian
Mobile Liners, Inc
Alex Lawrence
Nor
Liverpool
England
Oaklandg
Havre
France
Weardale
Huelva
Spain
van Heynigen Brok. Co
Comtesse de Bjandre
Calais
Hunter-Benn
Zetas
Colon
R. P
Egda
New Orleans
Munson Line
S. America
Perceler
Antilla
Anna
Australia
Walsh Stevedoring Co
Corinthia
Nassau
N. P
Horace Turner & Co
Daniel Bailey
Boston
Mass
J. M. Scott & Bros
Mavisbrook
Newport
Eng
Gulf States Ship's Co
Mariana
Progeso
Ward Line
Lampasas
Mallory Line
American
Puerto Cortez
United Fruit Co
Amelia
Viator
Chamelecon Line
Maritime Movements and Port Notices From Local Harbor
A roundup of ships arriving and shifting berths includes the Varona at Pier 1 with bananas for United Fruit, Lampasas and Nelson arrivals, and the tug Independent with the Tusla barge. The Coniscliffe from Galveston in distress due to August hurricane will be repaired after unloading, while the Irwin sails to Gulfport and the Dictator moves to Pier 1. The Achorn heads to Gulf Dry Docks for repairs and Lizzie E Dennison sails to Havana with 462000 feet of lumber. A pilot meeting is set for September 22 at Mobile Bay and Bar offices, with Captain Dorgan to preside. A Port San Juan light relocation is posted for December 15, changing to one flash every ten seconds. Reports on Liberia’s trade say ships are scarce, hindering export and import flows, and two American patrol vessels will be loaded with goods for both routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varona
United Fruit Company
Lampasas
Mallory Steamship Line
Nelson
Cienfuegos
Plier 6
Independent
Tusla
Texas Oil Company
Coniscliffe
Galveston
Nuevitas
Cuba
Echo
Irwin
Gulfport
Gibraltar
Achorn
Gulf Dry Docks
Lizzie E. Dennison
Havana
Mobile Bay and Bar Pilots
S. A. Dorgan
Port San Juan
Porto Rico
Monrovia
United States
Liberia
Eres Aet
Clarksville Professor Ends Life With Shotgun
A Clarksville Tennessee professor of science Dr J A Lyon aged 63 ended his life Sunday afternoon with a shotgun in Nashville A despondent state over ill health was given as the motive He was father to Prof S C Lyon and had another son living in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Clarksville, Tenn
J. A. Lyon
Southwestern Presbyterian University
S. C. Lyon
New Origans
Hill Backs Massive Allied Loan Push From West
Financiers from the Northwest arrived in New York to back a large foreign credit loan for Britain and France. James J. Hill urged a loan covering munitions and broad grain exports, arguing it would gain wider Western support than a war-only fund. The half‑billion to billion dollar goal contrasts with earlier estimates of 100 to 150 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Northwest
Great Britain
France
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Commission
Mobile Diocese clergy changes noted by Rt. Rev. Allen
Bishop Edward P. Allen of Mobile announces priest transfers across the diocese. Groundbreaking for a brick church at Troy honors Martin Connor and wife. Names include Schmidtner to Gadsden, Genet to Whistler, Sands to Tuscaloosa, Houri can to Eufaula, Lenehan to Bayou La Batre, Sweeney to Pensacola hospital chaplain, Malone to St Pauls Birmingham, Tobin to St Pauls Birmingham, Mullaly to Pensacola, Cassidy to St Vincent Mobile, Cassidy to St Vincent Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Allen
Diocese of
Mobile
Troy
Ala
Martin Connor
Herman Schmidtner
Whistler
St. James Church
Gadsden
M. Genet
Eufaula
Whistle
Rome
Robert Fullerton
St. Michael's Church
Pensacola
Thomas M. Cassidy
Thos, Lenehan
St. Vincent's Church
Urbina Execution Confirmed by Villa After Alleged Misconduct
Washington report says General Tomas Urbina was executed by General Villa. Villa cites intolerable behavior, noting Urbina killed anyone who displeased him and kept no accounts with headquarters or authorities he was bound to respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbina
Villa
Washington
Tomas Urbina
Russian Seaplane Lost in Attack on Cruiser
Russian warplanes attacked a small German cruiser off Windau and dropped eight bombs, none of which hit. One hydroaeroplane was shot down and brought to Windau. its two Russian officers were taken prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Windau
Businessmen petition to rename railroad at Mobile meeting
More than 150 business men have signed a petition urging consideration of the name Mobile for the reorganization meeting of the N. O. M. & C. Railroad set for Wednesday. R. G. Cobb of the Chamber of Commerce will send the petition to New York tonight. The petition seeks Gulf Coast Mobile and Northern or any name including Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
N. O. M. & C. Railroad
New York
R. G. Cobb
Ker of Commerce
Gulf Coast
Young man jailed after sale attempt of three chickens
Charles Moffette aged nineteen was arrested Sunday morning by City Detective J. W. Murphy. He had three fine chickens for sale at 35 cents each and could not explain how he possessed them. Moffette resisted arrest and officers used force to take him to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleen Simpson
Ellen Coleman
Pene
Dorsey Bradford
Pensacola
Jes
Yah Honah
Laura Houston
Hd Peterson
Yassah
Peterson
Laura
John Crotty
E. T. Clarke
Jim Hagan
E. P. Murphy
Jim Butler
Reuben Mescut
Butler
George Davis
Agnew
R.A. Lott
Charles Moffette
J. W. Murphy
Moffette
Fire Chief Pays $5000 For Ride
Percy Hoyt the former Cheyenne fire chief chartered a special car for five thousand dollars to attend the Fire Chiefs convention in Cincinnati and paused in Denver and Chicago to meet other chiefs. He formerly funded new hose carts and ladder wagons for his department as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy ‘T. Hoyt
Percy Hoyt
Cheyenne
Cincinnati
Denver
Chicago
Hoyt
Nashville Calls on Mobile for Action in Jackson Road Matter
The Jackson Memorial Highway Convention in Nashville September 23 24 seeks a strong Mobile delegation to back Alabama route options. Maps favor Alabama or Mississippi with cities listed in each state. Alabama claims population and city count advantages while Mississippi vows a strong challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Jackson Road
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Athens
Huntsville
Decatur
Cullman
Birmingham
Montgomery
Selma Lowndesmore
Orrville
Gastonburg
Thomasville
Grove Hill
Jackson
Columbus
Brooksville
Macon
Meridian
Laurel
Ellsville
Hattiesburg
Poplarville
To Make Peanut Butter at Yazoo City
Jackson Mississippi reports a new industry in Yazoo City by John W. Schmitt a leading local merchant. He will manufacture peanut butter on a large scale and has ordered the machinery. The industry grows from extensive peanut cultivation in the region and aims to replace northern imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo City
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
John W. Schmitt
Illinois Methodists Oppose Naming a Negro Bishop
The Illinois conference of the Methodist Episcopal church refused to adopt a resolution seeking a Negro bishop to represent African Americans in the South. Rex K. Kumler of Hamilton Ohio urged support, arguing such action would honor the race and align with Christian principles. The resolution originated from a Negro conference in Mississippi and was read by the Illinois secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Mississippi
Chauffeur Fined Ten Dollars For Speed On Canal Street
Willie Stewart a colored chauffeur faced Acting Recorder R A Gordon this morning claiming speeds of fourteen, thirteen and then thirty miles per hour on Canal street at Wilkinson. Three boys testified the car was moving at thirty with the cutout open. Stewart was fined ten dollars as the muffler cut out and speed law violations were cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Stewart
R. A. Gordon
Canal Street
Wilkinson
Stewart
Gordon
U S Dyestuff Bureau Aims To Lead Global Industry
Dr Thomas H Norton head of the new dyestuff bureau of the department of commerce announces a conference with twelve representatives to guide a national dye industry. The goal is to make the United States a world leader in dyestuff production and export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Norton
Department of Commerce
United States
Dumba's to Stop Uncle Sam From Making Munitions of War
September 13 report from Chicago details a wave of strikes at eight munitions factories with over 1,000 skilled machinists idle. Factory owners organize a private 200,000 man guard, while officials discuss citizen soldiery to guard against foreign influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumba’s
Uncle Sam
Chicago
SEC Ags
Dumba
Samuel H. Hastings
Teers’ Association
Hastings
Ilinois Tool Company
Pinkerton
Clever Capture Of A Negro Forger Made By Mobile Officers
George Robertson a negro formerly a bell boy at the Cawthon Hotel is jailed charged with forging the name of C B Hervey to a 165 check and obtaining funds from a local bank. He confessed after arrest saying he spent all but 101 45. Police recovered money from around the city and he was caught by Sergeant Lincoln and Detective Boltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Robertson
Cawthon Hotel
C. B. Hervey
Lincoln
Boltz
Robertson
Laurel Mills Run At Near Capacity As Fall Orders Rise
Laurel Mississippi shows growth across industries as mills operate near full capacity. H. H. Bolton of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad reports mills running almost constantly with a daily lumber output of about a million feet. Orders are rising this month signaling a brighter autumn. Active mills include Gilcrist Fordney Wausau Southern Eastman Gardner John Lindsay and Marathon companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
Miss
H. H. Bolton
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Gilcrist-Fordney
Wausau Southern
Eastman-Gardner, John Lindsay
Marathon Lumber Companies
Put Em All Aboard Ship Until They Agree
ROCK ISLAND ILL Sept 13 To unite over two million Lutherans into a single national church federation Dr J C Kunzmann of Philadelphia proposed a plan to carry out in 1919 This move drew consideration from the general council of the Lutheran Church of North America during their session today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kunzmann
Rock Island, II
General Council
The
Lutheran Church of North America
J.C. Kunzmann
Philadelphia
Enterprise Seeks Inclusion in Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
J S Boyd Jr of Enterprise Mississippi sent a card to the exchange committee stating support for forming the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange with Mobile businessmen and Mobile County farmers. He says the exchange is long awaited by farmers in his area and believes Mississippi producers along the gulf coast will welcome it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Miss
Gulf Coast
Patents Granted to Citizens of This State
Davis & Davis reports patents granted to Alabama citizens. Charles FE Hunt of Thomasville receives a starter for explosive engines. Frank A Miller of Montgomery a rotary explosive engine. John T Richey of Rogersville a cotton chopper. George H Russell of Florence a fireplace heating appliance. John S Reaves and James G Wells of Anniston a design for a grocery bin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis & Davis
Washington, D. C
Alabama
Charles FE. Hunt
Thomasville
Frank A. Miller
Montgomery
John T. Richey
Rogersville
George H. Russell
Florence
John S. Reaves
James G. Wells
Anniston
Real Estate Transfers Reported In Regional Deeds
Henry B. McMillan transfers a lot to Oliver L. Anderson with described sectional and township boundaries for 780 dollars. Otto A. Altschul sells the north half of the northwest quarter in section 14 to Herman C. Rullhusen with an exception of 10 acres for 1 dollar. Emery E Tilman sells to A J Howard a lot beginning at a corner in section 25 for 175 dollars. Claudia I Bixler sells to Emma Bettes a Camp Tract lot on Adams street for 650 dollars. Fairmont Creamery Company sells to Realty Investment a lot in Bexton Tract for 650 dollars. David W Clark sells to A J Howard a lot in southwest quarter for 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. McMillan
Oliver L. Anderson
Otto A. Altschul
Herman C. Rullhusen
Emery E.tilman
A. J. Howard
Claudia I. Bixler
Emma Bettes
Adams Street
Camp Tract
Fairmont Creamery Company
Bexton
David W. Clark
Township 7
Auto Lights Dimmed and Bicycle Lights Enforced
Acting Mayor Schwarz states dimmers should be used on county roads and all vehicles must carry lights at night. The ordinance against blinding headlights will be strictly enforced by police with special patrols. Bicycle riders must have lights and a bell by daytime, and bicycle license enforcement will be carried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwarz
Crenshaw
Arbitration effort aimed at ending Gulf Coast shrimpers strike
Biloxi Mississippi September 18 Special arbitration by the city board and the International Longshoremen's Association seeks a settlement to the shrimp and oyster strike crippling Mississippi coast business. Union members and city aldermen meet packers to urge a settlement while Biloxi officials press for a return to work under nonrecognition terms. Senator Vardaman assists in reinstating Biloxi customs deputy post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
International Longshoremen’s Association
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Samuel Boney
John Delucich
Joe Fountain
Charles Allen
Biloxi Packers
Edward Glennan
James K. Vardaman
Washington
United States
Vardaman
Jackson
Wine for religious feast days leads to liquor sale fine
Adolph Weiss testified only one pint of wine for religious use remained on his premises and denied whiskey sales to Atlas Hill. Officer Malone testified the whiskey was taken from Hill and a pint of wine found in Weiss’s ice box. Weiss fined 500 dollars and appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adoliph Weiss
R. E. Gordon
Atlas Hill
Weiss
Officer Malone
Notic
No Watered Milk Then He Must Quit Business
Evidence in the recorder's court shows Aqua sold watered milk making cheap restaurants rely on it. Peter Sartig admits selling watered milk and says compliance with pure food laws forces him to quit. The case is dismissed after his admission and withdrawal from the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aqua
Pura
Recorder’s Court
Peter Sartig
Sartig
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