Names announced for October grand jury in Mobile
The list of citizens summoned for the October term of the Mobile city court grand jury was released. It notes this will be the final grand jury drawn before a new judiciary law creates three courts with power to summon grand juries by next February. Names include Henry H. Clark Wyloz nmark Leo P. Lilly George Mad n Citronelle and others.
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Mobile County
Judiciary
Henry H. Clark
Wyloznmark
Leo P. Lilly
George Madn
Citronelle
Barney J. Burns
Sidney W. Perkins
Robert H. Pitard
Oliver
Denmark
Marvin Co. P. Williams
Joseph A. Mullaney
David Co. Williams
Henry Simon
Allen V. Fearn
Andrew E. Eckert
James W. Mellwaine
George C. Kettle
Cornelius W._Vin
Daniel J. Harrell
Peter E. Hoffman
Mobile
Augustus George
Georgetown
Robert Deakle
Z. T
John HH. Martin
Whistler
John C. Wacker
William W. Fields
Spring Hill
George Madison
Wyley Denmark
Lee P. Lilly
Robert Fields
Grand Gay
Walter Weaver
Schamps
Hibbard F. Ward
Wither
William J. Scott
Toulminbene
Larken P. Phillips
Theoore
Phillies Trail Cards as Braves Tie Cubs in DH
In the first doubleheader game the Philadelphia Nationals trailed St. Louis by one run after six innings, Ames on the mound for the Cards and Oeschger for the Phils. The Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs were tied 3 3 in their opener with Waugh and Reulbach leaving and Prendergast and Tyler debuting. The New York Giants blanked the Cincinnati Reds 3 0 then 8 0 in the other DH game as Schupp held Cincinnati to three hits.
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Philadelphia Nationals
St. Louis Cardinals
Cards
Phils
Ames
St. Louis
Oeschger
Rixey
Boston Braves
Chicago Cubs
Waugh
Reulbach
Prendergast
Tyler
New York Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Schupp
Cincinnati
Atlantic Fleet Heads South for Annual Drill
The Atlantic fleet, delayed by heavy seas and winds, left Hampton Roads for the southern drill grounds. The ships will begin fall target practice tomorrow morning and are expected to return each Friday or Saturday for the weekend at Old Point. A large target was moved south by tugs for fleet use, with about 20 Fort Monroe officers expected to witness.
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Associated Press
Newport News
Hampton Roads
Old Point
Fort Monroe
Miners End Cuyuna Range Strike After IWW Vote
About 200 members of the Industrial Workers of the World on the Cuyuna range met in executive session and voted to call off the strike after weeks of halted work and fear of starvation among families and workers.
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Associates Press
Crosby, Minn
Minnesota
Industrial Workers of the World
Cuyuna Range
Inside Bath Habit Promised For Healthful Skin
An advertisement extols daily internal cleansing by drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improved complexion energy and health, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate from druggists as a cheap quick remedy.
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Bath
Mass Meeting Declares For Industry Here
Farmers in the locality urged a creamery as essential to their success at a mass meeting. L C Irvine said Col Bain and associates would not be drawn back into funding after directors instructed withdrawal. The meeting also discussed the rain status and related matters.
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Col. Bain
L. C. Irvine
Local businessmen form committee for $25,000 appeal
Mr. Gilmer proposed securing $25,000 with Mobile businessmen bearing half the risk and agreed to serve on a committee. The named members are J. B. Lawrence of Dyas, T. W. Gilmer of Bay Minette, L. A. Riley of Mobile, and Evan B. Davis of Mobile.
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Gilmer
Mobile
J. B. Lawrence
Dyas
T. W. Gilmer
Bay Minette
L. A. Riley
Evan B. Davis
Chamber official defends creamery efforts in Mobile
Mr. Aubrey Boyles, a director of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce, defended the chamber’s action in the creamery matter and pledged support for the new move toward the creamery.
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Aubrey Boyles
Mobile Chamber of Ommerce
Boyles
Bay Minette Delegation Honors Local Creamery Efforts
A Bay Minette motion earned L. Irvine a rising vote of thanks for pushing a Mobile county creamery. A separate Bay Minette motion by De Loss Jones thanked Colonel Bain and associates and pledged farmer support. The meeting ran two hours and will reconvene in two weeks for the committee report.
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Bay Minette
L. ©. Irvine
Mobile County
de Loss Jones
Colonel Bain
Constable Slays Mexican Who Opened Fire on Him
El Paso Texas September 13 Constable Robert Carr shot and killed Rafael de Loya a Mexican at Clint 29 miles from here An official report says De Loya employed on a ranch near Clint telephoned for help claiming his life was threatened Carr and Deputy Sheriff John Bates went to the ranch where De Loya allegedly fired on the deputy A bullet from Carr killed the Mexican instantly
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EL Paso
Tex
Robert Carr
Rafael de Loya
Clint
de Loya
Carr
John Bates
Ramch
Bryan Opens Extended Campaign for Wilson
William J. Bryan will begin next week a long speaking tour through western and central states for Wilson and Marshall. He starts in Reno on September 18 and travels eastward through Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania and Michigan before finishing the campaign in Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Wilson and
Marshall
Reno
Nevada
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylaa
Michigan
Nebraska
Aviator Drops Bombs in German Countryside
Berlin dispatches report a hostile aviator, seemingly lost, sighted near Rottweil in Württemberg and dropped three bombs into an uncultivated field without causing damage. Several aeroplanes from Saarburg are noted as unsuccessful.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Rottweil
Wurtemberg
Saarsburg
Sunyy
Town Taken in Macedonia by PAE Help of Serbs
Report from the war office notes progress on the Macedonian front near Lake Ostrovo with Serbians advancing. In London the official statement says the general Franco Belgian front situation is unchanged and nothing of importance to report.
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Macedonia
Donian Front
War Office
Lake Ostrovo
Associated Press
London
Shonts rejects arbitration over transit strike in New York
President Shonts of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company refuses the mayor and public service commission call to arbitrate the wage dispute with the workers. He defends workers right to seek satisfactory wages and notes a private fund plan for loyal employees. Strikes and counter efforts continue as labor leaders urge firm action while organizers prepare for further hearings.
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Associated Press
New York
Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Mitchel
Public Service Commission
Mr. Shonts
Interborough
New York Railways
United Labor Conference of Central
Greater
Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
Frayne
United Hebrew Trades
Packet Service Commission
William B. Fitzgerald
Hils
Wide regulatory powers given all by future law
Washington D C September 12 The following information comes from Service and Regulatory Announcements No 10 of the Office of Markets and Rural Organization U S Department of Agriculture The act making appropriations for the department for the year ending June 30 1917 and for other purposes approved August 11 1916 Public No 190 reenacts the United States cotton futures act of August 18 1914 with changes The secretary of agriculture gains broader authority to classify cotton for delivery on futures and to include staple length in findings A new optional contract section allows buyers to demand basis grade delivery under stated conditions The 1914 tax on orders abroad for futures on foreign exchanges is omitted and treasury duties receive added authority Agriculture to publish Circular No 64 February 12 1916 sets rules under the 1914 act with minor changes
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Washington, D. C
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Treasury
Regulation changes in cotton classification rules
The text outlines amendments to regulation 2 including sections 5 6b 6 and 31 requiring advance deposits and costs, a 4 ounce minimum for bale samples and accuracy in representation, and a new section 32 linking cotton disputes under section 6A contracts to the procedures for section 5 disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Regulation changes add Atlanta as bona fide spot market
Regulation mentions Atlanta, Ga joining the list of bona fide spot markets while no change to markets for determining commercial differences in settlement of section 5 contracts. It lists a complete schedule of costs for copies and replacements of the Official Standards. Other regulation changes are incidental or unimportant.
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Atlanta
Disputes to be distinguished by contract date under agriculture act
After September 1 1916 disputes referred to the secretary of agriculture must distinguish contracts made before and after the date. Older contracts fall under the 1914 act rules while newer ones follow the August 11 1918 act regulations. Definitions from Service and Regulatory Announcement No 2 dated February 13 1915 will guide determinations.
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Secretary of Agriculture
United States Considers Protest Over Cebu Incident
Secretary Lansing and Secretary Baker discussed the British warship inspection of the Philippine steamer Cebu near Cebu Island in territorial waters. A protest to Britain will be prepared after obtaining details from Governor General Harrison, with Ambassador Spring-Rice seeking information from the British Foreign Office. Embassy officials think the report may be mistaken.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Cegu
Cargbaoleland
Lansing
Baker
Harrison
Spring-Rice
Foreign Office
Cebu
Spanish Steamer Luis Vives Sunk Sinks. Crew Rescued
Lloyds Shipping Agency reports the Spanish steamer Luis Vives of 2,294 tons sunk with all crew saved by the Dutch steamer Krakatau of Amsterdam. Also sank were the Norwegian steamers Furu, 2,929 tons from Bergen, and Fredavore, 1,618 tons from Farsund.
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Associated Preas
London
Luis Vives
Lloyd’s Shipping Agency
Krakatau
Amsterdam
Lloyds
Furu
Bergen
Fredavore
Farsund
Strike Disrupts Surface Transit As Car Lines Halted
Many strikebreakers had been employed previously as truckmen. Minor disturbances occurred at several places during the day. Traffic on virtually all surface car lines was suspended again tonight. Subway and elevated train service continued about normal.
Cotton Holds Up Well Under Week of Good Weather
The weather bureau crop bulletin reports cotton opened rapidly and picking and ginning progressed under favorable conditions last week. The boll weevil is active in Mississippi Texas and Tennessee with varying regional changes. Oklahoma shows new growth and blooming. North Carolina varies with some improvement. South Carolina reports blooming and fruiting. Georgia shows top crop fair to poor due to shedding and moisture shortages in parts of Northern Alabama.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Texas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Illinois 6 0 P and Democrats Await Ballot Count
Illinois voters awaited primary ballot counts as Republican governor race dominated the contest. Frank O Lowden backed by the regular organization faced M D Hull's faction led by Charles S Deneen and Frank L Smith who ran independently. Campaign costs surpassed prior primaries.
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Reir
Linois Atate
Frank O. Lowden
M. D. Hull
Charles 8. Deneen
Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Weevil Damage and Cotton Crops Across Southern States
The bulletin notes continued deterioration from weevils in Mississippi and parts of Texas with a poor top crop outlook, while Arkansas is mostly fair to good and Tennessee shows limited growth. Weevils are reported in Henderson county Tennessee. Early cotton harvests occur in Florida as late cotton opens. picking and ginning progress across the southern area. Despite rains, grain harvesting and thrashing advance and plowing for fall sowing begins in plains states and eastward.
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Mississippi
Northwest
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Henderson County
Tenn
Florida
Plains States
Tobacco Harvest Progresses Across Southern States
Weather favors ripening corn and haying across the country. In southern Virginia the crop is nearly all cut and cured, Kentucky reports two thirds harvested. Rain helps late planted tobacco in Wisconsin and Ohio. Potatoes, peaches, and apples show impacts from sparse rainfall as summer heat lingers. Forage crops improve widely.
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Virginia
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Ohio
Moon Trips Someday and the Space N avigation Challenge
A discussion on future moon trips describes using a charged electric machine to control speed and direction, proposing a new space navigation system. The author compares this to Jules Verne and notes initial space travel would await atomic energy control before profitable trips begin.
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Jules Verne
Dunne Seeks Democratic Nomination Amid Endorsement Turmoil
Governor Dunne rejects fear of defeat despite an eleventh hour Sullivan faction endorsement of rival and regular Cook county Democratic backing. Former Senator Lorimer runs for Republican congressional nomination in the sixth district against Fulton and five others. Police quelled poll disputes in several wards as heavy Republican turnout and lighter Democratic margins shaped early results. Officials estimate Cook county may cast under 226000 votes.
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Dunne
William Briton
Sullivan
Cook County
William Lorimer
A. W.F Fulton
Fulton
Four Dead In Auto Crash At Ocean Heights
Four people died and two women were seriously injured when an auto crashed into a trolley at a grade crossing near Atlantic City. The vehicle was crushed into a freight station. Names or ages are not provided.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ocean Hights
Here
Street Car Firms Refuse Strike Mediation in New York
Interborough Rapid Transit and New York Railways Company rejected the public service commission’s recommendation for a strike settlement. They will not hold further talks with unions and will continue to operate lines. A report notes a dynamite discovery near Brooklyn's borough hall subway station.
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Associated Press
New York
Interborough Rapid Transit
New York Railways Company
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn
Interborough
Borough Hall
Bureau of Combustibles
Mayor Seeks Arbitration on Interborough Contracts
The mayor proposes appointing arbitrators to decide if Interborough Company contracts with employees violated the peace agreement from a prior strike and whether fraud or coercion occurred. New York Railways aims to boost cars in service beyond 278 daily, as city transit remains stretched. Police rely on motorists and private vehicles as jitneys proliferate amid ongoing disruption.
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Interborough Company
New York Railways Company
Manhattan
Yan Tha
Arbitration Offered to End Street Railway Strike Impasse
Union representative William B. Pitegerald stated that the Amalgamated Association of Electric Street Railway Employees formed a commission. The commission asked for an immediate resolution, but the traction companies declined. Arbitration was accepted on behalf of the union to settle the questions at issue.
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William B. Pitegerald
Asenize
Electric
Tna
Theers
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