Seven Medals of Honor Presented for Verdun Defense
Paris reports President Poincare decorated Ver dun with the Royal Saint George cross British cross Italian and Serbian gold medals for valor Belgian Leopold cross Montenegrin gold medal French legion of honor and war cross. The Emperor of Japan will grant a further honor. Generals Joffre Petain Nivelle and Dubois attended the ceremony where the mayor received the awards.
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Paris
Poincare
Verdun
Japan
Joffre
Petain
Nivelle
Dubois
Verdun Valor Honored as War Council Recalled
President Poincare recalled the 1915 allied war council that drew up the offensive plan. He praised Verdun defenders for foiling German schemes and enabling Allied offensives. General Neville received the Legion of Honor. In Clermont Argonne residents and Sister Gabrielle were commended for bravery during bombardment.
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Poincare
Allied Council of War
Germany
Verdun
Neville
Legion of Honor
Clermont
Argonne
Gabrielle
Toledo firm declares extra dividend for munition maker
Directors of the Toledo Machine and Tool Company engaged in the manufacture of munitions for European powers declared an extra dividend of 5 percent, in addition to the regular monthly dividend of 2 percent.
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Toledo
Onio
Toledo Machine and Tool Company
Norway allows soldiers to cut timber or serve in the army
In Christiania Norways legislature approved a bill allowing military-age men to choose between serving in the colors or performing wood cutting in government forests. All men must drill forty days, with many recruits opting for axe and saw to aid fuel shortages and forest and peat work.
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Christiania
Norway
U S To Erect $750000 Terminals At Ft Sam Houston
The Associated Press reports Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio will gain terminals and warehouses costing about $750 000. The new depots will store equipment and supplies for regular troops and guardsmen, with capacity for 100 000 men and expandable to 200 000.
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U.S
FT. Houston
Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Kasagi Cruiser Wrecked Near Tsugaru Straits
The Japanese cruiser Kasagi built in Philadelphia in 1898 was wrecked on rocks off Point Shiokuchi in the Straits of Tsugaru while racing to aid a stranded steamer. The crew abandoned ship. Kasagi and her sister Chitose had recently been used as training vessels.
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Tokio
Kasagi
Philadelphia
Straits of
Tsugaru
Navy
Point Shiokuchi
Sevres Factory Retools For War Production Of Gas Retorts
The Sevres porcelain works in Paris shifts from delicate vases to producing earthenware retorts and cauldrons for making asphyxiating gas and explosives. Administrators pause art duties to supply powder receptacles, with staff reduced by war and a single furnace suitable for large cauldrons.
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Paris
National -Porcelain
Sevres
Serre& Porcelain
M. Bourgeois
Sevres Transforms For War Industry And National Defense
The Sevres factory expanded from art to industry to support wartime needs. Artisans and chemists adapted hard days to war work, four furnaces grew production of porcelain vessels for powders and gases, rail links connected Sevres with major powder plants, and a new furnace for large torts was planned. The director hopes art returns postwar, now enriched by industrial resources.
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Angouleme
St. Chamont
St. Fons
Toulouse
Bordeaux
Dijon
Brest
Sevres
Serres
M. Bourgeois
U S French Trade Committee Meets in Paris
The U S French committee formed to boost industrial and commercial ties held its first meeting in Paris. It named a managing committee led by G Ghuisthau and created five local groups in Nantes Bordeaux Marseilles Havre and Lyons to foster imports and coordinated freights. Four sub committees were formed Transportation Finance Materials and Propaganda with a touring sub committee to be added.
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Associated Press
Paris
G. Ghuisthau
Nantes
Bordeaux
Marseilles
Havre
Lyons
M. Dallaza
Baron de Neuflize
Morse sued for 100000 over claimed services aiding release
Max C. Baum real estate dealer sues Charles W. Morse head of United States Steamship Company in New York supreme court for 100000 alleging Baum helped secure Morse’s release from Atlanta federal prison Taft pardon and efforts to circulate petitions and probe Morse conviction were cited Morse denies owing Baum money in response to the suit.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles W. Morse
United States
Comany
Te Supreme Court
Max C. Baum
Morse
Atlanta
Baum
Casclamanos Named Greek Minister to the United States
Official Journal announces D. Casclamanos as Greece’s minister to the United States. He succeeds A memnon Schleimmann recalled in 1914. A Vouros has acted as charge d affaires in Washington since then. Also includes an unrelated medical advertisement for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
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Associated Press
Athens
Paris
Official Journal Today
D. Casclamanos
United States
M. Casclamanos
Italy
Agamemnon Schleimann
A. Vouros
Washington
Chamberlain
Local Fraternal Lodge Gatherings and Meetings
Today several lodges and fraternal societies hold events at the city halls and hotels. I O O F Mt. Pratet Patempa No 1, Cornelia Lodge 235, Masonic Athelstan 369, B P O E Mobile 108 meet at specified times at their respective venues.
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Mt. Pratet
Ates Club
Assembly Room
Cawthon Hotel
Trevino Forces Move Against Villa Across Chihuahua
The War Department denies Villa plans to attack Americans. Trevino has a force across lower Chihuahua to check Villa and prevent an advance. Measures are being taken to deter reactionists during Independence Day celebrations.
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Mexico City
War Department
Francisco Villa
Nate ‘Ethes
Trevino
Chihuahua
U S Lieutenant Fires Across Rio Grande Near Brownsville
Lieut Parker Finley of the Third Iowa infantry reported the first cross Rio Grande firing in weeks. He was fired on while on outpost duty twelve miles south of Brownsville and fired twice at a fleeing form without apparent effect.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande
Parker Finley
Third Iowa Infantry
Finley
Belgium Woods Fell for German War Need
Woodlands in Belgium, including Bois de la Cambre near Brussels, are heavily harvested for German trenches. About 10,000 trees from the famed park are reported lost, with smaller parks and woods contributing their share to the supply.
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Paris
Belgium
Bois de la Cambre
Brussels
Pythians Name Bay Minette As Next Meeting Site
Bay Minette Alabama was chosen as the Fifteenth district Knights of Pythias meeting place at the closing session Wednesday afternoon. Officers for the ensuing term were elected, with W. L. Cahall as president and J. C. Byrne as first vice president, among others. A musicale led by master of ceremonies Jacob D. Bloch closed the event.
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W. L. Cahall
Bay Minette
Ala
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Castle
Rescue
Mobile
J. C. Byrne
Cecil
D. A. Russell
Fairhope
J. H. Tomlinson
Whistler
W. B. Thomas
Magnoli Prings
B. B. Cox
Comer Sims
Henry Simon
Jacob D. Bloch
Emma
LaPrade Tam
Josephine Savage
J. G. Cassidy
U.S. to Construct Its Own Armor Plant
Washington September 14 naval officers expect the government to build the armor plate factory with a proposed $11,000,000 budget. No private plants offered for sale and none expected. Rhode Island sites urged while more than 100 middle western and eastern cities have submitted claims.
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Associated Press
Washington
Naval
Navy Department
Daniels
Rhode Island
Brussels residents ordered home by 7 p.m.
London dispatch reports German authorities forced Brussels residents to stay indoors by 7 pm and closed cafes within a defined area after a British aviator flew over the city last week.
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Associated Press
London
Brussels
Exchange Telegraph
Amsterdam
Collision injures dairy wagon driver at city intersection
Norman Green, driver of Green's dairy wagon, was injured in a collision with an automobile at St. Francis and Wilkinson streets Wednesday night. The car driven by Harry Phillips badly damaged the wagon.
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Norman Green
Green
St. Francis and
Wilkinson Streets
Harry Phillips
Mobile address praises people and bows to President Wilson
Grand Chancellor B A Taylor of Montgomery delivered a stirring address praising the people of Mobile and concluding with a tribute to President Wilson. Rabbi A pronounced the benediction after the remarks.
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Clancy Baker
Max Lavelle
Pearl Schwarz
B. A. Taylor
Montgomery
Mobile
Wilson
Dorsey Narrowly Beats Opponents in Georgia Primary
In Georgia’s Democratic primary returns, Dorsey led with 106,680 votes, beating three opponents by 1,841. Harris topped the unofficial statewide tally with 70,998, Hardman 26,693, and Pottle 7,148. Dorsey carried 102 counties. Hardman and Pottle carried four each. The convention vote totals reflected similar splits.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Gover
Hug Dorsey
Nat E. Harris
L. G. Hardman
Joseph E. Pottle
Harris
Brown defeats Price for agriculture commissioner in district recaps
Vote totals show J. J. Brown defeating incumbent J. D. Price for agriculture commissioner. From 13 counties reporting, Brown carried 75 counties with 188 convention votes while Price had 58 counties and 153 convention votes. Other state officials seeking renomination were successful with unofficial results showing W. W. Larsen defeating D. M. Hughes in the twelfth district and J. W. Overstreet nominated in the first.
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J. D. Price
J. J. Brown
Brown
Price
W. W. Larsen
D. M Hughes
J. W. Overstreet
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Mobile Gas Co
F. L. Tapia
Dauphin ST
Britton
Lén
Gulf Coast
Bay St.louis
National Procelain
Committee ON Trade
U. S
Chamberlan’s
Villa
Pythians
Dorsey
Georgia
Agricult
J. Brown
Court of Appeal
Agricultural Commission
Victor
Victor Records
Kreisler’s
Kreisler
Beethoven
Fritz Kreisler
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
Victrola
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