Bernhard Sees U S Neutrally Benevolent Toward Anglo French Loan
George Bernhard writing in the Berlin Vossische Zeitung says the United States attitude toward an Anglo French loan signifies benevolent neutrality. He concedes Washington cannot stop a loan but could obstruct it indirectly. He adds neutrals may view the loan favorably as Germany would prosper despite America's arms and money supplies.
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Amsterdam
London
George Bernhard
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
United States
Washington
Herr Bernhard
Germany
America
Britain and France Credit Plan discussed in New York
Negotiations move toward a $600 to $800 million credit loan for Britain and France with aims to stabilize exchange and finance munitions. Banks consider installment payments and conversion of short term bonds into long term 50 or 100 year bonds paying 4 1 2 percent as a preferred investment.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Anglo-French Commission
America
Negions
Commission
British Empire
Mobile Key Issue in Automobile Blue Book Feature
Mobile seeks entry in the Automobile Blue Book as a winter motoring resort. Demand stems from doubled auto traffic due to the San Francisco exposition and wartime tourism shifts. An official from the Blue Book asks Mobile’s Chamber for data on southern Alabama and gulf coast tours to attract transcontinental motorists.
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Mobile
Europe
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Secon
Mixer
Jackson Road
Weather Forecast Bids Fair, Cooler Conditions
Fair tonight and Wednesday across the region with cooler temperatures. Moderate north winds prevail as the cold air mass moves in from the northwest.
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Mobile
Washington
Mississippi
Anglo French Credit Commission Meets in New York
The first photo shows the Anglo French credit commission in session at the Hotel Biltmore New York. In the lineup from left to right are Sir Henry B Smith Octave Homberg Baron Reading Sir Edward Holden Ernest Mallet and Basil N Blackett.
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Anglo-French Credit Commission
Hotel Biltmore
New York
Henry B. Smith
Octave Homberg
Baron Reading
Sir Edward Holden
Ernest Mallet
Basil N. Blackett
Duel at Dantzler claims two lives in turpentine camp
In Dantzler Mississippi late yesterday two men Rufus Reeves and Sarvis were killed in a commissary shootout at the Ell and Dee Turpentine Company. Reeves died early this morning while Sarvis died at his home around 10 pm. Four men from Ruble’s group are under arrest amid conflicting accounts of who fired the fatal shot. Local witnesses describe a quarrel that escalated after a lengthy dispute. A woman’s involvement is alleged by some residents but denied by Sarvis’s friends.
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Biloxi
Miss
Ell & Dee Turpentine Company
Dantzler
Jackson County
Rufus Reeves
Ria
Double Kit
Isdent Sarvis
Eh & Dee
Sarvis
South Carolina
Aed
Reeves
Friintzler
George County
Allen Wittington
George Ruble
George Wittington
Will Ruble
Ruble
Habapa
Sarvis R
Adaa
Ed Goddard
McHenry
Commission Bill Moves Toward Enactment in Mobile Government
In Montgomery Alabama on September 21 representatives and senators reached an agreement on commission government legislation. The plan includes an initiative and referendum change and shifts election dates from Labor Day to the second Monday each year. Consensus awaits passage and adjustments to dates while focusing on Mobile judiciary concerns.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chamberlain
Hartwell
Preaten
Schwarz
Wells
Horton
Mobile
Ram Katahdin to Find Death as a Target for Battleship Wyoming
The old ram Katahdin, a pre Spanish American War US Navy experiment, will be used as a high explosive target to study shell impact angles. It will be towed from Norfolk Navy Yard to the Rappahannock Spit in Chesapeake Bay and fired upon by the battleship Wyoming.
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Wyoming
Norfolk
United States Navy
Norfolk Navy Yard
Rappahannock Spit
Chesapeake Bay
Fifty Miners Entombed by Explosion in England
NUNEATON England Sept 21 Fifty miners are entombed in Exhall colliery as the result of a fire. The cage used to bring workers to the surface was destroyed by flames. Rescuers have sent up ten bodies. An emergency shaft provided access for up to 200 miners.
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Nuneaton
Eng
Exhall
New Austrian Ambassador Named Immediately
A Vienna dispatch says Austria will appoint a new ambassador without waiting for the arrival of Dr. Constantin T. Dumba. The successor is to be named at once, according to diplomatic circles in Vienna.
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Budapest
London
Vienna
Constantin T. Dumba
Two German Spies Convicted by Court Martial
London report states a man and a woman of German origin were found guilty yesterday of attempting to communicate information about the fleet. The man received a death sentence by shooting and the woman was sentenced to ten years in prison. both may appeal.
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London
One Zeppelin Crewman Mangled in London Raid
London report states a crew member of the Zeppelin raid on London fell or was blown from the craft and was mangled beyond recognition somewhere in England. The incident is tied to questions about the reported death of Dr Joseph Sticker, famed German aeronautics researcher.
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London
England
Daily Express
Joseph Sticker
Germany
Eastland Ordered Sold to Satisfy Claim
The steamship Hastland, which capsized in the Chicago River with loss of life, has been ordered sold by a federal official to satisfy a $34,500 claim. The action follows a court ruling in CADRAGS, September 221.
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Eastland
Hastland
Chicago ‘River
Federal A Lafidis
Aig
Bn Oteaae
No Meat Markets for Dauphin Street Adopted
A city ordinance adopted at the Tuesday meeting bans meat markets on Dauphin Street from the river to Broad Street after January 1, 1915. It reduces the sale distance from 1,650 to 1,950 feet from the Southern and Central markets. The changes erase shops between Hamilton and Claiborne, addressing neighborhood stench and rodent concerns. The measure was introduced by Commissioner Pat J. Lyons and passed unanimously.
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City Commission
Dauphin Street
Broad Street
Pat J. Lyons
Hamilton
Claiborne
Dauphin
Censeman
Board of Health
Hawem Ting
Duval Printing
Uva Nm
Bowers Printing Company
Ane Janes Company
Issioner Schwarz
Lyons
Growers to Select Crops For Gulf Coast Exchange
The Gulf Coast Produce Exchange forms crop committees in Mobile County to determine crops for this fall and planting times for best prices. An executive committee of three officers and four members will be named by President T. D. Farnell to review the report.
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Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Mobile County
T. D. Farnell
Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange
O. F. E. Win
W. H. Reynolds
Cotton Surges at Market Open in New York
The cotton market opened sharply higher in New York, with gains from 20 to 39 points above last night’s close. Traders covered positions as general buying emerged, lifting October contracts to about 11.01 and January to 11.87 per bale, near $13 above last season’s low.
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New York
Cotton Jumps Two Dollars A Bale In New Orleans Market
In New Orleans on September 21 cotton rose a quarter of a cent a pound at the open and later climbed 30 to 42 points in the futures, equaling over two dollars a bale from the prior close. Prices hit new highs across all months as buyers paid top season rates amid a bullish surge fueled by rumors of cold weather in Liverpool. The market was highly active with a strong undertone and large volume.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Week's Favorable Trade Balance Surges to New High
The weekly foreign trade report shows exports at 65,249,883 dollars versus 33,693,708 the prior week, producing a record net exports over imports of 35,423,734 dollars for the week ending last Saturday.
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Washington, Rept
Alabama House Prohibits Cotton Futures Gambling
An early session vote passed a bill tightening Alabama anti option law to conform with the federal cotton futures act. It requires buyers to execute a delivery contract, aiming to facilitate out of state debt litigation while curbing option trading in cotton.
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Ala
Alabama
Yazoo City Woman Freed in Self Defense
Yazoo City Mississippi September 21 Mrs Robert Strong was freed at a preliminary hearing yesterday on charges of killing her brother in law Garnet Nolan a prominent planter near here Saturday night. Two justices ruled the evidence showed she shot in defense of her own life and the life of Nolan's sick wife and that Nolan died in a struggle for possession of his revolver.
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Yazoo City
Miss
Robert Strong
Garnet Nolan
Here
Strong
Nolan
Marketing Exchange Aims To Link Farms And Community Life
W C Deming of Detroit praises the Gulf Coast Exchange in Grand Bay, Mobile, noting its social aims alongside marketing. He cites Grand Bay as a cosmopolitan, cooperative community with nearby farmers from four states seeking better markets and schools.
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W. C. Deming
Detroit
Mich
Mobile
Ab ‘Deming
Rand Bay
Much
Produce Exchange
Grand Bay
Russians Escape Encirclement Around Vilna Faring But Risks Remain
Dispatch from Vilna notes Russian forces broke the Hindenburg ring with cavalry feints. Ruzsky’s troops hold Vilna while Mackensen and Leopold fail to press an expected advance. North of Lida railway is German but main Russian force remains south. Censorship tightens as strikes grow before Zemstvo Moscow conferences urge a ministerial crisis solution. The Danube region sees renewed siege preparations toward Serbia and a persistent German artillery response on the western front.
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London
Vilna
Marshal von Hindenburg
Stuart
Sheridan
Ruzsky
Prince Leopold
Marschal von Mackenzen
Toppa
Pripet
Russia
Grand Duke
Nicholas
von Hindenbureg
Lida
Russa
Zemstvo
Moscow
Duma
Serbia
Danube
Teutons
Constantinople
German submarine sunk by Russians in the Black Sea
Russian ships sunk a German submarine active in the Black Sea after a pursuit that began on September 11. A Russian dispatch noted enemy subs near Crimea and that destroyers and submarines were sent to pursue them.
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Black Sea
Odessa
London
Russian War Office
Crimea
Petrograd
Kerch
Germany
Turkey
Gibraltar
Dardanelles
Otto Hersing
Bombarding the Serbians Along a Hundred Mile Front
Reported by Berlin and London sources, Austrian and German headquarters dispatches describe ongoing bombardment along a wide front as World War I moves through September. Continued on Page 3.
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Hundred Mile Front
Berlin
London
Silk and Velvet Sand Bags Used by Germans in Belgium
Amsterdam reports a Telegraaf correspondent states Germans use silk and velvet to make trench sandbags in Belgium as jute runs out. He notes a continuous flow of wounded Germans arriving at Routers and that the local graveyard has been enlarged three times.
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Flanders
Amsterdam
London
Belgium
Telegraaf
Gulf Coast Road Route Backed By Mobile And Pascagoula
On the eve of a Gulf coast road project Mobile and Pascagoula join in support for a route through Jackson County Mississippi. B Dunton represents the area and aids Mobile in approving the path. Five hundred copies of the system will be shown in Nashville detailing Mobile County road progress.
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Jackson Memorial Road
Pyntherine County
Mississippi
Pasagoula
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Pascagoula
B. Dunton
Soa County
Super
Goula
Nashvi
Jackson Roads
Mobile County
Nashville to Host Live Wire 5000 Gas Enthusiasm Event
Mobile's Jackson Media Road group plans a noon Tuesday gathering at the Ca’th hotel in Nashville to drum up support for a coastal highway route. Delegates from Jackson County Mississippi back the Pascagoula corridor with talks by Dunton and George Roberts while rallying for a route that avoids swamp barriers and flood zones. Continued on Page 3.
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Nashville
Tenn
Mobile
Jackson Media Road
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
New Orleans
Dama
Jackson County
Miss
Ash
Nville
Dunton
George Roberts
Mem Lof
Board of Supervisors
Leased Briefs From Across Provinces And Nations
The wire briefs report Erb the wealthy railroad man in New York is satisfactory after swallowing poison tablets. London notes the sinking of Linkmoor a 4048 ton ship with crew landed. Melbourne grants permission for cross bred wools to be shipped to the United States Canada and allied nations. Winchester Virginia mourns chocolate maker William H Baker president of Shenandoah National Bank dies at home aged noted as a leading business figure. Washington Secretary Daniels plans to discuss hazing charges at the academy with President Wilson nine midshipmen face dismissal. Denver stockholders oust directors chosen by President Newmanagh at the Denver and Salt Lake railroad property.
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New York
Man Erb
Milstake
London
Shields
Melbourne
United States
Canada
Winchester
Van
Wwiliam H. Baker
Shenando National Bank
Virginia
Washington
Daniels
Wilson
Om Academy
Denver
Col
Stackho
Denver and
Salt Lake
Charlie Batt funeral notice in Alabama
The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral of Charlie G. Batt who died Monday evening September 20 1915 in Alabama at age 31. Services will be held tomorrow Wednesday at 9 30 o clock at the Roche & Burke east corner State and … Interment Magnolia Cemetery.
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Batt
Ala
Charlie Ge
Sitty
Roche É& Burke U
Josep
Magnolia Cemetery
Stolen Bay Horse from Franklin Street Premises
Stolen property reported from 413 N Franklin Street after midnight. One dark bay horse described as about one hands high with a small blaze on the head and a Tac oh flank. Finder reported to the sheriff's office for investigation.
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Franklin Street
Sheriff's Office
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George Sarvis
Hartwell and
Zeppelin
Dauphin ST
Teutonic
Dumba
Prince Alfred Hohenliche-Schillingsfurst
Washing
Lenox
Mobile Plan
BIG
Zens
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