Servian Montenegrin Forces Break Austrianhold Near Kroupani
From Rome a Star dispatch reports Amatevo captured after Austrian defeat. Nish sources say near Kroupani on the Drina the Austrian army suffered disaster with 250000 engaged. Servians advance toward Svornik while Austrian detachment repulsed at Shabatz. Russian front expected to enter full battle in Galicia.
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Associated Press
London
Rome
The
Star
Amatevo
Nish
Kroupani
Drina River
Paris
Havas
Bosfian
Drina
Smyrna
Svornik
Shabatz
Belgrade
Wanamaker Predicts Near-Term Economic Improvement
John Wanamaker, noted merchant, forecasts better conditions for American manufacturers within the next fortnight. He notes scaffolding for a new building, cotton market adjustments, easing financial strains, and the handling of foreign bonds, with exchange rates likely to fall.
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John Wanamaker
Mr. Wanamaker
Austrian thinker Nordau hopes Allies win war
Bordeaux September 22 Max Nordau Austrian scholar of world affairs held among foreigners here expresses sympathy with French armies. He says Europe will see a happy era after conflict and supports partial disarmament while resisting total disarmament. He adds his residence in France has endeared him to the country and hopes the Allies are victorious.
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Bordeaux
Max Nordau
Austria
Nordau
Budapest
France
Europe
Cotton Market Here Resumed To Week In Mobile
The Mobile Cotton Exchange will resume this week with New Orleans opening Wednesday and Mobile Thursday. Quotations expected Friday or Saturday. J J Monaghan bought a bale at 10 cents from Baker Lyons for Vanderbilt Hotel New York to display as an inducement to buy. EB Buck of City Bank and Trust Company bought a bale and placed it near his desk with a label urging others to buy a bale from Mobile County.
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Mobile Cotton Exchange
E. Dorgan Ledyard
Ledyard
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Mobile Exchange
J. J. Monaghan
Battle House
Baker, Lyons & Co
Vanderbilt Hotel Company
New York City
Vanderbilt Hotel
EB. J. Buck
City Bank and Trust Company
Bank
Mobile County
Cotton Club
Cotton Men Plan Bonded Warehouses and Acreage Curtailment
Alabama division of the Southern Cotton Association met in Montgomery with about one hundred delegates. President Sey mour opened proceedings and four resolutions were offered on bonded warehouses, next year acreage curtailment, local committees for reducing acreage on October 3, and substituting cotton goods for other materials in packaging. A committee including W. W. Thompson and others was named to refer the resolutions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Southern Cotton Association
Seymour
New Orleans
W. W. Thompson
Macon
H. Billingly
Elmore
G. Ernest Jones
Barbour
J. H. McLean
Marion F. Smith
Dallas
Mexico Chaos Fears Rise Over Villa Moves
Washington dispatch notes rising pessimism from Mexico as Sonora unrest sparks fears Villa may act against local disturbances without Carranza orders. Officials see October 1 national convention as decisive for Carranza vs Villa control, with Vera Cruz talks delaying troop withdrawal until early October.
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Associated Press
Washington
Obregon
Villa
Mexico
Sonora
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Amercan
Fernando Iglesias Calderon
Senate Ends Fight Over Waterway Bill With 20 Million Proviso
Sept 22. The senate filibuster against the river and harbor bill failed as the commerce committee reported a new measure authorizing 20 million dollars for Army Engineers. The vote to recommit to the commerce committee with instructions to adopt the 20 million provision followed party defections led by Senator Burton. The House reception remains uncertain as debates continue.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Commerce Committee
Army Engineers
House
Ohio River
Mississippi River Commission
Burton
Ohio
Bankhead
Alabama
Secretary of War and Board of Army Engineers
Weather Outlook for Mobile and Alabama
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with likely showers. The outlook applies to Mobile and the broader Alabama area with similar conditions.
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Mobile
Alabama
Bitter Prohibition Fight in Virginia Decided by Voters Today
Virginia voters faced a referendum on a statewide prohibition law versus retaining local option. About seventy thousand signatures backed the call for today’s special election, with ninety of one hundred counties already dry in local option contests. If statewide prohibition wins, a dry proclamation would take effect November 1, 1916.
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Virginia
Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia Association For Local Self
Virginia Anti-Saison League
Ted
An Egg Costs 25 Cents in Hamburg Now
Swiss press condemns Rheims Cathedral destruction as riots flare in Vienna and across Switzerland. Food scarce with rising prices. Hamburg reports eggs at 25 cents. German war loan oversubscribed, Swiss banks offer favorable terms. Americans stranded in Switzerland are cared for by consuls.
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Hamburg
Seneva
Paris
Rheims
Switzerland
Vienna
France
Pope protests destruction of Rheims Cathedral
A Rome dispatch reports Pope Benedict telegraphed the German emperor to protest the destruction of the Cathedral at Rheims.
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Rheims
Benedict
Sinking of Belgian King Stirs Casualties at Sea
In Trebizond on September 22 a British steamer named Belgian King sank near Cape Kurell. One hundred twenty aboard included passengers and crew. twenty-two died and ninety eight were saved by a Russian steamer.
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Trebizond
Asia Minor
London
Cape Kurell
Battle of Aisne Looms as Allied Push Bends German Line
London dispatch reports allied forces pressing the German right along the Aisne with feints around St. Quentin while Von Kluck may have shifted his HQ toward Mons signaling rising danger to the German front. Each side claims progress as reinforcements flood the sector and the struggle continues across river lines.
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London
France
Aisne
Berlin
von Kluck
St. Quentin
The
Marne
River
Mons
Paris
Laconia
Rheims
Argonne
British Battle Line Off Heligoland Reported by San Lorenzo Captain
New York reports 200 British warships in a battle line off Heligoland after a six week voyage as fuel supply for fleet actions. Captain Shelley says the fleet touched in formation and claims rumors of Admiral Jellicoe aboard the sinking of the Hela are unverified.
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Heligoland
Associated Press
New York
Shelley
London
Heli
Goland
Bri
Sirawn R. Jellicoe
Marine
Hela
Ambrowa
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Kaiser
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