Call for Increased Steamboat Freight on Warrior River
Tuscaloosa, Demopolis and upriver points urge more frequent steamer service to Mobile with Mallory Line connections. Shippers cite several thousand tons of weekly freight available and note current one-boat-a-week service. rail rate reductions may be hindered by limited river facilities.
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Warrior River
Mobile Coal Company
Pratt Coal Company
Mallory Steamship Line
Tuscaloosa
Demopolis
K. A. Conville
Mobile
EE Sas
Conville
Pratt Company
Paul Danner
Mobile Company
Tennessee Coal Company
New Orleans
DeBardelében
Empire
Tmobile
Percy B. Lusk
Mallory Line
United States demands full recall of Austrian ambassador Dumba
Ambassador Penfield in Vienna has been instructed to tell Austria that merely a leave of absence for Dr. Dumba is unsatisfactory and that his continued accreditation would extend the dispute. The United States says Dumba’s usefulness has ceased and passports could be issued if Vienna persists in delaying recall.
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Washington
Penfield
Vienna
United States
Dr. Dumba
State Department
Dimba
Dumba
Ambassador Penfield
Weather outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Generally fair tonight and Sunday in Alabama with fresh northeast and east winds. In Mississippi expect fair tonight, Sunday cloudy with possible rain in the far west, and fresh east winds.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Eastern Front Shifts Marked by Russian Victories
Russian forces from Vilna to the Galician frontier report three distinct victories on the eastern front. In the north German and Russian actions around Smielin near Novo Alexandrovs k indicate grim fate for Dvinsk. Von Hindenburg’s troops resist with stubbornness as Russians push near Pinsk Lutsk and Lusk. Athens reports rapid mobilization as Bulgaria’s stance unsettles Greece. Continued on Page 2.
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London
Vilna
England
Bulgaria
von Hindenburg
Smielin
Novo Alexandrovsk
Dvinsk
Pinsk
Lutsk
Vileika
von Mackenzen
Lusk
Athens
Paris
Greece
Third Tropical Cyclone Threatens Caribbean and Yucatan Channel
The third tropical cyclone of the year centers over the Caribbean and moves southwest of Jamaica toward the Yucatan channel. Vessels in the Gulf are warned as the storm intensifies, with historical note of prior storms and potential hurricane risk.
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Caribbean
Jamaica
Yucatan Channel
Caribbean Sea
Bowie
Weather Bureau
Yucantan Channel
Marowijne
Galveston
Texas
Mobile
Florida
Gulf
Committee Reports on Raids of German Airships
East Coast raid committee report to the treasury covers fourteen German aerial raids before June 15 and the bombardment of Maritlepoole Secar borough and Whitby. Personal injury claims total 697 with 178 fatal cases. property damage claims investigated reach 10 297. Tokio reports ten Japanese journalists will sail for San Francisco to study U S conditions.
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London
The
Treasury
Maritlepoole
Secarborough
Whitby
Tokio
San Francisco
United States
Prisoner’s desperate plan to fix evidence exposed in jail note
A grand larceny case involves Wade Hartsell who allegedly bought a gold watch from a Negro and pawed it for 4.50. He sent a note to his brother in law to testify they saw the purchase and to claim two one dollar bills and a silver half dollar were paid.
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Wade Hartsell
Eiserman
Edington
Watcr
Metropolitan Toan Company
Hartsell
Harteell Said
Wader
Legislature Finishes Long Session In Alabama
Alabama lawmakers move through the final day with little filibuster as the loan shark bill passes 19 to 15 after a Kilby vote. Redistricting fights shift toward a House plan adding Baldwin and Escambia, with a contest between Abercrombie and Bankhead. Senate approves pharmacy and health nuisance bills under an informal agreement.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lusk
Kilby
Hartwell
Goode
Wilcox
Lee
Senate
Marengo County
Baldwin
Escambia
South Alabama
Abercrombie
Bankheade
W. C. Davis
Walker
Congress
W. B. Bankhead
Mr. John
Dallas
House
Insurance Department
Board of Pharmacy
Chamberlain
Boards of Health
Mobile delegation largely complies with registration resolution
Members of the Mobile delegation in the Alabama legislature, except Representatives Judge and Gordon of Escambia county, have been the only lawmakers to register on the record for corporation affiliations under the house resolution. The resolution, introduced by Mr. Judge, was adopted.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Judge
Gordon
Escambia County
Visitors anticipate success at Gulf Coast Fair site
A Mobile chamber group and guests tour the Gulf Coast Fair site, praising new permanent buildings, half an acre for agriculture, and plans for a bayside exposition. Key figures include George Fearn Jr and Mort Bixler with exhibits promised from Mobile traders. The race track and grandstand near completion, with a demonstration farm planned near the track for visitors.
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Chamber of Commerce
Liberal Arte
Bay
George Fearn, Jr
The
Fair Association
Mort Bixler
Mobile
E., M. Bailey
J. D. Andrews
J. D. Sutton
E. T. Moore
M. L. Bixler
J. L. Ramsey
H. C. Hamilton
C. W. Mesa
J W. Handley
C. J. Gray
L. W. Savage
Joseph Espalla, Jr
John C. O'Connell
J. F. Carter
W. W. Gill
Paul Fearn
Turner
George A. Maloney
G. B. Rogers
E. M. Bailey
Martin Holbrook
Outerbridge
J. B. Voghe
Belle Daly
Elizabeth Fonde
Mary Goldsby
J. L. Cawthon
J. W. Handley
Dreadnaught Arkansas Suffers Pump Accident
The dreadnaught Arkansas had to exit target practice off the Virginia capes after a circulating pump failure. No injuries occurred and she proceeds to Hampton Roads for repairs.
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Dreadnaught
Arkansas
Washington
Virginia Capes
Hampton Roads
Mobile County picks two tax equalizers for board
Sidney A. Douglas former excise commission member will join the Mobile county board of equalization. He is to be joined by Herndon G. Fowler, already selected by the Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners. Joseph Fepalla Jr. will be the third member and chairman, chosen for his real estate knowledge and local market conditions. Espalla and Douglas backed Henderson campaigns, with Espalla aiding Sims’ appointment to the state board.
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Mobile
Sidney A. Douglas
Excise Commission of
County Board of Equalization
State Equalization Board
Herndon G. Fowler
Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Joseph Fepalla, Jr
Mobiles
Espalla
Henderson
Douglas
T. W. Sims
State Board of Equalization
Hespalla
Sims
Striking Longshoremen North River Piers Demand Higher Pay
Four hundred longshoremen on the North river piers walked off the job seeking increased wages. George Adler alias John W Barnhart, who pleaded guilty to forgery, was sentenced to five years in prison in Wisconsin for crimes netting about 1.9 million dollars. A man named Walter Norman, a sailor, is held in Cleveland pending an inquiry into a possible link to the New York murder of Elizabeth Nichols. An earthquake struck Messina Italy causing panic but no reported damage. The German war loan subscription reportedly totals 12.93 billion marks.
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New York
Waukesha
Wis
George Adler
John W. Barnhart
Mucklestone
Adler
Cleveland
Ohio
Walter Norman
Elizabeth Nichols
Messina
Italy
London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Mobile Delegation Gains Unity for State Highway Plan
Nashville dispatch reports Mobile’s delegation to the Jackson Highway convention cleared the way for a three city coalition with Birmingham and Montgomery. They expect a state highway from the Tennessee line through the three cities to the Mississippi line and Gulf Coast connections, boosting links to New Orleans and Jacksonville.
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Nashville
Tenn
Mobile
Jackson Highway
Mississippi
Alabama
Birmingham
Montgomery
Ala
Coun
Tennessee Line
Sippi
New Orleans
Brewton
Flomaton
Hope
Jacksonville
Orleans
Atlanta and Nae Still in Race for Fourth Place in Southern League
Atlanta and Nae remain in contention for fourth place as the Southern League standings near completion. The Crackers beat Memphis and Nashville’s loss tightened the race with two games left for Atlanta and Memphis, while Nashville and New Orleans wrap up their schedules. Strong finishers chase division positions as Mobile and Little Rock come into the final order.
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Atlanta
Nae
Memphis
Nashville
Nation
Atlan Memphis
New Orleans
Ville
Pelicans
Tinally
Ham
Mem
Dr Culpepper Stabbed to Death in Scottsboro Lynching Feared
A Scottsboro, Alabama special reports Dr Europe Culpepper was stabbed to death after a whipping administered to Sparks, a Negro servant. Sparks is jailed under guard amid fears of further lynching. few details available as witnesses are scarce.
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Culpepper
Scottsboro
Montgomery
Ala
Europe Culpepper
Sparks
Four Ohio Oleomargarine Men Are Given Sentences
D nis Kelly, a Columbus capitalist, and three business associates were sentenced to two years in Mountsville penitentiary and $1,000 fines by a federal judge for defrauding the government of more than $1,000,000 in revenue tax on officially colored oleomargarine. A stay of execution was granted until December 6.
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Columbus
Ohio
Nis Kelly
Columbus Capitalist
Mountsville
Watters Funeral Notice
The friends of the family are to attend the funeral this afternoon at 3 oclock from 56 St Stephens Road. Interment Pine Crest Cemetery. Entered into rest December 23, 1915 at 8 am.
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Watters
St. Stephens Road
Pine Crest Cemetery
Stolen Horse Report From Franklin Street Premises
Stolen after midnight from 412 Franklin Street a dark bay horse described as a hands high with frosty head small blaze small white streak near the flank finder to report to the sheriff's office.
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Franklin Street
I Sheriff's Office
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Austria
Czar
Mobile County
Mobile County Board of Equalization
Sidney, A. Douglas
Mobile Excise Commission
Equalization Board
Ellis Park Butler
County Farm
I. B. Kerlin
Maloney
Clearing House
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