Russians Push Through Carpathians Into Hungary
Associated Press reports from London and Rome describe Russian forces advancing from the Carpathians into Hungary near Uzsok by the Ung river source. They claim gains including guns and prisoners, while Budapest notes repeated attempts to enter Hungary through Carpathian passes have been repulsed.
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Associated Press
London
Carpathian Range
Uzsok
Hungary
Ungh
Petrograd
Morning Post
Budapest
Rome
Exchange Telegraph
Carpathians
Germans Retreat After Battle Across Eastern Front
Official Russian dispatch reports German retreat after engagement near Sopotskin on the Niemen. In Galicia, Russians occupy Dembica on the Cracow line while pursuing retreating Przemysl forces toward Sanok. A German column withdraws from Coloujok, with artillery and prisoners captured. pursuit continues into Hungary.
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Rzeszow
Tarnow
Przemysl
Sanok
Staroslau
Coloujok
Hungary
Russians Take Large Part of Przemysl in Galicia
A Vienna message reports that on Saturday the Russians occupied the greater part of Przemysi in Galicia, indicating a significant advance. The notice continues on page two.
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Przemysl
London
Przemysi
Galicia
Vienna
Fifty Frenchmen Hold 5000 Germans at Bay in Woods
French lieutenant M. Verlin led 50 men on a recon patrol along the Oise river ten miles ahead of the main force when they ran into about 5000 German troops. The French fell back into nearby woods and fired from cover, leaving only 13 survivors, four of them wounded, as a pursued party slipped away.
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Associated Press
Paris
M. Verlin
Oise
Ger
London
Ostend
Reuter’s
Alost
Assche
Brussels
American heiress leaves France with one dress
American heiress Mor gan leaves France in haste with only one dress. Misses Elsie de Wolfe and Elizabeth Marbury of New York accompany Miss Morgan in the surprising departure and wardrobe shortage.
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France
Elsie de Wolfe
Elizabeth Marbury
New York
Cotton Bales Arrive in Mobile From Rail and River Routes
One thousand one hundred and seventy nine bales of cotton reached Mobile Monday via railways and river steamers. City of Mobile carried 681 bales from Lower Peach Tree and landings. Buick Telegram authorizes purchase of one ton of distressed middling cotton at 10 cents per pound. Local agents including Adams Machinery and Baker Lyons and Co. await further instructions.
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Mobile
Peach Tree
Adams Machinery and Manufacturing Company
Buick Motor Car Company
Buick Company
Baker, Lyons & Co
Planters’ Commission Company
Farmers’ Commission Company
Flint
Mich
Ala
South
Georgia
Buick Motor Company
Destruction of Hungarian Guard Reported at Grodek
Dispatch from Petrograd in the Telegraph summarizes a Russko Slavo report of the battle of Grodek. Austrian forces attacked General Broussiloff’s advance guard of infantry Cossacks and light guns, meeting a withering cannon and machine gun fire and retreating.
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Grodek
Associated Press
London
Telegraph
Petrograd
Broussilof
Villa and Magyars clash in bold charges and resignations
Historic dispatches recount Austro Hungarian Magyar cavalry assault and brutal losses on the battlefield. General Frohreich commits suicide after the Budapest division is annihilated. In Mexico Villa urges Carranza to resign as supreme chief, while Villa formally declines any return to Car ranza as head of the republic.
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Frohreich
Associated Press
Mexico City
Villa
Carranza
Constitutionalists
Fernando Calderon
Chihuahua
Mex
Venustiano Carranza
Francisco Villa
Chemist's Retort Bursts at Oakdale Mill Fire
Oakdale residents woke to a loud blast and quake at 5 40 am when a retort at RB Fisher chemical plant on Tennessee and Gayle burst. The explosion ignited nearby lumber and destroyed a mill. Fire Company No 11 quickly contained the blaze with no worker injuries reported.
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Oakdale
Mobile Bar
RB. F. Fisher
Tennessee
Gayle
Fire Company No. 11
Vera Cruz Praised for Exemplary Conduct Under Occupation
The state department commends Vera Cruz residents for patient and helpful behavior during American occupation. It notes no assassinations or friction despite martial law and language and race differences, and that military orders were followed without issue.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
State Department
Department of State
Dr. E Sweet Transferred To National Sanitation Work
Dr. E Sweet longtime head of the Fort Morgan quarantine station is ordered to Washington to join the committee on industrial relations where he will handle sanitation issues before the national committee.
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E. Sweet
Fort Morgan
Washington
Committee On Industrial Relations
Sweet
National Committee
Deserted Cab Driver Fined by Judge Edington
Richard Gatewood cab driver was fined 2 or four days by Judge Edington after being arrested by Officer Ike Kruse for leaving his cab unattended.
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Richard Gatewood
Ike Kruse
Edington
Weather Outlook for Mobile
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday in Mobile with likely showers. Highs and lows not specified in the readable text.
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Mobile
Weather Forecast for Mobile to Cedar Keys Northeaster
Weather Bureau forecast warns of a developing disturbance near the Mississippi River mouth. An advancing northeast storm is expected to bring strong northeast winds and possible intensification as it moves toward the north east.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Mobile
Cedar Keys
Mississippi River
Mobile County Board Halts Sheriff Guard Payments
At a regular meeting the Mobile county board refused to pay $250 monthly to the sheriff for jail guards and directed the county treasurer to pay guards directly only. The decision followed an attorney’s opinion and ends the long custom of county funds funding jail guards.
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Mobile County
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
G. J. Sullivan
Houser
Jacob J. Houser
Mobile
EB. Stevens
Jauser
Gailla
Hagan
Hauser
Sullivan
Fulton Road
Washington Avenue
Virginia Street
Baltimore
Sage Street
Brannan
Alabama Good Roads Association
Montgomery
Bauer
Goodman arraigned for assault to murder after Spring Hill stabbing
Walter J. Goodman cut and wounded W. H. Jordan during a struggle at Spring Hill about two weeks earlier. He was arraigned on the assault to murder charge before the Inferior Criminal court and fined $10 plus costs. Mary Matthews was fined $5 or ten days for vagrancy.
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Walter J. Goodman
W. H. Jordan
Spring Hill
Inferior Criminal Court
Jordan
Goodman
Mary Matthews
Duala Surrenders as Allied Forces Break German Hold
London reports reveal Duala the German Kamarun capital capitulated to Anglo French troops after heavy Allied advances. Belgian repulses near Grembergen and Alost slow German offensives as Paris notes calm along lines with isolated attacks repulsed.
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Duala
Kamarun
Equatorial Africa
London
Africa
Bonaberi
American Embassies Seek Details on Paris Bombing
Paris dispatch says the American and Spanish embassies asked for official data on the Taube plane attack last night. The message dropped over Paris read Troe Parisians Greetings from German aeroplane Decken.
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Associated Press
London
Paris
Daily Mail
Troe
Record Fine Imposed on Negro Man in Knife Incident
Calvin Rivers, a negro man, cut Hester Smith with a knife during a Saturday dispute at Ryland's lane and Congress street. He was fined 1600 dollars and court costs by Judge Henry Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court and jailed for nonpayment. Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Brannan required six local men to restrain Rivers during arrest.
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Calvin Rivers
Hester Smith
Ryland
Mobile to Become Hub for Large Coal Exports
Birmingham coal producers plan a trip to Panama and South America with an expected start within four weeks. The move aims to ship hundreds of thousands of tons through Mobile, New Orleans and Pensacola supported by Mobile brokers who report readiness of harbor facilities for quick handling.
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Birmingham
Ala
Panama
South America
Mobile
New Orleans
Pensacola
Woman and four children die in farmhouse fire near Champaign
Associated Press report from Champaign Illinois notes Mia Stone 30 and her four children perished in a house fire that destroyed a rural farmhouse early today. Stone escaped by sleeping in a separate portion of the home.
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Associated Press
Champaign
Mia
Joseph Stone
Here
Stone
Marriage Licenses Granted by Probate Court
Marriage licenses were issued Monday by the probate court to Lewis Reid and Pearl Reid, Bari Petersen and Elizabeth Lillianson.
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Per Lewis
Pearl Reid
Bari Petersen
Elizabeth Lillianson
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Berlin
Trieste
Austria
Anne Morgan
Cutton
Buick Motor
City of Mobile
Frank M. Ladd & Co
Lott Produce Company
Lanters’ Cotton Company
Forchheimer & Co
Magnolia Compress Company
Charlies
Touart & Quinn
Southern Railway
F. M. Ladd & Co
Pleasure Bay—Pilanters’ Cotton Company
Frank M. Ledd
Aungatian Duar
Villa Anko Vankanze Ihitaloh Ao Gt
Capital State Department
Vera
DR. Sweet
Bowie
Kalser
German Equatorial Africa
Reuter
Amsterdam
Grembergen
Aisne
Argonne
Sayville
L. I
Decken
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