Wireless cross country talk marks long distance voice transmission
Washington announced the first long distance wireless telephone transmission of the human voice from Arlington Virginia to Mare Island California covering about 2500 miles. The test linked Navy radio chief Captain Bullard and AT&T Western Electric with Secretary Daniels and AT&T officials in New York. President Vail and Carty exchanged lines showing voices clearly carried coast to coast.
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Washington
Arlington
Mare Island
Cal
Bullard
Navy
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Electric Company
Daniels
Theodore N. Vail
New York
Vail
Carty
Pacific Coast
Mr. Vail
Arlington Station
Hurricane Abates After 26 Hours Near Morgan City
The hurricane around Morgan City Louisiana subsided after 26 hours. Winds reached 75 mph with no loss of life reported. Property damage estimated at 35,000 dollars and several small boats sunk.
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Morgan City
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Mobile Resident
Mrs. Mary I. Malone of Mobile Alabama praises Doan's Kidney Pills for curing kidney trouble and back pain. She reports lasting relief since 1914 after an initial 1911 testimonial and notes family use with good results. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary I. Malone
N. Conception St
Mobile
Ala
Doan
Dean
Malone
Foster-Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo, N. Y
Adv
Market report shows cotton, grains swing amid storm news
NY cotton opens firm on storm talk with gains then slides after ship sinking rumor. Liverpool futures steady as spot prices ease. Chicago grain and livestock set mixed course with wheat, corn, oats, pork and lard varying. butter and eggs rise, poultry unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arley
Timothy
Seo Ein
Voces
Ainsras Co Nes
Turpentine and rosin prices and receipts reported at Savannah
Turpentine firm quotes range from 38 1 2 cents with 277 casks received. Rosin firm reports 783 barrels received. Price levels show B and D at 3.40, E at 3.42 1 2, F to I at 3.45, K at 3.60, M 4.50, N 4.90, We 5.80, and Ww 6.00 per unit.
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NAVAL
Savannah
Storm Fails to Injure Graham Rush Opening
Temperature, rain and wind seem not to have seriously interfered with the opening this week at the Graham Rush Clothing Company. This family outfitters firm showcases new fall and winter fashions for men women and children under one roof with convenient easy payments.
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Graham- Rush Clothing Company
Shifting Dallas District Suggested to Fed Board
L. M. Poole of New Orleans urged the Federal Reserve Board to move part of northern Louisiana from the Dallas district to the Atlanta district so banks in the area would operate through the New Orleans branch of the Atlanta bank once it opens. The question was referred to counsel. ALARM BOXES OUT OF BUSINESS. Fire alarm and signal wires are out of order since Wednesday. both departments are operational. STORM VICTIM'S BODY FOUND. Bil Golley, a negro, was found drowned on the water front at the foot of Government street about 2 p.m. Thursday by Patrolman McCarron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
L. M. Poole
New Orleans
Federal Reserve Board
Louisiana
Dallas Reserve District
Atlanta
Atlanta Bank
Bil Golley
McCarron
Government Street
River Packet City of
Mobile
Claude
Alabama
Munson Steamship Sy
Claude Wednes
Nellie
Olinger & Bruce
Mobile Towing Wrecking Company
Uni Company
Cha Ship Company
Anc
Electric Eleva Company
B. Fox
New Owl
Wali
Mallory Line
Cotton gains after storm news lift prices in New York
Storm news spurs a fresh buying wave in the cotton market in New York. Early trading shows January contracts rising to 12.43 and March to 12.68, recovering more than half of prior losses as overnight selling is absorbed.
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New York
Vicksburg
Liverpool
Archangel
Southern Storm News
Wall Street Stocks Slip After Heavy Early Gains
Trading opened with notable moves in Continental Can, Lackawanna Steel, and Crucible Steel as shares climbed before a mid day shift. United States Steel fell back amid broad selling while Rock Island gained on news of restitution suits against old directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waft
Continental Can
Lackawanna Steel
Crucible Steel
Philadelphia Company
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
United Railways
United States Steel
Rock Island
Baldwin
Bethlehem Steel
Lackwanna Steel
Union Pacific
Miss Davenport Killed and Fiancé Hurt in Auto Crash
In Los Angeles Miss Clio Davenport sister of Homer Davenport the cartoonist is dead and her fiancé Frank Travers an exposition official is seriously injured after an automobile accident last night. They were walking near a hotel with Miss Davenport’s mother when an unknown driver struck them fled after notifying a druggist.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clio Davenport
Homer Davenport
Frank Travers
Haitien rebels agree to lay down arms
In Cape Haitien on September 30 rebels resisting American troops agreed to lay down their arms after a conference with principal rebel leaders and American officers. The rebels promised to cease armed resistance.
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Cape Haitien
Colored doctor arrested for birth reporting violation
Dr. W. J. Brown a colored physician of 658 Congress street was arrested Thursday on a charge by city health officer Dr. Charles A. Mohr. He is accused of violating section 41 of the city health ordinance requiring doctors to report births within a week of occurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Brown
Congress Street
Charles A. Mohr
Wall Street Review Shares Edge Higher After Abatement
Irregular opening sees war shares retreating slightly though Continental Can and Lackawanna Steel lead gains. New issues Philadelphia Company and United Railways draw attention while Rock Island shows strength on recovery suit news. Overall market closes strong with broad gains in metals and utilities and a long list of closing prices. A bronze tablet for the 1911 peace jubilee is unveiled in Manassas, Virginia, with several thousand in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street Review
New York
Continental Can
Lackawanna Steel
Philadelphia Company
United Railways
Rock Island
Allis-Chalmers
American Beet Sugar
American Can
American Car and Foundry
American Locomotive
American Cities
American Cotton Oil
American Smeling
American Sugar
American Tel & Tel
Anaconda Copper
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Brooklyn
Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago
Mil
St. Paul
R. I
Pac. Ry
Consolidated Gas
Crucible Steel
Erie
General Electric
General Motors
Great Northern
Illinois Central
Interborough Consul, Corp
Kansas City Southern
Liggett & Myers
Lorillard Co
Mexican Petroleum
Missouri, Kansas & Tex
National Lead
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rep. Iron & Steel
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard Air Line Pfd
Sloss, Shef. Steel & Iron
Studebaker Corporation
Southern Pacific
Southernay
Southern
Lway, Pfd
Tennessee Co
Virginia Corp
YACHT CLUB VESSELS DAMAGED IN GALE NEAR MOBILE
A Wednesday gale wrecked three small yachts near Mobile Yacht Club. The Wampus the San Toy and the Chaperone were driven ashore or wrecked while other club boats were sheltered. A separate rescue saw the Chiliktah sloop protected after launches Owl and Swan aided.
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Mobile Yacht Club
Ernest Holzborn
Robert Spotswood
Howard Scram
Jason Gillette
William Goodlow
Monroe Park
No Great Damage Done to Roads or Streets by Flood
Telephone reports from Axis Mt Vernon Calvert Theodore and other county points say roads will be passable in a day except where large trees block them. No serious washouts or major rainfall. City engineers estimate limited street damage with Cedar Point road repairs likely costing about 200 to 300 dollars.
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Axis
Mt. Vernon
Calvert
Theodore
Cedar Point
Flood disaster at Frenier La leaves many dead and injured
Reports to the Yazoo Mississippi Valley general superintendent office list 7 or 8 white persons and 17 negroes drowned in Frenier Louisiana during yesterday's storm with a score or more injured. The note ends with a curt line about a commandment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frenier
Memphis
Tenn
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Albert Fritz Dies Touching Live Wire During Storm
Albert Fritz 28 of Mobile dies instantly at Beauregard and St. Joseph streets after contacting a live electric light wire split by a storm. A deaf warning from a woman and a boy went unheard as Fritz walked toward the wire hidden by water. He was taken to Roche-Burke and survived by wife, two children, and his parents.
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Albert Fritz
Beauregard
St. Joseph
Fritz
Laura Franelich
Beauregard and
Mrs. Franelich
Nick Franelich
Frank Tremer
Roche-Burke Undertaking
Mobile
Conrad Fritz
Mobile Brewery Ice Company
Carrie Fritz
Charles, Emile and
Hammond Fritz
Dead Man
South Jefferson Street
Deaths and Funerals James D Malone and John Parcell
James D Malone aged 55 died after five weeks illness at 205 South Cedar Street Mobile. Survived by sister Miss Louise Malone and brothers William Frank E C and George Malone. He was a Catholic and Cathedral member. John Parcell aged 60 died at Bloodgood Street Mobile after brief illness. A Canadian native who lived in Mobile forty years he worked on a dredge boat and leaves a family.
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James D. Malone
South
Cedar Street
Mobile
William T
Julia Malone
Louise Malone
Frank T
E. C
George P. Malone
John Parcell
Bloodgood Street
Marmotte
Canada
Whistler News Briefs and University of Alabama Medical School Opens
Whistler Ala reports Charles W Hill car inspector returned from Buckatuna Miss on company business. George H Goleman Mizpah Lodge president had typhoid and was at home. Rain paused freight repair 11. Charles H Crabtree visited Mobile on business. Alabama Medical School opened for 1915 16 session with all faculty present except Dean Bondurant. Matriculation books open tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Ala
Charles W. Hill
Buckatuna
Miss
George H. Goleman
Mizpah Lodge No. 222
Charles H. Crabtree
Mobile
School of Medicine
University of Alabama
Bondurant
T. H. Frazer
Repairing Progreso ports and Cuban links in Latin trades
Fragmentary list mentions Progreso Mexico repair, Cuban ports, and various place names such as New Camella Oaxaca and Senator Bailey. Reflects trade links and maintenance notes in a historical maritime context with scattered names and numbers.
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New Camella
Crathens
Nor
Earlswood
Oaxaca
Mex
Senator Bailey
Metlaoni
Ital
Frednes
Edgar
Ulidria
Mariana
Tallapoosa
U. S
Eeee, Sabine
Karen
Fort Morgan
Mavisbrook
Freda
Viator
Dictator
Shippers Forecast and Storm Warning Update
Moderate temperatures for 36 hour shipments north east and west. Storm warning changes to southwest storm warning at 10 a m from Mobile to Cedar Keys. Tropical storm moves to central Mississippi. Strong southerly winds diminish tonight. Tombigbee river and branches will rise next two days. Alabama rises tonight with rapid rise likely Friday. Hurricane moved in with lowest pressure over central Mississippi. Rain in Gulf States and high winds. Wind at Mobile 60 mph southeast. Meridian barometer 29.32 inches. Frosts in lower lake region and freezing in Rockies. Albert Aschenberger local forecaster Weather Bureau.
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Mobile
Cedar Keys
Mississippi
Tombigbee
Alabama
Long
Gulf
Gulf, States
Meridian
Miss
Upper Lake
United States
Rocky Mountain
Lower Lake
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Gale Plagues Espagne on Trip to New York
The Espagne arrived from Bordeaux two days late after fierce gales swept the Atlantic. En route, the ship sailed with lights out to evade German submarines reported in the Bay of Biscay. The Mobile waterfront also faced high waters and dockyard disruptions as other vessels moved cargoes and ships sought shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bordeaux
Bay of Biscay
France
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Boek & Nee Nectalat
UML. P. Cresap
New Oricans
Minnesota
Storm
Graham-Rush
Dallas
Miss Davenport
Manassas
Ghiliktah
Horace Culver
Owl
Kunz & Cowles
Dave Thomas
Frascatti
Dave
Yacht Club
F. H. Weeks
One-Mile Creek
Marcus Jalt
Leon R. Morrison
S. Lawrence
Ernest Chapman
Charleston St
Nellie Arias
S. Franklin St
Carlee
Congress St
Empire Theatre
Dren
M. A. Anchorn
Laguna
Coniscliffe
Enry Crosby
W. Mills
Georgia Gilkey
D. Pickles
Tomer
Turner Terminals
Guit Dry Docks
Olinger-Bruce Dry Oks
Henderson Docks
L. & N. Docks
Tropical Fruit Wharf
Tropical Fruit
Schotyndrs
Pinto Dry Docks
N.C0
M. & C Harbor
Barks Gulf Dry Docks
Barkentines
Hildegarg (Am
Cuba
Anna
Australia
Walsh Stevedoring
Daniel Bailey
Boston
Maas
J. M. Scott
Newport
Eng
Guifried
Wiator
Puerto Cortez
Hon
Cham
Corinthia
Nassau
M. P
Horace Tur
Kylemhor
Glasgow
Scotland
Tela
United
Procyon
Russ
England
Port Arthur
Lake Pontchartrain
Gibraltar
Cuban
South America
Et America
Foreign Ports
Coast Guard
Tropics
Belize
B. H
Progreso, Mex
Espagne
Marine News
C. J. Gayfer & Company
Smith
Axminster
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