Two Ships Available Immediately for Mobile Trade
The two vessels allotted to Mobile Tampa and York by the United States shipping board will be ready at once. One ship, the composite vessel Apalachee, is en route Philadelphia to Texas and will be available after its current voyage. the other unnamed ship of the same type will depart for Mobile immediately. A traffic bureau meeting with Mobile merchants is set for 11:30 to discuss tariffs, rates, and inland waterways use.
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Mobile
Tampa
York
United States
Pping
Bédard
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Apalachee
Philadelphia
Texas
Railroad Administration
Traffic Bureau of
Me Mber
Cobb
F. Icwid
Tamra
New York
Cobbs
Theodore Brent
Missis
Inland Waterways Division
Mit Action Mobile
Puisville and
Nashville
Southern Bureau
Augusta
City Commission Again Fails to Act on Mobile Electric Case
The Mobile city commission failed to act at noon today on the Mobile Electric Company matter pending before the Alabama Public Service Commission. City Attorney R H Smith would represent the city in Montgomery next Monday, but no instructions were given. The public hopes the city will direct Smith to seek lower rates or uphold the contract in the upcoming hearing.
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Mobile
City Commission
Mobile Electric Company
Alabama Public Service Commission
R. H. Smith
Montgomery
Smith
Public Service Commission
Municp
Mry Smith
R ”Sage
Delegates Gather From 38 States At Confederate Daughters Meet
From Kentucky April 1 delegates from about thirty states gather to open the ninth annual convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy and auxiliary organizations. The event plans addresses by Governor Stanley Miss Mary Poppenheim and Judge Robert Worth Myer among others with talks on a $50 000 endowment and reconstruction work for soldiers of the war.
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A, Ky
the Daughters of the Confederacy
By of the Confederacy
Stanley
Mary Poppenheim
Robert Worth
Ms of Confederate Veterans
Egates
The
Orsh
Sof
Wor Dng
L. H. Haines
Mildred
Wcter
Columbia “University
Prices Reach Twenty Dollar Mark in Hog Market
Chicago on April 1 reports hog prices rising above the twenty dollar level with quotes at 20.10 per hundred at the stock yards. The peak wartime price previously reached 21 last fall while winter prices eased to about 13 as demand remained strong. Government minimum price guarantees and the light winter hog supply contribute to the upward movement ahead of the May or June hog run.
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Chicago
United Bureau of Markets
Industrial Crisis in Spain Shows Signs of Easing
Madrid reports the industrial situation improving as a state of siege ends in Alicante. The strike by workers in Madrid has ended and several factories reopen in Barcelona. Workers return in other provinces as tension eases.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Ese
Alicante
Barcelona
Warmer Weather Expected After Chilly April Fools Day
On Tuesday morning the thermometer read 42 degrees at 8 o'clock, a brisk start for April Fool's Day. The weather prophet promises fair skies and milder conditions tomorrow, with the overcoat likely put away for several days, possibly until fall.
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Mobilians
Ten Teams Open Drive to Raise Scout Fund
Ten soliciting teams began at 9 45 o clock Tuesday to raise thirty thousand dollars for the local Boy Scouts of America. Committeemen met at the Cawthon Hotel before canvassing the city and aim to finish by Thursday. The flying squadron led by E Co Grace started Monday with three teams under Captains Roy Albright Harris Vaughan and Alex Hancock.
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Boy Scouts of America
Cawthon Hotel
Flying Squadron
E. Co. Grace
Roy Albright
Harris Vaughan
Alex Hancock
Rcity
Mobile
Hurley to possibly visit Mobile after all
Chairman Hurley of the Emergency Fleet Corporation may still tour Mobile after plans shifted from a Southern stop. An Associated Press report says he will leave Washington for Tampa to rest, then resume his trip, with no New Orleans conference appears set for April.
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Hurley
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Mobile
Associated Press
Washington
Tampa
Tent S
New Orleans
Rgwhey Fi Corporation
Eastern Capital
Shi
Atlantic Seaboard
Alr
McGill Night School March Honor Roll
The McGill Institute reports its March honor roll after four months. Sixth Grade students Otto Ib John Black man Edward urse Cington are listed along with Seventh Grade Alphonse Hanley Ferdinand Karl Peter Chapman Henry Duff. Bookkeeping students John Lemonens Yeend Marion Shreve F P eee Carpenter Raymond Damm John H e Roy Lamas Shorthand students Harold Wilkins Edward Boyd Frank Lilly.
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McGill Institute
Otto Ib
John Blackman
Edwa Urse
Cington
Alphonse Hanley
Ferdinand Karl
Jih Kirchery
Peter Chapman
Henry Duff
John Lemon
Ens Yeend
Marion Shreve
F. P. Eee
Carpenter
Raymond Damm
John H. E
Roy
Import Restrictions Lifted by Board
War Trade Board lifts import restrictions on ferro manganese and spiegeleisen allowing shipments to the United States from Great Britain France Italy Belgium and Japan or their possessions under general import licenses.
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Washington
War Trade Board
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Spartacan Suspect Released After Quiz
Ernst Daumig, a socialist leader and head of Berlin soldiers and workers council, was released after an examination following his arrest on suspicion of aiding a leader in January. Prosecutors said the case will continue.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Copenhagen
Ernst Daumig
Soldiers and Workmen's Council of
Greater Berlin
Nes
Daumig
Car in fatal Charleston collision sits man under manslaughter charge
Andrew Kirkpatrick an 18 year old student is held on a $2500 bond after his car struck and killed Mrs Mary Entrekin at Charleston and Broad streets Sunday night. Authorities say he was accompanied by a young woman and another young man who will be summoned as witnesses. A preliminary hearing is set in recorder's court Saturday morning. The victim's funeral is planned for 3 30 this afternoon at Entrekin home.
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Andrew Kirkpatrick
Mary Entrekin
Charleston
Broad Streets
Young Kirkpatrick
Recorder’s Court
Kirkpatrick
B. B. Chamberlain
Ed Sheets
Gove Etreet
Atin
Olla
Federal control of meat packers raised today
Washington April 1. All meat packers were released from license by the administration. President Wilson proclaimed national control to regulate engaging, manufacturing, distributing fresh beef and mutton products. Herbert Hoover in Paris notified food officials of the proclamation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Porittettective
Herbert Hoover
Paris
Aapaore’s
Bonds Offered to Finance Roads and War Needs
The War Finance Corporation will offer $200 million in bonds tomorrow to fund railroads and wartime obligations. This first issue under the act aims for a total $2.1 billion. bonds will be sold through the Federal Reserve system and agents, exempt from most taxes, in $1,000 denominations.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Finance Corporation
War Finance Corporation Act
Federal Reserve and
Trade resumption with Poland and Estonia announced
The War Trade Board said trade and communication with Poland and Estonia would resume. The action, taken with the associated governments, followed a decision reached in Washington and in the Baltic region, allowing U.S. persons to engage in commerce with the two countries.
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Washington, Or
War Trade Board
Poland
Esthonia
Baltic
Russia
United States
Bank Credits Taken Up at Meeting of Reserve City Banks
At the seventh annual convention of the Association of Reserve City Banks the executive sessions discussed bank credits. Election of officers was scheduled for tomorrow, the concluding day of the convention.
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Association of Reserve City Banks
Little Republic Seeks Allied Aid Against Reds
In Paris a Kuban delegation presented a memorandum to the peace conference urging allied support to prevent the republic from losing independence to Bolshevism. M. Ducavitch said Kuban Cossacks suffered four times as many losses against Bolsheviks as in three years against Germany. He warned that one third of military age men were killed and farming manpower was short.
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M. Duos
Ion
Paris
eBy
Army to requisition Germans for labor near Bendorf
The Third Army Supply depots near Bendorf seek 300 laborers daily under German dynarke privilege due to voluntary workers being hard to obtain. Civilians under American supervision face reemployment disruptions and labor disturbances as General Man issues a warning against strikes and conspiracies to halt work.
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Associated Press
Coblen
Third Army
Bendorf
Eem
Man
Army of Occupation
British Concil ate Samoan Chieftains
Samoan chiefs on Tutuila petitioned for transfer to American rule citing dissatisfaction with British governance under Colonel Tate. They favored a seawater canal plan and showed support for Savali to align with American interests amid influenza tensions affecting the British side.
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Tutuila
Samoa
Pamoan
Bri
Tate
Soe
Western Samoa
Jnic
Texas Oil seeks to erect huge tanks at Choctaw Point
The Texas Oil Company plans to build storage tanks at Choctaw Point with capacity over two million gallons and a near million dollar expenditure. Mobile would serve as the interior shipping point and bunker port, while Turner Terminal Company presses for fire underwriter ruling before final ordinance approval.
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Texas Oil Company
Chapman
Virginia Street
Choctaw Point
City Commission
Mobile
Texas Company
Turner Terminal Company
Turner
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Pillans
Mobile County Juvenile Court gets $500. fortune-teller license approved
Mobile county commissioners vote 500 for juvenile court relief and maintenance. A two to one decision approves a license arrangement with James E. Dussan representing a band of fortune tellers, despite objections from Lyons. City fires a $1,000 damages claim against a municipal firefighter, and the city attorney declares no liability.
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Juvenile Court
Mobile County
Lyons
Abtornay James E . Dussan
Nanmachae
Crawford
Pillans
J.W. Scott
W. D. Cochran
Mobile sets quota for Fifth Liberty Loan drive
Mobile prepares to float the Fifth Liberty Loan with a local quota of $2,000,000. Alfred Staples is asked to lead the campaign and will decide on acceptance. A German submarine is slated to visit Mobile Harbor as a feature of the drive, arriving from New York after stops at gulf ports.
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Mobile
Alfred Staples
Wilson appoints Barnes to run 1919 wheat crop
Paris April 1 President Wilson acting on Hoover's recommendation names Julius H. Barnes head of a Grain Corporation run under congressional guarantees to handle the 1919 wheat crop. Barnes formerly led the cereal division of the food administration and headed the Grain Corporation created during 1917 and 1918.
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Paris
Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Egi
Julius H. Barnes
Grain Corporation
Unitedtazea Food Administration
Barnés
United
John Hoover
Food Admin
Be Relief Administration
Huns scheme to frighten Entente in Hungary revolt
Paris reports based on French and Romanian documents allege Count Karolyi with the German government organized a communist rise in Hungary to threaten the Entente. The Hungarian revolt aimed to test and frighten allies with disintegration fears. Foch planned talks with Erzberger on Polish port access at Danzig and maritime delivery for Polish troops.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Regive
Hungary
Karolyi
Foreign Office
Foch
Danzig
Spa
Mathias Erzberger
Cit Piession Hntera Shipping Commission
No Strike Plans To Aid Debs Says Coal Miners Head
Terre Haute Indiana April 7 The secretary treasurer of United Mine Workers Mitch states no planned coal mine strike to aid Debs. He says executive board has not contemplated a strike and miners will start if the Labor Day decision triggers action. Debs imprisonment is cited as a motive but no immediate strike is planned.
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Debs
Terre Haute
Ind
Siete Lam Mitch
Treasur No
United Ming Workers
Neta
Mitch
Aepear
Associated Press
Akron
Supreme
Eer P Noikhe
Tentia
Indiana
Funeral of Mrs Ent Victim in Automobile Crash
The funeral for Mrs Mary Ent, victim of a Sunday night automobile crash, was held Tuesday afternoon at 4 from 213 South Hamilton Street and the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Oakdale. Burial followed at Pine Crest cemetery. Andrew Kirkpatrick, 18, of University Military School, facing a manslaughter trial for the crash, will be tried Saturday.
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Mary E. Ent
British to Arrest Americans in Turkey on Treason Charge
Secretary Baker approves British wartime move allowing Turkish authorities to arrest Americans tied to treason claims. Officials discuss transferring Spohr and his wife to U S custody, with reports naming a German liaison and Palestine connections.
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Turkey
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