School Tax Election Set for Mobile County on Sept 5
Mobile County voters will decide on a two mill special school tax for public schools for ten years in a Sept. 5 election. The call was approved by the board of revenue and road commissioners after a petition by over a thousand electors. The measure spurred discussion on funding and uses, while other issues included Fernway drainage, road bonds, and disputed tax equalizer pay.
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Mobile County
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
County Board of School Commissioners
John T. Cochrane
Cochrane
Harry T. Hartwell
P. Roach
BE. O. Fowlkes
L. W. Roe
S. S. Murphy
C. F. F Iger
R. BH. Gordon
Finley McFadyen
J. O. Bolton
A Ward
Fernway
Harry L. Fisher
C. A. Mohr
City Health
J. Bestor Robertson
Wno
T. M. Stevens
Attorney General's Ofice
Supreme Court
Bee Mk
Searles Ance
Ward
Revd Na’ E' Ney
Bale
Arlington Project Vote at Six O Clock
The six o clock edition will carry full returns on the Arlington project after polls close at six. The News Item will publish promptly on the streets with complete vote results and late local and telegraphic news.
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Arlington
Arlington Dock Bond Issue Heads Toward Approval
Voters largely support the Arlington dock project with a $600000 bond issue to improve land at Mobile river mouth. Election officials say support is practically solid at noon with little opposition and wards report strong totals across ten wards.
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Arlington
Mobile River
Mobile Bay
Haing
Hare
Cawthon employes honor retiring manager with gifts
At Mobile the Cawthon Hotel presented retiring manager C B Hervey with a traveling trunk and golf bag. J M Murfee led the surprise tribute while a letter from staff thanked him for his kindness and leadership during his tenure.
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Cawthon Hotel
C. B. Hervey
J. M. Murfee
Mr. Hervey
Mobile
Ala
Charles B. Hervey
R. L. Douglas
Leo Clark
J. A. Cleveland
O'Bannon
George Woolf
Ed Teel
Baden Allen
Ray Davis
George Wagner
K. M. McDonald
L.crouch
M. T. Smith
M. Henriques
Clifton Moses
Lillian Dickens
Marnie Giuli
Mabel Dixon
B. Gup
L. C. Steele
Hervey
Japan Urges U S to Modify Steel Embargo
Tokyo reports Leading members of the Yakominto party composed of national liberals and shipbuilders urged the government to negotiate with the United States to modify the steel export embargo. They argue the embargo threatens Japan's industries and calls for action by August.
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Associated Press
TOKIO
Yakominto Party
United States
Japan
Partly Cloudy Tonight From Weather Bureau
Weather bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies tonight with river levels near Tombigbee and branches expected to fall over the next two days. Alabama rainfall and river levels are anticipated to ease as the night progresses.
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Tombigbee
Alabama
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Partly cloudy tonight in Alabama and Mississippi with likely scattered conditions. The forecast issued by Associated Press notes a mild, unsettled pattern across the region through tonight and into the next day.
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Associated Press
Washington
Aus
Alabama
Mississippi
Mobilians Open Army Paths Post Training Camp
Many Mobilians including prominent families have received commissions in the regular and national army after officer training at Uncle Sam camps. Former News-Item reporter James J. Alvarez, rising from private to first lieutenant, led a list of Mobile area inductees with several others from Alabama towns earning second lieutenants and captains in infantry and engineers through Fort Sheridan Fort McPherson and Fort McPher son.
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Regular
National Army
Uncle Sam
James J. Alvarez
Mobile
Iicinity
John Iivingston Milburn
Second Leutenant
Harold Delchamps
Fort McPherson
John Powel
Auburn Ala
Second
Neutenant Infantry
Charles W. Null
Demopolis
Ala
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Ifuis Charlies Turner
Bladon Springs
Frank Peabody
Montgomery
Augustus Roscoe Brindley
General debate on war tax bill today in Senate
The Senate opened general debate on the 2.006 billion war tax bill with Senator Simmons leading. Leaders hope for passage in two weeks, but many doubt a month. Secretary McAdoo to confer with Chairman Kitchin on raising part of the additional 6 billion needed through July 1, 1918.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
Eladers
McAdoo
Kitchin
House
Ways and Means Committee
This Town Boasts Perfect Draft Score In Carlisle
Carlisle Massachusetts reports a perfect draft score with a town quota of one man. Jacob P. Detsch, the first man exempt passed, marking a notable local milestone in the small community.
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Associated Press
Carlisle
Mass
Jacob P. Detsch
Neutral countries protest alien draft policy
Representatives of neutral countries protest to the State Department against drafting aliens who have taken out foreign service papers. The action centers on the treatment and eligibility of aliens in the draft and the implications for neutrality and international relations.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Foreign Service
Scandanians to Hold War Conference on America Entry
The Scandinavian nations plan a forthcoming war conference to discuss the impact of America entering the war. Information from official channels in Washington indicates this topic will lead the talks.
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Ey Associated Press
Wwigton
America
Hidden German Wireless Stations Searched On Mexican Gulf Coast
Reports to the state and navy departments mention six wireless stations on Lobos Island and near Capeche with no confirmation. Officials consider the possibility of German raiders and supply craft along the coast, amid cautious scrutiny of southern waters and remote Campeche district dangers.
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Washington
Mexican Gulf
State Department
Navy Department
Lobos Island
Capeche
Campeche
Germany
Flour sale to be regulated by new grain board
Washington announces creation of a grain control board within the food administration to supervise distribution of flour and wheat. President Wilson will issue orders placing food regulation under the control bill. The first orders target wheat and flour with enforcement planned starting September 1 and licenses for grain elevators and flour mills to be prepared.
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Grain Control Commission
Washington
Food Administration
Wilson
Draft schedule outlines three waves in September
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced that 30 percent of the men drafted for the national army would be called to the colors September 6, another 30 percent on September 15, a third 30 percent on September 30, and the remaining 10 percent as soon as possible.
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Washington
Crowder
National Army
Investigation of U S Uniform Factories in New York
The War Baker rotary inquiry into army and navy uniform plants in New York reports girls under legal working age employed under poor conditions. Workers earn about 4 dollars weekly, far below typical wages of 12 to 14 dollars elsewhere.
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Associated Press
New York
Army
Navy
Rotary of
War Baker
Yeon Regeee
Ame
Lumber orders placed for emergency fleet ships
Aug 13 report states the Emergency Fleet Corporation and Southern Pine Emergency Bureau have placed new lumber orders for ships. Contracts existed but timber shortages delayed progress while further contracts are pursued for additional wooden ship uses.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Southern Pine Emergency Bureau
Fleet Corporation
Tageblatt Sums War Results To Date
Berlin reports the Berliner Tageblatt summary of World War costs. War loans total 87 billion dollars. deaths and wounds total 24 million. killed 7 million. lifelong crippled 5 million. birth-rate decline 9 million. World gold value over years totals 15 billion. the belt of 87 billion in five-dollar gold pieces would wind around Earth nine times.
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Berlin
Berliner Tage- Dblatt
Corearth
Tege
British Air Raids Destroy Two German Planes Over England
London reports say British naval air planes destroyed two German raiders, a Gotha and a seaplane, during an August coastal raid. South End in Essex suffered 23 dead and 50 injured from bombs, while defense measures and fast anti aircraft fire limited damage elsewhere along the coast. Local correspondents note the attack diverted crowds to the sea front as weather aided the German squadron's approach.
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London
South End
Essex
Thames Estuary
Deal
Ramsgate
Merry Christmas Planned for Sammies in France
New York reports the Red Cross plans a Merry Christmas for American soldiers in France with $1 million in comfort bags and a second million sought. Each kit includes an American flag and is to be shipped promptly for Christmas distribution to U S troops overseas and French soldiers. The Army Navy Field Comfort Committee aims to have 25 000 boxes ready for Maj Gen Pershing's troops and to purchase a million boxes for overseas service. A Red Cross relief shipment for Serbian prisoners has been sent from Paris via the Serbian Women committee.
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Associated Press
New York
France
Red Cross
Army and Navy Field Comfort Committee
Navy
Decree Bars Blacklists In Lumber Trade In Minneapolis
Federal Judge Booth issued a final decree prohibiting the Northwestern Lumbermen's Association from issuing black lists and pursuing practices that restrain lumber manufacturers and wholesalers from selling directly to consumers. The Mexico items note Governor Candido Aguilar offering 2000 pesos for a labor law proposal and a National Commercial Congress commission planning a U S visit to study securing essential foodstuffs for Mexico.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis, Minn
Booth
Northwestern Lumbermen’s Association
Cordoba
Mexico
Candido Aguilar
Vera Cruz
Bandit Killed by Home Guards in Mexico
Juarez Aug 13 Jose Ynez Salazar a revolutionary leader and ex chief of staff to Francisco Villa was shot and killed at the Nogales ranch near Ascension last Thursday. Americans arriving from Casas Grandes bring details of Salazar’s death at the hands of a small band of home guards organized to protect the Casas Grande Ascension district.
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Juarez
Jose Ynez Salazar
Francisco Villa
Nogales Ranch
Ascension
Casas Grandes
Salaza
Casas Grande Ascension
Objectors by Religion Must Serve in Army
Washington Aug 13 Religious objectors are assigned a definite place in the national army for the first time. They will be sent to mobilization camps for non-combatant duties designated by the president. Various army branches may employ them, including hospital corps quartermaster corps and labor battalions with roles such as motor drivers clerks and messengers.
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Washington
National Army
Crowder
Hospital Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Grand Jury to Hear Draft Board Frauds in New York
The federal grand jury in New York is to hear evidence against Louis I. Cherry Dr Samuel J Bernfeld and Iman Gruehr from exemption board 99 after their arrest in an alleged fraud scheme. Records reportedly kept as per regulations while officials deny widespread fraud with City boards under review. About 60 152 men examined 40 867 qualified and 13 478 accepted.
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Associated Press
New York
Ece
Federal Grand Jury
Louis I. Cherry
Samuel J. Bernfeld
Exemption Board 99
Wilson
Department of Justice
Iman Gruehr
Exemption Blank
Tombs Prison
General Conkling
New York City
United States
Knox
Guard Mountaineers Held for Treason
William V. McCoy and J. W. Phipps are indicted on six counts for defying U S sovereignty plotting to resist conscription and levy war against the country and were moved from Road jail to Big Stone Gap Virginia for trial opening today. A large federal force guards the proceedings after arrest in St Paul Wise County to prevent demonstrations by mountaineers.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
William V. McCoy
J. W. Phipps
United States
Road
Big Stone Gap
United States Court
St. Paul
Wise County
Newly Married Couples Get Double Food in Strassburg
The Strassburg municipal food bureau announces that newly married couples may draw double the food indicated on their cards for six weeks. Berlin reports via London.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Municipal Food Bureau of
Strassburg
Deportation of 600 strikebreakers ordered from Jackson County
Kansas City officials ordered 600 strikebreakers moved from Selsa Missouri within twenty hours. County Marshal Harry Hoffman warned the Chicago and Alton railroad to remove them or deputies would act. He cited damage and pillaging by the workers as the reason for the order amid ongoing streetcar strike turmoil.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Harry Hoffman
Selsa
Jackson County
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Hoffman
Striking Deportees Lead to City Tense Departure
Police chief Thomas Flahive reports 41 strikebreakers left the city under a cordon of arms amid clashes with strikers. Several assaults occurred as the group marched to the union station. Some strike leaders escaped. a special train was later sidetracked near Kansas City and four street cars burned elsewhere in the city.
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Conteces
Edwards
Kansas City
Kansas City Street
Thomas Flahive
City
Flahive
Union Station
Sergeant Lincoln Suspended From Duty Pending Hearing
Sergeant John Lincoln of the police department was suspended by Chief G M Van Liew after rumors he left the station on several nights while off duty and had been drinking. The suspension awaits a hearing before the City Commission.
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John Lincoln
Police Department
G. M. van Liew
City Commission
van Liew
Lincoln
More Cattle Owners of Coden Arrested
Coden Alabama residents C. J. Rabby and J. F. Schambeau were docketed at the county jail on cattle tick eradication law violations for failing to dip their cattle. L. Ra field and T. Riva, also of Coden, were docketed on the same offense. Inspector A. I. Berbeze says more tests for failing to dip cattle will be made in this section.
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C. J. Rabby
J. F. Schambeau
Coden
Ala
Ll. Rafield
T. Riva
A. I. Berbeze
Welcome American Railway Commission speech in Petrograd
At a reception for the American Railway Commission in Petrograd on August 13 a minister of public works praised American methods. The speech noted notable improvements and cited dialogue between American officials and Russian counterparts.
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American Railway Commission
Associated Press
Petrograd
Minist of
Railway, Mission
M. Conf
Public
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Sammies
Mexico City
National Commercial Congress
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Guard Mountaineers
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