Lifeboat Rescue After Planter Sinks Off Key West
The schooner Planter foundered in a heavy gale off Key West after taking on water. Captain A J Owens and crew escaped in lifeboats and reached Key West after 24 hours. The vessel carried a coal cargo valued about 50 000 dollars with a 15 000 dollar loss.
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Planter
Key West
A. J Owens
Mobile
Key
L. A. Scott Mobile
Owen
Reed Avenue
Brown Morgan Coal Company Mobile
Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
Philaphia
Scott
Mobile Kiwanis Subscribes for Scout Camp Fund
Mobile Kiwanis Club members at a luncheon yesterday pledged funds for a Boy Scout camp to be held at Point Clear from late August through early September. Judge Price Williams and Captain Leon Schwarzsi led the meeting, noting Captain Emmett Kilpatrick of Uniontown Ala. was removed from the Soviet inn and welcoming Mississippi Central Road’s entry into Mobile. Secretary E H Bixler announced the next district convention would be in Montgomery October 27 28. Frank Adams Jr urged exact status of the old medical school building donation to the county be clarified, but no official action was taken.
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Mobile Kiwanis Club
Price Williams
Leon Schwarzsi
Emmett Kilpatrick
Uniontown
Ala
Mobile
Retary
E. H. Bixler
Montgomery
Sacola
Frank Adams, Jr
Southeastern Opens Two New Offices In Mobile District
Southeastern Express Company opens two new offices at Theodore and Mobile in Mobile County. The announcement states a partnership with Stone's Express to operate between Philadelphia New York and Boston with competitive shipping rates to and from Mobile territory.
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Southeastern Express Company
Theodore
Was
Mobile County
E Southeastern
Stone's Express
Baltic
Philadel New York
Boston
M Mobile
Cigar Box Makers Set for Mobile Convention
Mobile has been selected as the meeting place for the National Cigar Manufacturers' Association to be held in February. About 200 members are expected, with a large number of attendees anticipated from the convention after a session just closed in Detroit.
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Mobile
Cigar Manufacturers’ Association
Jee Sheip
Detroit
Bound Over in U S Liquor Case After Dobson Arraignment
Dobson charged with selling liquor was arraigned today before a United States commissioner and bound over to court on a $500 bond. Deputy Noah Gewin arrested him after bottles of imported liquor were found in a skiff on Three Mile Creek.
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Dobson
United States
Noah Gewin
Three Mile Creek
Jon
Scout Camp Prep Under J E Meredith Leads Advance Squad
Announcement by scout executive J E Meredith details advance squad preparing camp at Point or Will tea Tuesday morning. Squad includes Mered nth, Francis Poggi, Armstrong, John Murray and Oliver.
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J. E. Mredith
Mr. Mere
Ned Meredith
Francis Poggi
Armstrong
John Murray
Oliver
Weather summary for Alabama and Mississippi mixed skies
The Washington weather report notes generally fair to partly cloudy conditions over Alabama and Mississippi through Friday with little change in temperature and cloud cover. Strong high pressure maintains light winds and dry conditions across the region.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Women to Watch at the Polls on Election Day
Members of the League of Women Voters will monitor polling places on September 12 to enforce election laws and report violations. The group will also be ready to substitute as election officials if needed and voted not to endorse either candidate for city commissioner, citing principles over partisan fights. Mayor Pillans defended garbage disposal and denied dumps in inhabited areas, while Mr. Hartwell’s Moose Hall speech manuscript was presented.
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League of Women Voters
League For Action
League
Pillans
Hartwell
Moose Hall
Drowning Mystery Tied To Unidentified Man In River
Authorities seek a man who told a night watchman last Saturday that a drowning occurred near a gunboat in the river. The body found near the gunboat is identified as William H. Fabricius, a 20 year old Danish seaman. No foul play seen. investigation continues.
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Hallett’s Mill
William H. Fabricius
Tyson
F. H&le
Turks Evacuate Angora As Greek Forces Advance
Angora the Turkish nationalist capital is being evacuated by Mustapha Kemal Pasha's forces according to Politika sources. Turks move war materiel to the rear by auto while a Greek military government is set up in Asia Minor with civil authorities acting under the military high commission. Gordium near the Sakaria and Pursuak rivers becomes a battle site as Kemal faces advancing Greek forces. Gordium is famed for the Gordion Knot and Alexander the Great.
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Angora
Mustapha Kemal
Politika
Asia Minor
Military High Commission
London
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Gordium
Sakaria
Pursuak
London Times
Smyrna
Alexander the Great
Persia
Larry Doyle Named Player Manager for Nashville Club
Larry Doyle former NY Giants second baseman and three time World Series participant was signed as player manager for the Nashville baseball club. He will take charge Saturday after being signed in New York by club president James Rao and arriving Friday night.
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Tenn
Larry Doyle
Giants
Nashville Baseball Club
Dorie
New York
James Rao
Nashville Club
Campaign to Fight Argentine Ants In Mobile Costs About 3600 Dollars
Dr W E Hinds entomologist reports Mobile faces Argentine ant infestation from the business district to residential avenues. A campaign costing about 3600 dollars, funded by local civic groups and guaranteed by members, would use poison syrup cans to treat approximately 600 blocks with state supervision to ensure effectiveness.
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Mobile City Commission
Civic Organizations of
W. E. Hinds
Mobile County League of Women Voters
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Kate Hakgan
Woman’s League
Hinds
Government Street
Monterey Street
Springhill Avenue
van Rensalear Street
St. Stephen's Road
Catherine Street
Davis Avenue
Lexington Avenue
St. Joseph
Earle Street
Canal and
Wilkinson Streets
Virginia Street
Virginia Avenue
McMillan and Monterey Streets
Galea
Department of Entomology of
Daniels Breaks With Governor Morrison in Raleigh
In Raleigh on August 18 former Navy secretary Josephus Daniels attacks Governor Cameron Morrison. Daniels cites Commissioner Watts's tax cut for American Tobacco and Liggett Myers as usurpation and favoritism, urging Morrison to return home and lead the state. Morrison is at Asheville for the summer.
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Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
Cameron Morrison
News and Observer
Daniels
A. D. Watts
American Tobacco Company
Liggett- Myers Company
Morrison
Asheville
Watts
Lloyd George says Japan kept faith in war alliance
Prime Minister Lloyd George told the House of Commons that imperial premiers at a recent conference unanimously recognized Japan as loyally observing the wartime alliance with Great Britain. He questioned whether Britain should now say it does not need Japan, sparking strong opposition from lawmakers.
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London
Associated Press
Lloyd George
Commons
Japan
Great Britain
Southern retailers hear two addresses
Richmond Virginia August 13 E B Moon of Chicago and Dr D W Daniel of Clemson College spoke at the closing session of the annual Southern Retail Merchants convention. Moon discussed present day hindrances and overcoming them while Daniel spoke on The New Day in Business. Officers will be elected before final adjournment this afternoon.
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Richmond
E. B. Moon
Chicago
D. W. Daniel
Clemson College
South Carolina
Hille Makes Bond in Federal Court
Captain D. M Helle former master of the steamer Lake Giltedge was arrested on a charge of embezzling funds from the Shipping Board and was released on bond. He waived examination and bond was set by United States Commissioner J J Burgett.
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D. M- Helle
Lake Giltedge
Shipping Board
United States
J. J. Burgett
Alexander Attains Throne Only to Be Taken With Illness
King Alexander of Serbia is ill with appendicitis, per a cable to the Serbian legation. Doctors ordered him to abstain from attending the funeral of his father, former King Peter, due to the illness.
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Alexander
Washington
Serbia
Kingeter
Chickasaw to Rent War Homes to Mobile Tenants
Chickasaw officials announced that several houses built at the industrial plant will be offered for rent in the Mobile market. Rental agent Wy S Sanford said about apartments and bungalows will be available with four rooms and low rents from 22 to 39 dollars monthly. The homes were built for wartime workers and their families and many vacated as workers moved to other cities. Electric light and water services will continue to operate for these homes.
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Chickasaw
Cording
Wy. S. Sanford
Shaw declines U S visit amid Debs jail and Klan fears
George Bernard Shaw states in a letter to Oswald Villard that he has no intention of visiting the United States. He rejects the idea of going to jail with Eugene Debs or having his wife tarred and feathered by Ku Klux Klan members. He jokes about Ireland as an alternative, and questions why others call themselves his friends.
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New York
George Bernard Shaw
United States
Oswald Garrison Villard
Eugene Debs
Villard
Shaw
Debs
Texas
Ku Klux Klan
Ireland
Bergdoll Writes Book of Escape and Grafting Claims
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, once a millionaire draft dodger supposed in Germany, is writing a book about his escape from American military authorities. Excerpts from a letter to his Philadelphia mother, intercepted, accuse graftors and allege exposure of a wide swindle. Bergdoll says the book will reveal the whole story to the public.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Germany
House
Philadelphia
Eterbach
Starved Russians Overrun Ukraine War Crisis Report
Vienna reports horde of famished Russians sweeping into Ukraine with pogrom fears in Odessa district. Refugees blame Jews for misery. many killed amid flight. Camps in Rovno hold nearly 9,000 fugitives. children ravenous, drinking soup from plates with bare hands. USSR military and humanitarian aid efforts noted with M. A. rescue stations.
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Vienna
Ukraine
Odessa
Kovno
Kosa
Rovno
Treasury lifts ban on in transit liquor entering U S
Foreign liquor shipments begin entering U S ports for consignees in other countries under a new treasury ruling. Lifting the ban allows imports by foreign concerns destined abroad, with Mellon directing customs to not interfere with such entries. The move follows talks with the president and cabinet and aims to avoid foreign protests and treaty disputes.
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I Atkins
Lonang
International News Service
Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Ghsaa
Supreme Court
Burns Succeeds Flynn as Director of Bureau of Investigation
Washington August 18 William J Burns of New York was named director of the bureau of investigation in the department of justice. He succeeds William J Flynn and will devote his full time to the service, with the bureau to be reorganized for maximum efficiency.
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Washington
William J. Burns
New York
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Burne
William J. Flynn
Burns
Burns Detective Agency
Intrastate Rates Found Prejudicial
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that Tennessee intrastate freight rates on stone and gravel in carloads for public highway construction cause undue prejudice against interstate shippers and undue preference to intrastate shippers. It prescribed new rates to remove discrimination while noting brick and sewer pipe carloads are not unduly preferential or prejudicial.
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Washington
Tennessee
Interstate Commerce Commission
YACHT READY FOR SOUTH SEA CRUISE
Albert Y Gowen of Chicago prepares for an 18 month around the world cruise aboard a 98 foot yacht built in New York. The voyage begins tomorrow and will visit the South Sea islands China the Philippines and Africa. The craft features two 500 horsepower engines and 3500 gallons of gasoline. Gowen travels with Mrs Gowen Bernard Roger Jr and F Trebor captain of the 1915 Princeton football team.
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New York
Albert Y. Gowen
Chicago
South Sea Islands
China
Philippines
Africa
Greenville Woman Seeks Relatives Here
Miss Mrytie Fleming of Route 6 Box 50 Greenville Alabama asks the local police to search for grandparents Mr and Mrs Tom Fleming who lived in the southern part of the city. She also seeks information on an uncle Jeff Fleming.
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Mrytie Fleming
Route 6
Box 50
Greenville
Ala
Tom Fleming
Jeff Fieming
Ansell Called Brains Behind Bergdoll Case
Washington August 18 Samuel Tilden Ansell former acting judge advocate general of the army and of the prisoners legal counsel Colonel John E Hunt and Colonel C C Cres son were charged with conspiracy in the Bergdoll escape case A majority report calls Ansell the mastermind and urges disbarment while a minority disagrees The report notes Hunt was directly responsible for Bergdolls escape due to lax guard Creson is defended by the minority and Major Bruce R Campbell is exonerated
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Samuel Tilden Ansell
Army
John E. Hunt
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
House
Ansell
Bergdoll
Luhring
Indiana
Johnson
Kentucky
Flood
Virginia
Peters
Maine
McArthur
Oregon
Hunt
Governor's Island
Cresson
Creason
Campbell
Bruce R. Campbell
Department of Justice
Earl B. Wood
War Department
Peter C. Harris
Weeks Expects Second Bid for Muscle Shoals Project
Secretary Weeks remains hopeful a second private bid for the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant and water dams will be submitted. A bidder was ill, delaying proposals, while experts survey the site for Ford's management plan. A decision will await investigators' report amid numerous requests for Ford's offer.
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Washington
Weeks
Muscle Shoals
War Department
New Hampshire
Europe
Alabama
Ford
Atlanta
George R. Benton
Birmingham
Ala
Kenry Ford
WwWington
New Arrests Promised in Ohuht Time
Defenders of Madalynne Obenchain charged with the midnight murder of John Belton Kennedy push new investigators into the case. Led by her ex husband Ralph Obenchain they probe alleged love affairs while aiming to build a case to convict the killer and free Madalynne. an expected Honolulu arrival may shed light on relations with Kennedy and influence the defense strategy.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Madalynne Obenchain
John Belton Kennedy
Ralph Obenchain
Madalynne
Arthur Burch
Obenchain
Chicago
Madaslynne
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Ralph Benchain
Honolulu
Frank Demond
Kennedy
The Other Woman
In Los Angeles on August 18 the trial of Madalynne Oben and Arthur Burch for murder prompts discovery of an alleged additional woman linked to broker J Belton Kennedy. Attorneys say identifying the mysterious woman could bolster the state case and complicate defense while the court seeks truth behind the fatal hour.
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Los Angeles
J. Belton Kennedy
Madalynne Oben
Arthur C. Burch
Madalynne
Kennedy
Burch
E Glen
Ralph Oochain
Fossil Reptile Dug Up Near Joplin Missouri
A farm near Joplin Missouri yielded a petrified fossil believed to be a prehistoric reptile or deep sea monster. The creature reportedly measures 24 feet long with a two foot wide body and 12 foot forelegs, with many fossils and shells embedded. A note was sent to the Smithsonian for verification.
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Joplin
Here
Shea
The
Smithsonian
Session of League Council Opens in Geneva August 29
Paris August 18 The special session of the council of these Nations to take up the question of Silesia referred to it by the Allied Supreme Council will be held in Geneva beginning August 29. Count Ishii, president of the council, sent out an official notice announcing the meeting.
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Paris
Council of These Nations
Silesia
Unidentified man dies aboard Royal Palm train
The body of an unidentified man who died on the Royal Palm train from Jackson to Cincinnati was taken off this morning in Chattanooga Tennessee. Identification on the body bears the name George W. and lists two addresses in Florida and Cincinnati.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Aus
Jackson
George W
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