Largest U S Ship Arrives at Mobile Port Since War
The 10,000 ton steamer Aniwa arrives at the upper end of the wharf to load cotton rosin and lumber for Liver. It will be dispatched to France with government cargoes amid protests over shipping allocations. The voyage, tied to nitrate shipments by W R Grace & Co, signals mobilization of materials for rebuilding French cities.
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United States Shipping of
Aniwa
Emer- Jeet Corporation
Mobile
Pal
Alabama
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France
Iden
Strance
Luneville
James Gibboney
C. Stevens
Es Company
W. R. Grace & Co
Obama
Mississippi
Articulture Society of
Mobile Win Counties
Rates Changes Discussed for Mobile and New Orleans Lines
A meeting of the chamber of commerce heard reports on rail and water rate adjustments. A representative from Barclay pledged to investigate irregularities in service from Mobile to Ship Island points, noting no service to some New Orleans routes that hinder competition.
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Morgan
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New York
Barclay
Nashville
Mobile
Ship Island Road
New Orleans
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Montgomery
Interstate Commerce
Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Birmingham
Cobb
Man Fined on Three Charges After Exhibition Law Hearing
An elderly man appeared Wednesday facing three charges including exhibition and prohibition law violations. He was fined $151 and costs or penalties on the final finding, with the case centering on a pint of whiskey.
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Whisperson
Kelly
Austrian kronen rise on New York Stock Exchange
July 2. Austrian kronen traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time since March. The figure reached 412 cents a 20.26 par, as markets reflected wartime developments.
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America
Weather Notes for Gulf States July 2
The Associated Press reports fair weather for Alabama and Mississippi with little change expected through today. Light winds and warm highs anticipated across coastal and inland areas.
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Associated Press
GTON
Ala
Mississippi
Wilson Prepares Message on Paris Treaties Aboard Ship
On the U S George Washington a calm voyage allows President Wilson rest while finalizing a message to Congress. He plans to submit Paris treaties protocols and results, with a possible reading by midweek pending arrival in New York. Vice President Marshall and Cabinet members expected to join him aboard the Pennsylvania to escort the president into port.
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U.S
Associated Press
Wilson
Congress
Cary T. Grayson
George Washington
New York
Washington
Marshall
Sim Es Wison
George Washin
Daniels
Pennsylvania
New York Harbor
Mob Threats Grow as Tennessee Suspects Held in Jail
Rexford B. Peters and Donald Vorhies, accused in the Williamson County sheriff murder, were moved to Nashville jail for protection as a mob danger looms. Governor Roberts orders 20 state police ready, while families press for safety and transfer to the state penitentiary.
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Nashville
Enn
Stevens
Williamson
Rexford B. Peters
Donald Vorhies
Roberts
Williamson County
Vorhies
Peters
Franklin
Varhiées
Varhies
Pataee
Huns Interfere Russian Relief Work Claims
Paris dispatch reports German officers have repeatedly blocked American relief efforts in the Baltic provinces. An American commander Colonel Groome’s region is promised protection. Lieutenants Harrington and Nixon were arrested June 24 between Libau and Riga and detained for days by German officers who claimed Americans were trouble-makers. Other American officers reportedly detained as well. A German liaison at Groome’s HQ may prevent such incidents and speed food deliveries.
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Baltic
Jeason
Groom
Harrington
Nixon
Liban
Rigs
Col. Groome
Col William C Littlebrandt Dies of Heart Failure
Col William C Littlebrandt 16th Cavalry commanding officer at Camp McClelland Anniston Ala died suddenly at 6 this morning after three days illness. A West Point class of 1892 graduate and California native he is survived by his second wife and two daughters including a Red Cross nurse overseas.
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Tenn
William C. Littlebrandt
16Th Cavalry
Camp McClelland
Anniston
Ala
Littlebrandt
West Poinft
California
Red Cross
City Gun Club to Hold Thursday Shoot
The City Gun Club plans a Thursday afternoon shoot at Bon-Air estates. A large crowd is expected as interest in the sport grows. DuPont Powder Company will award sporting photographs to winners with top scores. shoot starts at 4 30 p m.
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If City
Bon-Air Estates
DuPont Powder Company
Lge
Quito to mark peace treaty on July 4 holiday
An announcement from the state department says Quito Ecuador will declare July 4 a national holiday to celebrate the signing of the peace treaty. The move aims to coincide with the American independence day celebration and the presence of the American legation in Quito.
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Quito
Ecuador
State Department
Associated Press
Congress
Senate
League of Nations
Knox
Pennsylvania
Fall
New Mexico
Germany
League
177000 Americans Leave Brest in June Report
Report notes 177000 American troops sailed from Brest in June during operations in France. Reading from a July 2 dispatch, the count reflects detailed troop movements and ongoing allied actions near the coast.
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Brest
France
Frontier lines delaying HM ratification report
Berlin reports that Germany has taken no definite steps toward ratifying the peace treaty, pending settlement of preliminary questions especially frontier demarcations. Paris notes Franco British and Franco American pledges urge united action to defend France if Rhine disarmament fails. Paris says Kamerun and Togoland split may gain approval, Italy may gain African colonies in exchange for Adriatic settlement.
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Associated Press
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
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France
Paris
England
America
Great Britain
United States
Rhine
Italy
Adriatic
Freeport Drops Memorial Plan For War Dead
In Freeport New York July 2 the town shelved its plan to raise 18 000 for a memorial to local youths who died in the war. Chairman Henry J McCord announced the public meeting was canceled after only six residents attended. The committee will report to village trustees that residents do not support honoring the slain community members.
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Blic School
Grove Street
Freeport
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Herry J. McCord
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McCord
Turkish Situation Complicates Peace Conference
Paris report says three Turkish armies in Asiatic Turkey defy Istanbul orders. Armies under Amasia Balikesri and Konia converge. Konia forces threaten Italians while Balikesri troops oppose Greeks. Weakened Coe position risks independent movements across Asia Minor.
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Associated Press
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Turkey
Amasia
Balikesri
Konia
Asia Minor
Major General Allen to lead forces on the Rhine
Paris reports Major General Henry T. Allen will replace Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett as commander of the forces on the Rhine the army of occupation based in Coblenz. The move is announced by American military headquarters.
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Associated Press
Paris
Henry T. Allen
Hunter Liggett
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Army of Occupation
Cobienz
France to Import One Million Tons of Coal
Paris July 1 Louis Lou cher minister of reconstruction said in the chamber of deputies the French government is arranging to import one million tons of coal from the United States using a special fleet for the work.
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Paris
Louis Loucher
Chamber of Deputies
Nineteen Men Formed Baldwin Mob Confession Details
Albert Lipscomb, prisoner in Magnolia Springs, claims nineteen men formed the mob that killed Frank Foukal in his Bay Minette jail cell on June 1. He says the group planned the lynching for June 17 but postponed after a car breakdown. Lipscomb, Johnson, and others implicate additional suspects including a Fairhope marshal and at least one Baldwin official.
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Bay Minette
Mobile
Baldwin County
May Minette
Albert Lipscomb
Foukal
Lipscomb
John Johnson
Lewis Bishop
Robert Bishop
Louis Bishop
Johnson
Sir Andrews Fairhope
Magnolia Springs
Herson
Barnwell
Rudolph Pierce
Summerdale
Mobile Employment Office Retained Amid Cuts Nationwide
United States Employment Service keeps Mobile office open with 25 other offices in major cities. Report notes Mobile’s steady employment placement rate and states most offices closed due to Congress funding gaps. The Associated Press dispatch from Washington cites cuts leave 26 offices operating nationwide.
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Mobile
United States Employment Service
J. J. Duggan
Viece
Tarrant Ormingham
Tarrant
Washington
Associated Press Dispatch
Congress
United States
Eee
Playground Iniexpect Senate Burned Area Park Plan
The city commission discussed converting a burned lot bounded by Canal Conception Stallion and Franklin streets into a playground linking remaining blocks. Fire victims' rebuilding plans and use of leftover relief funds for lumber were also debated as a Tuesday meeting at the Y M C A addressed housing along certain streets.
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E. Pega & Lee
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Franklin
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Dugcan-Taylor Réalty
City Commission
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Y. Moc. A
Montenegrins Rebel Against Serbians
Private advices from Berne report virtually all of Montenegro in rebellion against Serbian occupation. Bloody encounters occur at many locations and guerrilla warfare is reviving in the mountains amid mounting resistance.
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Sdted Press
Berney
Montene
Prohibition Prosecution Ordered by Attorney General
Washington July 2 Attorney General Palmer ordered investigation of liquor selling at penc ee and immediate fed Prosecution to follow after inquiry into illicit sal es and bootlegging activities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Palmer
Penc. Ee
Fed
Poland Recognized by Danish Government
The Danish government has recognized the new state of Poland, the State Department was advised by the American minister at Copenhagen. The recognition was announced from Washington on July 2.
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Poland
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Copenhagen
Paris Celebrates U S Independence With Pershing Review
Paris marks Independence Day with a civic celebration at city hall honoring General Pershing and 1,500 American officers. Leon, France's minister of marine, will host a dinner for Pershing and other American generals, as President Poincare reviews 2,000 American and 2,000 French sailors at the Place de Concorde.
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Paris
Pershing
Leon
Poincare
Place de Concorde
Censorship Abolished for American Forces
Paris reports General Pershing ordered immediate abolition of military censorship. Corlenez notes all censorship of correspondents with the American army and of soldiers mail and telegrams will cease tonight.
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Corlenz
Associated Press
Government sells supply of canned goods in Texas
Bids for 2,392,927 cans of sweet corn and 258,927 cans of stringless beans were opened at Fort Sam Houston and the entire lot sold for about $229,000, the salvage officer said. Two hundred thousand commercial blankets will be offered July 15.
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San Antonio
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Peace proclamation read at five London points in quaint ceremony
A king’s proclamation of peace will be read at five London locations St James Palace Trafalgar Square Temple Bar Cheapside and the Royal Exchange. Sir Henry Farnham Burke garter king of arms will read after six state trumpeters sound. An escort of life guards heralds and trumpeters forms a procession through the city with officials riding in carriages or on horseback.
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Associated Press
London
St. James Palace
Trafalgar Square
Temple Bar
Cheapside
Royal Exchange
Henry Farnham Burke
Earthquake Near Florence Kills One Hundred
An earthquake in Florence district Sunday caused 100 deaths and left thousands homeless. It destroyed 200 homes six churches and several public buildings and schools. Relief moved quickly with military wagons and trucks delivering shelter and supplies to the homeless.
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Florence
Associated Press
Sarr Lorenzo and
Vicchio
Relief Deliveries Reach Vicchio for Homeless After Quake
Twenty thousand boxes of canned meat arrived at Vicchio to aid the homeless. Motor trucks deliver the relief under military control while Italian and Allied ambulance services coordinate distribution through the hilly, quake-devastated region.
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Florence
Associated Press
Vicchio
Ald
Pacers
Wind aids fight on Michigan forest fire
Firefighters gain advantage as shifting winds spread over Chippewa Schoolcraft and Mackinac counties. Trout Lake Seney and other villages were at risk but veering winds helped redirect flames away from towns. Communications with Gilchrist Johnsonburg Ozark Strongs and Brimley were disrupted as crews battled the burning landscape amid drought.
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Mich
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Raco
Seney
Chippewae
Schoolcraft
Mackinac
Newberry
Raso Waali
Gilchrist
Johnsonburg
Ozark
Strongs
Brimley
Scarcity of Arrests in Chicago Night District
Chicago July 2 only one arrest was recorded at South Clark street police station last night, far below the usual 200 plus. Lieutenant McMahon said the district, once crowded with saloons, was cleaned by a nightly detail and reported the district is clean with only one arrest.
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Associated Press
Chicago
South Clark Street
McMahon
Central Business District
Keller Republican Wins in Minnesota
In St Paul on July 2 Oscar Keller spelled Independent Republican carried about 1 500 votes in Minnesota Fourth district with two precincts still out The tally shows Keller ahead of rival candidates Carl W Cummins Republican 1 587 Richard D O'Brien Democrat and others The election fills a vacancy caused by the death of Representative Carl C Van Dyke Democrat.
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ST. Paul
Oscar Keller
Ketlere . Foe
Ivahesks Vebocooper
Carl W. Cummins
Repub Ecoees
Richard D. O’brien
Carl C. van Dyke
Censorship Restrictions Raised in Cuba
Havana reports censorship restrictions lifted by presidential decree published in the Official Gazette, signaling a major policy change during wartime communications.
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Cuba
Havana
Rone
R-34 Airship Advances Across Atlantic So Far
The R-34 left Hast Foyne Ireland at 1 48 am Greenwich time for an Atlantic crossing. By 2 pm Greenwich time she sat about 53 60 minutes north and 17 50 minutes west, moving at 31 knots in a southwest course. Major Scott reported earlier at 12 o'clock the airship traveled 32 knots in fog, later showing varied speeds along a westward path toward Ireland.
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Associated London
Hast Foyne
Sco
Atlantic
York
Connaught
Ireland
Dirigible
Burton Port
East Fortune
London
Scott
Youthful War Hero Adopted After War Service
Michael Cardi, a 14-year-old World War I veteran who earned French and Italian war crosses for gallantry, has been adopted in New York. Miss Janis posted a 35,000 bond to guarantee the boy’s good conduct and to prevent trouble with the public.
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Associated Preas
New York
Michael Cardi
Om Macnee Wise
Janice
Kent
Janis
Tarrytown
Treasury estimates $100,000 from Willard-Zoe sale tickets
Officials of the Internal Revenue said today the Willard-Zoe sale would net about $100,000 in admission taxes. An additional 50 percent tax would apply on all money received by speculators above the regular price.
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Waser Ne Juang
Coen As
Internal Revenue
Willard- Zoe
Germany and France Move to Resume Relations
Paris reports that Germany and France contemplate resuming commercial ties. The Excelsior says ministers of foreign affairs and commerce favor expanded commerce with protective tariffs not prohibitive, signaling a shift toward freer trade between the two nations.
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Germany
France
Associated Press
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Excelsior
Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Fancy prices charged to view Paris parade
July 2 Paris reports windows and balconies along the Champs Elysees for the July 14 victory parade are rented from 2000 to 25000 francs. The review will be at the Arc de Triomphe by President Poincare and the leaders of France including Foch Joffre and Petain.
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Associated Press
Paris
Champs de Elysees
Arc de Triom
Poincare
France
Foch
Joffre
Petain
Aviator Die in Trial Flight Crash in Hempstead New Plane
Lieutenant Jules Biscayart, an aviator from Hempstead, was killed during an initial flight of a new aircraft when the engine failed and a gasoline tank exploded. He resided in Hempstead and was recently assigned to the area.
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Associated Zone
Hempstead
N. Y
Jules Biscayart
Telegraphers Strike Called Off After Noon Settlement
The Western Union and Postal Companies announced the strike by telegraphers is terminated after noon. Thomas, deputy international secretary of the union, confirmed the decision.
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