One Man Held as Slacker Among 1000 Arrests
Federal authorities released all but one of six men jailed after Saturday’s slackers raid. John Nelson remains jailed awaiting telegraphic information from his board in Philadelphia. Others, Hans Larsen, William A. Atkins, G. Hansen, Ernest Bodden, and Jose Lebo, were freed on bonds or instructions from the U S attorney. Nearly 100 men were detained downtown for lacking registration certificates.
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John Nelson
Philadelphia
Hans Larsen
William A. Atkins
G. Hansen
Ernest Bodden
Grand Cayman
United States
Jose Lebo
U. S
Irccl
Honards
Circulation Battle Among Gulf Coast Newspapers
The News Item touts the largest circulation of any evening paper between Jacksonville and New Orleans, competing with local merchants who sponsor Krowd Circulation efforts.
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Jacksonville
New Orleans
Advertising Services Promoted for The News Item Advertisers
Five services including The Murray Service The Ad Art Service The Knick Erbocker Service The Illustrated Boot and Shoe Service and The Roberts Bailey Shoe Service are offered exclusively to The News Item advertisers as the best advertising options published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Ad Art
Knickerbocker
Illustrated Boot and Shoe
Roberts Bailey Shoe
News Item First to Report Exclusive Telegraph News
The Associated Press delivers the exclusive day report to readers, wiring the latest telegraph news from trusted sources. This trusted service brings authentic, real time updates to daily newspapers worldwide.
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Associated Press Service
News Item joins Audit Bureau of Circulation trade group
The article explains that advertisers should know the value of newspaper space and that the News Item becomes a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation to certify circulation figures and improve accountability.
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the Audit Bureau of Circulation
Auto Dealers Press Conviction on Highway Work Plan
Delegates at the fourth annual convention of the Adabwoma Automobile Dealers Association adopted resolutions urging the legislature to fix a dealer license, issue duplicate license tags for demonstrators, direct auto taxes to highway maintenance, and use convicts for highway building in Alabama. L. Adams of Mobile chaired the legislation committee. C. B. Mott of Troy and J. Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association spoke. The meeting announced excursions to local clubhouses and the Snapper Banks trip for attendees. The gathering included J. A. Rountree and others arriving from Troy aboard the steamer Apollo.
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Adabwoma Automobile Dealers Association
L. Adams
Mobile
Alabama
Oelcock
Ro Jo Barr
Troy
Ala
L. G. Adams
Deniers Association
Erent
C. B. Mott
Jetn Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
Barr
State Association
lHus
C. R. Field
J. Asa Rountree
United States Good Roads Association
Union
Dog River
Mtrt
G. Adams
Molie
Wh. J. Barr
John Gamble
Tros
Alto
Ben Stell
Montgomery
J. A. Rountree
Apollo
Dow
Fairhope
TB. Mott
Jake Henderson
Knox Henderson
M. K. Johnson
J. C. Pierce
MM. G. Pattersons
G. Infalls
A. F. Frazer
Perry F. Clark
J. Claughton
J. RK
Ralph Dewberry
Birmingham
Schuyler Jenkins
New Orleans
Federal Labor Report Conference For Chickasaw Road Board
A county board conference on mobilizing labor for the war effort was planned with Mr. W Paris as the federal representative. The meeting aimed to coordinate industries and manpower across Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Georgia and Florida with multiple sessions announced in several cities. The discussion included road drainage bridge needs and oyster shell procurement, plus a series of six conferences to energize war-related production.
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Chickasaw Road
Ino
Harry J
Reesuids Tien Yi Siailows
Ss Inoven
Sont
Ninefecia
Solin An
Bend Fm Beatvic
Atlas
Phaed
Fevpe
Toy Vine Finance
Wai Atlorns
Lowder
West Mofile
Hooper
Peer Street
Drain
Nception Street
Georgia
O. S. Cain
Theoty
Equnty
Mississippi
Phildame
Mobile
Mountgomery
Dirmingham
Decatur Ful
Tuscatesaty
Louisiena
Moss
Alabama
Florida
Mobile Observes Bastille Day for French War Orphans
Castile Day will be observed in Mobile with a tag day to aid fatherless French children. City orphan asylums unite to raise funds for thousands of war orphans, many under American guardians. One child is supported for a year by the proceeds and French government aid. Mrs. Henry Hall presides. a planning meeting is set for Monday at the Cawthon hotel.
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Castile
Mobile
France
Henry Hall
Bastile
Cawthon Hotel
Sawmill Workmen Not Exempt Under New Crowder Ruling
Provost Marshal General Crowder rules sawmills producing ship timbers as raw material are not subject to Emergency Fleet Corporation classification. Exemptions already granted are void and mill owners should have workers reclassified as industrial Class 3 through local boards. Ruling effective due to changed conditions since year start questionnaires.
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Crowder
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Mobile
Clemenceau Returns to Paris After Front Visit
Premier Clemenceau spent two days at the front with confidence in the future unshaken. He toured advanced trenches spoke with generals officers and soldiers and met the Australians who had captured Hamel. He held lengthy talks with General Foch and American generals.
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PCRIS
Clemenceat
Hoes
Paris
Premer
Hamel
Eagh
Foch
P Cho de Paris
M. Clemenceau
Florida Man's Case Continued To July 18
The case of J. M. Johnson a 40 year old Gainesville resident was called in the recorder's court and continued until July 18. Johnson was arrested Sunday afternoon at the L N station aboard a northbound train on complaint by passenger Mrs. J Furress.
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J. M. Johnson
Gainesville
Vic
Corder’s Court
Johnson
J. Furress
Seventy Bales Sold in Mobile Market
The Mobile cotton market was livelier as seventy bales changed hands while 529 bales were received and the spot lint price held at 30 cents.
Liquor prohibition legislation advances in 1919 senate action
Senate agricultural committee agrees on a substitute measure to end sales of distilled liquor wine and beer after January 1 1919 and to ban beer manufacture after November 1 next year The plan also considers liquor export provisions and aligns with nationwide prohibition efforts as congress returns to work amid water power and war emergency bills awaiting action
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Senate Agricultural Committee
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Debates Prompt War Powers Wire Control Resolution
The Senate moved to act on a resolution authorizing the president to seize telegraph, telephone, cable, and radio wires during the war. The interstate commerce committee met, Senator Pomerone promised swift handling, and a Western Union strike postponement did not derail urgent action. Debate and a partisan clash over hearings versus immediate reporting were expected as Senator Smith pressed fast tracking of the measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Pomerone
Ohio
White House
Western Union
South Carolina
Smith
Georgia
Only Two Qualify for Mobile County School Board
At the August primary two men have qualified for the three seats of senior commissioner of Mobile County. Incumbent M. J. Vickers and B. H. Eichold, a Mobile native linked to Mobile Drug Company, are the only declared candidates. The seats were previously held by Mestrs. Vickers H. T. Wartwell and Percy Roach, with the latter two speculated as congressional candidates in the district.
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Mobile County
Herve
M. J. Vickers
Iincumbent
B. H. Eichold
Mobile Teams Meet In Bowling Match At Mobile Club
The Mobiles and Chickasaws will compete in a four game bowling match at the Mobile Bowling Club alleys on St Barriaire Street Monday night. Readable player lists include Mobiles K Seibert Billeh Bl Midler BK Allison and Charles Achitupt Chickasaw A Bastian Karrix Nack H Winkler and Lb Me Veer.
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St. Barriare Street
Ofelork
K. Seibert
Billeh
Midler
Allison
Charles Achitupt Chickasaw
A. Bastian
Karrix
Nack
H. Winkler
Dr Chapman Case Continued To July 12
Dr Chapman charged with disorderly conduct appears in court and case continued to July 12. Police report state he fought Irving Crawford on Saturday afternoon on Royal and Saint Francis streets, and Chapman allegedly used vile language before Crawford knocked him down.
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DR. Chapman
Chapman
Recordefis
Iry Crawford
Royal
Francis Streets
4Pman
Vile
Crawford
Pistol Toters Fined In Local Court
A pistol possessor, R. W. Ford of Santa Georgia, faced a charge after a morning arrest near a railway depot. He was fined $50 or fifty days in jail as determined by the municipal court.
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R. W. Ford
Santa
Art Corder
Ford
L. Qlficara
Tavier
Days
Imlineman
Atel
Aled
Australians Make Advance Stride Somme Front
Allied dispatches report Australian forces advancing on a 2000 yard front astride the Somme near Amiens with several prisoners taken and a successful raid by Scottish troops south of Latiaesee. German artillery activity noted around Albert and Pethume as tensions rise along the front.
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Washington
Associated Press
Somme
Amiens
Buntich
London
Bield Mian- Shoal Haig
Soares
Pianders
Pethume
Sotmune
Latiaesee
Piazebrouck
Nek
Ammunition activity reported near Villern Cotterest and Conmtinned
Ammunition activity observed near the Marne area with artillery along three western fronts between Villern Cotterest and Conmtinned on Diage. Details scarce due to damaged OCR. Authorities warn of potential danger and advise civilians to stay clear of affected zones.
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Marne
Gaas Va
Sugar rationing enforced in Mobile for syrup substitutes
Local hotels and restaurants switch to syrup substitutes amid sugar allotments. Officials report cakes and sweets now use pyrigenub culites and corn syrup, with households receiving individual containers for each person to manage the limited sugar supply. Delays in deliveries prompt dealers to ration and track family needs.
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Toby
Alleged bootleggers caught with goods on Hill's Mill road
Four suitcases filled with half pint bottles of whiskey were seized on Hill's Mill road near Mann station by Sergeant J. J. Connick and Officer Williams Leeach. Phillip Moulton and Alfred Evans were arrested, documented at police headquarters, and charged with violating the prohibition law after being traced from Mann station.
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Hill
Mann Station
New Registrants to be Classified by Board This Week
The Mobile draft boards expect to complete classification of new registrants within a day or two. Afterward they will allow five days to appeal to the district board before being summoned for physicals. Many cases hinge on industrial grounds and delayed re classifications are being appealed for final disposal.
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Nutl Potd
Nova Pea Cent
Nets
Chiss
Weeard
Iocal
District Board
Yankees Inflict Heavy Losses on Huns in Picardy
General Pershing reports Sunday communique from Vosges raid with enemy killed wounded and prisoners taken. In Chateau Thierry region July 4 5 fight continued with German fire from Hill 204 and Bois Bouresches. German planes appeared in larger formations while Allied air activity rose. Several enemy dumps hit and several shells burned for hours as patrols and scouts operated south of Torey and near Marne sector.
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Marne
Kateau Thierry
Villera-Cotterets
America
Yankees
Picardy
Associated Press
Washington
Jury S
Per- Wing
Vosges
Saya
Chateau Thierry
Vaux
Torey
Meyer Bloomfield Arrives in Mobile for Shipbuilding Talks
Mr. Meyer Bloomfield head of the U S Shipping Board Industrial Service Conference Section arrives in Mobile and meets with Alabama Company Mobile Company Murnan Shipbuilding and Fred Ley firms building a concrete shipyard Bloomfield to address Gulf Coast Shipbuilders Association Tuesday night with D K R Dunlap issuing the call for all builders to attend.
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Meyer Bloomfield
U. S. Shipping Board
Ikmergency’ Fleet Corporation
Cawthon Hotel
Alabama Company
Mobile Company
Murnan Shipbuilding Company
Fred Ley & Company
Concrete Shipbuilding Company
Bloomfield
Gulf Coast Shipbuilders’ Association
D. KR. Dunlap
M. and O. Train Time Changes
The Mobile and Ohio railway adjusts schedules with northbound trains leaving at 8 15 am and 7 30 pm while southbound arrivals occur at 7 14 am and 7 30 pm. The change enables mail and passenger connections at Meridian with the A G train to Birmingham, a link valued by postal authorities for Mobile territory after a two month gap.
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Mobile
Ohio
Meridian
Miss
Birmingham
Alleged Violator Fined in U S Court
Claude H. McCurdy of near Brewton pleaded guilty in the U S District court to transporting liquor from Pensacola to Brewton. He received a $100 fine and costs from Judge Robert T. Ervin after a recent arrest by a U S deputy marshal.
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Claude H. McCurdy
Near
Brewton
U. S. District Court
Pensacola
Robert T. Ervin
U. S
Failure to Register Charge Against Rp B Harrison
Rp B Harrison was docketed at the police station on a dangerous and suspicious charge. The department agents allege he lacks the proper registration card.
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Rp. B. Harrison
Department’ of Justie
Harrison
Russian capital shaken by counter revolution amid Mirbach death
A Moscow counter revolution breaks out with Bolshevik troops clashing with social revolutionists after Count Mirbach the German ambassador is assassinated. Reports say the uprising was suppressed in Moscow while fighting continued and Berlin reacts to the embassy attack.
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London
Moscow
Wolff Bureau
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Czecho-Slovak Forces Face Setbacks in Siberia
Vienna dispatch reports from Berlin Tageblatt say Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia suffered severe defeats and Austro-Hungarian POWs are playing a prominent combat role in the clashes.
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Amsterdam
Siberia
Vienna
Berlin
Assassination of Count von Mirbach Shakes Russia
London reports the killing of German ambassador Count von Mirbach in Russia as a turning point with potential wide effects. The Daily Mail and Daily Express draw parallels to Sarajevo and forecast possible Moscow action or Bolshevik shifts depending on German aims and Lenine and Tchitcherin reactions.
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London
William
Count von Mirbach
Russia
Roreiga- Kuehlmann
Berlin
Daily Mail
The
Daily Express
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
the Express
Daily Chronicle
Moscow
Lenine
Tchitcherin
Formal U S Announcement on Russia Expected
Washington July 8 Intimations in official quarters said a formal statement on U S policy toward Russia might be issued soon The decision reached Saturday after President Wilson conferred with top officials aims to end the Bolshvik ascendancy with a unified Allied action The Paris supreme war council will handle details and timing.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Russia
Wilson
Supreme War Council
Paris
Ukrainian government resigns. Markievitch to form cabinet
Amsterdam reports the Ukrainian government has resigned and M. Markievitch, a socialist federalist, faces charges in forming a new cabinet. Vienna press dispatch notes the political shift and proposed leadership.
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Amsterdam
M. Markievitch
Vienna Neve’ Freie Presse
Workmen Start On Dry Dock Pontoons
The Alabama Dry Dock and W ing Company began work on pontoons for a new dry dock project authorized by the Shipping Board. Workers are at the launching ways at the company yard at the foot of Mira Street, using the same ways once used to launch the wooden cargo steamer on the Fourth.
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Alabama Dry Dock and Wing Company
Shipping Board
Neve Fition
Mira Street
Island Deparit
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Good Roads Association
Canitheon Hotel
Charles Henfever
Cliff Willhams
Entis
Congress
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
RES
Albania
Hiataleetihery
Sone
Heawumont- Hitoel
Count Mirebach
Switzerland
Wilhelm
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