National War Army Set at 687000 Names by War Dept
Washington July 13 The War Department announced that 687000 men will be selected from the June 5 registration for the first national war army and to fill gaps in the national guard and regular forces. State quotas and district exemption boards will allocate manpower with credits for prior enlistees in the guard and regular army.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
First National War Army
National Guard
Secretary of War
Seach
Tional Guard
Plans Accelerate Completion of New Merchant Fleet
Plans to rush completion of a new merchant fleet involve General Goethals, shipping board chair Denman, and the Fleet Corporation. The program orders commandeering contracts for steel and wooden ships with shifts to speed work and seeks additional appropriation beyond the initial half billion already spent.
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Congress
Fleet Corporation
Loyal Troops Fire on Peking Amid Revolt Sighting
Telegram reports American attack on Peking began at an unknown hour with artillery machine guns and planes. Five or six foreigners watching from city walls were wounded. General Chang Hsun’s 3000 troops surrendered in the Temple of Heaven after a two hour fight. he sought refuge in the Dutch legation.
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Aps
Peking
Chang Hsun
Temple of Heaven
Lovers Quarrel Ends as Police Judge Dismisses Case
Mamie Anderson, a waitress, was discharged by Recorder Ellington after J P King’s complaint accused her of forcing him to sign a check. The judge warned that future spats must not reach his court and noted the couple had been seeing each other for some time. Attorney Touart argued the man caused the trouble, while the judge suggested King’s actions provoked the case.
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Mamie Anderson
J. P. King
Lee
Atresenes
Ecute
Touart
King
Ellington
Conductor P B Mims Reports Red Cross Collections
Conductor R B Mims of the Mobile and Ohio reports 90 pledges totaling 245 dollars in Red Cross funds raised among railroad employees. The latest total to date is 2000 dollars with plans to visit Tamms tomorrow, where Tamms is a major railroad center and support is expected to grow.
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Hiram J. Griffing
Jackson
Penn
R. B. Mims
Mobile and
Ohio
Red Cross
Tamms
Griffing
Mims
Mobile Red Cross Committee
Mobile
Weather report notes limited rainfall in Mobile district
Only four of twelve stations in the Mobile district reported rain in the 20 hours to 8 am. Mobile recorded 3.07 inches in the prior 24 hours. Temperatures were near seasonable across the cotton area. Tonight and Saturday forecast calls for probable thundershowers with gentle to moderate south winds and no major river level changes near Tombigbee and its tributaries.
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Mobile Weather District
Mobile
Demopolis
Andergreen
Ala
Waynesboro
Miss
Magnolia Press and Warehouse Co Elects Officers
The annual meeting elected officers and directors: W. D. Nesbitt of Birmingham as president and general manager, Albert P. Bush as vice president, H. K. Milner of Mobile as secretary and treasurer, with J. T. Staples and Henry Hall among the directors.
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Magnolia Press and Warehouse Company
W. D. Nesbitt
Birmingham
Albert P. Bush
H. K. Milner
Mobile
J.T. Joe A T. Staples
Henry Hall
Meredith
Ofgene Peaséeat
Spot Cotton Stands at Unchanged Mark
Market report shows Spot cotton prices holding steady with no sales reported. Traders cited quiet demand as prices remained flat across the board.
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The Associated Press reports weather in Washington on July 13. Alabama will see likely thundershowers tonight and Saturday. Mississippi should be fair in the north and west, with similar conditions on Saturday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Embargo Ordered on Rail Shipments for Export
Washington July 13 Embargo on all coal coke grain flour meal fodder meat fats fuel oils kerosene gasoline pig iron steel billets ship plates and more bound for export. Railroads must halt shipments immediately unless a federal license number accompanies a bill of lading as authorized by the export council in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Export Council
American Railway Association
Commission On Car Service
United States
Department of Commerce
Port Lines to Avoid Accumulations by Stopping Cars
Port authorities consider measures to prevent congestion at ports by halting cars in transit and introducing a permit system for all export traffic. Embargoes may be used as necessary to protect port operations and ensure orderly movement of vehicles and goods.
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Customs Service
Compromise ends contest over the will of Albert Spalding
A San Diego court halted the contest to the Spalding estate of Albert Spalding who died September 9, 1915 at Point Loma. The estate is valued around 1.2 million dollars. Keith Spalding of Chicago will receive five twelfths and widow Elizabeth Spalding seven twelfths under the agreement, with Keith gaining control of Spalding Brothers of Chicago New York and London and its branches.
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San Diego
Cal
Albert Spalding
Point, Loma
Keith Spalding
Chicago
Lizabeth Spalding
Spalding Brothers
New York
London
Captain Samuel Taylor Dies After Long Illness
Captain Samuel Taylor former inspector of hulls for the government at Mobile died today at 7:60 AM at 807 St Francis Street after a long illness. He joined Eugene O'Brien to form O'Brien and Taylor serving the shipping and steamboat industry. Born in Richmond Virginia he moved to Mobile over forty years ago and resided there since. He was a Catholic trusted with church rites and a member of the Catholic Knights of America. He leaves his widow four daughters Mrs Ketchum of Laurel Mississippi Mrs Quinlivan of Albany New York Mrs Allen of Mobile Mrs Barnes of Shreveport La one son Samuel J Taylor of Apalachicola Florida several grandchildren and other relatives.
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Samuel Taylor
St.Francis Street
Eugene O’brien
Custom House
O’brien & Taylor
Taylor
Richmond
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Catholic Knights of America
Mobile
Pensacola
Apalachicola
Fla
Gulf Coast
Tayloris
John Ketchum
Laurel
Oswald Quinlivan
Albany
N. Y
William J. Allen
H. W. Barnes
Shreveport
Samuel J. ,Taylor
Red Cross preps for American troops in Paris
The American Red Cross has moved into new quarters in Place Coricorde and began setting up canteens restaurants and dispensaries at railroad stations and junctions for troops moving to and from the front. Canteens will supply coffee bread and sandwiches. Rest stations meals beds and medical dispensaries will serve French troops as well.
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Paris
American Red Cross
Coricorde Yeste
Senashurst Hurt As Awning Falls In Arizona Incident
Washington reports Senator Pene of Arizona sustained arm and shoulder injuries when an awning lowered over a sidewalk collapsed. He was revived on scene and taken for medical attention as pain persisted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Pene
Arizona
Thousand Mounted Guns Proposed to Defend New York
New York reports recommend adding about 1000 machine guns for defense. Of these, 750 small motor cars would mount a gun each for quick call up, and 250 guns would be mounted on building roofs. Tenants and workers would crew the roof positions, car owners would supply drivers and gunners.
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New York
Russian Drive Shifts Toward Styri Junction Center
In Eastern Galicia Russian forces press toward Styri the railway hub of Styri with 30 000 residents at the junction from Lemberg to Lawocence and the Chodeo branch line observers expect a counter attack. A Russian official report notes ten officers and 850 troops captured along with five heavy guns and ten machine guns.
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Korniloff
Petrograd
Halicz
Styri
Lemberg
Lawocene
Chodeo
Associated Press
Galicia
Artillery Activity Rises in St Quentin Meuse Region
The official war office report notes intensified artillery during the night in the St Quentin du Pantheon area and along both Meuse banks. It adds that enemy assaults east of the Martyrres salient near Vidalet Woods at Hill 304 and in Courieres Wood were repelled by French fire.
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Paris
St. Quentin du Pantheon
Meuse
War Office
Martyrres
Vidalet Woods
Courieres Wood
American Troops Join In Celebration Of French Holiday
Paris July 13 Observance by American troops in France of the French national holiday is proclaimed by Major General John J Pershing. July 14 is declared a holiday for all troops in this command as French citizens celebrate liberty equality and fraternity.
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Paris
France
John J. Pershing
Russia Faces Severe Financial Problems in 1917
Deputy Bublikoff told the Duma private meeting that Russia's gold reserve of 1.711 billion rubles covered 13.6 percent of currency in circulation. He cited 1913 debt at 8.2 billion rubles rising to 33.6 billion by 1917, with war-time paper money pushing total to about 45 billion rubles. He noted a 30 percent drop in coal output in the south and 40 percent of locomotives and cars needing repairs, warning reforms alone won’t restore productive labor.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Duma
Bublikoff
seThe
Iso
M. Bublikoff
Burial and Death Notices for Wanda Waltman and David Bergstein
Wanda Waltman, four, daughter of Samuel A and Mrs L Waltman of Mes, Ala, died after a brief illness. Roche & Burke Undertaking Co took the body and sent it to Semmes for burial. David Bergstein, noted local retail merchant, funeral held this morning at 270 Davis Avenue with Rabbi Lichtenstein officiating.
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Wanda Waltman
Samuel A
L Wattman
David Bergstein
Davis Avenue
Rabbi Lichtenstein
IWW Sent East After Bisbee Escort Chaos
In Columbus New Mexico on July 13 reports say the Industrial Workers of the World IWW army, moved from Bisbee by special train last night was sidetracked at Hermanas New Mexico and began walking east. In Douglas Arizona two hundred fifty guards who escorted IWW and sympathizers from Bisbee yesterday returned via the regular westbound El Paso and Southwestern train and said they left their charges at Hermanas.
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Associated Press
Columbus
N. M
Army of Industrial Workers of the World
Bisbee
Hermanas
Douglas
Ariz
Industrial Workers of the World
el Paso and Southwestern
Douglas Faces Possible Return of Deportation Train
Citizens in Douglas prepare for possible return of 1197 Industrial Workers of the World members and sympathizers deported from Bisbee. Police summon 200 officers as reports say dead detainees threaten to stop a westbound train and be carried back to Bisbee.
President Wilson urges Campbell on law observance in Arizona
President Wilson wires Governor Campbell urging immediate action to keep order in Arizona. The message says the War Department will send General Parker to report conditions and assist in maintaining peace. Wilson warns against citizens taking the law into their own hands and calls such actions a serious precedent and dangerous.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Campbell
Wilson
Secretary of War
Parker
Arizona
Woodrow Wilson
Dice game raid at Fort Sheridan arrests 22 men
At Fort Sheridan Illinois a raid in a training camp clipped 22 men who sought commissions by playing dice for money. Captain Troyan of the Ohio engineers led military police. Col Nicholson will decide if they face summary dismissal or lesser penalties. One man reportedly admitted winning as much as $700 in a single sitting.
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Fort Sheridan
Troyan
Ohio Engineers
W. J. Nicholson
McGraw hearing postponed again after witness cross examination
The McGraw case re hearing in New York was adjourned until next Tuesday after a Pittsburgh witness testified and was cross examined by baseball writers counsel. The witness said he fixed the interview time and receipt of the manuscript before McGraw later dis credited the writer.
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Associated Press
New York
McGraw
Pittsburgh
Baseball Writers
Brazilian Fleet to Patrol Entire Brazilian Coast
Rio Janeiro July 13 An agreement assigns the Brazilian fleet to patrol the coast from the Guiana border to the southern boundary. Foreign Minister Pecanha discussed immediate implementation with the marine minister. Washington announced June 36 that the Brazilian navy would cooperate with the American in hunting German sea raiders in South American waters.
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Rio Janeiro
Guiana
Brazil
Pecanha
Washington
First Army Draft Drawings Set for Week of July 23
Washington reports the first selection for the new national army will call in more than 4,000 men from each registration district. A definite waiting list position will be assigned to every registrant, with numbers drawn in order to fill lines. The initial drawing is expected to be delayed to the week of July 23.
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New Army
Ist Associated Press
Gton
City Enforces Cleanup Ordinance Against Violators
Mobile authorities begin enforcement of a city cleanup ordinance ordering property owners to cut grass and weeds and remove trash, lumber, and vegetation from premises. Warnings issued. fines up to fifty dollars per day for noncompliance after notification by the chief of police or any officer.
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Tis
Fices
Mobile
Conway Leaves Mobile Y M C A for Richmond Directorship
E W Conway departs as physical director of the Mobile Y M C A to assume duties in Richmond Va. B Linkins will fill the vacancy. Conway organized noon day work and promoted swimming for boys and men during his tenure. He trained at Eastern Association School and previously directed in Waco Texas.
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E. W. Conway
Mobile Y. M. C. A
Richmond
F. Linkins
Conway
Eastern Association
Sliver Bay
Lake George
N. Y
Association
Waco, Texas
Texas City
Mobile Association
Wall Street Review gains lead in early trading
Gains outweighed declines at the open with shippings up 1 to 2 points. Industrial Alcohol rose 2 1 2 as high priced specialties. Equipment oils and steels gained fractions while rails inched higher led by St Paul up 1 5 8. Motors and some minor copper issues fell with Studebaker pressured.
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New York
St. Paul
Studebaker
Mobile Fire Department National Board Report Recommends New HQ
A National Board of Fire and writers' committee urges major upgrades for Mobile fire protection. They propose a new fire headquarters near St Emanuel and Government streets or Royal and Dauphin streets and a steel fireboat with large pumps. They call for interconnecting Bienville and Spring Hill water systems and expanded hose and pumping capacity at Eight Mile Creek.
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St. Emanuel
Mobile
National Board of Fire and Writers
Pri Ton
Mobile Fire Department
St. Uel
Royal and
Eoace
Dauphin Street
Rome
Spring Hill
Eight-mile Creek
Bienville
Spring
St. Michael
Royal
Monroe
Franklin
Wilkinson
Mexico City weighs policy shift toward Allies
A Mexican group abroad urges the government to declare a benevolent neutrality toward the Allies, arguing neutrality risks violations and urging support for nations sharing democratic principles. El Universal contrasts Allied democracy with German militarism and cites Miss Cavell and wartime England and France.
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Mexico City
Unt
Gove
Mexico
Ae el Universal
Miss Cavell
England
France
Deportation of Polish Men and Women Reported
AP dispatch from Copenhagen notes German Reichstag members accuse Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg of endorsing deportations of Polish men and women to forced labor. Interpellations claim the measures resemble those used against Belgians and are viewed as contrary to international law while censorship limits circulation.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Reichstag
von Bethmann
Herreich
Reichsta
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