Mobile draft draw begins with Gillette and Ward first
The nation’s draft in Mobile opens with Jason C. Gillette and Edward Hilary Ward called as numbers 268 and 2,622 respectively, with Henry Grady Fitts and others listed among the first Mobile city and county selectees. The process will determine who enters the national army from Mobile’s districts, up to about 231 men for actual service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason C. Gilette
Rapier & Venue
Edward Hilary
Earle Street
Mobile
Washington
Ben Leonard
Prichard
Mobile County
Gilette
Mobile City
Ponassi A
Tn Na Rinti
Gillette
Ward
Oedy Street
Nat W . Ralph Oliver Dorgan
Associated Press
Jason C. Gillette
Opis Avenue
Edward Hilary Ward
Ben Frank Z Hard
Henry Grady Fitts
Florida
Ralph Oliver Dorgan
Toulminville
Eugene Victor Loeffler
Million Called In First 1 000 Numbers Drawn
Unofficial estimates suggest about one million men are represented in the first thousand numbers drawn at 11 32 o clock after the drawing began. One thousand numbers included 270 that affect districts with 3 000 registrants, implying roughly 1 200 000 names nationwide. The process started in the Senate office building with Secretary Baker and officials present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Baker
Senates
House Military Committee
Near beer sales halted in Mobile after court ruling
Recorder D H Edington orders all imitation beer brands sold since July removed from Mobile by Monday. The decision follows a court of appeals ruling in the Dees case that bottles smelling or tasting like beer cannot be sold. No fines imposed in the first case due to fair dealing and low alcohol content.
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Veribest
Paloma
Dry Cooks
Eleo
Mobile
D. H. Edington
Charles Medicus
Recorder's Court
Recorder
Court of Appeals
Dees
Jefferson County Criminal Court
Lottery Determines First Draft Entrants Amid Nation’s War Call
Washington July 20 The nation begins selecting its volunteers for military service by a lottery to create a muster roll. President Wilson has ordered 687 000 men into action with training by September and 1 374 000 to face examinations to determine exemptions and liability.
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Washington
Pai
Wilson
War Department
Germans Claim Routing Russians in Eastern Galicia
Berlin reports German troops advanced through three Russian defense zones between the Sereth and Iota rivers in eastern Galicia. Russians allegedly suffered heavy losses and retreated in disorder with several thousand prisoners taken at Jacobstadt Dvinek Smoron along the Stokhod river and Ziota Lipate south of the Dniester. Artillery fire intensified as German HQ stated. Petrograd cites Russian failures blamed on extremist detachments hindering orders.
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Berlin
London
Rman
Sereth
Iota Lipa
Galicia
Jacobstadt
Dvinek
Smoron
Alon
Stokhod
Ziota Lipate
Dniester
Petrograd
Eanstern
War Department
Defense Attorney Presses Expert in Trial Duel
The defense challenged Dr Thames in a vigorous cross examination echoing the Fisher Brooks case while the doctor remained calm and composed. Testimony from Dr Frank Sherard Wilmer Sims and Deputy Sheriff Frank Rood placed Sanders near the crime scene May 20 21 with Brooks and Dickson. Evidence included blood on a Chickasabogue bridge and clothes found after the body of Mrs Hess was recovered with witnesses recalling an animated exchange between Sanders and Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Thames
Albert Sanders
Julian May Hess
Dr. Thames
Montgomery
Thames
Fisher Brooks
McMillan
Frank Sherard
Wilmer Sims
Sims
Saunders
Tommy Dickson
Sanders
Brooks
Dr. Sherard
Hess
Porter Gainey
Wee
Ems
Arte reHance
Ion
Rood
Frank Rood
Chickasabogue
Jack Lee
Albert ‘Sanders
Holcombe
Lee
Leigh
D. L. Donahue
Lack of Passport Ties Mobile Honeymoon Couple
James Webb Morton of Portland Missouri and his wife, on honeymoon in Mobile, cannot return to Bocas del Toro without a passport. Morton, a United Fruit Company employee and former Fort Morgan artilleryman, applied for travel papers to Washington. Honeymooners will stay in Mobile until documents arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Webb Morton
Portland
United Fruit Company
Bocas del ‘Toro
Fort Morgan
Mobile
Frederick
South Marine Street
Bocas
Morton
Oratees
Washington
Mobile man asked to recruit officers for reserve air service
Hon. J C Rich of Mobile has received a War Department note urging him to aid in obtaining officers for the aviation section of the signal officers reserve corps. They seek young men in good health aged nineteen to thirty with strong education and sharp minds for military air service examinations. Medical fitness will be assessed by medical officers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Rich
War Department
Signal Officers’ Reserve Corps
Postmaster Explains Mail to Soldiers Overseas
Postmaster J Blocker Thornton advises readers how to send mail to US expeditionary forces in Europe. Send mail at the post office window and have it weighed to apply correct domestic postage. If postage is short at the front, it will be forwarded and due collected on delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Blocker Thornton
United States Expeditionary Forces
Europe
Jordan Not Guilty Of Murder Assault
In circuit court Joe Jordan was found not guilty of assault with intent to murder after a several hour trial with about twenty witnesses. Sam Santuerre pleaded guilty to violating the prohibition law, paying a $50 fine and court costs. Frank Harvey’s charge was nolle pressed and Jim Torrance’s case was continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Santuerre
Jim Torrance
Frank Harvey
Nolle
Joe Jordan
Grover C. Goff
Hill
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The forecast notes likely thundery showers tonight and Saturday for Alabama and Mississippi. Thunderstorms expected this afternoon or tonight with generally fair conditions on Saturday for the northern areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Baumgartner Interned as War Moves Toward End
Frits Baumgartner once superintendent of the Lake Erie Iron Works and Cincinnati club member was arrested at his Cleveland home by federal officers on Wash ington orders and will be interned for the war. He had been denied a German subject permit and remains an alien enemy on parole. He is said to have led a German backed effort to open a factory in South America and to have been active in listing Ohio Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frits Baumgartner
Lake Erie
Washington
Germany
Baumgartner
South America
Ohio
Welcome for Alabama Infantry Arrives in Greenville
The First Alabama infantry is expected in Greenville, Alabama this afternoon after camping at Chapman, fifteen miles away. A two day welcome program is planned with a 2:20 p.m. event featuring a patriotic meeting and music, led by General Robert E. in Greenville, as citizens escort the regiment into town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Ala
Chapman
Robert E.na
War Export Plan Discussed by Southern Shipping Men
Mr Le Blanc reports on a conference of southern shipping men in Atlanta this week. They mapped ways to expand exports from Gulf and South Atlantic ports and discussed Chamber of Commerce support.
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MR. LE Blanc
Atlanta
Gulf
South
Draw of 10500 Numbers Sets Stage for Service Order
Officials in the provost marshal’s office held a solemn drawing in the senate office building to determine the service order. 10500 numbers range 1 to 10600 and are sealed in capsules, with blindfolded officials and two announcers racing to record the sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Aeeimeney
Ries
Negro Steals Clothes Sentenced Thirty Days in Jail
Recorder D H Edington discharged ten of fourteen docketed offenders while one state case, Veiece Elbert Boykin, a negro, received thirty days for stealing clothes. L G Mehlig of New Orleans paid ten dollars or ten days for speeding. Nick Starvo faced disorderly conduct charges. William Ellie paid two dollars for an auto incident near the Southern market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder's Court
D. H. Edington
Vieiece Elbert Boykin
Wil Eeolag
Geeree
Ove Ae
Ozzle Washington
L. G. Mehlig
New Orléans
Recorder
Mehlig
Jay
T Royal Hat
Nick Starvo
South Water Street
Hicks
South Jefferson Street
Wiliam
Ellie
Boxing Benefit at Monroe Park For Red Cross
Jimmie Kid Quinn faces Kid Bob Gochrane of Jackson tonight at Monroe Park in a charity bout for Mobile Camp. The event serves as a Red Cross fundraiser with proceeds going to the Red Cross relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Jimmie
Kid”) Quinn
Bob Gochrane
Jackson
Monroe Park
Quinn
Capelpal
Pope Manufacturing Raises Capital Stock Amount
The Pope Manufacturing Company of this city, a fuse manufacturing concern at Prichard linked with the Barker Cotton Mills, filed a certificate in probate court showing an increase of stock from $50,000 to $62,500. President is R. P. Pope. The move followed a meeting at the Battle House on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope Manufacturing Company
Prichard
Barker Cotton Milla
R. P. Pope
Battle House
Dragheim Wounded in Shocking Shooting Incident
Walter J. Dragheim, cabinet maker, remained in critical condition at the city hospital after a shooting by Samuel Braber, a ship caulker. Doctors reported no improvement and no hope of recovery, as Dr. D. G. Campbell noted the patient’s condition was unchanged since yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Dragheim
Samuel Brabher
D. G. Campbell
R. C. Jones
New Orleane
Dragheim
Attempt on War Minister Kerensky in Polotsk
An assassination attempt targeted War Minister Kerensky in Polotsk today. A shot was fired but missed the minister, marked by authorities in Petrograd as an ongoing security incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Petrograd
Kerensky
Polotsk
Police Sought in Capital City Runaway Case
Police search for 13 year old Marion Boyett of Montgomery missing since an overnight Telegram from Chief H D Long states the boy has blue eyes light colored hair wearing a tan suit and speckled trousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Boyett
Montgomerey
H. D. Long
H. D
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