City Delays Temporary Injunction Against Electric Rate Hike
City officials refuse to post a $25 000 bond to block Mobile Electric Company from raising lighting rates. Mayor Lyons and City Attorney Smith dispute the need for a temporary injunction, leaving the case to proceed to higher courts. Residents will pay under protest while awaiting court action.
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Mobile Electric Company
Supreme Court
R. H. Smith
Pat J. Lyons
Lyons
Americans Repel German Attacks Near Toul In Dense Fighting
In northwest of Toul along the Chemin des Dam the Germans failed to penetrate American lines after fierce hand to hand fighting. Casualties mounted as American and French troops clashed, with prisoners taken and wire entanglements cleared in irregular assaults near No Man’s Land.
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Washington
Associated
Sas
Toul
Chemin Des Dam
Champagne
City Commissioner Rejects injunction against electric company
City Commissioner Harry Pillans refuses to ask the city attorney to sue for a temporary injunction against the electric company. He states the city will not pursue such action, with the article continuing on page eight.
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Harry Pillans
Electric
Instructions on Waterfront Passes For Departing Employees
United States officials issue rules for waterfront pass handling when employees leave. Passes must be canceled by the holder and reported to identification inspectors. If cancellation is impossible, owners must notify the U S marshal within 24 hours and instruct inspectors to prevent entry to restricted zones.
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Office of the
United States Oe
United States Marshal
Street Car Stops in Mobile to Be Cut Out
President J Howard Wilson of Mobile Light and Railway Company announced a survey to remove a number of street car stops following the wishes of Fuel Administrator Garf ield and Director General of Railroads W G McAdoo. The skip stop method will not be used. the line will be surveyed to remove as many stops as possible.
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J. Howard Wilson
Mobile Light and Railway Company
Garfield
W. G. McAdoo
Prominent Mobilians Open New Mobile Bank
A new mobile bank with a capital of 25,000 dollars opens under the direction of Superintendent Walker who spoke at Mont- city events about the financial venture.
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Oe Wings Bank
Walker
Mont
Daily Comics Feature of The News-Item
The News Item highlights top comic artists like Bud Fisher Jack Callahan and Dorgan with popular strips and notes it also covers world news via Associated Press and NEA. The paper emphasizes exclusive AP late wire reports for readers.
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America
Bud Fisher
Matt
Jeff
Ketten
Mr. John
T. E. Powers
Joys and Gloom
Jean Knott
Penny Ante
Stip
Jack Callahan
Dorgan
Harry
Associated Press
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Naval Gunner Commended for Sinking U-Boat
Benjamin H. Groves, chief gunnner's mate, commended by Secretary Daniels for rapid, accurate action on January 15 aboard the armed guard of the American ship Nyanza in a two and a half hour battle that sank a German submarine. Groves is from New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Benjamin H. Groves
Daniels
Groves
Grove
New Bedford
Mass
New York
Nyarza
Essingen
Pacific
United States
Grongs
Navy
U S Ambassador Denies Premier Visit
London March 2 Ambassador Page left London for the country early today denying a Daily News report that Premier Lloyd George visited the American embassy for a key conference with Mr Page. The paper claimed Lloyd George sought Japan intervention in Siberia.
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Associated Press
London
Ambasador Page
Daily News
Lloyd George
Page
Mr. Page
Japan
Siberia
Fire destroys warehouse with $100000 cotton
Wagener South Carolina March 2 approximately 100000 worth of long staple cotton was burned in a fire that destroyed a cotton warehouse early today.
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Associated Press
Wagener
S. C
German Forces Move Toward Petrograd Supply Center
Petrograd will be Petrograd will be London March 2. German forces push toward Bologoie on the Moscow Petrograd Railroad the city’s chief feed center for Petrograd. The dispatch says the aim is to cut off supplies and force famine capitulation. Large columns move toward Novosokolinski and German troops occupy Kliastitsa station en route to Petrograd.
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London
Bologoie
Moscow-Petrograd
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Novosokolinski
Kliastitsa
Harbor Commission Reports Tonnage Increase for February
The State Harbor Commission notes a rising shipping trend in February as Mobile resumes activity after wartime slowdowns. Officials report 60 vessels totaling 51 930 tons arrived, including 23 foreign bound steamers and six coastwise steamers, 28 schooners, and three barges, up from January’s 49 ships totaling 45 765 tons.
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State Harbor Commission
Mobile
Customs Office
Export and Import License Bureau
The
War Trade Board
Harbor Commission
Germans Overrun Pskov Pressed by Russian Withdrawal
A Berlin dispatch printed in the Volks Zeitung of Cologne says German forces captured Pskov as Russians retreated, with one German battalion suffering heavy losses from an air explosion during the engagement.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Pskov
Berlin
Volks Zeitung
Cologne
Russian Fort Kiev Liberated by German Staff Claim
The German general staff announced that the Russian fortress of Kiev on the Dnieper in Ukraine has been liberated.
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Kiev
Asse Press
Beruin
Diplomatic Train Carriers Move Americans From Petrograd
The state department awaits word on Ambassador Francis after reports from Petrograd that a train carrying American, Japanese, and Chinese staffs departed for Vologda. Consul Tredwell said 53 Americans, 40 Japanese, and 32 Chinese were aboard the initial train, with plans for a second to follow.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Francis
Petrograd
Vologda
Tredwell
Army seeks 1000 men for aerial photography training
The signal corps calls for 1000 men to train at a new aerial photography school starting March 10 in Rochester New York. Applicants not fit for line service due to vision or minor disabilities are eligible. The four week primary course leads to a month of advanced training before units are sent overseas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army School For
Rochester
N. Y
Signal Corps
Bible Students Raided Over Seizure of The Finished Mystery
Federal officers last night raided the reading room and hall of the International Bible Students Association in Los Angeles and confiscated copies of The Finished Mystery. The group is linked to Pastor Russell and was raided in Brooklyn the previous day.
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Los Angeles
International Bible Students Association
Pastor Russell Foundation
Brooklyn
Parcel Post Weight Increase Announced by Post Office
The postoffice department raises maximum parcel post weights. First, second and third zones now allow 70 pounds, up from 50, while all other zones increase from 20 to 50 pounds.
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Post- Office Department
Senators Vote on La Follette Expulsion Support
A telegram from E. Davies of the Federal Trade Commission states he would vote to expel Senator La Follette if elected. The message responds to inquiries from his state and reflects party alignment with Democratic senatorial plans.
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Senator LA Follette
Washington
Sonegh E. Davies
Federal Trade Commission
Sen
Development Water Power Is Forcibly Urged
Washington March 2 Secretaries Baker Lane and Houston urged changes in the pending administration waterpower bill to clarify intent and speed passage. They said the measure should stabilize the power industry, protect public resources and private capital, and set clear terms for license termination and price. Development of water power is needed to maintain U S rank in world trade and meet domestic needs while easing coal and petroleum demand.
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Washington
Sims
House
Special Waterpower Committee
Baker
Lane
Houston
Uone
United States
Unprecedented Demands on Electric Power Hit War Effort
A wartime letter argues industrial expansion requires more power and notes central stations output has fallen by over 60 percent since the war began. It urges urgent legislation to secure and extend existing water power developments to meet obligations and stabilize the power system.
Lost naval tug Mariner saved after gale
The naval tug Mariner went missing in a heavy gale on February 26. All officers and crew were rescued and brought to port. The ship, formerly the Jack T. Scully, was taken over by the navy last September and commissioned in December after about $3,000 in repairs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mariner
Navy Department Today
Jack T. Scully
Neptune Line
Navy
New York
Secret code found on seized stamps in Havana
Government censor notes mail from steamer age stamps bearing a series of symbols that appear to form a secret code. Postal authorities detain the stamps pending investigation and plan to dispatch a packet for formal inquiry.
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Associated Press
Havana
Wonderful Women of France series by Chester pair
George Randolph Chester and Lillian Chester present the twelfth feature on FRANCE TODAY focusing on brave French women. They traveled to France to file exclusive stories for the Daily News Item and Newspaper Enterprise Association, with no other Mobile newspaper carrying the reports.
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France
George Randolph Chester
Wallingford
Lillian Chester
Chesters
Daily News Item
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Confederate Veterans Reunion Likely Set For Tulsa
Tulsa likely hosts the 1918 Confederate Veterans reunion with plans to move the date from June to September. Secretary McAdoo assures rail transport and special rates for veterans and visitors, while the local committee finalizes arrangements tonight.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
McAdoo
Railroad Administration
Paris Sleety Night After Restaurant Exit
The report describes a cold sleety night in Paris as the authors, Georg Randolph Chester and Lillian Chester, leave a restaurant. A vivid scene sets a tense mood with sharp weather and city ambiance reflected in the 1918 copyright notice.
Sawed-off Woman Hopes For Taxi In Windswept Slush
A raw windy street scene forces rapid taxi passage as a coughing, veiled woman in a rough coat offers a basket of withered violets and begs for a ride. The narrator notes the brutal weather and desperate, feverish pleas as the moment shifts.
New High Level Reached on Cotton in Mobile
Spot middling cotton jumped to 32.13 cents a pound in Mobile, edging 13 points above yesterday. Traders note this as the highest price ever recorded in Mobile since the Civil War era, with the exchange closing steady at noon and daily sales totaling 160 bales with receipts.
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Mobile
Focal Cotton Exchange
Mobiile Exchange
Gulf Florida and Alabama Rail Road to Atmore Ready Soon
Traffic Manager R G Cobb reports the Gulf Florida and Alabama Rail Road will connect with the L and N at Atmore in a few days. The link ends drainage between lines and allows Mobile merchants access to Gulf Florida and Alabama territory north of Atmore. Rates remain unsettled after a chamber complaint prompted the project.
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R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Gulf, Florida and Alabama Railroad
Atmore
Mobile
Gulf, Florida and Alabama
Cobb
Mobmile Chamber of Commmerce
Taxicab Chauffeur Fined for Speeding
Fred Wimeberry, a taxi cab chauffeur, was fined $10 and costs at court for speeding on the Cedar Point highway several nights ago when arraigned in the inferior criminal court yesterday. He paid the fine and costs. The case against Hueston Cunningham was continued.
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Fred. Wimeberry
Cedar Point
Inferior Criminal Court
Hueston
Cunningham
Japan Defends War Aims In Russia Inquiry
London dispatch reports from Reuters quoting a Japanese source denying any plans for aggrandizement. Japan says it sought allied views on developments in Russia and stresses its war aims are to maintain peace and security in the Far East amid a German menace in East Siberia.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter’s Limited
Japan
Russia
Far East
Siberia
Austro-Hungarian Troops Send Aid to Ukraine
Premier von Seydler explains in the Austrian upper house that Vienna will deploy troops to Ukraine in response to an urgent Ukrainian request for assistance due to events in Ukraine affecting food transport. He says the act is legal administrative aid with no warlike aim and not a political action.
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Amsterdam
Ukraine
von Seydler
Ukrainie
Ooe
Revival in Mobile and Fairhope to Conclude
Rev. John A. May, evangelist of the North Alabama conference, will close his revival at Broad Street Methodist Church Sunday night. He then goes to Fairhope Monday to assist Rev. M. R. Evans in revival services starting Sunday there.
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John A. May
North Alabama
M. E. Church
South
Broad Street Methodist Church
Mobile
Fairhope
M. R. Evans
The
Methodist Church
Mr. Evans
Plan to substitute javelin for hammer event
New York March 2 The executive committee of the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America met informally to discuss replacing the hammer with the javelin in future meets ahead of the annual convention. Final action is expected at the convention.
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New York
Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America
Illinois Athletic Club Wins Chief Swimming Event
Chicago March 2 The Illinois Athletic Club won the 400 yard relay the main event of the Central A A U annual swimming meet finishing first by a narrow margin over Great Lakes Naval Training Station swimmers The Chicago Athletic Association team placed third The winning time was 3 49 3 5 and a 1100 yard race was completed in 1 07 3 6
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Chicago
Illinois Athletic Club
Central A. A. U
Great Lakes
Chicago Athletic Association Teas
Flag Day Observance by Mobile Mothers' Army and Navy
The Mothers' Army and Navy of Mobile mark Flag Day to aid relatives serving in land and sea forces. Young ladies place small American flags at town corners and public buildings for five cents each, proceeds aiding uniforms and garments for service members. A meeting at Cawthon Hotel observed the event with local workers and supporters in attendance.
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Army and Navy of
Mobile
John L. Ae
Cawthon Hotel
Thisornins
Former official freed after five years hard labor
Charles E. Gerlach, formerly second clerk of the American law, was released after a five year hard labor sentence for refusing to stand when returning from France aboard another ship. His defense claimed he stood four days as a volunteer and was ill at the time. He has served in various roles with the shipping board.
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New York
Charles E. Gerlach
Mimartial
Nat
France
Gerlach
Shipping Board
Negro Candidates Petition Is Refused
Legal brief reports the court denying Reverdy Ransom and Nic er entry for an order to include their names on the ballot for Congress. The ruling centers on petition sufficiency and independent candidacy status amid March elections.
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Congress
John A. Bolles
Regul
Take Over Plat For Military
Unclear OCR text discusses military needs and release timing. The fragment mentions essential poses and United States priorities, with vague reference to platinum and jobbers. No specific people, places, or dates are recoverable.
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Council of
United States
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