Mobile to Host Three April Conventions
Mobile will host three major conventions in April. The Alabama Medical Association expects 1 500 delegates for the Sunday School Association meeting, while the Alabama Educational Association and the Alabama Sunday School Association bring hundreds of visitors to Mobile. Local committees plan entertainment and lodging for thousands of visiting doctors and educators.
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Mobile
Alabama Medical Association
Alabama Educational Association
Alabama’ Sunday School Association
Sunday School Association
D.T. McCall
Charles A. Mohr
H. T. Inge
John O. Bush
Medical Society
W. H. Watkins
Montgomery
W. B. McAtee
Alabama Sunday School Association
Government Street
Preserian
G M and Northern Official’s Son Cited for Heroism
Civilian and railroad community in Laurel Mississippi see public war department citation for Corporal Augustine C Kelly Battery B 122nd Field Artillery. He advanced toward the enemy within 150 meters at Bantheville France October 29 where he gathered vital intelligence while under heavy fire and shelling. wounded on return to Allied lines. His mother, beloved in Laurel for charitable work, recently died.
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Mobile
Church
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Laurel
Miss
Augustine C. Kelly
122Nd Field Artillery
War Department
Kelly
Bantheville
France
Work Delayed on Oshico Steel Hulls
General superintendent Hebile of Shipbuilding Company announced Saturday that work on the Oshico yard steel hulls scheduled to resume Monday morning had been postponed due to power from the electric plant not being available. He said workers would be notified in time of the resumption.
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R Ae Inlayeen
Hebile Shipbuilding Company
Moshico
Finlay
Street Arc Lights Reignite In Mobile After Repair
Street arc lights along 2E regained power Friday night after repairs by Mobile Electricity Plant. Seven circuits were activated Saturday and officials planned all circuits on tonight though three faced issues preventing operation due to damage.
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Ft Asvessene
Condi Thaey
Knitters Gather at Federal Building for March Wool Allotment
Mobile chapter of the Cross calls knitters to the federal building to receive March wool allotment. Latest wool shipment arrived and distribution is set for Monday in alignment with theater efforts.
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Mobile
Bank Clearings Reported For Week End
The Mobile Clearing House Association reports total bank clearings for the week ending Saturday as 1,606,835 dollars. Secretary and manager Taylor notes the figure in the issued summary.
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ANK
Mre Taylor
Mobile Clearing House Association
Two Families Lose Homes in Catherine Street Fire
A Saturday dawn fire destroyed the Cecil Miller frame cottage on Catherine Street and the adjacent Harvey Brown residence, with the Miller family narrowly escaping in night clothes. A third house on Catherine Street also suffered roof damage as investigators note a mysterious origin. A nearby property owned by Mrs. R. S. Fuller and Hose Company No. 10 helped battle the blaze, with a related February 16 loss nearby.
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Cecil Miller
Catherine Street
Government Street
Harvey Brown
Miller
R. S. Fuller
Candin John A Marquis
Hose Company No. 10
C. 8. Allen
Catherine and Farmer Streets
Abrams and wife convicted in prohibition cases
William J. Abrams, a Knox and Franklin streets grocer, drawn six months plus 600 dollars costs, and 100 days in city prison for violation. Bertha Abrams, his wife, fined 200 dollars and costs for the same offense. Bond set at 1300 and 800 dollars. Both appeal to circuit court as witnesses discharged.
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William J. Abrams
Knox
Franklin Streets
Recorder’s Court
Bertha Abrams
William Abrams
Abrams
Steve Wetrowski
Arthur Jacobson
Stella Dixon
Connecsion
Liquor Cargo Seized Held Ahead of U S Order
A large liquor cargo seized by Justice Department operatives is stored in the county jail awaiting a U S decision on disposition. In Mobile, charges against John T. and Dan McNamara are non pros. they may face New Orleans charges. The haul totals over 18000 dollars tied to the Tim al leged to be under McNamara control. The case remains under double lock and key.
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United States Department of Justice
John T
Dan McNamara
Mobile
Pegues
New Orleans
Tim
McNamaras
Estere
Esippi
Community Sing at Lyric on Sunday
Readers will attend a community sing at the Lyric Sunday at 2 o clock featuring Miss Konstanzer and Thelma Neilson violin Alma pianist Biats Sey with the overture Alita. Members from Mobile defenses will take an active program led by Frank Holland and includes Seret T Frank Alfred Reece Fat Wilson James Scott Charles Disque Wallace Hewett Archie Wilson and Miss Colen.
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O'Cloc
Goneentia Club
Ope Konstanzer
Saxa
Thelma Neilson
Alma
Biats Sey
Alita
Meoreah
Col. F.connelly
Mobile
Metrie
Seret
T. Frank
Alfred Reece
Fat* Wilson
James Scott
Charles Disque
Wallace Hewett
Archie Wilson
Miss Colen
Frank Holland
Sandee
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Washington bulletin from March forecast shows showers in Alabama and Mississippi with Sunday turning fair and cooler.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama P
Mississippi
Mobile Jurors Keep Pay At One Or Two Dollars
Clerk S H Smith of the circuit court says Mobile county is not affected by the new act. Jurors in Mobile county receive one dollar per day if they live in the city and two dollars per day plus five cents a mile for county residents. The county operates under a special law and will not get the new three dollar daily rate.
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Mobile County
S. H. Smith
Circuit Court
Mobile
Smith
Warning Hoisted For Gulf Storm No Serious Winds
A southwest storm warning was hoisted Saturday for a disturbance centered over Louisiana. Mobile will feel strong winds but hurricane force winds are not expected. Rainfall reached 0.40 inches by 1 15 pm and winds to 30 mph were recorded.
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Louisiana
Mobile
Weather Bureau
Washington Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Tampa
Bowie
Weather storm warnings issued for Gulf and Atlantic coasts
Weather bureau alerts include storm warnings from Bay Louis to Tampa and Titueville to Ce Henry, Va. Severe rain and thunder storms seen in Gulf states and along the Atlantic coast with increasing intensity expected today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louisia Pianning
Gulf States
Elo
Weather Bureau
Islas
Gulf
Bay Lou Tampa
Tituevillé Y
Ce Henry
Atlantic Coast
Weather Damage Hits Louisiana Truck Sector After Storms
Reports from New Orleans and Amite City describe heavy rain and two hailstorms in Tangipahoa parish damaging truck crops and delaying market shipments. The storms disrupted the Louisiana trucking district and agricultural activity in the early hours.
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New Orleans
Maré
Amite City
Tangipahoa Parish
Louisiana
Committee Plans Scout Move To Standardize Mobile Camp
A group of prominent businessmen met with Paul Iris of the Boy Scouts to discuss boosting Mobile Scout membership to 106 percent and to implement a standard city organization. The Rotary Club appointed the committee to assist Harris as war’s end returns to normal, aiming to recruit competent scoutmasters, form troops, and standardize all operations for youth development.
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Jhe
Paul Iris
Organ R
Boy Scouts of America
Harris
Rotary Club
Mrs Goode Reports On Red Cross Work In Mobile
At a Mobile chapter Red Cross executive meeting Mrs Rhett Goode presents a wartime activity report noting a shift to peace footing. She mentions ongoing local relief efforts and recent Washington conference with wartime leaders to maintain Red Cross support at home and abroad.
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Mrs. Goode
RED Cross
Mobile
The
Rhett Goode
Gust
Father J C Kearns to lecture at St Marys Church
Very Rev J C Kearns president of Spring Hill College will deliver a series of sermons at St Marys Church Sunday night at 730. The talks will continue each Sunday during Lent on the Catholic Church and the Bible. Public invitation extended.
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J. C. Kearns
Spring Hill College
St. Mary's Church
Brazilian Fleet Visits Lisbon Port During European Tour
March 5. Admiral Frontin, commander of the Brazilian fleet visiting European waters, was introduced to President Cantonaro by the Brazilian minister after recovering from illness. The two held a long conference, followed by a private dinner at the Belem palace. The Brazilian squad continues its voyage with invitations from the Italian government.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Admiral Frontin
Cantonaro
Pbreatient
Frontin
Belem
Maizica
Francis details Lenine and Bolshevik origins in Russia
Ambassador David L. Francis testified before a senate committee on lawless propaganda. He said Lenine was primarily a German agent and the Bolshevists aimed to aid Germany while seeking world revolution. Francis described Kerensky’s government as striving for law and order and noted he recommended recognizing the provisional government, not the Bolsheviks.
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Associated Press
Washington
David LR. Francis
Russia
Rag Aage
United Statesr
Petrograd
Pmeringhe
Senate
Francis
Rebe
Japan
Lenine
Germany
Ceuee
Torry Perm
Uele
Bolshevist
Tro
Pureiy Andurer
Ce Kerensky
Amnna -Agse
Wally St
Kerensky
Black Hundred
State Departent
State Department
Porce
Esther Ted
Bolsheviets
Old Cotton Exchange Torn Down in New Orleans
In New Orleans at the corner of Travisier and Coronado streets the former cotton exchange building has been dismantled after nine years as the exchange home. A new 900 building will rise on the site to house the exchange again. A cornerstone box contains cotton history records and a sample bale from the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
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New Orleans
Rch
Old Style Cotton Contracts Declared Valid by Leaders
A statement by Skottowe Wannamaker, chairman of the South Carolina Cotton Association and president of the South Carolina State Bankers’ Association, asserts old style contracts on the New York Cotton Exchange cannot be canceled or invalidated. Holders of contracts are said to realize they will secure spot cotton and resist cancellation.
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Press
Charles
Pe Sarch
Skottowe Wannamaker
South Carolina Cotton Associ
South Carolina State Bankers’ Association
Cotton Association
New York Cotton Exchange
Wannamaker
Sympathy By Radio Sent By President To Montgomery
President Wilson received wireless dispatches from Paris on progress at the peace conference and delayed next week’s return plans. The voyage aboard the George Washington remained uneventful with balmy air and overcast skies as he sent a sympathy message to Mrs. Benjamin Micou of Montgomery Alabama, praising Hilary A. Herbert’s service and patriotism.
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George Washington
Associated Press
Wilson
Paris
Benjamin Micou
Montgomery, Als
Hilary A. Herbert
Navy
Stewart to be returned for trial on New Orleans fraud charges
Alexander Stewart also known as Robert H Sterling Robert Easterling and Doc Moffett faces extradition from New Orleans to Mobile for trial on a $1800 swindle involving Herman Stenlow. Stenlow says he was defrauded after meeting Stewart in New Orleans and being drawn to Mobile for an investment deal. Stenlow plans to prosecute Stewart upon return.
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Alexander Stewart
Robert
H. Sterling
Robert Easterling
Doc Moffett
Mooney
Police Department of
New Orleans
Mobile
W. H. Holcombe
Holcombe
New Orleans Parish
Stewart
Herman Stenlow
Neenha
Wis
Penene
Stenlow
Herman Stiltz
Bienville
Stealow
J Stealow
Baltimore
Raleigh
N. C
Stutz
Steamer Elizabeth Strands Near Thimble Shoals in Coastal Storm
The steamer Elizabeth of 814 tons, traveling from the West Indies to New York with a sugar cargo, ran aground on the Thimble Shoals beach as a coastal storm battered Wilmington area. Tug Rescuer from Norfolk heads to assist while three other vessels standby. Storm warnings up along the coast. loss feared.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
N. C
Elizabeth
West Indies
New York
Thimble Shoals
Norfolk
Alabama Soldier Wounded First in War Receives Croix de Guerre
Sergeant Mer Givens, said to be the first American wounded in France and the first to receive the croix de guerre, arrived at Fort Ogierthope for final survey. Givens, of Florence, Alabama, served with the 25th Division and was among early U.S. combat troops.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mer Givens
France
Fort Ogiethorpe
Givens
2Sth
Florence
Ala
Steamer Lake Hemlock Strikes Salisbury Off Quarantine
The Lake Hemlock inbound from Cristobal foundered the Salisbury anchored off quarantine early today, carrying away the schooner’s bowsprit jibboom and head gear. The steamer’s board rail was smashed but the Lake Hemlock remained undamaged.
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Ser
Associated Press
New York
Lake Hemlock
Cristobal
Salisbury
Para
Telegraph Highway Impassable After Saturday Rain
County Commissioner Finley McFedyen announced Tel Ph road is impassable at the first fill near Chastang after heavy rain. Flooding washed out the road early Saturday. it will not reopen until Tuesday and a bridge must be built.
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Finley McFedyen
Tel Ph
Chastang
Liquor Seized at L and N Shops
Sheriff Holcombe reports a large quantity of whiskey bottles seized Friday afternoon in the wash room of the L and N shops. Demity Sheriffs Donahue and Puckett conducted the seizure. No arrests were made and no one claimed the liquor.
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L. and N
W. H. Holcombe, Jr
Demity
Lino Donahue
Walter Puckett
Whistler Shops to Reopen After Shutdown
Whistler businesses plan to resume operations Wednesday after a shutdown that began Friday February 21. Officials announced the restart and noted repairs at the Mobile and Chig areas will be completed. The break affected Cow area commerce and prompted a brief closure.
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Whistler
Bie
Mobile
Chig
Army to maintain 909,909 strength says March
General March announced the army would not drop below 909,909 officers and men, a figure in a failed reorganization bill. He said the total would be kept until a permanent force is provided by new law. Pershing may resume enlistments. overseas volunteers could join regular units.
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Washington
March
United States
Pershing
Yir
Army of Occupation
American Claims Against Germans Near One Billion
The state department reports American claims against Germany and Austria Hungary total about 30 000 000. Claims cover submarine warfare and other acts. Losses include death and injury, damage to vessels, cargo losses both in the United States and abroad, and destruction or requisition of American property in enemy territories. At outbreak, Americans owned about 300 million dollars in property in enemy or occupied areas.
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Washington
Nanan Ha
Étate Depuecutte
Austria Rine
Tota
Noperonen
State Department
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Five Brooklyn youths charged in Milton Strohm robbery
Police say a group of five messenger youths aged 16 to 30 robbed broker Milton Strohm in Milton Strohm’s district, seizing $63,000 in Liberty bonds and securities. Strohm was injured and hospitalized. Suspects include Gustave Mignone 30, Anthony 18, Theodore 16, Howard Andreas 20, and Lester Ostertag 17. bonds were recovered in a subway station and hidden under a paint shop floor.
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Milton Strohm
Alberty
Strohm
Liberty
Gustave Mignone
Anthony
Brooklyn
Theodore
Lice
Howard Andreas
Lester Ostertag
Theodore Mignone
Edward Andreas
Allies in Siberia in bad repute rise of unrest predicted
Canadian intelligence reviews the Siberian situation held by Omsk authorities noting widespread popular hostility and foreign support waning. A Vladivostok newspaper criticising the regime was suppressed on February 24 as the outlook for spring and early summer grows uncertain.
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Vladivostok
Siberia
Omsk
Hughes Gets Five Months for Pistol Assault
James Hughes was convicted in circuit court for an assault with a pistol on Vander Tillman. Judge Goldsby sentenced him Saturday to five months in the county jail. Hughes fired a shot. Vander elved Whistler.
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James Hughes
Vander Tillman
Goldsby
Hughes
Vander Ei Vnet Whistler
Rainbow Division Losses and Heaviest Casualties of War
The report lists American forces casualties by division with the Rainbow Division showing 12 252 in battle totals. It provides figures for the 2nd Regular Division and others, detailing killed wounded missing and prisoners with divisions ranging from 88th to 7th Regular. The release outlines revised casualty totals and national guard and territorial units among those listed.
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Rainbow Division
Associated Press
Washington
Revisis
Aad
National Army
Michigan
Wisconsin
Bow
New York
Neland
Tennessee
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rainbow
Texas
Oklahoma
Metropolitan
New England
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessde
Demobilization Figures Trim Camps as War Ends
Reports show over one million men discharged to date with 23 demobilization camps used. France airlifted troops numbered 419 and 354 824 landed in the U S. Armistice relief continues with reductions in camps from 33 to 23 and three new centers added at Oglethorpe and two other sites.
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Washington
Geon
Ead
France
Eee
Hero
War Department
Ae Sania Ae Petainnk
racoeh bake /Oglethorpe
D. A. Ru
French Laborites Warn Peace Envoys in Paris
The general labor committee adopted a resolution quoting President Wilson from New York praising peaceful aims. It condemns any frontier changes through conquest and opposes armed force, insisting peace must reflect popular aspirations and humanity, with caution about possible reparation talks.
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Associated Press
Paris
Marek
Ils
New York
Mines and factories in Briey coal region amid talks
Paris dispatch reports coal mines in Briey in good condition awaiting arrangements to begin operations soon. A commission outlines plans linking mines with a large allied factory complex including four factory buildings under consideration.
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Reaperd Press
Paris
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