Mobile county backs swamp drainage to curb mosquitoes
Commissioner Pat J. Lyons endorsed reclaiming swamp lands around Mobile as safe, sanitary measure. The Dun Breen tract reclaims begin, with County Engineer plans in place and cooperation pledged with the city to drain lowlands if landowners consent, and a major project east of Telegraph Road could proceed if funding is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat J. Lyons
Dun Breen
A. G. Ward
Mobile
Mosquito Post
Lyons
Telegraph Road
Board For Revenue and Road Commissioners
Harry Fischer
A. L. Mcean
DuBroca
Dr.Ward
P. M. Acker
Mobile County Board of Recue
Road Commissioners
Ard
Polands
Dr. Ward
Charity shamrock sale aims to raise seven hundred dollars
Mrs Belle leads La of Charity committees in collecting funds from shamrock sales on St Patrick day. By Saturday six hundred dollars had been counted with some returns still due. Mrs Daly praises the volunteers and notes proceeds will aid local work through the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laof
Belle
St. Pat- Stem
Berlin Paper Sounds Call For Freedom
The Berlin Vowarts urge that the world demand freedom for Germany, contrasting Russia's provisional government with Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg. They question perpetual freedom for others while Germany’s own franchise, seized in 1848, remains withheld and call for immediate restoration.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Russia
Germany
von Bethmann- Hollweg
German Retreat Moves Forward on Franco Belgian Front
London reports the German western armies under Field Marshal von Hindenburg are retreating, with the line cracking the salient from Lille to Laon via Cambrai and St Quentin. Observers note a large strategic withdrawal continuing as fortifications at key positions bend.
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von Hindenburg
Thous Arras
Noyon
Lille
Laon
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Germans retreat on vast front as French advance near Roye
German lines give way across a broad front from Switzerland to the sea as French troops pressed in from the west. French advances along a forty mile front seize towns and territory with minimal losses, while in Lassigny west of Roye the German defense collapses and the French advance thirteen miles in a single push.
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Switzerland
Lassigny
Roye
General Nivelle Presses Germans Rapidly
General Nivelle, the French commander, is credited with an uncanny ability to gauge and press German forces with great rapidity as the war press continues to report on his operations.
Recorder vows strict enforcement of prohibition law
Judge D. H. Edington declared he would enforce the prohibition law to the letter as the first cases arise after over 125 men signed an oath to quit the business. Frank Moore and Lonny Vance were charged with violations and arrested by Officers St. Clair and Boltz after whiskey fragments were found at the St. Michael and Warren streets building.
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D. H. Edington
Recorder’s Court
Recorder
Frank Moore
Lonny Vance
St. Clair and
Boltz
St. Michael and Warren Streets
G W Pearson Fined For Prohibition Violation In Court
G W Pearson pleaded guilty to violating the prohibition law in the inferior criminal court and was fined 50 dollars or twenty days hard labor. A second Pearson case for a similar offense was continued until Wednesday. Frank J Lavine and John J Cooney also faced prohibition charges. The Tom Hendricks case on grand larceny was pressed on motion of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Pearson
G. W. Person
Inferior Criminal Court
Pearson
Frank J. Lavine
John J. Cooney
Tom Hendricks
Weather forecast for Alabama and Montgomery areas
Weather summary from Washington reports fair and warmer conditions. Alabama forecast includes tonight and Tuesday as partly cloudy and warmer.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Scottish Rite Reunion Convenes At Mobile Cathedral
The twenty eighth reunion of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in Mobile opens with all degrees from 4th to 32nd to be conferred. About 35 candidates, Master Masons seeking higher degrees, attend from Alabama Pensacola and south Florida as the event runs through Friday. A tuberculosis clinic established by the rite aids disease prevention and education.
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J. H. McCormiol
Valley of
Mobile
Alabama
Pensacola
South
Florida
Heroin Found in Mobile Led by Detectives Arraignment Next
Detectives Lacy and Murphy turned Sam Wilson to federal authorities for arraignment on heroin selling without a government certificate. The case followed arrests of Ethel Rivers and Sarah Ann Butler on disorderly charges linked to recovering users who admitted Wilson brought over 500 cubes of heroin biscuits from New Orleans. A preliminary hearing before Federal Commissioner Jere Austill was scheduled for the afternoon.
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Sam Wilson
Lacy and
Murphy
Wilson
Ethel May Rivers
Sarah Ann Builer
Mobile
New Orleans
Atlanta
Simmons
Lansing
Kansas
Jere Austill
John D Shoop to Address Mobile Business Men
Mr John D Shoop of Chicago Illinois superintendent of public schools will address about two hundred business and professional men at the Battle House tonight. The Unitec Service Center dinner is arranged by the local commercial association to boost the Chamber of Commerce reorganization efforts.
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John ‘D. Shoop
Chicago
Lil
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Battle House
Unitec Service
Cetlar. Linner
Commer Association
Muster Out Of Alabama National Guard Stopped
Abandonment of the Alabama brigade had been halted and orders were issued Sunday to keep the men in camp. Officials held back the information to gauge the move's meaning while awaiting word on how the sinking of three American boats might affect war department plans.
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Alabama
War Department
Stricter Navy Protection Plan Nears Approval
After talks with the president, Secretary Daniels signaled a tougher ship protection method. Admiral Benson and Captain Oliver are cited as key figures in moving to put the navy on a stronger defensive footing for American ships.
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Washington
Mar
Daniels
Benson
Oliver
Gence
American
Quick and drastic action eyed after sinking of merchant ships
President Wilson called Lansing to the White House after three unarmed American merchantmen were sunk with possible loss of life. Congress may be summoned in extra session before April 16 as the administration considers an active campaign to clear submarines from shipping lanes. The note stresses no immediate entry into the European war and mentions armed American ships already in service.
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Associated
Washington
Lansing
Ite House
Wilson
Congress
United States
Frosts in Florida and warmer weather forecast
Forecast notes frosts in the Florida peninsula with warmer air moving in from the west. The eastern half of the United States is expected to see fair, colder conditions early in the week before a low pressure system brings milder temperatures and a shift to warmer conditions in Florida and other regions.
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Florida
Mobile
United States
Florida Peninsula
Receiver appointed for Negro Get-Away Club scam
Judge Claude A. Grayson in the circuit court appointed Ab. Jackson as receiver for the Get-Away Club, a group of African Americans who paid swindlers to take them to Pennsylvania. Jackson will distribute the taken money. Chief Van Liew was served with the appointment and authorized to turn over funds. A $200 bond is in process.
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Claude A. Grayson
Ab. Jackson
Pennsylvania
Jackson
van Liew
Whistler Man Hurt In Street Car Collision
A street car at the corner of Royal and St Anthony streets collided with an automobile owned and driven by J C Goldman of Whistler. Mr Goldman was injured and the auto damaged. Motorman Brantley and conductor were docketed at police headquarters on charges.
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Royal and
St. Anthony Streets
J. C. Goldman
Whistler
Goldman
Brantley
Railroads Avoid Strike as Eight-Hour Day Granted
In New York on March 19 the railroad strike was averted as unions accept a basic eighthour day. President Wilson's appeal and wartime context pressured railroads to grant demands from four brotherhoods. Telegraphs report rescission of 7 oclock strike orders nationwide.
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Associated Press
New York
Wilson
United States
Railroad labor dispute ends in surrender after protracted mediation
After more than fifty hours of tense talks and a looming deadlock, railroad managers concede to the brotherhoods. Secretary of the Interior Lane and mediators react with emotion as Elisha Lee and union chiefs seal the action. Page Kive continues the report.
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Whiiten
Lane
Committee of the Railroads
Elisha Lee
Farm Loan Rates Set by Land Banks
The Farm Loan Board announced that all loans to farmers by federal land banks will carry a 5 percent interest, with bonds to be issued at 4 1/2 percent. The announcements were made in Washington on March 19.
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Washington
Mar
Farm Loan Board
Freight embargo lifted by local railroads
Mr. H. G. Barclay, general agent for the Louisville and Nashville at Mobile, announced this morning that the embargo on freight due to the threatened strike has been lifted. He noted no embargo stemming from congress. Other local railroads followed the same action.
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H. G. Barclay
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Mobile
Louisville and Nashville
Moreno Applies for U S Citizenship in Court
Naturalization papers issued in U S district court to John Moreno stationed aboard the lighthouse tender Magnolia. He is a native of Barcelona Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
John Moreno
Magnolia
He Lis
Barcelona
Spain
Railroad workers to receive back pay after Supreme Court ruling
About 1,000 railroad workers in Mobile area will get 46 to 50 dollars each in back pay following a Supreme Court decision upholding the Adamson law. Affected L and N workers number 500 between Mobile and New Orleans, with 600 to 700 on the Montgomery division. Several hundred Mobile and Ohio personnel and members of several other lines are similarly affected, with much of the back pay staying in Mobile.
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Mobile
United States Supreme Court
Louisville and Nashville
New Orleans
Montgomery
Mobile and Ohio
St. Louis
Southern
Gulf
Northern
Henry Ford Urges Tropical Bienville Square Plan
Henry Ford visited Mobile on Saturday and endorsed the City Beautiful idea. He praised azaleas along Government Street and urged Bienville Square be planted as a tropical garden to attract tourists, noting Detroit’s park focus as a model.
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Henry Ford
Bienville Square
Mobile
C. B. Hervey
Ford
Government Street
Bienvilé Square
Detroit
Mr. Ford
Alabama Gulf Company Resumes Drilling at Cottage Hill
The Alabama Gulf Oil and Gas Company resumes drilling of its Cottage Hill well announced by President John W. McAlpine. A large crowd visited the scene including F. P. Drake J. W. Warnett and W. J. Stevenson from Toronto.
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Alabama Gulf Oil and Gas Company
Cottage Hill
John W. McAlpine
F. P. Drake
J. W. Warnett
W. J. Stevenson
Toronto
Canada
Fire destroys Birmingham cotton plant. millions in hulls lost
Fire last night destroyed the bi product plant of the Farmers and Ginners Cotton Oil Co at Twelfth Avenue and Forty‑first Street in Birmingham Alabama. Between 5 000 and 6 000 tons of cotton seed hulls burned. Loss is estimated at 165 000 dollars. Origin of fire unknown.
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Associated Presa
Birmingham
Ala
Farmers and Ginners Cotton Oil Company
Twelft Avenue
Forty-first Street
Pat
Adamson Act Upheld by Supreme Court in 5–4 Decision
The Adamson eight hour railroad law is declared constitutional and binding in all respects, establishing the standard and wage increases for rail workers. Justices Day Pitney and Van Devanter dissented. Mc Reynolds ruled in the majority, with McKenna concurring on different grounds.
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Washington
Marek
Supreme Court
Day
Pitney
van de Vanter
Mc Reynolds
Justice McKenna
Justices Day
Justice Pitney
Justice van de Vanter
van de Vin
Remy Tse
Calls Act as Without Due Process of Law
Justice Day dissents that the legislation constitutes a deprivation of the railroads and argues it violates due process. The opinion frames the act as overreach, challenging government authority to regulate rail operations without proper legal procedure.
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Day
Dr L B Ernest Delays Departure to Aid Mobile Tuberculin Work
Instructions given to Dr. L B Ernest to remain in Mobile a few days longer before going to Washington. He stays to help Dr H W Bales, newly appointed government agent, learn the eradication program in Mobile County and to engage in tuberculin work of pure bred breeding in Washington DC.
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L. B. Ernest
Mobile
Washington
Ernest
H. W. Bales
Dr. Est
Washington, D.C
Woodmen Return Home From Dothan Convention
Mobile delegation from Woodmen of the World and Palm Grove Circle, over thirty five in number, returned Saturday night from Alabama after attending the head camp session. They enjoyed heated contests for various offices and a strong entertainment program. Mobile honored Mrs. Paul Smith as grand guardian, the only Mobilian to win an office.
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Mobile
Woodmen of the World
Palm Grove Circle
Ala
Paul Smith
Fire damages St Francis Street house on Sunday
A Sunday afternoon blaze damaged the roof of a St Francis Street residence owned by Samuel Taylor. Firefighters reported the flames lightly damaged the structure though no injuries were noted.
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ST. Francis Street
Buil St. Francis Street
Samuel ‘Taylor
Svarka
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Wragg Swamp
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Marne
London
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Europe
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UNION
Adamson
Act of Railroads
Brotherhood
John. Moreno
U. S
Alabama Gulf Company
Hooks
Hook
Dothan
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