War Appropriations Soar With 3.39 Billion Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee raised the war related defict bill to 3.3909 billion dollars. It includes 400 million for American merchant marine purchases and adds 563.4 million to the House measure. Notable increases cover national defense council funding 0.5 million detention of interned Germans 1 million and 26 million for army machine guns.
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Eieeses
Senate
House
Council of National Defense
400 Million In Ships Gets Official Stamp
Senate appropriations committee approved a program authorizing 400 million dollars for an American merchant marine. The package adds to the 2.8 billion army and navy budget, with 250 million for new construction and about 150 million to purchase ships from British and other foreign builders. A further 350 million will be authorized for future use. General Goethals and Shipping Board Chairman Denman backed the plan.
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Associated
Senate Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Goethals
Denman
The
Shipping Board
Wilson Steps To Speed Up Congress War Legislation
President Wilson met with Senate and House leaders to urge swift approval of war measures. He pressed food control, merchant fleet building, the war tax bill, and related actions as Congress nears six weeks in session without passing key wartime legislation.
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Associated Ote
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Prowler Fired On Near Storeroom by Private Guard
A private in First Alabama Infantry fired two shots at an unidentified prowler near the Storeroom at Whistler shops shortly before midnight. The guard, Private Luke Martin, reported hearing a suspicious noise at 11:15 PM and saw a dark figure along the outer wall, but the intruder fled and no clues were found on investigation.
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Whistler
Luke Martin
Alabama Infantry
Martin
PS Ee Ee
Weather forecast notes easing spring warmth
The weather forecast indicates a slight moderation of spring conditions. Monday’s high reached 70 degrees and tonight’s outlook shows gentler to moderate easterly winds with minimums near 45 and some locations 10 to 15 degrees cooler than recent readings.
Mobile's Most Pressing Need
Mobile is a trade center for the South and needs a dockyard to store Southern products including fruits grains fibres roots vegetables timbers naval stores and hardware. It would also serve as a convenient distribution point for wartime trunitions and allow farm products to be shipped abroad under owner instructions.
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Mobile
Grand Jury Venire Named for June Term of Circuit Court
The names of the grand jury and venire for the June term were announced Tuesday. The grand jury will assemble on Monday June 4 with a small number of cases expected. The list includes Louis Schettler Frank J Sandoz Alfred Mandeville Michael P McDonald Burgess Little William E Steber James C Anderson and many others.
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Circuit Court
Louis Schettler
Frank J. Sandoz
Alfred Mandeville
Michael P. McDonald
Burgess Little
William E. Steber
James C. Anderson
John
Gregory Luce
Robert E. Oknay Riva
John Oetes Gur
William H. Rowell
E. Lester
George L. Mountain. Fisher
Samuel P. Denmark
Thomas G. Powell
John J. Reimer
Augustus George
Benjamin Davis
Rudolph H. Bartels
Thomas J Sullivan
Walter R. English
Lewis I. Dunlap
John T. Janes
James P. Moreland
Frank Carsh
Isadore G. Jacobson
Harris C. Teepe
Eugene C. Chadick
James O. Goleman
James W. McIlwain
Charles Thornhill
Ferdinand Forchheimer
Edw
Warren Rabby
Marshall A. Dudley
G. Killough Williams
Vester E. Hamilton
Maurice C. Forchheimer
Thomas J. Howell
Charles N. Farrar
Lawrence H. Madeson
Walter D. Cuthbert
Milton Kiein
John F. Brown
Albert 8
Cattle Dipped in Mobile County Tick Eradication Effort
A weekly report shows 9 037 cattle dipped in twenty vats in Mobile county under tick eradication work led by Inspector John Simmons. Of those dipped 658 were tick infected, with 1 103 cows across 209 herds at Simmons vat, only 36 cows showing ticks.
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Mobile County
W. Bales
John Simmons
Dr. Bales
Weather Forecast For Alabama And Mississippi
May 15 forecast reports fair conditions for Alabama and Mississippi with warmer temperatures tonight and Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
City Wins State Harbor Board Consent for Mobile Bay Development
The Mobile City Commission secured unanimous approval from the State Harbor Board to improve the western shore of Mobile Bay from near the Long Bridge to about 2 900 feet offshore. Mayor H Pillans asked consent to construct a harbor, apron wharf, and dredged channel to connect by rail with city railways, creating a safe berthing area. Buck urged keeping the project in status quo awaiting war loan bond disposal.
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State Harbor Board
Arlington
R. V. Taylor
M.C. Forchheimer
City of
Mobile
H. Pillans
Mobile Bay
Long Bridge
Ure
Ala
United States
Buck
Messrs
Rich
Blair
Crawford
Summer Weather On The Way In Mobile Area
Weather Bureau reports Mobile will see a shift to warm conditions with summerlike weather coming soon. Data from Washington indicates the cool spell east of the Rockies is ending and higher temperatures are likely with no immediate return to unseasonably low readings.
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Washington
Mobile
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Marvin
Wilson cancels cabinet meeting for McAdoo wedding
President Wilson called off the cabinet meeting to attend the wedding of Miss Nona McAdoo, daughter of the secretary of the treasury, and Ferdinand Repezhibd of the Russian émigré circle. The ceremony was scheduled amid ongoing postwar diplomacy in Washington.
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Byron Ae Press
Washington
Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Iss Nona McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Ferdinand Repezhibd
Peace Conference Postponed Amid Socialist Row in Stockholm
The Politiken reports the neutral peace conference bureau may issue a statement delaying the International Socialist conference at Stockholm which opens tomorrow. Delegates are dissatisfied as the situation grows more complex in the last day. Emile Vandervelde cites Germany’s passport refusals as proof of Scheidemann faction influence.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
London
Politiken
Stockholm
Scheidemann Group
Emile Vandervelde
Riia
Scheidemann
Conferees OK Roosevelt Volunteer Force Plan
Washington May 15 Conferees on the war army bill approve a provision allowing the president to raise a Roosevelt led volunteer division to France. The option is optional and not mandatory. The conscription age stays 21 to 30. Final adoption expected before week’s end.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
France
Congress
Bakers to Study Conservation at Chicago Conference
Mr Gordon Smith head of Smiths Bakery and president of the Southeastern Bakers Association left Mobile for Chicago to join a meeting of leading bakers with officials of the federal Pure Food and Agriculture Department. The conference aims to create a plan to economize flour use and study economic conditions for bakers while conserving flour and bread waste nationwide.
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Gordon Smith
Smith's Bakery
Southeastern Bakers’ Association
Mobile
Chicago
United States
Pure Food and Agricultural Department
Smith
Packet Henry Burke Prepares For Tombigbee River Run
The river packet Henry Burke took on freight Tuesday for Demopolis with plans to depart the municipal wharf at 6 o clock. The ship will carry a mixed cargo and some passengers for a trip along the Tombigbee river. After loading two similar cargoes, the Burke also set to sail to Selma and other points on the Alabama river.
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Henry Burke
Demopolis
Landigs
Tombigbee
Eons
M. Burke
Ednendey
Selma
Alabama River
See Ee Cer Aimee T E
Ar P
Home Economics Club seeks sanitary food laws in Mobile
Mobile Home Economics Club asks city commission to enforce food sanitation ordinances and require groceries to cover goods. The group also plans a stricter law on screens and licensing, expands its advisory board, and lists new standing committees. A canning club festival is planned for June with the Preparedness League cooperation.
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Home Economics Club of
Mobile
City Commission
Gordon Smith
Robert H. Smith
A . Kilpatrick
J. H. McCormick
Ways and Means
F. G. Dewitt
M. L. Bixler
J. B. Harvey
J. A. Reeves
A. EB. Reynolds
Erwin Craighead
Elizabeth Fonde
Aires Julius Goldstein
H. H
C. 8. Shuford
Shettle
W. W. McGuire
C. Bee
Frank P. Davie
8. C. Shur
Measles Reach Peak in Mobile for April
April measles in Mobile city reached 118 white cases with one white death. Total death rate 15.72 percent including colored residents. census estimates show 23 763 whites and 26 307 colored. Typhoid three whites and one colored death. five tuberculosis deaths, seven colored. Inspections 1 926, stables 40, water notices 62, sanitary notices 208 with 232 complied. Dr Mohr notes ongoing house to house inspection and aggressive anti mosquito work.
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Mobile
Mohr
Spanish Vessel Sunk By German Submarine
The Spanish steamer Carmen was sunk by a German submarine on Thursday while bound for Cette with wine and figs. The submarine captain asked about goods to France and was told they were for Switzerland. the commander replied that war is war and he would sink the ship.
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Barcelona
Paris
Cette
France
Switzerland
Senorgarra
Fresh divisions strike back at Allied army in Europe
A wartime review notes heavier German counterattacks against Allied lines in Arras and the fields of Chemin des Dames as British and French forces repelled advances. The British grip on the Hindenburg line held near Bullecourt while French positions around Laon resisted. German efforts near Fillain made the only notable gains reported.
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Associated Press
Cable and Wireless
Dea
Arras
Bullecourt
Chemin des-Dames
London
Paris
Hindenburg
Eres Freee Eee
Chemin-des-Dames
Laon
Fillain
Savage German push beaten back by Haig
Official statement reports a small engagement southeast of Epehy with British troops successful at night. Early today the enemy bombarded positions at Bullecourt and the Hindenburg line, launching two counter attacks that failed.
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Haig
London
Epehy
Bullecourt
Hindenburg Line
Hindenburg
German U Boats Roam Waters 225 In Operation
The German U boats numbered about 225 in operation with 80 to 100 lost to British nets, per Telegraaf citing a crew member of U-58. Submarines of 56 men sail in crews, with two-thirds seasoned and a second squadron marked C. They travel with a week's stores and submerge for 8 to 10 hours, ready to strike cargo ships at sea.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Cvie
London
Telegraaf
Count von Plaetan
Helgoland
Delegates of Troops Reversed
Slips of the war cabinet report that just before the Russia war minister resigned two generals on the western front asked to be relieved of command. Their resignations will be considered after a successor to General Guchkoff is named.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Russian Western Front
Tae
Guchkoff
Council Seeks Coalition in Russian Government Crisis
A proclamation states that a unified, orderly government is impossible under current turmoil in Russia. It signals confidence unity can return if diverse democratic groups join responsible governance. Soldiers and womens delegates voice willingness to consider coalition participation amid radical elements.
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Russia
Council of Soldiers and Women's
Theological School Provides Army Chaplains
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary reports that army chaplains are being drawn from its ranks. President Mullins notes many students volunteered, with 420 enrolled this session including 222 men and 97 women. The school’s finances improved by 58 500 and a $19 000 donation from Avil Baptist and his wife supported the year. A plan to build new facilities on a 44 acre suburban plot is underway.
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Associated Press
Southern Baptist Theological Senaty
RE. Y. Mullins
Ohio River
General Petain Named Commander in Chief of French Armies
Paris May 16 General Petain was appointed commander of the French armies on the front today in a cabinet decision. General Nivelle assumed command of a group of armies while Foch, who played a leading role in the battles of the Yser, becomes chief of staff of the war.
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Petain
Aneveiated
Paris
Nivelle
Foch
Airplane Factory Blast Reported Near Berlin
An Associated Press dispatch from Amsterdam says a large airplane manufacturing facility near Berlin sustained a fire that destroyed a pane of glass and caused damage to parts of the building. No injuries are reported.
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Associated Preas
Amsterdam
London
Copenick
Berlin
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