World War I Update From Front Lines North France Shifts
A war summary notes French forces under General Petain launched a swift advance in the Hurtebise area near Craonne and Cerny, taking 150 prisoners while possibly signaling a broader offensive. British Haig hints at renewed operations on the Flanders front as Italian forces hammer Austrian lines near Cadorna's planned moves.
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Washington
Asted
France
Crown Ace
Petain
Cking
Hurtebise
Emin Des Dames
Craonne
Cerny
Flanders
Haig
Cadorna
Gorizia
Tion
Romanian Front Keeps Hope As Moscow Calls For Reinforcements
Reuter dispatch from Odessa reports fierce battles along the Sereth valleys and Ontuz Ocna region. Romanian forces press the offensive with Russian aid seen as crucial while the Russian government urges prudence amid heavy losses on both sides. Field Marshal von Mackensen reportedly seeks strong reinforcements.
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Don
Reuter
Odessa
Ontuz
Ocna
Sereth
Ces
von Mackenpetty
Ar- Odessa
Next Liberty Loan Campaign Set For October First
Treasury plans a nationwide drive led by loan committees in response to Secretary McAdoo's appeal. Details of the second offering are pending federal action and bill passage. The issue is expected to total about 3 billion dollars with subscription books possibly closing in November.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Ption Books
Cannas On Offer At Citronelle Nursery
Brothers of Citronelle operate a large nursery and display a variety of colors with cannas planted at the site. A firm representative reports roots have arrived from Northern firms. The display attracts Mobile and Ohio trains and invites locals to visit.
Realty Deals Recorded Friday Transfer of Mobile Property
Two land deals recorded Friday involve transfers in Mobile property and probate actions. One transfer from L Frank Holmer to Southern Development Company conveys land for 8009 dollars. the second deal notes a tract of 46 acres tied to the Empire Of Land Company.
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L. Frank Holmer
Southern Development Company
Lis. Ind
Ridge
Empire of Land
Damage by Quakes Reported in Colombia
Associated Press reports seismic damage across Colombia on September 1 with details limited to initial assessments of destruction and impact.
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Associated Press
Colombia
Severia
Seven anti conscriptionists held in Canada over Montreal Star blast
Montreal police arrested seven alleged anti conscriptionists in connection with the dynamiting of Lord Athelstan's summer home. Elie Lalumiere, leader of the constitutionalists, was also arrested on a warrant charging attempted murder. Lord Athelstan's Carievale residence was damaged on August 9 after threats against him.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Lord Athelstan
Montreal Star
Elie Lalumiere
Constitutionalists
Cariervile
Court Denies Jeffersonian Use of Mails
Federal Judge Emery Speer denies the Jeffersonian Publishing Company an injunction to force Thom son post office to accept the paper under second class mailing. The decision condemns the paper as propaganda aimed at recruiting for the military and warns of risk to national welfare and public order.
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Savannah
Emery Speer
Lake Fairfield
N. C
Jeffersonian Publishing Company
Thomson
Court of Equity
Equity
Negroes Denounce Exodus From South At Lott Carey Meeting
The Lott Carey convention of negro Baptist leaders in Richmond denounces the interstate exodus of southern blacks and urges departure as men and citizens not as tramps. The assembly also condemns mob violence and asserts white officials must enforce the law.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Lott Carey
Oakdale Baptists Move Into New Building
Oakdale Baptist church members will worship in their new building starting tomorrow morning. Construction was completed after storm damage, with classrooms fitted and furnishings in place. Rev. S. D. Monroe will deliver the evening sermon on a theme including Spiritualism and Bible condemnation.
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Oakdale Baptist Church
S. D. Monroe
Weather Summary for Washington and Nearby Areas
The report notes occasional rain tonight and the forecast for Mississippi includes a forecasted cool, unsettled pattern with intermittent showers. No severe conditions are expected, with mild to moderate temperatures shaping the statewide outlook.
Mobile County considers 400000 bond issue for roads
President A G Ward said a 400000 county road bonds measure would be authorized by the board, with action deferred to September 10. Petitions with about a thousand names urged election. payroll approved. Citronelle road work scheduled. Labor Day holiday declared. John White added as utility man at 20 dollars monthly.
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Ward
A. G. Ward
Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Dr. Ward
John Craft
W. B. McAfee
A. L. McLean
R. L. Whatley
Citronelle
Aoe
Mobile County Industrial Institute
John White
Consumers Lose Hopes for 5 Cent Bread Front
Washington reports that Herbert Hoover announced the best outcome is a sixteen ounce loaf for ten cents, or possibly eight cents, if bakers retailers and consumers cooperate to cut waste and standardize loaf size. Wheat price fixers had previously predicted a fourteen ounce loaf for five cents.
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Washington, Sept. L
Herbert C. Hoover
Food Administration
Italian Poet D Annunzio Sets Flight Record in War Raid
Paris dispatch reports Italian poet Gabriele d Annunzio active in a raid over Pola. He remained over enemy lines for forty eight minutes on August 19 and again in the afternoon. His aircraft was hit by 177 bullets and he was slightly wounded in the left wrist.
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Paris
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Pola
Havas
Milan
d’Annunzio
Provision supply bids awarded by Mobile County
Bids to supply September provisions awarded to M Forchheimer Grocery Co for 1163.33 with T G Bush and McPhillips as runners up. Grains contract goes to Ziliark Shafer Milling Co for 1771.25. No other bidders. a forty six cent gap separated the lowest bidders.
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Mobile
M. Forchheimer Grocery Company
T. G. Bush Grocery Company
McPhillips Grocery Company
Ziliark-Shafer Milfing Company
Aviatrix Miss Stinson Flies Chicago to New York
Miss Stinson attempted a Chicago to New York flight in an airplane and completed the trip in 41 minutes before engine trouble near Porter Indiana. She struck wires and damaged the plane but emerged unhurt.
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Chicago
Miss Stinson
New York
Ruth Law
Porter
Ind
Patriotic Farewell Parade For Pennsylvania Soldiers
Philadelphia sent a farewell to departing soldiers with a five hour march involving 35 000 troops. More than one million spectators watched as Raw recruits led the procession past thirty bands and floats. Mayor Smith tapped the Liberty Bell to start the parade. Airplanes dropped paper bombs bearing city messages urging patriotic resolve. Special church services closed the day.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Smith
Citizens Appeal for Two Mill Tax Levy in Mobile County
The Citizens Committee urges voters to approve a two mill school tax on September 5 1917 to fund facilities for 15550 pupils and 413 teachers across a 60 by 30 mile area. Deficits totaling about 65993 require borrowing, and revenues fall short of needs for an expanding educational system.
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Citizens Committee
Mobile County
Mobile
Board of Commissioners
Board of School Commissioners
Alleged Moonshiners Arrested Near Girard Alabama
Three brothers Oscar Cummie Jessie Burke were bound over to the federal grand jury in Montgomery County for attempting to relieve drought by operating a still near Girard Russell county. Bonds ranged from 100 to 500 dollars. An associate fled. officers hid in woods then arrested them after confiscating a loaded shot gun and ammunition.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Oscar Cummie
Jessie Burke
J. R. Thomas
Girard
Russell County
R. T. Yarbrough
Internal Revenue Collector
Montgomery County
Harbormaster report shows August tonnage rise
The August report to the state harbor commission by Harbormaster T. P. Norville notes a 17,496 ton increase over the prior month and more vessel arrivals. The month lists 24 steamships foreign bound, 7 steamships coastwise, and 4 schooners or barges with tonnages totaling 7,124 and 4,032 respectively.
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T. P. Norville
State Harbor Commission
Berlin Press Condemns Wilson Reply
The Berlin press denounces President Wilsons reply as prejudiced and unworthy of Allied cooperation. Editors call for a firmer stance and renewed emphasis on wartime unity amid growing public dissatisfaction.
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Berlin
Wilson
German Press Critical Of Wilson Peace Reply
Berlin papers condemn Wilson linking peace goals to the German autocracy and urge that the German people decide their fate. Critics mock his stance as meddling and fear his stance could prolong the war while warning against foreign dictates. The Amsterdam dispatch notes unanimity in attack.
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Wilson
Benedict
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Amsterdam
Tageblatt
Lokal Anzeiger
Wakeford Takes Post at Atlanta Y M C A
Wallace M Wakeford leaves Mobile Y M C A today to become assistant boys work secretary at the Atlanta association. Max Lavelle succeeds him in Mobile. Wakeford studied boys work at Black Mountain training school before accepting the Atlanta offer.
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Wallace M. Wakeford
Mobile Y. M. C. A
Atlanta
Max Lavelle
Boy Scouts of America
Mr. Wakeford
Black Mountain
N. C
Atlanta Association
Two Local Surgeons to Be at Conference
William M Mastin and Harry T Inge will represent Mobile at a conference of 260 surgeons elected by the fellows of the American College of Surgeons from the states to be held in Chicago on October 19 and 20. The meeting seeks to lay out a practical plan for standardizing hospitals across the continent to improve patient welfare and define moral and scientific standards and their wider application.
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William M. Mastin
Harry T. Inge
Mobile
American College of Surgeons
Chicago
Thoss Crowns Face Harvest Queens In Sunday Championship
The second game of the championship series between Thoss-Crowns and Harvest Queens will be played Sunday afternoon at Monroe Park. Umpire Edward Lauzon will officiate. The first game was won by Thoss-Crowns, and Harvest Queens have strengthened their lineup for the rematch at Monroe Park.
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Thoss-Crown
Harvest Queens
Monroe Park
Edward Lauzon
Thoss-Crowns
B. Smith
Steber
Eanes
Petitho Mama
A. Smith
Yost
Hall
Hurley
German League Fears Austrian Peace Efforts
A Vienna telegram reports the German national league demands vigorous measures to stop agitation for a separate Austrian peace. The league says Germans in Austria will resist any proposal to cede Triest or South Tyrol to Italy and condemns elements hindering Austria from staying aligned with its allies.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Vienna
German National League
Austria
Triest
South Tyrol
Italy
League
Netherlands grain deal blocked amid Dutch food fears
The Netherlands and United States grain swap plan faces rejection by the exports administrative board. It bars shipping grain from American ports to the Netherlands and Belgium, proposing instead unloading ships for Australia then redistributing cargoes, while Holland claims ample food for months and demands better surplus data.
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Netherlands
Exports Board
Washington
Food Administration
Exports Administrative Board
Holland
Belgium
Australia
Hero’ T Bick
United States
Eradication Of Tick Progresses In Mobile County
Dr. H W Bales reports tick eradication making strong progress across Mobile county with the southern area likely quarantined to prevent spread. The livestock sanitary board plans cattle quarantines for ticks by late October and dipping will continue to about November 1.
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Mobile County
H. W. Bales
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Bales
Livestock Sanitary Board
Pershing’s Men Given Defective Munitions
Washington dispatch reports about one third of small arms ammunition sent to General Pershing’s troops in France proving defective from chemical rocation in the powder. New supplies have arrived and steps are underway to correct the defect in manufacture.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Pershing
France
Frankfort
Kazan Fire Kills Thousands After City Burns
A blaze in Kazan on the Kazanka river driven by a long fire sweep killed and injured thousands as residents fled the city. The fire raged for thirty six hours early this week, leaving the Kazan population dispersed.
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Associated Press
Petrog
Kazan
Kazanka
Moscow
Normal temperatures and showers forecast for gulf states
Washington dispatch reports normal temperatures and occasional showers are forecast for the coming week across the Gulf territory and Atlantic and east gulf states. In Tennessee the outlook is generally warm until midweek with a chance of rain and higher temperatures thereafter.
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Associated Press
Washington
Uth
Atlantic
East Gulf States
Eennessee
Senate Rejects 80 Percent War Profit Tax Proposal
Washington report notes the senate defeated Senator Johnson of California’s 80 percent gross war profit levy 17 to 62 amid clashes between war profits radicals and conservatives. Johnson argued England taxes 80 percent and urged bold sacrifice while critics warned of economic harm and unpopularity of the war effort.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Senator Johnson
California
Johnson
Ashurst
Borah
Brady
Gore
Gronna
Hollis
Hasting
South Dakota
Jones
Kenyon
Kirby
la Follette
McNary
Norris
Thompson
Vardaman
England
Tate
Lodge Replies on Tax Policy and War Financing
Senator Lodge argues for moderate business taxation to keep commerce active and protect national credit. He warns against excessive income and profit taxes that could threaten revenue and victory efforts, urging avoidance of higher rates.
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Lodge
United States
Pacifists Open Their Meeting in Chicago
pacifists gathering in the West Side Auditorium Chicago Sept 1 with no police or public attention Louis P Lochner executive secretary of the People s Council of America for Democracy and Peace arrives to oversee the organization committee and the conference proceeds with regular talks despite earlier registration issues and absence of opposition
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
West Side Auditorium
Louis P. Lochner
People’s Council of America For Democracy and Peace
Lochner
Renew Fight for War Expenditure Board
Washington, Sept. 1. Republican leaders in the houses plan to renew the fight for a war expenditure committee despite President Wilson's objections. The new draft calls for a seven member panel of Democrats and Republicans to cooperate with the president to promote efficiency and curb waste in the war effort.
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Washington
Wilson
Private Faircloth Injured on Southbound Train
Private Ben T. Faircloth of Company H Fifth Georgia Infantry from Columbus, Ga, was injured on Louisville and Nashville train No 37 while riding between sleepers. His hand was crushed and his injuries were reported after the morning arrival.
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Company H
Fifth Georgia. Infantry
Columbua
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Watson
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Pema
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Penn
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Morgen Post
Morgen
Reichstag
Vossiche Zeitung
Soukhomlinoff
Januschkevitch
Imperial General Staff
Russia
Volks Zeitung
Friends of Peace
Boersen Zeitung
W. M. Wakeford
Atlanta “Y
Pershing
Gulf Territory
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