City Election Sees 546 Ballots by Noon in 6 Year Term Race
The city held a noon tally of 546 ballots with three candidates Pat J. Lyons incumbent Francis H. McConnell and John M. Clark for a six year term. Delays at polling places occurred as some officers failed to appear but substitutes filled in. A Craft bill to extend the term was ruled unconstitutional by the city attorney.
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Pat J. Lyons
Francis H. McConnell
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
John M. Clark
Central Trades Council
Alabama
Craft
Robert
Horace Wilkinson
John W. Weatherly
Birmingham
Errer
Fight in Pool Room Leads to Delayed Court Dates
Police report a free for all in a pool room at Ost and Conti streets drawing a crowd. John Olson a boilermaker faced the recorder on drunkenness resisting an officer and disorderly conduct. Also charged were James Kennedy Willie Whitehurst and E D Shaw with various offenses. Proprieter arrested for allowing minors to play. All cases postponed to September 9.
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Ost
Conti
John Olson
Recorder
Olson
James Kennedy
Charles Howell
L. W. Whitehurst
Willie Whitehurst
E. D. Shaw
Shaw
Desmond
Kennedy
Pr Sgucoh Hundred
Pershing Returns Home to Welcoming New York Crowd
General Pershing arrives in New York aboard the Leviathan after the Allied victory in Europe. A cheering crowds greet the commander with a dignified salute and waves his cap, as the First Division band plays aboard, and officials welcome him ashore in a triumphant homecoming.
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New York
France
Washington
Europe
York
Atlantic
Viathan
Tt Army of Welcomers
Battery Park
General Pershing
Marshall
Kit
Compromise Reached on Road Tax Collection Payment
A compromise on the payment of road tax collection percentages was agreed at a board meeting. W. P. Springer received $134.40 after a dispute over collections in the Whistler and Chickasaw districts. The total collected amounted to $272.50 before the settlement.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
W. P. Springer
Springer
Whistler
Chickasaw
Springer Con
Glee Club Rehearsal Tonight and Wednesday
Members of the Mobile Glee Club are asked to attend rehearsal at 7 tonight at the Mobile Relief Hall. Those in the magical program for the Red Circle Club should also attend. Another rehearsal is scheduled for Wednesday evening.
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Mobile Glee Club
Mobile Relief Hall
Red Circle Club
Warning of Atlantic storm prompts coastal advisories
The Washington weather bureau issued warnings from Jupiter to Key West and Fort Myers warning of a northeast storm off the Atlantic coast. The disturbance near the Bahamas is moving west northwest and will bring strong gale force winds and rain, urging ships to exercise extreme caution.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Jupiter
Key West
Atlantic
Fort Myers
Fla
Mobile
Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Warrants Issued to Fund Road Construction Projects
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners authorized six percent interest warrants up to ten years to pay for road construction by Jett Muth Construction Company. Warrants will be issued as work is completed and approved. The president was authorized to sign warrants for a nearby gravel pit transfer. Routine matters included trucking government pipe logistics and Dickens Ferry road upkeep bids.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Jett- Muth Construction Company
Jackson
Mer
Mobile County
Dickens Ferry
J. Lloyd Abbott
Raised dollar bill suspect held after citywide search
A. T. Toland of Oak Grove Florida contractor is jailed at police headquarters after a weekend arrest on Dauphin street. Detectives say he passed a counterfeit one to ten dollar bill to a woman in the western city, with three raised bills found on him. Toland admits passing the bill but says others used him, four raised bills circulated last week, Toland to be turned over to federal authorities.
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A. T. Toland
Oak Grove
Fla
Dauphin Street
Lacey
Toland
Fire department seeks sender of two false alarms
Fire Chief George W. Myrick is seeking the person who telephoned in two false alarms Sunday afternoon. The caller claimed a blaze on Government Street near Houston endangered Capt. Fox and sent another alarm to Mobile Stove and Pulley Worker. Three companies responded to the first report and several to the stove works, all finding no fire.
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George W. Myrick
Bert Fox
Captain Fox
Government Street
Houston
Myrick
Importing Liquors Charged by Officer
Ambrosia Castile, a West Indies resident claiming to be Spanish, was jailed on a charge of importing liquors. He was arrested Saturday night by Custom Inspector George McQuillan as he left the steamship Herman F. Winter with a package containing two quarts of whiskey and could not make a $500 bond.
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Ambrosia Castile
West Indies
Castile
Customis
George McQuillan
Herman F. Winter
Mobile Boy Enlists for Navy Apprenticeship
Joseph Mills of Mobile applies for enlistment as apprentice seaman and may be sent to Birmingham for assignment on Tuesday. Marion Ballard of Prichard and Herbert Boltman of Seabright, who signed up recently, will go to Birmingham tonight for naval service.
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Joseph Mills
Mobile
Navy
Birmingham
Marion Ballard
Prichard
Herbert Boltman
Seabright
Browning Case Will Be Heard September 15
Neal Browning, charged with violating the prohibition law, had his case called in the inferior criminal court Monday and continued until September 15. It is alleged Browning possessed whiskey described as of poor quality.
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Neal Browning
Inferior Criminal Court
Browning
Romania Refuses Austrian Treaty Signing With Reservations
The Romanian delegation told the Paris peace conference it would sign the Austrian treaty only with reservations. The supreme council, led by Premier Clemenceau, will study the note and the German reply on suppressing Article 61, with a firm stance expected. The council aims to finalize its position on the German constitutional issue.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Clemenceau
Germany
Council
Bayee
Peace Conference Debates Pose Czech Pact Dilemma
American delegates deny a British press report that the United States and England guarantee Belgium against German aggression. In Paris authorities report Czecho-Slovakia urged not to sign the peace treaty with Austria if Teschen district questions remain unresolved.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
England
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Gr Associated Press
Havas
State Council of
Austria
Teschen
Zurich
Senate subcommittee to probe Mexican situation
A Senate foreign relations sub-committee chaired by Senator Fall begins a months long inquiry into the Mexican situation. Hearings will be held in Washington New York and along the Mexican border with many witnesses expected. First witness invited is Rev Dr Inman of New York an officer of the League of Free Nations.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations
New York
Fall
New Mexico
Phe Ae
Inman
League of Free Nations
Mexican border aviation warning rules issued
Mexican troops ordered not to fire on American aviators over the border. Customs officers will flag the airmen at day and display rockets at night to warn them, according to the American embassy in Mexico City.
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Washin
Mexico City
Albanian unrest grows as Italians reported annihilated
Paris dispatches say anti Italian disturbances spread in Albania and a likely massacre of 300 Italians at Kastrali. Albanian delegates are expected to press for autonomy at the peace conference.
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Associated Press
Paris
Albania
Kastrali
Louisiana sugar crop near half normal in 1919
New Orleans Sept 8 The Louisiana sugar crop for 1919 is expected to be about half the normal yield, according to John S. Fenney of the United States Bureau of Crop Estimates. The forecast is based on conditions across the sugar belt as of September 1.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
John S. Fennec
United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
Emissary of Peace Heads to Bucharest Paris
Sir George Russell, named secretary to the peace conference, sails for Bucharest via Paris today to present the Entente demands regarding Hungary.
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Associated Press
Paris
George Russell Clerk
Bucharest
Japan Refuses Immediate Troop Withdrawal From Siberia
Tokyo states troops will not withdraw from Siberia now, saying conditions could require sending reinforcements to the region.
Convention to Decide on Strike by Maintenance of Way Workers
Detroit September 8 The International United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Shop Laborers opens its convention to decide on a strike that could halt rail transport in the U S and Canada Delegates representing about 600 000 workers will consider a vote on the strike and a new wage and working agreement Director General Hines is expected to address the gathering The union seeks a 1 per day wage increase and a provident plan with death benefit and education state auxiliary services
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Detroit
Mich
Canada
International United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Brotherhood
Hines
Treaty Organization
Henaod
Labor
Wilson
Red Cross Corps
Des Moines
Wilton
Mit
Iowa
Underwood
Sioux Falls
G. W. Wattles
League
Iigon
Cotton men to fix minimum price at opening meeting
Planters, factors and statesmen from cotton growing states met in New Orleans to discuss establishing a minimum price for cotton. Governor G R Pleasant of Louisiana opened the session and Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia was slated to give the keynote address. The American Cotton Association, formed to lead the membership drive, aims to set a minimum price likely to be agreed at the next day’s session led by president J S Wana of South Carolina.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
American Cotton Association
G. R. Pleasant
Louisiana
Hoke Smith
Georgia
J.S. Wana
South Carolina
Western lands to open for homestead entry October 14
Presidentially withdrawn land in Harding county South Dakota and Carter county Montana totaling about 14,000 acres will open for homestead entry on October 14. The marchers were quieted after leaders urged adherence to state laws and governors ordered an investigation with district mine officials to identify the stirring element behind the march.
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Wington
Sept
Harding County
8. D
Carter County
Mont
Sioux National Forest
Cornwell
City Fireman J P Sullivan Faces Civil Service Trial
Macon Sept 8 City Fireman J P Sullivan a labor organizer who helped organize police textile workers grass cutters and street sweepers will be tried by the civil service commission on insubordination charges. He failed to report after a special leave and helped assemble locals in the Labor Day parade as merchants press to disband unions.
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Sane Press
Macon
J. P. Sullivan
Tay
Civil Service Commission
Civil Commission
Sullivan
Japanese Feel Hurt At Committee's Stand To Rio
Japanese press reacts to the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee stance on the Shantung provision of the peace treaty. The press says the committee's attitude is insulting and provocative given Japan's repeated assurances that Shantung will be returned to China.
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Rio
Associated Press
United States Senate
Shantung
Japan
New
China
Admiral Beresford Dies in London
Associated Press reports Admiral Charles Beresford died in London on September 8. The terse dispatch notes his death, with no details on cause or surrounding circumstances provided in the fragment.
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Admiral Beresford
London
Senators press for reply to Wilsons peace treaty
Washington dispatch reports the peace treaty will be reported to the Senate next Wednesday noon with debate set to begin Monday. Senator Simmons of North Carolina said he favors ratification without amendment but supports reservations in a compromise form. The focus is on reservations sought by opposition and the timing of majority and minority reports from the foreign relations committee.
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Sy Favetater Press
Washington
Senate
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Gi Ae
Simmons
North Carolina
Wilson
League
Hitchcock
United States
Great Britain
German Peace Delegate Delivers Two Notes at Versailles
Paris reports provisional German delegation head Herr Myer sent two notes to the conference. One concerns delivery of German coast vessels to the Allies and the other discusses potash supplies, per Petit Parisien.
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Associated Press
Paris
Herr Myer
Versailles
Petit Parisien
British Troops Begin Evacuation of Archangel
London reports the British expeditionary forces are evacuating Archangel as the operation proceeds. The official announcement confirms the retreat from the northern Russian port amid Allied military actions in the region.
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Archangel
Associated Press
London
A F L Organizers fined for meeting without permit
Four organizers of the American Federation of Labor including Mother Jones were fined $100 each by Mayor Crawford of Duquesne for attempting to hold a steel workers meeting without a required permit yesterday.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
American Federation of Labor
Mother" Jones
Crawford
Duquesne
Nashville Police Seek Cooper's Watch
Nashville officers broaden the Cooper murder hunt by searching for Mr Cooper's watch missing since the killing. Police believe the watch may have fallen from the victim when the body was dumped in Richland Creek and hope it could fix the time of the crime.
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Nashville
Cooper
Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Robin J
Richland
Author of Children’s Stories Dies in Toronto
Mrs. Frances Cowles known as Mrs. Julia Darrow Cowles, author of children stories, died at her home in Toronto on Saturday. A 57 year old native of Norwalk Ohio, she lived in Buffalo and Minneapolis and was famed for the Little Cousin series.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Frances Cowles
Julia Darrow Cowles
Cotton ginning delayed by weevils across belt
Washington September 8 Associated Press reports the cotton crop is delayed by weevils causing small early ginnings. The census bureau notes 138,993 bales ginned by September 1, one of the smallest on record, with 1903 at 37,017 bales and an forecast of around 1,000,000 bales for the season.
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Washingtons
Belt
Census Bureau
Department of Ture
Fire Devastates Maimasa Island Wrecking Sawmills
A major blaze on Maimasa Island in the Gulf of Archangel has burned for over two days, destroying timber sawmills along three miles of shore. Property damage is estimated at about 50,000 roubles with authorities suspecting foul play.
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Archangel
Maimasa
Gulf of Archangel
Tdes
Gulf
Shoah
Mage Place
West Virginia District Quiet After Strife
Charleston, West Virginia, saw a period of quiet resume after days of tension in Loyvan County. Reports describe mine operations returning to normal as authorities and workers navigate a non-union field and avoid further disruption.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W.a
Tocal District
Toa Loyvan County
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