Bowen Enumerates Campaign Expenses Against Holcombe
J G Bowen former opponent in Mobile County sheriff race files petition with the Democratic executive committee alleging Holcombe violated the law by exceeding the $1000 limit. Bowen itemizes alleged unlisted expenses totaling 987 50 including advertising services for Holcombe campaigns in Monroe Park and local newspapers. Holcombe’s filed report shows total spending of 920 45. He declined comment.
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Wiliam H. Holcombe, Jr
Mobile County
J. G. Bowen
Democratic Executive Committee
Bowen
Holccember
Pen Bata
McDermott Advertising Service
William H. Holcombe, Jr
McDermott
Monroe Park
John ‘T. Brown
Bill Whitehead-Hoag
Mobile
Grand Bay
Citronelle
Holcombe
More Boys Needed for Working Reserve Enrollment
Mr. Murray Wheeler director of Mobile county boys working reserve reports four boys aged sixteen or over have signed for six weeks of agricultural or industrial work. L.G. Kiema Heyman Gabriel on farms of Gabriel says fifteen more needed. over forty could be placed. Enrollment expected to rise when schools begin. teachers will help with missed studies and bronze badges will be awarded. Recruiting station at Barton Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray’ Wheeler
Mobile County Executive Committee
Robert H. Kessier
Jed S. Golson
Joseph C. Pie, Jr
Bee
Messrs
L.G
Kiema Heyman Gabriel
Gabriel
Wheeler
Barton Academy
Detective Fined for Operating Without License
J. H. Lee, a private detective, was fined 25.50 Saturday by the recorder for running a detective agency without a license. He appealed to the circuit court and posted a 100 bond, admitting newspaper ads claimed he operated a detective agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Lee
The
Recorder
Lee
Circuit Court
EB. “Kirkbride
Lehon Detective Agency
New Orleans
Tropical disturbance 400 miles east of Florida
The tropical disturbance near the Bahamas and Cayman Islands is about four hundred miles east of the Florida peninsula according to a Weather Bureau dispatch from Washington. Advisory at 11 a.m. put it near 74 W moving north with caution for vessels. Further advisories expected in the evening. Albert Ashenberger Meteorologist Weather Bureau.
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Bahamas
Cayman Islands
Florida Peninsula
Weather
Washington
Vicw
Ken Field
Albert Ashhenberger
Weather Bureau
John M Dannelly Jr Commissioned First Lieutenant
John Milton Dannelly Jr son of Rev J M Dannelly pastor of St Francis Street Methodist Church has been commissioned a first lieutenant and is headed overseas The letter to his father notes he recently reached his majority and was commissioned as a second lieutenant at Camp Wadsworth after training at Harvard in French before the Camp Wadsworth assignment.
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John Milton Dannelly
J. M. Dannelly
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
Donnelly
Camp Wadsworth
Harvard
Wilmer
Heron Bay
Grand Bay
Citronelle
Calvert
Hollister Named Secretary of Y and Moves Toward France
H. C. Spot Hollister, formerly of Mobile, has been appointed a war secretary for the Y organization and is en route to France via New York. The announcement came to Mobile Saturday in a letter to City Commissioner George E. Crawford. Crawford noted Hollister’s connection to espionage rumors surrounding the Ta Sster group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. “Spot Hollister
Mobile
W.C
New York
France
Hollister
George“ E. Crawford
Crawford
Sergeant J Harry Hughes Wounded in France
Sergeant J Harry Hughes formerly with The News Item and The Register, overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces, was slightly wounded near Soissons when a mustard gas shell exploded. He was with a captain and corporal. the captain was killed and the corporal seriously wounded. This is his first wound and he hopes to return to the front soon.
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J. Harry Hughes
News Item
The
Register
American Expeditionary Forces
John A. Hughes
Soissons
Hughes
Rainbow Division
Two Governors Speak at Plant of Shipbuilders
Governors Charles Henderson of Alabama and Theo Bilbo of Mississippi addressed Mobile shipyard workers at noon urging a six day work week to support wartime efforts. The rally at Bienville Square drew over ten thousand as John S. Densmore praised labor efficiency for national victory.
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Bienville Square
Mobile Shipbuilding Company
Charles Henderson
Alabama
Theo. Bilbo
Mississippi
Mobile
South
John S. Densmore
United States Employment Service
I Bienville Square
Mobile County
America
Thees Bilbo
Crowd Fills Birdville Square For Rally Endorsement
Chairman Hartwell opened a mass gathering as St. Joseph street near Birdville Square became a wall of humanity. Governor Henderson praised the Loyalty League and attendees who backed the plan noting Mobile’s turnout surpassed Birmingham and Montgomery rallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Hartwell
St. Joseph Street
Birdville Square
Dauphin
St. Francis
Charles Henderson
Loyalty League
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Largest Negro choir draws record crowds at city celebration
The chorus of about 500 negroes was a feature of the celebration and met with wholehearted applause. The choir shared a monster stage with nearly twelve hundred attendees as speakers lingered on their points. Continued on page two.
Mobilians Tagged For Tulsa Reunion
Mobile residents wore manila tags on Saturday as the Electra Semmes Colston Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy collected funds for Confederate veterans to attend the Tulsa Reunion. Surplus after expenses will fund the Mobile bed at Neuilly in France. Tags read For the Boys of 1861-65 and 1915.
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Mobile
Electra Semmes Colston
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Tulsa
Neuilly
France
Goode Auxiliary 10 Meet on Saturdays
The Rhett Goode Auxiliary of the Red Cross will hold Saturday meetings in the Church of the Good Shepherd school room from 10 30 am to 3 pm starting October first. Mr J P Balasco via Veritas Chapter of the Eastern Star gave 26 22 and Mrs L Senn donated 10 for the canteen.
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Rhett Goode
the Red Cross
Tts
Church of the Good Shepherd
J. P. Balasco
Veritas
The
Eastern Star
L. Senn
Mobile draft registration nears completion and counts reach 11848
With 42000 men in the 18 to 45 bracket and cards prepared for transmission, Mobile boards anticipate questionnaires beginning within ten days. Chickasaw leads county totals with 1001 registered, while city count stands at 7039 and county at 4809 as efforts to streamline regional registrants continue.
More Conservation of Gas Requested on Sundays
County Fuel Administrator A I Staples reports cars using gasoline on Sundays still discouraged. He notes Mobile County last Sunday showed improved compliance and urges readers to heed National Fuel Administrator Garfield. Violators face federal action.
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A. IG
Staples
Mobile
National
Garfield
Washington
Sweet Potato Flour Plant Sought for Mobile
Mr. H H Bolton of the Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad announces plans to move a sweet potato flour mill to Mobile from Chicago. He says southern crops can supply mills locally and save thousands of dollars in costs. He is in talks with a firm to establish near Mobile this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.H. Bolton
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Quompany
Chicago
Mobile
Bolton
South
163 mobile negroes go to camp m clellan
Draft boards of Mobile prepared for another call of 163 negroes to enter army service. Orders from the provost marshal general direct sending these men to Camp McClellan on September 25. They are drawn from the last class reaching 21, with 46 from Board No 1 64 from Board No 2 and 52 from the County Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
McClellan
Henry Burke Brings In 1 183 Bales Of Cotton
The river packet Henry Burke on the Alabama river delivered the season’s largest cotton load to Mobile on Saturday morning totaling 1 163 bales. The steamer went as far as Selma and officers say they could have doubled the load with better facilities. The Peerless is due here Monday night or Tuesday with additional cotton from the Alabama river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Burke
Alabama River
Mobile
Selma
Ala
Peerless
Automobile Stolen From Front of Garage in St Louis
L. I. Brannan of 154 St Michael Street reports to police Saturday the loss of a Ford automobile stolen from in front of the Mobile Auto Company's car yard on St Joseph Street in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. I. Brannan
St. Michael Street
Tsker
Mobile Auto Company
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Bolsheviks Sold Out to Germany Betraying Land
United States government releases official documents showing German payments to Lenin and Trotsky via its imperial bank and proving Germany planned world conquest long before Sarajevo assassination. The records indicate Russia was pressured to desert allies as World War I loomed.
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Washington
Venine
Trosky
United States
Committee On Public Information
Russia
Imperial Bank
Lenine
Trotsky
Germany
Pershing Forces Reach St Mihiel Salient After Fast Advance
Paris dispatch reports 36 hours of fighting widened control to about 155 square miles of St Mihiel territory held by Germany since 1914. American troops found villagers ignorant of four years of news under German rule, yet warmly greeted Pershing and Baker as they moved to new sectors.
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Associat Press
Paris
Pershing
St. Mihiel saYent
Salient
France
Baker
General Pershing
Secretary Baker
Private Stegall Safe in France After Wounding Error
Private M. E. Stegall of Company H Third U S Cavalry is reported safe in France and not wounded, confirmation sent by the adjutant general to Mr A Stegall of Pensacola. The message corrected a prior erroneous report of his wound.
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M. E. Stegall
France
Washington
A. Stegall
Pensacola
Stegall
Aeteiahan
Americans Advance Thirteen Miles and Bag Twenty Thousand Germans
American forces drive into a depth of thirteen miles near St Mihiel and Hattonville while reporting about 20 000 German troops captured. Pershing’s troops push through the Lo in offensive creating strategic gains as French and American units press from the Ailette toward Laon and the St Gobain massif.
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St. Gobain
Laon
Washington
Associated Press
Pershing
St. Mihiel
Hattonville
Vigneulles
Chatillon
Fre
Metz
I Brieg
Marshal Foch
Allette
Aisne
Petain
Ailette
Mont Des Singes
Allemont
Sancy
Chem Des
Pershing Petain and Baker Enter St Mihiel Front
General Pershing General Petain and Secretary Baker entered St Mihiel yesterday afternoon crossing a damaged bridge as German forces had blown the main routes. Citizens hailed the allied leaders while a French band played in the square as inhabitants, freed from occupation, expressed gratitude and hope for future peace.
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Senth4
General-Pershing
General-Petain
Baker
St. Mihiel
Menge
Apremont
CneTn
Uns
Germany
Petedin
Pershing
Destructive Raid Leaves Riverfront Town Partly Ruined
The town suffered heavy damage mainly along the riverfront with many other areas scarcely affected. The raid disrupted daily life as sheets and blankets were looted while some houses burned briefly and were extinguished. Residents depended on relief aid for food.
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American Relief Committee
Labor Trouble at Bethlehem Averted by Board Award
Washington dispatch reports threats of labor trouble at Bethlehem Steel works in Bethlehem Pennsylvania were averted when the company promised to obey the war labor board order. The board’s wage award was to be implemented immediately, ending the wage controversy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bethlehem, Pa
Fto
War Labor Board
General March Praises American Drive On Western Front
General March lauds the American forces for reducing a salient by twenty two miles and lifting Allied offensive potential. He credits staff and individual soldiers, notes Pershing’s plan staff differs from the EEF, and praises the men who carried out the move. Continued on page seven.
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St. Mictel
March
General March
Pershing
Striking Bridgeport Machinists Near Return to Work
President Wilson ordered Bridgeport munitions factory machinists and tool makers to resume work. The union executive committee met and leaned toward obeying the order. Manufacturers offered reinstatement to prior pay plus back wages as per the War Labor Board. A mass meeting is planned for Monday to discuss the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Dispatch
Bridgeport
Conn
Wilson
Machinists Union
Papers Ordered to Save Print Paper Supply
Washington announces new War Industries Board orders to curb newspaper publishing. Baruch requires no prem contests or holiday issues and bans sale below published price. Measures allow only billboard and wall postings, space in papers for ads, and canvassing without premiums to lift circulation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Baruch
War Idustries Board
Debs Sentenced to Ten Years for Espionage Act Violation
Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to ten years on each of three counts of espionage act violation by Federal Judge D C. Wi haver in Moundsville West Virginia. Sentences run concurrently with bail set at $1. Debs is allowed to remain at his Ohio home with permission to travel only within the federal district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Eugene V. Debs
Moundsville
W. Va
D. C. Wihaver
I Fendant
Debs
Federal District of
Open Enlistment for Skilled Men in Navy
Washington Sept 14 Voluntary enlistment or induction into the navy for men with special qualifications will reopen under an agreement between Secretary Daniels and Provost Marshal General Crowder The navy will select skilled men for its special branches from the draft pool Navy recruiting stations will cooperate with local boards and serve mobilization centers for drafted men entering the navy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Daniels
Crowder
I. Navy
Two American Flyers Land in Switzerland
An Associated Press report from Paris says a four plane American air squadron landed near Fahy in Switzerland and the two aviators were interned.
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Switzerland
Associated Press
Paris
Fahy
Lenal
Geneva
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John M. Dannelly, JR
Porton
Mobile City
Chickasaw
Geo. B. Toulmin
County Board
Mobile Negroes
Camp M’clellan
Reisel
St. Quentin
le Fere
Hindenburg Line
Greuel
Ailette Ver
Mulhausen
Alsace
Grand Duchy
Baden
Sunburg
Allette River
Pershing, Petain ,and Baker
ST. Muriel
Bethlehem
General Margh
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