Enlarge Mobile government bill awaits Kilby sign
The enlarged Mobile city government measure awaits Governor Kilby's signature as protests from Mobile Chamber of Commerce are spurned. The bill includes a teeth provision allowing recalls of commissioners and sets November 3 for mayor and ten commissioners elections. It bans gifts or influence to sway votes and requires clear election notices.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
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Albemarle Quiet as Militia Patrol Street
State troops arrived after disorder at the Wiscasset mills to restore calm between county and city authorities and striking textile workers. Troops disciplined the area, were received quietly, and officials believed further trouble unlikely.
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Albemarle
N. C
Wiscasset Mills
Ace
Market for Foreign Money Demoralized
The foreign exchange market weakened as remittances fell. Paris francs per dollar slipped to about 9.0 and fives traded near 10.17 to the dollar, with German and Austrian currencies at new discounts. London pound dipped to a level close to recent lows as European financial pressures persisted.
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Associated Press
Paris
Austria
London
Swedish union men may not come over
Stockholm September 16 The Associated Press reports Herman Lindquist chairman of the general organization of labor and president of the lower house of parliament says Swedish workers will be officially represented at the labor congress in Washington unless Austria Germany are officially invited to send delegates.
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Stockholm
Associated Press
Herman Lindquist
General Organization of Labor
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Washington
Uniessay
Weather forecast for the Carolinas and Southeast states
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday across North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi and most of Florida with the exception of possible showers in the extreme northwest portion of Florida.
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Washington
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Prisoner Caught Drinking In Jail Faces Hearing
William Prestwood, held for violating the prohibition law, was found in a toilet drinking liquor from a half pint bottle at the county jail. Deputy Sheriff Moses Bernstein arrested him. He will have a hearing Wednesday in the inferior criminal court.
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William Prestwood
Sheriff's Office
Moses Bernstein
Prestwood
Inferior Criminal Court
Mobile mayor opposes street religious meetings in public spaces
The Mobile city commission, after a Baptist petition, allowed evangelistic services in Bienville Square and Lyons Park while opposing street meetings. They authorized a $10,000 loan to cover general-fund bills and deferred wage-increase requests from street workers. A truck-trade solicitation request at Dauphin and Water was denied.
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Mobile
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Small Bridge
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Robert Cerelius
Dauphin Street
Water Street
Steamer West Arvada Sinks After Mine Strike Off Dutch Coast
The steamer West Arvada struck a mine off TerSchel ling lighthouse, Netherlands, and began sinking with crew abandoning ship. It sailed from Galveston August 20 carrying 21,920 bales of cotton to Hamburg. Value of cargo estimated over $3.8 million. Captain S A Crossy in command.
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London
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Lloyds
Associated Press
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Arvada
Galveston
Hamburg
Shipping Board
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S. A. Crossy
Rebels Rout Federals as Honduras Mounts Offensive
Revolutionary forces led by Generals Diaz and Ferrera occupy La Esperanza, capital of Ihtibuca, after defeating Bertrand government troops. Carcamo's Bertrandista units were pursued by the rebels in a fighting retreat through central Honduras.
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Associated Press
San. Salvador
Diaz
Ferrera
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Ihtibuca Department
Honduras
Bertrand
Bertrandistra
Carcamo
Designer of Parade Floats Dies in New Orleans Funeral
George Soulie a fifty year designer and creator of floats for Comus Proteus Mamus and Rex parades died after arriving in New Orleans fifty years ago from Paris. Funeral services were held today with carnival officers as bearers, marking the end of a long career in the annual March celebrations.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
George Soulie
Soulie
Paris
Alabama counties freed from cattle tick quarantine
Five Alabama counties and part of a sixth were released from the federal cattle tick quarantine by the United States Department of Agriculture. The action is effective immediately.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
United States Department of Agriculture
Vatican Choir Boys Denied U S Landing
Eighteen Vatican choir boys of 70 voices arrived in New York from the Belvidere and were sent to Ellis Island by immigration authorities for being under 18 and unaccompanied by parents, preventing their landing.
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Lighteen
Vatican
Belvidere
Ellis Island
Provisions Carload Sells Fast in Chattanooga
A carload of government provisions allocated to the city was put on sale this morning and sold out in forty five minutes amid strong demand.
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Associated Press
Chattanogga, Tenn
Fire destroys J. G. White warehouse at Muscle Shoals
A large warehouse No. 4 at Muscle Shoals owned by J. G. White Engineering is destroyed in a night fire. Estimated loss is $100,000, largely from electrical equipment. Four fire departments battled the flames. origin under investigation. The temporary building will not be rebuilt.
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al Ala
J. G. White Engineering Corporation
Muscle Shoals
Sheffield
Florence
Svorkmen
United States
Nitrate Plant No. 2
Gotta Have License to Sell Hair Tonic
Frank Corso of Royal and Canal streets faced a dangerous and suspicious charge for selling hair tonic without a license. Police seized six gallons, and a bottle was sent to the health department for investigation to determine if the tonic contained poison.
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Canal Streets
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Corso
William Kounse
Jack Courtney
Health Department
Charles A. Mohr
State Pure Food Department
Auburn
Ala
Noske Calls World Revolution a Soap Bubble
German Defense Minister Gustave Noske told Saxon officials he would use all means to block Bolshevik ideas entering Germany. He warned that saving peaceful citizens could require sacrificing a few thousand rioters, citing Berlin Hamburg Bremen and Munich. Noske dismissed world revolution as a soap bubble.
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Dresden
Gustave Noske
Germany
Berlin
Hamburg
Bremen
Munich
Herr Noske
Statue La Fayette to Replace Ex Kaiser
Citizens of Metz accept Knights of Columbus offer to erect an equestrian statue of La Fayette on the former Kaiser site. The group plans a $50 000 fund raised among members and will cast part of the bronze from German artillery captured in the war. Marshal Foch may officiate at the unveiling on La Fayette day September 6 next year.
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Associated Press
New York
Metz
Knights of Columbus
la Fayette
William Hohenzollern
Marshall Foch
Ben
Box Factory Workers Strike Over Eight Hour Day
Six hundred workers at eight New Orleans area box plants walked out demanding eight hour workdays and higher wages. An additional nine hundred employees at Louisiana Cypress Lumber in Harvey had not returned to work after striking yesterday as the plant remained idle.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana Cypress Lumber Company
Harvey
Russian Troops Drive Reds Back Near Archangel Front
Archangel dispatch reports a successful Russian offensive against Bolsheviks on the Archangel front. Volunteer troops occupied Onega, a town seized by Bolsheviks during a northern push.
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Paris
Havas
Archangel
Onega
German reps withdraw from coal commission over relief rules
German officials pull out of the international coal commission citing fixed principles for relief and fuel distribution as the basis for the dispute. The Associated Press reports Berlin notes the stance affects reemissions and softened terms amid ongoing discussions.
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Associated Press
Berlin
International Coal Commission
Commission
Hat smashing sparks race riot in Gotham
Police rushed to 135th Street and Lennox Avenue as a clash between negroes and whites escalated. One man died, three were injured including a patrolman, after a straw hat dispute sparked a violent melee with cries of lynching and arrests.
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Gotham
Associated Press
New Yo
135Th Street
Lennox Avenue
City to vigorously fight fare raise in court
Montgomery officials will challenge in circuit court the Alabama Public Service Commission action allowing Montgomery Light and Traction to set a 7 cent fare rather than 6. The city argues the franchise may be forfeited for the raise from 5 to 6 cents, and notes the receiver said rates for theater cars are not controlled by the city commission. The suit targets all city lines as the company operates beyond Montgomery into Capelshts Cloverdale and other municipalities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
Montgomery Light and Traction Company
State Commission
Ray Rushton
See
Capelshts
Cloverdale
Fénigh
Nt Pany
Montgomery, Circuit Court
Fiume tensions rise as d Annunzio leads troops
Paris dispatches report Italy under Premier Nitti faces a government crisis over Captain D Annunzio who entered Fiume with irregular troops. Allied councils deem Fiume internal, while American detachments depart and British French troops guard camps. Titton to Rome as Badoglio calls troops back. Lloyd George pushes for action on William surrender.
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Francesco Nitti
Italy
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Fiume
Ence
Fee
Rome
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
d’Annunzio
Badoglio
d'Annunzio
Tomasso Titton
Associated Press
Yep Teen
Tinven
Promiee Lloyd George
Holland
William
le Journal
Southern shippers challenge railroad rate increase plan
In Washington on September 16 the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing examined proposed rate hikes between official classification territory and the Southeastern territory. Southern Traffic League counsel E Cotterill led testimony with traffic reps from states south of the Ohio River and rate expert W G Womble argued that Southern lines would bear an unduly large share of railroad revenues.
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Ohio River
W. G. Womble
North Carolina Railway
Alleged Murderess and Husband Held in Starkville
In Jackson Mississippi on September 16 a preliminary hearing in Starkville bound Mrs O O L Smith over for grand jury on a charge of murder for the fatal shooting of S J Wallace a prominent Oktibbeha county citizen. Her husband is charged as an accessory and bound at 5000 dollars. The shooting cause remains undisclosed and Wallace’s dying statement has not been released.
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Jackson
Miss
Starkeville
Oo. L. Smith
Oktibbeha County
Wallace
Jackson bookbinders end strike with compromise agreement
In Jackson Mississippi on September 16 a local bookbinders strike ended after a conference. A threatened pressmen walkout in printing and newspaper shops also settled with a compromise. Both groups returned to work today.
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Associated
Jackson
Miss
Pershing Declines Thirtieth Reunion Speaking Role
General Pershing will not attend the Thirtieth reunion in Greenville South Carolina instead his staff and the 48th Infantry Band from Camp Jackson will participate. Governors of North Carolina and Tennessee agreed to give welcomes. The reduced railroad rates for reunion travel apply only to Tennessee and the Carolinas, not to the distant former members.
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Eral
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Naval Secretary ends western trip after Pacific voyage
Secretary Daniels completed the Pacific fleet voyage begun at Hampton Roads. The fleet was reviewed in Tacoma harbor before Daniels returns to Washington while Admiral Rodman stays as guest.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Daniels
Pacific Fleet
Washington
Admiral Rodman
Hampton Roads
Crowe Named British Plenipotentiary to Peace Conference
Paris September 16 British assistant under secretary of state Sir Eyre Crowe will arrive tomorrow from London to take a rank ambassadorial post as plenipotentiary on the supreme council of the peace conference.
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Associated Press
Paris
Eyre Crowe
London
Herrmann Calls Meeting of Nationals in Cincinnati
August Herrmann chairman of the National Baseball Commission announced a meeting would be held in Cincinnati next Monday to consider the world series variable factors.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Hermann
National Baseball Commission
Commission
Duel at Fort Lee Echoes Historic Weehawken Fame
At Fort Lee New Jersey a reported duel between two U S Army officers over a woman's love and political rivalry occurred near Camp Merritt. Military police denied a duel happened and officials would not confirm details. Wounded status unclear as investigators probe the incident.
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Palisades
Ron der Hamilton
Merritt
Apital
Macon Firemen and Policemen Refuse to Quit
In Macon on September 16 the civil service commission dissolved the firemen and police unions. The fire chief and officers refused to resign or disband their unions, while volunteer soldiers gathered at the city armories. Textile workers on a four week strike faced ongoing rioting with a hoped return to work today.
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Associated Press
Macon Gee
Civil Service Commission
Ayder
Ee Commission
Macon
Civil Service Commissioners
Warren McWill
Jorts
Boston firemen vote against joining police strike
Directors of the Boston firemen union met after an officers' club gathering representing 16 percent of the city fire force. Commissioner John Firey said he believed firemen would remain on duty. A special directors’ meeting last night did not adjourn until early today with no public disclosures. The second week of the strike opened without material change as helicemen and allied unions await full sympathetic voting strength.
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Sberost Anne Tel Iicers
Thre
John Rirey
Ol Firemen
Helicemen's Union
President Wilson Resting On Way to San Francisco
President Wilson travels south for a six day California visit to promote the peace treaty. The trip from Portland to San Francisco is the longest leg of a four thousand mile Western swing with no train stops to rest from campaigning. Senator Kam Johnson of California aids the speaker tour supporting ratification.
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San Francisco
California
Northwest
Portland
Ore
Kam Johnson
Death row escapee Vaughn flees state hospital again
Thurston A. Vaughn former superintendent of the Southarrilina Odd Fellows Orphanage Greenville was sentenced to die in the electric chair for assault on girl inmates in 1911. He escaped the state hospital for the insane in Columbia marking a second escape after prior jail break and a Baltimore arrest. A court order authorized his transfer to Greenville for sanity tests. if sane he faced execution.
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Greenville
Bodies Drift From Coast to Gulf in Hurricane Toll
Reports detail bodies scattered along the Nueces Corpus Christi bay area after a Sunday hurricane hit the Texas coast near Corpus Christi. Officials say 21 victims were found near a school five miles from the city, with many more bodies believed buried under debris. the final death toll remains uncertain.
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Corpus Christi Tornado Death Toll Rises
Storm battered Corpus Christi causing widespread flooding and heavy property damage. Officials reported 15 to 25 dead in the city with some estimates exceeding 200 injured. relief trains and rescuers moved in as the harbor and business districts flooded.
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