Draft Questionnaires Mailed To New Class From Alabama Defense
Men aged 19 to 36 who registered on September 12 will receive questionnaires from Montgomery starting Wednesday. Ten percent will be mailed daily for ten days to registrants by local boards, with advisory boards assisting. British subjects who registered will not yet get questionnaires. Local boards in Mobile report October in-camp plans for remaining class one registrants and counts of white and colored registrants to send to Camp McClellan and to the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
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Montgomery
G. J. Hubbard
State of
Alabama
Capital
Mobile
Hubbard
State Board
Camp McClellan
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Local Board No
Leslie H. Hall
Hunter ©. Wagner
Richard Cloud
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Conrad H. Burke
C. R. and
B. Brutkiewicz
Jessie T. Nettles
Lester J. Moller
George L. Shipp
George W
Washington Writing News Of Bulgarians On Western Front
American Army headquarters in Lorraine reports that beyond Moselle towns expected to fall if the Hindenburg line is breached more fires have been set by German forces. Donmartin la Chaussee and Lachaussee on the line are described as burning as retreat continues.
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Lorraine
Moselle
Hindenburg Line
Donmartin la Chaussee Au Lachaussee
Paris air raiders brought down by French guns
Paris reports two German Gotha bombers shot down in the Compiegne forest after a raid on Paris Sunday night. The pilots fled, pursued by gendarmes, while a bombing plane was also downed in a Paris suburb by artillery. A woman and six children were injured in the wreckage.
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Associated Presa
Paris
Compiegne
Lap
Gotha
Famous City Editor Tells Of His Crime
Charles E Chapin city editor of the New York Evening World told police how he killed his wife in their Cumberland Hotel apartment and then surrendered. He said pressure from creditors drove him to the act and that an approaching officer halted his attempted suicide in Prospect Park Brooklyn.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles E. Chapin
New York Evening World
Chapin
Cumberland
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Forty New Houses To Be Built In Macey Place Mobile
L C Irvine of Irvine Allen Realty says forty first class dwelling houses will be built in Macey Place near Weinacker's store for shipyard officials and skilled mechanics. He urged the Mobile city commission to open Government Street access to the area, noting funds are deposited for the project and asking a decision on street type.
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L. C. Irvine
Irvine-Allen Realty Company
Macey Place
Weinacker
Mobile
Irvine
City Commission
Et Place
Government
Staff officer leads men against German guns in Lorraine
An American staff officer led a charge to dislodge German machine gunners on the Lorraine front. He personally captured one German gun while his men seized others, and he was wounded, likely mortally.
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Lorraine
Dirigible Balloon Flies Over Mobile in Afternoon Visit
A large dirigible observed over Mobile Tuesday from 3 30 until 4 00 pm. The airship, departing Pensacola air station, drew thousands of onlookers as its crew of three men rode the gondola.
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Mobile
Pensacola
Fire department draft plan to compel citizen aid debated
City Commission discussed securing volunteer aid for fires amid a man shortage. Commissioner Pillans asked the city attorney to see if bystanders at fires could be compelled to help, citing past authority of chiefs. The issue arose after engine Nos. 6 and 8 shut due to draft-related shortages, with talk of exemptions for essential firemen in future drafts.
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City Commission
Harry Pillans
Pillans
George B. Crawford
P. J. Lyons
Crawford
Leon T. Nichols
Lyon Street
World City Editor Surrenders to Police
New York Evening World city editor Arles E Chapin surrendered to police after his wife was found shot dead in a hotel room. He said his mind wandered and he could not recall his name, and he cited news reports as prompting his report to authorities. He was taken to headquarters for examination by the district attorney.
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Associated
New York
Arles E. Chapin
New York Evening World
Chapin
Veeteeeny
Triduum Observance Planned at Saint Matthew's Parish
A triduum begins Wednesday at Saint Matthew's arch in honor of the patronal feast to be observed Saturday September 28. Morning services follow mass each day. Three member days are set for Wednesday Friday and Saturday with abstinence and fasting.
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St. Matthew's Arch
Negro fined for pistol use in recorder’s court
Hilyard faced a $25 fine plus costs or 36 days hard labor after being tried in the recorder’s court Tuesday on a charge of shooting Jesse Gines with a pistol. Gines, a crew member of a government vessel, was wounded in the back about two weeks prior. Oscar Jones, arrested with Hilyard, was discharged.
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Hilyard
Recorder’s Court
Jesse Gines
Gines
Oscar Jones
Hilyard Jones
Spot middling cotton steady at 32.65 in Mobile Cotton Exchange
Spot middling cotton was quoted at 32.65 Tuesday by the Mobile Cotton Exchange. The market is reported as steady with 186 bales sold and 1,163 received. Of the receipts 1,134 were brought down to Mobile by the steamer Peerless traveling up the Alabama river to Lower Peach.
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Mobile Cotton Exchange
Mobile
Peerless
Alabama River
Lower
Peach
Robbery Attempt at Rector's Home On Dearborn Street
Sneak thieves probed Rev. G. C. Tucker’s residence at 207 Dearborn Street Monday afternoon but failed to enter. A rear window was found open and clothing lay outside. Detectives of the police department were assigned to the case.
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Rev
G. C. Tucker
Dearborn Street
Police Department
Investi
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Forecast issued for Alabama and Mississippi. Alabama sees fair conditions with possible showers in the south tonight, cooler. Wednesday brings fair weather and cooler temperatures, with the south remaining cooler. Mississippi expects fair conditions tonight except for possible showers in the southeast, with cooler air moving in.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Seven Billion More Sought for Army of Five Million Soldiers
The war department asks Congress for 7.35 billion dollars more for the 1919 army program to field nearly four million troops in France next summer and one million in training at home. Major items include ordnance at 3.59 billion, quartermasters 2.5 billion, plus 198.8 million for chemical warfare and 178.75 million for air service.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
War Department
France
Quartermasters Corps
Provost Marshal General's Office
Chemical Warfare
Army
Air Service
Signal Corps
United States
Light Plant Kept Going by Saving in Mobile
The Mobile Electric Company kept the city lit after a Monday fire damaged the 4,000-horsepower turbine. About 300 to 400 workers were laid off as Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding and other plants adapted steam power. Downtown streets went dark, but the auxiliary plant served most demands. Officials urged continued conservation to restore full service within ten days with priority machine parts from the War Industries Board.
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Mobile
Mobile Electric Company
Absistant
Electric Company
Mobile Industries
Mobile Shipbuilding Company
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
War Industries Board
Trapped factory girls die as building burns
Fire at the American Button Company plant in Ark New Jersey traps workers. Police say twelve deaths reported with many injuries as rescue teams search debris after fighting the blaze and evacuating all ambulances and reserves.
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Ark
New
N. J
American Button Company
Es Mill
City health report shows August mortality and disease figures
August mortality rate 16.31 per 1000 excludes non residents. Whites 15.26, colored 17.78. Typhoid 11 cases with 2 white deaths and 1 color death. diphtheria 7 cases with 1 death. smallpox 0 deaths. tuberculosis 10 white cases 1 white death and 5 colored deaths. One imported typhoid death. Sanitation notes include 550 inspections, 136 notices, 60 complied. 539 examinations conducted by health board with CAPT John A. Rush leading work.
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City Commission
Health Board
John A. Rush
Medical Reserve Corps
United States Army
Abram, Negro, Held as Bold Hold-Up Man
Worth Abram, a Negro, is charged with robbery after Mose Bell reports Abram held him up on August 21 and stole $31. Bell says Abram attempted to shoot him but Abram was wounded by his own bullet, then claimed innocence.
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Abram
Worth Abram
Recorder
Mose Bell
Bell
Mississippi Attorney General Ross Collins Visited Cawthon Hotel
Mississippi Attorney General Ross Collins is in the city en route from the coast to Jackson. He met with Sam Freeland of Meridian and plans to travel home together after visiting the Cawthon Hotel.
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Rose Collins
Mississippi
Cawthon Hotel
Jackson
Collins
Sam Freeland
Meridian
Miss
Gregory L Smith Returns to Mobile City’s Leading Lawyer Resumes Practice
Gregory L Smith a top state attorney returns to Mobile after months away at Mount Eve Mich for health recovery reports. He has fully regained health and resumes practice with the firm.
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Gregory L. Smith
Mobile
Mount Eee
Mich
Smith
Sixteen People Violated Sunday Gas Saving Request
Sixteen persons, last Sunday, violated the government plea to save gasoline by not using their cars. A count by the County Fuel Administration lists sixteen cars used, including two taxicabs. Violators’ names will be sent to Washington. if violations continue, gasoline rations may be cut off.
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A. L
Staples
Washington
Tonsmeire
First Yeomanette Joins Navy Here
Miss Eunice Layfield of Prichard becomes the first yeomanette accepted by Chief Machinist Mate Tobias at the local recruiting station. She left Mobile for Washington to begin stenography and typewriting duties, following a call from Birmingham for ten yeomanettes for ten weeks from the district.
Women’s War Service Adopts Five Orphans
The Woman's War Service of Mobile adopted five French orphans after a Monday meeting at the Cawthon Hotel. They will observe October 12 as Italian Red Cross Day. Mrs. Le Baron Lyons, chair of the child conservation committee, will report to the U S Department of Labor on local child conservation work. Six thousand Mobile women are now engaged in women's war service.
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Woman's War Service of
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
LeBaron Lyons
Child Conservation Committee
United States Department of Labor
Peace rejection reply sent on way Tuesday
The American government rejected Austria-Hungary’s proposal for secret non binding peace talks and the reply was delivered to the Swedish legation for transmission to Vienna. Senator Lodge praised the President’s prompt refusal urging universal approval and saying Germany must not bargain for peace. Colorado senators echoed that the President spoke for the nation.
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Washington
Sepe
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Wilson
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
America
Germany
Germmans
Senatoas
Colorado
Benator Lodge
United States Rejects Austro-Hungarian Peace Proposal
Washington officials say the U S government rejects the Austro-Hungarian peace proposal as offered to the Allies and will steer policy under President Wilson and Secretary Lansing. The rejection follows rapid official assessment after the proposal reached Washington.
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Washington
United States
Austria-Hungary
America
Lansing
Wilson
Must Pay Price or Move Tenant Ordered to Leave Lodging
Arthur Butterworth of the Emergency Fleet Corporation was told by Acting Recorder R F Gordon that he could not hold rooms permanently at the old rent if the landlord raised it. The recorder advised Butterworth to move from Mrs. Josephine Pfau’s lodging at 11 North Jackson Street after he refused to pay the additional dollar weekly rent. Butterworth claimed the federal rental adjustment board handled the case but produced no evidence.
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Arthur Butterworth
Emergency Fleet Corporation
R. F B. Gordon
Josephine Pfau
North Jackson Street
Butterworth
Old Tires Collected For Red Cross Fund Drive
Hundreds of old automobile tires and inner tubes were received Tuesday by the local Red Cross chapter at the Admiral Semmes monument base on Government and Royal streets. Henry A. Forchheimer heads the Automobile Salvage Day for the Red Cross, acting at the request of Mrs. Rhett Goode chair. The shop will be kept open every Tuesday and the tires and tubes will be sold by the Red Cross.
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The
Red Cross
Admiral Semmes
Royal
Henry A. Forchheimer
Rhett Goode
Ch Tef
Forchheimer
Men Cleared Of Drinking Prohibition Charge
Herman Konig Peter Mullen Vincent Mullen and J A McAllister were arrested Monday afternoon by Detectives Lacey and Desmond for drinking prohibited liquors in a public place but discharged Tuesday by the recorder as the officers could not prove a violation of the law. The prohibition statute allows fines of 330 for public drinking. Railroad officials and conductors have arrest powers.
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Herman Konig
Peter Mullen
Vincent Mullen
J. A. McAllister
Lacey
Desmond
Recorder
September 30 Named to Hear Rate Case
President and General Manager T. K. Jackson of Mobile Electric Company returns from Montgomery where the petition seeks rate increases. The state Public Service Commission will hear the case on September 30.
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Electric Company
T. K. Jackson
Mobile Electric Company
Montgomery
Jackson
State Public Service Commission
Deserter Held Here Fined for Disturbance
Joe Manus is held at Nee headquarters after being charged as a deserter from a Texas army post. He was picked up Saturday at Royal and Dauphin streets by Officer William Ellsworth for creating a disturbance and fined $5. Manus admits he is wanted for deserting.
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Joe Manus
Nee
Federal
Allties
Texas
Royal
Dauphin Streets
William Ellsworth
Manus
Tragic Russian Crisis Reports Seek Action Abroad
Washington dispatch says allied citizens in Russia face danger as authorities arrest about five hundred people in connection with the Bolshevik minister M. Uretski. Several are held for examination amid fears of further plots against Bolshevik leaders.
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Washington
Russia
M. Uretski
Bulgaria Emerges on Western Front Rumor Cites Unofficial Reports
Washington reports rumor of Bulgarian troops appearing on the western front but any move to label Bulgaria an enemy of the United States awaits an official report and formal action.
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Washington
Sept
Western Front
Bulgaria
United States
Allied Pressure In World War I Fronts Reported Shifting
Allied forces press on German positions on the western front as signs of abating. In Metz region towns burn in Moselle valley. Bulgarians suffer setbacks as Serb and French troops push in Macedonia advancing over five miles with 3,000 prisoners captured. A Yugoslav division reaches Koziak height near Sokol. The push aims to clear the corridor and threaten Prilep railway hub north of Monastir.
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Washington
Associated Press
Western Front
Metz
Moselle
Hindenburg
Macedonia
Sokol
Attac
Gradeshnitsa
Koziak
Nort
Thealley
Prilep
Monastir
Powder Lets Go Three Die At Birmingham Plant Explosion
Three men died and several were injured when an explosion rocked the Aetna Explosives plant in North Birmingham at noon. Victims named are L. Henson and F. Green white, Will Worts black. Property damage estimated at 5 000 to 10 000 dollars. Debris damaged nearby stores. rebuilding to start immediately.
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Birmingham
Ala
Aetna Explosives Company
KR. l L. Henson
F. B. Green
Will Worts
J. A. Almon
Mexican Rebels Close To The Capital In Attack Report
An unconfirmed report from Chihuahua City claims Higinio Aguilar attacked and damaged the Necaxa power plant 100 miles from Mexico City. Federal artillery was placed in church towers to quell Independence Day demonstrations in Mexico City.
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EL Pabo
Higinio Aguilar
Dama
Mexico City
Chihuahua City
Necaxa Puebla
North America
Offered $5 for a Kiss Says City Detective
G. W. Robertson, claiming to be a shipworker, is jailed on a technical charge connected to an alleged insult to a twelve year old near the fair grounds. In recorder’s court he sought bond, the bond set at $500, and the case continued to Thursday to allow witnesses. Detective M. Desmond reports several complaints about Robertson’s actions to police.
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G. W. Robertson
Robertson
Recorder’s Court
Bond
M. Desmond
Prices for Army Food Issued in September
Washington reports the army paid for principal food supplies in September. Beef 23.34 cents per pound, ham 34 cents, bacon 42 cents, lard 27 cents, lard substitute 28 cents. Yellow corn meal 4.14 cents per pound, white corn meal 4.11 cents delivered at camps. Tub butter 44.25 cents. Average price for potatoes not clearly stated.
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F. C. B. Chicago
Chicago
Fronts and Air Activity As War Entreats Monastir and Ypres
Bulgarian war officer reports ally progress in Monastir with heavy losses. Serbian line says allied losses are small. From Ypres to Rheims British and French conduct local engagements with some gains between Lens and Ypres. Northwest of St. Quentin, forces push toward Le Verguier for a north flank. Aerial activity near Metz intensifies, with sixteen balloons and twelve enemy planes accounted for. Allied bombing targets railways and other facilities. German artillery fire against Americans remains strong southwest of Mot, hinting at Hindenburg line digging in. Continued on page seven.
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Monastir
Ypres
Rheims
Lens
St. Quentin
le Verguier
Spain
Mots
Hindenburg
Many German shells failing to explode
American artillery officers report a high failure rate among German shells during the north Marne retreat. They estimate fifty to one hundred percent of shells may fail to detonate at certain moments, due to damp conditions and poor precautions after heavy rain.
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Associated Press
France
Marne
Cormant
Woman Suffrage Bill Debated Ahead of September 26
A women suffrage bill moves toward a key session on September 26 as supporters press for voting rights. Legislators consider amendments while public rallies highlight the push for universal suffrage.
Danish King and American Minister in Copenhagen
In Copenhagen King Maurice hosts a meeting with the American Minister as part of diplomatic talks. The event signals ongoing cooperation between Denmark and the United States amid regional tensions. The specifics of dates and attendees are scarce in the fragment.
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Ake Ea
Washinton
Paris Air Raiders
HMNS
World City
Saint Matthews
Rector
Newark
Ross Collins
Women’s War Service
Austria
Copenhagen
King the Cross
Maurice
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