Mobile to Welcome Black Strap Storage Tanks Plant
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company will lease land at Commerce and Beauregard to C. A. Snyders & Co. of Chicago to build steel tanks with a two and a half million gallon capacity for black strap. A line of tank steamships will move the product to feed manufacturers inland. The plant may spawn a feed factory and boost Mobile's import value by 500 thousand to 1 million dollars annually.
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Mobile
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Commerce and Beauregard Streets
C. A. Snyders & Co
Chicago
R. W. Taylor
Taylor
Mississippi
Gabe Ich
Commerce Street
Eight Volo Women To Face Grand Jury In Rail Incident
In Volo Illinois eight women including Mrs John Richardson face grand jury action after dragging Mrs Richardson from her porch to the street with a fence rail They claim they believed she was unfaithful to her crippled husband Mr Richardson assisted his wife’s departure from town State's Attorney Brady announced evidence is being taken against the group.
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Associated Press
Waukegan
Ill
Volo
John Richardson
Brady
Alabama Claims Albert Driscoll Parole Revoked
The parole of Albert Driscoll, the safe blower, granted by Governor O Neal on November 30, 1911, has been revoked. He is jailed in Chattanooga charged with robbing the Green Cove post office in Fla and suspected of returning to crime. It is alleged he aided crooks with explosives while at Jefferson Powder Mills in north Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert Driscoll
O'Neal
Driscoll
Chattanooga
Green Cove
Fia
Albert Driscoll Cammeyer
En Desperado
Alexander City
Jefferson Powder Mills
North
Alabama
Ray seeks injunction against War Secretary
Major Beecher B. Ray of the army pay corps asks the district Supreme Court to stop Secretary Garrison from certifying any officer for promotion who would bypass him. The attorney general recently ruled the president is not required to promote Ray despite seniority. A congressional committee probe into Ray’s political activity also revealed a domestic scandal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Beecher B. Ray
Army Pay Corps
District Supreme Court
Garrison
McReynolds
Ray
Congress
Suffragettes Arrested in Glasgow Fire-Set Attempt
Two suffragettes Miss Margaret Morrison and an unnamed woman attempted to set fire to a mansion once home to Sir John Muir, lord provost, in Glasgow. Police entered after a signal from the house. one woman stood with a lighted match before blocked doors, and Morrison escaped via a chimney covered in soot.
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Associated Press
Glasgow
Margaret Morrison
Sir John Muir
Glimpse of Real Slit Skirt Stirs Anniston Crowd
Anniston residents witnessed a rare fashion moment as a young out of town woman wore a Blossom Browning slit skirt without a petticoat on Noble street. Mayor Wikle was away in Birmingham on business and Chief Shiretzki declined to commit on follow up. Recorder Creen remained non committal. Shiretzki added he does not believe the skirt will cause much trouble in Anniston.
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Anniston
Ala
Annistonians
Noble Street
J. L._Wikle
Birmingham
Shiretzki
Richmond
J.F. Creen
Shtretzki
Hawthorne and Morton Recommended for Parole
Julian Hawthorne and Dr. William J Morton, jailed a year in Atlanta penitentiary for misuse of the mails, have been recommended for parole by the parole board. The release now awaits Attorney General McReynolds review.
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Associated Press
Washington
Julian Hawthorne
William J.morton
Atlanta
Parole Board
McReynolds
Constitutionalists claim capture of Torreon in Mexico
Official dispatch from Piedras Negras announces Torreon fallen to constitutionalists. They report 1500 prisoners and 20 cannons, plus ammunition. Details to reach telegraph lines by courier. more news expected. Torreon lies in Coahuila about 200 miles south of the border, part of a chain of cities under Governor Carranza’s forces.
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Associated Press
Eagle Pass
Tex
Constitutionalist
Piedras Negras
Torreon
Mexico
Coahuila
Oach
Laredo
Carranza
Ming
Carranzas
Monclova
Lampazos
Monterey
Saltillo
Nuevo Laredo
Detained for Train Holdups Linked to Illinois Central Case
Tom Clarke detained by Postoffice Inspectors in Hattiesburg after arrest in Monroe Louisiana. Officials brought him to Mississippi amid reports of ties to the Batesville Illinois Central hold-up on July 4 and the New Orleans and Northeastern incident. A black elevator operator Nelson Tisdale was arrested on suspicion, with more arrests expected. A list of tools taken at Monroe accompanied the prisoner.
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Associated Press
Hattiesburg
Miss
Postoffice
Tom Clarke
Monroe
Post Office
Chattanooga
Clark
Batesville
New Orleans
Nelson Tisdale
Arrest of Tom Clark in Illinois Central train robbery
The chief post office inspector of the Chattanooga division learned by telegraph of Tom Clark's arrest near Monroe Louisiana. The arrest is linked to the July 4 robbery of an Illinois Central train near Batesville Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Post Office
Monroe
Tom Clark
Iinois Central
Batesville
Miss
Senators expose foreign goods used in Capitol inventories
Senator John W Weeks lists items in the senate chamber and restaurant that are foreign made or imported, from Austria ink wells to German razors and French mineral waters, arguing tariff cuts do not reflect true competition. He attacks the Democratic bill as not lowering living costs or curbing trusts, and critiques calls to suspend American factories.
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Associated Press
Washington
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Senate Chamber
Austria
France
England
Japan
Senate Stationery
Senator Weeks
Senate
Capitol
Europe
Vichy
Sweden
United States
Weeks
Redfield
Senators Plan War On The Boll Weevil
Senators from cotton states arranged a conference with Agriculture Department experts to determine a method of combatting the boll weevil. Participants include Louisiana’s Ransdell Alabama’s Johnston and South Carolina’s Smith who proposes a wide isolation plan to halt the weevil’s northward movement by prohibiting cotton planting in affected territories.
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Associated Press
Washington
South
Department of Agriculture
Ransdell
Louisiana
Johnston
Alabama
Smith
South Carolina
Bcone Auarantina
Grant heir receives four million in prenuptial pact
San Francisco reports Ulysses Grant II entered a prenuptial agreement before his recent marriage to Mrs. America Workman Mill. The agreement awards her more than two thirds of his estate and kept the marriage secret for a week to avert court action.
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San Francisco
Reng Oe Gee
Ulysses Grant
Mrs. America
Man Mill
Grant
Canvassers Rally in Rain For Southern Congress Fund
Despite a heavy downpour five rapid fire committees raised 677.50 for the Southern Commercial Congress canal celebration. Total so far reaches 3,034.50 as committees report morning collections under adverse weather.
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Southern Commercial Congress
Ralph Richards
M. Waring Harrison
Robert Weinacker
Mark Lyons
Spines J. Young
Chamber of Commerce
John Craft
J. Irwin Burgett
Thomas J. Young
B. M. Clark
George Linning
P. B. Dorlon
Grandon
Palmer Pillans
John
Federal judges lift restraining order on L N passenger rate
In Montgomery on July 24 judges Shelby and Grubbs dissolved the Alabama Railroad Commission 3 cent to 212 cent passenger rate order for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The ruling takes effect August 12 forcing a rate drop unless further action is filed. Passengers who paid 3 cents during the injunction may recover the difference under a 25000 indemnity bond.
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Montgomery
Ala
David ID. Shelby
W. J Grubb
Alabama Railroad Commission
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Federal Court
Shelby
Grubbs
Pasengers
Senate tariff debate resumes as Works attacks bill
In Congress the Senate debated the tariff bill with Senator Works opposing it and accusing President Wilson of assisting in framing the measure. The lobby committee finished reading Mulhall's correspondence. John P. Murphy of Knoxville Tennessee named postmaster of the Senate. The House saw Republican Leader Mann continue his filibuster until the Diggs Caminetti resolution is debated, with adjournment at 12 35 p m until Friday noon.
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Works
Wilson
Mulhall
John P. Murphy
Knoxville
Tenn
Senate
House
Mann
Weather summary with scattered showers and temperatures
Local observations show highs around 82 degrees at multiple stations with 78 to 82 degree readings and a 38 degree reading noted. Forecasts predict showers tonight and Friday with light to moderate south winds.
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Royal Ana Cpus Wrens
Belles Owes
OB. Tackeus
Local machinists threaten strike for higher wages
Machinists in major city contract shops demand $4.00 per day for eight hours, up from $3.75 for nine hours. Employers refuse citing business, and a strike is expected when signals sound Thursday at five o'clock. About sixty-five workers at Home Industry Iron Works Mobile Foundry Alabama Iron Works Henderson Iron Works and others would be affected.
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Sels
Home Industry Iron Works
Mobile Foundry
Alabama Iron Works
Henderson Iron Works
New Weather Station Established Off Florida Coast
Pensacola reports that Apalachicola has been designated a Meteorological station by the U.S. Weather Bureau. Morning and afternoon reports will come from that point, after an experience last year when a gulf storm went unreported until it struck shore. The station will operate during the hurricane season.
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Florida Coast
Pensacola
Fla
Apalachicola
United States Weather Bureau
Gulf
Striking Copper Miners Clash With Sheriff Force at Calumet
Violence erupts as 500 strikers seize deputies at Calumet and 500 more mob the Ahmeek route. Governor Ferris orders militia readiness while deputies and company men suffer injuries. Mines and surface plants are shut as Calumet and Hecla and related shops halt operations.
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Associated Press
Calumet
Mich
Crane
Ferris
Hecla
No. 2
George Danboom
George Unsworth
August Beck
Calumet and
Ferris declines troops in copper strike district
Governor Ferris said he would not grant Sheriff Crane's request for troops in the copper mine strike district except as a last resort to protect lives while en route to Alpena.
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Associated Press
Bay City
Mich
Ferris
Alpena
Crane
No Action Taken In Meaher Case
A Mobile River Commission hearing on the Meaher boathouse dispute ended with the board taking the case under advisement. The Union Naval Stores Company argued the structure could block the creek channel if it extended beyond the harbor line, affecting barge navigation.
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Mobile River Commission
A. Meaher
Union Naval Stores Company
Meaher
State Harbor
R. F P. Duvalle
The
River Commission
Commerce
Earle Streets
B._. Beene
Constitutionalists oppose mediation in Mexican crisis
Washington July 24. Constitutionalist leaders reject US mediation while elections are held and a constitutional government is formed. They demand arms to guarantee a fair outcome, warning that mediation could let Huerta suspend hostilities and retaliate. Continued on Page Two.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Wilson
Bryan
Congress
Mexico
Huerta
Investigating Fire at Binghamton Clothing Co Plant
State and local authorities opened an inquiry into the Binghamton Clothing Company fire that killed at least fifty workers, mainly women and girls. Twenty eight bodies recovered. seven dead, thirty four missing, fifty four survivors, with many unidentifiable. A public funeral was planned for Sunday as officials work to compile a full victim list from hospital scenes and the locked office safe.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton Clothing Company
Department of Labor
State Factory ,Investigation Commission
Committee
Oi Cty
New York
Céronner R. A. Seymour
Mayor Harrison Labels Taxis Highwaymen in Chicago
Mayor Harrison denounces taxi fares of $1.50 per mile as highway robbery and plans to send a message to the city council. He seeks quick passage of an ordinance to reduce rates and end exclusive rights for large taxi companies to downtown stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jobe
Fire in Sing Sing Clothing Shop Triggers Convict Panic
At Sing Sing prison July 24 a clothing shop fire sparked a riotous alarm as guards battled flames with the prison brigade. Warden Digney links disturbances to transfer orders. extra confinement and mass inspections followed while officials planned stricter removals of the most disorderly inmates.
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Sing Sing
Associated Press
Ossining
N. Y
Digney
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