Strikes halt Gulf & Ship Island trains. injunction issued
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad faces a brewing crisis as more trainmen may join the walkout. Confrontations loom with I L A longshoremen and federal judges grant an injunction to stop interference with trains and mail. In Hattiesburg the northbound passenger was stranded awaiting flagmen, with a sheriff de guarding the moving train.
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Meridian
Miss
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company
H. C. Niles
Federal
United States
Hattiesburg
Laurel
Gulf and Ship Island
Northboung
Recorder's Court Hears Prohibition and Larceny Cases
Percy Atkins arrested for prohibition violations. case continued to March 29. John H. Jackson seeks continuance to March 29. James Carroll fined bond for three days. Thomas E. McDonald drunk fined or ten days. Nick Starvo drunk fined five days. Robert Adams continued for license violation to March 15. Alfred White found guilty on three petit larceny counts. total terms 3, 6, 6 months for rope theft from boats. Seven wagon drivers fined for no license. Earl Ford fined 50 dollars and costs. C Wingard and Mary Gibson noted. Walter Smith fined 25 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct. Parker dismissed for violating city code. leave town in 34 hours. Dr. C Wingard pleaded guilty to drunk. fined.
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Percy Atkins
Edington
D. C. Wingard
John H. Jackson
James Carroll
Thomas E. McDonald
G. W. Parker
Nick Starvo
Robert Adams
James Horn
R. Y. Jacobs
Alfred White
Madison Street
Earl Ford
Ford
C. Wingard
Mary Gibson
Walter Smith
Mobile County Jail Feed Bill Criticized
Sheriff W. H. Holcombe of Mobile County arrived in Montgomery to address criticism over the jail feed bill for the past period. The report notes scrutiny of costs and procurement practices at Mobile County facilities.
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Mobile County
Montgomery
Ala
W. H. Holcombe
Prison sentences clock big figures in six months
Auditor records show 474 jail sentences from September 1 to March 1, totaling 6216 days behind bars. Feeding prisoners cost the state 1864 dollars. Officials noted many sentences for vagrancy and some cases where a year in jail was served for offenses lighter elsewhere.
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Amuber
Submarine Campaign Not Postponed Says Berlin Official
Berlin official statement denies rumors of canceling or postponing the intensified submarine campaign against armed merchantmen. It asserts there has been no abandonment and the campaign is in full swing.
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London
Berlin
Local Visitors Make Brief Mobile Stop
N. E. Turner and wife and R. D. Busbee of Vinegar Bend Alabama arrived in Mobile Tuesday morning for a short visit. W. A. Hubbard of New York City, Southern manager for the Diamond.
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N. E. Turner
R. D. Busbee
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Mobile
W. A. Hubbard
New York City
Southern
The
Match Company to Make Mobile Southern Headquarters
Mr. Hubbard announced that Mobile would be the Southern headquarters for his company and a force of men would operate from the city. R. G. Hanly F. E. Bartelund and Mrs. A. J. Thompson of Chicago are in Mobile en route to Pensacola to join tourists staying there for the winter.
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R. G. Hanly
F. E. Bartelund
A. J. Thompson
Chicago, Il
Mobile
Pensacola, Fla
House Rules Committee Forms Subcommittee On Army Bill
Washington March 15 the house rules committee appointed a sub committee to confer with Speaker Clark to sidetrack all other business after the passage of the free sugar repeal in favor of the army bill
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Clark
Burglary Case Goes to Grand Jury After Recorder Court Hears Evidence
John Perry, charged as a negro, was bound over to the grand jury under a $500 bond after a Tuesday recorder court session. A gun taken from T G McGonigal's Masonic Temple desk was entered into evidence and later placed at the Metropolitan Loan Company under the alias Joe Smith. Perry previously worked as a porter at the temple about two years ago. The report ends with a stray line noting a janitor on a warm spring day.
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John Perry
Recorder’s Court
Grand Jury
T. G. McGonigal
Masonic Temple
Metropolitan Loan Company
Joe Smith
Porter
Mormon Colony Cut Off From Border Amid Turmoil
Washington dispatch reports the Mormon settlement at Cases Grandes, in Villa territory, protected by a Carranza garrison, is severed from the border by a railroad break likely caused by Villa forces. Carranza officials say their troops can protect the colonists. American forces may move toward the area.
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Washington
Carranza
Cases Grandes
Villa
Mobile Selected for Y M C A Training Center
Paul Super international secretary of the Y M C A announced Mobile had been selected as a training center for college men in Y M C A work. He noted Mobile’s readiness as a site and recalled his tenure as secretary of the Honolulu Y M C A.
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Paul Super
Mobile
Mr. Super
Honolulu
Prohibition case acquittals and nolle pros in city court
In city court Tuesday John S. West was acquitted of violating the prohibition law. A second charge was nolle pressed. Similar cases against Peter H. Hamil and Adolph Reiman were nolle pressed. William Schreeder’s case was dismissed after he withdrew his appeal March 9. Alleged Tigers arrested as Deputy Sheriffs Bernstein Donahue Gunnison and Murray detained Peter.
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Johns
West
Nolle
Peter H. Hamil
Adolph Reiman
William Schreeder
Tigers
Bernstein, Donahue, Gunnison
Murray
Peter
Prohibition Violation Charge Targets Several North Royal Street Sites
Robert Elmer Hamel and Big Schmidt faced charges Tuesday after whisky and beer were found at multiple locations on Northwest Conti Royal Streets and North Royal Street around Elmer’s and Smith’s places. The incident links to Francis Street in the surrounding area.
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Hamel
Robert Elmer
Big Schmidt
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Harris
Bell
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