Waite Denies Poison Charge In Peck Fatal Case
Dr. Arthur Warren Waite a New York dentist and tennis champion denied poisoning his father in law John E. Peck in his first statement after a district attorney order. He admitted putting something in Peck’s soup but called it medicine and said Dr Moore instructed it. The district attorney cited arsenic purchases and alleged misused funds from Miss Catherine Peck. Investigation continues with grand jury and exhibits from Waite’s library.
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New York
Arthur Warren Waite
John E. Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
George F. Brothers
Riverside Drive
Waite
Tombs
Swann
Peck
Brothers
Brotherg
Catherine Peck
Dr.Waite
Miss Peck
Wall Street
Clyde E. Waite
Warren Waite
Villa Siege Rumors Stir Border War Debates
Reports from Douglas and Columbus on March 24 cite General Calles receiving word that five Carranza columns approach Villa and his band near Namiquipa with U S aid said to threaten escape. Rumors of P pero shing and massed Mexicans sparked cabinet debate on border troops and possible use of National Guard.
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Douglas
Ariz
P. Elias Calles
Enriquez
Chihuahua
Carranza
Villa
Namiquipa
Herrera
Amoveu
City’s Club Women Approve Item Plan
The Mobile Item reports the Home Economics Club endorses a plan to designate Mobile as a City of Azaleas. Elizabeth Fonde, chair of parks and playgrounds, praises editorial support and urges tree planting and street beautification to create mass azalea displays in parks and streets.
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Home Economics
Mobile
City of Azaleas
Home Economics Club
Elizabeth Fonde
Parks and Playgrounds
Home Economics Clinic
Charleston
Spring Hill
More Injunctions Served by Sheriff in Mobile County
Sheriff and deputies continued serving injunctions on license holders to halt liquor sales in Mobile County. The Friday list included W. B. Carr Davis Club Frank E Prendergast Cedar Club T A Harwell Canal Street Grocery John McNamara South Side Club Francis Zieman Stonewall Club F L Giblin B F Cody J G Tyrrell New Orleans Mercantile Company William Abrams Grove Club A Dacovich St Andrew hotel William E Flinn Water Street Club C W Roycroft.
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Internal Revenue
Mobile County
W. B. Carr
Davis Club
Frank E. Prendergast
Cedar Club
T. A. Harwell
Canal Street Grocery
John McNamara
South Side Club
Francis Zieman
Stonewall Club
F. L. Giblin
B. F. Cody
J. G. Tyrrell
The
New Orleans Mercantile Company
William Abrams
Grove Club
A. Dacovich
St. Andrew Hotel
William E. Flinn
Water Street Club
C. W. Roycroft
Villa Bandit Villareal Captured in Texas
Pablo Villareal the Villa bandit who robbed cattle buyer Juan Bilboa and obtained a $1,500 ransom was arrested at Sanderson Texas. He likely will be turned over to Carranza for punishment.
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Marfa
Tex
Pablo Villareal
Villa
Juan Bilboa
Sanderson
Ranza
Verdun Battle Stalemate Reports Change Obscured
Paris reports no change around Verdun since yesterday with only intermittent bombardments east of the Meuse. London dispatches say a second German seaplane was shot down after a raid over the Kent coast, with a British airman claiming credit for the downing.
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Verdun
War Office
River Meuse
London
Dover
The
Press Association
Kent
Channel
Russian Attacks May Divert German Forces
Russian critics question if fighting south of Dvinsk signals a general advance or a feint to draw German troops from the Franco German front. They cite recent stubborn assaults along a seventy mile front, bayonet charges near Lake Narocz, and German lines breached with over 1,009 captives. In Galicia, Russians claim a Dniester crossing at Mikhaliche after six months of Austrian resistance, with Vienna admitting retreat.
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Petrograd
Dvinsk
Lake Narocz
Dniester
Mikhaliche
Russians Push on in Northern Russian Front Near Postavy
Berlin dispatch reports heavy Russian shelling and multiple assaults near Postavy on March 19. A regimental counterattack repelled two waves, the third broke German entrenchments briefly, and a fourth attack at dawn was halted by German artillery.
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Berlin
London
Verdun
Postavy
von Hindenburg
Wiszniew
Narocz Lakes
Hindenburg
Norwegian Steamer Koenig Sunk by Unwarned Torpedo
A Norwegian steamer named Koenig was torpedoed without warning in the channel. The crew were saved. The report came from Havre on March 24.
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Havre
Koenig
Proposal to Build Hotel Is Abandoned
The plan for a ninety room hotel at Conception and St. Francis streets by F. H. Lackland once of Los Angeles now of Mobile has been abandoned. A.H. Downey of Downey & Deegan says the owner could not secure present tenants to leave their leases.
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Conception and
St. Francis Streets
F. H. Lackland
Los Angeles
Mobile
A.H. Downey
Downey & Deéigan
Liner Alamo Towed Toward New York After Distress
The Mal lory liner Alamo with fifty passengers in distress from a broken rudder and disabled engine was towed by the Algonquin and is Expected to arrive in New York tomorrow. The two ships were 143 miles south of Sandy Hook with the coast guard cutter Onondaga aiding. Earlier, a tug responded but could not reach the Alamo.
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New York
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Coast Guard
Onondaga
Algonquin
West Indies
Alamo
Cape Hatteras
Norfolk
Iine
Missing Army Aviator Found Near Ascension
Lieut. Edgard S. Gorrell of the U S Aero Corps, missing since last Sunday, was found Thursday three miles south of Ascension by a motor truck train under Lt. J. L. Parkinson Twentieth Infantry. He was uninjured but out of gasoline and lost.
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Columbus
N.M
Edgards. Gorrell
U. S. Aero Corps
Ascension
Tieut
J. L. Parkinson
Twentieth Infantry
Gortrell
Senate Debates Treason Resolution and Impeachment Hearings
The day in Congress included a resolution by Senator Lewis declaring aiding Villa treasonable. The House opened with immigration debate at 1 a.m. Judiciary hearings on impeachment against United States Attorney Marshall continued. The naval committee reviewed national defense hearings and Speaker Clark ordered an expunging inquiry. Weather forecase notes mild changes, and Alabama parts show partly cloudy skies with warmer temperatures tonight and Saturday.
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Villa
House
Judiciary Committee
United States
Attorney Marshall
New York
Naval Committee
Clark
Davis
Suensabe
Villa holds up train by Pancho Villa in Moctezuma report
Garcia Flores, a Spanish merchant from Chihuahua, says Villa boarded a northbound train near Moctezuma 85 miles northeast of Chihuahua, searched cars, threatened Americans, and left with supplies. He notes General Herrera joined Villa three days earlier with 2000 troops. Wires between Chihuahua and Torreon were cut three days ago.
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Tex
Garcia Flores
Chihuahua
Villa
Moctezuma
Namiquipa
Flores
Chihuahua City
Mexico
General Herrera
Torreon
Lumber export rate to Mobile upheld
Washington March 24 the interstate commerce commission upheld carload rates on lumber for export from Charleston Mississippi to Mobile and Pensacola.
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Mobile
Washington
Charleston
Mississippi
Pensacola
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baldwin farmer shows off extraordinary four ounce egg
P D Howe of Daphne presents Mobile with an enormous four ounce hen egg weighing eight inches around one way and six and a quarter inches the other. He notes the Barred Rock hen laid it and claims no record was intended but the egg astonishes locals.
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P. D. Howe
Daphne
H. c
Baldwin County Food Trust
Mobile
Villa's Defeat at El Oso Reported As Likely Truth
Reports from Mexican sources that Villa was defeated by American and Mexican troops at El Oso near Namiquipa are considered probably true by General Funston, though no Pershing confirmation has been received. Wireless improvements may prompt Pershing to break his silence on operations south of Casas Grandes as details of the engagement emerge. Three cavalry detachments have moved along separate trails, offering a chance for direct pursuit.
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Villa 18
U. S
Columbus
N. M
John J. Pershing
Villa
Casag Grandes
Washington
Mexico
Abi
Seene Eet Muni
Tre Armrican Meen
Ign
Putelde
Ger Villa
Lewis
Carranza
Mexco
Ashurst
Arizona
D. A. Rich
Douglas
Richardson
Douglass
San Antonio
Tex
el Oso
Namiquipa
Funston
Pershing
Casas Grandes
War at a Glance Lull in Verdun Fights Despite Active Artillery
The report notes a lull in infantry in Verdun area while French guns shell Mulancourt wood near the Argonne to disrupt German attempts to advance toward the Paris Verdun line. East of the Meuse German bombardment eases with intermittent fire around Douamont Damloup and in the Woevre. Meanwhile Russian attacks on the German northern front claim gains per Petrograd. Berlin says German losses are small though Russians incur heavy losses.
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France
Mulancourt
Argonne
Paris-Verdun
The
Meuse
Douamont
Damloup
Woevre
Berlin
Petrograd
Dvinsk
Jacobstadt
Lake
Nar
Lost items scattered around town with multiple rewards
Wednesday night a diampi brooch between Government Presbyterian Church and Empire The re, a seven round brooch with liberal reward offered if found. A white baby coat in Texas and Wilkinson Elmira Scott area also offers reward if returned to 109 ington Ave. Thursday morning a bunch of keys lost between Texas and Ware Streets with address Willie Fler 7628 S Lawrence St orring for return and reward. A triangular gold brooch lost on S Franklin Dauphin or Claiborne streets with reward. A bank book lost near Crichton area at First National Bank. Friday a white gold ring with initials W Cos found for street upstairs reward offered.
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Empire
Texas
Wilkinson
Elmira
Scott
Crichton
First National Bank
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