Continental solidarity urged for American countries
May 24 Upton. McAdoo urges uniform laws for commerce and finance across the Western hemisphere to ease trade, reduce dependence on Europe, and prevent future conflicts. He proposes a multinational committee to study uniform statutes and a high commission to promote continental unity and peaceful world leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UGTON
McAdoo
Europe
Western Hemisphere
Mr. McAdoo
Panama Canal
United States
High Commission
Citronelle High to Award Eight Diplomas
President H. T. Hartwell and the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners set eight Citronelle high school diplomas for graduates. Closing exercises are Friday in the high school building with an orator yet to be chosen. Recipients include Misses Blewitt Bueno Bartlett Hovard Ferrill Miller Rowe and Mr. Robinson Rowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Hartwell
Mobile County
Citronelle High School
Mary Mildred Blewitt
Mary del Bueno
Philena Esmeralda Bartlett
Annie Wheeler Hovard
Elizabeth Ferrill
Mary Ann Matilda Miller
Rollo Roy Meyers, Jr
John Robinson Rowe
Catholic Children Receive Sacrament and Confirmation
Over 100 children aged seven to thirteen gathered at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for Holy Communion at 7 am and Confirmation in the afternoon with Rt. Rev. Bishop Edward P. Allen presiding. Rev. Fr. E. J. Hackett delivered the sermon and led benediction. a second ceremony enrolled over 120 converts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception
Edward P. Allen
Mobile
E. J. Hackett
Well Known Prichard Resident Dies at Home
Julius Henry Glazier aged 56 well known Prichard resident was found dead in his bed Sunday afternoon around 3 o'clock. He retired in good health that morning. A Mississippi native he is survived by his wife and several children. Heart disease is listed as the cause. The Magnolia Camp Woodmen of the World conducted the funeral service Monday. Roche & Burke handled arrangements and the body was sent to Kosciusko, Mississippi for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Henry Glazier
Prichard
Mississippi
Magnolia Camp
Woodmen of the World
Roche & Burke
Kosciusko, Miss
Dip Trains Collide Injuring 17 and Killing 1 in Park
In Youngstown Ohio Daniel Denehy aged 20 was killed and seventeen injured when two small trains on the Dip the Dip collided at a park late yesterday. Every occupant of the cars was hurt all residents of Youngstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Daniel Denehy
Charleston Police Chief Wounded Kills Politician
In Charleston West Virginia May 24 B C Lewis a Logan politician was shot and killed by A H Sutphin police chief Lewis quarreled with EB White and drew a revolver but Sutphin approached and White aimed at Lewis shooting him in the leg as Sutphin fired killing White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
B. C. Lewis
Logan
A. H. Sutphin
Lewis
Eb” C. White
Cour A.d
Sutphin
Mrs. Helen B. Smith, 75, Dies in Satsuma
Mrs. Helen B. Smith, 75, resident of Satsuma, died Saturday afternoon at 2 45 in a local infirmary after a lingering illness. Formerly a prominent Minneapolis resident, her remains were shipped to Minneapolis on Monday by Roche & Burke Undertaking Co. She is survived by one daughter, three sons, and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen B. Smith
Satsuma
Funeral for Malcolm Gibson Remains Shipped for Interment
The Crenshaw Undertaking Co sent the body of Malcolm Gibson, aged rooming house proprietor, from the local area to Perdido Alabama for burial after his suicide on Saturday. The funeral service was conducted in Perdido.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Gibson
Crenshaw Undertaking Co
Malcolm Gibson
Perdido
Ala
Appointment of Villamor as Manila University President
Former attorney general of the Philippines ae neal Villamor has been appointed president of Manila University, signaling a shift in leadership for the educational institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Neal Villamor
Manila University
Decree Actions and Notices in Safford Court Docket
Equity side reports and orders in multiple cases including divorce for Beasie Fitts versus Carl Fitts. Register's reports read and laid over to May 25 in several matters. Dismissals for want of prosecution and various motions set for May 25. Tuesday calls include Agnes C Capanas versus Charlie Capanas and related suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law Anddeatty Comet
Equity
Safford Berney
Lacunacier
Beasie Fitts
Carl August Fitts
Nettie Bowman
Grover A. Bowene
Alfred Olsen
Louisa A. Olsen
D. R. Dunlap Mercantile Company
Day-Hamilton Mercantile Company
Register
Agnes C. Capanas
Charlie Capanas
Myrtle Lee Owens
Rufus J. Owens
Etta Alvarez
Cosmo Alvarez
Sarah I. Gerard
John R. Robinson
William J. Noble
Victoria C. Noble
Circuit Court Actions and Tuesday Call for Docket
Judge Browne presides as Mae Ammon vs Pullman Palace Car Co progresses with removal granted. Others include Wood vs Maiden Cammack dismissed by plaintiff and Zimmern vs O Gwynn granted motion to set aside verdict. State ex rel H H Smith vs F W Bacho parts of information rejected and defendant excepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Samuel B. Browne
Mae Ammon
Pullman Palace Car Co
United States Court
R. R. Wood
Maiden Cammack
Fannie Tucker
Mobile Infirmary
Berney
Ohio Valley Lithographing Co
National Mosaic Flooring Co
Garnishee
Country Club of Birmingham
B. Zimmern
J. C. O'Gwynn
Mo‘tion
John Craft
Mobile Fish & Oyster Co
David Patton
R. H. Bartels
Demurrerato
H. H. Smith
F. W. Bacho
Sheriff Holcombe Plans to Catch the Speeders
J A Blair of Hall's Mill Road reports repeated fast driving on the highway on weekends since summer. Blair cites damage to a Jersey heifer that died after a collision and says hogs and poultry are often killed. Holcombe says speeders seek long stretches to break records and will be policed by an automobile patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Blair
Hall's Mill Road
W. H. Holcombe
Blair
Holcombe
Harrisburg Youth Dies After Baseball Injury
Guy W. Omert, 17, of a Harrisburg amateur baseball team, died in Harrisburg after a skull fracture from a pitched ball in a Palmyra game Saturday. The death ends a brief, tragic line in local sports.
Whistler News Briefs Viola Hill dies at Whistler
Viola Mae Hill two year four months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles W Hill, died Sunday at 5 30 PM after weeks of illness. Survivors include two brothers Roy and Fred and other relatives. Interment in Whistler Cemetery Monday afternoon. Miss Laila Peterson re elected president of Mobile Kindergarten Study Club. Local notes mention visits and travel by residents and a White Sixx win over Ries Grove at Pine Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Viola May Hill
Ala
Viola Ma
Charles W. Hill
Roy
Fréd
Miss Peterson
Laila Peterson
Whistler ‘Kindergarten
Mobile Kindergarten Study Club
Mobile
Louisville Kindergarten Training School
Louisville
E. F. Maddox
Thelma
L. F. Davison
John B. Lambeth
Birmingham
George L. Lambeth
John Dawsey Sr
John Dawsey Jr
Mra
William Finnegan
Houston
John Hinnegan
Alice Liversage
Ellen Lehan
William J. Given
Fairhope
Whistler White "Sixx
Ries Grove
Pine Grove
Wilmer
P. George
Whistler Church
Or Bend
Schreiner Exonerated in Smith Regulation Case
In Mobile in a regular weekly session on Monday Charles C. Schreiner was acquitted of violating section 33 of the Smith regulation bill. The court found him not guilty after hearing the case and proceedings were concluded with an acquittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mschreiner
Mobile
Charles C. Schreiner
New Orleans Patrolman Overcome by Summer Heat
A New Orleans patrolman collapsed from sunstroke while on duty near Liberty and Franklin streets. He was taken to Charity Hospital where he was revived and later reported in stable condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Liberty
Franklin Streets
Young Friends of Louisiana
Pateade
Charity Hospital
Path of Peace Speech at Mobile Conference
President and Secretary Bryan urge mutual communication and cooperation among nations. They advocate enlightened selfishness and sustained lines of international trade and exchange to cement bonds across the Americas. Delegates from many countries respond warmly as Wilson hosts a White House reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bryan
Mobile
Mr. Bryan
Wilson
Argentina
Samuel Hale Pearson
Bolivia
Ignacio Calderon
Brazil
Amaro Cavalcanti
Chile
Luis Izquierdo
Colombia
Santiago Perez Jiiada
Costa Rica
M. Keith
Cuba
Pablo del Varnine Y Galdos
Dominican Republic
Francisco J. Peynado
Ecuador
Juan Cueva Garcia
Guatemala
Victor Samchez Ocana
Honduras
Leopoldo Cordova
Nicaragua
Pedro Rafael Cuadra
Panama
Ramon F. Acevedo
Paraguay
Hector Velazquez
Isaac Almora
Salvador
Alfonso Quintones
Uruguay
Pedro Coso
Venezuela
Pedro Rafe] Rincones
White House
McAdoo
Daniels
Red
Marine Band
White. House
Redfield
Burleson
Negro Preacher Held for Opening Woman's Letter
Moody Bishop a negro preacher was brought to Mobile by Sheriff deputies to answer charges of violating postal laws He allegedly opened a post office box rented by a Hale county woman and destroyed a letter He may be tried next week at the May term or held until the November term in Selma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody Bishop
Mobile
W. B. Ford
Bates
Bishop
Hale County
Selma
Kaiser's Narrow Squeak: British Car Capture of Luggage
In northern France a British Aviation Corps officer named Samson drove an armored car into German lines and forced a retreat. He recovered the Kaiser's baggage and private papers left behind, confirming the Kaiser’s near capture by Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kaiser Wilhelm
France
Samson
Kaiser
Harvest Hands to Help Farmers Across Midwest
Des Moines Iowa May 24 A L Urick state labor commissioner says eight Mid West states will operate a free employment bureau to supply harvest hands. The plan sends workers from Oklahoma to Kansas Nebraska Iowa the Dakotas Minnesota and finally Canada beginning mid June and continuing through the season under cross state cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A. L. Urick
Thirty-Sixth
General Assembly
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Dakotas
Minnesota
Canada
Mid-West States
Ten thousand dollars raised for Oglethorpe University
Ten thousand dollars was raised at the First Presbyterian church in Greensboro North Carolina to support the endowment of Oglethorpe University Atlanta Georgia. The contribution followed a sermon by Dr Thornwell Jacobs who is promoting re establishment of the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
Oglethorpe University
Atlanta
First Presbyterian Church
Thornwell Jacobs
Hepworth Files Divorce Suit in Chancery Court
Ernest F. Hepworth sues Myrtle A. Hepworth in chancery court on Monday for divorce on grounds of adultery. The couple wed November 27, 1912 in Colon, Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest F. Hepworth
Chancery Court
Myrtle A. Hepworth
Colon
Panama
Oil Firm Sues Palm Oil Company Over Damages
The Mobile Light and Railroad Company filed suit in the county court Monday against Palm Oil Company alleging damage from an electric car operated by the plaintiff. The case centers on injury to property or persons resulting from the incident.
Teutonic Ships Prize of War Draw in Britain War Effort
An extraordinary fund raising tone notes $20 000 000 of Teutonic ships as prizes of war while volunteers and clubs offer services to the government. Indignation grows over Austrian arrests of Italians at Trent Trieste and Dalmatia with reports of gendarmes detaining men at stations and forcing Italians to endure night rain with some deaths among children. Women and children crossed into Italian territory next day, men remained detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trent
Trieste
Dalmatia
Cormons
Goritz
German and Austrian Forces Massed on Italian Frontier
Reports from The Hague indicate German and Austrian forces total 680000 along the Italian frontier. The force includes thirty four German divisions among the amassed units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
London
Germany
Austria
Inferior Court News Proceedings and Fines
In Monday Henry Kemp and Cornelia Bell were fined 100 dollars or thirty days hard labor for adultery with Bell also serving time in county jail. Lucy James paid five dollars or ten days for destroying clothing. Harry Blunt faced five dollars or ten days for assaulting Pearl Riggs. Alfred Dixon Earlie Connell Earnest Jones and Will Dangerfield were fined 20 dollars or ten days for public gaming with sentences suspended due to age. Judge Chamberlain lectured the youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inferior Court News
Inferior Criminal Court
Henry Kemp
Cornelia Bell
Lucy James
Corinne Magee
Harry Blunt
Pearl Riggs
Alfred Dixon
Earlie Connell
Earnest Jones
Will Dangerfield
Prichard
Judge Chamberlain
Decision Against Chesapeake and Ohio Rates Plan
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that Chesapeake and Ohio refusing to join Kansas City Missouri River Navigation Company on joint grain rates and through routes from Kansas City to Norfolk and Newport News for export was unduly prejudicial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Kansas City, Missouri River Navigation Company
Kansas City
Norfolk
Newport News
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minister Retires After 30 Years Career and Vitalitas Endorsement
Rev M A Hanson of San Jacinto Austin Texas retires after 30 years in the ministry citing health issues. He says kidney and bowel troubles plagued him for 12 years but Vitalitas brought relief after three bottles with no pain in a year. He endorses Vitalitas and notes Sutton's Drug Store and Sani-Ady as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Hanson
San Jacinto
6Th St
Austin
Texas
Dallas
San Antonio
Sutton’s
Sani -Ady
Presbyterian Assembly Protests Prohibition Action
The Southern Presbyterian general assembly at Newport News adopts a partial protest against the 1914 assembly in favor of national prohibition. The action is not a reversal of anti liquor stance but a protest against any general assembly action that polices the church. Kentucky sylvan presbytery protest noted. Rev Broydsas referenced and referred to the judiciary. Education and foreign correspondence reports were submitted and adopted. visiting ministers addressed the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Synod of Virginia
Assembly
National Tranatory
Kentucky
Sylvan Presbytery
Tucky
Broyd Sas
Field’ Totherly
Onachina
Synod of
Arkansas
Committee On
Education
Judiciary
Tae
Onoreign
Rail excursion boosts Mobile and Ohio railroad traffic
Over two hundred Mississippi residents rode the Mobile and Ohio line for the Mobile Memphis game Sunday, the second monthly excursion per agent Harvey E. Jones. The road will offer future trips, while Mobile and Mississippi travelers also used cheap rates to visit Monroe Park and Mobile Bay. H. H. Bolton of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago line returned to Mobile after a regional trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Meridian
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Harvey E. Jones
Mobile and Ohio
Memphis
Little Rock
H. H. Bolton
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
New Orleans
Mobile and
Chicago
Monroe Park
Mobile Bay
Best Non Skid Tires Claim Against Plain Tread Costs
An advertisement touts Best Non Skid tires costing about 5% more than plain tread tires from the same brand. It argues safety tread tires offer improved protection while keeping price gains modest after a simple production shortcut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodrich
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Tampa
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Tate Maen Cathar
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