Negro Suspect in Birmingham Killing Held in Uniontown
Oliver Elems, claimed Uniontown Alabama as home, is detained at police HQ in a Birmingham murder probe. Police say he is wanted for a four murder count in Birmingham about three years ago and allege he killed a man there. Elems denies the charges and says he has never been in Birmingham. He reports living with his father Merideth Elems in Uniontown until three years ago when he moved to Mobile. Arrested by Patrolmen Mabry and Fincher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Elems
Uniontown
Ala
Elems
Birmingham
Birm
Crenshaw
Pearson
Merideth
Delilah
Grand Jury
Mobile
Jersey
B. B. Chamberlain
Bradley
Foster
Vagrancy Charge Linked to Cosmopolitan Club Raid
H. R. Penny, arrested during the Cosmopolitan Club raid on Tuesday night, was arraigned before Recorder Edington and the charge merged to the state docket as vagrancy. The vagrancy case is set for a June 3 hearing before the recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Penny
Cosmopolitan Club
Edington
City People and Why They Are Sick
A physician laments widespread illness with half the population sick and the rest preparing to be. He warns about 30,000 patent medicines containing poison or dope and notes many rely on them to no avail. The booster claims Vitalitas, a liquid from a volcanic substance, restores health and cures indigestion rheumatism biliousness impotency debility kidney liver and skin and blood diseases. Demonstrations and samples are offered at Sutton's drug store in St Francis and Royal streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton'’s
St. Francis and
Royal Streets
Negress Sentenced For Clothes Theft
Ethel Marshall arrested by Detectives Burch and Pearson on petit larceny was sentenced to six months hard labor by Recorder Edington on the charge of stealing wearing apparel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Marshall
Burch and Pearson
Edington
Convent of Mercy Holds Exercises and Awards
The Convent of Mercy Academy held its commencement exercises with a musical program and prize presentations. Graduates listed include Mercedita Laubenheimer Myrtle Murray Helen McDonald Myrtle McNamara Ray Norville Myrtle Ollinger Bernie Wagner Allie Yeend Madrienne Zieman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convent of Mercy Academy
Mercedita Laubenheimer
Myrtle Murray
Helen McDonald
Myrtle McNamara
Ray Norville
Myrtle Ollinger
Bernie Wagner
Allie Yeend
Madrienne Zieman
Pr&e
Marie Walsh
John Walker
Edward Damrich
Damrich
Marguerite Makay
Gladys McNamara
Norma Wilson
Annalee Muscat
Francis Walters
Angelo Felio
Revenue Cutter Ordered to Key West to Ease Sponge War
Information from Washington reports U S district attorney Herbert S Phillips that the revenue cutter Yamacraw has been ordered from Savannah to Key West to curb clashes between Greek and American sponge fishermen. Two Greek schooners have already been destroyed by sympathizers of American fishermen prompting Greek complaints to U S authorities and the Greek minister in Washington.
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Ly Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Washington
Herbert S. Phillips
United States
Savannah
Key West
Bold Sulphur Cream Promises Relief for Eczema
An ad extols bold sulfur cream as a premier treatment for itching and disfiguring eczema forms such as acne ringworm and salt rheum. It claims rapid relief from itching, anti parasitic and antiseptic action, and soothing of inflamed skin with direct topical application.
Gorgas Predicts White Race Dominance Through Tropical Sanitation
In a Mobile Alumni Association address Dr. William C. Gorgas, surgeon general, argued that modern tropical sanitation will allow English-speaking people to settle the tropics. He cited Canal Zone work and predicted future dense populations in the tropics, while stressing sanitation as the barrier to immigration.
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Medical College of the University of Alabama
William Crawford Gorgas
United States Army
Knott
Alabama
United States Sanitary Commission
Havana
Gorgas
Tropics
North Dakota
Canal Zone
Gulf States
United States
West Indies
Mexico
Central
South America
India
China
Harry T. Hartwell
Mobile County
David H. Edington
University of Alabama
Pat J. Lyons
Mobile
Examiners Begin Probe Into Morgan Books
Four Interstate Commerce Commission examiners arrived at J. P. Morgan & Co. to inspect New Haven Railroad records. The inquiry, described as potentially lengthy, will proceed from New York to Washington with Morgan counsel resisting a fishing expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. E. Morgan & Co
Frm
New Haven
Washington
J._P.Morgan & Co
J. Pierpont Morgan
Folk
Francis Linde Stetson
Morgan House
Commission
Gorgas Praised for Panama Work Amid Mobile Business Concern
J C OConnell editor of The Item spoke on The Press and R V Taylor Mobile and Ohio Railroad VP gave remarks after praising Gorgas work in Panama. The audience noted the impact on local business as the medical advance continued.
Greek killed by partner in city cookshop quarrel
Nick Peters a Greek, is dead after a dispute with his business partner Chris Barton at a cookshop on Commerce and Lipscomb streets. Barton is jailed on murder charges, with several Greek sailors held as witnesses. A coroner's report cites multiple bullet wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Peters
Chris Barton
Peters
Commerce
Lipscomb
Barton
Recorder’s Court
L. J. Murray
John New
E. New
Johnnie Davis
Mirrors and Arc Lamp Light Up German Operating Table
In a German hospital a sequence of mirrors directs beams from an outside arc lamp onto an operating table, creating an illumination free of shadows for the procedure.
Woman Praises Black-Draught From Niangua Home
Mrs N Alexander of Niangua Missouri testifies to the benefits of Thedford s Black-Draught for lifelong sick headaches indigestion and bile related troubles. She notes her son Joe relies on it for pin worms and that it relieves occasional headaches. The remedy is described as a pure vegetable product that stimulates the liver and costs one cent per dose. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Thedford
School festival honors awarded with medals and premiums
Miss McNamara and peers receive attendance prizes while awards cover gold medals for Christian Doctrine and scholarship with winners including Catherine Greenwood Zilpah Glennon Eleanor Ponder and Dor othy Tonsmeire. Premiums go to Dorothy Tonsmeire Genevieve Walsh spelling to Josie May Simmons and various premiums for application and mathematics with a program of a minuet and operetta cast listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McNamara
Eleanor Ponder
Emelise Kerman
Ethel Wilson
Marsena Kearns
Catherine Greenwood
Zilpah Glennon
Wilhelmina Herpin
Dorothy Tonsmeire
Lacey May McDonnell
Miss Tonsmeire
Zilpah Giennon
Emelise Hermann
Tonsmeire
Genevieve Walsh
Josie May Simmons
Richard Walsh
Alice Alfred
Minnie Reynolds
Alice Zieman
Secord
Donnell Greenwood
David Makay
Harry McDonald
Emile Herpin
Murray Cahill
Leonard le Baron
Avril Norden
Mary Catherine Reynolds
Emile Felis
Mary McNamara
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Bradley Girl
Grand Jury Room
Joel M. Foster
Brown's Mills
N. J
Delilah Bradley
Pemberton
H. E. Bradley
City
Bienville Hotel
Negress
Ayer
Lowell Kea
T. G. Bush Grocery CO
Mobile, Ala
Savannah Street
Chatham
House
N. L. Vickers Mortgage Loans
Convent OF Mercy
Agnes Wilson
Isabelle Sullivan
Harry McDonnell
James McDonald
Joel Foster
Revenue Gutter
Destruc
Tion
Morgan Books
Niangua, Mo
Duke’s
ST. Michael
ACO
G. Piel
M. Piel
Piabios
Piel
Windsor Hotel
A. E. Stiles Hotel Co
E. Karl
Ed Hogan
Chas. Schimpf
Hotel St. An
Piel Bros
East New York
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