West Shore rail holdup by six armed robbers
Six masked gunmen robbed two West Shore freight trains and attempted an American Express hold up near the tunnel entrance between Conyers and Haverstraw New York overnight. They loaded packages into their auto, tampered with signals, and fled toward Hackensack New Jersey as police pursued. several youths were briefly detained but later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Shore
Conyers and
Haverstraw
N. Y
West Haverestraw
Ho’r Vr
Conyers
Serven
Rockland County
Hackensack
N. J
Hudson River
New Jersey
Humane Society Moves to Enforce Brindley Act on Spouse Abettors
The Mobile Humane Society executive committee met with Captain John Craft and named a three member panel to present the Brindley act to Judge Jesse Hogan for enforcement. The panel discussed appointing a humane officer, Julius Tsucourneau, to oversee the law. Attendees included Judge Jaffula Gerney, Rev. T. A. White, F. C G. Bromberg, and J. M. Friedman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Humane Society
John Craft
Eseytier
Jesse Hogan
Cg. Hogan
Julius ©. Tsucourneau
Jaffula Gerney
T. A. White
F. C G. Bromberg
J. M. Friedman
Prohibition Appeals Set for Trial by Judge Semmes
All criminal cases including prohibition appeal matters from the recorder and inferior courts are scheduled for trial by Judge O J Semmes in the city court Tuesday on the criminal side. The docket lists thirty five cases, including those carried over from the last term of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder’s and
Inferior Court
O. J. Semmes
Care of the Complexion And Other Beauty Secrets
A 1910s style advice column extols a clear complexion with nightly soap and warm water wash, cold water rinse, and homemade cream from zintone. It also prescribes dissolving neroxin on a hot sponge to remove blackheads and promotes improved hair with a quinine tonic recipe.
No More Desire for Tobacco
Arthur Krause a locomotive fireman had used tobacco since boyhood and suffered sickness and poor memory for about two years. He found a book that freed him from tobacco and improved his health greatly. Readers can obtain the book free by writing Edward J Woods 665 B Station E New York City. It claims the habit can be conquered in three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Krause
Edward J. Woods
Station E
New York City
Five Injured as Mill Boiler Explodes Near Madison Street
Five men were injured when a boiler at Hieronymus Bros saw mill near Madison Street exploded showering air with flying bricks. W. T. Hieronymus said losses reach 3000, plant to stay closed for new boilers. fireman Alex Martin described hearing a hiss and escaping seconds before the blast.
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Hieronymus Bros
Madison Street
Mimie Petite
W. T. Heironymus
Harry Thomas
Will Harris
Alex Martin
W. T. Hieronymus
Yacht Academy Held Up by Colombian Authorities
An American yacht from San Francisco named Academy with an irregular paper trail and a suspect German master’s name erased for an American replacement is detained near Buena Ventura Colombia. Officials say the vessel will remain held until its status is clarified and the crew’s mission remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
San Francisco
Academy Painvest
Ethel
Buena Ventura
Pacific
Yachts suspected of German crews ready to attack fuel ships
British agents report yachts being outfitted in California and on the Atlantic coast to be manned by German crews. They fear attacks on tank ships carrying fuel oil from Mexico for the British navy. Investigations follow the disappearance of Kronprinz Wilhelm sailors and a Pensacola built yacht.
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Washington
California
Atlantic Coast
Mexico
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Norfolk
Pensacola
Fla
War Order From Russia Boosts U S Firms
New York reports a $57 million Russian war contract awarded in the United States. Bradley Construction Co. wins the munition portion about $50 million and 1,000,000,000 rifle cartridges plus a new one man machine gun. American Woolen Co. gets a 5,000,000 yard cloth for overcoats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradley Construction Company
American Woolen Company
St Vincent's Club Plans Wednesday Entertainment
St Vincent's Club of St Vincent's church presents a Wednesday program in Knights of Columbus Hall featuring local talent and Drago's orchestra. The event includes vocal and instrumental solos, children's acts, parodies, and a final dance with a floor committee led by Wallace Harwell.
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St. Vincent's Club
St. Vincent's Church
Knights of Columbus Hall
Drago
Jones
Baby Gussie
Charlie
Crescent City Quartette
Lees Harwell
Schaffer
K. McQuillen
Robert Fivde
William Schaffer
John W. Steber
F. Schotgen
John Calamettt
Kaiserhof misidentified in raid report
An error in addresses led The Item to report John Adams's soft drink stand raid at the Kaiserhof Hotel run by P. H. Hamel. In fact Adams's location was No. 8 South Conception, while Kaiserhof sits at No. 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiserhof
John Adams
Kaiserhof Hotel
P. H. Hamel
Adams Place
No. 8
South Conception
No. 10
Two Irishmen Go Hunting in Denver Complication
Two Irishmen from Denver head out hunting. Sheehan loads too late as O Callaghan warns him the gun is empty. Sheehan insists he must fire now, saying the bird won’t wait.
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Denver
Sheehan
O'Callaghan
Amelia Arrests Annie and Loses Her Home in Court
In a local Recorder Edington case Amelia Hagan faced threats from Annie Gillis and was ordered to move from her home after a frenzied dispute. The section also notes a separate assault carved with an axe and razor during a “skinning game” leading to a six month sentence on the county roads.
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Amelia
Annie
Amelia Hagan
Annie Gillis
Recorder Edington’s
Ameliia
Toto
Billy Murphy
Murphy
Edington
Taylor
Houston
Dan Jett
Alexander Davis
Rain Tonight and Partly Cloudy Wednesday
Rain tonight and partly cloudy Wednesday. Weather notes mention more rain predicted with clouds, some humor about cloud control and odd regional forecasts. A cotton farmer observes land prices and crops while a touring party remarks on local agriculture in a reflective vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Colorado
Mobilé
Union Church Road
Many Mobilian Fans Set Dawes Fair Day Run
Mobile business leaders plan a Thursday caravan to the Dawes Orange Belt Fair. Chairman E M Bailey postpones a Mobile Chair Factory visit to allow wider participation and urges early notice of who will go and which cars have extra seats or space for rail riders.
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Dawes
Jackson Highway
E. M. Bailey
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Chair Manufacturing Company
Mobile
Hailey
Ratl
Grand Bay Man Seeks New Highways To Pascagoula And Mobile
At the Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners meeting J. W. C. Brown of Grand Bay petitioned for a new highway from Grand Bay to Pascagoula and to Mobile. The board sent the request to the superintendent of roads. J. R. Hinson sought viewers for a road east from Citronelle to Mt. Vernon. six viewers were appointed: W. C. Mims, Hugh Turner, W. M. Pierce, A. B. Lewis, T. T. Taylor and A. J. Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
J. W. C. Brown
Grand Bay
Ala
Pascagoula
Miss
Mobile
J. R. Hinson
Citronelle
Mt. Vernon
W. C. Mims
Hugh Turner
W. M. Pierce
A. B. Lewis
T. T. Taylor
A. J. Howell
Monument Unveiled by Prichard Woodmen
Prichard Camp No. 384 Woodmen of the World unveiled a monument at the grave of Sovereign J. D. Gibson in Green Mound cemetery. A large gathering including members, relatives, and Gibson family attended. Floral wreaths were presented by Mrs. J. Quinnelly and Mesdames Lillie May Gibson and Katie Holland. The ceremony was impressive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prichard
Ala
Woodmen of the World
J. D. Gibson
Green Mound Cemetery
Order
J. Quinnelly
Lillie May Gibson
Katie Holland
United States Asked to Probe Nurse Execution in Belgium
Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Gray asked the United States to investigate the execution of Edith Cavell, a British nurse in Brussels. Cavell, head of a Brussels training school, was put to death by German authorities for harboring and aiding soldiers and Belgians to escape to join allied forces.
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United States
Belgium
London
Edward Gray
Edith Cavelle
Brussels
Cavelle
Mrs Harrington Cannot Account for Husband Act
The widow of R W Harrington said her traveling salesman husband left New York on September 6 and was found dead in a Atlanta hotel. She received a letter from him Saturday and offered no explanation for his death. Odd Fellows delegates were named for the Mobile convention beginning October 7: Robert Daly Sr chairman A Gluckstein Robert Clifton W N A Sygalas J W Sherman T L Adkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. W. Harrington
Atlanta
ODD Fellow
McInnis Lodge No
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows’ District
Mobile
Robert E. Daly
A. Gluckstein
Robert Clifton
Wn.a. Sygalas
J. W. Sherman
T. L. Adkison
Soft Curly Hair Now Easy to Have
An advertisement touts a new method for women to obtain soft curly or wavy hair overnight without curling irons. Apply equiq filmerine with a clean toothbrush from roots to tips, then rinse in the morning for lustrous curl and manageable hair. Liquid silmerine is sold at drug stores and lasts for months, avoiding greasiness.
British cabinet upheaval feared in midstream crisis
London reports anxious Britain weighs cabinet unity amid Balkan crisis and conscription dispute. Resignation of Sir Edward Carson signals cabinet differences over Near East policy while Delcasse’s fate echoes in Europe. John Redmond warns the coalition could face another reconstruction or end the truce.
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London
Britain
Edward Carson
Near East
Delcasse
France
Dublin
John Redmond
Martha Washington Will Returned to Fairfax Courthouse
The will of Martha Washington, seized by a Union trooper during Bull Run battles and later in the J. Pierpont Morgan collection, was ceremonially returned to Fairfax County archives. Virginia sued Morgan in U.S. Supreme Court to recover the document, which was then restored beside General Washington’s will at Mount Vernon.
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Fairfax Court House
Martha Washington
Court House
Bull Run
J. Pierpont Morgan
State of Virginia
J. P. Morgan
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
Major Stone Colored Given Full Military Funeral in Arkansas
In Batesville a full military funeral was held for Major Stone, the only black member of the United Confederate Veterans. He died Friday after joining Company K of the Arkansas Rifles and serving as a captain before being killed at Chickamauga while carrying his master’s body to Confederate lines.
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Little Rock
Ark
Stone
United Confederate Veterans Organization
Batesville
Arkansas Rifles
Jeff Stone
Chickamauga
Greek Prince Alexander Injured in Maneuvers
Prince Alexander second son of King Constantine was severely injured in a fall from his horse during maneuvers. The 22 year old prince fractured a leg and was transported to Athens by ambulance with Queen Sophia and the crown prince at his side.
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Athens
Greece
London
Prince Alexander
Constantine
Sophia
Barber Defeats Lane for Birmingham Commissioner
Arlie Barber a druggist defeated incumbent Judge A O Lane for city commissioner in Birmingham by 4518 to 2941. The next election for two more commissioners is set for the first Monday in December. Barber is known as a leader among law enforcement and supports strict enforcement of all laws including prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Arlie Barber
A. O. Lane
Barber
Aeroplane Drops Bombs on Swiss Town Near French Border
An unidentified foreign aircraft flew over Chaux des Fonds in a border region and dropped three bombs. One adult and one child were wounded in the attack reported from Paris.
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Chaux Des Fondes
Switz
Paris
Germans on the Russian Front Prepare for Winter Defense
London dispatch reports the Morning Post correspondent that German forces on the Russian front are shifting to a defensive posture for winter. Trenches are deepened and reinforced with concrete, field railways built to rear areas, and underground quarters prepared. Zeppelin hangars are noted at Kovno as personnel changes favor younger, more technically trained officers. The shift follows Emperor Nicholas taking command from Grand Duke Nicholas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Morning Post
Petrograd
Dvinsk
Wrecked Train Allegation Ties to Reward Dispute
In Thomasville Georgia on October 19 the grand jury plans to probe Julius Tyson a black man who confessed to wrecking an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train near Newark Georgia last July. He says the collision killed Engineer Phillips and was triggered by the railroad not paying his wife a reward for reporting a broken rail.
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Thomasville
Julius Tyson
Atlantic Coast Line
Newark
Phillips
Riceberg
New Orleans Steamship Arrives With Coal Cargo
The American steamship New Orleans, a new Bocas Grande Line vessel from Bocas Grande, Fla., reached the harbor Monday to load about thirty five cars or 14 000 tons of coal for the Bocas Grande Railroad Company. The addition of the New Orleans allows more frequent sailings formerly handled by the Dorothy. T. G. MacGonigal is loading the steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Steamship
New Orleans
Bocas Grande Line
Bocas Grande
Fla
President to Open National Defense Campaign
President Wilson will open his national defense campaign with a November 4 speech at the Manhattan Club New York. He is expected to explain reasons for defense and seek congressional support for a 500 million dollar naval program to add sixteen capital ships by 1925.
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Washington
Wilson
Manhattan Club
New York
Garrison
Daniels
United States
Maryland
Maryland Delegation For National Defense
Navy
Congress
Wuhless
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Humane Society
Yacht “Academy
St. Vincent’s Club
Underwood
Home
Bell
Farrow Coal CO
Ed Holston
Taylor Stevens
Will Sanders
Jerry Mayer
Edward Shriner
George S. Baldo
Fair Grounds
Wiley Humphreys
Willie Sims
Charles Grenade
Ashhenberger
Sheridan
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Dawes Fair
Prichard Woodmen
Lyric Theatre
Barbara Worth
Will
Fairfax Courthouse
Alexander
Lane
Aleppo
Wilson Line
Waltham
Gabriel, Sewela
Mobile Gas CO
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