Men fined for disturbing public worship with burning cross
George R. Seiple and his brother E R Seiple were fined 25 dollars each for disturbing public worship by lighting a wooden cross in front of St. Matthew's church during services. George Seiple also paid a 15 dollar speeding fine after police found their car. Both appealed but later paid the fines. Officers White and Harper testified to the incident and said the pair claimed they were just having fun and represented the Ku Klux Klan, which the men denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.Matthew's Church
Oakdale
George R. Seiple
Parham Street
E. R. Seiple
Craft Street
Edington
George @eiple
White
Harper
Mariné
Parkham Street
St. Matthew's Church
Ku Klux Klan
Seiples
Bayou
Sa- Vannhah
Clark and Murphy
Broad Street
Elmira
Streets
Sommes Ane
Conference on School Building Bond Put Off by County Board
The Mobile county board of revenue declined to call a bond election for schools, citing financial limits. A conference with the school board and attorneys was scheduled next week to review the bond issue in detail. Four school board members urged consolidation and new buildings while bids were opened for a brick inmate building at the county poor asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County Board of Revenue
Albert Towle
A. G. Ward
Pat Byrne
Towle and Ward
Byrne
Prine
Freeland
H H. Wefel
Heyman Gabriel
John T. Cochrane
Leo Eldridge
Board of Revenue
County Poor Asylum
G. A. Chamblin & Sons
Thomas Wegner & Co
Alabama Education Association convention opens in Mobile
The Alabama Education Association begins its annual convention in Mobile with sessions through Saturday. Nearly 1,500 visitors including county superintendents and high school principals will attend tours, exhibits, and meetings at venues such as the Scottish Rite Cathedral and Battle House. Notable guests include Dr. William Mather Lewis and Florence Hale. Dr. E. M. Shackleford presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Educational Association
Mobile
State Cdy
Barton Academy
Spencer
S.S. Murphy
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Battle House
Chamber of Commerce
Scottish Rite
William Mather Lewis
George Washington University
Florence Hale
Battie House
St. Francis Street Church
St. Francis Street
Assembly of Delegates
Battle House Auditorium
Seite Rite Cathedral
Commierce
H. Rite
S. Metacta Education Group
T. Francis Street
John Coolidge Exits Maple Sugar Business
Chicago April 1 Col John Cool, father of the president, quits the maple sugar business. He writes to Mrs J D Knapp of Joliet Illinois that he has let his lot. Walter W8 makes nice sugar or syrup and can give prices for either delivered by parcel post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Cool
Nonger
J. D. Knapp
Joliet
Walter W
John C. Cool
Theft of 120000 in U S mails tied to two men
Buffalo police say August Lehmann a car cleaner and Herman Reis alias Rice were arrested in a $120000 mail theft case. Lehmann allegedly found a pouch of ten dollar bills meant for the Federal Reserve Detroit and hid most of the money. 115000 was recovered, 10000 lost in gambling. Reis is charged with receiving and passing bills known to be stolen. Further arrests possible as investigators trace money via a liquor case.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States
August Lehmann
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Hérman Reis
Lehmann
Reis
Rice
Postoffice
Lehman
Federal Reserve Bank of Detroit
Washington
Joseph Serionni
Fred Reeves
United States Marshal's Office
Reeves
Serionni
Local Officer Involved in Atlanta Taxicab Incident
Ambiguous report from Anniston, Alabama describes a prominent local policeman Apeiles f Goldstein and a city merchant Bowing involved in a taxicab incident. The account mentions friends, a fleeing pair, and movements toward Atlanta with unclear chronology and names partially garbled.
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Anniston
Ala
Apeiles F Goldstein
Atlanta
All County
Steamer Verona III Resumes Banana Cargo At Port
The Norwegian steamer Verona of United Fruit resumed banana cargo at the port this morning delivering 17 000 stems. Earlier vessels Lysefjord and Vera brought in 16 500 stems and 17 000 stems respectively with some chicle aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verona
United Fruit Company
Government
Dauphin Street
Lysefjord
Stolen Auto Lights Recovered by Police
Four sets of Ford light attachments three sets of lights two tires and a seat cover are in police custody at headquarters awaiting identification. Property recovered by Detectives Franco and Moody. Police seek owners to claim missing lights and accessories while two suspects are being questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franco
Moody
Satsuma Blossom Festival Chosen Colors for Mobile Event
The first national Satsuma Blossom Festival to be held in Mobile on April 15 selected green, gold and white as official colors. The festival committee, chaired by J. Lloyd, discussed elaborate decorations and reports showing many sections of the Satsuma territory will have representatives at the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satsuma
Mobile
Satsumai
J. Lloyd
Traffic Cop and Negro Injured in Collision
Officer Jack Harper reports a collision at Government and Claiborne last night. A motorcycle struck by a car injured a garage worker identified as Beott. Harper says he was attempting to capture the car when the crash occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Harper
Beott
Claiborne Harper
Police Transfers In New York Detective Force
Orders read at police headquarters transfer Detectives Untreiner and Charley Burden to the afternoon watch while Detectives Walter Pistele and Cox receive new assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Untreiner
Charley Burden
Ord Go
Walter Pistele
Cox
Weather report hints at rising winds tonight
A brief weather note notes increasing winds and possible showers this evening. Forecasters warn residents to secure loose items and monitor local alerts as conditions intensify.
County Speedcops Named by Board
Beginning April 20 Will Ernst and Ollie Lartigue will enforce speed laws on Mobile county highways after their election at today's board of revenue and road commissioners meeting. Sheriff Schwarz waived his right to name the cops, with Ernst receiving five votes and Lartigue four. salary set at 150 dollars monthly. The county to buy a high powered car or motorcycles for the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Ernst
Ollie Lartigue
Mobile
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Schwarz
Ree
Kes. J. Cottrell, Jr
John Thomps
Charles Bullen
Ernst
Lartigue
Bullen
Salvation Army Drive Seeks $10,000 Goal
The Salvation Army drive resumes after a kickoff at headquarters led by Rev. W A Alexander of Central Presbyterian. Andrew C Mitchell chairs the effort as twenty six teams go out to raise the needed six thousand more to meet the ten thousand target by Friday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
W. A. Alexander
Central Presbyterian Church
Andrew C. Mitchell
Battle House
Conference on Bay Bridge Aims for Quick Agreement
City commission members and county officials led by General L. Sibert and Major T. H. Person plan a general conference soon to discuss the bay bridge proposal. The meeting seeks a definite agreement on bridge plans so efforts can move the project forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
County Board of Revenue
L. Sibert
Ate En Commission
T. H.erson
U. S
Dridge
Merchants Seek Peddlers License From Mobile City
City commerce officials ask the city to issue a peddlers license and regulate itinerant salesmen who canvass house to house. The request was referred to the city attorney for report back to the commission. The commission discusses licensing and payment policy amid existing prohibitions on noncompliant owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercnaleoaen
Eee
Comérce
Mobile
Gulderae
Comida Brae
Lord Maclay to Address Rotarians on US Tour
Lord Joumph Mederh Maclay of the Maclay Line, former shipping minister of Great Britain, will arrive tomorrow at noon during a U S tour and has been invited to address Rotary clubs in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Joumph Mederh Maclay
Maclay
Great Britain
United States
Players Leave to Report to Bears
Joe Acosta, pitcher, from Manvel, sails from Ha' for Mobile to join Bears. Cablegram confirms news. details include the move and the reported arrival in advance of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpeek
BEARS
Joe Acosta
Arid Manvel
Mobile
Sceerétie
Thave Boon
Wintee Polk Th Coobe
Avil
Dodge Brothers Sale Sparks Major Auto Merger Talk
New York April 1 United Press reports the Dodge Brothers Auto mobile Company a leading auto maker has been sold to Dillon Read & Co after a fierce Morgan rival battle. The deal is believed to top 1.56 billion dollars and could pave the way for a 500 million dollar merger linking Packard Hudson Motor Briggs Body Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Press
Dodge Brothers Automobile Company
Dillon, Read & Co
Morgan
Packard Motor Co
Hudson Mon Co
Briggs Body Corporaton
Dodge Brothers Firm Faces Sale Rumor In Detroit
Dodge Brothers officials in Detroit refused to confirm or deny reports that the company had been sold. Vice president Waterfall and treasurer Ballantyne said no sale had been announced, while noting a possible announcement later. Reports linked potential mergers with Packard Hudson and Briggs bodies, and later speculation tied General Motors to a sale, with Dillon Read & Co. said to be involved in negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Associated Press
Dodge Brothers Automobile Company
New York
Arthur T. Waterfall
John Ballantyne
Waterfall
Ka Intor Car Company
Hudson Motor Car Company
Brigge Body Corporation
Avi
Hudson and
Packard
General Motors Corporation
Dodge Brothers
Dillon, Read & Company of
Dodge Brothers Company
Dodge Brothers sale linked to big NY banking house buyout
News from New York reports the Dodge Brothers Automobile Company of Detroit was acquired by a syndicate led by Dillon Read & Company of New York in a deal said to involve more than 100 million dollars in cash. The sale, possibly setting up a 500 million dollar merger with Packard Hudson and Briggs, ends a rivalry with J P Morgan represented by General Motors. The Dodge firm, dating from 1914, posted 191 million in gross sales last year and assets listed at over 16 million in 1923, with expectations of rising sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Dodge Brothers Automobile Company
Detroit
Dillion, Read & Company of
Clarence Dillon
Dillon, Read & Company
House of J. P. Morgan & Company
General Motors Company
Dodge Kers
Dodge
Packard Motor Company
Hudson Motor Company
Briggs Body Corporation
Dodge Brothers Company
John
Horace Dodge
Henry Ford
State Restes in Chapman's Trial In Hartford
In Hartford on April 1 the defense motion to dismiss the murder case against Gerald Chapman was denied after two pistol experts testified the fatal bullet in the October killing of Patrolman Skeily came from Chapman's gun. The judge ruled the prosecution had proven a prima facie case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Associated Press
James Skeily
New Britain
Gerald Pman
Nathan Omee
Geeaiosans
Cnet Bhe
Newél Jennings
Mobile Gets Big Waterway Fund
Washington April 1 The War Department announced additional river and harbor allotments bringing the current year total to 30,683,610, more than three fourths of the 40,000,000 appropriated by Congress. The minimum necessary for immediate use funds work on approved projects nationwide with Mobile harbor, Alabama allocated 320,500 and general Alabama allotment of 1,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Congress
Chief of Engineers
Alabama
Mobile Harbor
French liner De La Salle to dock in Mobile for coal before Houston
The French passenger steamer De La Salle, 5124 net tons, will reach Mobile this afternoon, dock to take on coal at the Louisville & Nashville tipple, then sail to Houston. It sailed from Havre March 9 via Las Palmas and will proceed to Galveston from Havre en route to Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de la Sallie
Mobile
Louisville & Nashville
Houston
Tex
de la Salle
de la Balle
Galveston
Havre
France
Las Palmas
Texas
Hner
Lafayette
Fire damages house and garage on St. Louis Street
Fire originating in the yard at 503 St. Louis Street noon today badly damaged a house occupied by Lena Pettus and a garage. A nearby butcher shop at Lawrence and St. Louis escaped damage. The garage was run by J. J. Blakeney and the shop by W. A. Boyett. Cause unknown but officials suspect trash burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Street
Lena Pettus
Lawrence and
J. J. Blakeney
W. A. Boyett
Dancer Suffered Facial Wounds in Indore Abduction Case
In Bombay on April 1 a doctor testified that Muntaz Begum’s facial injuries from last January on the Malaba hill will disfigure her for life. Nine men are on trial for attempting to abduct the dancer for the Marha rajah of Indore, where she was a former favorite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Muntaz Begum
Malaba
Marharajah
Indore
Durtoe Ihe Nght
Abdul Batis Reals
Wafer
Plas
Lieutenant Wood to Renew Flier in Wall Street
Tampa April 1 Lieutenant Wood returns to activity after European escapades saying he may pursue California real estate offers and work toward making money. He denies writing bad checks and sues a European paper for libel while noting he may drop the title lieutenant and sever ties with the U S Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Wall Street
Tampa
Federal Shipping Board Vessé
West Charis
Calornia
Paris
Europan
Chicago
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Deauville
Monte Carlo
Biarritz
United States Army
Europe
Cook to Begin Long Jail Term After Mail Fraud Conviction
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, sentenced to 14 years and nine months for using the mails to defraud, is to depart Sunday afternoon for Leavenworth penitentiary. United States Marshal Grlenio reports Cook will start serving his term, with pending cases to follow, as his relocation to the federal prison proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Worth
Tex
Frederick A. Cook
Leavenworth Pendestiary
United States
Gr Lenio
Ind
General Strike In West Announced With Indefinite Closure
The United Mine Workers announce a general strike in the western fields with shops to remain closed indefinitely until an open shop basis is decided. An international organizer notes ongoing strike activities and a portion of workers stay out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Wife Sorry After Parious and the Triangle
In Niagara Falls New York in September 1922 a couple, the Nelsons, faced a fatal incident. The wife expressed love for her husband despite the tragedy and said he refused to live with a young widow. The couple had lived in Birmingham then Dallas and had a brother in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle
Nelson
Nelsons
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Birmingnn
Dallas
Hte Lanta
Wisconsin Senate Delays Vote On Two Amendment Bills
Fragmented text reports Wisconsin senators debating two amendment bills tied to legalizing wines and beer. One bill referred back without final passage, while a Volstead act reference notes a hindering delay involving a single senator and lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Legalia
Religious study bill killed in Denver House
In Denver the state House of Representatives quickly killed a bill that would permit religious instruction for Nobili School pupils. The measure was defeated within minutes of discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
House of Representatives
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Revenue Board
Convention of State Association
OHN Coolidge
Lote
Bea
Meredith B
Merchant
NY Detective Force
Bay Bridge
Lord Maclay
New York Banking Syndicate
Chapman
Cook
General Strike
West
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