Raids on I W W at St Francis Street Result in Fines
The second raid in three weeks on the Mobile branch of the Industrial Workers of the World at 11 1 2 St Francis Street led to fines of 51 dollars and court costs for Bernard Thornton Charlie Bishop and D J Gabriel arraigned on va rancy charges. Bail set at 300 dollars they appealed to the circuit court. Fourteen other members remain jailed awaiting appeals.
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Industrial Workers of the World
St. Francis Street
Bernard Thornton
Charlie Bishop
D. J. Gabriel
Recorder’s Court
Recorder
Cliff Adams
Charles Lawrence
LT. W. W
Gabriel
The
Chicago
Thornton
Bishop
England
If Apples Bring Shame Have One Says Noted Divine
Reverend John Straton of Calvary Baptist Church in New York City spoke at First Baptist about changing dress over four decades and mocked Paris fashions. Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes urged clergy and officials to uphold laws, warning of a breakdown of governmental fabric if influential citizens violate prohibition. He cited declines in drunkenness arrests across six New York state cities from 1919 1920 with varying percentages.
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John Roch Stratonn
Calvary Baptist ‘Church
New York City
First Baptist Church
Paris
Dr. Stratons
Sew
York
Haynes
New York
United States
Keynes
New York State
Schnectady
Syracuse
Troy
Utica
War Weeks Warns Americans On Military Budget
Washington April 6 In a broad attack on communism and ism in the United States War Weeks today branded statements by the National for the Prevention of War as misguided efforts to mislead the public. He urged Americans not to support movements that align with enemies of the republic and criticized misleading statistics about military defense. Weeks said the official chart shows a fifth of the 1926 budget for army and navy while only 18.5 percent goes to national defense, with the rest tied to other functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L
Oat International
Sta Spondent
Washington
Ism
United States
America
Council
Weeks
Bureau
Effh
Congress
Harding
Arlington Docks Free Use Boosts Mobile Ship Traffic
Elmo L. Davidson of the United States Shipping Board thanks City Commissioner Harry T. Hartwell for granting free wharfage at Arlington docks for spot ships bound for Mobile. Davidson says the action will attract about six ships to Mobile, each with crews around 14, spending money locally. Hartwell also arranged for the coast guard cutter Tallapoosa to host members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Mobile on April 14.
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Elmo L. Davidson
United States
Shipping Board
Harry T. Hartwell
Arlington Docks
Mobile
Davidson
City Commission
Hartwell
Frank F. Conway
Washington, D. C
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
Grease Put On U.S. Mail Boxes In City District
Complaints that someone oils United States mail boxes in the Government Street loop district have been reported and are being investigated by local postal officials. Users and postmen say the oil transfers to hands, with a heavy penalty for tampering. Authorities suspect mischievous youths and urge parental caution.
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United States
Government Street Loop
Weekend Warmth On Tap With Saturday Forecast
The weather bureau issued a forecast showing fair and warmer conditions tonight and Saturday. Last night’s temperature reached 50 degrees as predicted, and today mercury rose with Saturday expected to be warmer than today.
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Weather Bureau
Drowned man Dennis Chapman found in Mobile River
The body of Dennis Chapman aged 28 of Plateau was recovered from the Mobile River near Three Mile Creek after drowning on Wednesday night. Deer S and F Hale viewed the body and issued a death certificate listing accidental drowning. Chapman was employed by the Bay Poplar Lumber Company.
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Dennis Chapman
Plateau
Mobile River
Three Mile Creek
Deer S
Episcopal church school meet set for Sunday at Christchurch
Members of the Episcopal church schools of McWile will attend inter parish church school meetings at Christchurch Sunday morning. They are asked to meet at 9 15 o clock at the church in connection with the centennial celebration which begins Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church Schools
McWile
Christchurch
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi warms
The forecast for Alabama and Mississippi calls for fair skies and warmer temperatures tonight and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans
In New Orleans on April 6 cotton futures started steady with May at 29.00, July 28.87, October 24.98, December 24.58, and January 24.43 as initial quotes.
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Orleans
Cotton futures open barely steady in New York
In New York on April 6 cotton futures opened barely steady with May at 29.467 cents per pound, July 28.77, October 25.58, December 26.00 and January 24.74.
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New York
Potatoes Prices Mixed Across Regions
In Chicago on April 6 prices for potatoes show dull activity with receipts of 111 cars and total U S shipments reported. Wisconsin whites quoted at 1.08 to 1.15 per cwt with various ranges noted. Michigan whites around 1.19 to 1.29 per cwt.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Wichigan Be Ag
Hearing Set in Handbook Case Against Eatherly
Eatherly arrested Thursday by Deputies Smith and Ernest at 68 12 Dauphin Street charged with betting bookmaking and pool selling under sections 7003 7004 of the state code. Set for inferior criminal court hearing tomorrow at 10 a.m. Bond fixed at $500. Sheriff Cazalas said five downtown book operations were found and a second suspect to be arrested. Evidence includes printed slips listing Bowie odds and race results and a scrapbook with race form charts from Mobile and New Orleans.
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E. W. Eatherly
Charles Smith
Will Ernest
Dauphin Street
Inferior Criminal Court
Batherly
Eatherly
Paul Cazalas
Bowie
Smith
Ernest
Cazalas
Mobile
New Orleans
Joseph Garretson Quits as Editor of Times Star
Joseph Garretson resigns as managing editor of the Cincinnati Times Star after 24 years due to ill health. Strauss is named to succeed him and Garretson also leaves as president of the Associated Press Ohio Editors' Association.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Garretson
Cincinnati Times Star
Strauss
Deputies Seize 20 Gallons of Whiskey Near City
Deputy Sheriffs Blackman Hudoff and Moore found 20 tons of white whiskey buried under a house on St Stephens road seven miles from the city. The liquor appeared hidden for several months according to a county report filed today.
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Blackman
Hudoff
Moore
St. Stephens Road
Salinger to Be Held in Orleans
New Orleans April 6 Ren I Salinger Jr facing charges of using the mails to defraud in connection with the Midland Packing company an Ohio based 4 000 000 corporation of Sioux City Iowa will be rearrested here late today in the office of his attorney St Clair Adams when he can be produced by the latter source says Adams expects his client to appear by agreement pending further action in the case
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New Orleans
Ren. I. Salinger, Jr
Midland Packing Company
Corporation
Sioux City
St. Clair Adams
Police corruption charges cloud Chicago saloons
Dr. Elmer E. Williams of the Illinois Anti Saloon League charges that saloons in Chicago stay open with police protection. He claims fourteen breweries deliver beer daily guarded by armed men and that a police officer was carried out of a bar intoxicated.
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Chicago
Elmer E. Williams
Illinois Anti-Saloon League
Williams
Wife carries on for jailed Chicago labor leader
April 6 Chicago papers report that Florence V Murphy, wife of jailed labor leader Tim Murphy, runs the gas workers union from its headquarters each morning. Murphy, imprisoned in Leavenworth for a mail robbery, allegedly directs disputes through his sister in law who acts as the union’s de facto head. James Murphy is listed as union president.
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Chicago
Big Tim” Murphy
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Florence V. Murphy
Gas Workers’ Union
Murphy
Tim
James Murphy
Five Injured as Bomb Thrown at School Trustees Meeting
Five trustees were injured when a bomb exploded at a trustees meeting near Quito. The blast, linked to a six month school fight, damaged the school house. A sheriff's posse departed Arrolton to pursue the bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrolton
United Press
Quito
Thirty Arrested in Mexico City Plot Meeting
More than thirty persons were arrested at Santa Julia, a suburb of Mexico City, during a meeting authorities say was held to plot against the government. The incident occurred late last night and involved individuals described by officials as conspirators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Associated Press
Santa Julia
Oswald Boyd Tanker Grounded Near Padre Island
The British tanker Oswald Boyd remains aground at the north end of Padre Island Galveston Texas. A Tampa tug was dispatched and expected to reach the stranded vessel this afternoon without danger to the ship or crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Oswald Boyd
Padre Island
Tampa
Lenine Improves as Doctors Report Better Condition
Moscow April 6 The latest bulletin on Nikolai Lenine says his lungs are better and he is generally improved. Lenine's temperature is 96.8 Fahrenheit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
United Press
Nikolai Lenine
Lenine
Admiral Knapp Dies as Stroke Strikes Navy Veteran
Hartford April 6 Rear Admiral Harry S Knapp United States Navy retired collapsed on a trolley car and died en route to a hospital. The death ends a long naval career marked by wartime service and command roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Harry S. Knapp
Bishop’s Condition Reported Worse
In St Louis on April 6 the Rt. Rev Daniel S Tuttle's condition worsened as he suffers from grippe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Daniel S. Tuttle
Reports From Second Day Of Methodist Women Council Meet
The annual Women's Missionary Council sessions at St. Francis Street church feature reports by secretaries and the Missionary Voice editor, plus a Bible Training School outline. Bishops Dobbs and Boaz planned foreign-field messages, with several hundred delegates in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Council of the Methodist Church
Missionary Voice
Secarritt Bible Training School
Hoyt M. Dobbs
H. A. Boaz
St. Francis Street
E. D. Mouton
Nashville
Belle Bennett
Japan
Old Shell Road School
McKendree Methodist Church
Centenary Methodist Church of
Winston-Salem
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and Civitan Clubs
Bodies of Slain Girls Found on Lonely Road
Miss Bessie McMahon of Buffalo New York and Mrs Irene Blandino of Jersey City New Jersey were found murdered on a deserted Staten Island roadside. Police believe the pair were killed elsewhere and dumped from an automobile. A butcher knife with blood was found nearby and a cork leg receipt was recovered from one victim. The area has bootleg activity and no signs of a struggle were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bessie McMahon
Buffalo
N. Y
Irene Blandino
Jersey City
N. J
Dongan Hills
Staten Island
Mikman
Walter Bonnell
Irene Biandino
Konnel
British heiress weds American in London marriage
London reports the union of Sir Henry Sharp with Margaret Armstrong Ham described as a wealthy American. The Graphic notes the wedding took place in London and frames Ham as a prominent American spouse.
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London
the Graphic
Henry Sharp
Margaret Armstrong Ham
Engagement ends at daybreak in New York society party
Miss Glor Gould age 17 daughter of George J. Gould, and Henry A. Bishop Jr. of Bridgeport, Connecticut concluded a grand engagement party at Sherry's attended by over 350 guests. Met Opera dancers in Egyptian costumes, peach blossoms and Florida flowers decorated the scene as bacon and eggs were served after the supper. No wedding date was announced and Miss Gould will pursue stage dancing and cooking during the engagement.
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New York
Glor Gould
George J. Gould
Henry A. Bishop, Jr
Bridgeport
Metropolitan Opera Company
Gould
Spinning Mills Plans Capital Increase in Chattanooga
The Dixie Spinning Mills Textile Company seeks to raise capital from 1 990 000 to 2 500 000 to fund expansion. Four mills and a small city are being built on a 900 acre tract near the Tennessee River. The first plant unit should be ready in four months with the second to start soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dixie Spinning Mille Textile Company
Tennessee River
Rabbi Lafee Reaches Rest After Hotel Beating
Rabbi Albert G. Lafee, beaten in a San Francisco hotel room Tuesday night, underwent a brain-pressure reducing operation at Mount Zion Hospital and is resting easily after the procedure. He had been unconscious. police seek his assailant.
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San Francisco
Albert G. Lafee
Mount Zion Hospital
Ford to leave for Albany Georgia visit ends tonight
Henry Ford the Detroit automobile maker ends a two day Albany visit tonight as he leaves with Mrs Ford in their private car. They travel from Ft Myers Florida toward Rome Georgia to visit the Martha Berry School.
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Albany
Henry Ford
Detroit
Former Iowa Governor Horace Boies Dies at 95
Horace Boies former Democratic governor of Iowa and 1896 Democratic presidential contender died at his Los Angeles home last night at the age of 95. He served twice as governor and was a notable figure in national politics during the late 19th century.
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Los Angeles
Horace Boies
Final arguments in Herrin trials at Marion proceed
Defense rests in the second Herrin riot murder case. Six defendants face charges in the killing of World War veteran Antonio Malkayvich during the 1922 outbreak. Witnesses testified that defendants were away from the scene. Judge Hartwell set opening argument by Otis Glenn at two hours.
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Cuncer Te
Merrin
Antonio Malkayvich
Hugh Wills
Illinois Mine Workers
Phillip Fontanetta
James Brown
Oscar Howard
Bert Grace
Marion
Otis Clark
D. L. Hartwell
Otis Glenn
Dynamite Blast Rocks Nashville West Side
An early morning dynamite blast used for sewer work in West Nashville damaged several blocks of homes. No fatalities reported though Mrs. W. L. Whitaker was severely hurt and a sick baby at T. C. Hall’s home cut by glass. Police rushed to the scene as residents fled believing an earthquake occurred. Cause of the explosion unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Pep
W. L. Whitaker
T. C. Hall
West Nashville
Kiwanis International Reaches One Thousand Clubs
Detroit club formed in 1915 marks Kiwanis growth to 1,000 clubs and around 80,000 members. The movement spans all U S states, every Canadian province and British Columbia, with no subsidiary clubs surrendering their charters. Fred C W Parker announces the milestone to affiliating clubs.
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Chicago
Kiwanis Club International
Fred C. W. Parker
Kiwanis Movement
Detroit
Kiwanis
United States
Canada
British Columbia
Anarchist Woman Arrested After Insult to Premier
Paris report says four women approached Premier Poincare as he traveled toward Fort Douaumont. Madeleine Ferr rushed the car shouting insults and was immediately arrested.
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Paris
Poincare
Fort Douaumont
Grande Boulevards
Madelein Ferr
Nesasein
Soviet Employees Sentenced in Moscow for Bribe Ties
April 6 report lists several government workers found guilty of accepting bribes. A. Tomsky, head of the all labor unions, said invitations to Eugene V. Debs and other figures would be sent, signaling broader punitive action within Russia’s labor movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
A. Tomsky
All Labor Unions
Eugene V
Man Wanted Here Held At Hattiesburg
Walter Bufkin is held at Hattiesburg Mississippi awaiting extradition from a $1,000 bond related to a charge of prohibiting liquor. Sheriff Paul Carell said Bufkin will be returned to Mobile after information received.
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Hattiesburg
Walter Bufkin
Hattiesburg, Miss
Paul Carell
Mobile
Holmes to Lead Police Ball Club
Detective Robert Holmes will lead the Police Athletic Association at a bi day night event to be held at Mobile Relief Hall. The 1923 police club meets for a social ball and fundraiser at the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Police Athletic Association
Robert Holmes Withanager
Police
Mobile Relief
J Hall
Imports Into Us Rise in December Foreign Trade
Washington reports new trade figures showing the United States had a total import value of about 319 million dollars in December, 25 million dollars more than earlier estimates. The data indicate a modest surplus in the balance of trade with certain sectors contributing to the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
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Buck H. Patrick
St. Emanuel Street
Patrick
Creole Fire Company
Dearborn
Government Streets
Government Street
Dearborn Street
W. J. Potter
Cathleen Vanderbilt
Harry C. Cushing
Byenera
Fommer
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
NEW York Futures
Salinger
Admiral Knapp
Ford
Iowa
Herrin
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