Revival of Alabama Gas Company valuation case hearing
Judge Henry D. Clayton delayed filing until attorneys for Mobile Gas Co. receive notice. Alabama Public Service Commission and state officials sought to file a statement for the valuation dispute, with a hearing set for Wednesday noon and a request for a stenographic transcript. The state has appealed a prior decision and questions the commission’s handling of the case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henry D. Clayton
Federal Court
Alabama Publicervice Commission
M Gas Company
Pub‘Service Commission
Genwal Harwell G. Davis
Hugh Thite
Gens
Clayton
Deay
Commission
Legal Represent
Ie State
United States Supreme Court
Mobile Gas Company
Bund
Con
Aftor- Katey
Jurors Fail To Reach Verdict In Kearns Bribery Case
The jury in Percy Kearns local lawyer charged with bribing federal agent M T Gammullaz to protect liquor dealers was discharged after a mistrial. Judge Robert T Ervin stated a second trial could occur during a special session, though no date is set. Jurors named include P G Barnes, Charles Baumhauer, William Butterfly, and others from Mobile and Prichard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy “Ft. Kearns
M. T. Gamraullaz
Robert T
Ervin
F. J. Inge
Kear
Kearna
G. Barnes
Mobile
Charles A. Baumhauer
Sowie
William ‘Butterfly
Prichard
G. Cameron
George
Cera
Irvin
Lee A
Becenetas
John G. Gracatsar
William eWaiee
Hou
Grand jury to hear case on prohibition agent raid
Federal court probes a Hartley home raid during a prohibition period in Mobile County. Witnesses appear, grand jury met in secrecy, and U S attorneys say trials not set this week. Foreman C W Hempstead led 21 jurors from Mobile and nearby counties.
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Federal
Grand Jury
C. W. Hempster
Ant
Neve
Robert FF
Tom
Rious
Suma
Mobile County
Cial
Joseph John
Grand
Hempstead
Nett
Escambia
Robert "M. Wee
Volunteers beaten in Mexican fight report from New Orleans
Peten clash defeats irregulars organized in Guatemala for service against rebels. Survivors arrested by Guatemalan authorities pending investigation into alleged Mexican neutrality law violations. Mexican offensives target Vera Cruz and Puerto Mexico with reinforcements requested. radio intercept cites urgency as battles unfold.
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New Orleans
Guatemala
Meee
Exico
Peten
Auteeetine
Minis
Vera Cruz
Puerto Mexico
Ixhautalan
Awisch
Cerida
Yucatan
Francis Urbalejo
Veras Cruz
Obregon
Mayfield Wins After Texas Senatorial Recount
Washington April 7 The recount of ballots in the 1922 Texas Senatorial election shows a substantial Mayfield lead. The committee chair said contested ballots will be decided by the committee as counters lacked authority. Hearings on Peddy's charges of excess campaign spending will begin within a matter of days.
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Washington
Texas
Mayfield
Spencer
Missowi
George E. B. Peddy
Peddy
Canal Zone Democrats Name Delegates in McAdoo Pact
In Ancon Canal Zone on Sunday the regular political convention named six delegates to the New York convention. They were instructed to vote for William G. McAdoo. Canal Zone residents lack legal voting rights.
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ANCON
Canal Zone
New York
William G. McAdoo
Rumley Sentence Reduced by President
President Coolidge commuted Edward A. Rumley's one year prison term to one month for his role as publisher of the New York Mail. Walter Kauffman and Norvic im were convicted under the act related to aiding the enemy.
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Washington
Coolidge
Edward A. Rumiley
New-York Mail
Walter Kauffman
Norvic Im
Capital National Bank Call Issued in Washington
A national bank call issued at Capital Washington on April 7 appears in the clipping. The report details currency stabilization efforts and related financial actions.
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Washington
The
Tense after Lilly Klansmen raids in Pa towns
Rioting between yee and Ku Klux Klansmen in Lilly Pennsylvania left two dead and fifteen wounded including a nine year old boy. State police patrol streets as 26 klansmen are held in Johnstown jail and two local men in custody. Klansmen reportedly arrived on two trains from Altoona and Johnstown. crowd tore down crosses during Piper Hill ceremonies.
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Lily
Lilly
Altoona
Johnstown
Piper Hill
Conrad
Paul
Mystery Man Busey Vanishes From Federal Prison
The so called man of mystery Dr A C Busey a Klansman and former oil millionaire vanished from a federal prison amid a nationwide Justice Department manhunt. He claimed to hold a secret about the Mer Rouge murders and hinted at conspirators including Klansmen. Prison records show frequent KLan official visits and letters from officers as authorities pursue every trail from Atlanta to the Mexican border.
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Boasdal Fn
Mer Rouge
A. Cc. Busey
Busey
Mos
Department of Justice
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Drenet
Marshall
Texas
Round Table
Ku Klux Klan
FE. Y. Clarke
Imperial Klan
Henry J. Norton
Cyclops
William S. Howard
Klan
Imperial
Jim” Murray
J. ©. Jett
Secret Service
J. K. Skipwith
Morehouse Parish
Met Rouge
Skipwith
Oil Committee Examines Witnesses In Lease Conspiracy Probe
The oil committee called six witnesses led by W L Kistler of Tulsa in a probe into a claimed conspiracy to lease naval oil reserves dating to the 1920 Republican convention. The witnesses were tied to Jake L Hannon, an Oklahoma oil magnate who allegedly sought a cabinet post favoring leasing. The inquiry, the sole remaining phase of the investigation, may conclude after these proceedings.
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Léviator 1
Thane
W. L. Kistler
Tulsa
Oklo
Producers and Refiners Company
Owitness
Jake L. Hannon
Oklahoma
Harding
Klansmen Attend Funeral in Pensacola
In Pensacola Florida 24 robed masked Klansmen appeared at the funeral of Harry Smith a 65 year old railroad engineer at St Johns cemetery They conducted a brief service around the grave after a prayer by Dr W E McIwain and a procession of onlookers watched in silence causing a sensation in the city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Harry Smith
St. John’s Cemetery
W. E. McI‘wain
Negroes Drowned In Inundated Car Near Hoffman
A negro farmer's son near Hoffman North Carolina is reported drowned after their automobile was overwhelmed in a freshet in the Blacket River near McBee. Other family members possibly lost. men from Hoffman joined the search for bodies.
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Hoffman
N. C
D. S. Hams
Blacket River
McBee
Female Klan to Abandon Hood at Its Convention
In Birmingham Alabama on April 7 Mrs Sallie Osborne Cooper national committee woman announced that Kametia the women secret order voted to abandon the hood part of its regalia from its Oklahoma meeting last week. Birmingham was picked as the next meeting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
National Convention of
Kametia
PF Cepa Ays Okla
Tobandon the
Sallie Osborne Cooper
National Committee
Alabama
Cooper Gory
Storm Warning Issued as Atlantic Storm Approaches
Washington April 7 reports from the weather bureau warn of an Atlantic storm approaching from Sandy Hook to Fastport. Details are scattered in the dispatch with partial readings indicating a significant weather event likely to affect coastal areas.
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Washington
International News
Tt Weather Bureau
Sandy Hook
Fastport
Funeral held for man then found alive in Cleveland
Adelbert D. M. Pratt a Norwalk stock buyer was believed dead after a body found in Lake Erie near Toledo was identified by his wife and daughter. Impressive services were conducted in Norwalk on Friday before Pratt was located alive and well in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
United Press
Adelbert D. M. Pratt
Norwalk
Ohio
Lake Erie
Toledo
Pratt
Weinacker Named Foreman of County Grand Jury
James H. Aveinacker, a merchant, was named foreman of the county grand jury for the April term of the circuit court. Judge Claude A. Grayson delivered the usual charge. The jury will hear witnesses on the docket Monday and Tuesday and inspect the jail, courthouse, books, and other sites Wednesday. Assistant Solicitor Jack Courtney will advise the first three days, with Bart B. Chamberlain handling openings. The panel includes Bennie Harris and several others, with C. A. Strain as stenographer and deputies Walter Blackman and William Ernest as bailiffs.
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James H. Aveinacker
Claude A. Grayson
Jack” Courney
Bart
B. Chamberlain
Bennie Harris
Eyouth
Prichard
Gaston
C Williams, Jr
Chris J. Burke
Denby
William H. Demeranville
Ernest H- Platck
Willie Busby
Wi . C. Daniels
William H. Martin
Henderson R. Marriott
Richard Bettis
F. Hooks
D. Green and Shanes Co. Barry
C. A. Strain
Avon Queen Towed to Port for Repairs after Storm
The Avon Queen, a Nova Scotia owned schooner with Captain W. R. Herriam and a crew of eight, arrived in Key West after a heavy gale off Marquesas Key. Dismasted and leaking, the vessel had four feet of water before the coast guard cutter Saukee towed her to port and crews begin repairs.
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Key West
Coast Guard
Saukee
Florida
Mobile
Teneriffe
W. R. Herriam
Nova Scotia
Moie
Marquesas Key
Igo
Arrest Two Boys On U S Request In Bogus Bill Case
Local authorities were asked by the department of justice to arrest two young men about 20 years old, wearing red sweaters and traveling together. They allegedly passed a counterfeit $20 bill on Mrs. A Z Oberhaus at her business on Davis avenue and Liveak streets, raising a $5 bill to $26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
United States
A. Z Oberhaus
Davis Avenue
Liveak Streets
Nine Desperadoes Escape From Prestidio Prison
San Francisco April 7 United Press: Military police and city officers hunted nine convicts who escaped last night from the Presidio military prison. Twelve prisoners fled. three were recaptured. Five others in the guard house could have joined but did not.
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San Francisco
Calif
United Press
Presidio of
Kansas City Patrolman Shot by Bandit in Dry Store
Bloodhounds were put on the trail of a bandit who shot and killed Emmett Barnes, a patrolman, as he attempted to arrest the robber in a dry goods store. The bandit overpowered the officer, took his gun, and fired.
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Kansas City
Emmett
Barnes
French Barkentine Jacques de Crane Reported Deserted at Sea
A French barkentine named Jacques de Crane was reported in mid ocean drifting in a wireless message. A coast guard cutter was dispatched to locate the vessel and determine its condition with coordinates given as longitude 32 40 and latitude 46 7 percent.
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Boston
International News Service
Jacques de Crane
Coast Guard
Cutter
Carolina Sheriff Seeks Prisoner Ernest Clardy in Pickens
Pickens County sheriff W E Holcombe accompanied by a prisoner entered the city this morning armed with a warrant for Ernest Clardy alias Ernest Stewart wanted on desertion charges regarding his wife and two children. Clardy is serving a 30 day county road sentence for shooting across a public highway and public drunkenness and admitted his identity before agreeing to return home.
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W. E. Holcombe
Pickens
South Caar
Ernest Clardy
Ernest Stewart
Holcombe
South Caroline
Stewsatt
Clardy
Fined for Hidden Whiskey in Persimmon Street Area
David Busey Jr an aged Black man of Persimmon or dive Oom streets was fined 100 dollars or 99 days for possessing four gallons of whiskey hidden under a trap. Jim Larry and another Black man on North Claiborne street were fined 50 dollars or 50 days for passing half pints. Thirteen people faced the recorder on a crunk charge as the police magistrate quipped about a big keg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Busey, Jr
Jony H. Thompson
Franklin Street
Jim, Larry
Negro
North Claiborne Street
Recorder
Police Sought to Locate Two Men in Nebraska and Georgia
The police were asked to locate Harve a Whitman a former railroad section foreman in Whitman Nebraska believed working near Mobile and J C Whitfield or Whitfield near Mobile by K Harmon of Kansas City Missouri and E D Whitfield of Toccoa Georgia. The note says Whitfield’s son is very ill.
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Harve A
Whitman
Nebraska
Mobile
K. Harmon
West Prospect Street
Kansas City
Berry
E. D. Whitfield
Franklin Street
Taccoa
J. C. Whitfield
Dope and Liquor Seized Aboard Cardonia Steamer
Fourteen bottles of an Oriental concoction believed to contain opium and 18 quarts of various liquors were seized aboard the Unitates Shipping Board steamer Cardonia in port from Vigo Spain. Officials reported the contraband was found in an engine room and tool rooms, and remains unclaimed by officers or crew. No action against the ship or its officers was announced.
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Unitates Shipping Board
Cardonia
Vigo
Spain
Guitoms
Eackerbahshe
Lockse Daineen
Chamber of Commerce Nominating Committee Sets Meeting
The nominating committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at 1 o clock this afternoon at the local chamber offices. It will nominate eight new board members for election by the entire organization. A meeting of the traffic committee will follow as the last session under the current board.
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Board of Discern
Chamber of Commerce
Renee Ei Cealecs
Death of Harris in Prichard Sparks Arrests
Harris was killed by two men who fired five shots. one bullet pierced him. A suspect was arrested in Prichard, 30 minutes after the shooting, with a loaded revolver. Shells and a cap were found near the scene on the street car line near Toulminville. Harris’s funeral was held at 10 o clock from the family home, with large attendance and pallbearers named.
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Bendemin
Ee Harris
Harr
Prichard
Ole Chasson
A.boitie
Cavalas
Toulminville
Young Harris
W. H. Brann
W. £. Dixon, F. McFadyen
J. Head, Jr., and
M. McFadyen
Salvation Army Drive Opens in Mobile for $10000
The Salvation Army launches a year long campaign in Mobile to raise ten thousand dollars. Staff Captain A P Storey spoke at church gatherings and urged support. J Nathan of Birmingham directs the drive with Andrew C Mitchell as general chairman and Mobile civic club volunteers recruited to assist. Commander Tom Cimberline serves as assistant director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Mobile
Battle-House
A. P. Storey
J. Nathan
Birmingham
Andrew C. Mitchell
Tom Cimberline
17 Year Old Hyland Convicted For Prohi Violations
R Hyland aged 17 was fined 160 dollars or 90 days for violating prohibition law after Detectives Franco and Moody testified to finding a gallon jar of white whiskey in his home and a five gallon jar in a field near his place Sunday morning. The recorder warned him he had been operating a blind tiger and urged compliance with the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Hyland
Recorder
Franco
Moody
Hyland
Neighood
Delegation of 144 Mobile Members Attend Alabama Dental Meet
A Mobile delegation of about 144 arrives for the Alabama Dental Association meeting starting tomorrow and closing Friday. Across the nation dentists will participate in clinics and a demonstration program. Governor Bran is to open the gathering with other prominent figures and speakers include Thomas P. Hinman of Atlanta Harry B. Johnston of Mobile and Dr. Oren A. Oliver of Nashville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama
United States
William W. Bran
Thomas P. Hinman
Atlante
Harry B. Johnston
Aug
Oren A. Oliver
Nashvill
Railroads Seek Parity on Tipple Rates Across Gulf Ports
Railroads filed a formal traffic representation through R.G. Cobb of the chamber of commerce seeking parity in tipple charges across Gulf ports. The note states that previous rates absorbed by shippers have placed Gulf ports at a disadvantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Porta.ing
R.G. Cobb
Traff Chamber of Comn
Condemnation Filed for Seized Studebaker Vehicle
A case in the circuit division seeks condemnation of a seized Studebaker automobile. The filing notes the vehicle may not be sold and appears to benefit the state. Moore is cited in the record regarding dealership and sale conditions.
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Studebaker Automobile
Ge Police
Moore
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