Former Sheriffs On Trial In United States Court
Former Mobile county sheriffs Paul G Cazalas and William H Holcombe and ex Chief Deputy George Vonaghue face trial in federal court on charges of conspiring to obstruct a federal officer during a liquor seizure. The case follows a raid at Sam Powe house where liquor was seized. Powe was later convicted of conspiring with Dan L Jemison to violate prohibition laws. Additional testimony detailed alleged protection by county officers for Jemison and Perez in earlier liquor activities.
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Paul G. Cazalas
William H. Holcombé
Mobile County
George Vonaghue
Rowe
Perfiament
Jemison
Gerorimo Perez
Rufus Cannon
Powe
Powe House
William I. Grubb
H. M. Cochran
William H. Holcombe
Frank W. Boykin
A. G. Ward
Percy H. Kearns
F. Anderson
Clarke County
J. Bedsole
Mobile
J. B. Bishop
Hale
J. E. Clarey
M. Deer
Money
D. E. Mills
W.w. Moreland
Dan Nichols
Escambia
R. I. Speer
White Way to Be Taken Up in Mobile Public Meeting
Mayor Hartwell announced at the city commission meeting that the ordinance for the White Way lightning system will face final action next Tuesday. Electrical Engineer Coffin reported frontage protests by area, with 45 percent on Dauphin west of Broad and 33 percent on Conception street, while Broad Street protests numbered five. Petitions supported the White Way on Washington Avenue to L and N crossing and all Monterey Street property owners asked for the installation.
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Harry T. Hartwell
Mobile
City Commission
Andrew Coffin
Dauphin Street
Broad
Government Street
Dauphin
Conception Street
Broad Street
Baltimore
St. Joseph
St. Emanuel
Royal Streets
Washington Avenue
Baltimore Street
Monterey Street
Fireworks plant blast kills and destroys Hanover works
A series of explosions and fire at the National Fire Works Company plant in Hanover Massachusetts destroys a large part of the facility. One worker Maynard Goodwin is killed and many others, mostly Portuguese and Lithuanian, are believed missing or harmed as flames threaten nearby houses and the Hanover Rubber Company yard. Fire departments from seven towns fight to save magazines and homes amid high winds and grass fires.
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Associated Press
Hanover
Mass
National Fire Works Company
Maynard Goodwin
Hanover Rubber Company
Fire link tied to two star witnesses in Chapman case
In Steubenville Ohio authorities probe a fire at Stanton Motor Co linked to two star witnesses in Gerald Chapman bandit trial. J H Snyder owner and Katherine Bourne bookkeeper testified a stolen garage auto used by a “prince of bandits” in the New Britain store robbery may connect Chapman to the fire and other alleged crimes.
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Associated Preas
Stubenville
Ohio
Gerald Chabandit
Stanton Motor Co
J. H. Snyder
Katherine Bourne
Chapman
New Britain
Shelley
Snyder and Missak
Steubenville
Three Injured When Hit by Car In Mobile
Mrs. W. W. Morris and her son Louis Morris of 952 Old Shell Road along with C. O. Dabridge of 8 North Cedar Street were struck by an automobile at ver ént and Dearboro streets. Mrs. Morris and her son were taken to the Mobile Infirmary and Mr. Dabridge to City Hospital. Mrs. Morris was ordered to report to police headquarters on the charge of reckless driving.
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W. W. Morris
Old Shell Road
Louis Morris
C. O. Dabridge
North Cedar Street
Grace Moore
South Broad Street
Morris
Ver Ént
Dearboro Streets
Aong
Three Convicted in Game Law Cases
District Game Warden A Z Obor reports the conviction of George Files Andrew Files and Tolman Smith on charges of trapping game without license. Each was fined $25 with court costs totaling $45.35.
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A. Z Oboroe
Mobile
Washington County
George Files
Andrew Files
Tolman Smith
Weather note for Alabama with fair conditions
Weather brief reports fair skies in Alabama tonight and Wednesday with mild temperature changes. Sparse text mentions small changes and unsettled wording but no specific highs or lows.
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Alabama
Peng
Ness
Alabama Dentists Convene Second Day in Mobile
The Alabama Dental Association held its fifty sixth annual convention at the Battle House in Mobile with nerve addresses on operative dentistry radiography and oral infections. New officers were elected with Dr N C Glass becoming president and Dr S B Hopkins to serve as immediate past president.
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Alabama Dental Association
Battle House
N. C. Glass
Birmingham
8S. B. Hopkins
Glass
Alabama Power Company
Perry
Ralph R. Byrnes
D. D
Atlanta
Southern Vental Colege
Olin Kirkland
Montgomery
Ala
American Dental Association
American Academy of Peridontology
Discusion
H. Clay Hassell
Board of Examiners of
Alabama
National Dental Association
Jas. A. Blue
American Society of Oral Surgeons and
Exedontia
A. K. Parks
J. G. Hopping
G. R. Wolff
United States Public Health Service
Marine Hospital
Mobile
A. Blue
Geo. W. Nevins
Mobile Medical Society
James
City adopts new traffic law changing street moves
The city commission approved a comprehensive traffic ordinance effective May 1. It rewrites Dauphin street directions, requires driving on the right, adds thoroughfares with stop rules for north south traffic, bans jaywalking, and creates more one way streets. The measure was long debated and includes dog control provisions.
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City Commission
Dauphin
Jay
Ayer
Rigger
Poe
Tenebrae Service At Cathedral Of Immaculate Conception
Special cathedral Tenebrae services are held Wednesday through Friday at 7 30 p m in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The Latin service features candle extinction during psalms and Jeremiah lamentations with a sermon by Rev. Aloysius O S B from St Bernard College Culiman Ala.
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Jeremiah
Christ
John
Aloysius
St. Bernard’s College
Culiman
Ala
Prohibition raids yield multiple fines in county court
Judge N R Clarke imposed penalties after a weekend crackdown by county state and federal officers. Joe Rogers paid 260 dollars plus costs or 90 days, with 90 more added. Others—M Hibbler James Peterson John King Minzie Davis Joseph Thompson—each faced 100 dollars or 90 days for possession of liquor. F S Johnson received 51 dollars and costs for 30 days. Several others were fined 50 dollars and costs for 20 days. Willie Hogan Harry Burroughs Arthur Marechau Joe Hall and E W Teel received similar terms. Assistant Recorder Kilborn fined Will Duffy 100 dollars or 90 days.
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N. R. Clarke
Joe Rogers
M Hibbler
James Peterson
John King
Minzie Davis
Joseph Thompson
F.S. Johnson
E.court
Willie Hogan
Harry Burroughs
Arthur Marechau
Joe Hall
E. W. Teel
Vincent F. Kilborn
Will Duffy
New Snagboat Assigned to District for River Work
A new snagboat will be assigned to the district for river work, likely replacing an older vessel. The vessel will be transferred from the Ohio river. The Pettus, a 15 inch pipeline dredge, is definitely assigned here and will depart Louisville tomorrow, arriving in Mobile late this month to work on the Warrior and Tombigbee rivers.
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United States Engineer’s Department
Ohio River
Louisville
Mobile
Warrior
Tombigbee
Postponement Sought for Natchez Mobile Freight Hearing
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce and the Alabama Public Service Commission ask delaying the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on discontinuing the Natchez to Mobile through freight service until May. The April 20 Washington hearing is postponed due to a concurrent rate hearing in Atlanta.
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Traffic Department
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Public Service Commission
Natchez
Mobile
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlanta
Major Emerson to Make Coast Trip
Major Emerson of the United States Engineer Department Mobile will travel to Pascagoula tomorrow for a regular inspection trip. He recently returned to Mobile from Tuscaloosa where he visited the Nocke boat yard and machine shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S T. H. Emerson
United States States Engineer's Department
Mobile
Pascagoula
Majorerson
Tuscaloosa
Eloping Divine Forgiven Again Returns Home
A former Spring Valley Ohio minister and father of ten, Culp, who vanished after a marriage incident with his sister-in-law in Nappanee, returned home with his wife’s protection. Officials promised no arrest if he seeks work to support his ten children. local probation officer says prosecution unlikely if he gains employment.
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Hay
Southern cities to make claims for air service
Birmingham Alabama April 7 Proponents of an air mall route between Chicago and New Orleans will present claims tonight to Col Paul Henderson in charge of mail service with Col Gerson and other postal officials attending. The plan aims to connect at Chicago with New York air mail and cut travel time between Birmingham and New York by hours along the Nashville and Louisville link.
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Birmingham
Ala
Chicago
New Orleans
Paul Henderson
Col
Gerson
W. Irving Glover
L. K.bell
Air Mail Service
Col. Henderson
Washington
Nashville
Louisville
New York
Sell Buttons for Satsuma Festival in Mobile
Central committee announces sale of numbered festival buttons in Mobile starting Wednesday. Each button pairs with another by matching figures, enabling two people to claim free tickets to all festival entertainment at the Satsuma Blossom Festival on April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satsuma
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Tanker Gus Maid Arrives for Dry Dock Repair
The tanker Gus Maid of the Gulf Refining Company reached port yesterday afternoon from Philadelphia to be repaired at the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company. The tug E M Russell moved to Port Arthur after delivering the barge Ohio when tug Clarke lost its propeller. The Clarke and Ohio remain at the docks for repairs.
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Gus Maid
Gulf Refining Company
Philadelphia
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
Russell
Port Arthur
Ohio
Clarke
Clark
Solicitor Heads to Choctaw Court for Prosecutions
County Solicitor B. B. Chamberlain traveled to Butler Alabama to conduct prosecutions in Choctaw county circuit court in County Solicitor Pool's absence. Assistant Solicitor Jack Courtney continues grand jury duties during Mobile county solicitor's absence.
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B. B. Chamberlain
Butler
Ala
Choctaw County
Mobile County
Jack Courtney
Jeweler and Wife Lose Gems to Yeggs
Two bandits robbed Rene Marx a Los Angeles automobile dealer his wife and two friends as they were returning home from a theater. They escaped with fifteen thousand dollars in jewelry and five thousand nine hundred dollars in cash. The incident was reported to police.
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Los Angeles
International News Service
Rene Marx
Rev William J Haney Named Raleigh Diocese First Bishop
Rev William J Haney chancellor of the Baltimore archdiocese was named the first bishop of the new Raleigh North Carolina diocese. News came from Arch bishop Curley in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Wiliam J. Haney
Archdiocese of
Raleigh
N.C
Curley
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Port St. Joe
Dr Winthrop Dies of Heart Attack in Mobile
Dr Gilman J Winthrop a Mobile physician died at Mobile Infirmary at 5 30 am after a week long illness He was a native of Tallahassee Florida and will be interred there Funeral services were set for 11 30 am at Roche Parlor and the body to be shipped to Florida at 12 46 pm He studied at Sewanee and Johns Hopkins and is survived by his mother two brothers and a sister all at Tallahassee.
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Gilman J. Winthrop
Mobile
Mobile Infirmary
Winthrop
Talahassee
Fla
Roche Undertaking Company
Florida
L and N
Sewanee
Johns Hopkins
Wintrop
Lillia C. Winthrop
Frank
Guy
Evelyn Randall
Detroit Police Hold Negro for Mobile Murder Suspect
Detroit police hold Marcellus McNish of Plateau Alabama on an assault to murder charge tied to Clem Magnus. Sheriff Schwarz was notified and state officer H G Garrett headed to Detroit to extradite McNish and Albert Mazek alias Reed, alleged to have killed Jake Williams.
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Leon Schwarz
Detroit
Mich
Marcellus McNish
Plateau
Ala
Clem Magnus
W. ©. Robbins, Jr
H. G. Garrett
McNish
Albert Mazek
Reed
Mazek
Pool Room Register Robbed at 12 South Conception Street
Burglars forced the pool room front door shortly after midnight Monday and stole 10 dollars from a cash register, per a police report filed by Officer A. Beall at headquarters. The crime occurred at the pool room located at 12 South Conception Street.
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South Conception Street
A. Beall
Claims Injuries Suit Filed Over Log Rafting Gunboat
George Claiborne filed suit in the circuit court against Lukas E. Moore Stavempany for 1560 dollars, alleging personal injuries while working on a gunboat of the defendant during the rafting of logs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Claiborne
Circuit Court Losey
Lukas E. Moore
Tug Lytle Returns After Pensacola Tow
The tug Harry G. Lytle of Gulf Towing and Wrecking Company is expected to arrive in Mobile tonight from Pensacola, where she towed three empty barges. The Lytle departed yesterday and will sail back with the lumber barge from Pensacola.
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Harry G. Lytle
Gulf Towing and Wrecking Company
Mobile
Pensacola
Lytle
City
Pensa
Airplane Carrier Saratoga Joins Navy Fleet With Record Size
The 36,000 ton airship carrier Saratoga, 888 feet long with 180,000 hp turbines, slid into the sea amid a formal launch in New York. She will carry 72 aircraft and was christened by Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur.
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Tide
Ascan
Limitation of Arms Oe
New York Sore Banking Co
Saratoga
Mra
Curtis D. Wilbur
Secretary of the Navy
Army
Navy
Wilbur
William A. Moffatt
Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy Department
Washington
Atlantic
Secretary Wilbur at Saratoga launch stresses naval arms limits
In Camden on the Saratoga launch Wilbur emphasizes the carrier as concrete proof of the Washington naval arms agreement limits and cites air craft control aims. He notes the vessel's significance and its embodiment of scientific progress and mentions the four ships bearing the same name.
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Camden
N. J
Saratoga
Wilbur
Washington
New Bay Boat Fare Cut Takes Effect Friday
The Alabama Public Service Commission approved a reduced round trip rate for cars crossing Mobile Bay by bay boats. The new schedule eliminates the 25 cent per leg surcharge and cuts the round trip by two dollars, aiming to boost weekend travel between Mobile and Baldwin counties.
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Mobile Bay
Alabama Public Service Commission
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
Stanton Grange building destroyed by fire near Steubenville
Officials in Steubenville Ohio report a fire destroyed the Stanton G re building. They would not confirm details but suggested a man linked to Gerald Chapman as a possible fugitive in the area.
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Steubenville, O
Gerald Chapman
Steubenville
New Indictments in Oil Cases Discussed in Washington
Reports from Washington say new indictments may be sought against Albert B. Fall Harry Sinclair and others. Federal counsel Owen Roberts indicated that fresh charges could arise, as oil leaders appeal a ruling by Chief Justice McCoy of the District of...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Harry Sinclair
Ll. Doheny
Owen J.roberts
the McCoy
District of Cibia Supreme Court
Fall
Russians Warned to Be Ready for War
Moscow April 7 General Franse commissar of war warns Russians to prepare for war which he believes may come unexpectedly in 1914. He cites Baltic state staff meeting at Helsingfors and the murder of two communist officers on the Polish border as signs that Russia must be ready to meet attack.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Franse
Baltic States
Helsingfors
Russia
Babe Ruth Stricken In Carolina Town
The Eve ning World reports Babe Ruth collapsed at Asheville railway station as the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Robins played another game. Ruth fainted and appeared to suffer from influenza after a strenuous tour, and had been ailing for several days.
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New York
Evening World
Babe Ruth
Asheville
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Robins
Ruth
National Guards Fight Forest Fire Near Blacksburg
A company of the National Guard was en route to assist in fighting a forest fire sweeping Montgomery County near Blacksburg. Many farm buildings are reported destroyed or damaged as the blaze advances through the area.
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Richmond
National Guard
Frontgomery County
Blacksburg
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U. S
Cazalas
Holcombe
Donaghue
Sam Powe
Jessie Chambers
Major Emerson
Divine
Choctaw Court
Yeggs
Gustavus
Fernald
Pullman Company
Pass Christian
Miss
Winter
Acre
AF Gow Polytechnic Institute
DR. Winthrop
Stave Company
Carolina
National Guards
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