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The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1925

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Seizure Case Argument Under Way in Federal Court

Arguments began in a federal court on the Frances E. seizure and Grew crew rum running case. Defense attorney Kilborn challenged the information as improperly drafted after last Saturday’s demurrer ruling. Six Wrances E. seamen were captured off Florida and face trial, with related pleas and fines noted.

Federal Frances E Vincent F. Kilborn Tebiss J. Medicus Charles Schreiner Wrances E Saukee Coast Guard Sie Florida Npt Ceci Hennings Emers Honelson Crowe Will Banks Allen Banks Frank J. Levene Toppy Levene Jeff Dixon Oe Miller

Arctic expedition moves toward last unexplored lands

The MacMillan Arctic expedition prepares at Etah for a first jump to search for a lost continent. Three planes will depart to Ellesmere Island and Cape Hubbard to establish bases, haul supplies, and seek a safe landing field amid sand, pebbles, and boulders as mariners clear a path for the bold trek.

Washington United Press MacMillian Etah Navy National Geographic Society Bowdoin Peary Ellesmere Island Cape Hubbard Axel Heiberg Island Hubbard Sahara

Murder plot halted as Schwartz death questioned

Francisco reports that Henry Schwartz, VP and general manager of Pacific Celluloid, was thought dead in a Walnut Creek lab blast. A dental expert declared the charred body not Schwartz, while $189000 life insurance and a missing laborer named Rodrigues figure in the case. The district attorney said the body is not Schwartz and sought his pursuit for murder.

Francisco Enry Schwarts Pacific Cellu- Coy Walnut Creek R. R. Veale Contra Costa County A. J. Nielson Schwartz San Francisco Examiner Tinning Sthwartz

Two Principals in Love Tragedy Leaves Three Dead

Rudolph E. Disso, 18, in Richmond state Seabeld or killed three people after being spurned. Police say he first shot Mrs. Vivian in Peers then killed H. G. Carter and Detective Sergeant J. Harvey Burke who confronted him.

Rudolph E. Disso Richmond Seabeld Vivian Peers H. G. Carter Disso Carter J. Harvey Burke Bama Rudolph Isso

Flag Presented to Salvation Army Fresh Air Camp

A large American flag was presented to the Salvation Army fresh air camp at Daphne by members of the Junior Order United American Mechanics representing Mobile Whistler and Prichard councils. G. J. McCoy gave the invocation, A P Storey presided, and E W Russell presented the flag on behalf of Mobile Council No. 5.

Salvation Army Fresh Air Daphne United American Mechanics Mobile Whistler Prichard America G. J. McCoy A. P. Storey Mobiile Council No. 5 E. W. Russell

Home Brew Mystery Left on City Chamber Steps

Samples of a home brewed product arrived at Mobile’s Chamber of Commerce as a new local industry. Employees found a wrapped bottle labeled Mobile's Latest Industry Home Brew Made July 27 1925. Ray Alvarez, the traffic manager, opened the sample and noted its origin and lack of sender identification.

Chamber of Commerce Ray Alvarez Mobile

Parley on Improving Car Service at Southern Association Meet

Tybee Ga host city delegates discussed better car service with railroads Tennessee Northern and Gulf Mobile Northern. J A Sauce Guibeen and C E Langham noted as officials involved.

Southern Association of Service Tybee Mobile J. A. Sauce Guibeen Ifa, Tennessee & Northern Railroad C. E. Langham Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad

Five Alarms Answered on Sabbath. Minor Damage

Five fire alarms were answered by fire trucks yesterday with only slight damage. Alarms came from Cedar and Savannah streets, Avenue and Kennedy street, Delaware streets, 01 Calamal street, and 254 South Dearborn street. Falling sparks caused the fires per reports.

Cedar Savannah Avenue Kennedy Street Delaware Camal Street South Dearborn Street

Weather Outlook for Alabama Tonight and Tuesday

Mostly cloudy conditions expected across Alabama tonight and Tuesday with chances of isolated showers in the southern regions. Areas southeast may see scattered showers with partial clearing in the northwest by Tuesday evening.

Alabama Atic

Market gains lift stocks on quiet New York open

Stock prices rose at the opening on August 3 led by General Electric and Houston Oil. Industrials and rails posted fractional gains, with United States Steel, Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward among movers. Nash Motors tumbled and New York futures showed steady cotton trading amid holiday conditions abroad.

New York General Electric Houston International Telephone Standard Gas and Electric Frank G. Shattuck Speyer Manufacturing Gold Dust Coca Cola United States Steel Common Sheffield Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward Woolworth American Can Dupont Fisher Body Mack Trucks Chrysler Nash Motors Cuba England United Mates Great Western Sugar International Harvester

Man Faces Multiple Federal Charges After Arrest Here

Robert Prewitt 19 alias Samuel T Webb was arrested Thursday on a bad check complaint and will be charged with violating the national motor vehicle act and the Mann White Slave Act. Police say he confessed to stealing a Welch West Virginia auto, transporting Elizabeth Tate 19 of Lick Branch Virginia, posing as her husband, and passing bad checks in Florida. He is held without bail and to be turned over to federal authorities.

Robert Prewitt Samuel T. Webb Tom Snevely Snevely Auto Tire Company Prewitt Warren F. Burch Bluefields W. Va Burch Welch Elizabeth Tate Lick Branch Webb Jacksonville Fla Pensacola Mobile Snevely Tire Company

Prichard Election Set For Tuesday

Approximately 100 voters in the proposed Prichard town territory will vote to incorporate. Polls open 8 a.m. and close 6 p.m., with results expected quickly due to the small electorate. Disputed eligibility notes say some property owners registered outside the area may try to vote tomorrow.

Prichard

Wife of President of Barons Dies Suddenly

The wife of the Barons club president died suddenly at her home, prompting notices of condolences as authorities investigate the cause.

Apgg Poan Wik

Fort Gaines Purchase Hindered by Government Conditions

The board of revenue members hesitate to buy the abandoned Fort Gaines from the United States government for 13 775 dollars. They fear strings attached requiring the land be used as an amusement park and are unlikely to commit 13 000 without changes. If Chairman Towle approves, the board may ask the government to remove the strings.

Board of Revenue Albert 8. Towle United States Fort Gaines

Coast Guard vessels enter drydock in Mobile

Two coast guard ships move to repairs in Mobile with one cutter Saukee entering Alabama Drydock today and the CG 300 to follow for minor repairs in the coming days. A third vessel remains at the port while officers testify in rum seizure cases in the gulf.

Coast Guard Mobile Saukee Gulf Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company

Skipper to Take Charge of CG-300 Patrol Boat

CG-300 patrol boat from Biloxi in port this morning. Willie Skipper, captain of AB-20 for two years, will assume command of CG-300 tomorrow. Captain R B Miller of CG-300 will take command of AB-20 tomorrow. Announcement last week confirmed Skipper's transfer. he has served six years in the coast guard and led AB-20 for two years.

Biloxi Willie Skipper R. 8. Miller Skipper Coast Guard Service

Lignum Vitae Cargo Arrives on Dominican Schooner Hedwig

A cargo of lignum vitae from Barahona Dominican Republic arrived in Mobile aboard the Dominican schooner Hedwig, indicating the first shipment of its kind into Mobile in months. The wood, prized for hardwood floors and bowling balls, is noted for its hardness.

Barahona Dominican Republic Mobile Hedgwig, Page & Jones

Joseph A Parrott Ferry to Undergo Repairs in Mobile

The car ferry Joseph A. Parrott arrived in Mobile yesterday and is at Todd Drydock and Shipbuilding Company undergoing repairs. The vessel operates between Key West and Havana and is owned by Peninsula and Occidental Steamship Company.

Joseph A. Parrott Mobile Er West Todd Drydoc and Shipbuilding Company Marsine Key West Havana The Peninsula and Occidental Steamship Company

Radio fan picks up MacMillan ship transmissions

A radio operator, Newman, intercepted messages from MacMillan during his expedition last night at 11:80. MacMillan used a 37 meter wavelength. his transmitter failed, but Newman relayed signals to a naval station. Newman plans to travel to Camp McClellan next week with a smaller set to maintain contact with Mobile.

Millan Newman MacMillan Camp McClellan

Evolution Called Cruelest Doctrine in Alabama Sermon

In Anniston on August 3, Dr J T McGlothlin pastor of Parker Memorial Baptist Church denounced evolution as a cruel doctrine claiming it forces humans to eat meat as ingested blood relations. He warned Southron readers against embracing evolutionary theory likening it to cannibalism.

Anniston Ala United Press J. T. McGlothlin Parker Memorial Baptist Church South Africa McGlothlin

Seven Injured in Greenpoint Tenement Fire

In Brooklyn on August 3 seven people were injured two seriously when a blaze swept through Greenpoint tenements. Residents trapped in bedrooms escaped via fire escapes and nets, with others rescued by firefighters. some leapt to safety from upper floors.

Brooklyn N. Y Greenpoint Neta

Girl Attacked by Giant Barracuda at Folly Beach

Mrs. W. K. Kahre was bitten 17 times on her leg and thigh as she bathed in the surf at Folly Beach Charleston. Her husband fought off the giant barracuda and doctors say she will recover.

Charleston 8. C United Press Folly Beach W. K. Kahre

German Plant to Open Major Factory in Johnson City

A large German rayon plant plans to open a major factory in Johnson City, the fourth plant worldwide, with more than one thousand acres near Sycamore Pals. The project expects up to 10 000 workers as production scales, backed by prominent European and New York investors, citing local raw materials, transport and labor advantages.

France Italy South Sycamore Pals John Sevier King’s Mountain Alfred A. Taylor Alfred Schoenlicht Amsterdam Holland Johnson City

Riff Chief Fails to Meet Peace Envoys in Tangiers

Envoys of Abd el Krim, Riffian leader, met Primo de Rivera at Tetuan but refused Madrid peace terms. They insist on Riffian independence as a prerequisite to any settlement and talk around the Franco Spanish envoys in Tangiers.

Paris Abd-el-Krim Primo de Rivera Tetuan Tangiers Quai D’ Sor Krim Madrid de Rivera

Rates on coal to Lincoln Neb to be cut after Sept 28

The interstate commerce commission ruled that rates on coal from Kansas Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma mines to Lincoln Nebraska must be reduced to the same basis as rates to Omaha after September 28. The decision follows a complaint filed by the Lincoln chamber of commerce.

Washington A. P Kansas Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Lincoln Neb Omaha Int Te Commerce Commission Lincoln Chamber of Commerce

Scientist predicts wireless heat to aid police via radio

London Aug 3 United Press reports A H Low scientist says wireless broadcasting of heat to the earth will create more habitable space for inhabitants. He also forecasts electrical rays will divert rain clouds to deserts to dry out moist regions.

London United Press Harth Pole A. H. Low

Berlin Invents New Dictaphone Parlophone

In Berlin Aug 84 International News Service reports Dr Curt Stille unveils the parlophone an electro magnetic dictation device enabling New York listeners to hear Berlin dictations. The system preserves sounds words or music on a steel wire and allows erasures repetitions and corrections with simple controls.

Berlin International News Service New York Curt Stille Dr. Stille Stille

Bomb explodes in Brooklyn hallway injures several

A time bomb exploded in the hallway of a Brooklyn house on August 3. The blast damaged windows and trapped 23 tenants until police guided them to safety. Seven people were wounded, two seriously, as fire spread to two brick tenements nearby. Police suspect labor trouble motives.

New York International News Service Alt 41Nd Street Brooklyn

Coast Guard Birthday Observed in Mobile

The United States coast guard marks its 135th anniversary in Mobile with vessel decorations planned in port. The 1915 law merged the revenue cutter service and life saving service into a single organization. Four coast guard vessels will likely be in Mobile tomorrow.

United States Coast Guard Mobile Tomorow Coast Guard Revenue Cutter Service Life Saving Service Unies

Southern Railway Agent Killed in Georgia Wrecks

In Macon Georgia on a Sunday two railway wrecks occurred near Dame's Ferry ten miles north. H F Musselwhite Southern Rate agent died while eating dinner in a diner aboard the Royal Palm which derailed earlier injuring twelve passengers and mail clerks. A following Mecon to Atlanta collided with a work train injuring six plus Musselwhite.

Macon H. F. Musselwhite Southern Rate Dame's Ferry Here Atlanta Musselwhite Royal Palm Mac Webb i Chattanooga

Kansas City Oil Pioneer John Reed Retires After 25 Years

John Reed, a Stardard Oil Company veteran of over twenty five years, retires at sixty seven with a company pension. He joined as a tank wagon operator when gasoline was used for cooking and oil lit the chief house illumination. Reed declined a motor truck offer in 1920.

Kansas City, Mo Standard Oil Company John Reed Reed

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