Man Charges Ot Hikers Beat Him
Robert Gorman a L and N boilermaker was fined 50 dollars or 50 days in recorder court after a walkout related assault on Arthur J. Baird at L and N shops. Gorman appealed bond set at 300 dollars. Baird testified he was attacked near the freight depot and one man threatened with a knife. Guards identified Gorman. Gorman denies present at the fight. Headlines note coal strike meetings in Ohio and Detroit industrial effects with Ford proposing rail trackage for coal movement.
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Robert Gorman
Recorder’s Court
Arthur J. Baird
Recorder
Gorman
Baird
Mobile
Pollard
Ala
T. Kelly
O. K. Jackson
L. & N. Road
Kelly
Tom Corso
Ne . Sa
Port's Future at Stake as Mobile campaigns for port amendment
Mobile civic leaders opened the seaport amendment campaign at Moose Hall urging all residents to support the November vote. Speakers stressed Mobile's growth tied to port facilities, tax assurances, and outreach to up-state voters and rural communities.
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Mobile
Seaport
Moose Hall
Joseph H. Lyons
Thomas M. Stevens
R. V. Taylor
Max Rogers
Matt Mahorer
Charles H. Franck
M. Bixler
Mobile County
Stevens
American Legion
National Guard
Alabama
Birmingham
Montgomery
Anniston
Tuscaloosa
Sdes -of- the
Franck
Four sheriff candidates report campaign expenditures
In probate court expense filings required by law four sheriff candidates T T Palmer Finlay McFadyen Paul Cazalas and Emory Thomas together spent 3893 47 with Palmer at 996 57 Thomas 971 90 McFadyen 3600 and Cazalas 325 Thursday marked the filing deadline under the corrupt practices act Also listed are expenditures for Revenue and Road Commissioner candidates and others including Ward Roycroft Bolton Scott Smee March and many more with varied sums and totals across multiple offices.
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T. T. Palmer
Finlay McFadyen
Paul Cazalas
Emory Thomas
Palmer
Thomas
McFadyen
Cazalas
Probate Court
Revenue and Road
A. G. Ward
W. C. Roycroft
J. W. Bolton
Robert L. Scott
Frank Smee
John W. March
Georgia O. Johnson
Frank Rood
J. Edward Zeigler
J. W. Havard
Albert Towles
B. 8. Edwards
I. C. McRae
Fred G. Bitzer
Foster K. Hale
Ira Pringle
Thomas J. Ford
Henry A. Horst
Pat Byrne
John D. Hagan
Andrew Straues
J. C. Prine
Charlie Green
Jack Cleveland
John Deakle
Albert Freeland
Miss McGowan
Michael T. Judge
Circuit Court
Saffold Bees
R. E. Cunnam
E. J. Grove
Horace Turner
John J. Russell
State Senate
John Craft
Strikes Heighten Tensions as Rail Disputes Escalate
Birmingham and New Orleans reports describe violent clashes between striking shopmen and strikebreakers on the Southern Railway. Injuries include several shot or battered workers, with windows shattered and a train attacked near Harahan and Magnolia. Washington talks aim to settle the dispute per President Harding’s suggested framework.
Ladd Proposes Ford Muscle Shoals Buy Lease Plan
A Senate Agriculture Committee minority report urges acceptance of Henry Ford's offer to purchase and lease the Muscle Shoals nitrate and hydroelectric projects and criticizes government ownership. The document argues the government should not operate nitrate plants and cites expected savings from Ford's proposal.
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Washington
Associated Press
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Ladd
North Dakota
Ford
Muscl Shoals
Lesses
U. S
Muscle Shoals i
Mr. Ford
Laon
Thymer
Waives examination in car theft case
Herbert Dickinson 19 of 16 Carlin avenue alias Alphonse Dickinson alias William Johnson waived examination on grand larceny charges after being arraigned before Recorder D H Edington. Bond set at 500 dollars for taking a new Hudson car owned by Angus Marshall of Todd Shipbuilding and Car Company. car recovered next day on Monterey street. Separate case: Charles Long held to circuit court on grand larceny charge with 500 dollar bond for bicycle theft valued at 50 dollars from J J Watler.
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Herbert Dickinson
Carlin Avenue
Alphonse Dickinson
William Johnson
Angus Marshall
Todd Shipbuilding and Car Company
D. H. Edington
Marshall
Dauphin and
Hallet Streets
Monterey Street
Charles Long
Creep Easy
Long
J. J. Watler
Lafayette
Adams Streets
L N Cuts Coke Freight Rate From Birmingham to Mobile
The Louisville and Nashville Railway publishes a tariff cutting coke rate from Birmingham to Mobile from 2.59 to 2.04 dollars. A copy reached the Chamber of Commerce traffic office today. Barge line is expected to match 2.04, with coal rates equal by rail and barge. The cut will save ships moving coke to Mobile for export, an effort started weeks ago and likely to continue.
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Detroit United Railways
Michigan
E. J. Berdick
Henry Ford
Detroit
Toledo
Ironton
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Motor King’s Railway
Ford
Ee Ford
Louisville & Ville
Detroit, Oledo & Ironton
Ohio River Line
Corbin, Ky
Louisville & Nashville
Kentucky Fields
Corbin
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Birmingham
Mobile
Traffic Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
South America
Women Watchers to Attend Election in City
The Mobile County League of Women Voters will place watchers at all polling places next Tuesday to observe election law compliance. At a city committee meeting today the plan was discussed and appointments finalized. The observers will report back on methods observed.
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Mobile County League of Women Voters
Weather and Basketball Schedules Across Cities
Southern games list Atlanta at Chattanooga Nashville at New Orleans Memphis at Mobile Little Rock at Birmingham Chicago at New York two games Brooklyn at St Louis Philadelphia at Boston Pittsburgh at Boston New York at Cleveland Philadelphia at St Louis Washington at Chicago Boston at Detroit.
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Atlanta
Chittanooga
Nashville
New Orleans
Memphis
Mobile
Little Rock
Birmingham
Chicago
New York
Grelanett
Brooklyn
T. Louis
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cleveland
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Weather forecast for West Florida and Southeast states
West Florida fair tonight with local thunder showers. Alabama and Mississippi partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with thunder showers in the southern portions on Saturday.
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Washington
West Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Name Shippers On Committee to Boost Port Aid
Chairman Joseph H Lyons heads the Alabama Sea port Amendment Committee of Mobile County and appoints shippers Ed Gaines E D Flynn and Shannon Hunter to urge Alabama voters to back the seaport amendment at the November 14 election. Lyons will form similar groups with business leaders eager to improve the state seaport and commerce, announced at amendment headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce.
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Joseph H. Lyons
Alabama Seaport Amendment Committee
Mobile County
Ed Gaines
Mobile Export Company
E. D. Flynn
E. D. Flynn Lumber and Export Co
Shannon Hunter
Hunter, Benn and Company
Alabama
Lyons
Amendment
Chamber of Commerce
Federal Grand Jury to Report Saturday
The federal grand jury that began Monday will likely finish today but issue a report only on Saturday due to Judge Robert E. Ervin's absence. It had initially been expected to end Thursday, but some business remained. The witness examinations were nearly completed Thursday.
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Federal Grand Jury
Robert E. Ervin
Federal Building
Yacht Making Movies Arrives in Port for Deep Sea Film Work
The yacht Adventure under Captain D DeForest Pryor arrived in Mobile this morning after leaving New Orleans June 1 for Gulf of Mexico waters. It moored at St. Francis street foot and aims to film deep sea fishing with its movie equipment. Pryor, famed in motion picture photography, specializes in devil fish footage and has already captured thousands of feet of views during the cruise.
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Adventure
D. DeForest Pryor
Gulf
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile
St. Francis Street
Pyrer
Lest We Forget Haig Appeal On War Anniversary
Field Marshal Haig issued a brief statement on the eighth anniversary of Britain entering World War I. He urged the nation not to forget the sacrifices and said the years since the conflict should have balanced more of the war's ravages.
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London
Field Marshal Haig
England
Plague Investigations Move To Island Of Hawaii
Dr. C. T. Wayson of the Territorial Board of Health travels to Hawaii to probe the fourth bubonic plague death since July 1. The latest victim is a three year old girl.
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Honolulu
T. H
Associated Press
C. T. Wayson
Territorial Board of Health
Island of Hawaii
Typhoon Devastates Swatow City in China
A Central News dispatch from Hong Kong reports Swatow, a treaty port of 40,000 on the Han Kiang estuary 225 miles northeast of Canton, devastated by a typhoon with heavy loss of life and enormous property damage.
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London
Swatow
Hong Kong
Han Kiang River
Canton
Northcliffe Condition Worsens In London
London Aug 4 The condition of Viscount Northcliffe is less satisfactory his weakness increasing over recent days It is believed a heart ailment began secretly months ago due to strain and over work and has lowered his resistance
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London
Associated Press
Viscount Northcliffe
Italian Socialist Congress Postponed to End of August
Rome Aug 4 The Italian national Socialist congress scheduled for August 6 has been postponed to the end of the month according to Tribuna. Officials fear renewed general strike activity could make the meeting stormy and disrupt proceedings.
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Rome
Italian National Socialist Congress
Tribuna
Saya
Rate probe meeting set in capital August 10
A Southern Traffic League meeting in Montgomery on August 10 will discuss the general southeastern rate investigation now under way by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Rate men from several southern states will attend, making the session one of considerable importance.
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Southern Traffic League
Montgomery
Southeastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Day Advocates Ready For Italian Crusade
The Prohibition Foundation organized a campaign for Italy Czecho Slovakia Hungary and Germany and plans extensions to Poland and the Baltic and Balkan states announced by E L G Hohenthal of North Manchester international secretary for Europe.
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North
Manchester
Conn
Prohibition Foundation
E. L. G. Hohenthal
Europe
Italy
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Germany
Poland
Baltic
Balkan States
Equip Voting Booths for Coming Election
Sheriff and judge of probate representatives began equipping voting booths for the August 8 primary. They must fill 3 percent of election boxes for city voting places and 33 boxes for the county total.
Father Objects To Dress. Bride Dies By Own Hand
Geneva reports recount a woeful Austrian wedding tragedy in Bregenz. Krauss, a wealthy widower, balked at his daughter's decollete bridal gown and locked her in a room. She refused the alternate gown, the ceremony time passed, and a gunshot ended the case with the bride found dead in her attire.
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Geneva
Bregenz
Austria
Krauss
English Labor Backs Balfour Debt Cancellation Note
Arthur Henderson, speaking at Heywood, endorses Lord Balfour’s proposal for universal cancellation of mutual debts to ease Europe’s financial burden. He notes Britain’s policy depends on the United States and urges Russia and Germany be included in the League of Nations. He urges trust in American goodwill and criticizes excluding major powers.
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London
Associated Press
Labor Party
Earl of Balfour
Arthur Henderson
Heywood
Europe
Lord Balfour
Henderson
United States
Great Britain
America
Russia
Germany
League of Nations
Treasury says Balfour note won’t alter U S policy
London Aug 4 The United States treasury department via the Associated Press announces that the Balfour note will not affect American policy. A continuation note indicates further details appear on page nine.
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London
Associated Press
United States Treasury Department
Legal Opinion Sought by Mobile County Democrats on Primaries
Mobile County Democratic Executive Committee will seek legal opinion to decide if next Tuesday primaries are open to all qualified electors or limited to rock ribbed Democrats. A substitute motion passed authorizing Acting Chairman J H McEvoy to obtain guidance for officers at the polls. A $100 bill for Attorney F J Inge’s services was approved.
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Mobile County Democratic Executive Committee
J. H McEvoy
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Montgomery
F. J. Inge
J.H. McEvoy
D. B. Dobbs
T. B. Allman
J. M. King
D. H. Barrett
Revenuers Stop Smuggling Boat After Gun Battle
Seaboard authorities seize three men and a large batch of Scotch whiskey after a motor boat, backed by smugglers 20 miles off Fire Island, opens fire near Seabright New Jersey. Lieut James Bannon and the Blue Boy police craft fire on the vessel until it surrenders.
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Seabright
N. J
Fire Island
James Bannon
Blue Boy
William Bailley
Manhattan
Lieut. Bannon
Revenue Officers
Girl stowaways enjoy their trip to Cherbourg
Two 13 year old stowaways from New York, Anna Muller and Katherine Fleming, sheltered in a Majestic lifeboat during the trans Atlantic voyage. They said the captain is kind and praised the ship’s cook before they are to be sent back to New York on the liner’s next westward trip.
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Cherbourg
Associated Press
New York
Majestic
Anna Muller
Katherine Fleming
Bumb
Anna
Guns Seized Aboard Steamer President Grant Hong Kong
One thousand guns of German and American make and 23,600 rounds of ammunition were found aboard the steamer President Grant at Hong Kong and seized by British authorities. A watchman and twenty Chinese crew boys were arrested. The munitions were said to be bound for southern China.
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Manila
P. I
Associated Press
President Grant
Hong Kong
China
Chicago Trolley Strike Ends in Deadlock and City Plan Pivot
On August 4 the Chicago street car strike entered its fourth day with car companies and union leaders still at a standstill. The city council weighed plans to buy and run city-owned motor buses using a $30 million traction fund, with Mayor Thompson proposing a $3 million appropriation to run buses at five-cent fares.
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Chicago
Thompson
Greek Couples Storm Clerk To Get Wedded
New York city clerk Cruise wiped his brow and announced that many Greek couples would wed in the port today. About 280 couples and families arrived on the Constantine yesterday, most seeking marriage licenses. crews and photographers crowded the ante-room as the clerk prepared to process them.
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New York
Gulfport Woman Struck and Killed by Train
Gulfport Miss August 4 Ruth Connelly a stenographer in the law office of Ei J Bo era was killed by an Atlantic and Western passenger train shortly after seven this morning. Her body was badly mangled and she was seen to walk in front of the incoming train and fall in the middle of the track.
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Gulfport
Miss
Ruth Connelly
Ei J. Bo
Era
An& WN
Bavaria’s conciliatory reply to President Ebert letter
Bavaria’s response to the Reichstag defense laws is moderate and conciliatory. It upholds Bavarian sovereignty while accepting the need for legal measures and signals readiness to negotiate with Chancellor Wirth in Berlin to avoid future conflicts.
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Rerlin
Associated Press
Bavaria
Ebert
Reichstag
Berlin
CoreHnor Wirth
Count Lerchenfeld
Premie
Premier Nowak Wins Unopposed Confidence Vote
In Warsaw on August 4 the new cabinet of Premier Nowak won strong support in a vote of confidence. The Diet rejected divisions as moderates backed the government, ending the prolonged cabinet crisis stemming from the Piludski clash with Parliament.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Nowak
Diet
Prec. Piludski
Coast Guardsmen Celebrate 132nd Birthday Nationwide
Officers and men of the United States Coast Guard joined across stations to mark the service’s 132nd birthday. Drills and a general order from Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Clifford reviewed the coast guard’s career.
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Washington
United States Coast Guard
Ohio Fair Grounds Fire Damages Columbus Grounds
Fire at the Ohio fair grounds in Columbus caused an estimated $600,000 loss. Five firefighters were injured while battling the blaze, which destroyed six buildings surrounding the central area. Investigators suspect spontaneous combustion near the Pint shop in the Pittsburgh build.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Woman Discovers New Heavenly Body
Reports from a Massachusetts observatory confirm a new star discovered by Miss Annie J. Ca at Harvard Observatory. Professor Bailey notes the star's position is 42 minutes for right ascension and 36 degrees 4 minutes for declination, with a likely magnitude and significance to celestial catalogs.
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Miss N
Bservatory
Annie J. Ca
Harvari Fessor Bailey
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