Murder attempt at Tob Nick? Dilatolis shot at fruit stand
Police report two men attacked Tob Nick Dilatolis 43 at a northeast St Francis fruit stand. He was shot in the thigh and taken to Inge Bondurant arena hospital. Investigators cite robbery or revenge as possible motives. one assailant spoke English during the incident.
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Tob
Nick Dilatolis
Opera Fruit Stand
St. Francis
Scott See
Jolig
Inge-Bondurant Rium
Speithtates
Dilatolis
Scott
Latolis
Protest on Mississippi Freight Rates Filed by Gulf Mobile
A protest against a move to lower Mississippi freight rates was filed by Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad before the Mississippi Railroad Commission. E W Richie, general weight agent, testified that rate cuts would be discriminatory against Mobile and Alabama shippers, since inter state rates would stay higher. The case, heard in Jackson, was taken under advisement by the commission.
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Gulf
Ohile and Northern Railroad
Com- 1
Mississippi Railroad
Mississippi
E.W. Richie
Jackson
Miss
Hichie
Mobile
Alabama
New Orleans
Richie
F. M. Hicks
Taffic
J Jackson
Commission
Kruse Case Reset For Hearing August 12
The case of John H. Kruse Jr. charged after a disturbance on a streetcar at Government and Jefferson streets July 30 was reset for Friday. Additional charges include public drunkenness abusive language and two counts of assault and battery. Harvey Darvie street inspector is the complainant. The court set August 12 for the trial.
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John H. Kruse, Jr
Government and
Jefferson Streets
William McCauley
Endant
Recorder’s of Today
Kruse
Harvey Darvie
Brasher Lumber Sues Southern Railway for 7800 in Fire Damage
The Brasher Lumber Co. of Glendon Alabama sues the Southern Railway in federal court for 7800 alleging fire from a locomotive caused damage to its plant. The suit, moved from the county circuit court, also names several insurance firms as plain parties.
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Brasher’ Lumber Pany
Glendon
Ala
Southern Railway
Te County
Sev
Thern Railway
Two Draw Fines Under Health Law
Bacteria counts of two million and one million in milk offered for sale led to fines in recorder's court for L. E. Wallace and J. M. Diehl, each punished with ten dollars. The cases were prosecuted by meat and milk inspection officials.
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Recorder’s Court
L. E. Wallace
J. M. Diehl
Tug Hukey to Tow Vessel Into Port
The tug Hukey departed Mobile for Pensacola to pick up the cargo steamer Westfield and tow her into a port to be tied.
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Pug Hukey
Hukey
Mobile
Pensacola
Westfield
Weather Summary for Alabama and Mississippi
The forecast calls for cloudy skies across Alabama tonight and Sunday with scattered thundershowers. In Mississippi expect cloudy conditions in the south with showers, slightly cooler temperatures in the north, and isolated thunderstorms Sunday.
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Washington
Alabama
Heflin Urges Cotton Growers to Wait for Higher Prices
United Press reports Senator Heflin of Alabama repeats advice to hold cotton for 20 cents a pound, arguing farmers, merchants, and bankers in cotton states should stand together for higher prices. The message follows Senate approval of a farm credits bill boosting farm prices overall and portends a rally in agricultural markets.
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Martin
United Press
Washington
House
Senate
Heflin
Alabama
Knoxville City Christened by Knoxville Sponsor at Chickasaw
The Knoxville City steamer was christened by Miss Eleanor Buffatt of Knoxville after a sponsored contest vote. She traveled with her party aboard the government dispatch boat Messenger to Chickasaw for the ceremony and a shipyard inspection. The event followed by a luncheon with Chickasaw officials before the Messenger returned to Twelve Mile Island to view idle fleet. The Chattanooga City remains the sole remaining steamer at Chickasaw with readiness targeted for early September.
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Knoxville
Tennessee City
Chickogue
Knoxville City
Eleanor Buffatt
Knoxville Board of Trade
Buffatt
Cecil Suffridge
Chickasaw
Chattanooga City
Taxicab Driver Fined for Interfering With Witness
BEN Cochran a taxicab driver was fined 10 dollars and costs or 24 hours in jail by the recorder on a contempt of court charge connected to an attempt to intimidate a witness in a police court case. The arrest relates to cases against Henry Morris and Ben Rodgers for an assault on Johnny Leonard at a Cedar Point road house. Lillian Brown testified Cochran, unknown to her, came to her Washington avenue home and tried to stop her from testifying in the cases against Morris and Rodgers, who waived examination and are held in district court with $1,000 bonds.
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Ben, Cochran
Cochran
Henry Morris
Ben Rodgers
Johnny Leonard
Cedar Point Road
Lillian Brown
Washington Avenue
M and Rodgers
Yukpa Club President Attends Convention in Birmingham
James A. Moselander, president of Mobile Yukpa Club, left Friday to attend the Yukpa clubs convention in Birmingham. He said the local group will invite the public to a meeting to hear the convention report and learn more about the Yukpa Club’s aim to foster patriotism and Christianity among Catholic youth.
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James A. Moselander
Mobile
Birmingham
International Court Nominations Known for Judges
Paris reports nominations for judges to the International Court of Justice to be formed by the League of Nations assembly next month. Brazil backs Elihu Root while Siam names Roscoe Pound, Harvard Law School dean, for the post.
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Paris
International
Age of Nations Assembly
Brazil
Elihu Root
Siam
Roscoe Pound
Harvard
Meare
Bibb County Winner Receives State Prize at Mobile Essay Contest
Miss Rhoda Coleman Ellison of Centerville Bibb county won the state prize of 100 in gold for the best paper in the Mobile Chamber of Commerce port essay contest. The 22 county winners toured Mobile, witnessed the launching of the 10,000 ton steamer Knoxville City, and viewed shipyards before a Mobile visit luncheon and city tours.
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Rhoda Coleman Ellison
Centerville
Bibb County
Merchants Bank
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Harry Pillans
Chickasaw
Knoxville City
Wallace Parham
Mobile
Alabama
Pillans
New York
Dauphin Street
Mobile Country Club
Fairhope
Lyric
R. A. Christian
State Harbor Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Runaway Balloon Is Brought Home
The Navy’s small blimp H-1 completed a wild solo flight from Scarsdale to Rockaway Naval Air Station after engine trouble caused crew to bail out near Barren Island. A Navy truck recovery followed reaching Scarsdale to find the craft landed and later damaged by workers on Col. Alexander Crane’s farm. The crew Lieutenant Charles Bauch Machinist’s Mate K Sullivan and E Kenney escaped with minor bruises.
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New York
Navy
Rockaway, Naval Air Station
Scarsdale
Barren Island
Alexander Crane
Charles Bauch
K. Sullivan
E. Kenney
Funeral Services for Soldier Boys Dodd and Keegan
The funerals of two Mobile soldiers who died in France in November 1918 were held this afternoon. Delegations from Lamar Y. McLeod Post American Legion and the Mothers Army and Navy League attended. Private Arnold J. Dodd was buried in Magnolia Cemetery after services at his mother’s home. Private Matthew W. Keegan was buried in Catholic cemetery following services at his family home and St Catherine’s Church.
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Mobile
France
Arnold J. Dodd
Matthew W. Keegan
Lamar Y. McLeod Post
American Legion
Mothers Army and Navy League
Dodd
Ee Och Dodd
Emntira Street
Magnolia
Keegan
Florida Dauhin
Government Streets
St Catherine’s Catholic Church
Toulminville Roosts Robbed of Chickens
Thieves operated in Toulminville suburbs late last night and took six frying size fowls. The henhouse of Matt Lawler near the Catholic cemetery was first visited, 22 hens stolen, then the place of John Holly was robbed with 34 more fowls taken. Lawler and Holmes live on Cassidy Street.
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Chicker
Toulminville
Matt Lawler
John
Holly
Lawler
Holmes
Cassidy St
Boy is Shot to Death in Dalton After Altercation
C H Wheat aged 17 was shot and killed in Dalton Georgia last night after an insult turned violent. Ella Wheat his sister tried to shield him with her body but the youth died from a gunshot. Pearly Stiles, the alleged shooter fled and was at large today.
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Sister
Boy
Dalton
Ella Wheat
C. H. Wheat
Pearly Stiles
Wheat
Styles
Spurned lover shoots at lawyer in Brookside area
Misa M. Stone a former Cincinnati nurse told police Ellis Kinkead attorney and Cincinnati official was shot six times near his Brook home. Stone claimed he was her common law husband who deserted her to marry another woman. She police said bought a revolver weeks ago for protection and had fled the scene.
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New York
Misa M. Stone
Cincinnati
Ellis
Guy Kinkead
Brook
Kinkead
Miss Stone
Marie Louise Gormley
Covington
Weebing
Cincinnat
Virginia Congressman Roger A. James Dies Suddenly at 62
Rep. Roger A. James of Virginia's fifth district died suddenly at his Danville home from heart failure at age 62. He had just won reelection and was publisher of the Danville Register and Bee, a longtime Virginia political leader. His brother Bruce James arrived after the call to 1 heart attack symptoms. James was alone when he died. His wife and daughter were away in Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
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Danviller
Val
Roger A. James
House of Representatives
K. W. Saunders
Danville Register and Bee
Virginia
James
Bruce James
Arthur Taylor
Danville Register
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Fitzgerald Mayor Faces Threats With Defiant Resolve
Mayor J L Pittman of Fitzgerald Georgia received a menacing note from a group calling itself a committee of so called scabs. The letter urged him to leave town within ten days or face consequences while the sheriff also received a similar threat and vowed to attend church if able despite the intimidation.
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Fitzgerald
J.L. Pittman
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
Pittman
KH. H. Dormshey
Tomato King Sues Florida Railroad Over Delayed Shipments
Miami August 6 Peter J Peterson known as tomato king sues the Florida Coast Railroad Company for 437 009 in alleged delays and damages in shipments of part of his crop. The suit cites 15 carloads delayed and damaged during transit to markets.
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Miami
Om J. Peterson
Florida Bas Coast Railroadmpany
Peter
Lenine to Visit England Report Folds Into News
Fragmentary text reports a visit by Lenine to England in August with mentions of London and Soviet Russia. The garbled lines reference England, Russia and a timeline this month. The partial content hints at a diplomatic or travel note but lacks clear details or names.
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London
Cola Lenine
Premi
England
Rehe
Missing Priest Patrick Heslin Seized in Bay Area Kidnapping
San Francisco reporters detail a ransom plot after Father Heslin vanishes during a deathbed visit arranged by a stranger. Police search Big Basin redwood country and nearby mountains for clues while Archbishop Hanna relays a typed ransom note claiming Heslin is hidden in a bootlegger's cellar. Investigations continue as posses patrol remote areas seeking the abductors and the priest.
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San Franisco
Ade
Edward Hanna
Father Heslin
McDonald Ranch
Portola Hills
San Francisco
Mai
Atton Caves
Big Basin
Patrick Heslin
Los Gaton
O'Brien
Wild Sea Con
San Mateo County
Hegiin
Hanna
St. Mary's Cathedral
Colma
Heslin
Father
Father Heglin
Soviet to Send Delegations for Aid Across Europe
Soviet commissaries will dispatch three delegations to solicit famine and cholera relief in Europe and the United States. Bechteren leads the U S and Western Europe mission with visits to the United States England France and Spain. Lunatcharski heads the mission to Nordic and Benelux countries.
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Copenhagen
Europe
United States
Bechteren
England
France
Spain
Switzerland
Italy
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Wolfe
Lunatcharski
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Americans to be moved from Moscow and Petrograd by Monday
A message to American Relief Administration director Walter L. Brown from Leo Kameneff says all American prisoners in Moscow and Petrograd will be sent across the Russian border by Monday at the latest.
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London
Associated Press
Moscow
Petrograd
Walter L. Brown
American Relief Administration
Leo Kameneff
Russian Relief Committee
Self-Defense Grants Freedom to Snyder in Trial
Knoxville jury acquits Gree resident G. Snyder after ruling self-defense justified in a case involving Ernest Moody. The heated trial drew hundreds to the courthouse as details emerged of a confrontation at the scene.
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Knoxville
Tenn
G. Snyder
Gree
Ernest Moody
Snags Increase In Channel of Peace for Erin
London dispatch reports uncertainty over Ireland’s status as the talks stall. Officials contemplate two paths including a new Irish act or a new policy with possible elections. Telegraph interview cites priests and rebels warning of a threefold troop buildup and a renewed campaign of outrages.
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Erin
Earl C. Reeves
International
London
Daily Express
Sinn Fein
Daily Telegraph Today
Ireland
Cee
Telegraph
Irish Republican Army
England
Hope of American Recognition For Mexico Is Revived
Mexico City reports that the United States sent a note to the foreign office through George T. Summerlin, the charge d affaires. The Excelsior claimed the note outlined new conditions for recognition, including a treaty of amity and commerce to be negotiated after recognition. Mexican officials gave no formal comment while optimistic talk spread in government circles.
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Mexico City
George T. Summerlin
United States
Foreign Office
Washington
the Excelsior
Ragged Stranger Kill Identified by Mother’s Call
In Chicago on August 6 the slain “ragged stranger” was identified as Edward Ryan, 24, by his mother Mrs. Nellie Ryan after more than a year of mystery. Carl O Wanderer remains under death sentence for two murders, with a reprieve granted to September 15 by Governor Len Small.
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Chicago
Ragged Stranger
Carl O. Wanderer
Nellie Ryan
Edward Ryan
Wanderer
Len Small
Alabama Power to bid on Muscle Shoals nitrate plant
Washington August 6 The Alabama Power Company plans to bid against Henry Ford for the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant. The firm represents powerful New York banking interests. Earlier a group including Du Pont interests drew a bid but could not top Ford’s offer. Negotiations with the Ford group were reported as ongoing.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Alabama Pow Company
Werful
New York
Dupont
Senate presses anti beer bill amid regulatory clashes
In Washington on August 6 the Senate debates the Willis Day anti beer measure designed to close gaps revealed by General Palmer's March decision. Senator Sterling predicts a final vote before midweek, while opponents push for state regulation and stricter medicinal liquor controls.
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Washington
Senate
Palmer
Sterling
Avi
Broussard
Louis
Se. Sterling
Comsioner Blair
Judiciary Committee
U. S. Prepares List of Russian Prisoners
Riga reports American officials prepared a list of Russians held abroad. The United States may demand the release of about six or seven prisoners, while at least 100 Americans are said to be in Russia awaiting return. A Red Cross hospital car reached the frontier to greet prisoners who had reached non Soviet soil.
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Riga
Attington
Eure Ican Relef
Rndstan
Unj
Russia
United S
Isis Red. Cross
Father Charges Perjury In Impersonation Case
In New Orleans on Aug 6 Char Zimmerman Sr a soda fountain manufacturer swore out a war r charging perjury against his 24 year old son Charles Jr for impersonating to obtain a marriage license. Charles was held Wednesday night by the sheriff in Gretna across the river. Edna Cochran and her grandmother pressed the couple to secure the license. The elder Zimmerman claimed he was the parent of his younger son.
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New Orleans
Char Zimmerman
Charles
D Jr
Zimmerman
Zimmerma
A.ll
Gretna
Edna Mildred Cochran
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E. B. Kinkead
R. A. James
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M. D. Tracey
Snyder
Mexico
Alabama PowerCo
Blair
SGUE
H. Kre
International News Service
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