Obstruction Placed on L N Track Near Neshota Station
An attempt to wreck Louisville and Nashville passenger train No. 5 near Neshota Ala was foiled when timber obstructing the track was spotted. Willie Clark 15 was taken into custody as investigators seek accomplices. He claimed he was only playing and the alarm allowed the train to stop safely. Nearby residents alerted the railroad company after the obstruction was noticed.
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Louisville and Nashville
Neshota
Ala
Willie Clark
Walter Burch
Charles Farrar
L. & N. Road
Richton
Miss
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Road
W. J. Hudson
Hudson
Mobile Golfers to Attend Alabama Association Tourney
A Mobile Country Club delegation will leave Mobile next Tuesday for Montgomery to attend the Alabama Golf Association tourney opening Wednesday August 23 and continuing two days. The group invites the association to hold the next annual tournament at Mobile Country Club. Members traveling include F. Taylor Peck A L Staples R I Speer James Weinacker T M Stevens C W Hemstead Sam Pipes A M Moragues Jex Luce Jack Johnson Jack Raymond Rex Wheeler William Marshall and James S Taylor.
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Mobile Country Club
Mobile
Montgomery
Alabama Golf Association
F. Taylor Peck
A. L Staples
R. I. Speer
James Weinacker
T. M. Stevens
C. W. Hem
Judge approves amendment to liquor case informations
Federal judge Robert T. Ervin sustains demurrers in three cases, ruling informations alleging illegal possession of liquor are inadequately stated. The decision does not affect charges involving sale or transportation. No juries were seated as the court considered demurrers and continued several uses.
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United States
Robert T. Ervin
Police Find No Trace of Dixie Park Assault Suspects
Police confirm no trace of the assailants who beat Officer Connolly at Dixie Park Monday night while arresting a whiskey seller. Detective work by the department continues as Connolly is reported to have no broken ribs, though several teeth were knocked out. Officer Abel says he was off duty at the park during the attack.
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Blucher
Connolly
Dixie Park
P. J. O'Shaughnessy
Connelly
Joseph Abel
Park
Baseball schedules by league and city pairings
Southern League games listed for Chattanooga at Atlanta New Orleans at Nashville Birmingham at Memphis Mobile at Little Rock and National League matchups New York at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Cincinnati Boston at Chicago Brooklyn at St Louis American League Detroit at New York Cleveland at Philadelphia Chicago at Boston St Louis at Washington with multiple listed start times and weather notes for several games.
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Orleans
Nashville
Birmingham
Memphis
Mobile
Little Rock
Clear
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Partly cloudy tonight in Alabama and Mississippi with expected local showers by Thursday. Mississippi sees similar pattern with partly cloudy conditions followed by showers later in the day.
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Washington
Labama
Mississippi
Merchants To Take Bay Trip This Afternoon
Large group of merchants from Mississippi arriving on the Mobile Buyers special from Laurel join buyers from Alabama Florida and Mississippi for Buyers Week in Mobile. A bay boat trip to Battles Bay with supper at Beach Hotel and a city tour highlighted by cordial commerce speeches stressing service over mere business.
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Mississippi
Mobile
Laurel
Alabama
Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Daphne
Dauphin Street
Mobile Country Club
J. L. Bedsole
Gordon Smith
A. P. Bush
Thomas M. Stevens
Company to contest seizure of Seattle salmon in Mobile
Attorneys for the Seaboard Company of Seattle vow to fight a state agricultural department bid to destroy 1600 cases of salmon seized at Pier 6 in Mobile. The shipment, brought in months ago, had been seized by the federal government twice and later ordered returned after a federal court hearing. The state seeks seizure on grounds of impurity, while shippers claim compliance with the pure food and drug act.
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Seaboard Company
Seattle
State Agricultural Department
Douglass
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Recorder Fines Four In Street Fights At Local Docket
Recorder D H Edington opened court and fined Louis Thomas ten dollars for fighting with G H Terrell at Bienville Square. James McDonald and Leo March each paid ten dollars for fighting at Dan Wheeler's restaurant on North Royal Street. John Curry paid ten dollars for fighting with Jack Rodgers at Royal and Government streets. Rodgers was acquitted as the injured party. Frank Soutullo was fined thirty five dollars for threatening and abusive language toward Mrs Hazel Williams at four this morning.
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D. H. Edington
Recorder’s Court
Louis Thomas
G. H. Therrell
Bienville Square
James McDonald
Leo March
Dan Wheeler
North Royal Street
Wheeler
John Curry
Jack Rodgers
Royal
Government Streets
Rodgers
Frank Soutullo
Hazel Williams
Auto Accident Case Seeks $5,000 in Damages
Miss Julia M. Allen sues C. L. Mc Cloud in circuit court for 5000 damages over injuries from an automobile collision on May 21 at Broad and Augusta streets as she waited to board a Marine and Broad street car.
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Julia M. Allen
Circuit Court Today
C. L. McCloud
Broad
Augusta
Broad Street
Stowaway Granted Entry After Arrival on Steamer Steel Engineer
Jose Estevas, a Cuban seaman, arrived as a stowaway on the Steel Engineer and was admitted to the United States by immigration authorities. He is described as a bona fide seaman who stowed away to return to his former U.S. work.
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Jose Estevas
Steel Engineer
United States
Shuffling Phil Douglas Placed on Permanent Ineligible List
Pittsburgh report says Phil Douglas, premier pitcher for the New York Giants, was put on the permanent ineligible list after admitting writing a letter to a competing team offering to desert the Giants for payment. The club stated the action followed solicitation by National League president Heydler.
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New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Phil Douglas
Douglas
Giants
New York National League Baseball Club
Heydler
National League
Shuflin’ Phil Douglas Banned From Baseball
Pittsburgh report says Judge Landis permanently banned Shuflin Phil Douglas from organized baseball. Landis offered no details beyond declaring the player on the permanent ineligibility list.
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Pittsburgh
International News Service
Shufflin
Phil Douglas
K. M. Landis
Landis
Douglas
Osers Plans For Early Marriage In Basle
Max Oser travels to Basle to complete legal steps for his marriage to Mathilde McCormick, granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller. The couple aids secrecy during their Lucerne stay and rumors say the wedding may be imminent. Reports say the McCormicks may reside at Hertenstein castle, though the owner declines comment.
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Paris
Mme. Ganna Walska
New Fish Producta Corporation Files for Fertilizer Plant
The Fish Producta Corporation filed incorporation papers in the probate court to manufacture fertilizer from fish and shrimp hulls and other live matter. Headquarters at Bayou la Batre with a factory there. Capitalized at 50000, starting 17200. Officers include J. Lloyd Abbott president Mobile F E A Jones vice president Bayou Graveline John Rolston secretary D H Edington and Virginius L Arnold directors.
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Fish Producta Corporation
Bayou la Batre
J. Lloyd Abbott
Mobile
F E. A. Jones
Bayou Graveline
Miss
John§. Rolston
D. H. Edington
Virginius L. Arnold
Demand for Jury Trial on Knife Assault Charge
Cliff Wilkins of Moffat road near the city demanded a jury trial in inferior criminal court today on a knife assault charge with bond set at $300. Freddie Jones of Prichard was fined $25 and costs for assault and battery on John Thomas. Thomas was fined $51 and costs after being found guilty for attempting to shoot Jones.
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Cliff Wilkins
Moffat Road
Inferior Criminal Court
Freddie Jones
Prichard
John Thomas
Jones
Thomas
Licenses Issued For Shrimp Fishing In Mobile Harbor
Chief State Oyster and Shrimp Inspector George T Sprinkles at Bayou la Barre Mobile issues shrimping licenses to boats using Mobile as home port. Many vessels catch shrimp for Lores and Dixie Fruit Company factories at Esclava street foot. Sprinkles says oyster crop this year will be very large.
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George T. Sprinkles
Bayou la Barre
Mobile
Lores and
Dixie Fruit Company
Esclava Street
Sprinkles
Burned Jewish Boys' Orphanage claims twelve lives
Montreal August 16 twelve persons are believed to have perished in a fire that destroyed the Jewish Boys Orphanage at Shaw Bridge. Among the dead are caretaker Thomas Legault and his family, including wife ages and children. Eight of the sixty orphans were reported missing as the fire swept through the building.
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Montreal
Qoite
Shaw Bridge
Thomas Legault
John
Horse-power serum touted as youth restorer replaces monkey glands
London reports a Swiss scientist Dr Henri Spahlinger has developed horse-power serum claimed to extend life beyond 150 years. The treatment requires seven horses per complete dose and is said to smooth facial lines and restore vigor, with testimonials from associates.
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William R. Kuhns
United Press
London
Henri Svahlinger
Spahlinger’s
The
Daily Express
Spahlinger
Candler Named Defendant in 100000 Suit in Atlanta
Mrs. Sarah Byfield filed a 100000 lawsuit in Dekalb County Superior Court against Walter T. Candler alleging personal injury and humiliation from an attack aboard the Berengaria en route to France. Byfield seeks damages while Candler had earlier filed a restraint against Byfield over a 20600 note tied to a 25000 check.
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Atlanta
United Press
Sarah Hyfield
Dekalb County
Walter T. Candler
Beren- Bar
France
Candler
Clyde K. Byfield
Byfield
Berengaria
Paris
Fulton
Walter Candler
B. Pp. Gillespie
Sentence Held Up On Two Men In Strike Case
Leo McKeough and Robert Gorman were convicted of assaulting a Louisville and Nashville Railroad employee in violation of a federal injunction. Judge Robert T. Ervin postponed their sentence to Monday to review proper punishment. Albert Thurston, a striker, pleaded guilty to a second injunction charge after an earlier warning, with a nominal sentence set for thirty days if he stays off railroad property.
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Leo McKeough
Robert Gorman
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Robert T. Ervin
Albert Thurston
Thurston
Harbor pirates fail in mapled tide attempt
Four foreign seamen attempted to rob the lighthouse tender Maple at government piers in Baltimore at dawn. One robber was shot and seriously wounded before the group was captured.
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Baltimore
United States
Washington Seeks Railroad Strike Settlement Ahead of Congress
President Harding prepares a message to Congress outlining steps to end the strike. Officials from four unions meet railroad executives in New York as talks unfold with possible use of federal receiverships if peace cannot be achieved. The plan covers the Herrin massacre and railway disruptions as government options are weighed.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
New York
Herrin
Arizona
Music Instructor Riegger Resigns After Arrest
Wallingford Riegger, music instructor at Drake University, resigns after his arrest on charges of improper advances to women. He denies the charges and says he will stay in Des Moines until the matter is clarified. Drake President Arthur Holmes calls a board meeting to review the resignation and notes a temporary mental derangement.
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Des Moines
Wallingford Riegger
Drake University
Prof. Riegger
Memphis Street Car Strike Averted In Memphis Tenn
Street car workers in Memphis voted to remain at work after 8 oclock to allow an officials committee to study working conditions. They delayed an ultimatum to the car company as they review a five cent hourly pay cut imposed by an arbitration board.
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Memphis
Tenn
International Union
Wilson Faces Court on Murder Charge in Los Angeles
The murder trial of Herbert Wilson, former evangelist of Oregon and Canada and alleged mail robber, opened in Los Angeles Superior Court before Judge J. Perry Wood. Cox, said to be his crime partner, was shot dead as Wilson and Eddie O’Brien allegedly attempted to escape from the county jail. Cox’s last words were “Herbert did it.” Federal charges await outcome.
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Los Angeles
Herbert Wilson
Oregon
Canada
Herbert R. Cox
J. Perry Wood
Cox
Wilson
Eddie O’ Brien
Toledo
Herbert
Dedicate Chapel to French Settlers in Grand Pre
Acadians from Canada and the United States gathered at Grand Pre Nova Scotia to dedicate a chapel memorializing the 1755 expulsion of Acadians from Evangeline country. The chapel replicates the original Acadian church building using native stone.
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Grand Pre
Canada
United States
Land of
Evangeline
Huge Crowd Pays Tribute To Griffith
Ireland buried Arthur Griffith with solemn rites in Glasnevin after services at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Archbishops, canon clergy, and accompanied by Michael Collins, the Lord Mayor, and public officials, led a procession to the cemetery where an American friend laid a wreath.
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Dublin
Asealated
Ireland
Arthur Griffith
Glasnevin
Immaculate Conception
Christ
Heaven
St. Bridget
Lauren
Cardmal Cullen
Berne
Attioe
America
Michael Francis Doyle
Philadelphia
London
Griffith
Doyle
Roger Casement
Free State
Dynamite Hurled Into Florida Train Yard
In High Springs Alachua county two sticks of dynamite were thrown into Atlantic Coast Line shops and sleeping quarters. Noone killed. 60 workers housed in cars and shacks escaped harm. U S Marshal Miller plans rapid deployment of six guards and potential extra security as injunctions against strikes remain in effect.
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Pensacola
Fla
Atlantic Coast Line
High Springs
Alachua County
United States
Peter Miller
Hutchison Edges Sarazen In First 18 At Open
In the fourth round at Oakmont Hutchison of Chicago led Sarazen of Pittsburgh by one hole after 18. Sarazen’s 18th hole birdie try failed, Hutchison’s 73 kept him ahead. Emmet French of Youngstown shot 69 to top Emil Loeffler and shine in the day’s play.
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Oakmont Country Club
Pittsburgh
Jock Hutchison
Chicago
Gene Sarazen
Hutchison
Gene
Emmet French
Youngstown
Ohio
Emil Loeffler
French
Stephens and Vardaman In Tight Mississippi Senate Primary
Mississippi voters eyed a likely second primary as Stephens led Vardaman in the Democratic senatorial contest with Belle Kearney in third. Campaign manager Fry predicted Stephens would win the September 5 runoff by at least 15,000 votes, while Kearney’s support was expected to bolster Stephens in the second round. Local returns also showed district contests led by Busby, Lo, Wilson, Quin, and Collier, with Collins and Sisson in tight congressional races.
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Stephens
Vardaman
Miss Kearney
B. G. Lowery
Jeff Busby
Floyd Lo
T. Webber Wilson i
Percy KE. Quin
J. W. Collier
Jackson Daily News
T. A. Sisson
War
Governor Russell Named in Third Federal Suit
Gov Lee M Russell was served with a 100000 federal suit filed by Frances Birkhead in Jackson Mississippi The charges mirror those in a prior Mississippi case and the action comes as voters head to the Democratic primary for U S senator The suit marks the third brought by Birkhead against the governor within a year with cases in both state and federal courts ongoing.
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Jackson, Miss
Lee M. Russell
Notire
Feral
Frances Bhead
Miss Birkhead
Jackson District Court
Overnor
Jackson
Livestock Receipts Fall at Chicago Yards
Embargoes tied to a rail strike cut today’s live stock receipts to about 9,000 head at Chicago stock yards. The prior day showed 30,000 head, with forecasts around 18,000, contrasting sharply with earlier bar estimates of actual receipts.
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Chicago
United States Bureau of Markets
Prof Howard Butler of Princeton Dead in Paris
Prof Howard Butler of Princeton has died in Paris at age 50. He had lived in Istanbul recently and had been directing excavations at Sardis before traveling to a tourist agency where he suddenly collapsed.
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Howard Butler
Princeton
Paris
He Crosby Butler
Butler
Sardis
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