Organized Plan To Cut Prices At Board Meeting
A price fixing board aims to reduce prices with federal support. The organized plan moves forward under scrutiny by authorities and appears ready for implementation.
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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
1
Prison Term for Profiteers Under New Senate Bill
The House Agricultural Committee favorably reported amendments to the food control act. The bill, proposed by Attorney General Palmer, would extend penalties to profiteering with a fine up to 5000 dollars and two years imprisonment. It covers necessities including wearing apparel containers of food feed fertilizers fuel oil and natural gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated P Press
Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Palmer
Mobile moves toward price relief amid federal probe
Government pledges aid to curb costs for consumers as Mobile County Food Administration reorganizes to fix prices in Mobile. Federal authorities back price schedules and investigate potential violations with the aim of reducing living costs. Herbert C. Lyons leads the reorganized board in the absence of the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County Food Administration
Mobile
Food Board
Herbert C. Lyons
Meety
Warrant Ruling Ississippi Justice Edington Case
A court ruling orders warrants from Ississippi to be sworn in Missis as per Re H. Edington in the J. D D op Or case. A young workman jailed on grand larceny allegations faced release demands. Cantrell wife spoke with a 6 year old and described two others, mentioning a box of clothes and a penny's worth of fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ississippi
Missis
H. Edington
J. D Dop
Strell
Pond
Cantrell
Jorder
Mobile solicitor reports flood of rent complaints
Assistant Solicitor Jack Court says the Mobile office is flooded with complaints about excessive rents. He notes cases involve rents, food, clothing and other costs, but county officials say they will act under current laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Eine
Jack Courton
Ana de Lenin
G for Treasure Man's House
A fragment notes a reference to a home associated with C and a night incident involving tunneling under Mr. Andrews, with unclear details and missing context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Andrews
Steamer From Hamburg Reaches Mobile in Four Years
The first vessel to enter Mobile from a German port in four years arrived today from Hamburg. The U S Shipping Board steamer Waukegan, twenty one days out, is consigned to the Mobile Liners and came into port light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Hamburg
Germany
U. S. Shipping Board
Waukegan
Port Light
MOBILIANS PURCHASE U S GROCERY IN UNUSUAL POSTAL SALE
Over six hundred Mobile residents bought government food at the local post office under a wartime distribution. About 75 percent of the city allotment has been sold with sales peaking Monday and declining through midweek. Orders from Whistler and others arrived with delivery arranged at the Atlanta arrival point, while non local orders were refused. The sale will continue until the remaining roughly four thousand dollars of goods are sold, likely lasting the rest of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loc
Uncle Sam
Whistler
Atlanta
Ex-Officer Fined in Recorder's Court Under Liquor Law
Aaron Lundy, a former county convict and ex-officer, was fined 100 dollars and costs or 50 days for violating liquor laws. R Z Williams, who runs a repair shop at Government Street, testified Lundy was observed entering the shop drinking, with witnesses noting a half bottle of whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder’s Court
Aaron. Lundy
R. Z. Williams
Williams
Government Stoat
Lundy
Four Recruits Enlisted After Local Army Recruiting Trip
Sergeant John Black reports four enlistments from Evergreen, Alabama. Recruits named J. H. Jones, R. L. Harper, Temp Wells, and G. Neese will be sent to Birmingham for assignment after acceptance at the local station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Black
Army
Ev . Ala
J. H. Jones
R.L. Harper
Temp Wells
3. G. Neese
Evergreen
Focal Station
Birmingham
Escape Sentenced to Extra Ten Months
Walter Gamble, a Negro, arrested last week for breaking parole dating from 1916, after serving 11 of an eight months sentence, will serve three months and ten days more. A county road offer was received today at the courthouse regarding Gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Gamble
Head
Gamble
Fined for Failing to Dip Cattle in Sanitary Case
Richard Rivers was fined 101 dollars and costs for failing to dip cattle under state livestock sanitary rules. He was sentenced to fifty days of hard labor, with release on a 250 dollar bond after the court processed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rivers
Tee -Keatt
Wilson says he lacks power to declare peace by proclamation
President Wilson writes Senator Fall that peace cannot be declared by proclamation before a formal senate ratified treaty. He says immediate ratification and league covenant would likely lower living costs by restoring production and commerce. He discusses treaty roles, future frontiers, and U S representation on commissions for Belgium and Upper Silesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Senate
Fall
Rong
Germany
League of Nations
League
Ori
Nat United
Belgium
America
Acan
Upper Silesia
Eekeran Rent
Witzerland
Sage Dies After Stroke at 32 in Mobile
George E. Sage Jr of Sage Burgett & Co real estate and insurance died at his home 1 Brewster Place Mobile after a brief illness from paralysis. He suffered a stroke at 8 30 AM and passed at 11 50 AM leaving a widow Ruth Daughdrill and five sisters among others in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Sage, Jr
Sage, Burgett & Co
Brewster Place
Sage
George E
Catherine Gordon Sage
Ruth Daughdrill
W. P. Burgett
Constance Burgett
Mark Lyons
Dorothy Sage
D R. Dunlap
Vail Returns From Auburn Meeting
W C Vail county farm demonstration leader to Mobile county reports on a summer course in Auburn with Bradford Knapp and other extension staff. He notes Alabama leads in sweet potatoes but farmers lack proper curing and pricing, urging a curing campaign to boost earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Vail
Mobile
Auburn
Mr. Vail
Bradford Knapp
South
Alabama
Vale
Carey W Butt Dies After Long Illness
Carey W. Butt longtime Mobile resident and former city tax collector dies at his home after seven years of invalidism. The prominent local figure also held roles in municipal government and the life insurance business, leaving a family including relatives Seon Garey W S Punnie Lile Ed and Julius Butt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey W. Butt
Mr. Butt
Mobile
Ce Ul
Seon Garey W
Punnie Lile
M and
Julis Butt
American Sailors Clash With HMS
American sailors clashed with German crew at Neufahrwasser near Danzig during a dispute that began in a dance hall. Civilians and one German seaman were wounded as the fight spilled into the streets after leaveed sailors returned to their ship the destroyer Hale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Neufahrwasser
Danzig
County debts do not block road contracts says treasurer
County Treasurer George T. Stone says outstanding warrants totaling 114 67 will not interfere with signing contracts for paying Old Shell road and Springhill avenue and for paving Telegraph road. County Board awards nearly 200 000 in road work to multiple firms including Billithie Company Nashville and Jett Muths Company. Bitulithic paving slated for Old Shell road and rock asphalt on Springhill with Telegraph road to Axis using clay gravel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Shell Road
Springhill Avenue
Telegraph Road
George T. Stone Jay
Dan
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Catherine Street
Mobile and Bay Shore
Billithie Company
Nashville, Tenn
Country Club
Jett-Muths Company
Satsuma
Axis
Toulmin & Hancock
Springhill
Senate 10 Delay on Compromise Plan for Peace Treaty
Senate leaders remain divided over a proposed compromise plan for peace treaty reservations. The Republican faction split on supporting or delaying action as Pittman and other administration allies signal cautious moves toward the White House outlined approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed
Washington
Senate
Eve Tions
Corte
Pitteek
White House
Pittman
Bandits Hold Up Louisville and Nashville Train
Four bandits stopped Louisville and Nashville Train No 7 between Columbia and Buford at dawn. They seized mail pouches and escaped with sacks. the express car was not harmed. Authorities across counties search for the robbers as the crew is inspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towarl
Wales
Prince of Monaco Proved Right on Mine Theory
Paris dispatch confirms Prince of Monaco's oceanography claims about drifting Atlantic mines. The prince provided calculations December 30 1918. a map shows mine locations north and southwest of the Azores near England France and Spain. The authorities hail his navigation guidance as safest for Atlantis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Brednesday
Atlantic
Peerereleriesl
Smote Eal
Zores
Srews Prince
Azores
Eingland
France
Spain
Latikos and Coes Fined After Assault at Ford Cafe
Mitchell s Latikos was fined 500 dollars and costs or 140 days in jail and Nick Coes 250 dollars and costs or 90 days in jail for assaulting W. H. Owens in the Ford cafe on Royal street. Both appealed to the circuit court and were released on bond. Witnesses said Latikos struck Owens and fractured his jaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Latikos
Nick Coes
W. H. Owens
Atmore
Ford Cafe
Royal Street
Circuit Court
Dets
Hawaii Welcomes Daniels and His Men
The battleship New York arrived in Honolulu with Secretary of the Navy and party aboard. Rear Admiral Albert M. Db McCormick underwent an at sea appendicitis operation last Monday and is in guarded condition. Apprentice P T Smith of Chicago died after being crushed by a 14 inch gun turret aboard the New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hewaii
New York
Secretale
Albert M. Db. McCormick
P. T. Smith
Chicago
Convicted Under Cold Storage Law Faces Test Case
Phsodors Leonard Jr of Columbus and forty other dealers were arrested last week in a Smith cold storage raid. A test case would be prepared and rushed to the Ohio Supreme Court to challenge the Smith law and its storage time limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aecertt
Phsodors Leonard, Jr
Columbus
He Smith
Ohio
Resolution seeks federal labor cost data for U S production
A proposed resolution by a Minnesota representative asks President Wilson to require the federal trade commission to reveal how labor cost figures into total production costs for coal steel copper meat and canned goods. The National Federation of Federal Employees backs the move claiming it would dissipate the belief that labor cost is the main driver of living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Minnesota
Federal Trade Commission
Ich
National Federation of Federal Employes
Praise for soldier boys and veteran support groups in Mobile
Major Patterson, chief officer for the United States Southern District, visited Mobile to review efforts aiding returned soldiers and veterans. He emphasized maintaining and fostering sailors clubs in all ports as a department plan to support those who served during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Patterson
United States
Southern
Mobile
Omsk Government Weakens As Bolshevik Advance Grows
Tokyo reports the Omsk government transferring gold reserves and archives eastward to Fricutele as Bolshevik forces push in Siberia. Dispatches cite unconfirmed fall of the Omsk government and warn Japan may try to check Bolshevik eastward movement beyond Irkutsk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKIO
Ge Saati
Omsk
Fricutele
Hachi Shimbun Today
Peking
Irkutsk
Eighty Scouts Plan Camping Trip On Fortes Island
Eighty scouts will attend an eight week training encampment at Fortes on Dacobin Island next month. Registration extended to August 23 to allow late signups. total expected to reach about 100. First meeting is tonight at Scout Headquarters at 7 45 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortes
Dacobin Island
Scout
Sey
Scoutm
Scout Headquarters
Train Derailment Injures Thirteen In Virginia
Thirteen passengers were injured when Norfolk & Western passenger train No. 2 derailed near Boyce Virginia shortly after 1:30 this morning. Five cars left the track including two Pullmans from the South to New York. Cause cited as dropping of a brake rigging. Track cleared by 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western
Boyce
Nts
New York
Man Charged With Horse Theft Demands Jury Trial
Marshall alias J W Morton charged with larceny for stealing a horse from Mrs. Wheeltown. He demanded a jury trial when arraigned in the inferior criminal court today. Bond set in the case.
New York Poultry Prices Mixed in Market Updates
New York trade reports show varied poultry pricing with sealer and fowl categories reflecting small changes. Other lines list roosters and additional poultry items with unchanged rates across the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ne Yorkers Associated Press
New York
Aus
Sealer
City of Strasbourg Receives Legion of Honor
Paris Aug 21 The Cross of Honor was presented to the capital of Alsace Strasbourg by President P e today. Later the cross will be presented to Phaleburg in the northwest region. Tomorrow a ceremony is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Alsace
P.e
Phaleburg
Northwest
Navy seeks pay raises for officers and men
Washington Aug 21 acting Secretary Roosevelt moved to push Congress for substantial pay increases for navy and marine corps personnel. Resignations of over 300 permanent officers have been submitted as more arrive, noting pay scales set in 1908 have not risen while civilian wages have grown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Regular Navy
Department
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
Marine Corpps
Militia Mobilized as Indianapolis Strike Expands
Eleven Indiana militia companies were mobilized at Hammond to support the strike of Standard Steel Car Company workers. Adjutant General Harry B mith warned martial law could be declared if needed, as tensions rise over the industrial dispute in Indianapolis and Hammond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penprinter Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Hammond
Standard Steel Car
Accoir
Harry Bmith
Honduran Forces Move Against Gracias City
Government troops under General Theofilo Carerorae arrive at La Esperanza and begin a campaign to seize Gracias from revolutionary forces, with field action expected immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gracias City
Ascocietet Press
San Salvado Lee
Salvador
Theofilo
Finnish cabinet members named under Premier Vennola
The Helsinki report states the reorganized cabinet under Premier Vennola with M Warburg as minister of war, M a son as minister of finance, M en as minister of justice, and M Retavori as minister of the interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero Press
Helsingfors
Vennola
M. Warburg
M. A Son
M. En
M. Retavori
Interior
French Plane Goliath Declared Lost After Morocco Flight
Paris dispatch reports the French airplane Goliath, missing since it left Casablanca for Rabat, is now officially declared lost. The craft carried eight passengers and vanished during a morning flight over Morocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regclated Press
Paris
Goliath
Mises
Morocco
Americans Shoot Down Bandits Near Mexican Border
Marfa Texas August 21 800 troops pursue two bandits believed killed or captured after an armed chase across the border Airplanes reconnoiter from Presidio and Ojinaga as US cavalry and Mexican forces clash with bandits near the Conchos river General Pruneda with Carranza cavalry camps near Cuchillo. Mexicans report leaders tied to raiding party while American forces track pack trains and pursue the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
Tex
Texas
Azican
Grande
Mexico
Pruneda
Carranza
Cuchillo
Parado
Conchos River
Ojinega
Ojinage
Cosme Bongothea
Presidio
Nashville Street Car Strike Pauses City Transit
Nashville Tennessee August 21 strike by the organized local of the Street Railway Company halted car service in the early morning. About a hundred motormen waited to move cars while drizzle and public irritation grew. Police reported a flying brick incident and damage to several street cars with one injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Railway & T Y
York Named Greatest Hero by Baker for War Service
Washington rumor notes Secretary Baker supports a bill to place Sergeant Alvin York on the retired list and bestow the title greatest hero of the war. The measure, reported by Associated Press, would honor York for his wartime actions and elevate his rank in recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prema
Washington
Baker ‘Te Chi Mareh
Lum York
Vnt
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U. S
Conserveyo
Veith Committee
Geo. Sage
Vail
HMS
Stone
Senator Pittman
Prince OF
Monaco
Hawaii
Daniels
City OF
Strasbourg
Legion OF Honor
Aeldae
Rio Comune Teats Valley Connee
Antonio Parado
Fiers
Falah Oy
Re World
Boe A
Carmen
York
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