Death mystery shadows William Fabricus case in Mobile river
A seaman Sorelsen was called to court with a request for a continuance as he faced murder allegations connected to William Fabricus death. Fabricus body was found floating in Mobile River and investigators explored theories of drowning or alligator attack amid a wider case unfolding in Mobile and coroner inquiries.
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William Fabricus
Mobile River
Sorelsen
Searcy
Sorlesen
H of
Fabricus
One Creek
Iiliam Fabricus
Ndt
One Mile Creek
Friday Meeting Sets Election Plan for September City Vote
City commissioners will adopt a plan for the September 12 municipal election to fill the vacancy of Commissioner Harry Pillans. A Friday 11 am special meeting will appoint election officers from candidates’ committees. Officials consider adding polling places beyond the usual ten wards, with exact numbers to be decided.
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Harry Pillans
Wright Smith
Frank J. Yerger
George E. Crawford
City Southwalk Sehecs Ae Pilen
Hartwell
Auto Hits Wagon Injuring Two Near Crichton
Two people were injured when a car crashed into a wagon on the new concrete highway O14 Shell road at 3 AM. Miss Callie Lane of Crichton and Howard Clark, driving the wagon, suffered slight injuries. William Maples, driver of the auto, resided on Mobile street Crichton. The collision sent Clark from the wagon and the car struck an oak tree west of Ashland place.
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O14
Shell Road
Callie Lane
Crichton
Providence Infirmary
Howard Clark
Miss Lane
William Maples
Mobile Street
Clark
Ashland Place
Denby Seeks Details On ZR-2 Airship Disaster
Secretary of the Navy Denby said he had no official advice yet on the ZR-2 airship explosion. He immediately cabled for full details and awaited word whether the American crew was aboard as the flight was described as a trial.
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Washington
Denby
Navy
Stephenson Bound Over After Coyle Slaying Trial
Rev Edwin R Stephenson faces grand jury action in Jefferson County after a preliminary in which no bond was set. His daughter Ruth Stephenson Gussman testified that he had threatened violence against Father James E Coyle and that family tensions over religion influenced her life.
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Birmingham
Ala
Edwin R. Stephenson
James EB. Coyle
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Jefferson County
Abernathy
J.son County Court of Wisdem
Stephenson
James E. Coyle
Ruth Stephenson Gussman
St. Paul's Cathedral
Mra Gussman
Father Coyle
Shed
Sheds
Faith
Pred Bender
Catholic Church
Children in Moscow Describe Quiet Life Amid Hardship
In a Moscow visit the writer notes happy, curious children and lean dogs in streets, dilapidated houses, and scarce materials yet well kept churches. He recalls rough train travel but a comfortable sleeper car with personal linens and attentive arrangements.
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Moscow
Russia
Prisms Eco
Pacer
Ant control formula received from entomology department
A new improved formula to extirpate the Argentine ant, plague in a city district, is received from the state entomologist’s department. The recipe combines sugar, tartaric acid, arsenate, honey, and water to create a bait that should remain effective for a year or more without fermentation.
Jant Advances on Satsuma Rates in Alabama Grain Carloads
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad seeks a rate increase before Alabama Public Service Commission on satsuma shipments from Grand Mobile. Current rate 27 cents per crate may rise to 29 cents under proposed plan. Chamber of Commerce Manager R G Cobb reports, outlining impacts across mobile and Biloxi streams.
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Simtes
Satsuma
Alabama
Mobile
Louisville and
Shville Railroad
Alabama Blic Service Commission
Grand Mobile
R G. Cobb
Chamber of Merce
Cobb
Biloxi
Louis
Federal officers seize large whiskey still near Cot Hill
Federal officers nabbed a large still with 150 gallon capacity near Cot Hill last night in the Union area. The capture was made by deputies of the States marshal's office led by C P Horton and Xeah.
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T Union
Cot. Hill
States Marshal's Office
C P
D. Horton Ami
Weather note for Washington coast in August
Fragments indicate a weather note from Washington about Mississippi on a Thursday with likely coastal showers. No clear location or date details are readable.
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Washington
Mississippi
Motion Argument In Bowen Case Is Set For Thursday
The hearing on the motion to quash impeachment proceedings against Justice of the Peace Joseph G. Bowen of Toulminville begins tomorrow at 10 in the circuit court before Judge Safford Berney. County Solicitor Bart B. Chamberlain will represent the state. defense is R. P. Roach. The case, set for August 29 on its merits, stems from alleged issuance of search warrants by state law enforcement officers, a major action that led to the removal of Conrad W. Austin as Chief State Law Enforcement Officer.
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Justice of the Peace
Joseph G. Bowen
Toulminville
Circuit Court
Safford Berney
Bart B. Chamberlain
R. P. Roach
Bowen
Conrad W. Austin
Charge violation of federal laws tied to boarding ship in Mobile
Collins McCall, a Negro, jailed on a charge of boarding the fruit steamer H. F. Dimmock before government inspection. He faces a hearing before U. S. Commissioner Jere Austin this afternoon as customs officials allege improper boarding prior to inspection.
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Collins McCall
Mobile
McCall
U. S
Jere Austin
H. F. Dimmock
Railroad man sees rising travel demand in South
T. D. Moss, general agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is in Mobile for several days. He says the low mood in passenger travel in the South is fading and expects a significant rise in the next two months after August showing a big jump over July.
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T. D. Moss
Missouri Pacific Railroad Cmpany
Mobile
Cattle Dipping Violations Lead to Fines in Inferior Court
J B Driver arraigned on violating the state livestock sanitary law by failing to dip cattle. He was fined $10 plus costs. J W Horton Sr and J W Horton face the same charge, seeking a jury trial with bond set at $100 each.
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J. B. Driver
Inferior Criminal Court
J. W. Horton, Sr
J. W. Horton
Pensacola Family Seeks Lost Boy Allen Morgan
Mrs. B F Redd of Pensacola asks the police to search for her son Allen Morgan believed missing in Mobile. He left Pensacola several days ago with a boy named Ike Ray, per a letter received by the department.
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B. F .Redd
Pensacola
Fila
Allen Morgan
Mobile
Ike Ray
Western Union Executive Visits Local Office
B F Randle district commercial superintendent of Western Union Telegraph Company based in Atlanta is in the city on business visiting the local office manager Thomas Woods.
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B. F. Randle
Western Union Telegraph Company
Atlanta
Thomas Woods
Rifle Club to Hold Weekly Shoot Tonight
The Mobile Rifle Club will hold its weekly shoot at the armory tonight at 7 30. All members are requested to attend to maintain practice and readiness.
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Rifle Club
Mobile Rifle Club
Sixty Immigrants Deported From New York
New York on August 24 reported sixty aliens were deported Tuesday on the steamship Italia for exceeding August quota under the new restrictive immigration law. Forty five were Greeks and the rest from Syria Turkey Armenia and Palestine. They were among those deported since the law took effect last June.
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New York
Italia
Syria
Turkeyenia
Palestine
Federation Fights for Federal Child Labor Law
Atlantic City August 24 The American Federation of Labor with about 4 000 000 members pushes to enact a federal child labor law. President Samuel Gompers presides at a conference entering its third day as officials seek to uphold a state supreme court ruling and argue for constitutional amendment to curb court power over Congress.
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Atlantic City
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Th States Supreme Court
Amuel Gompers
Organized Labor
Gompers
Boyd
Supreme Court
Congress
United
Man Under Arrest Admits Shooting in Georgia
Mage Carter, captured after an all night search, confessed to shooting Sheriff Robertson of Pierce County who was killed while seeking a stolen horse near Patterson. Twelve others were arrested, held in three counties. Robertson served 14 years and is survived by a wife and 10 children. A moonshine still was found near the scene.
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Waycross
Mage Carter
W. Robertson
Pierce County
Patterson
Robertson
Patterson County
Urges Quick Action on Railroad Relief
Washington August 24 President Harding received a telegram from Alva B Johnson of Philadelphia president of Baldwin Locomotive Company urging immediate passage by Congress of the administration bill to extend financial relief to the railroads through the War Finance Corporation. Johnson said the measure was conceived independently in the public interest by the government war finance corporation and advocated by the railroad administration without urging from railroads or banks.
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Washington
Harding
Alva B. Johnson
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Company
Congress
Administration
War Finance Corporation
Johnson
Railroad Administration
Armed camp of miners grows near Charleston West Virginia
The Mar met camp outside Charleston hosts more than 2500 miners in a growing encampment. With Mother Jones arriving, organizers hint at marching into Minto county while federal troops stand ready at Camps Taylor and Sherman to intervene if needed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Marmet
Minto County
Mother” Jones
Taylor
Sherman
West Virginia
Harding Expected to Act on Debs
Washington observers expect President Harding to declare a policy on Eugene V. Debs and other wartime violators of the espionage act after the German peace treaty is signed. Friends of Debs anticipate decisive action once the treaty nears completion.
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Harding
Debs
Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Friends of
Capital Doctor Fires Gun In Montgomery Druggist Shooting
Dr L L Hill a noted southern physician shoots Hamrick Drug Company proprietor R A Hamrick in Montgomery just before 11 30 am Wednesday. Hill is taken into custody as Hamrick is moved to Highland Park sanatorium with no immediate prognosis. Hill’s brother D W Ansley Hill a prominent attorney declines to speak.
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Montgomery
L. L. Hill
South
R. A. Hamrick
Hamrick
Hil
Brothers
D. W.ansley Hill
Hill
Grant
Highland Park
Bleached Eyebrows and Lashes At Brooklyn Beauty Parlor
A Clark Street beauty parlor experiment on lash and eyebrow bleaching attracts an Eagle reporter. A flapper pays fifty cents for a ten minute dye, with preparations using two colored fluids to achieve dark lashes, as the stylist claims it enhances eyes and holds monthly.
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Clark Street
Eagle
Brooklyn
Madame
Anti Bootlegging Force Finds Trails of Guilty
A New York inquiry by a special anti bootlegging unit of the internal revenue department reports evidence of three major whiskey rings. Howard R. Kircack said investigators expect indictments of about 120 bootleggers and uncover fraud in about 80 percent of liquor permits. the probe also targets high level officials in business and social life.
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New York
Department of Internal Revenue
Howard R. Kircack
Kircock
Two More Bodies From Brown House Fire In Macon Ga
Two more bodies were recovered from the ruins of the Brown House hotel in Macon after a Monday fire. The burned remains are not identifiable yet but are believed to be Harry Turnipseed of Hampton and his roommate B A White of Melford, both flagmen for the Central of Georgia Railway. Leonidas Hightower of Macon, a Central of Georgia employee, remains missing as searchers comb the rubble.
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Macon
Akien
Brown
Harry Turnipseed
Hampton
B. A. White
Melford
Central of Georgia Railway
Leonidas Hightower
Central
Geor
Crowds Pack Alabama Court for Stephenson Murder Trial
Dense crowds gathered two hours before day two of the preliminary trial of Rev. Edwin R. Stephenson charged in the killing of Father James Coyle on August 11. Mrs Ruth defendant expected as a state witness amid heightened interest. Miss Marcella Coyle testified she heard no noise or struggle near the veranda where the priest was shot.
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Birmingham
Edwin R. Stephenson
James Coyle
Alabama
Marcella Coyle
Typhoon Death Toll Feared Reach 10000
Relief workers say a death list possibly as high as 10 000 from typhoons near Ningpo and the Yangtse river. Communications with the district are cut off. Two European steamers grounded on the Shanghai bar and several hundred junks swamped. A tidal wave hit Ningpo.
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Shanghat
China
Ningpo
Yangtse
Shanghai
North Carolina Confederate Veterans Meet Opens in Durham
The 1921 North Carolina Confederate Veterans reunion opened in Durham with 1,100 veterans in attendance. Major General James I. Metts ofington was re elected commander in chief. Congressman C Manly Stedman delivered the principal address and was cheered as the only veteran in Congress.
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Durham
WN. C
North Carolina Confederate Veterans
James I. Metts Ofington
C Manly Stedman
Congress
Prohibition Offic ers Seize Moonshine Stills in Lincoln County
State prohibition officers recently laid off due to funds have seized a score of moonshine stills and arrested 30 violators. Lincoln county agents led the drives, seizing eight stills and nearly 3 000 gallons of moonshine.
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Charleston
W. Va
Lincoln County
Governor Denounces Indiana Klan Certification
Indiana Governor McCray disclaims responsibility for a certificate issued by Secretary of State Ed Jackson allowing the Ku Klux Klan to operate in Indiana. A Kokomo letter opposed Jackson’s action prompted the governor to state he opposes the Klan and its reconstruction era associations. The KKK’s permit stemmed from filing papers for a foreign corporation.
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Indianapolis
McCray
Ed Jackson
Indiana
Kokomo
Ind
Edward Jackson
McCrary
Ku Klux Klan
Secretary of State
Georgia
Engineer Killed as Train Plunges Through Bridge Near Grand Junction
Grand Junction Colorado August 24 Engineer Douglas Armstrong was killed and 25 others injured when Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger No 1 westbound plunged through a bridge 10 miles east of town at 315 this morning A hospital train was sent to the scene Reports said high water earlier in the night swept away bridge supports and four cars went into the creek Separate injuries numbered 26 in some accounts conflicting details varied by report.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Douglas Armstrong
Denver and
Io Grande Western
Here
Claim Woman Held Is Not Maude Moore
In Tacoma on August 24 authorities doubted that Mrs. W. H. Stubbs, held as Maude Moore, is the Knoxville murder suspect. A schoolmate offered a $1,000,000 wager that Stubbs is not Maude Moore. Police say measurements do not match, Knoxville officers expected to arrive the next day.
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Maude Moore
Tacoma
Wash
W. H. Stubbs
Knoxville
Tenn
Leroy D. Harth
Spanish War Vessel Guards Ship Aground
Dorado ordered to guard the United States Shipping Board freighter Black Arrow which ran aground off Cape Vilano on the west coast of Spain two weeks ago and will be floated soon.
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Ferrol
Spain
Dorado
United States Shipping Board
Black Arrow
Cape Vilano
Senate Deadlock Delays Beer Bill Action
Senate stalls on beer bill amid two hour debate over setting aside anti beer legislation. Conference report for other measures advances, signaling a long session with recess looming.
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Senate
Washington
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