Dee Can Rate 8 i Causes Wife's Arrest in Mobile
Acting on a long distance message in Waynesboro Mississippi to apprehend his wife Mrs Jara Jones was taken into custody in Mobile and Chio tion with T J wahing of Mobile also arrested. Mrs Jones admitted taking $1000 of her husband savings and gave the money to Browning. Officers recovered the money from a Lipscomb and Jackson streets store. Browning had earlier faced charges for a separate incident under the prohibition law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Jones
Waynesboro
Miss
Herome
Jara Jones
Mobile
Chio Tion
T. J. Wahing
Act
Charlies
Medicus Cleared in U S Liquor Case
The jury found Charles Medicus not guilty in federal court on charges of violating national prohibition law. The case concluded this morning after late proceedings yesterday. The preliminary hearing for Mrs Morningstar on the same violation is set for this afternoon before Commissioner J I Burtt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edicus
I. Morningstar
J. I. Burtt
Officer Lee Faces Hearing On Riverfront Duty Incident
Special Officer Jack Lee of the city police force assigned to the riverfront with the board of earth faces a hearing this coming, following a mayoral suspension. The case was filed several months ago with the mayor, and Captain T L Cook of the Mobile Bar Pilots Testifies as a principal witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lee
Pace Department
Board of Earth
Rat Sur
Lee
T. L. Cook
Obile Bar
Police Chief P J O Shaughnessy Named To Conference Board
A letter to police headquarters states that Chief P J O Shaughnessy has been named a member of the National Police Conference board of managing directors. He is asked to report to New York on September 11 for a meeting of the directors prior to a luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria the next day. The Chicago head of the police department is the only southern police official named to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police
Caribbean disturbance weakens as it moves into Guatemala
Early reports indicate a tropical disturbance over the Caribbean has advanced west northwest into Guatemala where forecasters expect it to dissipate by morning. Washington weather officials relay the update via the local bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Washington
Caribbean
Where They Play Southern Birmingham at Atlanta and More
Weather clear across most venues with scheduled games in Birmingham Atlanta New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston Chicago Detroit St Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh St Louis Cleveland and Washington. Rain expected in St Louis for the cage game at 3 15.
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Southern
Birmingham
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Clear
National New York
Brooklyn
Iladelphia
Boston
Itsburgh
Cincinnati
Cage
St. Louis
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Weather Forecast West on Tonight Through Thursday
The Weather Bureau reports no change in conditions for West on Alabama and Mississippi tonight and Thursday. Winds are light, with average temperatures expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weston
Alabama
Mississippi
Engineers Discuss Annual Convention Move to Mobile
The National Association of Stationary Engineers plans its 1923 convention in Mobile, urged by the local Chamber of Commerce. Des Moines hosts 1922 events starting September 6, with a decision on 1923 venue to be made then. C. A. Gordon of Raphael Semmes Branch No. 4 assists, amid Alabama seaport amendment support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Stationary Engineers
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Des Moines
C. A. Gordon
Raphael Semmes
Chamber
Prohibition Officers Seize Stills and Liquor in Mobile County
County, state, and federal officers intensified enforcement of the Prohibition law in Mobile County. Four stills were captured along with 16 barrels of mash and 15 gallons of white whiskey. A 100 gallon copper still and sacks of rye were found near Kroner station, and another copper still plus seven barrels of mash were destroyed on Milk House branch. A New Ford car carrying seven gallons of whiskey was seized at Joachim and St Michael streets with Wright Thomas arrested on the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
Blackman, Burch
Knox and Crow
Government Street Road
Stringfellow
Wilmer
Carden and Nesmith
Kroner Station
Dawes Road
Milk House
Carden
Joachim
St. Michael
Wright Thomas
Lipton Trophy Lipton Race Attracts Gulf Coast Sailors
Yachtmen arrive in large numbers to compete for the Lipton trophy in the fish class races to be sailed off the Eastern Shore Yacht Club. Mobile skippers defend the cup with strong challengers from New Orleans Houston Biloxi Pensacola and other gulf cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Shore Yacht Club
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Pensacola
New Orleans
Houston
Biloxi
Eastern Shore Club
Bay
Ball Players Honor Guests of Kiwanians
President Bob Weinacker Manager Bert Niehoff and Mobile team players will be honored guests at a Kiwanis Club barbecue this afternoon at the Tourist Camp grounds below Monroe Park. Tony Berbeze leads barbecue operations and the club promises a great time. Niehoff spoke to Civitan Club yesterday, urging belief in a fifty fifty chance for their remaining games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Weinacker
Bert Niehoff
Kiwanis Club
Monroe Park
Tony Berbeze
Civitan Club
Niehoff
Manchurian Railway to issue large yen loan
The South Manchurian Railway plans to issue a yen 29,600,000 loan underwritten by the Industrial Bank and other leading banks after failing to secure an American loan. The issue bears 7 percent interest and is redeemable in...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Associated Press
America
South Manchurian Railway
Industrial Bank
Miss Stallworth to Speak on Alabama Seaport Amendment Campaign
A state committee message announces Miss Mabel Stallworth will address Mobile women at the Cawthon hotel assembly room Thursday night at 7:30. She will explain campaign education methods and women’s expected roles, with H K Milner and Howie urging a large audience to coordinate efforts and reduce duplication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
H. K. Milner
Howie
Joseph H. Lyons
Miss Stallworth
Pierce demands trial by jury in assault case
George Pierce residing near Wheelerville charged with assault and battery on County Tick Eradigation Officer Fred Fincher and interfering with his duties arraigned in inferior criminal court today, Pierce demanded a jury trial set at 100 dollars per case. John Robinson sentenced to 90 days hard labor by Judge N R Clarke after conviction of petit larceny theft of three axes from Mobile River Saw Mill Company Mount Vernon Alabama. arrested by Deputy Sheriff Cannon and turned over to Deputy Mike Bernstein who filed the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Pierce
Wheelerville
Fred Fincher
Inferior Criminal Court
Pierce
John Robinson
N. R. Clarke
Robinson
Mobile River Saw Mill Company
Mount Vernon
Ala
Cannon
Mike Bernstein
State Democratic Committee to Meet on September 7
The State Democratic Executive Committee will convene at 11 am on September 7 to receive election contest cases. Sub committees will be named at the session to hear the various contests, with most members in Montgomery for the state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Democratic Executive Committee
Jarys H. Webb
Webb
Montgomery
Presbyterians to Meet at Citronelle
A large attendance is expected in Citronelle for the Mobile County Sunday School Association convention of the Presbyterian church. The program runs from 9 30 in the morning all day with E W Halpenny telling the Kansas City convention story as a feature. J H Weinand is president and Charles Anderson secretary treasurer. Mobile delegates urge all auto owners to contact them for rides.
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Citronelle
Mobile County
The
Presbyterian Church
J. H. Weinand
Charles Anderson
Kansas City
E. W. Halpenny
Two Men Bonded In Assault Case At Local Court
Edward Lockler, 31, L and N shop employee, was attacked and beaten on August 19 by four men and was not expected to recover quickly. County Solicitor B B Chamberlain reported he will likely recover. Recorder H Edington set bond at 2000 for E M Lavett and Louis Wooley, charged with assault. Horace T Atkinson also held in connection was allowed to sign his own bond after habeas corpus proceedings before Probate Judge Price Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lockler
B. B. Chamberlain
H. Edington
E. M Lavett
Louis Wooley
Lockler
Horace T. Atkinson
Price Williams
Reckless Driving Charged in City Accident
McKinley Moore, 19, of 222 Walnut Street, faces reckless driving charges after an accident at Government and Lawrence Streets Tuesday afternoon that injured 13 year old James Lynch of 210 South Dearborn Street. Moore also faces a separate charge for not stopping to identify after the crash. hearing set for September 5. Lynch, night clerk J J Lynch of the Southern Market, reported Moore ran his car down and did not stop to assess injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Moore
Walnut Street
Recorder
Government
Lawrence Streets
James Lynch
South Dearborn Street
Moore
J. J. Lynch
Southern Market
Alabama Power to Build 90 Mile 110000 Volt Line
Birmingham Aug 30 Thomas W Martin president of Alabama Power Co said the firm will build a new 110000 volt 90 mile transmission line from Mitchell Dam on the Coosa River to Opelika and Lanett A 44000 volt line will also be laid from La Fayette to Opelika The Lanett terminus lies in the heart of Alabama s largest cotton manufacturing center with more than 10 mills in operation The project aims to meet greatly increased power demand and involves about 1500000 in outlay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas W. Martin
Alabama Power Company
Mitchell Dam
Coosa River
Opelika
Lanett
la Fayette
Alabama
Martin
Plane Party In Pensacola For Long Trip
In Pensacola Aug 30 1926 Lieutenant Walter Hinton and a party arrive to inspect a Navy HH-16 plane for a possible flight to Brazil. If satisfactory the plane will be sold to the group with Brazil financing. The team plans a two day trial before a planned Friday takeoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Walter Hinton
Naval Air Station
Navy Department
Brazil
Hinton
Pinto Martine
Ore Ae
Aese
Aeror
Shusen
Sampaio Corrira
Guantanamo
Plains
U. S
Denver
Philadelphia
Sampio Corrira
Clinton
Nine Muskogee Prisoners Still at Large
Nine inmates escaped from Muskogee county jail and remained at large. Five men were seen in a stolen car near Coweta, heading toward Tulsa, as authorities closed in. One car was returned, another wrecked, and a third seized by the fugitives after the jail break at 6:45 p.m. Twenty eight prisoners stayed behind when others fled after pepper was thrown at Jailer Hatley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Muskogee County
Liberty
Coweta
Spaulding Bridge
Okmulgee Road
Tulsa
Kennet
Pepper
Hatley
Auto Bandits Found Leashed Beneath Water
Two dead men, one white and one negro, were found leashed to the steering wheels of cars sunk in the Missouri river near Nearman Kansas. Investigators believe the victims were bandits buried by their gang to avert pursuit. Insurance firms joined inquiries as wrecks and thefts cost local underwriters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Nearman
Kansas
David
England
Tragic Mob Killing Near Shreveport Claims 25-Year-Old
Shreveport Louisiana August 30. The body of Thomas Hivers a 25 year old Black man alleged to be involved with a young white woman from the city was found this morning hanging from a tree on the Shreveport Bossier highway in Bossier Parish about twelve miles from Shreveport. He had been taken from officers by a mob late last night while en route to Benton for safekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Thomas Hivers
Bossier
Shreveport-Bossier Highway
Bossier Parish
Benton
Senate grapples with soldier bonus bill amid veto fears
The senate faced confusion over the soldier bonus bill as it prepared for a final vote. Debates centered on a McNary reclamation fund amendment and Simmons proposal to pay the bonus from interest on the allied debt, raising prospects of a presidential veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Simmons
Harding
McNary
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
McCumber
Pomerone
Ohio
New
Indiana
Gerry
Rhode Island
Williams
Misalesippi
Senate debate over funding bonus from foreign debt interest
In Washington on August 20 observers weighed a senate plan to fund the bonus with interest on the foreign debt. Supporters favored the idea as a way to avoid a presidential veto while opponents remained unconvinced. Proponents recalled the president urging deferment for a time when Britain interest payments might start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Friends of the Bonus
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
House
Great Britain
Japanese Cruiser Niitka Reported Sunk in Typhoon
An extra edition of Chugai Shogyo Shimpo reports the Japanese cruiser Niitka sunk in a typhoon off Kamchatka on August 26. The 3,420 ton second class cruiser launched in 1901, with Kamchatka on the Behring Sea coast, is feared to have heavy loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Associated Press
Niitka
Kamchatka
Chugai Shogyo Shimpo
Nikka
Behring Sea
Revision of marriage vows discussed by Episcopal bishops
Portland Oregon August 30 news that bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States convene to consider revising the marriage ceremony. Proposals include dropping the bride's promise to obey and endingowment of the bride with the groom's worldly goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Episcopal Church
United States
House of Bishops
Two Rail Guards Ambushed and Slain Near Augusta
E. A. Feaster, 34, was killed instantly and Reedy Booth, 22, fatally wounded when two Southern Railway guards were fired upon from a bush near the Hambure yards across the river from Augusta, Georgia, in South Carolina. Feaster’s body was mutilated with a knife as Booth was beaten after the shooting. Police search the area for the attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
E. A. Feaster
Booth
Southern Railway
Hambure
South Carolina
Feaster
Miners Still Trapped In Calif Argo Naut Mine Rescue Efforts Continue
Hope of rescue waned as 47 men remained entombed below the Kennedy wall at the Argonaut mine in Jackson California. Rescue crews of 10 from the U S Bureau moved to 2700 feet while flames and smoke polluted lower levels. Volunteers from the Motherlode and Red Cross workers supplied meals and cots for families, with state officials delivering additional aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Cal
Motherlode
Kennedy Mine
United States Bureau of the
Bret Harte
Amadora County
Hun
Fiahin
45 000 Miners Return to Work in Pittsburgh District
In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania union leaders announce a full return to work for about 45 000 miners. The Pittsburgh Coal Producers Association signs a supplemental Cleveland settlement enabling resumption of operations. Mines reopen with cleaning and safety work underway as capacity production is expected within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Coal Producers Association
Cleveland
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Caruso's Widow Fights Father Will Inheritance
Mrs. Enrico Caruso and four Benjamin children contest the will that leaves most of Park Benjamin's $500000 estate to Anna Bolchi Benjamin adopted daughter. They accuse undue influence by the adopted heir while the will calls the children parasites and excludes them from the bulk of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Enrico Caruso
Park Benjamin
Anna Bolchi Benjamin
Benjamin
Only 13 of 322 aboard Itata Survive Shipwreck
SANTIAGO Chile Aug 30 only thirteen of the 322 persons aboard the steamship Itata were saved when she sank off Coquimbo after a gale. The Itata carrying laborers and families to nitrate plants capsized in five minutes as crowds await survivors in Coquimbo. traders were aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Associated Press
Clawbuco
Stata
Coquimbo
Chacabuco
Itata
Chuquicamata
Chacabdtco
Rail Strike Update Amid Settlements and Ongoing Tensions
The Chicago and Alton system reports partial settlement with firemen protests easing on Elgin Joliet Eastern Missouri Pacific lines. Rail traffic resumed as walkouts end. coal car loading climbs to 30,054, the highest daily total since April. Illinois troops at Bloomington reduced due to funding limits while railroad management notes renewed calls for striking carmen to return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and
Alton
Ulpm
Elgin
Joliet
Eastern
Missouri Pacific
Chicago
Illinois
Bloomington
Ill
Chiscagof and Alton
Carmen
Wage scale delay leaves railway workers waiting
Chicago Aug 30 Chairman Ben W Hooper said the maintenance of way wage scale will not be considered until labor members Walter L McMinimen and Albert Phillips return by September 12. A decision is expected by October. Albany Aug 30 forces investigate assault on M H Brothers L N Railroad employee after being abducted in the business district and attacked after being driven from town. Investigation also into the arson of Tru Murphree L N shops home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ben W. Hooper
United States Railway Labor Board
Walter L. McMinimen
Albert Phillips
Albany
Wai
M. H. Brothers
Louisville @ Nashville Railroad
Tru Murphree
Louisville & Nashville
United States Railroad
KE. F. Grable
Harding
Setor Cummins
Iowa
Trac
Grable
Presid Harding
Cummins
W. Hooper
J. ©. Smock
Union
Foreman in hospital after street car altercation
Aug 30 report from Birmingham notes foreman Robert Drake of L. N. shops at Boyles jailed on an assault with intent to murder charge. A. R. Smith, guard at the shops, is seriously injured at St. Vincent's hospital following an altercation after leaving a street car. Drake says Smith struck him with a lead pipe. Drake fired and hit Smith, claiming the motive was Drake's impending dismissal. No motive beyond termination cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Robert Drake
L. N
Boyles
A. R. Smith
St. Vincent's Hospital
Drake
Smith
Smithfield
Cox pledges Europe aid as physician to fix tangle
James M. Cox, Democratic candidate for president, issued a ruling statement from London stating the administration has some assurance in Washington that Hoover will not be sent to central Europe presently. He adds, let us hope the administration acts as a physician to undertake the economic task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James M. Cox
Pr Dent
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Wsington
Hoover
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Dee
Duotody
Militianer
Rail Labor Board
Medicus
Officer Lee
Panger
National Organization
Prohi
Mabel Stallworth
State Committee
Democratic Committee
Presbyterians
Ila. Power Co
Hope Argonaut
Caruso
Cox
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