Government Official Visits Mobile for Warrior and Mississippi Inspections
Colonel T. Q. Ashburton of the War Department inland and coastal waterways division is due in Mobile early next week to inspect the Warrior and Mississippi river systems. He will board a Warrior river barge at Birmingham and travel to Mobile, then visit New Orleans to assess the waterways and potential trunk system plans. The tour could lead to recommendations influencing water rates and Mobile’s status in the project.
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T. Q. Ashburton
War Department
Mobile
Ashburton
Birmingport
Earl North
New Orleans
War Weeks
Consigning fee canceled by L and N railroad
The Louisville and Nashville railroad announced that effective December the reconsigning charges made this road at Mobile will be canceled and this service performed free of charge. This action was taken some time ago by the Mobile and Ohio railroad. It is said that no reconsigning barges are made at New Orleans. The matter was handled with the lines by the traffic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. This applies to export and domestic shipments.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
New Orleans
Traffic Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Malaria Campaign to Start by County Health Board
County health officer Dr Charles A Mohi announces an anti malaria drive to begin immediately. The plan targets spring work to reduce mosquito breeding and malarial carriers across the county with state health officers support and field surveys to identify breeding sites.
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County Board of Health
Charles A. Mohi
Board of Eles Gp
Ich
Rainy Sunday Forecast for Mobile With Cooler Winds
Cloudiness followed by rain is forecast for Mobile late tonight and Sunday. A cooler day is expected Sunday with fresh southeast winds shifting to the northwest. Mobile enjoys a typical spring day as temperatures hover above 70.
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Mobile
Government Weather Bureau
Scout Council Meeting Tonight in Mobile Chamber Rooms
A Mobile Boy Scout council, formed by prominent Mobile businessmen, will hold a meeting Wednesday at 5 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Stanley Norris, national field representative, will deliver an address from his headquarters in Chattanooga.
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Mobile Boy Scout McIl
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Stanley
Norris
National Field Representate
Itanooga
Stowaway Held by U S Officers
Louis Y. Fortman, a stowaway, arrived on the schooner Marion N. Cobb and was turned over to immigration authorities. An investigation into his right to be in the United States will be conducted.
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Louis Y. Fortman
Marion N. Cobb
Farm Loans Approved Today for 6 Million
Washington dispatch reports the War Finance Corporation approved government loans totaling 6.42 million dollars for agriculture and livestock. The funds were distributed across 25 states in 158 advances to banking institutions to aid farmers and ranchers.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Gen Diaz Visits St Louis Today
New Orleans dispatch says General Armando Diaz, worn from two days of travel, left for St. Louis tonight after urging general peace in his closing address.
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Gen. Diaz
ST. Louis
New Orleans
Armando Diaz
Weather Summary for Alabama and Mississippi
Increasing cloudiness with rain late tonight and Sunday. Colder conditions follow in Alabama. Mississippi experiences rain tonight and colder Sunday.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Education Day in Churches Set for Sunday
Mobile Presbyterians plan Christian education Sunday with sermons in all churches. Dr. Henry H. Sweets will address the canvass for the Christian education fund at Government Street and Central Presbyterian churches. Local pastors and lay speakers will deliver short four minute talks during morning and evening services. Dr. Dunbar H. Ogden travels to Culver Indiana to speak to the Culver Military Academy then returns midweek to participate again.
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Mobile
Government Street
R. Excell Fry
Fry
Central Presbyterian Church
Christian College
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
J. C C. Norton
C. B. McLeod
Aubrey Boyles
S. P. Gaillard
E. G. Richardy
George E. Stone
Dunbar H. Ogden
Anti-Saloon League to Hold Mobile Meetings
Alabama Anti-Saloon League officials plan law enforcement conferences in Mobile with Roy Hanes Wayne Wheeler Harwell Davis and Brooks Lawrence attending. Similar events are set for Birmingham and Montgomery as the group tours the state visiting multiple towns and seeking church support.
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Alabama Anti-Saloon League
Mobile
Qrganization
Roy Hanes
Prohibition
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League of America
Harwell G. Davis
Brooks Lawrence
Alabama Anti- Saloon League
Birmingham
Montgomery
Kramer
Lawrence
Russellville
Jasper
Roanoke
Lafayette
Alexander City
Geneva
Enterprise
Andal
Pecans stolen from Mobile Bayview Growers case grows
Three men Frank Cameleri John Greek alias Lemons and George Allen alias Moody Allen alias Willie Gunner son faced charges of receiving stolen pecans. About 1 000 pounds were stolen from the Cedar Point road warehouse near Fowl River. Lignos Capetankis Mary Johnson and Jennie Pope were acquitted with Pope and Johnson held as witnesses. 106 pounds of pecans remained unrecovered.
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Frank Cameleri
John Greek
Lemons
Southwest Government
Water Streets
D. H. Edington
George Allen
Moody Allen
Willie Gunnerson
Mobile Bayview Growers’ Association
Cedar Point Road
Fowl River
George Lignos
N. C. Capetankis
Mary Johnson
Jennie Pope
Adams
Lacey and
Harkins
the Growers’ Association
Search Made For Mother Of Baby Found Deserted
A two weeks old baby boy was found deserted Thursday night in Whistler in the Harris yard. The child lay in a basket wrapped in a pink blanket placed in the yard about 7:30 p.m. A systematic search of Whistler and surrounding suburbs has yielded no trace of the mother.
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Whistler
Harry Harris
Mr. Harris
Power Company 10 Bid For Mobile Street Lighting
Mobile authorities await Alabama Power Company decision on establishing a power station in the region before renewing contract with Mobile Electric Company. Commissioner Hartwell requests a bid if Alabama Power plans to move forward, consider delaying renewal pending any new electrical service development.
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Mobile Electric Company
Mobile
Alabama Power Company
Hartwell
Ten Year Old Bandit Gang Chief Reported in Athens
Athens police battle a gang led by a ten year old with a record of 37 arrests. The youths carry out daily thefts and more than a score of burglaries in two months. State reform schools cannot accept the ringleader due to overcrowding.
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Athens, Ga
Athens
State Farm
State Reform School
Millville
Aye State
Ship Santa Rita Overdue After 49 Days At Sea
The tank steamship Santa Rita, which sailed from New Orleans on October 20, was reported 18 days overdue as she was bound for Italy. Built in 1902 at Cleveland as Minnewaska, she is 5,273 gross tons and owned by the American Fuel Oil and Transport Company.
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New York
New Orleans
Now
Italy
Cleveland
Minnewaska
American Fuel Oil and Transport Company
Grateful patient leads fight over Lorenz hospital doors
Lolita Armour Mitchell daughter of a Chicago packer joins the campaign against Chicago doctors who shut hospitals to Dr Adolf Lorenz world famous orthopedic surgeon. Mitchell, cured of hip trouble as a child by Lorenz, says she will repay the debt owed for her health and happiness.
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Chicago
Lolita Armour Mitchell
Packer
Adolf Lorenz
Mitchell
Lorenz
Bankruptcy for Deflation Plan Sparks Senate Talk
Dx Dec 3 Bankrupt cy 88 a means of deflating fictitious railroad capitalization was the sensational suggestion made today by Frank J Warne railroad fraternity statistician before the senate interstate commerce committee. The suggestion would not be so terrifying as the railroad representatives would have the public believe.
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Washington, Dx
Frank J. Warne
Railroad Brotherhood
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Warne
New Haven
Non-Partisan League Plans Political Reorganization
In Minneapolis on December 3 leaders forecast the league will quit active politics. The group plans to endorse candidates only and not field active seekers of office in the future.
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Minneapolis
Minn
National
Rewards Offered for Masked Murders in Winder
Rewards totaling 2100 dollars were posted for the capture of masked men who broke into the home of John Doster in Winder Georgia and beat him to death. Doster's brothers say they have no leads on the killers or their motive.
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Winder
John Doster
Buyers Strikes Handicap Japan Economy Says Tokio Report
Washington reports that buyers' strikes in Japan have caused business stagnation. Special agent Eldridge from Tokio says dealers demand high prices while shoppers buy only on a hand to mouth basis, slowing economic activity.
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Washington
Japan
Commerce Department
Eldridge
Tokio
Senator Underwood's Ill Mother Reaches Conference
Washington December report says Senator Underwood, a delegate at the arms conference, learned his mother in Birmingham Alabama is past 90 and ill. He may be recalled from the meeting to be with her.
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Washington, Dew
Associated Press
Underwood
American Arms Conference
Birringham
Ala
Eight Men Die in Barcelona Riot Terror Attack
Madrid dispatch reports a fresh terrorism outbreak in Barcelona with eight workers killed in the violence. Authorities say all victims were laborers.
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Barcelona
Madrid
Dragnet Searched For Murderer Of Taxi Men In Louisiana
Lafayette police broadened a dragnet for a suspect linked to the slayings of two taxi drivers. Charles Garbo was found dead near Ville Platte, while Roy from Crowley was killed in a separate incident. Authorities suspect a single assailant who hired Garbo in Lafayette then Roy in Crowley. Unconfirmed reports say a man was arrested in Ville Platte for Roy’s death.
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Lafayette
Stra
Charles
Garoo
Ue Vile
O Roy
Crowley
Ted
Géline
Lafayette Pes
Deer Rescued Across Mobile River Near Twelve Mile Island
A young deer swam Mobile River near Twelve Mile Island and was caught by workers from Kelly Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company with Sam Holt and Raymond Kearney in a nearby launch. The animal was pursued downriver, overpowered, roped, and brought to the city.
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Mobile River
Twelve Mile Island
Kelly Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Sam Holt
Raymond Kearney
Briand Finds Old Familiar Taste In Washington Water
Paris reports French Premier Briand comments on the American dry law. He said conditions differ from expectations and that at times water reminded him of Bordeaux or Bundy wine, noting his imagination may have helped.
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Briand
Washington
Paris
Southern Tariff League In Session
In Atlanta on December 3 the board of governors of the Southern Tariff League discussed the policy on proposed freight rate reductions under investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The meeting opened yesterday and continued today with decision deferred. Resolutions to fill vacancies January 1 on the commission were also expected to be considered.
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Atlanta
Southern Trafic League
Interstate Commerce Commission
Board of Governors
League
Switzerland Delays Zita's Travel Request
Reports indicate Swiss authorities are weighing a formal request related to former Empress Zita and her planned visit to her son Archduke Otto. The decision hinges on travel allowances and entry conditions as diplomats assess the situation.
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Chiesa
Ite
Archdicius
Imne i
Zita
Ambassa
Arbuckle Fate Still Undecided as Jury Deliberates
Ju ry deliberations in the Roscoe Arbuckle manslaughter case continued into the night with seven jurors reportedly split 11 to 1 for acquittal. Arbuckle sat under strain in the San Francisco courtroom as his wife Minta Durfee urged him to go home, while spectators watched for a verdict in the Virginia Rappe death case.
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San Francisco
Subae
Borcoo
Fatty Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
M.D. Tracy
Franhall
J Cisco
Dee
Haen
Haggard
Hall of Justice
Aoehibit
Pearis
Roscoe
Virginia
Louderback
Arbuckle
Hie
Minta Durfeé
Ex-soldiers given civil service favor in postal exams
First Assistant Postmaster General Work said the Post Office has added five points to all ex-Yankees taking civil service postal exams for more than six weeks. He did not detail the charges raised by Senator Fletcher but defended the policy as sufficient. The policy, started by Executive Order of President Harding on October 14, awards ex soldiers top three ranking equal consideration with the other two as required by law.
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Washington
Sen
Fletcher
Florida
Senate
Pres. Harding
National Leather Chance Approved in Stockholders Meeting
In Portland on December 3, stockholders approved reorganizing National Leather’s finances. They voted to reduce capitalization from 39 million to 7.5 million by canceling common stock to offset about 21 million in accumulated losses from product devaluation. A restraining order bid was withdrawn after a hearing before Judge Clarence Hale.
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Portland
National Leather Company
Clarence Hale
Edward K. Lockwood
Springfield, IL
Richmond Chosen for 1922 Confederate Reunion
Charlotte news wires report Commander-in-Chief Julian Carr announced the next Confederate Veterans reunion will be held in Richmond Virginia on June 20 21 and 22. Carr, based in Durham North Carolina, disclosed the dates today.
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Charlotte
N. C
Richmond
Julian 8. Carr
Durham
N. Republic
U.S. Companies Seek British Coal for Cuba Change
U.S. coal firms with Havana offices plan to replace American supplies in Cuba with British coal delivered to Havana at about two dollars per ton cheaper. Four British coal cargoes are en route to San Francisco for Pacific coast use as officials study cost impacts. Officials note British coal last competed with American coal two decades ago.
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Washingtorn
Cuba
Havana
Cardiff
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
West Indies
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Shipping Board
Packers Declare They'll Continue Despite Walkout
Chicago reports say Armour & Co. order prompts big five packers to fill vacancies as workers who walked out Monday over a 10 percent wage cut may lose their jobs. In Kansas City representatives faced industrial court proceedings with possible further walkouts in response. Leaders state operations will continue despite potential strikes and reaffirm resolve.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Kansas City
Kans
Kansas Industrial Court
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
North America
Kansas
Whittlesey Will Bequeaths Property to Mother
The will of Col. Charles W. Whittlesey, commander of the Lost Battalion, found in his Wall Street law office, leaves most of his estate to his mother. He also bequeaths his Distinguished Service Cross. the German order demanding surrender goes to Capt George McMurtry. The Legion of Honor cross is left to law partner J. B. Pruyn.
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New York
Charles W. Whittlesey
Tola
Wall Street
George McMurtry
Legion of Honor
J. B. Pruyn
Ford and Edison Reach Nashville On Way to Shoals
Henz Ford and Thomas Edison paused in Nashville Tennessee for about 15 minutes as a special car carryng a Nashville delegation led by Governor Alf A Taylor and Mayor Felix Wilson joined their train en route to Muscle Shoals.
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Ford
Edison
Nashville
Shoals
Tenn
Henz Ford
Thomas Adison
Muscle Shoals
Alf. A. Taylor
Felix Wilson
Chicago's Casino Club Under Cloud
A shadow hangs over Chicago's Casino Club as State's Attorney Crowe questions steward Edward Balentine about alleged liquor sales at the club. Reports say Balentine faced questioning and three young society men faced disciplinary actions by club directors for misconduct.
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Chicago
Casino Club
Crowe
Edward Balentine
Balentine
Susee
Birmingham man found dead in Eufaula under unclear circumstances
J. W. Willcox of Birmingham, a Mutual Life Insurance agent, was found dead on a bluff in Eufaula after a reported struggle. A coroner's jury was convened. Anna Lee, a Black woman, was arrested in connection with the case. Evidence suggested robbery as a possible motive, with Willcox’s billfold and diamond ring missing. Willcox leaves a widow, a son James Witte Willcox, and three brothers. The death is being investigated in Alabama.
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Eufaula
S. W
Birmingham
Mutual Life ‘Insurance Camp
Willcox
Ham
Anna Lee
Wonia
J. T
The
Mutual Insurance Company
My Willcox
Sutvi
James — Witte Willcox
Birminghm
Harris Willcox
Col. C. de Witte W
United States m Academy
West Point
N. Y
Co. P. Willcox
Cedartown
Gaja
Gomery
Briand Open to Meeting Lord Curzon in Paris
Paris dispatch reports French Premier Briand ready to meet Lord Curzon in Paris to discuss Franco British relations. He advised newspapers after returning that a supreme council session could follow, and did not oppose discussing Germany reparation issues if grave problems arose.
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Paris
Marquis
Kedleston
France
Great Britain
Rturn
Lord Curzon
Frsentatives
Great Ti
Italy
Supreme Council
M. Briand
Germany
Council of Ministers
Police Contend Watchman Slain near Rome freight yard
Rome Ga Dec 3 Police theorize Barnes a 65 year old night watch was killed by robbers and thrown onto tracks his body found after a Southern Railway freight train passed over it investigators found his empty pack near the track and a coroner's inquest was expected to begin today
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Rome
Barnes
Ner
Sinn Fein Cabinet Uncertain Over British Proposals
Sinn Fein cabinet members are not optimistic about the British government's latest proposals as the Dail/Irish cabinet debates prospects for peace talks and future governance. The mood is cautious amid ongoing negotiations and political tensions.
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Sinn Fein
Optimis
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