Master Of Liquor Ship Held As Alien In United States
Captain James M. Wolfe master of the schooner Marion Adams is held on immigration charges after arrest on a Mississippi coast liquor operation. He was identified by Deputy Marshal Noah Gewin and later ordered held in Mobile. Wolfe previously faced a prior arrest and bond, with details surrounding the case tied to Biloxi and the Rhoda. In Clarksdale Mississippi, court proceedings related to Lindsey Coleman and Dr. W. S. Glass continue as prosecutors pursue indictments for failure to return an offender and related allegations in the county jail system.
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James M. Wolfe
Marion Adams
Mississippi
United States
Wolfe
Mobile
Noah Gewin
Biloxi
Rhodan
Clarksdale
Missy
Lindsey Coleman
W. S. Glass
John Fisher
Agro
Coleman
Grover C. Nicholas
Wan
Tne Fait
Stone Building Damaged by Fire in Early Morning Blaze
The corner frame Stone building, housing a branch grocery store of the As and P Tea company, suffered heavy stock damage. Owner I. W. Imms held insured property while groceries and other items burned were uninsured. Fire department logged 19 alarms for small fires from 7 AM yesterday to 9 AM today, totaling 73 alarms in the past three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamiecicl
As and P. Tea Company
I. W. Imms
Taxi Driver Herbert Vines Released After Larceny Charge
Herbert Vines a taxi driver from Montgomery Alabama was arrested on a long distance message from the police chief and released by the recorder at the request of the Montgomery police chief. He was wanted on a grand larceny charge filed by Pauline Walters alleged to be his sweetheart. A traveling bag containing silk underwear was taken and later restored to the woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Vines
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Murphy
Taylor
Warren Burch
Vines
Pauline Walters
Date Set for Prichard Quo Warranto Hearing
Judge Joel Weigsby fixes January 7, 1926 for the quo warranto hearing over Prichard incorporation. Ambrose Parker of Prichard sues the mayor and board of aldermen, claiming the town was incorporated without proper legal signatures. Cedar Grove resident Parker, represented by Gordon and Edington, challenges the signatories’ compliance with incorporation procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon & Edington
Ambrose Parker
Prichard
Parker
Cedar Grove
Christmas Mail Heaviest in Years at Mobile Post Office
Outgoing mail volume at the Mobile post office during the Christmas season was larger than the prior period, Postmaster Henry G. Reiser reports. Stamp sales increased and final figures will be compiled after the new year, with indications of a substantial gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Henry G. Reiser
Revenue Board Delays Meeting To Saturday For Holiday
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday instead of Friday January 1 due to a holiday. The city commission will meet Friday at noon to pass payroll as the building stays closed and employees receive a holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
City Commission
Officer Smith Strikes Stroke Sufferer On Duty
Police Officer George M. Smith on duty at the new city park suffered a stroke of paralysis this morning at his home on 159 North Franklin street. He had long served on traffic duty at Dauphin and Conception streets.
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George M. Smith
New City Park
Avenue
North
Franklin Street
Smith
Dauphin
Conception Streets
Weather Summary for Coastal Region
Cloudy tonight with improving conditions Thursday. Southeast coastal area may see overcast skies and light winds. Temperatures stay mild with possible scattered showers along the southern portion.
Man fined for crash with milk truck in reckless driving case
Campbell of Plateau was fined 25 dollars or 25 days by Recorder D H Edington after a collision with a milk truck driven by Mrs Susie Cater on St Stephens road. Cater was discharged. Campbell appealed and posted a 100 dollar bond. Cater suffered severe bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ban Campbell
Plateau
Susie Cater
St. Stephens Road
D. H. Edington
Willis
Hayes
C. Bleasco
Recorder
Dearborn
Adams Streets
R. E. Moore
John J. Smith
E. O. Collins
Modern Country Club to Go Up After Fire
R. J. Spear, president, announced at a directors meeting that a temporary golf building will be erected immediately to serve members after yesterday’s clubhouse fire. Work starts Thursday morning, with bids sought for a modern Spanish design clubhouse to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
R. J. Spear
Speer
Captain John Quill Dies in Brooklyn at 87
Captain John Quill, longtime Mobile steamboat operator, dies in Brooklyn at his daughter Mrs Louis Canfield Parker’s home. He was 87, once commanded the John Quill and Nettie Quill on Alabama River trade routes. Body to be brought to Mobile for interment. he had spent holidays with his daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quill
Brooklyn
Louis Canfield Parker
Joseph Hynde
Hynde
Quill
Alabama
Mobile
Nettie Quill
Captain Quill
Conference on Cotton Handling Proposes Radical Changes
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic office hosted a conference discussing radical proposed changes in cotton handling and shipping in the south. A January 6 meeting in Montgomery was called for broader input, with emphasis on studying carrier suggestions before any action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Man Struck by Iron Pipe. Suspect Vanishes
Fritz Sigman of L and N shop was struck in the head by an iron pipe on Christmas morning and moved to City hospital slightly improved. Harvey W Langley fellow workers were detained by police but Langley has since disappeared. Police seek driver of sedan that fatally struck 14 year old Mose Dewitt Taylor on Christmas eve near Theatre in Crichton.
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Fritz Sigman
Harvey W. Langley
Langley
Mose Dewitt Taylor
Royal Street
Crichton
St. Anthony's Ctholic Church
Hattle Taylor
Stevens in grave condition after Mobile clubhouse fire
J Frank Stevens secretary of the Mobile Country Club remained in very grave condition at Providence Infirmary this morning after the clubhouse blaze. He leaped from the third story to escape flames and may have suffered serious internal injuries. Stevens came from Andalusia Alabama and was popular with club members.
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Providence Infirmary
J. Frank Stevens
Mobile Country Club
Stevens
Mobile
Andalusia
Ala
End
Clyde Kelly
Balf
Harwell Doyle
P. J. Doyle
James G. Campbell
Roche Mortuary
Sol Allinger
Philadelphia
Karan Oninna
Rgeers
Ks Vincent
To Kind
S. A. le Blanc
Henry Hall Clarke
H. G. Grimley
Ike Fearn, Jr
Down Mobile and A Southern Eden in Point of View
The travel magazine Point of View from Kansas City features a leading story titled Down Mobile with coastal illustrations and a Southern Eden piece about Fairhope signed by Anne B Call. The issue also includes a full-page advertisement by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point of View
Kansas City
Lce
Mobile
Eden
Fairhope
Anne B. Call
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Two Stills Seized in Calvert County Raid
Authorities report two whiskey stills and 13 barrels of mash destroyed west of Calvert in the northern part of the county. A white man and a Negro operator escaped. The raid involved Sheriff W. O. Robbins Jr and deputies plus state and federal officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert
Leon Schwarz
W. O. Robbins, Jr
W. O. Robbins
Z Jr
Cannon and Pruitt
Scholtes
Roberts, Gillespie and Hughes
Collision driver flees after Government and Lawrence crash
An automobile owned by H Ripps of 1117 Springhill avenue was badly damaged and his young son slightly hurt when it collided with a car driven by A Moore at Government and Lawrence streets. Moore, said to drive a car owned by Adams Motor Company, ran away after the accident according to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ripps
Springhill Avenue
Ripps
A. Moore
Government and
Lawrence Streets
Adams Motor Company
Permits Revoked for Fruit Juice Making
R S Cartledge internal revenue officer received notice from H Blair commissioner of internal revenue that Congress revoked the portion of Section 615 regulation 6 allowing heads of families to make 20 gallons of fruit juice annually without tax or bond. Cartledge advised not to issue further permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Cartledge
Internal Revenue Officer
PD. H. Blair
United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Congress
Mr. Cartledge
Coast Freight Rates to Rise January First
Freight rates on several commodities between Gulf and Pacific coast ports will increase about 30 percent, effective January 1 and March 1. The Intercoastal Conference orders the rise for coast wise steamship lines, announced by Mobile traffic office of the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Pacific Coast
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Intercoastal Con- Seeapee
Yeend Estate Property Sold at 16 000 Dollar Sale
The Yeend estate property at the northwest corner of Dauphin and Warren streets was sold to Canal Realty Company of Birmingham for 16 000 dollars, with 4 000 dollars paid in cash. The parcel has a frontage of 120 feet on Warren Street.
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Yeend
Dauphin and
Warren Streets
Canal Realty Company of
Birmingham
Warren
THESE GIRLS NEVER TRIED SMOKING FAGS
New York December 30 a motion picture director Benjamin Christianson recalls the surprise when two of thirty extra girls in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production confessed they did not know how to smoke cigarettes. He had them pass around the cigarettes to appear natural. The incident upset the supposed “true confession” magazine image of sophisticated movie girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metro-Gold Mayer
Benjamin Christianson
Christianson
Food costs rising for housewives as 1923 ends
Chicago reports a general rise in grocery costs with 28 meat, fruit and vegetable items showing 12 higher, 9 lower, and 2 unchanged from a year prior. Beef dips slightly while pork, ham and bacon climb. flour steadies and butter moves up. Potatoes and salad greens push family budgets, eggs fall sharply, and tomato prices vanish from current quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Minneapolis
Anacea
Florida
California
Chicago shuns wills dempsey bout moves to Chicago
Chicago and promoters plan a Madison Square Garden duplicate for Chicago next spring, substituting the Dempsey Wills fight with a Mickey Walker-Harry Greb bout. Jack Kearns said Chicago does not want the Dempsey Wills clash as he left for New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Madison Square Garden
Harry Greb
Jack Kearns
New York
Modern reviewers criticized by Dr Canby at journalism convention
Dr Henry 8 Canby editor of the Saturday Review of Literature said at the American Association of Teachers of Journalism convention that many book reviewers are "smart young things" who sling French quotations and refer often to Mencken. He spoke at the New York meeting in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dec. W
Mencken
Henry 8. Canby
Saturday Review of Literature
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
Six Drowned in Motor Bus Mishap
Six people perish when a motor bus is swept from a ferry boat during a violent gale in Amsterdam Holland. A fierce storm rages across the kingdom as rivers overflow and transportation is disrupted.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Belgian Steamer Driven Ashore
London dispatch reports the Belgian steamer Comtesse de Flandres driven ashore with damage after a heavy sea. No lives reported and salvage operations are underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Comtesse de Flandres
Power merger rumors denied by Southeastern president
Thomas W. Martin of Southeastern Light and Power denies any merger agreement with the Georgia Railway and Power Company. The Atlanta Journal reported negotiations and an exchange of stock terms, but Martin and Georgia Railway officials declined to confirm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Dee
Southeastern Power and Light Company
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Thomas W. Martin
Southeastern Company
Martin
Alabama Power Company
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Southeastern Light and Power Company
Southwestern Company
Journal
Maetad Es Toasens Abay Ecrate
Comeun
Worlty Trust
Righ
Southeastern van and Power Company
New York
Atlanta, Ga
The
Georgia Railway and Power Company Voting Trust
Southeastern Light and Power
Carolinas
Southeastern
Tennessee Power Company
P. &. Arkwright
H. M. Atkinson
Power Company
Mr. Atkinson
Elmer Smith
Randall Morgan
Philadelphia
T. Bodine
Bradley W. Palmer
Boston
Frederick Ayer
George ©. Moore
South
Transfer of Prohibition Force Moves to Porto Rico
Lincoln C. Andrews announces transfer of prohibition enforcement to the customs service in Porto Rico. All prohibition office representatives are withdrawn except attorney Frank Fuckley. Andrews aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Modoc en route to Havana and then Key West with expected noon arrival, then a stop and onward to Cuba Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
MODOC
Key West
Fla
Lincoln C. Andrews
Prohibition
Porto Rico
Customs Service
Prohibition Office
Frank Fuckley
Andrew
Havana
South Atlantic
Pt Modoc
Morni Drews
Cuba
Girls Trek 7000 Miles Alone From Peoria to New Orleans
Miss Opaly and Miss Neva Dofenbaugh left Peoria Illinois to trek 7000 miles to New Orleans. They traveled by foot bicycle and rail car, escorted by police after being found in an empty refrigerator car. They slept on the ground and slept without revolvers after losing them, noting no harassment by men during the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Dec
Pri
Red Gods
Opaly
Neva Dofenbaugh
Peoria
Til
Ekirtes
Tourley
Motoriata
Poet Lew Sarett Seeks Life in Forests to Flower Freely
Chicago December 30 Lew Sarett poet and Northwestern professor plans to live in the forests of Winona for a year with part time lectures. He rejects city comforts for health air water and simple home life with family and neighbors. Sarett born in a Chicago tenement rose to education and once served as a forest ranger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tih
Lew Sarett
Shaggy Rambler
Northwestern University School of Speech
W Win
Evanston
Nature
Floridian Cleared in Grave Charge at Treasure Island
Jack Halibaugh manager of Pirates Club in Barasota Florida was cleared of responsibility for the death of B. C. Monroe of Atlanta. Monroe died after a wild party at the club and a later fight in a local hotel room. A coroner's jury found death from unknown causes and Halibaugh and William Stone were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barasota
Fla
Jack Halibaugh
Pirates Club
Treasure Island
B. C. Monroe
Atlanta
Halibaugh
Monroe
Edna Earle Caldwell
William M. Btone
Caldwell
Stone
Socialist Leader Kuliscioff Dies in Milan
Mispan December report states Russo Italian socialist leader Kuliscioff died there a day ago in Milan. He was a prominent figure in socialist circles and died amid regional tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Mispan
Kuliscioff
Aday
Mrs Henderson's Alarm Over Dress and Cigarettes
Washington, Dec 30. Mrs John B Henderson expresses worry about the younger generation and the way women dress and smoke. She recalls writing her thoughts after a guest praised her piece and says her name and photo flood newspapers daily. She condemns immodesty and contrasts it with past modesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
First Polar Bear Born in Dixie at Macon Park
Early today in Macon Georgia Central City Park welcomed a baby polar bear cub born after the coldest December night in years. Circus men claim it is the first polar bear ever known to be born in Dixie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Central City Park
Dixie
Department study on Wheeler case and land permits
The Justice Department examines the Wheeler case amid charges against a senator and government land permits. Reports say federal court rulings in Montana and related actions may influence prosecution strategy and potential convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ment of
K. Wheeler
District Supreme Court
Montana
Wheeler
Ment
Turkish Troops Move to Frontier
Turkish forces push toward the frontier amid heavy troop movements reported near Mosul as the war council in Angora meets. dispatches from Bagdad and London note additional Turkish arrivals and council deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagdad
Mosul Tler
London
Dec
7 War Council
Angora
Silk cargo sets new record for Seattle shipments
The Osaka Maru sailing for Seattle carries 19 124 bales of raw silk, a record cargo far surpassing the previous 8 000 bale high. Value of the silk not stated in readable fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Doctor Alfredo Zavar in Havana Faces Cerebral Hemorrhage Risk
Dec 30. Dr Alfredo Zavar a former president of Sreece reportedly ill in Havana at his residence. Physicians report he is suffering a possible cerebral hemorrhage with danger to life and state a serious condition following the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Zayas
Sreece
Flier May Drop World Jaunt After Storm Delays
Rome reports say Count Sadra, held up at Casa for weeks awaiting a chance to resume a Buenos Aires flight, may abandon the endeavor after Teranda’s airplane was damaged by storms delaying the journey.
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Rome
Count Sadra
Casa. B
Buenos Aires
Teranda
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Man
Officer Smith
Dan Campbell
JF. Stevens
Travel Magazine
Wills
Dempsey
Georgia
Mine Opal Kelly
Miss Nova Detenbaughi
Alfredo Zavar
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