City faces Jan 20 witness deadline in Oberhaus liquor case
In Mobile Alabama the court set January 20 as the final date for state law enforcement officers to appear as witnesses in the Oberhaus Sr. and Oberhaus Jr. liquor manufacturing case. A prior adjournment delayed trial as officers were on duty in Birmingham. The case followed arrests on Middle River and involved alleged torture and death risks.
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State Law, Enforcement Department
August Oberhaus Sr
August Oberhaus,Jr
Inferior Criminal Court
Walborne R. Clarke
Clarke
Jack Courtney
Courtney
Mobile
Birmingham
Young Oberhaus
Middle River
State Law Enforcem de
Faare
20 Days Hard Labor For Hobos In County
The recorder sentences tramps and unemployed men refusing work to 20 days hard labor on the county road. The winter policy remains in effect. Over 20 Hobos appear in court as police and deputies round up arrests for vagrancy near railroad yards and docks.
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Recorder
Pedestrians to get court protection after reckless driving case
The court fined Dan Logan a 25 for reckless driving after a street collision at St Francis and Jackson streets on Christmas Eve. Logan claimed he drove five to six mph and that the Crews couple stepped from behind another car, but witnesses testified they were knocked down and injured.
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Recorder
Dan Logan
Logan
J. T. Crews
No Women Eligible for Clerk Carrier Exam
Women applicants will not be allowed to participate in the clerk carrier examination for the postal service to be held here January 29. Civil service officials state the restriction is due to a large number of women already on the eligible list for postoffice work.
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Civil Service
Cooler Weather Expected Across Gulf Coast Thursday
The temperature, above 50 in recent days, is seen dipping slightly tonight as fair skies return. Thursday will bring mainly fair conditions across the Gulf coast, according to Mobile bureau forecasts.
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Gulf Coast
Mobile
Marines Bar Under 21 Entry By Order Of Local Office
Sergeant George Waters of the Mobile recruiting office returns from Lakeland Florida after a twenty day furlough as officials announce no more men under 21 years of age will be received into the marine corps until further notice.
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George Waters
Mobile Marine Recruiting Office
Lakeland
Fla
Marine Corps
Weather report for Alabama and Mississippi
The forecast from Washington notes fair conditions across Alabama and Mississippi tonight and Thursday, with cooler temperatures likely.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Pro-Rated Refund Promised To Mobile Donors
Mobile citizens exceeded the coal terminal funding with subscriptions totaling over 40000 dollars. An audit will determine the pro rata refund of about 18000 dollars, to be mailed to contributors. Officials await Washington directives on dredging work and other site plans for the terminal project. General W D Connor’s acknowledgment of deed papers is anticipated.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
W. D. Connor
Inland Waterways Division
War Department
Negro Dismissals In McBride Case At Cedar Point
Joe Horton charged with operating an illicit still on the McBride place near Cedar Point road was discharged when arraigned before U S Commissioner J S Burgett. Joe Jackson, another employed man, was discharged earlier. McBride was held to the grand jury.
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Joe Horton
McBride Place
Cedar Point Road
United States
J. S. Burgett
Joe Jackson
McBride
Officers Expected in Corporal's Case
Army officers from the Columbus Ohio barracks are expected today to investigate Corporal L Elmer Hamm of that city. He is charged in a warrant with grand larceny after his arrest Sunday by Detective Stephen Touart. John Goodwin, who befriended Hamm last Saturday night, alleges Hamm stole money a pistol and a watch. Hamm is said to be prominently connected in Kentucky.
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Columbus
Ohio
L. Elmer Hamm
Stephen Touart
John Goodwin
Hamm
Kentucky
Butler Forgery and Perjury Case Postponed to January 14
The Henry C. Butler forgery and perjury case is postponed to January 14 due to illness of a state witness. Butler remains in police custody on bond set at 1509. The state alleges he forged his wife’s name during divorce proceedings and lied in testimony to obtain the divorce.
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Henry Co. Butler
Butler
Pascagoula
Police Relief Ball Set At Battle House Tonight
The Mobile Police Relief Association holds its sixth annual ball at the Battle House tonight. Members plan a demolition event with dancing and live music from two bands. Tickets are on sale to association members and guests.
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Mobile Police Relief Association
Battle House
Officials Urged to Test War Slacker Silence
F. W. Galbraith of the American Legion urged the house judiciary committee to summon Secretary Baker and Attorney General Palmer to explain the government’s apparent silence on war slacker cases. The Watson bill seeks to eliminate state time limits in slacker prosecutions. Galbraith sent a telegram to committee chairman Volstead asking for exposure of the reasons behind withholding names of known slackers.
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Baker
Palmer
House Judiciary Committee
F.W. Galbraith
American Legion
Wolstead
Minnesota
Watson
Galbraith
Volstead
German Railwaymen Vote For Broad Strike in Ruhr and Rhine
London dispatch reports a large majority of German railway workers favor a strike and 91 percent in Ruhr and Rhine districts vote on striking. The ministry denounces the demands as exorbitant and threatens dismissal for striking workers, amid growing wage demands.
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Germany
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Ruhr
Rhine
Ensign Left Waiting at Church as Pair Elopes
Earl Holcomb a U S Navy ensign waits at a Clinton church while Celeste Lamb elopes with Robert Smith Jr of Hammond Indiana. The couple planned to wed at 8 pm but disappeared after the ceremony, with friends believing they may have gone to Crown Point Indiana to marry.
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Iowa
Earl Holcomb
United States Navy
Pasadena
California
Celeste Lamb
Robert 8. Smith, Jr
Hammond
Indiana
Holcomb
Miss Lamb
Smith
Gg Steel
Crown Point
Meeting of Team Captains Tonight
A meeting of the team captains for the orphan drive will start on January 17. The gathering is set for 6 o'clock at the pea House, called by J. H. Lyons, chairman of the teams.
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J. H. Lyons
Aaa
Mobile County selects S. M. Adams as highway engineer
S. M. Adams of Mobile is unanimously elected Mobile County highway engineer at a special meeting with an annual salary of 3600 dollars. The board rescinded its previous choice of Maury M. Nicholson under the Craft act and instructed the appointee to accept or reject by Wednesday morning. Adams plans an inventory of equipment and materials before starting road work, with 30000 dollars transferred to the road fund and 5000 earmarked for No Man's Land improvements.
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S. M. Adams
Mobile County
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Adams
Maury M. Nicholson
Morrillton
Ark
Nicholson
Nith- Pr
Mobile
Alabama
No Man's Land
Arthur L. McLean
George KE. Stone
McLean
Oklahoma City
Crime Continues Despite Hundred Extra Policemen
In Cleveland Ohio gunmen resumed activity after a day with 100 Loyal American League members aiding police. Real estate dealer Joseph Novograder was robbed of $10000 in Liberty bonds and a $1000 diamond ring as a masked pair used a gun and a jump onto a car. An armed black assailant robbed Mrs Estelle Brock of six gold rings and unset diamonds from her jewelry shop.
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Cleveland, O
Loyal American League
The
American Protective League
Joseph Novograder
Min
Estelle Brock
Woman in Jail for Death of Children
Atlanta police charge Emma Cooper 37 with murder in the deaths of two children struck and hurled by an automobile last Friday. She is held in jail as officers seek Ben Pirkle, whom police say Cooper confessed was with her in the car. Cooper denies liquor in the car and knowledge of Pirkle’s whereabouts.
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Atlanta
Emma Cooper
Ben Pirkle
French Senatorial Elections May Reshape Cabinet
Paris Jan 5 Elections of senators to be held next Sunday may affect cabinet composition. Three ministers are candidates and if elected the balance of government portfolios versus deputies would shift, potentially prompting a cabinet reshaping.
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Paris
De Valera Returns to Boost Irish Peace Talks
Mindon January 6 report says Eamonn de Valera’s return accelerates peace negotiations. He may meet the Irish Republic’s president directly and discuss extending self government powers. Cork republican leaders spread leaflets urging defiance of the Cork governor’s household lists.
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de Valera
Dublin
de, Valera
County Cork
Irish Republican Army
Cork
Socialist Mayor Leaves His Party
Davenport Iowa January 6 1900s Dr Cne L Barewald elected mayor on the Socialist ticket a year ago resigns from the party citing lack of cooperation from socialist aldermen and their radical ideas interfering with city welfare The council has five Socialist and three Republican aldermen.
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Davenport
Cne L. Barewald
Rail line seeks $200,000 loan from I C C
The Wilmington Brunswick and Southern Railroad applied for a $200,000 loan to meet bank obligations and to buy new equipment. The line runs between Wilmington and Southport in North Carolina, a 320 mile route.
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Washington
Wilmington, Brunswick and Southern Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilmington
Southport
N. C
Plot to Restore Charles and Unite Hungary Austria
Exchange Telegraph reports from Rome say a coup d etat is imminent in Hungary and Austria. Former Emperor Charles would be invited to return to the throne as plotters aim to declare a union of Hungary and Austria.
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London
Hungary
Austria
Charles
Rome
Budapest
Plebiscite meeting ends in bad feeling
In Warsaw the Polish Lithuanian conference over the plebiscite planned for the Vilna district reached an impasse. The Lithuanian delegation left Warsaw for Kovno to seek further government instructions after Poland refused to exclude Vilna city from the plebiscite.
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Warsaw
Vilna
Kovno
Poland
Michigan Solons Begin 51st Legislature in Lansing
The fifty first Michigan legislature convened in Lansing with solid Republican membership in both houses. Eva Milton became the first woman elected to the state senate and took her seat.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Eva M. Milton
Senate
Massive 250000 Liquor Raid By U S Agents In Gotham
Federal agents seized 250000 dollars in liquor at Singer Brothers wholesale on Jower Third avenue New York city. Cased champagnes wines and whiskeys were taken. Driver Jon Walsh and clerk Moe Herman were arrested. Louis and Joseph Singer were not charged. Walsh allegedly delivered without authorization and Herman tied to liquor receipt records changes.
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New York
Singer Brothers
Jower Third Avenue
Jon Walsh
Moe Herman
Louis
Joseph Singer
Walsh
Herman
Tennessee County Votes Bonds for Dixie Highway
Marion county voters approved issuing 250000 dollars in bonds to complete the Dixie Highway. Work should start within weeks, creating a missing link through the Cumberland mountains. The completed route would offer a paved road from the Great Lakes to Florida, easing north south travel.
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Chattanooga
Marion County
Cumberland Mountains
Georgia Highway Departments
Great Lakes
Florida
Russian Children Entering U S Under Temporary Admission
Seven children brought back by Rear Admiral Hugh A McCully, former American high commissioner at Sevastopol, were granted temporary admission to the United States. Deportation had been ordered by Ellis Island authorities on grounds they could become public charges. McCully seeks to adopt and educate them and make them his heirs, with a merits hearing set before immigration officials.
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Mobile City Commission
Mobile , Electric Company
Alabama Public Service Commission
Crawford
City Commission
Electric Company
Commission
Public Service Board
Montgomery
State Commission
E Electric Current
Mobile
Washington
Hugh A.mccully
Sebastopol
Immigration Bureau
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McCully
Crowder Not Yet Received by Menocal in Havana
General Enoch Crowder may not be officially greeted by President Menocal in Havana as Cuban officials cite lack of advice through normal diplomatic channels. The report from La Noche notes the government had not been informed of the general’s visit through customary channels.
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Menocal
Havana
Enoch Crowder
la Noche
Ede
Harding asks Mrs Felton to political confab
Mrs W H Felton prominent in Georgia politics accepted Harding invitation to confer on international relations from a woman's viewpoint. The meeting would be at St Augustine Florida or another designated headquarters during Harding's Southern trip, as learned today. The letter requesting cooperation was dated December 31.
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Cartersville
W. H. Felton
Georgia
Harding
St. Augustine
Fig
Woman Foils Attempted Subway Robbery in New York
Miss Anna Hendriks confronted an unarmed man in a Fifth Avenue subway booth at 59th Street this morning, fought him off until assistance arrived, and he was arrested.
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New York
Anna Hendriks
Fifth Avenue
59Th Street
New French Division Plan Wins Approval
Paris January 5 a project to divide France into 25 administrative regions was approved by the council of ministers. The head of each district would be known as regional prefect and would have authority over departmental prefects and be empowered to authorize loans levy taxes.
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Paris
France
Council of
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Kansas Flour Mill to Open Soon in Hutchinson
Larabee Flour Mills in Hutchinson, Kansas, plans to reopen in a week or ten days after a shutdown of more than a week. Woodson, the plant manager, announced orders and production will resume once outstanding deliveries are settled.
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Kansas Flour Mill
Hutchinson,kas
Jan
Larabee Flour Mills
Germans Postpone Reparations Meet in Brussels
Paris January 5 The French government received notice that the German delegation will not resume the reparations conference in Brussels on January 10 as agreed before the conference adjourned last month.
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Paris
Brussels
Debenture Issue Authorized for Interstate Commerce Company
A $5,000,000 debenture issue is authorized to retire $4,124,000 due January 1 and fund 15 year 6 percent notes. The authorization references Clinchfield and Company’s interstate commerce undertaking with income from the issue.
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Washington
Jan
Lina
Clinchfield
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National Bank Call For December 29
Washington January 3 The controller of the currency today calls for the condition of banks at the close of business Wednesday December 29.
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Washington
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