Grand Jury Sets New Witness Record in January Sessions
The January grand jury, ending its first week, examined 800 witnesses in five days. Key cases include District Attorney Aubrey Boyles, Harry G. French, and Leon Layfield. Layfield faces murder charges in the death of Melvin Brantley. Next week focuses on new cases and a committee will review county courthouse needs for possible extra stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart. B. Chamberlain
Aubrey Boyles
Harry G. French
Leon Layfield
Mobile
Layfield
Melvin Brantley
County Court House
Internal Rifts Shake Klansmen at Washington Conference
In Atlanta on January 12 factions within the Ku Klux Klan clash as Imperial Wiete Evans bans Colonel William J. from the order. Clarke denounces the ban as illegal and warns the move could trigger court actions while factions align behind opposing leaders. Clarke and Simmons split from the group during a grand council meeting in Washington.
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Atlanta
Klux Klan
Imperial Wiete Evans
William J
Clarke
al Bers
Maniy
Simmons
Grand ¢ Country
Washington
Coolidge
Attorn Smith
Jazz hysteria seen as wartime aftermath by critic
Madame Rosika Schwimmer denounces American women as victims of war trauma and hysteria. She claims the modern American girl, though gifted with intellect and opportunity, seeks oblivion in jazz and excitement, showing how war poisoned postwar attitudes toward women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rosika Schwimmer
Linst
Sheriff Orders Clean Up Crichton Suburb
Sheriff Paul Cazalas ordered Deputy Sheriffs Wiggins and Stringfellow to clean up Crichton after disorderly conditions in the suburb. Two arrests were made for drunkenness Rosie Lee Barnes and Velma Smith, who wore male clothing at arrest. Martin Werneth 38 was jailed on a prohibition violation with several gallons of liquor in his possession.
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Crichton
Wiggins
Stringfellow
Paul Cazalas
Cazalas
Rosie Lee Barnes
Velma Smith
Martin Werneth
Spring Hill
W. H. McCauley
McCauley
Continuance Granted in Immorality Case After Raid
Edna Wallace Greenough, 101 North Joachim street, arrested by Detectives Adams, Bauer and Lawrence on an immoral house charge, was arraigned and a continuance granted until January 15. Bertis Boutwell also received a continuance on a vagrancy charge. The Boutwell motion was tied to evidence from the Greenough house. Police raid detail ordered to close suspicious houses citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Wallace Greenough
North Joachim Street
Adams, Bauer
Lawrence
Recorder’s Court
W. F. Kilborn
Recorder
Bertis Boutwell
Boutwell
Greenough
Mechanics to Give Two Flags Sunday
Mobile Council No 5 of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics with Whistler Council No 20 and 2nd Prichard Council No 24 will present flags to Mobile county public schools tomorrow afternoon. The Mobile Council will present to Marechal school, while Whistler and Prichard councils visit Saraland public school. Patriotic talks and music will accompany the flag presentations at both sites.
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Mobile Council
Order of United American Mechanics
Whistler Council
Prichard Council
Mobile County
Moile Council
Marechal School
Whistler
Prichard
Saraland
Probable Rain Forecast for Sunday and Tonight
The weather bureau issued a forecast of probable rain tonight and Sunday with colder conditions Sunday afternoon and night. The thermometer dropped to 57 degrees with a heavy frost recorded last night.
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Weather Bureau
Weather outlook for Alabama and Mississippi this week
Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday with possible rain in extreme south portions. Warmer tonight in the south, colder Sunday and Sunday night. For West Gulf States generally fair this week with possible rain Thursday or Friday. Temperatures below normal at week start and end, above normal midweek.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Northwest
West Gulf States
Old-Time Fiddler Arrives to Give Programs Here
Colonel William Hopkins the renowned Blue Grass fiddler from Louisville arrives in Mobile to demonstrate his nearly 200 year old violin. He will perform at civic club luncheons and offer music for young groups. Hopkins specializes in old South tunes like Billy in the Low Ground and My Old Kentucky Home and has toured much of the United States including Georgia where he competed with state fiddling champions.
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William Hopkins
Blue Grass State
Louisville
Mobile
Hopkins
Billy
Kentucky
Colonel Hopkins
United States
Georgia
U S May Purchase Launch at Bayou
Recommendation by Major North to purchase a private launch at Bayou la Batre to replace the Wakeford. The craft named F A Happer will cost 5000 total after equipment, with bids for a new launch far higher.
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Barl North
United States
Bayou la Batre
Wakeford
F. A. Happer
Major North
Colonel Hoffman to Confer in Mobile on Wahalak Removal
Colonel G. M. Hoffman of the Gulf division arrives in Mobile for talks with Major Earl North about moving the Wahalak from the bay to the Southwest Base. He will review Mobile bay channel conditions and marine complaints of ships touching bottom at low tide. He proceeds to Washington for a conference with the chief of engineers on the removal plan.
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G. M. Hoffman
Gulf Division
New Orleans
Mobile
Earl North
Bay
Hoffman
Mobile Bay
Major North
Washington
Hose Company No. 10 Praised for Firefighting
Captain Rene Eden praised Hose Company No. 10 and Captain J. H. Marquis for efficient work that kept a fire from spreading to neighboring homes after Eden’s residence on Hannan Avenue was destroyed. Eden’s letter to City Commissioner Harry T. Hart highlights the crew’s remarkable response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Eden
Hannan Avenue
Harry T. Hartwell
J. H. Marquis
Hose Company No. 10
Captain Eden
Captain Marquis
Letvan
Ford Roadster Stolen From Man's Yard
J. W. Bunny of 208 Ryland's Lane reported to police that an unidentified thief took a Ford roadster from his yard late last night or early this morning. The car, owned by Lift & Co., bears advertising signs on its doors according to the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bunny
Ryland’s Lane
Lift & Co
Bunny
Schwarz Leaves for Legion Conference
Capt. Leon Schwarz departed for Indianapolis at noon to attend the American Legion national executive committee meeting at the Legion's national headquarters on Monday and Tuesday. Alabama will be represented by Col. Walter E. Bare of Birmingham and Leon Schwarz of Mobile. state commander Ir. Taylor Peck will visit Atmore on Monday for a banquet hosted by the Atmore post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Schwarz
Indianapolis
National Executive Committee
The
American Legion
Legion
Foreign Departments
Walter E. Bare
Birmingham
Mobile
Alabama
Ir. Taylor Peck
Mobilian Promoted to General Freight Agent by Monon Route
P. C. Patterson former Mobilian and son of Mrs. L. W. Patterson has been named general freight agent of the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad known as the Monon Route. Patterson will base his headquarters in Chicago after a long Mobile career with the Louisville and Nashville offices and steady climbs through railroad ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.C. Patterson
L. W. Patterson
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad
Monon
Mr. Patterson
Chicago
Mrr. Patterson
Barton Academy
Mobile
Louisville and Nashville Railway
Parents Want Walk Built At School
The Woodcock school PTA met last night and formed committees to urge the school board to install a concrete walk from the street to the entrance. The next PTA meeting will be a business session on Friday evening January 25. A flag will be presented to the school by the Mobile Council of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics on Sunday afternoon January 20.
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Parent- Teachers’ Association
Woodcock School
Association
Mobile Council of the
Railroad Men Join Mobile Chamber Traffic Committee
Co. B. Hays vice president of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad and H. G. Barclay general agent of the Louisville & Nashville have been elected to the traffic committees of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. Hays will represent import and export railroad interests and Barclay the domestic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. B. Hays
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
H. G. Barclay
Louisville & Nashville
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Hays
Mr. Barclay
Captain Gus Rehm Improving After Illness
Captain Gus Rehm of the Mobile fire department, recently seriously ill, is reported improving. He rests at his home on Old Shell Road and Georgia Avenue after a severe cold and exposure during a 78-alarm two day cold spell.
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Gus Rehm
Mobile Fire Department
Rehm
Old Shell Road
Georgia Avenue
Railroad plans new cement floor tile rate to Milwaukee
The Louisville & Nashville railroad told the Mobile traffic department of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce of a proposed rate on cement floor tile to Milwaukee and other points. The rate will be published shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Milwaukee
Made in Germany insignia scandal hits Oregon officers
A general order to Oregon national guard officers required new gilt insignia per war department rules. Insignia arrived for distribution but Colonel A. Welsh found on the back of the coat of arms the stamp Made in Germany. Officers declined to wear the insignia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Oregon National Guard
War Department
A. Welsh
United States
Germany
Millionaire Grilled in Oi Inquiry
Senator Walsh questioned financier McLean about a $100000 loan to former Secretary Fall linked to Teapot Dome and oil deals. Fall denied using the funds for Sinclair related matters and cited health in delaying further remarks. The testimony recalls a 1920 fishing trip and a November 1920 sequence through Brownfield and Isabelle.
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Fall
McLean
Senate Committee
Walsh
Washington
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Wilton J. Lambert
Harding
Brownfield
Isabelle
Pigeon Adrift Off Tortugas Reaches Manta
A roaming carrier pigeon bearing number G No 59 was found about 50 miles off Tortugas aboard the steamship Manta. Captain R F Goodman reported the bird’s arrival at Mobile where it remains on gentle terms, far from shore and likely the property of a naval station along the Florida coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tortugas
R. F. Goodman
Mobile
Porto Rico
Florida
Still Moved but Officers Seize Liquor Near Deer River
State and federal officers destroyed 1,600 gallons of beer and 18 gallons of white whiskey at a former still site on Deer River about ten miles from the city. The illegal beverages were found by State Officers Cannon and Calhoun and Federal Officers Robbins and Graves. The still had been recently moved, according to the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer River
Cannon
Calhoun
Robbins and Graves
Man charged with bicycle theft in county jail
Tom Byrd 18 of Jacksonville is docketed on two counts of petit larceny and held on $100 bond each. James Carlen 24 of Rickardy Street and W H Dick of 60 Hannon Avenue faced similar charges as complainants allege Byrd stole their bicycles.
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Tom Byrd
Jacksonville
James Carlen
Rickardy Street
W.H. Dick
Hannon Avenue
Mutiny at Aldrich mine in Alabama under state inquiry
Officials of the state convict board launch an investigation into yesterday’s mutiny at Aldrich mines near Montevallo. Sixty six convicts participated, dynamite was used, mine machinery damaged, and coal production halted for several days. Warden Jernigan’s alleged cruelties sparked the revolt. no casualties reported.
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Montevallo
Ala
State Convict Board
Aldrich Mines
L. A. Boyd
F. F. Blair
Convict Board
C. R. Davis
Boyd
Banner
Jefferson County Grand Jury
J.D. Evans
Aldrich
Jernigan
Alabama
W. W. Brandon
Ie Tay
Step-Brothers Reunite After 32 Years in Pen-sacola
A. G. Entriken of Pen sacola met two of his step-brothers today for the first time in 32 years at the county highway department assembly camp. A humorous introduction as Mr. Johnson sparked a reveal that led to a happy reunion with W. H. Blackman, a brother of Entriken, and later with B. N. Blackman, assistant night county tailor, both first meetups in 32 years.
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A. G. Entriken
Pensacola
W. H. Blackman
Mr. Entreken
Johnson
Mr. Entriken
Entriken
B. N. Blackman
Night County
Woman Taken Back to Answer Charge
Mrs. Marguerite M. Stewart alias Sarah D. Shepler, arrested by Mobile police for New Orleans warrants charging issuing worthless checks, was returned to New Orleans Friday afternoon by Detective John Mahen. She had left Los Angeles last May after months in Patton State Hospital. She is said to be the stepmother of Dr. C. M. Stewart of Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Medicus
Mobile
Imperial Laundry
Medicus
W. W. Brandon
A. E. Reynolds
Windsor Hotel
Marguerite M. Stewart
Sarah D. Shepler
New Orleans
John Mahen
Woman Reports Theft of Purse From Room
Mrs. J. F. Alpin of 193 North Hamilton street reported to the county jail that her purse containing 240 in currency was stolen from her room. The money included 20 and 16 dollar bills. Deputy sheriffs are investigating the case.
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J. F. Alpin
North
Hamilton Street
Dr Tucker to Speak at Tubercular Camp Service
Rev Louis Tucker of Christ Church will conduct a devotional service at Cottage Hill Tuberculosis Camp on Sunday at 3 o clock. A musical program will also be presented during the event.
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DR. Tucker
Cottage Hill
Louis Tucker
Christchurch
Vast Swamp Hides Chief Of Outlaws
John Ashley of the Ashley gang remains at large in the Everglades after a night chase. Deputies believe Elm gang member Hartford Mobley left for the Bahamas while Joe W. Ashley’s body lies unclaimed. Bill Ashley surrendered in Olympia and denied aiding his brother.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
John Ashley
Ashley
Will
Everglades
Hartford Mobley
Bahamas
Ashley Camp
Ashley Gang
Baker
Outlaws
Io Publice
Joe W. Ashley
Bill Ashley
John
Olympia
Jacksonville
Sheriffon Baker
Plot to assassinate president uncovered in Ecuador
Quito reports police uncovered a plot to assassinate President Tamayo and other leaders. Thirty eight arrests were made including staff of the newspaper Humanidad which has suspended publication.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Quito
Tamayo
Humanidad
Fire Department Congratulated for Cold Weather Service
The Mobile Fire Department, through Chief G. W. Myrick, received a letter of congratulation from the Lions Club of Mobile for valiant service during recent extreme cold weather. The letter states they believe no other fire department in the country could show a better record.
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Mobile Fire , Department
Lions Club of
Mobile
Police summoned to Wendell High School riot
Chicago January 12 police were called to Wendell High School after assistant principal Schacht was beaten and cut by a crowd of students who ejected him from the building. Shots were fired at the ring and his son, two teachers aiding him were beaten as officers guarded the school and detectives sought black students believed to have instigated the trouble.
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Chicago
Poh
Wendell High School
Schacht
Cssro
Liquor Seller Held on Suspicion of Manslaughter
In Los Angeles E L Anderson reported selling liquor to F E Clemens who later died from poisoning. Police say Anderson confessed the purchase and was booked in jail on suspicion of manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal. J
E. L. Anderson
F. E. Cleméns
Anderson
Comfe
Clemens
Legion to Develop World Orphans Program at Convention
Indianapolis Jan 12 The American Legion is set to feature a world orphans program as a principal activity led by National Commander John R. Its San Francisco convention authorized a strong policy for the children with details to be finalized by the executive committee meeting Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
John R
San Francisco
Soviet Official Buys Bonds Prompting Debt Easing Talk
Report from Petrograd says Krassin, foreign trade head, acting abroad, has bought up Soviet bonds at about 75 percent of par. The move sparks belief the Soviet government may soon acknowledge pre war debts.
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Copenhagen
Petrograd
Murderers Speak at Strange Dinner in Oregon Prison
Officials report a strange dinner gathering inside an Oregon prison dining room. More than 40 convicts attended as guests while governors and commissioners listened to remarks from inmates serving long sentences.
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Anbekera
Annes
Oregon County
Pierce
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New York
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United States Steel
Dupont
Hayes
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American Agricultural Chemical, Ptd
Marland
Reading First
U. S
Bayou
Man
Schwarz
Legion Conference
Mobilian
R. R
Railroad Men ON Traffic Committee
Rhem
Mid-Ocean
Fire Department
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