Death by Own Action Shocks Mobile Vessel Crew
Captain R J Weldon of the barkentine Worry hitson is reported to have shot himself and fallen into the Mobile stream after learning his ship would be laid up indefinitely. The coroner notes worry over losing command as the cause. The vessel’s burial plans were arranged for St John’s Newfoundland. Local relief efforts include a memorial project by the Mothers Army and Navy league.
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Hitson
R. J. Weldon
Weldon
Mobile
Hale
E. M. Davis
Barkentine
Emory
Whitson
Capt. Weldon
Ward
Wecch
St. John's
N. B
Dixon & McKay
Mothers Army and Navy League
City Commission
Houston
Government
Old Government
Mobile County
KE. C. Grace
Thomas Goodgrad
Mothers’ Army and Navy League
George E. Crawford
Harry ‘T. Hartwell
Mine disaster in Pa claims twenty workers buried
Reported cave in traps twenty miners in Pennsylvania as rescue efforts focus on reaching those beneath rubble two hundred feet below surface. Schools and mills nearby close while authorities tighten safety measures after subsidence signs appear in the area.
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Aarge School
Scranton
Arrest Chauffeur After Negro Is Hurt
The chauffeur Goodman was arrested after a boy was injured in a city incident. The boy was taken to City Hospital for attention and sent home. Goodman faced additional charges for operating a public vehicle without proper chauffeur bond. Both cases were continued until Tuesday. Sam Powe, charged with speeding Tuesday night, also continued until Tuesday.
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Goodman
Satsuma Woman Freed on $500 Bail After Alleged Knife Wounding
Mrs Camill Jensen of Satsuma Alabama was arrested Saturday night on a warrant charging assault to murder. She was released on bond after a hospital report said Nora Kramer the complainant was out of danger. Grand jury investigation planned. Warrant alleges Jensen stabbed Kramer in the back with a knife causing a potentially fatal wound.
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Paris
Audrey
Ton Ryan
Audrey Crighton
California
Vic
Aft
Iusic
Febreau
Ican
Neuilly
Thomas Re Ryan
Chicago
Ryan
Mra
Pee
Jean
MacCoy
Cochin Hospital
India
Regm
Bette
Camill Jensen
Satsuma
Ala
Farmer
Fabietta
Jack Courtney
Nora Kramer
Jensen
Kramer
Report on Blue Gas Plant appraisal by Alabama Public Service Commission
I B McDonnell, engineer for the Alabama Public Service Commission, surveyed Mobile Gas Company plant and valued it at 1 953 362 with replacement cost about 2 318 633. The commission ordered a hearing to consider the appraisal and allow the company to contest figures before final valuation.
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I. B. McDonnell
Alabama Blie Service Commission
Mobile Gas Company
McDonnell
Commission
Adler Named Head of Beth Zur Lodge
James G. Adler, a well known insurance man, was named president of Beth Zur lodge Bnai Brith at the semi annual meeting held Wednesday night. Officers named include Harry Kohn vice president Henry Hess secretary Monroe Metzger senior warden Harold Gup guard A Robinson chaplain M P Zoeller monitor and H Eichold assistant monitor. The newly elected group will hold a vigil at an early date to plan activities for the coming term.
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James G. Adler
Beth Zur Lodge
B'nai B'rith
Harry Kohn
Henry Hess
Monroe Metzger
Se Warold Gup
A. Robinson
Ian
M. P. Zoeller
Monitor
H. Eichold
Arrest Unemployed Sleeping in Box Cars
Sheriff’s office reports two men found asleep in freight cars near Mobile. Railroad officials complain as more unemployed trespass nightly, leading to arrests and detention with meals provided at police stations.
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Mobile
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The forecast calls for a coastal rest period tonight with freezing temperatures inland across Alabama and Mississippi. Overnight conditions will bring chilly air, leading into cold Sunday with continued low temperatures inland and mild coastal conditions.
Watch Your Step Friday Thirteenth With Us Today
Mobilians observe Friday the 13th with superstitions and charms such as rabbit feet, horseshoes, and four leaf clovers. Some fear bad luck while others, like Woodrow Wilson, Count the Neaters, and Tuckey, seek protective influence in the day’s supposed hoodoo powers.
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Woodrow Wilson
Date Hearing On State Rates Delayed To Spring
Railroads in the state asked for postponement of the Alabama Public Service Commission hearing on proposed new state rates. Shippers agree and a later date is expected. The hearing was set for January 9 and postponed to February 6 with likely new timing in March or April.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Roads Damaged by Heavy Rains In Mobile County
M C Skinner secretary of the Business Men s Club of Citronelle reports that recent heavy rains have seriously damaged the Mobile to Citronelle roads. Deputy Sheriff Meyer Goldsmith says the Coden road south of Fowriver is nearly impassable after an automobile got stuck and required time to recover.
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M. C. Skinner
Business Men’s Club of
Citronelle
Mobile
Meyer Goldsmith
Sheriff's Department
Fowriver
Service Tonight At Government Street Temple
Regular Sabbath services will be held tonight at the Government street temple at eight o'clock. Rabbi A G Moses will speak on The Spiritual Synthesis of Jewish History. Children’s services are scheduled for Saturday morning at nine with regular services at ten. Sabbath school meets Sunday at 9:30. The musical recital postponed from January 15 now set for January 22 at four in the afternoon.
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Government Street
A. G. Moses
Police urged to halt siren use on private autos
Fire Chief George W. Myrick asked the police to stop sirens on pleasure and commercial cars, warning they cause collisions and distract drivers and pedestrians from fire trucks. He notes a city ordinance bans sirens on autos except fire trucks officials and ambulances.
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George W. Myrick
Continued Cold Anticipated For Mobile This Weekend
The Mobile area is forecast continued cold and fair weather tonight and Saturday. Temperatures around 40 degrees are expected with frost, following a 38 degree reading this morning.
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Mobile
Cardinal Catcher to Marry Mobile Girl
William M. Dithoefer catcher of the St. Louis Cardinals will marry Miss Massie Slocum of Mobile here next Monday. Dithoefer is being entertained by Milton Stock during his visit. The couple will depart for St. Louis shortly after the ceremony.
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William M. Dithoefer
St. Louis Cardinals
Massie Slocum
Dithoefer
Milton Stock
St. Louis
Supreme Council Rules on Genoa Conference Invitations
The supreme council examined the departure of the French delegation and ruled that fully agreed decisions should become operative, especially regarding the Genoa conference. Premier Bonomi of Italy was charged to issue invitations.
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Supreme Council
Genoa
Bonomio
Italy
Anglo French treaty text disclosed in Paris
The proposed Anglo French treaty brought to Paris by Briand from Cannes was published today. It states that Great Britain would immediately aid France in the event of any direct or unprovoked aggression by Germany against France.
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Paris
Associated Press
M. Briand
Cannes
Great Britain
France i
Germany
Provisional German Moratorium Set by Reparations Committee
The supreme council decides a moratorium on German payments, allowing a new plan without the 700 million gold mark demand. Germany must pay 1.3 million gold marks every ten days during the pause while formulating a new repayment arrangement and guarantees of reform. Lloyd George seeks Paris talks with Millerand and Poincaré on defense alliance and mutual questions as the council adjourns.
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Cannel
Germany
Supreme Council
Lloyd George
Millerand
Paris
Raymond Poincare
Special Supply of Stamps Ordered for Thrift Week
The Mobile post office announced a special supply of treasury saving certificates for National Thrift Week next week. Postmaster J Blocker Thornton said the certificates are popular with small investors and sell for 80 and 3860 dollars with five years’ interest from sale to maturity.
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Treasury
Mobile Post Office
J. Blocker Thornton
Mr Marty Returns From South America To Mobile
J L Marty a longtime Mobile resident and Moragues Lumber Company figure returns after three years in Buenos Aires South America. He travels home with family and plans to stay in Mobile for an indefinite period.
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J. L. Marty
Obile
Moragues Lumber Company
Buenos Aires
South America
Mr. Marty
Mobile
Robertsdale Postmaster Exam Set For Saturday
The civil service examination for the Robertsdale Baldwin county postmaster position will be conducted here Saturday by the local civil service commissioner in the civil service room at the post office. The office is a third class post office.
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Civil Service
Robertsdale
Baldwin County
Civil Service Commissioner
Civil Service Room
Zita of Austria in Zurich to visit ailing son
Former Empress Zita arrived in Zurich and went to Paracelsus hospital where her son former Prince Robert is to be operated on Saturday for appendicitis.
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Zurich
Emress
Zita
Austria
Paracelsus Hospital
Prince Robert
Cecil Plummer Found Guilty of Assault in Hold Up Case
In Chattanooga Tennessee on January 13 the jury convicted Cecil Plummer one of five indicted for holding up H P McKinney treasurer of Richmond Spinning mills The verdict sets a penalty range from three to ten years in prison and reflects the result of the criminal trial.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cecil Plummer
H. P. McKinney
Richmond Spinning Mills
Sarraut to Remain at Washington Conference
France's Briand instructs Sarraut to stay as head of the delegation through the Washington conference end. Millerand’s note, conveyed by cable, commends Sarraut for defending France’s interests and directs Friant to continue as plenipotentiary during the talks.
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Washington
Associated Press
Millerand
France
M. Sarraut
M. Briand
Saurant
Deleshag
Fron
Republic
Prem Millerand
Friant
Washam
Fifth child dies after collision near Ohio wreck
The death last night of Augustus Stegeman, nine, was the fifth death from the school bus wreck hit by a freight train north of the city. His sister Josephine Stegeman, 11, is reported fatally injured, hospital reports say.
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Ohio
Augustus Stegeman
Josephine Stegeman
Poincaré Aims to Form French Cabinet After Briand Resignation
Paris January 18 Raymond Poincaré seeks to complete a new ministry to succeed Aristide Briand who resigned yesterday after a nearly year in office. Cannes conference terms may be altered if Poincaré forms a cabinet and aggressive finance plans are debated amid calls for Germany to pay. Briand declares he is finished with French politics.
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LLOYD/ GEORGE
Cannes
Associated Press
Lloyd George
London
Paris
Pres. Millerand
M. Poincare
Briand
Raymond Poincare
France
Aristide Briand
Poincare
Iean
Holad
Itical
Agence Radio
Sarraut
Loucheur
le Trocquer
Daniel Vincent
Labor
Mot
Doumergue
Justice
Sen.Francose
Albert
Public
Navy
de la Steyrie
Finance
Jean Durand
Agriculture
Manoury
Interior
Herriot
Pensions
Raymond Poin Re
Will
Eac Ics
Eaery
Pres
Milerand
Germany
M. la Bsteyrie
M. Loucheur
Opelika Politician Berrien Phillips Eyes Lieutenant Governor Run
Montgomery reports Berrien T. Phillips of Opelika plans to announce for lieutenant governor amid a shift in ticket dynamics. The Legislature notes Pibb Graves may run for governor, ending rumors of others. The Democratic committee schedules a 1 PM meeting to map the state primary. James H. Webb is named chairman, women seek equal representation, and the panel hints at excluding last election's voters.
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Montgomery
Berrien T. Phillips
Opelika
Ala
Lee
Russell Counties
Pibb Graves
W. W. Brandon
Chas
McDowell
Henry F. Lee
Public Service Commission
Democratic Executive Committee
James H. Webb
Mobile
W. D. Nesbitt
Jury selections in Arbuckle case drag on in San Francisco
In San Francisco on January 13 the state held four peremptory challenges and the defense ten as jury selection continued in the second manslaughter trial of Roscoe C Fatty Arbuckle. Nine jurors were passed and seven remained from the original 65 in the panel for Miss Virginia Rappa.
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San Francisco
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Kappe
Ford to Cut Car Prices January 15
Washington January 13 Henry Ford announced a price cut for Ford cars effective January 15. He said the reduction would be small since the car is nearly at rock bottom and the decision came after a conference of Ford executives.
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FORD
Washington
Henry Ford
Ord
Yard optimistic on Muscle Shoals offer talks in Washington
Henry Yard arrived for a conference with Secretary Weeks and other officials about his offer for the Muscle Shoals properties. He spoke with Rep. Bankhead of Alabama and other House members who called on him during the visit.
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Washington
Henri Ford
William B. Mayo
Deroit
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Oliver
Bankhead
Ford
Kelley
Michigan
Aager Geing
Tn Gabba
Conan
Beach
Ar Engineers
Sec. Hoover
Weeks
Congress
I‘ Ord
Henry Yard
Sec
Rep. Bankhead
Alabama
Two More Kentucky Troop Companies for Newport Strike
Governor Morrow ordered two additional Kentucky troop companies to Newport to aid in guarding the Newport rolling mill plant amid a month long strike. Maj. James K. Dillon, commanding, said the forces are needed as demonstrations grow more violent against both the mill and the guards.
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Newport
Kentucky
Edwin P. Morrow
James K. Dillon
Memphis seizes land once given Rock Island line
Memphis officials say a land tract near the east approach to the Harahan bridge over the Mississippi River, deeded to the Rock Island railroad years ago, reverted to the city due to railroad underuse. Police guarded the fenced strip as Mayor Paine explains the seizure aims to ensure railroad transportation to river and rail terminals. The strip used as a parking area for rolling stock was excluded.
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Memphis
Tenn
Harahan Bridge
Mississippi River
Rock Island Railroad
Paine
Soviet Decrees Monopoly on Cotton Output in Turkestan
Moscow reports the supreme council ordered a government monopoly on cotton for the coming year. Turkestan and Azerbaijan must plant grain and cotton at set rates with guaranteed prices, aiming to boost 1921 grain and cotton outputs. The 1921 grain crop reached about 5 million poods with a portion already diverted to state needs.
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Moscow
Supranomic Council
Turkestan
Gove
Azerbaijan
Cork
Argument in Burch trial nears jury verdict
Los Angeles reports that at the Arthur C. Burch murder trial for J Belton Kennedy the jury heard closing arguments. Prosecutors and defense detailed sanity and motive theories as jurors considered the case which could go to the jury tonight.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Paul W. Schenck
Burch
Tive
Jed Burch
Coroner’s Jury Clears Mrs Woods In Milk Bottle Killing
In Salt Lake City a coroner’s jury found statements about Mrs Myretta Woods, wife of O R Woods, unclear. The milk bottle death remained under inquiry with two jurors noting the incident involved a bottle and possible charges discussed.
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Salt Lake City
Myretta. Woods
Woods
Internal Revenue
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Allied Supreme Council
Allied Reparations Commission
Detroit
Audrey Creighton
Neuilly Hospital
Negro
Adler
Mississississippi
Temple
Cardinal Catcher
P.O
Robert
Isabel. Ostrander
America
Firebrand
Rock Island Line
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