Agreed to testify on Klansmen in Alabama heist
Skipwith promises to give evidence on the Laurendine and Creola post office robberies near Mobile. Yeggmen used a wagon to steal a safe from Creola, but broke down and fled after failing to open it. A separate robbery involved Captain Conniff being held up for cash and a pistol. Authorities plan full investigation and barge-line shippers discuss improved service on the Warrior branch with New Orleans and Mobile terminals.
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Yeggmen
Laurendine Station
Creola
Ala
Southern Railway
Mobile
Sheriff's Office
G. L. Donahue
E. K. Laurendine
Creola Post Office
Donahue
William Conniff
Hose Company
Fire Department
Conception and
St. Anthony
Conniff
Fire Company
Joseph John
Louis Rittlemeyer
Southern Railway Company
Axis
Mississippi Warrior
J. D. Youman
Warrior
Youman
J. D. Brown
Gulf and Ship Island Line
Warrior Line
New Orleans
Warrior River
Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic
Pacific
Fears Silence Heels Fight Over Oil Field Attack Report
In Houston a sheriff and deputy probe an alleged assault on Goose Creek oil worker R. H. Armand and Mrs. R. H. Harrison. Victims, both injured, refuse to discuss details as masked assailants, possibly fifty or more, attacked them and hid the crime amid conflicting testimonies. Harrison’s daughter May help identify suspects. The case connects with Ku Klux Klan figures in Morehouse Parish and a crowd eyeing the Daniel and Richards murders.
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Houston
Texas
T. A. Binford
A. T. Hamilton
Goose Creek
R. H. Armand
R. H. Harrison
Hamilton
Bonnie Lee Harrison
Armand
Cyclops
Ku Klux Klan
Morehouse Parish
F. Watt Daniel
Thomas F. Richards
Re hearing granted on power firm valu
Montgomery Ala Jan 3 re hearing granted before valuation of the Alabama Power Company fixed by the Public Service Commission after protest by the Alabama Coal Operators Association. Hearing for fraud charges against A B McDonnell postponed. he defended the $6,800 figure and offered to supply a detailed account of his work in valuing the company’s properties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Nes
Yabama Power Company
Alabama Public Servige Commission
Alabama Coal Operatoos Association
Thebama Power Company
McDonnell
Alabama Power Company
Power Company
Conference Called On Rehabilitation Coordination New Orleans
Dr John O Rush of the Sixth District Rehabilitation Committee is invited to a January twenty seventh to twenty eighth conference in New Orleans. The goal is to coordinate bureau departments with district agencies to improve services for disabled and wounded veterans, with American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, department commanders, rehabilitation committees, adjutants, service officers, and Red Cross representatives in attendance.
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John O. Rush
Sixth District Rehabilitation Committee
Veterans’ Bureau
New Orleans
Rush
American Legion
The
Foreign
Cross
Street R R Union Installs Officers
The annual installation of officers of the local Street Railway Employees Union was held last night. Officers installed include J. E. Yarbrough as president H. H. Bachar first vice president EF Burke second vice president Lee Morris recording secretary D L Steward financial secretary treasurer Dea Steward W T Snyder L C Williams W A Gray J W Barnett trustees and executive board members J B Patish conductor J W Taylor warden H B Lockett sentinel.
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Street Railway Employees Union
J. E. Yarbrough
H. H. Bachar
EF. & Burke
Lee Morris
D. L Steward
Dea
W. T. Snyder
L. C. Williams
W. A. Gray
J. W. Barnett
J. B. Patish
J. W. Taylor
H. B. Lockett
Sentinel
Vats Blown Up At Creola Amid Tick War
Two cattle dipping vats near Creola were exploded on Friday per report to Dr. W E Ward federal tick eradication officer in Mobile County. The incident raises total vandalized vats to thirteen in under three months, with the sheriff's office notified.
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Creola
W. E. Ward
Mobile
Weather outlook and regional forecast by states
The report from Washington on January 13 notes Alabama and Mississippi cloudy with possible showers in the north tonight and Sunday, warmer tonight. Florida cloudy with mild temperatures tonight. The weekly outlook begins Monday for the South Atlantic and East Gulf states with warmer conditions and local rains, then generally fair and colder later in the week with rains probable again toward Friday. West Gulf states expected generally fair except Thursday, with normal first half temperatures and a colder second half.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Bering
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Doyle Funeral Set After Fatal Auto Crash Near Arlington
Funeral plans emerge for William Doyle aged 23, killed when a car driven by Woolsey crashed into a tree on Cedar Road near Arlington. Doyle’s burial is at the Catholic Cemetery after a requiem mass at St Vincent’s Church. Survived by mother Nora A Doyle two brothers and two sisters.
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William Woolsey
Ford
Arlington
P.doyle
Njuries
Ane Ini
Phylan
Woolsey
Church Street
Young Doyle
Nora A. Doyle
South Wilkinson Street
St. Vincent's Catholic Church
Mobile Council 666
Knights of Columbus
Thomas A
George A. Doyle
Mauddell Doyle
Over Million Is Export Increase For November
Exports through Mobile port totaled 4 437 693 for November per a Washington report received by local customs. The gain equals about one and a quarter million dollars with cotton exports near two million dollars sent to European ports. Prices were similar to October, causing only small value variance and a modest rise in tonnage.
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Mobile
Department of Commerce
Washington
ADPTO
Touropean
Mobile Rifles To Leave Sunday For Inauguration
The Mobile Rifles forty to fifty strong under Captain James J. Alvarez will depart Mobile tomorrow morning at 1 35 for Montgomery to participate in Governor William W Brandon’s inaugural. They will be quartered at the Exchange Hotel and serve as a guard of honor in the inaugural parade.
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Mobile Rifles
James J. Alvarez
Mobile
Montgomery
William W. Brandon
Mobile Military
Exchange Hotel
Stills Found and Destroyed in Wilmer Riot Action
Deputy in charge reports five illegal stills located and destroyed over two days. Three were near Georgetown with nine barrels of mash, another near Wilmer with nine barrels, and a 190 gallon copper still with six more barrels found at Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer
Sheriffs Office
Georgetown
George Town
Members to Attend 7 O'Clock Mass
Members of the Holy Society of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception will attend communion Sunday morning mass at 7 o'clock. The society will hold its 34th monthly meeting Monday night at a residence at 8 o'clock.
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Holy Sciety of the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Convention
Etheridge Cleared in Dry Law Case
Bruce Etheridge storekeeper at Virginia and Mary's Lane was found not guilty by a jury after an eight hour trial of violating the prohibition law. He had been convicted in recorder's court and fined $50 on appeal. Jim Ford received one year and a day in state prison for manufacturing prohibited liquors after pleading guilty in circuit court before Judge Claude A. Grayson.
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Bruce Etheridge
Virginia and Mary's Lane
Recorder’s Court
Etheridge
Jim Ford
State
Claude A. Grayson
Camp Kilby
Montgomery
E. €. Pucker
Onions Demand Jump After Billy Sunday Claim
In Knoxville Tennessee on January 13 grocers and restaurant men report Bermuda onion sales up about sixty percent after Billy Sunday said he eats them for supper and finds them a good preventive for colds and flu. Lemon demand rose as the evangelist advised eating before breakfast.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Bermuda
Billy Sunday
Japanese Polish treaty signed in Warsaw
Tokyo reports the Polish Japanese treaty of commerce was signed in Warsaw on December 1, an official note from the press office announced. The move marks a formal agreement between Poland and Japan on trade relations and economic cooperation.
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Tokio
Associated Prese
Pee
Warsaw
Scout Planes Start Longest Flight From Norfolk to Panama
Scout planes under Lieut Seinkaese and Montgomery began the first leg of a historic voyage by air. The 50 aircraft formation heads from Norfolk toward the west coast of Panama as four planes depart Moorehead City to join two others with repair parts for bomb squadron planes in distress. Each craft carries six crew members, including two pilots, to aid the mission.
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Gies
Tn Va
Pla
Seinkaese
N. C
Gorehead
Allies grant Germany extra fortnight on reparations payment
Paris based Inter allied Reparations Commission grants Germany two more weeks to pay the 500 000 000 gold marks installment due Monday. French troops halt Rhine Ruhr operations though Paris papers warn occupation may expand to Essen and elsewhere. German officials and coal iron magnates resist French actions while British marines head to Memel to enforce martial law.
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Inter-allied
Paris
Germany
Rhineland
Ruhr
Parie
Epen
Sounaea Wrich
Anka
Essen
Memel
Berlin
Italy
Germans Brace for Passive Resistance in Rhineland Clash
In Essen on January 13 the Rhineland faces organized passive resistance as French troops advance with no disorders or shots fired. Labor, led by Rhine land workers, opposes French separation plans while French officials promise an eight hour day and better conditions to win support.
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Essen
Rhineland
Ruhr
Simon
Germany
John Bierairth
Social Legisla
Distillery Raided Near Sanitarium On Peachtree Street
Atlanta officers seized a large distilling outfit on West Peachtree Street near a sanitarium. About 400 gallons of rye and corn whiskey, 49 barrels of mash and beer, a dozen barrels of counterfeit Cedarbrook rye, and a full labeling supply were recovered. Mrs. M Diggs was arrested. others escaped via a roof signaling system from a three story, eighteen room mansion used for massage and packing.
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Atlanta
West Peach Tree Street
Santa’s
M. Diggs
Cedarbrook
Peachtree Street
Upshaw Confronted by Rum Evidence in Capitol
Representative Upshaw after a prohibition officials meeting faces a crowd of lawmakers who voted against the Volstead Act and admit drinking in the past. They urge being listed as drinking men to aid re election while asking for the source of twenty cases recently obtained.
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Washington
Prohibition
Congress
French engineers begin inspections in Essen mine district
In Essen on pay day the first test of France’s siege rule began as miners lined up for wages. French engineers started inspections aimed at diverting more coal to French buyers with Belgian and Italian engineers assisting, hoping for a peaceful process amid martial law.
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Essen
France
Alabama Train Wreck Near Piedmont
Witnesses said it was a miracle no passengers were killed after a Seaboard Air Line train wrecked in the yards at Piedmont Alabama. The passenger train struck drifting empty box cars from a siding, causing the engine and an express car to overturn and leaving track and equipment badly damaged.
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Piedmont
Ala
Seaboard Air Line
Turks Ready to Resume Fight Abroad
From Smyrna dispatch to Reuter's, Turks feverishly prepare to resume hostilities if Lausanne peace conference breaks down. Malta January 13.
Prohi Agents Question Rumor Of Wet Fleet
Sandy Hook New Jersey January 13 The phantom fleet of rum runners described in press dispatches was reportedly off the three mile limit but has vanished from the high seas. Prohibition chiefs defended official reports calling the tale a fake while noting the exaggerated landing figures would require hundreds of trucks to move the liquor.
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Altainiek Press
Willelm R
Jehowtmy
John Appleby
Prohibition
High Seas
Three Mile
Appleby
Yellowley
Moss
New Jersey Dry Forces
Dry Force Board of Strategy
Auto Suggestion Hinted to Relieve Low Temperature
District of Columbia rent commission hears Edwin H. Milstead complaint that his apartment is inadequately heated. Miss Susan A. Guffin argues the issue stems from mental state and auto-suggestions from thermometer readings. A cartoon titled The Blessing of having a thermometer around the house is included with the reply.
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Washington
District of Columbia Rent Commission
Edwin H. Milstead
Susan A. Guffin
Milstead
Mies Gaffin
Bank Safe Blown at Norwood. $30,000 Taken
In Norwood, Bridges & West store safes exploded today with a mattress placed to muffle the blast. Robbers fled by automobile after stealing $30,000 in Liberty bonds $1,000 in cash and other securities. No injuries reported.
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Baton Rouge
Bridges & West
Norwood
University of Chicago Students Guard Campus After Window Peeping
On January 13 students at the University of Chicago patrolled the campus to deter intruders who have been annoying coeds by peering into dormitory windows and tossing notes through open windows.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Refunding Body Recess in Washington Amid Talks
In Washington January a recess paused British American debt talks. President Harding met with party leaders to discuss funding provisions and final settlement terms with Great Britain. Officials indicated no desire to amend the funding statute during current negotiations and to shape forthcoming legislative scope.
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Washington, Jan
Harding
Great
Coué Lecture Draws Fashionable New York Audience
A stylish New York audience of society women attended Emil Coué's first public lecture on auto-suggestion. The speaker outlined his method while the crowd listened intently, culminating in a demonstration as several attendees volunteered to try his formulas.
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New York
N. Y
Dan
Emil Coue
Coue
Oldest European garment found in peat in Sweden
Archaeologists in Skara Sweden report a woolen garment discovered four feet under peat. Preservation by peat bog conditions suggests it may be among Europe’s oldest finds. The item is linked to early Iron Age craft in the region.
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London
Skara
Sweden
Europe
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