Fire destroys Gore Hotel Store and Doctor Weston home in Fairhope
A Spanish Beauty in role of a society girl sparked a fire that destroyed the Gore Hotel, its grocery store, and Dr. Weston’s residence in Fairhope. Damage is about 20000 dollars. Volunteers battled the blaze at 2:30 am as wind spread flames. eight hotel guests and two families escaped half dressed. Fire partially insured. Dr. Weston a longtime winter resident.
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Gore
Fairhope
East Shore
Dr. Deston
Mobile
M. H. Bowen
G. W. Gore
Fairhope Avenue
Bayview Avenue
Dr. Weston
Five men arrested in Chicago raid on million dollar mail theft
Federal indictments name coast to coast figures in the 1921 Union Depot mail truck robbery valued over $1,000,000 in registered mail. Isadore Goldberg and Louis Kreitzer, jewelry brokers, posted $10,000 bail each after admitting they handled part of the loot.
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Chicago
Union Depot
Isadore Goldberg
Lwouis Kreitzer
Adam Cliff
Fendral
Ikadure Starr
Europe
George Hisxie
C. A. Jerdee
M. J. Reel
Aliad Howell
Los Angeles
Gfive Bhandita
Mobile Office of Vocational Division Opens in Mobile
The Mobile office of the state division of vocational education opened at the school board building with E L Grover in charge and Terry C Foster visiting. The program will assess disabled civilians over 16, place them in suitable training through schools colleges and local industry, and aim to make each individual self supporting while reducing charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Vocational Education
State Department of Education
School Board
E. L. Grover
Terry C. Foster
Grover
Montgomery
Veterans‘ Bureau
Mobile County School Board
Mobile Teacher Loses Salary Suit
The Alabama Court of Appeals upheld the Mobile circuit court ruling refusing to restore Sarah Greene Roche's name on the Mobile County school payroll after her dismissal by marriage. She sought mandamus to reinstate her and pay for days out of work during the term, but the lower court found the defendants, as state agents, meant she was effectively suing the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Court’of Appeals
Mobile Circuit Court
Sarah Greene Roche
Mobile County School Board
Mobile
Two Under Arrest On Prohi Charge In Federal Raid
Ed Hughes and Charlie Rice were arrested last night by federal authorities on capiases charging conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act. They remain in jail without bond as a federal case proceeds. F L Frazier, detained Sunday after discovery of a still near Pine Crest cemetery, posted bond on the state charge and then a federal bond to appear in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hughes
Charlie Rice
F. L. Frazier
Pine Crest Ceme
Detective Warren Resigns from Mobile Police Force
Detective Edward Warren has submitted his resignation to Chief Jesse F. Hogan effective immediately. He leaves to become manager of the Meridian Mississippi firm Bodeker Detective Agency and traveled there today. Warren came to Mobile about five years ago from Birmingham and played a role in several notable cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Warren
Jesse F. Hogan
Warren
Meridian
Miss
Bodeker
Mobile
Birmingham
Police Department
Officers Search For Stolen Auto Near Crown Theatre
Detectives and deputy sheriffs are searching for a Dodge touring car stolen from in front of the Crown Theatre after 8 o clock last night. F H Haas of 456 Michigan is the owner. Police and sheriff report the missing motor vehicle as a recent theft with investigations ongoing.
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Crown Theatre
F. H. Haas
Michigan
Weather Forecast for Alabama Mississippi
The weather report from Washington on January 16 predicts fair skies and colder conditions across Alabama and Mississippi. Interior regions may see freezing temperatures as the cold air moves in through Thursday.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Purchaser Convicted in Liquor Hearing
Seaman Will Berkley was fined 50 by Recorder Edington MOEN after Murray and her husband Brooks Murray were charged with selling liquor. Detectives testified Mrs. Murray delivered a half pint of white whiskey to Berkley, who smashed the bottle during arrest. The court noted husband liability did not apply when evidence showed sale by the wife. Notices of appeal were filed and the recorder placed Brooks Murray on the docket for violating prohibition law.
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Will Berkley
Edington Moen
Murray
Govenment Street
Berkely
Berkley
Brooks Murray
Touart
Bears Acquire Behan From Phillies In Pitcher Shuffle
Behan right hander is purchased from the Phillies by the Bears per President R. M. Weinacker. He is the tenth pitcher on the roster and will compete for a regular twirler role as Huhn trains the squad. Behan’s 1921 20 9 and 1922 21 4 records in Michigan Ontario and his 1923 Phillies season shows 12 defeats 3 wins.
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Behan
Philadelphia Nationals
Mobile
R. M. Weinacker
Bears
Huhn
Phillies
Majors
40 Mile Wind Reported In Mobile Squall
A 40 mph wind was recorded in Mobile at 1 20 this morning during a squall from a gulf disturbance. 2.70 inches of rain fell in the past 24 hours the heaviest since October 16. Pensacola logged 65 mph winds in the early hours. The forecast calls for fair colder weather with a low near 40 tonight and Thursday.
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Mobile
Gulf
Pensacola
Pool Room Incident Ends With Fine for Throwing Ball
Clarence Loyd was fined 25 dollars or 265 days after throwing a pool ball from a pool room at northwest Joachim and St Michael streets. The ball shattered a car windshield owned by Earl Dykes and almost struck him. Quimby Welch testified a general fight occurred and pool balls were used as weapons. Dykes identified Loyd as the offender.
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Clarence Loyd
The
Recorder
Northwest Joachim
St. Michael Streete
Earl Dykes
Latty
Motorcyclefier Quimby Welch
Jar
Wma
County Budget Sparks Highway Funding Debate for 1924
County Treasurer George Stone presents a 1924 budget showing 130000 for all highway work and 146000 for maintenance. The Ways and Means committee of 21 members, joined by local citizens, will meet at the Cawthor Hotel Thursday night to discuss funding and gravel projects amid illness of Chairman Towle.
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Board of Revenue
Cawthor Hotel
Pat Byrne
Albert 8
Towle
George Stone
Ways and Means
Three Arrests After Auto Smash At Government and Concepton
Lena D P Harris 32 faces reckless driving and operating while drunk after a collision at Government and Concepton streets. James W Harris 47 and John Woods 43 charged with public drunkenness. Roy Schaffer drove the other car. Mrs Harris and Woods injured. Deputy Sheriff John H Moore reported the docketing. City Detective Edward Qualls investigated.
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Lena DP. Harris
James W. Harris
John Woods
Concepton
John H. Moore
Edward Qualls
Schaffer
Government Street
Harris
Concepton Street
Dismissal in Right of Way Case And Traffic Fine
A. H. Pratt, machinist, arrested on Spring Hill avenue for blocking police right of way, was dismissed by the recorder after Pratt claimed the officer was not in uniform and he could not identify the police car. J. Fisch fined $10 for causing a collision with F. T. Schiorff’s auto at Dauphin and Conception streets. George Smith testified Fisch failed to heed a traffic signal.
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A. H. Pratt
Springhill Avenue
Tunstall
Police Department
Recorder
Pratt
J. Fisch
F. T. Schiorff
Dauphin
Conception Streets
George Smith
Fisch
Alabama Sues GM & N Railroad Over Back Taxes
The state through Attorneys Outlaw and Kilborn filed in circuit court against Gulf Mobile & Northern railroad to recover about $35,000 in franchise taxes. The suit names the New Orleans Mobile & Chicago Railroad, now under federal receivership and later sold to GM&N, with the state asserting the new owners owe taxes on the property.
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State of
Alabama
Outlaw & Kilborn
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Lailroad Company
F. B. McArthur
Thecompl T
New Orleans Mobile & Chicago Railroad
G. M. & On. Road
Poll Tax Payments Lag In Mobile County
State and County Tax Collector P. B. Dorion reports 1923 poll taxes in Mobile County are paying slowly with only sixteen days left to avoid delinquency after February 1. Taxpayers show little interest in settling the tax.
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Mobile
P. B. Dorion
Beth Zur Lodge to Name Officers at Regular Meeting
Beth Zur Lodge No. 84 1 O. B. E. will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight at 7 30 at the B N?ai B R ith hall. Important business will be transacted and a large attendance is requested.
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Beth Zur Lod
B’nai B’rith
Search Ends for Man Owed Big Sum in Chile Contract
Nathan Liegd formerly of Santiago Chile ended a yearlong worldwide hunt at the Denver office of the governor and asked for directions to pay him about $3000 promised on a contract he signed in Chile. The case began with a Santiago bank seeking him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Nathan Liegd
Santiago
Chile
Apted
Sue
Associated Press
Prohibition Anniversary Marked by National Event
Washington observers marked the eighteenth amendment’s fourth anniversary with the Anti Saloon League convention at the White House pledge to prohibition and the constitution. Revenue and enforcement leaders stressed stronger control of liquor sources and undercover work to curb bootlegging and related crimes amid calls for nonpartisan enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anti-Saloon League of America
White House
Prohibition
Coolidge
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals
Rey A. Haynes
Jimmy Nailin Returns Home After Feet Straightened
Jim Nailin the crippled boy who came to Chicago last May for treatment had his feet straightened and strengthened. He left Chicago for Tiptonville Tennessee where friends gathered and a purse was made for him. Citizens offered adoption while his father and stepmother urged his return. A fund of $100 was raised in Tiptonville to help his father who farms near Hickman Kentucky.
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Chicago
Jimmy Nailin
Tiptonville
Tenn
Jimmy
Bir
Hickman, Ky
Poincare Plans to Trim Officials to Cut Expenses
Paris Jan. 16 Premier Poincare asked his cabinet collaborators to confer today on dropping a number of officials. He estimates the move will save five or six hundred million francs yearly. Public reaction to the government financial program drawn up yesterday is largely favorable according to press comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Poincare
Wealthy Carolinian Dies Of Apoplexy In Columbia
George L. Baker a Columbia banker and business leader noted as one of the state's wealthiest men died after a stroke at his home early today He never regained consciousness and the death was reported from Columbia on January 16 The news item records Baker's status and sudden death from apoplexy in his residence.
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Columbia
George L. Baker
Todd to Inspect Mobile Shipyards Friday Morning
William H Todd owner of Todd Shipyards and other yards will arrive in Mobile Friday morning for a tour of inspection. He travels from Washington with a corporate official party. He owns the tow boats James Dougherty and Harry Gao operated by Gull Towing and Wrecking.
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William H.todd
Todd Shipyards
Mobile
Mie
Todd
Washington
Pamarens
United Staties
Inn
James Dougherty
Harry Gao
Gull ‘Towing and Wreckings
Are You a Scofflaw It’s a New Word Wins Prize
Boston judges chose scofflaw as the winner of a $200 prize from 25,000 suggestions from 48 states and several foreign countries. The epithet targets the lawless drinker rather than liquor itself, begins with s, and should be short. Henry Irving Shaw and Miss Kate L Butler shared the prize for submitting the term.
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Boston
Acofflaw
Scofflaw
Henry Irving Shaw
Shawsheen
Mass
Kate L. Butler
Dixie League Formed By Five Cities In South
Montgomery Alabama January meeting plans a Class 1he league of eight clubs from Alabama Georgia and Florida. Cities named include Dothan Albany Anniston Montgomery Selma and Cupanbbas. Schedule to start late April or May with a split season of forty five games per session and a $2100 salary for players.
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Montgomery
A. Ma
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Dethan
Cupanbbas
Pen _ Bia
Anniston
Albany
Selma
Dixie League
Lincoln confession questioned in wife murder case
Aurora Til Jan 16 Warren J Lincoln a lawyer and horticulturist who confessed to killing his wife and her brother and cremating their bodies last year is held without bail on two murder charges Mayor Green doubts the confession and says the story of burning the bodies in a green house furnace is untrue He claims both Mrs Lincoln and Byron Shoup may turn up alive.
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Aurora
Til
Warren J. Lincoln
Yemeraday
Green
Hane County
Lincoln
Byron Shoup
Lettish Cabinet Resignation Tendered in Latvia
Riga Jan 16 Premier Metrovitz submitted the resignation of his cabinet to the president. The move follows opposition from center groups in parliament to the minister of finance.
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Riga
Latvia
Metrovitz
Center
Federal officials to return from Selma session
Four federal officials who attended a Sunday session in Selma are expected to return by Thursday or Friday. The court action was anticipated to last three or four days and may be completed upon their return.
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Colon
Panama
America
Panama Canal
United States
Canal Zone
Pacific
Caribbean
Adm
Federal Court 4
Selma
Public service commission proposed to manage Muscle Shoals power project
A proposed public super-power commission would take over the Reclamation Service and Federal Power Commission roles, to develop Muscle Shoals properties into a national electric project, financed by a 500 million revolving bond and empowered to produce fertilizers and nitrates for farmers at cost. The panel would be permanent, independent, and policy-free, with three members overseeing conservation of natural resources and exploitation of water power and fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Service Commission
Reclamation ‘Service
Federal Power Commission
Muncle Shoals
Ala
Anaes
Conte
Wes
Estinbton
Jae Conlt
Wee
Alec
Uscle Shoals
United States
Muscle Shoals
Asia
Wrong Impression on Tax Corrected
Washington, Jan. 16. The internal revenue bureau issued a statement to correct mistaken belief that congress passed a tax reduction bill. Thousands of taxpayers are filing 1923 returns under the 1921 act while awaiting any amendment.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Bureau
Quake Toll in New Japan Rises Amid Aftermath
Reports from a strong quake near Tokyo indicate about thirty dead and extensive damage. Emergency shelters were set up and temporary services restored as officials assess the impact on transportation and communications.
Fascisti Plot Clouded in Secrecy During Election Campaign
The government keeps the alleged Fascist plot under tight seal as inquiry closes. An organization linked to the election campaign is described by officials as radical and alarming reports surface, though the Witos government denies direct involvement. Members are said to be enthusiasts. several have been questioned but no arrests announced.
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WAHSS
S Catéd Press
Gove
Campa
Ics
Witos Governmenys
Sdiste
Autopsy Held for W B O Neile in Galveston
An autopsy was conducted today over the body of W B O Neile in Galveston Texas. The brief report notes the deceased was 40 years old and served as assistant general of the Sinclair Retin. The lingering details remain unclear due to incomplete text.
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Galveston
Texas
Tan
W. B. 40
Sinclair
Two Injured As Cars Derail Along Outskirts Tracks
Two people were injured when cars derailed on railroad tracks near Jackson Michigan. Emergency crews responded as investigators began securing the site and assessing the cause of the derailment.
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Jackson, Mich
Walker
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James L. Kelgallen
International News Service
Respondent
Omate
W. Smith
Lieutenan Moore
Costa
Langley
Mander
Jinja
New York
Neilien Nast
State Department
PROHI
FORCE
Ways and
Beth Zur Lodge
Drys
Haynes
Mabel W. Willibrandt
Secretary of the Treasury
Lettish
Tokio
Pato
Meath
Yroxi
Fascisti
W.B. O’neile
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