16 Jan 1925
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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
1
Easton Pa Jan 16 Oliver M Ready escaped from prison and fled to Phillipsburg New Jersey where he became intoxicated. He hired a taxi cab and had himself driven back to prison.
Special federal grand jury activity intensified with Hugo Black arriving from Birmingham to lead the investigation into Mobile liquor cases. Four Mobile inmates testified, signaling potential new evidence for prosecutions in February before Judge William S. Grubb.
The city commission will seek bids within thirty days for two central fire stations at Water and Church and at Scott Springhill and St Francis streets, plus a new fire house at Lipscombe and streets and another at Conception and nah. Also bid solicitations include dock extensions at Dauphin, a second floor office, City hospital repairs, and a new 200000 fire alarm and police signal station. Bond issues totaling 485000 are arranged with sinking funds set. Mayor Hartwell said plans for the city’s largest improvements are ready for the architect’s review. Costs: two central stations 176000, signal system 200000, dock extension 35000, hospital improvements 75000.
Today's session of the recorder's court lasted thirteen minutes with the recorder acting on sixteen cases. Carrie Bell Beckham, a Black woman, faced an assault with a knife charge. hearing postponed to next Tuesday due to the complainant being in City hospital. Valerie Beck of 654 South Franklin Street named as victim. Violations of the speech laws dwindled to two cases, defendants C W Tate and Duncan McGinnis fined sixteen dollars or fifteen days. Francis Brown, a Black woman, charged with allowing chickens to run at large. case adjourned until Saturday.
The state agricultural experiment station will be formally disclosed with the board of revenue by Auburn at a conference January 24. Prof M J Fun chess, director of the Auburn station, sent the date in a letter. Auburn men will supervise forty acres of Satsumas and grapes at the county farm for growth experiments to maximize yields. Authority for the establishment was voted by the board of revenue at a recent meeting.
The Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa arrives to be fumigated with the crew evacuated for the procedure. Dr. Carl Michel of the quarantine station supervised the process as the ship’s routine cleaning was noted.
Be France January 16 departure of two French airships for a flight across North Africa and the Sahara to Lake Tohad was postponed due to fog. One aircraft to be commanded by Captaine Georges Pelletier Doisy of Paris to Tokio fame.
Rain and cooler conditions move across Alabama tonight with another round of light rain and dropping temperatures. Forecast calls for clearing skies tomorrow with brisk, chilly conditions and frost in some inland areas.
City officials discuss an Orlando Florida excursion organized by the Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Hartwell presides as a unit forms to gather names, assign car space, and issue registration slips. H. Lackland will handle registrations while committees on advertising and arrangements coordinate upcoming meetings.
The forecast for Mobile predicts a dry, fair, and colder Saturday after rain continues today and tonight. No severe weather is expected by tomorrow morning. Observers report about 2.07 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours, with .92 inches from 7 to 9 this morning.
J A McAfee through Outlaw and Kilbern filed a claim with the clerk of the board of revenue for a refund of 121.88 paid for licenses to operate several roscoe vending machines. The machines were seized by the police after payment and the license was found to be accepted in error. A petition to Probate Judge Price Williams was certified and the claim will go to the board for payment.
Lorenzo Giovanetti former steward of the Italian steamer Vallescura, serving a sixty day county jail term for breaking ship stores seals, was taken to the Marine hospital from the county jail. He was stricken in the afternoon, treated by Dr. S F Hale, and his condition grew alarming prompting Sheriff Schwarz to authorize removal.
Damages totaling 20500 were filed in circuit court. Clement La Fevre Coleman sues Adams Motor Company for 5000 over alleged injuries to Sarah L. Coleman on April 12. Amravis sues for 5000 for injuries from a December 12 automobile incident. Emilia C Marques and Leon Schulltigg each sue Bertram J. Vorel for 5000 over imprisonment on January 9. Lucille N. Williams sues Sheffield Patterson Coal Co. for damages from a December 20 automobile collision with a coal company truck.
Conductor James K Tyrell and Special Agent Charles Ferrer of the Louisville and Nashville road discussed the $1 000 New Orleans city reward for the Marine Bank robbery capture with city officials. The share is expected to be divided among Ferrer Tyrell and Police Detectives Wilcox and Pistole. Ferrer, shot in the incident, still wears a bandaged left arm.
Members of the New York board of revenue and non paving engineers inspected the Cedar Point road this noon. They reviewed tar preparation for paving on a clay gravel base and discussed gravel depth before laying the paving surface. The group considered several material classes for future projects.
Henry Brown of 566 Cham ham Street told Chief Warren Burch that $60 was stolen from his home by his brother in law T. Montgomery. Brown later said the sum was not taken by Barnett, and that the money was lost while he was away.
The Interstate Commerce Commission grants reparations to National Reduction Corporation of Mobile and Calvert for pine stump shipments to the Calvert plant. About 193 carloads were involved and handled by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic department during federal railroad control. The case centers on Calvert and Mobile as the principal parties.
The $39,000,000 rivers and harbors appropriation bill passes the House without amendment and awaits Senate action. It funds a Tennessee River survey, a Mobile Bay deepening study, and Bayou La Batre work, with no immediate expansion of Mobile Bay. Representative McDuffie urged broader action, while no amendment was adopted to advance immediate deepening.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for stenographer-typists on February 14. Exams start at 1 p m. Passing the department list leads to Washington appointments while field service passes qualify for Mobile and other Fifth District posts. Miss Georgia Hooks notes demand exceeds supply and qualifying candidates have excellent appointment chances. Apply to Miss Hooks at the Mobile Post Office for more information and blanks.
Pittsburgh reports of the kidnaping of 16 year old Charles Cottage, son of J D Cottage, a Conway butcher, were dispelled when the boy was located in Youngstown Ohio. He said he feared to tell his parents about missing school and boarded a train before police found him.
Harry Malcombe Edward Smith and Ambrose Geary all of Buffalo were executed in Sing Sing's electric chair for the murder of Mae Bigham wife of a Buffalo druggist on November 11 1923. Patrick Murphy convicted of the same crime awaits his fate. Geary surprised his sons by calmly facing doom while smoking a cigarette and chatting with the warden and chaplain.
Dorothy Ellingson, 16, confessed to shooting her mother Mrs Anna Ellingson in Los Angeles after a day of quarreling and a night of dancing in a friend’s apartment. Police held several suspects for contributing to a minor’s delinquency as details emerged of her chaotic life and motives.
William La Prade Killebrew age 69, a Robertson county native famed for Mississippi river levee work, died of pneumonia in St Louis. He attended West Point and helped his brother J D Killebrew, credited with Denison Texas first brick house, on levee projects in Greenville Mississippi Memphis and bid for harbor work at San Pedro California.
Charles Henry Roy al Skidmore College president died early today in New York. He led the college in Saratoga Springs and his death was announced by officials this morning.
The Croker children sue in federal court claiming the Palm Beach homestead of the late Richard Croker was unlawfully deeded to his widow Bula. They seek annulment of deeds and transfer of the property to the Croker children while preserving widow’s dower rights. A second suit seeks a temporary injunction against disposing of the property pending final decree.
In St Louis on January 16, the government kept only a few minor witnesses as the trial of William P. Colbeck and eight co defendants continued over the $260 million mail truck robbery dated April 2, 1923. Ray Reynard testified about gang preparations and loot disposal while George Halliday described bonds found at Whitey Doer ing’s home and an $18,000 sale. John Niedringhaus recounted his part in the attempted bond sales.
Three American destroyers reached Shanghai from Manila as six nations guard the internment camps housing defeated Chinese forces. The Chinese commander Chi Hsieh Yuan secured Hoo Chow without a clash and Lu ang Heiang reportedly prepared three steamers heading to Shanghai.
Two holdup men entered the bank at Burgh and forced Lawrence Sands to pay them. The bank director's son Joh Sands was wounded when he ran to call for help. Police traced the loan, but the bandits fled after shooting the younger Sands on the left. A reward of 10 dollars was announced.
H R Dat fier, fifty, killed himself by slashing his throat with a razor at a local hotel in Atlanta. His body will be sent back to Indianapolis after his wife identified him and located him in Georgia.
Twenty three inmates in the principal action jail at Leningrad are on trial for plotting to kill a fellow prisoner alleged to be a Cheka informer. The attack involved two assailants and occurred under guard watch as investigators pursue the Cheka spy claim.
Police recover two charred bodies from a burning Frank varnish plant in Chicago. Early reports identify them as workers, including a truck driver, as investigators comb through the blaze scene for identities and causes.
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