State Department Becomes Final Court in Immigration Case
The State Department gains final say on landing immigrants without passports after a dispute with the Labor Department over Donal O Callaghan the Cork lord mayor who was a stowaway. The ruling anchors passport controls and landings while a shooting incident on Dauphin street involves Herman Strouse and Alma O Bitz with injuries and divorce claims.
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State Department
Callaghan
Strouse
Washington
Department
Labor Department
Donal O’callaghan
Cork
O'Callaghan
Ison
Norfolk
O’callaghan
Third Day of Orphans Drive Under Way in Mobile
Mobile workers launched the third day of the orphans drive with $31,000 raised toward the $50,000 goal for 1921. General Chairman Gordon Smith and Captain Joseph H. Lyons spoke at the start from the Cawthon Hotel urging full effort. Rotary Club hosts will hear reports later as teams broaden solicitation beyond prior firm and name restrictions.
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United Orphan Drive
Cawthon Hotel
Gordon Smith
Joseph H. Lyons
Mobile
Rotary Club
Jury Probe Into Gas Under Way In Mobile
A Mobile court grand jury investigates price service and quality of Mobile Gas Company gas supplied to residents. Citizens appear with bills as two Alabama Public Service Commission experts visit homes and test gas service. C F Best and J Crozier conduct assessments and will report to the commission soon.
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Circult Court
Mobile Gas Company
Grand Thorughout
Grand Jury
Alaban Public Service Commission
Mobile
C. F. Best
J. Crozier
Publictervice Commission
City Food Inspection Enforcement Sought by Civic League
The Civic and Patriotic League's fair price committee plans an investigation into Meat and Milk inspection laws and soda fountain glass sterilization in Mobile. They will invite the city inspector to explain duties and methods amid complaints from housewives about poultry quality and a physician reports illness tied to preserved poultry.
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Fair Price Committee
The
Civic and Patriotic League
League
Mobile
James R. Hagan
Grand Jury
Harding Packs His Trunk for Miami and Florida Trip
President elect Harding packed his trunk in Marion Ohio marking his closure of local duties. He will travel to Florida for a vacation starting tonight and will visit Marion for one day before leaving. He relinquished control of the Marion Star but accepted an honorary chair on the Harding Publishing Company board. The train to Florida departs just before midnight via Columbus Cincinnati Chattanooga Atlanta and Jacksonville to St Augustine arriving Saturday morning.
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Harding
Florida
Marion Star
Harding Publishing Company
The
Couny
Columbus
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Man Convicted of Murder for Fourth Time in Cambria County
George C. Tompkins of Philadelphia, an auto racer, was convicted of first degree murder for the July 15 1917 killing of Mrs Edmund Humphries near Carrollton Cambria County His fourth trial ended in a first degree verdict after prior reversals and different verdicts The defense challenged sanity at the time and a trial motion was filed
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Holidaysburg
Pax
George C. Tompkins
Philadelphia
Edmund Humphries
Carrollton
Cambria County
Kins
Humphries
Edmund I. Humphries
Tompkins
Mrs. Humphries
Edmund I. Humphries, Jr
Egypt Cotton Syndicate Plans Market Strike
Cairo January 20 A 2 000 000 cantar cotton syndicate forms to push prices by withholding cotton Banks may finance the move while cotton experts doubt members knowledge of world markets Authorities have been asked for support though reliability is uncertain
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Cairo
Egypt
Committee of 100 Prepares Preliminary Ireland Report
Washington today announced a preliminary report by the committee of 100 investigating conditions in Ireland. The document will include conclusions and recommendations and will be issued soon, with hearings summarized in an appendix.
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Washington
Committee of 100
Ireland
Something Wrong With Lenin But None Knows What
Riga dispatch reports Lenin is gravely ill with conflicting condition notes. Moscow says he lies ill under tight guard amid poison plot fears as servants may be implicated. Some fear a regime crisis if the premier dies amid rumors of mental strain and overload.
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Riga
Nikolai Lenine
Moscow
Lenine
Price slain with own axe in Meridian home
Coroner Hopgood reports Moody Price murdered with his own axe. The weapon, found in Price’s woodshed, matched a tool he used regularly. Investigators describe the case as a maze of inconclusive evidence that points to no clear suspect yet.
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Meridian
Miss
Moody Price
Hopgood
United States
Price
Jazz piano moved into state department for show
Washington dispatch reports a piano found in the state department, reportedly borrowed by female staffers for an upcoming show. Secret service traced the source to the women's rest room and noted the incident as a lighthearted attempt to promote harmony in diplomacy.
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Washington
State Department
Secret Service
Sees Movie Then Sues “Other Man”
W Page of Kansas City filed for 20000 dollars alleging alienation of his wife's affections. He claims a film at a local hotel New Year's Eve festivities showed H Y Sauders with Mrs Page. Mrs Page has recently divorced Page.
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Kansas City
W. Page
Page
H. Y. Sauders
Sauders
Ford Gains Marginal Lead in Senatorist Recount
Henry Ford widened his margin by 1 290 votes over Truman H Newberry at noon recess in the Senatorist recount. The tally covers 1 281 precincts.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Truman H. Newberry
Nine Guardsmen Indicted in Jasper Lynching Case
A special grand jury in Jasper, Alabama indicted nine members of Company M state militia for murder tied to the lynching of miner William Baird. Arraignment is set for Friday in Jasper with potential additional indictments against civilians and possible venue change for trial.
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Jasper
Ala
William Baird
Company My
Robert Lancaster
Glenn L. Stephens
Joseph Key
James Klin
Manly R. Sexton
E. W. Speed
C. E. Richardson
William Hamby
Roy Patton
Wilkinson
Kilby
Birmingham
Company M
Horace C. Wilkinson
Smarr Rearrested on Murder Charge in McCann Case
In Savannah GA on January 20 John P Smarr was rearrested for the murder of John A McCann Georgia Federation of Labor secretary. The case hinges on Smarr saying he found McCann with his wife while investigators dispute that account. Smarr held without bail as bail appeal looms before the superior court.
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Savannah
John P. Smarr
John A. McCann
Georgia Federation of Labor
Smarr
McCann
Superior Court
Five-Cent Loaf Returns to Kansas City Trade
In Kansas City on January 26 the five cent loaf resumes selling. The 13 ounce loaf costs 4.14 cents to produce and baker Frank Klein reports daily sales rising from 40 to 660 loaves.
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Kansas City
Frank Klein
Population of Rio de Janeiro listed at 1,157,873
Rio de Janeiro records a population of 1,157,873 as of September in figures released today by the census bureau. The release provides the latest official city population count for Rio.
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Rio
Rio DE Janeir
Census Bureau
Shirt sleeve slayer slays infant in Oak Park house fire
Police scour Oak Park and adjacent areas for a man described in shirt sleeves who killed six month old Thelma Watkins as she slept in her crib and then set the Watkins home ablaze after Mrs Watkins left for a real estate office. A neighbor reported a man fleeing and an explosion preceded the fire. The infant was found dead with a fatal head wound. authorities cite possible insanity.
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Chicago
Oak Park
Orvil Watkins
Thelma Watkins
All-Water Freight Rate Set to Boost Alabama Trade
The Mallory Steamship Line announces an all-water rate from New York to Birmingham and Alabama points via Mobile and the Warrior river. The 80 percent rail rate becomes $1.75 per hundred pounds from $2.18 1 2, saving shippers about 43.12 cents per hundred. A Washington conference is planned with Mobile Chamber involvement.
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Mallory Steamship Line
New York
Birmingham
Alabama
Mobile
Warrior River
Alabama River
Aspingashin
Frederick I
United States Shipping Board
Oscar W. Underwood
Warrior River Service
Washington
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Henry DeBardeleben
Warrior River System
Tuscaloosa
House Alignment Changes Operate in 1923
Washington reports reapportionment bill keeps 435 membership. Eleven states lose a total of 12 seats shifted to eight states. Missouri loses two. California gains three. Michigan and Ohio gain two. several states gain one. Effective in 1922 pending Senate approval.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Missouri
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Vermont
California
Michigan
Ohio
Connecticut
New Jersey
North Carolina
Texas
Toledo Plans Soup Kitchen to Feed Unemployed
Toledo announces immediate setup of a soup kitchen to aid thousands of unemployed. Emergency labor commissioner John R. Crowell says the city faces its worst unemployment crisis as social service federation reports nearly 7,000 men lacking breakfast and awaiting work. 75 men were given jobs today.
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Toledo
John R. Crowell
The
Social Service Federation
Test of Alabama Shrimp Law Triggered by Biloxi Captain
Captain Ray Canaan of the Navahoe a Biloxi schooner is before a county court on a $100 fine for violating Alabama shrimping law. He vows to test the rule limiting shrimp taken in Alabama waters for canning. Chief Inspector Sprinkles arrested him and another Biloxi captain for later trials.
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Ray Canaan
Biloxi
Miss
Alabama
Louis Meyer
Bayou la Barre
Canaan
George T. Sprinkles
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
State Conservation
J. H. Wallace
J. Sprinkles
Little Bunny
Gulf City Packing Company
Sprinkles
No Hope in Home Rule Act Says Cork Bishop
Bishop Cohalian of Cork told the Guardian there is no lasting hope in the Home Rule law for Ireland. He doubted De Valera on a peace mission, warned that Sinn Feiners would likely win the Dublin legislature, and urged acceptance as a springboard to a better outcome.
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Manchester
Eng
Ireland
Cohalian
Cork
The
Guardian Today
de Valera
Dublin
Half Million Loot In Chicago Mail Robbery
Chicago post office officials report that a mail robbery at Union Station may total 500000 in bonds and securities plus currency. Brokers in New York and Chicago confirm substantial losses, with ongoing checks still incomplete as authorities review 12 sacks of registered mail stolen by bandits.
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Chicago
Union Station
Blair and Company
New York
Ames, Emerich and Company
Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Post Office
Mt. Vernon
Another Clue in Joe Parker Case Is Wrong Steer
The Joe Parker case continues unresolved as a New Orleans suspect, identified as H B Nash, is ruled not to be the Parker sought. Sheriff Holcombe reports the Mobile and New Orleans searches yielded no definitive lead, and the real Parker remains at large since January 14 last year.
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Joe Parker
New Orleans
H. B&b
Nash
Holcombe
Crescent City
New
Mobile
Parker
Negro Parker
Death Watch on For Negroes Who Dies on Friday
A death watch was placed on Robert Edwards alias Sex, a Black man sentenced to be executed Friday at daylight for murdering Sam Block. The private execution is set for 5 am with five witnesses allowed. Dan Charley, to be executed the same day, received an eleventh hour reprieve due to new evidence.
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Robert Edwards
Sex
Sam Block
Edwards
W. H. Holcombe, Jr
Dan Charley
Thomas E.kilby
Wrecked schooner Three Marys sold at auction
The schooner Three Marys damaged in the Gulf storm last September sold at noon today in front of the federal building. A.E. Wilson of New Orleans bought the dismantled vessel for $2,500. Walter Horn of Mobile acted as auctioneer. The ship, towed to Mobile after the storm, measures 16% gross tons.
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Gulf
Federal Building
New Orleans
Walter Horn
Mobile
Uncertain Weather Forecast in Washington and Mississippi
Weather notes show cloudy conditions with warmer temperatures expected tonight and Friday in Washington and Mississippi. details incomplete due to OCR errors. The report mentions cloud cover and temperature rise in the eastern portions but lacks clear locations and precise timing.
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Washington
Mississippi
Class Rates Put Back Into Effect Across Mississippi Valley
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved resuming class rate increases from Mobile to New Orleans and Pensacola with broader eastern and western routes. The rollback, once extended to March 1, faces ongoing objections and suspensions in parts of the Mobile area as railroads negotiate further limits.
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Ohio
Mobile
Mississippi Valley
Interstate Commerce Commission
UN Chamber of Commerce
Com Sion
Mobile Pensacola
New Orléans
Co Organization
State Commerce Co
Knights of Columbus Minstrel Tickets Go On Sale February 8
Local council announces tickets for the Knights of Columbus minstrel show go on sale February 8 at the theatre. Father E. Jordin, director of the show, promises it will be the best yet.
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Knights of Columbus
Merday
Jordin Father E
Stiot
Memphis taxi head arrested in narcotics raid
Memphis Tenn June reports say D Howell head of a taxi company and owner of a larger local firm was arrested after agents found drugs at his residence. His wife reportedly resisted during the raid as officers seized eight large drug containers.
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Memphis, Tenn
Jam 2Ford D. Howell
To Cab Company
Harrison Parcotic
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Honey) Strouse
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O’bitz
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Coetha
Buck ’ Iy
Appate
Miss O’bitz
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Servce
Committee of Civic and Patriotic Leagues
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Buardo
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East
Warrior
Memphis
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