Two Held After Night Accident Near Neely Station
J M Thompson and W Allen both of Whistler are jailed without bail on charges of failing to stop after a crash on St Stephen road near Neely Station that left Mace Vickers of Wilmer badly hurt. Vickers lies dazed at home as doctors await injury outcomes.
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J. M. Thompson
Allen
Whistler
St. Stephen’s Road
Neely
Mace Vickers
Wilmer
Vickers
Thompson
W. C. Cantrell
Richard Tanner
Norris murder trial updates reveal witness accounts in Texas
Mrs. Phoebe Gilliam wife of the Searchlight manager testifies in the Norris murder case detailing her arrival at the office and seeing the body of D E Chipps while denying naming the eye witness L H Nutt. Doc Redmond describes his arrival near Norris office and a man he followed up the stairs. Roxie Parker testifies from the doorway as shooting occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Phoebe Gilliam
J. Frank Norris
the Searchlight
Norris
William McLean
Gilliam
D. E. Chipps
Chipps
L. H
Marvin Simpson
Dr. Norris
General Church
Simpson
Redmond
Roxie Parker
Aoe
Ft. Worth
Houston
Tragedy Near Birmingham Claims Two Lives
Authorities report the discovery of A B Moore a 40 year old superintendent of safety and sanitation for the Southern Railway and an unidentified woman shot to death beside an abandoned car on the outskirts of Birmingham. Police say the woman appeared to be about 22 years old and both victims were found with no clear motive or charges filed.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. B Moore
Sani
Southern Railroad
Southern Railway
Tecay Parrol
Sunday Scores Church Apathy at Billy Sunday Revival
The revival at St Anthony and Royal streets features Presbyterian Episcopal Disciple and Lutheran night with special seating for church groups. The evangelist denounces member apathy toward soul-saving and urges lay participation, warning against moral indifference and hypocritical religiosity.
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Tabernacle
St. Anthony and Royal Streets
Christ
God
Jesus Christ
Jurors drawn for murder hearing in Lonzey case
A special 100 jurors panel was drawn in circuit court for the murder trial of Charlies Lonzey, indicted for killing his wife in the gas works district. Lonzey claims insanity. county attorney D R Coley Jr was appointed. Trial set for January 28. The killing occurred last month. Lonzey said at arraignment the death was accidental.
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Charlies Lonzey
Lonzey
D. R. Coley, Jr
Lowzey
Alleged Burglar Faces Trial Over Office Safe Theft
Thomas Stratier alias Neil McDonald was indicted on burglary charges after detectives and police linked him to a break in at the National CA sister company on Conti Street opposite the station. The alleged crime involved entering the officer of the company and robbing a safe.
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Thomas Stratier
Neil McDonald
The
National CA
Y. W
Conti Street
Boy Injured in Auto Crash Files Suit for 10000
Edward Norville Morris by his father Robert Morris sues E D Ledyard for ten thousand dollars claiming a car owned by Ledyard failed to stop at Wilkinson and Conti streets last July, causing Earnest Gaines to strike the minor on the sidewalk.
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Edward Norville Morris
Robert 3. Morris
E. D. Ledyard
Wilkinson and
Conti Streets
Earnest Gaines
Solicitors in Chest Drive Give Time Without Pay
Community Chest solicitors donate time and effort with no compensation beyond satisfaction, denouncing rumors of commission. Campaign opens Monday with school banners for top donors and best per student effort. H H Wefel chairs schools committee with multiple school section heads named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest
Gordon Smith
Oing
H. H. Wefel
Commantes
H. C. Vigor
Hydrant Inspector Hurt in City Collision
Conrad Spatz hydrant inspector for the city suffered injuries in a crash at Arch and Jefferson streets. Affected by a two car collision involving Charles Murphy and E Cowan, Spatz was taken to hospital by Cowan before returning home. Phillip Mann, injured Thursday, recovers at City hospital with fractures to right arm and leg after being struck by Eunice Jackson’s car.
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Conrad Spatz
Peane
Arch and
Jefferson Streets
Spatz
Charles F. Murphy
South Jefferson Street
Cowan
Church Street
Phillip Mann
South
Cedar Street
Fog Delays River and Bay Traffic
Heavy fogs in recent mornings disrupt river and bay traffic with several merchant ships held at the bar before entering the bay and arriving two to three hours late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I River
Saukee Copter? Coast Guard Cutter Removed From Drydocks
The coast guard cruiser Saukee, undergoing repairs at Drydock, was taken from the facility yesterday. The vessel is patrol and rescue capable, with operations centered around Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Saukee
Mobile
Mobile County Officials Face Salaried Salary Bill
Representative E. J. Groves' bill to place all Mobile county officials on salaries and send their fees to the county treasury passed the house without dissent. If approved by the senate the measure would cover sheriff, judge of probate, tax assessor, and tax collector and change tax collection incentives. An attempt to strike the tax collector failed, with Representative Rogers arguing it could raise tax delinquencies. The amendment was defeated 51 to 38 with Representative Vickers voting for Groves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Groves
Mobile County
House of Representatives
Senate
Rogers
House
Vickers
Groves
Franck Emerges as Key Figure in France Finance
M. Louis Franck rises as the most formidable figure in French finance after Premier Poincare, as he takes the helm of the National Bank of France and shapes policy alongside the government.
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National Bank of France
M. Louis Franck
France
Poincare
Spain to Send Cruiser to China
London dispatch reports the Spanish government will send the cruiser Blas Lezo to Shanghai immediately to protect twenty Spanish subjects in Shanghai and Spanish missions in China after reports of outrages in Fukien involving a Spanish bishop and an orphanage.
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London
Madrid
Missionary Fleeing Foochow Reaches Shanghai
Syracuse man reports his father Bishop Brown remains in Foochow to head Chinese missions as anti foreign rioters threaten. The missionary SYRACUSE native Op Brown fled to Shanghai with other refugees. cable says Mother gone Shanghai and “Quiet today.”
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Syracuse
Op Brown
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Foochow
China
Shanghai
Bishop Brown
G. Carleton Brown
Brown
Demand Repeal of Prohi Laws at Anti-Prohibition Dinner
Philadelphia January 20. Economist John Philip Hill argues next year’s elections will push the prohibition issue back to the states. At a well attended anti prohibition enlightenment dinner by the Philadelphia Boosters Association he cites centralization waning and claims three quarters of House members favor repeal. Senator elect Ware and New York Democrats pledge support to the wet cause in Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
John Philip Hill
Land
Philadelphia Boosters Association
House of Representatives
East
William 8. Ware
Washington
Democratic Organization of New York
Pennsylvania
John J. Casey
Cotton spinning more active in December than November
Washington dated report shows December cotton spinning activity rose from November. Active spindle hours totaled 8.56 billion with an average of 229 hours per spindle, and 37.51 million spindles operated during December at 100.3 percent capacity on a single shift, compared with November's 37.88 million at 101.2 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Start Fight On Canyon Dam Bill
Washington January 2 The fight to obtain privileged legislative status for the Swing Johnson Boulder Canyon dam bill began today before the House Rules Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon Dam
Bill
Washington
Jan
Boulder Canyon
House Rules Committee
Rain Forecast for Tonight and Friday
The local weather bureau issued a forecast predicting rain tonight and Friday. Expect showers across the region with possible thunder and cooler temperatures ahead of the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cera Telat Can Wei
Weather Bureau
Teen Fiances Fatal Poison Case Deepens Mystery
Vera Bellefeuille, 19, denies threatening to poison Elrod, whose death at a Marshalltown hotel may be from poison or natural causes. Experts split on poison presence while coroner's jury holds death probably violent and possibly poison. Bellefeuille testified Elrod asked about a fictitious rival before his death.
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Marshalltown
Vera Bellefeuille
Charles Elrod
Elrod
Nehaled
Wilburn. Teeters
University of Iowa
Roy L. Pelm
Veda
Keith Clayton
Tickets Sold for Policemen's Ball
Traffic Officers Phillips C. Pitroff and Frank B. Green head a Mobile Police Relief Association flying squadron to issue tickets for the annual ball at the No 10 Storage Company auditorium 65 South Royal Street on February 22. The city businessmen are being solicited today as arrangements are led by General Chairman J H Bressingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips C. Pitroff
Frank B. Green
Mobile Police Relief Association
No. 10
South Royal Street
J. H. Bressingham
Brooks backs Chest for Mobile city advance
Stewart Brooks, president of the Peppies Bank, declares the Community Chest inauguration a major forward move for Mobile. He says the system coordinates charitable work and enhances the community’s overall good, stressing its high value and potential.
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Mobile
Stewart Brooks
The
Peppies Bank
Ware Ballots Stored for Senate Inquiry in Capitol
The 2000 ballot boxes and 3000 registration books from Philadelphia city and county were transported to the senate office building in Washington for guarded storage. A large clerical force will count ballots and verify registrations as the investigation into alleged voting and registration fraud proceeds under the Senate campaign funds committee.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Senate
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
William B. Wilson
Williams. Ware
Williams pleads burglary and gets eighteen months
Robert J. Williams also known as W T Williams and Romaine Webvi pleaded guilty in the circuit court to burglary and grand larceny and received a year and a half in the penitentiary. The case notes Williams slept in Petros’ room on North Conception street and allegedly stole $119 in cash plus checks from his pockets before cashing one ace issue. Detectives Moody and Franco pursued the arrest.
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Robert J. Williams
W. T. Williams
Romaine Webvi
Williams
Petros
Conception Street
Moody and
Franco
Pattie Een Srw
Wealthy Nurse Found Dead On Beach Robbery Victim In Jersey
Camden police pursue a murder robbery theory after Mrs. Mary Clark was found dead on Cape May Beach. Two Cape May youths, 18 year old Harry Rutherford and another, identified themselves to Camden detectives but offered no information to solve the case. An abandoned car linked to Cape May residents is searched as investigators explore a theory that the nurse’s body was dumped on the shore after a robbery.
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Jersey
J. Jans
Camden
Mary
Clark
Cape
Harry Rutherford
Cape May
Canan
Wil
L. Mount
Futerford
Cape A
C May
Unsolved Beach Death Probed as Murder or Accident
Cape May New Jersey January 20 three theories murder death by own action and accidental death are being studied in the case of a woman's body found on the beach last Saturday identified as Mrs Mary Clark. Her home was thought to be Pittsburgh or Washington DC. She had notable wealth and lived at Haddon Hall Atlantic City until January 10 before departing for Washington then to New York. She carried money and jewelry though none was found on the body. A pocketbook with 50 cents and a railroad mileage book was found 90 feet away. Coroner William M Thompson leads the inquiry with no marks of foul play noted yet.
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Cape May
N. J
Mary
Clark
Pittesburgh
Washington, D. C
Haddon Hall
Atlantic City
Washington
New York
William M. Thompson
New Canton Murder Mystery Plunges Canton Police
Canton Ohio authorities faced a new murder mystery as the nude body of an unidentified man, skull crushed and strangled, was found in a sewer. An attempt to burn the body followed, with coroner T C McQuate noting death about two weeks ago. A coat and tie bearing the label Gome Clothing, 784 Viltw Avenue, New nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
T .C. MecQuate
Sunday Ball Not Legal in Virginia
The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Sunday baseball is not legal in Virginia. The ruling followed a test run by Richmond and Portsmouth clubs of the Virginia League to stage games on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richmond
On Court of Appeals
Portsmouth
Reed Appeals for Return of State's Rights
Senator Reed urged examination of federal powers and urged an American policy to keep free from entanglements war and ambition He called for a strong navy to defend commerce and shorelines and for national development such as desert reclamation water power and tax reform He stressed avoiding corruption illiteracy and inequality as key issues for the era
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Ponat
Pc Eabem
Ahield
Proses Tac
Constoe
John C. McKeon
Philadelphia
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Marvin H. Brown
Fort Worth
Texas
Reed
Senate Postpones Action On Kellogg Transcript
Washington report notes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee again delayed a decision to publish the revised Kellogg transcript on Nicaragua. Chairman Borah cancelled today's meeting and called a session for tomorrow to review the transcript and related resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kellogg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Boral
Senate
Liner Returns Following Crash
New York report notes a liner returning to port after a crash, with details of the incident and vessel involved.
Railroad union talks amid Southern Rally discussions
A fragmented report outlines wage talks and contract negotiations involving the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Dentiations with regional leaders from the Southern region. No public statements were issued as talks proceeded, with no contract expiration announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rere
Suspect Denies Part in Plot Trial in Paris
Garibe di and 16 others faced trial in Paris over an alleged plot against Spain. Garibaldi denied involvement and claimed the threat led to deportation of his family to Italy. The judge suspended session amid the fracas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Garibedi
Macia
Spain
Garibaldi
Italy
Sion
City Ends 48 Hour Fire Free Period
Officials report no fires in Mobile for a 48 hour stretch while weather remains warm and damp. Chief Gus praised by officers for maintaining safety during the period as residents notice continued calm in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
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