Bastrop Traffic Cases and Mobile Bond Parade
In Bastrop a youth 21 John Katool of 665 Franci street was fined 50 days in jail for speeding on Monroe street with an extra 20.25 fine on an automobile without a license. Evans the negro was fined 15. five days for reckless riding on a bicycle at Dauphin and St Emanuel. Williams, Stiggins and others faced traffic and collision related actions. Barton Academy students, 1500 strong, will march Mobile’s downtown at 3 pm to push a high school bond issue of 700000 split city and county for new facilities and a separate 380000 to redeem warrants. In a murder indictment Harry French, a federal employee, shot James Behan in a 206 Conti street rooming house amid narcotics raids and requested move to federal court. James McKenzie was arrested on a concealed weapon charge. Dr C B Chapman bonded out after a faulty indictment.
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Jaid
Jacob
Katool
Kaol
Monroe Street
Kabi
Creed
Kato
Recorder
Evans
Dauphin
Emanuel Sets
F. P. Ward
P. B. Stiggins
Parham Street
Stiggins
Williams
Ana
Government Street
Marshall
Bestor
Joseph
Empire Theater
Barton Academy
Mobile
Royal
County Board of Revenue
Harry French
James Behan
Conti Street
French
Preschar
Behan
Recorder’s Court
James McKenzie
McKenzie
C. “Be. Chapman
Chapman
Mississippi Attorney General resigns and vacancy named
Jackson Mississippi January 22 Attorney General Frank Robertson today tendered his resignation to Governor Russell effective February 1 Judge Clayton Potter former assistant justice of the supreme court and senior counsel for State Revenue Agent Stokes V Roberson celebrated anti trust suits against five insurance companies formerly operating in the state has been named by the governor to fill the unexpired term Robertson has accepted a position as assistant general counsel for the National Board of Underwriters in New York Washington January 22 England faces 2 million jobless while unemployment varies in many countries industry in the United States is regaining momentum Employment rose 2 4 percent in the prior month and a 328 survey shows payrolls increased in several sectors while others fell with notable gains in clothing and foundry industries and a 10.2 rise in rolls in December uncertain data.
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Jackson
Miss
Frank Robertson
Russell
Clayton Potter
Supreme Court
Stokes V. Roberson
Roberson
National Board of Underwriters
New York
Washington
England
Govern
Agricultu
Sam bin
Stills Seized Across Week In Prohibition Sweep
State agents confiscated autos twelve taxed and two steamers during a week long search. One case at Choctaw Point involved Paul Camila charged with violation. Officers Cannon and Rowe seized twenty two barrels of beer seven gallons of whiskey and sixty six gallons of alcohol. Copper stills and equipment described as well built were taken as evidence.
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Paul Camilas
Mobile Forecast Warns of Colder Night and Squalls
The forecast from the local weather bureau predicts a colder night in Mobile with fresh winds and shifting squalls. It warns small craft to stay near shore as clouds persist through the coming week.
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Bureau
Stenographer Civil Service Exams Announced in Mobile
Announcement reveals stenographer civil service exams for government field work in Mobile. Applicants will be listed and chosen to fill vacancies across multiple branches of the service in the southern region.
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Civil Service
Mobile
South
Officers Nab Suspect After Long Car Chase
Deputies Hudoff and Blackman arrested J. W. Simons after a chase of over a mile in a Ford, during which investigators say he fled with suspicions of white whiskey. The automobile was seized and Simons was docketed on a Prohibition violation charge. Officers pursued him from the Government 44 loop to Lafayette and Old Shel.
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Hudoff
Blackman
J. W. Simons
Simon
Lafayette
Old Shel
Weather note from West Flor and Mississippi area
The notice reports unsettled and colder conditions for tonight across West Flor and Mississippi with minimal detail on time or exact temperatures.
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Ngton
West Flor
Mississippi
Jury Quizzed On Sentiments Of Prohi Law
The district federal court opened its special term with jurors sworn in as Judge Robert T. Ervin asked three questions about prohi bition bias and evidence requirements. Many Mobile business men sit on the panels. He noted prohibition work dominates the docket and warned jurors of consequences for second offenses. The jurors listed include Bailey, Barnes, Baum, Boggles, Byrne, Cain, Callaghan, Charest, Cunningham, Dailey, Davis, Dunlap, Grove, Hamilton, Howard, Matthews, McDonald, McGowin, Meaher, Moore, Mullen, Odum, Peavey, Price, Schley, Tal Made, Toomey, Troutman, Tunstall, Wait, and Yeend.
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Robert T. Ervin
Evin
Federal Court
FE. M. Bailey
Mobile
P. (>. Barnes
Bernard Baum
W. W. Boggles
J. R. Byrne
Lee Cain
Baldwin
D. J. Callaghan
Herve
Charest
Charles A. Cunningham
J. H. Dailey
Ménroé
W. Davis
Choctaw
George H. Dunlap
E. J. Grove
John T. Schley
Motile
Spencer Talmade
John E. Toomey
SB. Troutman
Escambia
Edward Tunstall
Maynard Wait
Clarke
Edward Yeend
Pay Poll Tax Campaign Starts By Women Here
Mobile County League of Women Voters launches a 1923 poll tax effort aimed at Mobilian women to secure voting rights. Committees will staff downtown stores while some areas conduct house-to-house canvasses. Tax delinquency after February bars voting for 1922. All persons aged over 21 and under 45 must pay the tax.
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Mobile County League of Women Voters
Mrs. Riley Opens U S Building Office
Mrs Louise M Riley home demonstration agent for Mobile county opens an office on the first floor of the federal building. She will be in charge of the county women’s demonstration work and organize canning clubs among county girls while aiding farm women with home problems.
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Louise M. Riley
Mobile County
Federal
Riley
Ward Shooting Case Set for Jan 24 Cont.
W. F. Ward a watchman at Pier 8 Mobile and Ohio riverfront asked for a continuance of the assault with a pistol hearing until January 24. Ward was arrested Saturday night after W. R. Dobson of One Mile Creek alleged Ward shot him after a business dispute. two bullets reportedly struck Dobson. Ward lives at 216 Lexington Avenue.
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W. F. Ward
Mobile and
Ohio Riverfront Pier 8
Woodthedas
Ward
W. R. Dobson
One Mile Creek
Inspection of Rifles Company By Army Sergeant Arrives
Sergeant Albert Friedlander of the U S Army attached to Col W P Screws staff arrives to confer with Captain James J Alvarez of the Mobile Rifles and prepare the company for an armory inspection soon. City appropriated 269 dollars to renovate the supply room and other improvements at the Rifles quarters.
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Albert Friedlander
United States Army
W. P. Screws
National Guard
Alabama
James J. Alvarez
Mobile Rifles
Hartwell Returns From Washington on Quarantine Dock Plan
City Commissioner Harry T Hartwell came back from Washington where he met with Treasury officials and Public Health Service officers about taking over Arlington docks as the Mobile quarantine station site. He said much work remains before the funding bill clears a House committee.
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Harry T. Hartwell
Washington, D. C
United States
United States Public Health Service
Arlington Docks
National House of Representatives
School board seeks election officers for school bond election
The school board urges all section officers to confirm their intent to serve for the school bond issue election on Tuesday. About 60 percent have replied so far, and officials request those who planned to serve to call the board at Bell 219% this afternoon.
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School Board
Bell
Alleged Effort To Kill McKoin Told in Court
Bastrop La January 22 witnesses testified in a court hearing about an alleged plot to kill Dr. B M McKoin former mayor of Mer Rouge linked to a kidnapping and murders of Watt Daniel Richards and others near Bastrop. The proceedings described masked assailants questioning captives and the bodies later found in Lake LaFourche.
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McKoin
Bastrop
B. M. McKoin
Mer Rouge
Daniel
T. F. Richards
Masked Forehouse Parish
Richards
C. Wagsdale
Wagster
Mernouas
Watter
Tom Bell
Hicks
iCards
W. C. Andrews
Dr. McKoin
Bonita
Watt Daniel
Lake LaFourche
Mobile sportsmen mobilize against quail season shift bill
In Mobile County Alabama sportsmen rally against a proposed legislature bill by Champ Pickens to move the quail open season from November 1 to November 1 and end February 20 to March 1 with a 15 quail daily bag. The measure also tightens buck deer penalties for spikes under four inches. Petitions circulate in Mobile sporting goods stores to influence Mobile county legislators.
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Alabama
Mobile
Mobile County
Mobile Sporting Goods Company
Champ Pickens
Sumter County
Algo
Escambia Man Charged With Federal Tick Quarantine Violation
Neal McGhee of Escambia County was brought to Mobile on a charge of violating the federal tick quarantine law by moving cattle from Walnut Hill Alabama to Local Alabama, allegedly breaching quarantine rules.
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Neal McGhee
Escambia County
Mobile
Walnut Hill
Ala
Florence Crittenden Mission Board Meeting Notice
The Florence Crittenden Mission board announces a regular meeting to be held Wednesday at one o clock. All members are urged to attend as several important matters will be taken up.
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The
Florence
Crittenden Mission
Battle - Co
Oil operators die after car overturns in Iola
Tim Pellwell and Frank Blackburn of Kel Dorado Kansas died in Iola hospital after a car overturned. Both suffered broken necks in the crash.
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IOLA
Kab
Tim Pellwell
Frank Blackburn
Ke! Dorado
Kas
McAdoo for President Clubs Form in Georgia
Atlanta report notes Georgia groups organize to back former Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo as a potential 1924 presidential candidate after his Atlanta visit. Judge Newton Harris calls McAdoo the brightest spot on the Democratic horizon and a party trump card. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Georgia endorses him and a state wide club is formed.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Cobb County
Harris
McAdoo
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
E. Walter Tripp
Therotherhood
McAdoo Seeks Federal Aid to Eradicate Boll Weevil
In Atlanta on January 22 William G McAdoo secretary of the treasury urged federal appropriations sufficient to finance campaigns to remove boll weevil from Southern cotton fields. He warned Georgia farmers face a handicap and stated knowledge from state and federal experiments should be applied. He declined to discuss personal matters and dismissed presidential rumors, noting he aims to enjoy the presidency if offered.
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Atlanta
William G. McAdoo
Treasury
Poincare Holds Twice Daily Ruhr Update Talks
Premier Poincare begins its twice daily cabinet and Marshal Foch briefings to discuss the Ruhr crisis. The latest mines director Guillaume reports from Ruhr with ministers optimistic, aiming for a moderate approach toward German workers to win over industrial allies and curb resistance. Communications in Ruhr reportedly function, with no details on a regional strike.
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Associated Press
Poincare
Marshal Foch
Ruhr
M. Guillaume
Foreign Office
Steel carried 2000 miles by water to New Orleans
Carnegie Steel Company's towboat William C. Clyde arrived in New Orleans after a 2000 mile river voyage from Pittsburgh in 22 days. Low water forced nightly tie ups to avoid sand bars. Four barges carried 3400 tons of steel products mainly for Dallas Houston and other Texas points. Additional barges were dropped at Evansville and Cairo.
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New Orleans
Ohio
Mississippi
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel Company
William CC
Clyde
Dallas
Houston
Texas
Evansville
Ind
Cairo
Fire Kills Mother, Three Children, Hotel Proprietor In Homestead
A fire at the Davies Hotel in Homestead Pennsylvania claims five lives: Mrs. John Winnie aged 46, David and William twins aged 6, Catherine 13, and Thomas Wiview 43 the hotel proprietor. Ten guests escape in night clothes with one person seriously injured. The blaze destroyed the hotel and injured the chief of the Homestead We Gepartnti.
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Homestead
Davies
John Winnie
David
William
Catherine
Thomas Wiview
Joseph Bryce
Injé
Ruhr Strike Threat Tests German Resolve
Paris reports describe a broad general strike developing in the Ruhr this week by miners metal workers railroad and post and telegraph employees. German miners in Essen refuse work while French troops guard mines and railway lines including the Paris Berlin route through Dortmund. Leaders threaten court martial for coal barons and officials, with the French hoping hunger will force compliance as both sides brace for an endurance test.
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Paris
Ruhr
Petit Journal
Dusseldorf
Essen
Germany
Berlin
Dortmund
Am J
Frits Thyssen
Mayence
United Press
Russia Holds 600000 Man Army Amid War Fears
Moscow reports that Russia has reduced its active army to 600000 men yet plans to mobilize a ready force at short notice. Izvestia editor M Stockloff warns of renewed war possibilities in Europe, citing tensions among America Britain France and regional flashpoints Memel the Balkans and the Ruhr as powder kegs.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Russia
M. Stockloff
Izvestia
America
Japan
England
France
Memel
Balkans
Ruhr
Bank of Belgium Raises Discounts Rate
Brussels January 22 The National Bank of Belgium today increased its discount rate by one percent. The move was announced by the central bank and is expected to influence lending costs nationwide.
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Bank: OF
Belgium
Brussels
National Bank of Belgium
Billy Sunday Attacks Gompers Over Prohibition
Billy Sunday denounces labor leader Samuel Gompers over prohibition, urging him to resign and give a decent man a chance. He claims Gompers campaigns for liquor interests and labels him unfit to lead the labor movement as ten thousand onlookers cheer.
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Gompers
Federation of
Bor
Coal Committees Resume Confab At Lausanne
Negotiations at the Lausanne conference resume with miners union leaders and allied delegates. John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America participates as talks on wages proceed. An earlier statement promised no strike in the industry this year. Health issues trigger withdrawals as M Barrere leaves. Lord Curzon plans to return to Britain soon.
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Ators
Union Statens Today
Penna
Indiana
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Subre
Egw Ausanne
President Signs Naval Fund Bill
President Harding signed a naval appropriation bill approved to fund armament growth and other naval powers. The measure includes a request by the administration for strengthening maritime defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Fund
Washington
Agress
Harding Megotate
Representative of Flour Mills Hanges Paris
Unclear report states a representative of flour mills including Washburn Crosby and others in the United States was hanged according to a Near patch from Smyrna dated January 22. The text is garbled and uncertain about names and locations.
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Paris
John Joan
United States
Near
Four Killed in Auto Accidents Reported in Chicago
Four men died yesterday in separate auto accidents, raising Chicago’s total for the year to 85 fatalities. The moonshin effects were noted as contributing to the crashes, with three additional injuries reported.
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Chicago
Five Hurt as Morni ng Storm strikes Gosport
A storm hit the Gosport suburb early today injuring five people and wrecking houses. Authorities reported several residents were rushed to nearby clinics with injuries not described as life threatening. Local responders worked through damaged streets to secure the area.
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Jacob Katool
Mai
Arother
Thelma Dade
F Watt Daniel
Er Rou
Aher Beth Burin
Morehouse Parish
Hetal Om
District Federal Court
U. S
Hartwell
Scar
Mission Home
BOARD
Clubs
Billy
An OF
M. Barrere
Fryer
Lord Curzon
Laussanne
Bhai
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