Gates Trial Reset For Feb In Manslaughter Case
The manslaughter hearing of Gulf Refining Company employee H. Gates was postponed as the state was not ready for trial. A new date was set for February 3 with witnesses instructed to return. Dolhonde, struck by Gates’ auto on January 17 at Common and Dauphin, died about 150 minutes later. Gates is represented by Gessner T. McCorvey of Stevens McCorvey McLeod.
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H. Gates
Gulf Refining Company
Lelia Dolhonde
Gates
Miss Dolhonde
Common
Dauphin Streets
Common Street
Dauphin Street
Miss Dalhonde
Keoughan
Gessner T. McCorvey
Stevens, McCorvey and McLeod
Recorder’s Court
Longtime revenue and road commissioner terms discussed
In Covington circles John D. Hagen signals a August primary bid for a fifth term as revenue and road commissioner. Henry Brannan of Wilmer says he will not seek re election, while A G Ward of Mobile declines another run. Finley McFadyen plans sheriff run, and Albert Freeland Jr of Grand Bay may reconsider despite repeated refusals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue
John D. Hagen
A. G. Ward
Mobile
Finley McFadyen
Albert Freeland, Jr
Grand Bay
Ala
Special Meeting Called by County Board on Bond Issue
John D. Hagan president of the board of revenue calls a special session for tomorrow at 10 30 to discuss several important matters. Expected item include approval of county road bonds sold to cover the county share of the highway project and approval of the bond transcript submitted to state attorneys for review before discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Hagan
Board of Revenue
Oadh
John Craft
State ‘Bank of Mobile
Building delays up before school board
County school commission meets this afternoon to investigate a month long delay in the building program. The board may assess damages against contractors as several projects lag behind completion dates and penalties could apply. Delegations will be heard as the board plans improvements during the vacation period after holidays and the 1922 finances are settled.
Man Found Hiding Under Bed Held After Arrest
Hamilton Lewis of 506 South Broad street was found hiding under a bed this afternoon and arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Bernstein and Gibson. Authorities said warrants on petit larceny and bond jumping had been active for two years. He previously faced burglary charges and was indicted by a grand jury.
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Hamilton Lewis
South Broad Street
Speeding fine in St Joseph St area draws ten dollar penalty
Acting Recorder E J Grove fined Edwin Frost ten dollars for driving 15 miles per hour in a mobile truck zone at St Joseph and St Michael streets. Frost claimed only a short move at that speed and paid the fine. Traffic arresting officer Clark reported the incident.
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St. Joseph
St. Michael Streets
E. J. Grove
Recorders Court
Edwin Frost
Frost
Clark
Loop Station Case Set for April 4
The Alabama Public Service Commission fixed April 4 as the hearing date on the petition by Bay Shore Railroad patrons seeking a new naming station at Government up. The petition asks for a station construction and the commission requires the railroad to appear and show why a better station cannot be provided.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Bay Shore Railroad
Government Up
Public Service Commission
Weather Overview From Washington Jan 25 Alabama to Mississippi
Jan 25 weather report notes probable rain tonight across Alabama and Mississippi with continued cold conditions. Forecasters expect unsettled skies and chilly temperatures inland and along the coast. Highs and lows not specified in available text.
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Washington
Alabama
State Committee to Referendum on Court Position Nominations
James H. Webb of Mobile, state Democratic chairman, calls for a statewide referendum on the committee’s action to separate and number supreme and appellate court positions. Ira Champion to mail voting ballots to all members. Mobile Bar Association plans a February 7 meeting to discuss the issue.
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James H. Webb
Mobile
Democratic Executve Committee
Ira
Champion
Webb
State Greeters Open Convention In Mobile Tonight
Alabama greeters group gathers in Mobile for annual convention beginning tomorrow. About 50 hotel managers cafe owners and employees are expected as L W Savage of Mobile leads the association. The first meeting at the Cawthon hotel 10 a m includes talks on tourism urging Americans to see the country first.
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Alabama
Mobile
Greeters Association
L. W. Savage
Cawthon Hotel
Rumor Feibleman May Be Assistant Attorney in Mobile
Rumors place Herbert A. Feibleman as probable assistant United States district attorney in Mobile if Aubrey Boyles is nominated for the post. Feibleman denied applying, while officials say Boyles has been agreed on for the district attorney role though no official confirmation has arrived.
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Herbert A. Feibleman
United States
Mobile
Feibleman
Aubrey Boyles
Mr. Boyles
Movile District
Lee Dickson Fined $50 in Prohibition Court Case
Lee Dickson of 363 Palmetto street was fined $50 in recorder's court for violating prohibition law by Acting Recorder E. J. Grove. Toney Mitchell of Riverside was arrested after Dickson claimed he carried three halves of a pint of rum. the court rejected hearsay and prior statements.
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Lee Dickson
Palmetto Street
Recorder’s Court
E. J. Grove
Toney Mitchell
Riverside
Dickson
Mitchell
Dickson Tchell
Davison Visits New Orleans Shipping Board Office
Elmo Davison in charge of the division of operations of the shipping board at Mobile is in New Orleans today on business connected with his office. District headquarters of the board are maintained at Mele Orleans.
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Elmo Davison
Shipping Board
Mobile
New Orleans
Mele Orleans
Women to See Open Polls for Next Monday Bond Vote
League of Women Voters plans ward precinct and box chairmen to visit every voting place to ensure polls open and officers present for the state tax bond election. County and city chairmen lead the effort with committees at each site. County officials will provide the actual voting places for campaign headquarters. Separate meetings on good roads bond issue were held Tuesday night at Oakdale and Old Shell road schools, with strong turnout.
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Ward
League
James R. Hagan
W. B. Deschantos
Afernoon
Oakdale
Old Shell Road
Trial Delayed For Tell Case In Prohibition Charge
In the Tell case, Louis Simora George Pappagasis and Constantine Constanti crew of the oyster schooner William Tell, absent state witnesses prompted a continuation until Saturday in the inferior criminal court. The charge shifted from vagrancy to violating the prohibition law after 625 cases of Cuban rum were found near the schooner in dry dock. the vessel was released to owner Henry Diaz of Biloxi Mississippi after a claim was sustained that no liquor remained onboard. Attorney R B Iningham represented Diaz in reclaiming the schooner.
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Louis Simora
George Pappagasis
Constantine Constanti
William Tell
Inferior Criminal Court
Riffs
B. B. Chamberlain
Henry Diaz
Biloxi
Miss
R. B. Iiningham
Libel Hearing Set for San Bernardo February 13
A libel of 50600 against the Mexican oil tanker San Bernardo, at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co plant, filed by Moore & McCormick for Osage Steam Ship Co, will be heard in federal court February 13. Parties will be cited to show cause why a final decree should not be issued. The libel alleges damage by San Cristobal in Tampico harbor to the Osage.
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San Bernardo
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Moore & McCormick
New York
Osage Steamship Company
San Cristobal
Tampico Harbor
Osage
Special Mass In Memory Of Pope Benedict
The Mobile diocese announces a special requiem mass next Monday for His Holiness Pope Benedict. Rt. Rev. Bishop Edward P. Allen will officiate at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with services in Catholic parishes throughout the diocese.
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Marehes
Mobile
Pope Benedict
Edward P. Allien
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Allen
Editors Support Ford Offer At Farm Conference
Washington January 25 editors of agricultural papers at the national conference endorsed Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals proposal. A committee led by Carl Williams Oklahoma City would urge Secretary Weeks to consider the plan. A later note said a farm papers and American Farm Bureau Federation delegation would meet Sec Weeks at 3 this afternoon.
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Super
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
National Agricultural Conference
Carl Wilams
Oklahoma City
Co. Cunningham
Ohio
Herry Myrick
Massachusetts
Samuel Adams
Illinois
Clarente Poe
North Carolina
Sec
Farm Papers
American’ Farm Bureau Federation
Thousands of Quebec marriages ruled illegal by old law
Montreal dispatch reports a century of unlawful marriages in Quebec due to a 1829 British subject clergyman rule. Civil marriages do not occur. clergy from various denominations recorded ceremonies in civil registers, despite changing constitutional status in 1867.
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Quebec
Montreal
Associated Press
Lower Canada
United
Chicago Batters by a Tide of Crime in 1922 Night
Chicago records a sharp crime wave with one man shot, two jewelry stores burgled, 28 holdups, and over a score of minor crimes. Police mobilize all units as a quartet dubbed the four black knights roams, fatally wounding Eli McMicken during a drug store raid.
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Chicago
Michael Hughes
Black Knights
Eli McMicken
Poor married should be better protected
A St. Petersburg Florida communication from the Surity League says it intends to protect married men from the wiles of the sea camp by advocating a bathing suit inspection and women wearing stockings skirts and sleeves on the beach. Mayor Frank Pulver states no request has been received and says he will investigate the immodest bathing suits and personally inspect the beach.
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ST. Petersburg
Fra
Frank Pulver
Surity League
Yellow Pine Wholesalers Elect Officers in Cincinnati
The Yellow Pine Wholesalers association elected officers in Cincinnati on January 24 with Marcel Krause of New Orleans as president J R ONeill of Cincinnati as vice president O E Kenfro of Kansas City as secretary and B K Griffin of Cincinnati as treasurer Ten new members joined during 1921 A traffic bureau was deemed inadvisable at this time.
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Cincinnati
Yellow Pine Wholesalers’ Association
Marcel Krause
New Orleans
J. R. O'Neill
O. E. Kenfro
Kansas City
KE. Griffin
Fire Escape Law Enforcement Sought by State Official
State Fire Marshall W. J. Williams urges Mobile Fire Department Chief George W. Myrick to strictly enforce state fire escape laws. He will alert the school board to improvements at Darton Academy and to the grand jury recommendation regarding the old Jefferson Street school building as a menace.
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W. J. Williams
Montgomery
George W. Myrick
Mobile Fire Department
Darton Academy
Jefferson Street
Ford car theft report to sheriff
Thomas Kelly reports to the sheriff that his Ford automobile was stolen yesterday afternoon from the east side of Joachim street opposite the Lyric theatre. A search of the scene is to reveal the vehicle’s whereabouts.
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Thomas Kelly
Sheriff's Office
Joachim Street
Lyric Theatre
Kelly
Oldest U S Life Insurance Firm Celebrates 206th Anniversary
Philadelphia reports the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund marking 206 years with a tablet unveiling at First Presbyterian Church Washington Square. Founded January 24 1717 by Rev Jedediah Andrews as a fund for pious uses, it funded early ministers' widows. Now over 17,000 policyholders.
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Philadelphia
America
Presbyterian Ministers’ Fund
First Presbyterian Church
Washington Square
Jedediah Andrews
Synod of Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church In America
Four Killed When Freight Hits Auto at Crossing
Four persons were killed when an Indianapolis and Cincinnati traction freight train struck an automobile at a crossing in Indianapolis. The dead include Galvin Smith 41 his wife Mary 36 Neal Trewier 30 and John J Wright 46. The car’s occupants were returning to Indianapolis after visiting relatives of Mr Smith in Gent Kentucky.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis and
Cincinnati
Galvin &. Smith
Mary Smith
Neal Trewier
John J. Wright
Martineville
Ind
Mr. Smith
Gent
War Department Sets Officer Quota at 16 652
Washington intake shows after study the War Department announced a total of 16 652 officers would be retained in the military establishment as presently constituted.
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Washington
War Department
Influenza Cases Rise Across Regions Says Health Bureau
The public health bureau reported a large increase in influenza cases across parts of the country with 274 new cases in seven days, totaling 682 for the week, up from 308 last week. Officials said the rise is belated winter activity, not an epidemic, noting many physicians did not report unless serious. States like Kansas, New York, and Arkansas show higher totals.
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Washington, Jah
United Bi
Public Health Bureau
Kansas
New York
Arkansas
Palmer Welcomes Inquiry Into Bosch Property Sale
Former Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer said he welcomed a grand jury inquiry in Boston into the sale of Bosch Magneto properties. Indictments reportedly prepared involve Martin BE Kern of Allentown for about 4 million dollars, with Justice Department review following a senate committee investigation during Palmer’s confirmation.
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Washington
Mitchell Palmer
Boston
Martin BE. Kern
Allentown
Department,of Justice
Grand
Palmer
Senate
Wife seeks view of body in double killing case
Philadelphia report states Mrs. Oscar Rosier held without bail after she shot and killed her husband and his stenographer Milderd Reckitt in Rosier's private office. A coroner's inquest set for Friday will decide if she is held for grand jury action.
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Philadelphia
Oscar Rosier
Mildred Geraldine Reckitt
Rosier
Veteran Telegraph Operator Eugene H. Johnson Dies
Eugene H. Johnson a telegraph operator who served with the Associated Press and worked in the field during the Civil War for Gen. Hooker died in St. Louis. He left a widow a son and two daughters. Johnson also served as a telegraph operator during World War I.
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ST. Louis
Eugene H. Johnson
Associated Press
Gen. Hooker
Wy Horse
Widow of former rail chief Mamie Burch dies in Lam
Nashville telegrams report the death of Mrs Mamie Burch wife of the late Charles Burch former president of Queen and Crescent railroad. The two months ill health ended in heart trouble. Survived by son and siblings, the Burch family notes Mr Charles Burch once led the railway firm and supported Suez canal plans with De Lesseps.
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Nashville
Tenn
Mamie Burch
Charles & Was
and Crescent Railroad
Schiff
United States
John C., Burch
Memo Burch
Chicago
Dr. I 7
Mra.Warren
Great Britannia
Queen and Crescent
Suez Canal
Convict Escape Reported After Preliminary Hearing
A guard reports a stray convict escaped during a preliminary trial proceeding yesterday afternoon. Police captured one escapee while two other suspects from the Madison and Jettereey area remain at large.
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Ie Lerban
Jettereey Madison
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