Woman Occupied Death Car in Collision Kills Walthers
Authorities investigate a fatal streetcar incident in Mobile as a sedan and a larger car strike W. J. Walther after he exits a streetcar at Everett and Government. Witnesses say a low-built sedan carried by women fled the scene while onlookers offered aid as Walther died from injuries. Police pursue multiple clues to identify the drivers. Walther, a Mobile resident since 1913, was a 32nd degree Mason with ties to the steamer Tarpon and family including Y. W. Walther and May Belle Walther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Walthers
Everett
Ody
Walthers
Charles J. Winters
Walther
Dan
T Und Stear
Erfifment Stree
Government Street
Everett Street
Persous
Winers
Winters
Mobile
St. Luis
St. Emanuel
Conception
Pets Y.W. Walther
Tarpon
May Belle Walther
Delegates Gather for Mobile County Farmers Meeting
Five delegates are listed for a Mobile County farm demonstration event in Monroe on Tuesday February 3. W C Vail leads arrangements with plans to reserve space at a royal hotel for 25 delegates across the morning afternoon and night sessions. The joint session includes farm representatives and growers from Mobile Baldwin Choctaw Escambia Washington Clarke and Monroe counties to discuss agricultural policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn Snsion Service
Mone
W. C. Vail
Mobile County
Irm
Mobile
Baldswin
Choctaw
Escambia
Washington
Clarke
Monroe
Bark Oropa Returns to Mobile After War Service
Italian bark Ropa, under Captain Andrea Ventura, tied in Mobile Bay over a year during the war and can now take on cargo. The vessel sailed from Genoa and returns to Mobile to load mile while the crew, long in the United States, expresses pleasure at resuming peacetime duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amdrea Ventura
Ropa
Mobile
Ftor
Ivan
Vesel
Genoa
Italy
Bethel Seamen Seek New Members For Fund Drive
The Bethel for Seamen invites new members as requests to raise additional funds. Chaplain R. Pea cites growing demands from increased vessel traffic at Mobile and more seamen seeking accommodations and amusement at the Bethel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men’s Bethel
Ofee
R. Pea
Mobile
Bethel
Weather outlook for Alabama turns colder inland
The Associated Press reports a cloudy pattern across Alabama with a chance of light precipitation in the far south. Temperatures will dip slightly tonight across the interior, with Thursday forecast to be fair.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Two Boys Found After All Night Woods Search
Culver White aged 12 and W Mayfield aged 13 were found near Three Mile Creek swamp after an overnight search by parents relatives and neighbors. The boys had gone hunting rabbits and lost their way, prompting authorities and many volunteers to comb the area until morning.
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Culver White
G. M. White
Hulbert Street
W . Mayfield
Three-Mile Creek
Shel Per
Library Association to Elect Officers Tonight
Permanent officers will be elected at 6 o clock tonight in Parlor C of the Battle House, Mobile Memorial Library Association, led by James H. Glennon. A. W. Brooks serves as temporary chairman. the last meeting adopted the constitution and set the election in line with its terms as the drive for funds to build a modern library proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle House
Mobile Memorial Library Association
James H. Glennon
France
A. W. Brooks
Association
Memorial Diplomas for Mobile Soldiers on Washington's Birthday
Relatives of Mobile World War I fallen will receive memorial diplomas from the French government in honor of their sacrifices. Army officers and the local American Legion plan a February 22 ceremony as part of a nationwide, state wide celebration coordinated through the recruiting department and Legion posts. The diploma bears the deceased hero's name and honors Americans who aided France and the Allies.
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Washington
American Legion
Army
France
Weather forecast storms amid rising Alabama river
The dispatch notes persistent rain and cloudy skies in Mobile with no relief expected. Forecasters project a cool night around 42 degrees and the Alabama River at Montgomery rising toward a 42 foot crest within 12 to 24 hours, triggering flood warnings.
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Sol
Albert Ashhenberger
Alabama
Montgomery
Embezzlement Case Continued To Jan. 29
P. C. Warner a 21 year old seaman appeared before the recorder on charges of embezzling several suits and an overcoat believed to be the property of W. O. Payne of 258 12 Datiekin street. Detected at the L and N depot by detectives Desmond and Harrison, the clothing valued at 50 dollars was seized. The case was continued to January 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder
W. O. Payne
Datiekin Street
Warner
Mike Desmond
Thomas Harrison
Payne
Against Recognition of the Russian Government Debate
The Ro Table Club discussed whether to recognize the present Russian government. Dr J H C Ormick presided and announced the decision was in. Dr A E Thayer contributed remarks. The next meeting is set for February 3.
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United States
J. H. C Ormick
A. E.thayer
Chamberlain Avenue paving decision to be taken next Tuesday
The Chamberlain Avenue paving petition, backed by most property owners but with three exceptions, will be decided at the city commission meeting next Tuesday. The petition was presented to Pranaeke at the regular meeting and details on exceptions are awaited.
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Chamberlain Avenue
City Commission
Pranaeke
Pone
Will Nee Aren Oe
Flu Situation Practically Unchanged Across U S
The influenza situation in the United States shows little change over the past 24 hours. Public health reports from several states indicate a slow but gradual rise in new cases detected in early January.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
United States
Public Health Service
Influenza Cases Rise Among American Troops in Siberia
The War Department reports increased influenza among U S troops in Siberia for weeks ending January 2 and 9 with 24 to 41 cases weekly. One death from tuberculosis reported. In Germany the death rate remains high at 36.74 per thousand for week ending January 16, with 63 influenza and 80 pneumonia cases and 12 pneumonia deaths.
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Associated
Washington
Siberia
War Department
Germany
Influenza spreads in Budapest as frontiers tighten
Influenza victims rise in Budapest with streets filling as officials requisition medicines amid shortages. Frontiers close to curb disease and prevent food and valuables export. A NYC health inspector tours Bowery lodgings urging soap and cleanliness to stamp out the flu.
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Ress
Budapest
Tramp
Freelan
Health Department
Bowery
Lower East Side
Ship Ajax signals long voyage ends with Mobile arrival
After a voyage spanning four continents and many countries the steamer Ajax, which left Columbo on November 9, is due in Mobile in the early afternoon. Report says the ship has left quarantine and will tow the barge Maracay to Curaçao for Caribbean Petroleum Company.
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Ajax
Columbo
Ceylon
Mobile
Maracay
Curacao
Dutch West Indies
Caribb Petroleum Company
Navy Recruits Secured On Coastal Hike
Chief Petty Officer Driscoll secured two Fairhope youths for naval service during a hike from Point Clear to Daphne on the eastern shore. He posted recruiting notices along the route and plans to receive James Hee and George Livington on Saturday for arrival at the local office.
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Driscoll
Naval
Point Clear
Daphne
MobMe Bay
Fairhope
Battles
Navy
Eerry
Fairhmope
James Hee
George Livington
Two Atlanta Teens Run Away To See Country
Emory Hammock and Robert Cathron, both 16, were held at Atlanta police HQ after being picked up by Detectives Daweon and Holmes on the riverfront. The boys, in a police cell, said they quit school because they were behind in studies and wanted to see the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory B. Hammock
Robert T. Cathron
Atlanta
Daweon
Holmes
River Front
E. Atlanta Police Department
Red Circle Club to Meet Tomorrow Night
The Red Circle Club announces a meeting at the club rooms tomorrow night at % o'clock. President states full attendance is required as important business will be discussed and decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Circle Club
Rea
Navy Officer to Wed Here This Week
Chief Petty Officer H. Marshall, assistant to a local naval recruiting station officer, will marry Miss Josephine Steinhaner of New York City. The wedding will take place at the Cathedral tomorrow morning, officiated by Father E. J. Hackett.
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H. Marshall
Naval
Josephine Steinhaner
New York City
BE. J. Hackett
Feminine Frippery On Wax Model Too Much For Minister
Oklahoma City January 28 R A Young a store window dresser was arrested on indecent exposure charges for displaying a wax female figure in silk stockings kimonos and lingerie. Rev J L H Hawkins Trinity Baptist Church filed the complaint alleging the display harmed city youth. Young posted 300 bond and was released.
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Oklahoma City
Young
J. L. H. Hawkins
Trinity Baptist Church
Hawkins
Magic City Oil Firm Wins U S Injunction
Judge Henry D. Clayton said an injunction would restrain Alabama from enforcing the new motor fuel inspection law once bond is posted by the plaintiff, Ford Oil Company of Birmingham. Hearing in New Orleans before Judges Clayton Grubb and Walker. temporary injunction issued January 2. Attorney General J Q Smith to appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henry D. Clayton
United States District Court
State of
Alabama
Wofford Oil Company of
Birmingham
New Orleans
Clayton, Grubb
Walker
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
J. Q. Smith
United States Supreme Court
WOOLEYS CHARGED WITH OPERATING STILL
James H. Wooley Sam Wooley and Floyd Wooley three father and two sons were jailed on warrants charging manufacturing prohibited liquors. A still was found in a rake shape about ten miles from the city. authorities say federal officers were involved. The Oleys, well known Red Store precinct farmers, deny the charge.
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James H. Woley
Sam Wooley
Floyd Wooley
Seine
W .Héleo , Jr
Ge Federal
C. Wilcox
Arake Snape
Oleys
Red Store
Poll tax payments show great gain in Mobile county
The rush to pay poll tax in Mobile county continues as County Tax Collector Phelan in Dorion reports many residents have paid the tax to qualify to vote. Several hundred paid on Tuesday and some settled back years to meet the voting requirement for the $25,000,000 good roads bond. Farmers and new suburban settlers are among those contributing to the rise in tax payments, Dorion says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Phelan
Dorion
Mr. Dorion
Christian Church to Hold Festival
The First Christian Church invites Sunday school friends to a monthly entertainment in the Sunday school auditorium at Govern ment and Dearborn streets. The Young Men's Class will provide music and refreshments will be served. The event starts at 7 30 tomorrow night.
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First Christian Church
Government and
Dearborn Streets
Salvation Army Mass Meeting Set by Colonel Holz
A mass meeting led by Colonel R. E. Holz of Philadelphia will be held at the Salvation Army citadel on Monday February 2 at 3 o'clock. Ensign Holz of New York a former chaplain in the 321st machinegun battalion in France Staff Captain and Mrs D Mainofa and others will speak with a special musical program under Ensign George R McAteer local corps in charge.
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R. E. Holz
Philadelphia
Salvation Army
Ensign Holz
New York
U. S. Army
France
D. Mainofa
George R. McAteer
Funeral Held Here for William E. Goleman
The funeral for William E. Goleman who died by self inflicted death after wounding Mrs G W Taylor took place this morning from 552 South Broad Street. Rev J E Barnes of Central Baptist Church officiated and the burial was in Theodore Cemetery. He is survived by his widow a child his parents one sister Mrs May Simpson one brother H Goleman and other relatives.
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William E. Goleman
Birmingham
G. W. Taylor
South Broad Street
J. E. Barnes
Central Baptist Church
Cemet
Theodore
Young Goleman
May Simpson
H. Goleman
Seventeen Optometrists Pass New Examination
Dr. J. H. Tinder announced to Dr. H. P. McDonald that 17 of 20 optometrists who took the exam under the new law passed. The three who failed will be retested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Tinder
State Board of Opometry
H. P. McDonald
Mobile
City Seeks Bids for 65 Police Summer Uniforms
The city commission asks for bids to furnish 65 summer uniforms for the police department. Details indicate a bid deadline set for Monday February 2 with specifications and submission instructions.
Denial of Socialist Party backing of Martens amid trial
In Albany on January 28, defense counsel denied Socialist Party pledges to support the Russian soviet ambassador Ludwig Martens and opposed linking the party to plans for a Soviet system in the United States. Attorney Seymour Stedman argued a letter signed "Rebecca Duhay" did not represent the party. The motion to strike the letter and restrict speeches to defendants only was denied.
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Associated Prete
Albany
N. Y
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
America
Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Seymour Stedman
Chicago
Martens
Rebecca Duhay
Eighth Assembly District
New York
Louis Waldman
Stedman
Socialists
Socialist Party
Monarchist Victory Reported in Hungary Elections
Reports from Budapest indicate monarchists won a decisive victory in the Hungary elections held Sunday and Monday with about ninety five percent of ballots counted. Prince Otto of Austria-Hungary is named by legitimists as future king of Hungary amid speculation on European and American contenders.
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Aoe
Hapsburg
Otto van Berne
Otto
Charles
Austria-Hungary
Hungary
Scientists Doubt Alien Signals as Radio Sparks
Dr BE F Anderson head of RCA claims unusual wireless signals in London reports are likely terrestrial. He says spark stations cause the sounds heard more clearly now due to clear atmosphere and lack of static, with partial decipherability supporting a terrestrial origin.
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New York
America
BE. F. Anderson
Ranel
Radio Corporation of America
London
Signor
Asenatt
Anderson
Lettish Troops Capture Key Town Reach Lettish Frontier
Lettish forces have seized Guzyn the last Lettish held town in Eastern Lettvia and advanced to the Lettish Russian frontier at several points. The operation including the capture of war material and 2000 prisoners, with Bolshevik units retreating eastward and detachments reportedly annihilated in recent fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Wrens
Copenhagen
Qguzyn
Letvia
Riga
Fire Reported On American Steamer West Imboden
The American steamer West Imboden reported by wireless a fire discovered in her cargo yesterday. The cargo ship of 6,179 tons gross left Galveston December 31 and Norfolk January 9 for Liverpool carrying 21,000 bales of cotton. Operated by 8S. Sgitcovitch & Co.
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Associated Red Press
London
West Imboden
Shipping Board
Galveston
Norfolk
Liverpool
Sgitcovitch & Co
Clemenceau Plans Egypt Visit in February
Former French Premier Georges Clemenceau will depart Marseille for Egypt in February according to the Associated Press. The trip aims to discuss postwar interests and diplomacy during his travels.
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Clemenceau
Egypt
Associated Press
Paris
Erarreein
Marseilles
Jury Selection Begins for Newberry Trial in Michigan
A score of defendants and veniremen reach Ann Arbor to begin jury selection for the Newberry case. Snowbound trains delayed arrivals, with examination expected to fill the first week and testimony possibly delaying ten days. Court hours extended to nine thirty to four thirty with a noon two hour recess to speed proceedings.
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Mich
Truman “ Newberry
Absurdities Cited in Hungary Peace Terms
Budapest January 28 Albert Apponyi rejects Hungary’s peace terms calling 60 clauses absurd. He notes losses of territory and resources as core concerns and says economic demands are unfulfillable, using a $1,000 versus a billion analogy. Flags lowered and palace draped reflect the tense mood.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Albert Apponyi
Hungary
Enrity
St. Stephens Owen
Ee Palace
W W Trial Records Open Third Day in Montesano
In Montesano Washington on January 28 the third day of the World murder trial opened with the defendant accused of shooting Watten at an Armistice Day parade in Centralia. Veniremen examinations progressed slowly and a jury was not expected to be selected for at least two weeks.
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Montesano
Wash
Seperti Sen
Bt World
Watten
Entralia
Senate told Fed used no coercion on non members
Governor W P ng testified to the Senate that the Federal Reserve System did not use coercive methods to force non‑member state banks to join or comply with board regulations. He said the board has pursued the law without discrimination and any excessive actions by agents were without authority of the Fed Board or the Federal Reserve Banks.
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Associated Press
GTON
Federal Reserve Enara
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve System
Senate Oe
W. P Ng
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Congressmen start for Virgin Islands exploration trip
A joint congressional committee headed by Senators Kenyon Edge and Gay and Representatives Campbell Garphe and Towner left Washington to study whether the Virgin Islands should remain under naval supervision after purchase from Denmark. They plan a ten day inspection, sailing from Miami, Florida.
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Washington
Virgin Islands
United States
Denmark
Kenyon
Iowa
Edge
New Jersey
Gay
Louisiana
Campbell
Kansas
Garphe Tennessee
Towner
Miami
Fla
Ballard Officers Entertained by Antwerp Officials
In Antwerp Belgium on January 23 officers of the US destroyer Ballard returning from Hango Finland were hosted at the town hall. The burgomaster gave an address praising the American people for wartime aid to Belgium and acknowledging the US army and navy's glorious war service.
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Associated Press
Antwerp
Belgium
United States
Ballard
Hango
Finland
Ark
Buford
America
Repatriated Germans May Tighten French Labor Market
An Amiens dispatch warns repatriation of German prisoners could strain France's labor pool in hard hit areas. Restocking devastated districts may lag and farmers who used many German workers fear smaller spring acreages. Replacements are being arranged but reports indicate new work is scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
France
Amiens
President urges prompt relief for stricken European countries
The president writes urging speedy aid to Poland Austria and Armenia stating relief is essential. He argues for crediting a small portion of our surplus food to ease hunger and stave off further deaths while pressing Ways and Means to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Austria
Armenia
Europe
Investigation into disabling of Powhatan transport
Washington reports an inquiry into the cause of the Powhatan’s disabling as a possible official inquiry. The vessel was towed into Halifax after a heavy gale. Early information points to damage from a coal bagger bulkhead and fuel pump issues causing extensive leakage and spreading fire. Firemen remained on duty despite rising water and were ordered out only when water reached shoulder height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Halifax
de Ent
Finns Send Force To Frontier Of Russia
A Russian source reports that 2000 Finnish troops with machine guns and a train of horses and reindeer are concentrated near Petchenga and ordered to advance toward the frontier. Border villages are panicking as fears rise of looting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Archael Jan Yeeva
Petchenda
Petchenga
Ahea
Niera
Finland
Tromsoe
Norway
Next War Likely Break Out In Pacific Says Australian Leader
London Jan 28 Australian premier warned that a new war would probably break out in the Pacific. He urged readiness with a large army and firm resolve, saying nations must be prepared for conflict.
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Pacific
Hughe
London
W. A
Spea Bourne
Cifie
Central 2
Sydney
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Wooleys
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Newberry
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W. W
JJ. S
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