Patrolman Attacked by Suspect While Arresting Man
Patrolman Frank Green was attacked from behind as he prepared to leave his beat after arresting a man on a minor charge. He was knocked unconscious and taken to the city hospital with possible skull fractures. Officers seek the assailant, a Negro whose name is withheld. Green, living at 704 Elmira Street, has served about eight months.
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Frank Green
City Hospital
da Vis Avenue
Box 35
Olmstead
Walnut Streets
Green
Elmira Street
Independence Day Observances Quiet in Washington
July 4 in the nation’s capital saw a drizzly but calm Independence Day. President Harding and cabinet were away. ceremonies marked the 144th anniversary of the Declaration with speeches by Sen Heflin and Sen King. Fireworks were limited by DC regulations. thousands of visitors attended events and three thousand schoolchildren sang on the east portico. No violence reports emerged from industrial centers amid a generally peaceful celebration.
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Washington
National Capitol
Harding
Sen. Heflin
Alabama
Sen. King
Utah
District of Columbia
Ington Monument
Tol
Rev Cann Attends Methodist Camp at Lake Junaluska
Rev W F Cann associate pastor of St Francis Street Methodist church left Mobile for Lake Junaluska North Carolina to spend a month at the Methodist summer camp and take Sunday school lecture courses. He will be accompanied by Mrs Cann. Rev James D Hunter pastor of St Francis also left for Deatsville last Sunday to hold a revival meeting.
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W. F. Cann
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
Mobile
Lake Junaluska
N. C
Cann
James D. Hunter
St. Francis
Deatsville
Scout Launch Acquired for Mobile Boy Scouts
The Mobile Scouts gain a motor driven launch for outings after Washington confirmed Morgan was released to the group. The government cruiser design craft, 50 feet long, will be overhauled and ready within about ten days for use with the troop.
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Boy Scouts of
Mobile
Morgan
Washington
H . Wester
Scout Executive
Mexican Land Deal Involves 7 Million Dollars
Mexico City July 4 Arrangements were announced for the transfer of over 6 000 000 acres of General Luis Terrazas estate in Chihuahua to Caja De Prestamos for almost 14 000 000 pesos about 7 000 000 dollars. A. J. McQuarters of New York and an American syndicate had been negotiating for colonization purposes.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Luis Terrazas
Chihuahua
Caja de Prestamos
A. J. McQuarters
New York
New Jersey Woman Dies at 103 in Rutherford
Ruthford New Jersey July 4 Anna Cadmuss Vereance aged 103 died at her home in Rutherford. She was born in Dundee New Jersey on June 7 1819. Until two years ago she could knit without eyeglasses.
Schedule of Southern and National League Games
Southern matchups show Mobile at Birmingham, Chattanooga at Nashville, Little Rock at Memphis, New Orleans at Atlanta with each team playing two games. National features Philadelphia at Boston, Chicago at Pittsburgh, Brooklyn at New York, Cincinnati at St. Louis. American lists Boston at Washington, New York at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Chicago, Cleveland at Detroit.
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Southern
Mobile
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Nashville
Little Rock
Memphis
New Orleans
Atlanta
National
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
American
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The weather bulletin reports fair conditions across Alabama and Mississippi tonight and Wednesday with moderate temperatures and no significant changes expected.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Baseball Scores From Southern Association Action
In Birmingham Fulton defeats Birmingham 3 to 2 after a 1 run ninth inning rally. Atlanta New Orleans game ends 7 to 11 with New Orleans edging Atlanta. Memphis beats Little Rock 5 to 3 as Fowlkes and Pond lead the scoring, Warmoth and Lapan also contributing.
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Memphis
Gmbs
Little Rock
Warmoth
Lapan
American Association baseball ledger midseason duel
In a doubleheader at Indianapolis Louisville took game one 14 to 6 behind Weaver Krueger Cullop Estell and Meyer. Columbus and Toledo played a separate contest ending 3 to 2 with Gleason Hartley Bedient and Kocher securing the win.
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R.H.E
Indianapolis
Louisville
Weaver
Krueger
Cullop
Estell
Meyer
R.H.E. Columbus
Toledo
Gleason
Hartley
Bedient
Kocher
Virginia and regional leagues morning baseball scores
In morning play across several leagues, Virginia League saw Newport News defeat Richmond 3 to 2. South Atlantic League games included Augusta 0 over Charleston, and International League results had Baltimore 4 Reading 5 and Syracuse 1 Toronto 0. Florida League action lists Orlando 1 Jacksonville 2.
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Newport News
Richmond
Augusta
Athletics Take First Of 2 Games
In Chicago the Athletics won the opener as they edged the New York team 1 to 3 with Perkins Hauser Ward producing key hits. Murray pitched 7 innings allowing 8 hits while Shawkey and Hasty divided the relief duties.
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Murray
Skinner
New York
O. Bai
Philadelphia
Perkins
Hauser
Ward
McNally
McGowan
Galloway
Young
Shawkey
Hasty
Hildebrand and
Dineen
Philadelphia Athletics
AB. R. H. PO
E Witt
Sees McNally
Ruth If
Meusel
Pipp
Athletics suspend Roy Moore for indifference
Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, announced the suspension of pitcher Roy Moore for indifferent playing and said he had placed Moore on waivers. Moore had been with the club for three years, having come from Texas.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Roy Moore
Moore
Texas
Fourth of July Celebrations Quietly Spread Through Mobile
Mobile observes the Fourth of July as a holiday with many offices closed and crowds on the Eastern Shore. Entertainment is limited downtown, while Bay View hosts picnics and speeches by county candidates. Fireworks and band concerts are planned at Monroe Park, with yacht races and amateur baseball possible depending on the weather.
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Mobile
Monroe Park
Bay View
Recorder’s Court
Young America
Film Negative Reveals Murdered Woman in Topanga Canyon
B W Anderson reported to police that a film he developed two months after hiking in Topanga Canyon showed a partially clothed woman’s body beneath a mesquite bush. The face remained intact but had a mutilated breast and a black streak from the mouth. Police searched the canyon but found no body.
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Los Angeles
Topanga Canyon
Here
B. W. Anderson
Anderson
University
Episcopal Rectors Travel to Diocese Council Meeting
Mobile area rectors depart tonight for Carlowville near Selatfa to attend the diocese council meeting planned for Wednesday and Thursday. Attending are Revs. Gardiner C. Tucker Vernon C. McMaster Louis Tucker and E A Lemoine. Dr Thomas R Bridges of All Saints is out of the city visiting Europe.
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Mobile
Carlowville
Selatfa
Gardiner C. Tucker
St. John's Church
Vernon C. McMaster
Trinity
Louis Tucker
Christchurch
E. A. Lemoine
Spring Hill
Thomas R. Bridges
All Saints
City
Europe
First Free Shower Draws Few Local Kiddies
Cool weather kept many youngsters away as Captain Ed Connoly of No. 3 engine House opened the first city free shower at 10 o clock near Church and Franklin streets. Officials planned daily showers, but today’s turnout was small.
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Church and
Franklin Streets
Ed. Connoly
No. 3
Connoly
Grasshoppers Damage Iowa Crops
Grasshoppers are causing considerable damage to crops in this vicinity in Portsmouth Iowa. The report notes ongoing pest activity and impact on local fields during July 4.
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Portsmouth
Iowa
Millerand Salutes America on U.S. Birthday
Paris reports President Millerand sent a cablegram to President Harding marking Independence Day. He cites shared trials and liberty for the world and expresses France’s friendship and warm wishes for the United States.
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Millerand
America
U.S
Paris
Pres. Millerand
Pres. Harding
France
United States
Republic
Driscoll’s Death Investigated in Local Store Room
Relatives sought for Daniel B. Driscoll who died by his own action in his room at 9 North Claiborne street. Coroner Stephen S. Hale and Roche and Burke Undertaking Co continued inquiries as to his relatives, noting he had lived in Jacksonville and Baltimore without finding kin. The body was found between two mattresses. gas was turned on but openings stuffed with paper. The coroner also probed another death case and awaited disposition of store keys from the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co where Driscoll was manager before the store’s closure.
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Daniel B. Driscoll
North Claiborne Street
Roche and Burke Undertaking Company
Stephens. Hale
Driscoll
Jacksonville
Baltimore
Hague Conference Deadlocks on Russian Restitution Issue
The Hague reports a deadlock in the reconstruction talks over restitution for foreign-owned property nationalized in Russia. Britain invites the big five into a secret conference with Russia to discuss the problem, while a sub committee wrangles over a Russian demand to require all claimants to fill a 15-question questionnaire. Litvinoff opposes the questionnaire as impractical.
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the Hague
Russia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Litvinoff
Thrills Promised In Iowa's Coming Election Primary
Des Moines reports the Iowa Republican convention on August 2 promises excitement as delegates draft a platform to bridge splits between Senator Cummins and Col Brookhart. Cummins silent on his stance. Brookhart seeks broad endorsement of his primary platform while open to backing the Harding administration despite policy differences.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Smith Brookhart
Cummins
Col
Brookheart
Harding
Yachts Await Clear Weather For Big Regatta
Rain and squally winds delayed morning yachting at the Eastern Shore Yacht Club Magnolia Beach but organizers hope for improvement to stage the big races at 3 pm. Boats from the New Orleans Yacht Club gathered at East Shore anchorage as Mobile bay prepares for one of its top regattas.
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Eastern Shore Yacht Club
Magnolia Beach
East Shore
New Orleans
Frelinghuysen Warns Against Un-American Doctrines in Independence Day Speech
Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey delivered an Independence Day address in Ocean Grove warning against international ism, class government, and attacks on the Supreme Court. He urged law enforcement and condemned moves to nullify the Constitution under the guise of modification.
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Frelinghuysen
LaFolette
Ocean Grove
N. J
Associated Press
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Fism
la Follette
Wisconsin
Texas Cotton Acreage Rises to 12 212 000 Acres in 1922
Houston July 4. The Texas cotton acreage is estimated at 12 212 000 acres up from 11 193 000 a year ago, a gain of 1 119 000 acres or 10 percent. F N Gray of the agricultural department notes crop condition on June 25 at 72 percent of normal, predicting about 187 pounds per acre and a total yield near 23 525 800 bales.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
F. N. Gray
Agricultural Department
Radio Praised by Judge in Youngstown
Judge George Gessner told Lions Club in Youngstown Ohio that radio has enabled distant sermons to be heard clearly while noting the need to adapt government methods to modern times. He warned against using old approaches on current issues.
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Youngstown
George Gessner
Lions’ Club
Gessner
French Hotels Sold to English Company in Paris
Four Etoile district hotels once owned by German proprietors have been sold by the French government to an English firm. The Astoria Beau-Site Campbell and Columbia are named. The Astoria hosts the Heparations Commission and a recent bankers conference on an international loan.
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Paris
Etoile District
London Daily Mail
Astoria
Beau-Site
Campbell
Columbia
Heparations Commission
Bankers
Trench to Present Reparation Views
Paris July 4 The French cabinet plans to submit to the reparations commission the Le Troquer plan to use German labor and material across France for vast public works including railways and waterways at a cost of 18 billion francs.
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Paris
Associated Press
Poincare
le Trocquer
France
Baron Prechting Found Guilty of Treason in Munich
Baron Leo Prechting was convicted of high treason and sentenced to life imprisonment in Munich. He allegedly maintained constant contact with French Minister Carol and sought to separate South Germany from the North under French occupation forces. The plan reportedly proposed a Main River boundary.
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Berlin
Leo Prechting
Munich
Carol
Germany
River Main
Pershing Urges Patriots to Enforce Law and Order
General Pershing spoke at Marion's centennial urging citizens to uphold law, morality, and public virtue amid postwar laxity. He warned against disobedience and lawlessness, calling for fearless officials and prompt enforcement to protect self government and civic standards. He also addressed military preparedness and pacifist views on disarmament.
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Marion, O
Pershing
Marines Reenact Picket Charge With Modern War Gear
At Gettysburg on July 4 Marines stage a Civil War reenactment showing how Pickett would have fought with modern weapons. Equipment includes planes tanks armored cars machine guns and trench mortars. Veterans of foreign service take part under Major General Lejeune and Brigadier General Smedley Butler with Camp Harding preparing for a record crowd.
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Gettysburg
United States
Lejeune
Marine Corps
Smedley D. Butler
Camp Harding
Pensacola Girl May Die Three In Jail After Shooting
In Pensacola Florida William A Richer shot Ola Malone wounding her at 6 20 am. Archer Malone and brothers Dan and Arthur Malone beat Archer with the revolver. Archer admitted shooting Malone and the woman says she never spurned him. She is expected to die and all three men face assault with intent to murder charges.
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Pensacola
Fla
William A. Richer
Ola Malone
Dan
Arthur Malone
Archer
Katos Luncheon To Naval Class Is Big Occasion
Premier Kato hosted a large luncheon in Tokyo honoring See, of the Navy Denby, and the Annapolis class of 1881 aboard the Henderson. The event drew diplomats and Japanese leaders and included a full week of activities by Yokohama women for the sailors. Kobe and other cities marked the Fourth with elaborate celebrations.
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Kato
Naval Class
Tokio
Associated Press
See
Navy
Denby
Annapolis
Henderson
Japan
Yokohama
Kobe
German Editor 42 Is Assaulted in Berlin
Berlin July 4. One of the men in connection with the assault yesterday on Maximilian Hare editor and political writer Weichardt, the police announced. Herr Harden was yesterday near his home in Wald, a suburb of Berlin, when fired at from five wounds. Weichardt, according to the police, pressed a membership in the nationalist soldiers. Mo was received in Berlin up to today regarding Herr Harden's tion.
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Berlin
Cbythiated Press
Maximillian Hare
Weichardt
Anne Day
Herr Harden
Wald
Polit
Administrator for Croker Fund Sought
New York July 4 Richard Croker has applied to Surrogate Cohalan to appoint an administrator of his father Richard Croker late Tammany chieftain who died in Ireland. The surrogate set citations returnable September 19 as Croker fights to prevent the entire estate going to his father's second wife Mrs Bulla E Croker.
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New York
Richard Crosker
Coha
Richard Croker
Tammany
Ireland
Cohalan
Croker
Nurse Survives 90 Foot Plunge in River
Knoxville July 4 a 22 year old nurse Simpson survived a ninety foot leap into the river. She fell into four feet of water and was carried by the current to shore with help from a riverman. Doctors say she will recover and she told nurses she was penniless and tired of life.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Simpson
Sur
Oya
Murder Suspects in Atlanta Freed in Fowler Killing Case
Roy Johnson and his wife, arrested Monday in Atlanta for the Christmas day killing of J. D. Fowler, have been absolved. Birmingham authorities say Johnson was tried and acquitted. Mrs. Jordan, Fowler’s former wife, was released. Johnson remains held on prohibition law charges.
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Atlanta
Roy Johnson
J. D. Fowler
Cason
McGee
Birmingham
Johnson
Jordan
Fowler
Thieves Siphon 100 Barrels of Liquor in Kentucky Heist
In Louisville on July 4 authorities report more than 100 barrels of whiskey stolen from Bond Brothers Distillery at Lawrenceburg within two weeks. The liquor was siphoned from barrels and valued near $200,000 at legal prices, according to prohibition officers.
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Louisville
Bond Brothers
Lawreburg
Owen Moore Arrested for Speeding in Venice Suburb
Los Angeles July 4 Owen Moore motion picture actor and Mary Pickford husband was arrested for speeding last night in Venice a suburb. He was brought to Venice police court on recognizance pending a cone.
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Los Angeles
O% Moore
Mary Pickford
Venice
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