Hearing Under Way on Electric Transmission Charges
The Alabama Public Service Commission is hearing a case in Montgomery to determine if the Mobile Electric Co and the Birmingham and Montgomery electric companies overcharge for laying transmission lines. Witnesses for the public and the utilities testify as the commission weighs whether advance assessments prior to connections are unreasonable. The utilities were cited to show cause why charges should not be reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Electric Company
Electric Companies
Birmingham
Montggomery
Alabama Public Service Commission
Cattle deaths linked to dipping vat at Grand Bay
Officials investigate a Grand Bay dipping vat incident where over 100 cattle passed through a heavily charged solution. Several cattle from the Hamilton herd died. others sustained injuries. Commissioners Brannan and Ward gather data for a revenue board report and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Bay
Board of Revenue
Revenue Board
Hamilton
Henry Brannan
A. G. Ward
Robert Bolling Granted Benefit of Doubt in Court
Robert Bolling faced charges of disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon in recorder's court. Judge David Edington fined him 25 dollars for the disorderly conduct and discharged the concealed weapon count after officer testimony that ticks were found under a seat of Bolling's automobile. Bolling claimed ownership without knowledge of the weapon’s presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bolling
Recorder’s Court
David Edington
Bolling
Three Hours to Leave City For Melancon Judge Orders Eviction
Julian Melancon, on the police court docket for being dangerous and suspicious, was told by Judge David Edington to depart the city within three and a half hours. The arresting officer said Melancon had begged on the streets and acted suspiciously during his stay of about three and a half months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Melancon
Melancon
David Edington
Striking Shopmen Hold Daily Meetings
Striking shopmen of three railroads are holding daily meetings in the auditorium of the Labor Temple to discuss the situation. The meetings are well attended with about 600 men out from the Louisville and Nashville Gulf Mobile and Northern and Mobile and Ohio shops in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Temple
Louisville & Nashville
Gulf, Mobile and Northern
Mobile & Ohio
Baseball schedules for Southern and National Leagues
The card lists games in the Southern League Mobile at Birmingham New Orleans at Atlanta Memphis at Little Rock Chattanooga at Nashville and in the National League Philadelphia at Boston Chicago at Pittsburgh Cincinnati at St Louis. American League matchups New York at Philadelphia Cleveland at Detroit. No other games scheduled.
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Southern League
Mobile
Birmingham
New Orleans
Atlanta
Memphis
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Nashville
National League
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Weather Digest for Alabama and Mississippi
Fair tonight and Thursday in Alabama with a slight warming trend on Thursday. Mississippi shares fair conditions tonight and Thursday with a warmer Thursday, including northern and central regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
North
Four Men Discharged In Federal Case
Four men Hartley Maddox and the Ellisons were discharged by U S Commissioner J S Burgett after a preliminary hearing in a federal case arising from an alleged June 3 incident at Chickasaw. Prosecution claimed the men beat Elder Boykin and accused them of serving whiskey. Witnesses testified they were together at the time. Boykin was the sole government witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hartley
Saraland
J. H. Maddox
Chinchula
Sidney and
Arthur Ellison
Near Axis
Elder Boykin
Chickasaw
United States
J. S. Burgett
Boykin
Cox
Thompson
Prohibition
Hartley
Gulf Fishing and Hunting Club
Maddox
Chunchula
Ellisons
Bottle Creek
Sidney Ellison
Robert E. Gordon
July Fourth Docket Brings Few Arrests and No Fires
The county jail docket shows fewer than six arrests for the day while the city docket remains normal. Police court ended in about 45 minutes with several disorderly or drunk cases fined. Fire department notes report no fires from firecrackers, a false alarm at Elmira and Marine streets, and a mosquito smoke screen incident in a residence.
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Elmira
Marine
Negro Denied Bail In Patrolman Assault Case
Walter Phillips, charged with attacking Patrolman Frank Green at Olmstead and Walnut Streets, will be held without bond on a charge of assault with intent to murder pending injuries to the officer. Judge Edington postponed a July 14 trial after the suspect’s arrest. Green is resting at a local infirmary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Phillips
Frank Green
Olmstead
Walnut Streets
Jack Courtney
D David Edington
Phillips
Cleveland Street
Green
Recorder Says He'll Do Talking For Police Court
Judge David H Edington announced in his police court that he will control proceedings and limit officers and spectators from talking during hearings He warned he would draft new rules to maintain order and enforce compliance and repeatedly called for quieter conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Edington
Edington
Judge Edington
Messenger Robbed of $28 000 on Car
Seven bandits boarded a Tower Grove street car and disarmed Officer Oscar Kunz who accompanied bank messenger Jozeph Mossip. They escaped with a satchel containing $28 000.
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Messenger
ST. Louis
Tower Grove
Oscar Kunz
Jozeph Mossop
Tower Grove Bank
Mobile Commission Advances Fire Department Motorization Plan
The Mobile city commission adopted a Hartwell sponsored resolution to motorize the fire department and consolidate engine houses 2 3 4 5 and 12 with two new central stations at Church and Water streets and Springhill avenue and St Francis street. Bids will be solicited per engine house, with funds used for station construction and 30 day bid acceptance window. The panel also approved funding for pamphlets on city hall affairs.
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Mobile City Commission
Fire Department
Harry T. Hartwell
Sdle
Church and Water Streets
Springhit Avenue
St. Francis Street
Hartwell
Church and Water
Springhill Avenue
Taylor
Crawford
Man in Hillsboro Tragedy Sets Note Threatening Women
In Hillsboro Illinois on July 6 Mexican laborer Andy Ruiz injured his sister in law fatally and his wife seriously after a plan to “make the world better.” He fled as sheriff searches for him near timber land while his wife recovers from head injuries and 38 stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Associated Press
Andy Ruiz
Taylor S Prings
Ruiz
Postpone Hearing After Fulton Road Smashup
Grady Thomley and Vivian McCrary, drivers in a Fulton road accident, will be tried in police court next Friday. The hearing was postponed to allow Thomley to consult an attorney. McCrary faces reckless driving charges, Thomley the same offense plus drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Thomley
Vivian McCrary
Fulton Road
Thomley
McCrary
Majestic Brings Three Million in Gold to New York
Gold bars valued at 3 million dollars arrived on the Majestic from England for Kuhn Loeb and Co bankers. The consignment supports a push to balance trade accounts after a weeks long South African gold strike disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Majestic
England
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Train Kills Two En Route to Hospital in Port Perry
Two people were killed when a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck an automobile carrying James Shields to a hospital in Port Perry near Pittsburgh. Dr. F. L. Morrow of North Braddock and Mrs. Josephine Wakeman of Port Perry died at the scene. Shields was beaten shot and robbed by highwaymen and was in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
F. L. Morrow
North Braddock
Josephine Wakeman
Port Perry
James Shielde
Shields
Fish-Skinning Record Set In Gloucester Contest
Everett White was hailed as champion fish skinner after posting a 37 1 2 second record for skinning a five pound cod in the Independence Day contest at Gloucester. The previous record stood at 46 seconds set in 1853 by John am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
Everett White
White
John Am
Veterans Demand Publicity for War Profits at Convention
The World War veterans convention in Minneapolis adopted principles calling for Congress to investigate all war profits above 25 percent, oppose war without a referendum, condemn child labor exploitation and the open shop, and back collective bargaining and self determination. It also urged retrial for 700 military men at Fort Leavenworth and supported rail and shop workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolas
Minn
World War Veterans Convention
Congress
Fort Leavenworth
Republicans Prepare Tariff Cloture Bid In Senate
Republican leaders reconvened in Washington to push a cloture petition aimed at limiting debate on the tariff bill. With 60 to 65 signatories, they faced likely defeat for a required supermajority this Friday, while some Democrats favored cloture. If defeated, a new plan sought to invoke cloture by a simple majority rather than two-thirds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Smade
Adozen
Seattle Woman Held As Hobo In Jacksonville
Mrs Ida McGrath a 40 year old widow from Seattle was arrested in Jacksonville for hoboing a freight train and is jailed awaiting trial in Duval county. She said her husband P J McGrath died in Washington DC about three years ago and she came to Florida seeking nurse opportunities aided by friends and relatives including brothers in Boston and Middlesboro. A man named Cook accompanying her was described as guiding her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Ida McGrath
P. J. McGrath
Seattle
Wash
Duval County
McGrath
Boston
Mass
Middlesboro
Cook
Explosive blast hits Brooklyn bootleg warehouse
A 100-gallon still in a Forty-second Street Brooklyn warehouse exploded with a roar that scared the Italian neighborhood, breaking windows and drawing police and fire crews. Investigators believe the main distillery of bootleggers was hit, and bystanders saw five men flee in a waiting car as fire was contained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Forty-second Street
Brooklyn
Peter Burke Dies At Providence Infirmary
Peter Burke a member of Roche and Burke and a well known Mobilian died at 1 30 this afternoon at Providence Infirmary after a three week illness He leaves a wife and family and many relatives in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Burke
Roche & Burke
Providence Infirmary
Mr. Burke
Mobile
Agreement Reached on Egyptian Oil Freight Rates
Cairo July 6 An agreement between Egyptian shipping companies sets freight at 25 shillings per ton for cotton oil to the United States and also 25 shillings to the United Kingdom. The Cairo accord raises the U S rate by 10 shillings from last May's level, which had stood at 25 shillings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
United States
United Kingdom
Peace move opens path to end shopmen standoff
Chicago July 5 The railway labor board denies outlawing the striking shopmen and signals a possible path to settlement. Chicago July 6 Maintenance of way workers stay at work under protest after wage-cut negotiations and a holiday conference with Ben W Hooper W L McMenimen and E F Grable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Ben W.hooper
B. M. Jewell
Hooper
Railway Labor Board
Gompers
Associated Press
Ben W. Hooper
W. L. McMenimen
E. F. Grable
Frisco May Get G. O. P. Convention
Sentiment among Republican leaders favors San Francisco as the 1924 national convention site. Robert Webb, executive secretary of the San Francisco league, reports from the East that Cox era remarks in 1920 influence the party. The Democratic convention there in 1920 is cited as a positive precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Robert Webb
San Francisco League
James M. Cox
Excursion Steamer Madison Hall Seized Over Liquor
Washington July 5 More than 500 excursionists were panicked when police and revenue officers seized the 400 foot steamer Madison Hall on the Washington to Potomac river route after finding a large quantity of liquor aboard Ottaway Holmes, the steamer’s negro owner, was arrested on illegal possession and selling of liquor.
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Washington
Madison Hall
Potomac River
Ottaway Holmes
Bishop Coadjutor to Be Elected for Ala
A special session of the Episcopal Church of Alabama in Carlowville convened to elect a bishop coadjutor. Bishop Cary Beckwith spoke after communion as about 200 delegates gathered for the meeting. Paderewski and wife in California to sail for Europe on July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlowville
Ala
Chosean Council of the
Episcopal Church of Alabama
Cary Beckwith
Paderewski
California
Auto Builder Says Wage Cuts Are Unneeded
Will I. Ohmer, chairman of the board of the Associated Motor Industries, argued wage reductions are harmful and unnecessary. He urged harmony and better methods of manufacture to boost production and raise workers’ earnings, announcing the seven-car and truck merger and its prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated Press
Will I. Ohmer
Associated Motor Industries
Ohmer
Sing Sing Bootlegger Is Locked Up
OSSINING NOW FURY Bernard Conway, the prison bootlegger at Sing Sing, is locked in solitary confinement as guards search for the stilling apparatus. Prisoners mourn the loss of their potato hooch maker while authorities vow to enforce dry laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
John Barleycorn
Sing Sing
Bernard Conway
Lawes
Horse Fancier Buys Rare Art For More Song
New York July 5 Christopher J Fitzgerald, a horse enthusiast and jockey club official, bid $4560 at auction for a painted study of horses. He later learned it is a 17th century Isaac Van Ostade work once in the Baring and Dunmore collections in London. An offer of $25,000 had been proposed for the painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Christopher J. Fitzgerald
Jockey Club
Isaac van Ostade
Hiker Drops 126 Pounds Crossing Mohave Desert
Frank Meek of Danville Illinois set off for Los Angeles at 350 pounds and arrived at 224 pounds claiming to be the only man to cross the Mohave Desert without water supplies. He says the cross country hike outranks Turkish baths and dieting and plans to return home by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Gal
Frank Meek
Danville
Ill
Mohave Desert
Officers Ready For Transfusion To Save Comrade
Forty San Francisco police officers offered blood to aid Policeman Joseph Walsh shot during a Monday night robbery attempt. Two donors were tested on Monday and Tuesday with mixed results, and Policeman Walsh had an even chance for recovery after Policeman Michael Mitchell donated blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Fordele to lease Muscle Shoals power faces executive vote
Washington July 5 The fate of Henry Ford's offer to lease the Muscle Shoals water power will be settled tomorrow in an executive session of the agricultural committee. The committee will vote on Ford's proposal and a majority is expected to favor approval in some form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Agricultural Committee
Detroiter
Washington
Henry Ford
G Errment
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Agricultural Committee
Republican
Nebraska
Co Tee
Ford
House
Senate
Norrig
Gorgas
Chale Ore
Monerey McNary
Oregon
Harreld
Oklahoma
Norris
Alabama
Harrison
Mississippi
Radell
Louisiana
Smith
South Carona
Caraway
Arkansas
Cappe
Kansas
Ladd
North Dakota
Wnt Norbeck
South Dakota
Republicana
Navy
Congress
Columbus Day Meet Postponed One Year
Washington July 5 Postponement for one year of the Columbus Day conferences to be held in the capitals North Central and South Arm next October 12 was announced by the women's auxiliary committee of United States of the second American scientific congress. Advancing the date to October 1923 was decided to serve the conference plan and align with the Pan American scientific congress which also has been postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North
Central
South Arm
American International Committee
Women
Women's Auxiliary Committee of
United States
Second American Scientific Congress
Orth
Pan-American Scientific Co
Gunmen Wound Three Children in Coney Island Trip
Three youths were wounded when gunmen fired on a car carrying families to Coney Island in New York. Joseph Gordon, 15, was seriously hurt. his sister Fannie Gordon, 9, was hit in the arm. Samuel Simon, 15, sustained a facial flesh wound. Max Rubin and two others fled the scene after firing at the auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Threedren
Cumberland
Coney Island
Max Rubin
Manhattan
Coney Isla
Joseph Gordon
Fannie
Samuel Simon
Christian Endeavor Meet in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas arrangements are under way for an all South Christian Endeavor convention next week drawing about 1 000 young people and leaders from several states and foreign countries. The convention opens July 7 and runs five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
el States
Austria Grants Food Subsidies
The Austrian government plans subsidies to boost workingmen’s income as limited meat fats and other essentials are sold below cost. the Labor Department reports aid measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Washington
Department of Labor
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Montgomery
Public Service Board
Joe Warren
Munson
Bibbco
Tampico
Ben Hooper
Frisco
Ignace Paderewski
Poland
Mme. Paderewski
Paso Robles
Calif
Europe
Combine
Christian Endeavor Meets
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