Ships Diversion Rumors Shift Steel Freight to Mobile
The Birmingham district to Mobile rate plan shifts steel and iron shipments to Mobile via the Warrior Line. Vessels including the Lake Gunni and Pacific Caribbean Gulf Steamship Company ships will load steel for the Pacific coast from Mobile in August. New Orleans agents protest, citing Mobile's advantage in cheaper Europe-bound steel and iron, while the Interstate Commerce Commission may review the plan.
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Mobile
Pacific Caribbean Gulf Steamship) Company
Pacific Coast
J. H. W. Steelmpany
Crescent City
Lake Gunni
New Orleans
Atate
Otink
Europe
New Orléans
Fatifh
Arcies
Isthmian Steamship Line
United States Steel Car
Hon
Birmingham Disare Tong
aCific
Enbach Lines
Alfred & Co
Pacific
Mississippi
Mississippi Warrior
Mystery in Cleveland: Suspected attempt on Kaber life unfolds
Testimony centers on Mrs. Raber and Miss Benner as witnesses to possible poisoning of Daniel F. Kaber. Benner describes hospital visits, vomiting after meals, and powdered sugar used on food. Wagner recalls quarrels and a claim of harm tied to a Masonic ring with a diamond. The state argues the attack aimed to kill Kaber.
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Bya. Cathe
Daniel F. Kaber
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Kaber
Mra Kaber
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Miss. Wagner
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Miss Wagner
Mobile firms to get ships for operation to Europe
Shipping board assigns New Orleans vessels to German Steamship Corp and Page & Jones for Europe. Elmer Davison, agent, notes Passaic Bridge, Watman Line and Westland vessels being reassigned. Westland likely to replace wharfship under repair as mobile lines indicate improving export activity.
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New Orleans
German Steamship Corporation
Ge & Jones
Europe
Elmor Davison
Shipping Board
Passaic Bridge
Watman Line
Page & Jones
Westlands
Weather Outlook Saturday Sees Showers Then Fair Weekend
Disjointed forecast notes scattered local showers on Saturday with indications of improving weather and clearing skies into the weekend. Temperatures dip slightly tonight with no storm anticipated, as observers expect calmer conditions for the coming days.
Hickasaw Man Injured Diving at Point Clear
Randle, a Chickasaw civil leader, was injured Sunday while diving at Point Clear. He struck a leg and received a facial wound, was treated at Clear and transported to Mobile where doctors confirmed his skull was not fractured.
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Randle
Chickasaw
Point Clear
Mobile
Officers Let Out For Warren Case Details Emergence At Juvenile Court
Miss M G Tilney said Mrs G O Johnson and J B Ducourneau were relieved of duties over how the Warren case was handled. The conference discussed court funding and administrative changes, with calls to file funding requests in proper form and to limit further appropriations.
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Mobile County Juvenile Court
M. G. Tilney
Juvenile Comvssion
Board Revenue Today
G.O. Johnn
J. 8. Ducourneau
Warren
Court Commission
Commission
John D. Hagan
Board of Revenue
Courneau
Ward
John Craft
Robert Gordon
James R. Hagah
Miss Tilney
Johnson
Port of Mobile Reports 13 943 Seamen Handled
Customs figures show 13 943 seamen shipped or discharged at Mobile during the fiscal year ending June 30, with 1 603 more than the prior year. The data are part of a yearly report to the Department of Commerce in Washington.
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Mobile
Dent of Commerce
Washington
Capitol
Fined for Beating Prisoner in Cell
James WHalfred former police officer charged with assaulting and beating Joe Jefferson a prisoner in the bull ring at the police station last Tuesday was fined $10 and costs with $25 or 25 days additional for drunkenness by the recorder today Jefferson testified Halfred came into the prison very drunk and began fighting and cut him slightly with a knife
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James Whalfred
Joe Jefferson
Jefferson
Halfred
Theft of bicycle nets seven months hard labor
David Johnson an 18 year old Black boy was tried on petit larceny charges for stealing a $15 bicycle from the Up to date Shoe Shop. He received seven months hard labor and costs.
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David+ Johnson
Petit
Johnson
Man Named Trimble Faces Recorder Court Over Rifle Rampage
Thomas H. Trimble aged 52 is charged with assault to murder in two cases after a shooting spree near Tennessee and Cedar streets. Victim Josephine Ruffin, a Black woman, suffered a shattered left arm and remains in hospital in dangerous condition. Dozens of witnesses were summoned as Trimble, nervous in court, offered no statement. Police say he fired at two white women and at Helen Gordon before bullets reached the Ruffin woman and an agent’s house. A separate case against G A Purvis for discharging a revolver on Selma street was reset for Tuesday with charges of concealed weapon and operating an auto without license.
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Thomas H. Trimble
Winchester
Tennessee
Cedar Streets
Recorder
Josephine Ruffin
Trimble
Helen Gordon
E. G.dane
Vincent Burgess
The
Ruffin
John Oak Clin
Cba
Fife
G. A. Purvis
Selma
Selma Street
Recorder’s Court
Purvis
Auto Accident Case Set for July 15
Reckless driving charge against 19 year old Arline Jones of Crichton will be heard in recorder's court on July 15 for an accident at Government and Lawrence streets that injured 16 year old Walter Linscott. Linscott remains hospitalized and unable to attend the hearing. Jones says she stopped after the collision and asked if he was hurt, the rider replied he was not.
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Crichton
Mobile Paint Company
Government
Lawrence Streets
Walter Linscott
Roper Street
Recorder’s Court
Linscott
Miss Jones
Still Seized in Prohibition Sweep Nine Miles from City
State officers captured a 100 gallon copper still with two attendants in a swamp near Moffat road nine miles from the city. W P Baker and Connie Reed were jailed on prohibition charges. Officers W H Knox William Moats and R A Crow destroyed the still and nine barrels of mash per a search warrant.
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W. H. Knox
William Moats
R. A. Crow
Moffat Road
W. P. Baker
Connie Reed
Stolen Ford Recovered by Thomasville Police
A Ford owned by Co. L. Megginson, a Prichard druggist, was stolen last night from Joachim and Conti streets during a Lyric theatre performance and found today in Thomasville, Alabama. Police report three suspects, two men and a woman, with the car. Megginson plans to swear warrants.
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Co. L. Megeginsen
Prichard
Joachim
Conti
Lyric Theatre
Thomasville
Ala
Megginson
Non-Partisan League Meets in Fargo Amid Charges
The North Dakota state executive committee of the National Non-Partisan League met late Thursday to review charges against committee members raised in a special Fargo Courier-News edition. Chairman A A Liderbach warned the session length was unclear and a statement would follow its conclusion.
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National Non-Partisan League
Fargo Courier-News
A. A. Liderbach
A. Totten
Davis Confesses to Wife Murder in Virginia Extradition Fight
Elijah Davis, 38, a former Richmond shopkeeper, confessed to murdering his wife in Richmond on December 29, 1916. Police report he admitted shooting her twice and escaping. Davis will contest extradition to Virginia. Richmond officials proceed with extradition papers.
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Fia
Elijah Davis
Richmond
Davis
Virginia
Roberts
Munson Liner Callao Still Not Reported
Mystery surrounds the fate of the liner Callao due Sunday from Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. Munson Line officials said they had tried to contact the vessel for two days but she did not answer radio calls.
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Callao
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Munson Line
Fate of Munson liner Callao remains a mystery
The Munson line Callao with 60 passengers left Rio de Janeiro for New York June 20 and has not been heard from. The ship, 4936 tons, was due in New York Sunday. Radio contact failed for days and officials cannot explain the strange blackout with the liner sailing mostly without lights before vanishing.
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New York
Munson
Callao
Rio Janeiro
Munison Line
Naval Communication Service
Poeta Service
Philadelphia
Government sea mystery squad formed to investigate vanished ships
In Washington on July 8 a sea mystery squad was organized with representatives from the state justice and commerce departments. Investigators will pool resources to account for ships vanishing off the Atlantic coast and to explain strange maneuvers of vessels seen near Munson liner Munal bro. A conference reviewed all evidence on the missing ships and the elusive pirate craft. The brief facts show half a dozen vessels disappeared near Cape Hatteras at about the same time.
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Washington
Departments of State, Justice and Commerce
Atlantic
Munson
Cape Hatteras
Large Number to Take Exams For Postmaster Jobs
Applicants for postmaster positions at more than a dozen fourth class offices in Mobile and surrounding counties will travel to Mobile on Saturday to take civil service examinations. Offices include Whistler Crichton and Spring Hill with vacancies also listed in Calvert Castleberry Daphne Fulton Gilbertown Grove Hill Jackson Loxley Repton Robertsdale and Silas. The exams, conducted by the Civil Service Board, determine appointments from the top three scorers.
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Civil Service Commission
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Crichton
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Castleberry
Daphne
Fulton
Gilberttown
Grove Hill
Jackson
Loxiey
Repton
Robertsdale
Silas
Tee
Tment
Australian aviator plans trans pacific flight attempt
Sydney July 8. Lieutenant P S Parer announces a Pacific ocean flight to raise money for the venture. Parer, who earlier flew from England to Sydney, will stage an exhibition fight to finance the expedition and hopes to chart a route past Pacific islands.
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N. SW
Pacific Ocean
Parer
England
Tampico Situation Quiet Despite Oil Disruptions
New York report quotes President Obregon saying Tampico is normal aside from oil firms suspending some operations while others proceed more intensively. The comment follows an inquiry into Mexican official views on the Tampico affair.
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Tampico
Obregon
Mexico City
Tampico killings prompt state department follow up
The state department awaits a further report on the fate of two Americans in Mexico's Tampico district after the Tampico consul reported killings but sent garbled cable details making specifics unclear.
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Washington
State Department
Tampico
Mexico
Tampico unrest follows oil tax protests and labor strikes
Clashes erupted in Tampico as discharged oil workers demanded three months pay under Mexican law. Several Americans were said injured as Mexican troops restored order. Officials fear further disturbances as oil firms plan to stay shut for at least six months pending tax relief.
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Tampico
Ca Zacamixtie
Claude S. Dawson
Mexico City
Cesar Lopez Lara
Tamaulipas
Obregon
Salina Cruz
United States
Mexico Increases Troop Moves to Tampico Area
The Mexican government dispatched more federal troops to Tampico to guarantee nationals and foreigners amid a tense situation caused by unemployment. A government statement quoted President Obregon's secretary Fernando Torreblanca as saying existing forces are enough to handle emergencies. The foreign office declined to comment on the arrival of United States warships and related communications.
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Tampico
Eta
Fernando Torreblanca
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Obregon
Foreign Office
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Tarmpico
Bar silver shipment to New York banks
Bar silver valued at 5,000,000 marks moves from Germany to New York aboard the steamship America for Charles Hardy and Ruperti Inc. Also on the way are more German silver consignments and English gold. A large gold shipment of 177 boxes worth 1,117,000 pounds sterling is arriving on the Mauretania.
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New York
Ger
America
Charles Hardy and Ruperiti, Inc
Germany
England
Wall Street
Mauretania
John D Rockefeller Celebrates 82nd Birthday in New York
Tarrytown, N Y July 8 John D Rockefeller today marked his 82d birthday with a morning round of golf and an planned afternoon ride. His son and family will join him for a formal dinner tonight and the health of the industrialist remains excellent despite heat.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Futurist Doorsteps Under Ban of Court in Boston
A Boston woman owner demands action after discovering a tenant painted the steps of her building in alarm pink and red. She argues the art violates court orders and proposes penalties for the public display. The case centers on the legality of tenant street art on rental property.
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Boston
Heat Wave Grimly Tightens Grip Across Nation
Washington reports no relief in sight as July heat continues with forecasts of several days of high temperatures. California sets US record at 110 while Midwest storms bring relief and Chicago floods. In Wilkes-Barre a man dies from heat and electrocution. New York records sixteen prostrations as offices close and beaches fill.
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E. H. Bowie
United States Weather Bureau
Bowie
Ono
California
United States
Mercury
New York
New— York
Weather Heat Strains Hit Atlanta as City Reports 86
Reported temperatures in Atlanta reach 86 degrees amid a hot spell. The cool breeze offers little relief for residents as other cities register varied readings and heat symptoms persist.
Heat Wave Produces Two Deaths in Buffalo New York
Two deaths and eight prostrations were reported in Buffalo New York as a heat wave swept the area. The highest official temperature recorded reached 7.
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Buffalo
Weather and heat record news across California and Pittsburgh toll
California's Fresno and Red Bluff shared heat honors with 106 degrees while Sacramento hit 104 as San Francisco lagged with 94 before trade winds cooled the day. Pittsburgh reported ten deaths since Monday amid continuing city page nine coverage.
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San Francisco
Fresno
Red Bluff
California
Sacramento
Pittsburgh
Rain Revives Late Corn Crop in Alabama
Central and northern Alabama received rains yesterday that saved the late corn crop from a severe drought. State Commissioner Miles G. Allgood said the main corn crop was at a critical stage but revived by moisture. the early corn may not recover while other food crops look toward normalization with higher acreages. Cotton in north Alabama is short but expected to rebound.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Miles G. Allgood
Allgood
Belfast Night Battle Leaves Constable Fatally Wounded
In Belfast on July 8 a midnight clash on Union and Kent streets left a constable mortally wounded and Sinn Fein hosts reported to suffer heavy losses. Police say many bodies were taken to nearby houses after a police search party was fired upon and reinforcements rushed in.
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Associated Press
Union Street
Kent Street
Sinn
Crown
Venerable Editor of Iowa Dies After Fifty-Year Career
Captain N. Rathbun long editor of the Marion Register died Thursday in Cedar Rapids Iowa. He shaped state and national journalism for more than 50 years and was said to have known every president from Lincoln to Harding.
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N. Rathbun
Marion Register
Lincoln
Harding
American duchess and companion die in poison pact
Paris reports Madame de Guise Hite aged 65 and Feo Harborough 25 attempted suicide together. Madame Guise Hite remained in danger after being watched by guards. Harborough died before midnight. Medical staff at the American hospital attended both.
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Madame de Gu Hite
Feo Harbough
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Guise-Hite
Masked rowdies attack man in Daytona flash raid
In Daytona Florida a late Wednesday raid by masked men at a home near 311 resulted in a man being struck in the mouth and his wife forced to surrender a note. Smith appeared and fled in automobiles as authorities investigated.
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Val
Here
Nee Per. Lowe
Ana
Curtiss Sued Over Airplane Accounting Testimony
Rochester figures Curtiss faces lawsuit over accounting of aircraft development. Augustus Herring testifies that the Genmar Mercedes airplane and the Americ Liberty motor were central to Curtiss claims, noting much of Curtiss success rested on these developments.
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N.Y
Augustus Herring
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Curtiss
Germany
Herring
Curtias
Los Angeles Firemate 48
A fragment from the Los Angeles area notes a 48 event involving a figure named Faly mate. Details are unclear due to OCR corruption. no dates or organizations are identifiable.
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Los AN A Ae Geles
Faly Mate
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