Strikes At L N Shops Spark Missing Man Search
Attorney Harry H. Smith claims life threats against R M Bowers amid a conceal weapons case. Police launch a manhunt for Bowers while Ernest Wilson, a car sealer at L N, is reported missing after leaving home to attend church. J M Smith is arrested near L N shops on charges of entering guarded yards.
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R. M. Bowers
Harry H. Smith
Bowers
C. C. Tyrrell
Smith
Ernest Wilson
Wilson
J. O'Shaughnessy
Dauphin Street
J. M. Smith
Canal Street
Louisville & Nashville
Henry Marcet
Marce
Little Rock
Governor Kilby to Name State Officers for Federal Enforcement
Governor Kilby said he will discuss the request with L L Phillips, chief of the state law enforcement department, upon returning to Montgomery from North Alabama where he is handling strike matters. He pledged cooperation with federal prohibitions agents and promised to write further as soon as possible.
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United States
Aubrey Boyles
Kilby
Boyles
L. L. Phillips
Montgomery
Alabama
Phillips
City to Call For Bids On Street Paving
City commissioners in special session directed the city attorney to prepare resolutions for paving streets recently taken over from the county. Objections to the projects were not filed. Streets listed include Catharine from Government to Dauphin and several in the Radcliffe and Flor Claire additions, with some segments requiring city takeover first.
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Catherine Street
Government
Dauphin
St. Stephen's Road
Ann
Catherine
Georgia Avenue
Radcliffe
West Texas Street
Winchester Fined on Police Charge
George Winchester taxi driver was fined 25 dollars or 25 days after a Saturday night incident in which he was struck with a bottle by O R Davis barber. He allegedly refused treatment at the city hospital and cursed in front of staff. Davis testified Winchester attacked him without cause. Davis was cleared of disorderly conduct.
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George Winchester
O. R. Davis
D. H. Edington
Winchester
Davis
Deny Rebate Charge On Shell Shipments
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied Gulf City Manufacturing Company of Mobile’s petition for reparations on oyster shell shipments from Appalachicola to Mobile. The case, brought against the railroad administration, followed rate reductions approved by the ICC but found no proof of damage to the company for shipments already made.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf City Manufacturing Company of
Mobile
Appalachicola
Railroad Administration
LC. C
Where They Play Southern Baseball Lineup
City matchups list with times and conditions across Southern and National leagues. Atlanta Little Rock Mobile Chattanooga New Orleans Nashville Birmingham Memphis New York St Louis Brooklyn Pittsburgh Boston Cincinnati Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland Philadelphia Detroit Boston St Louis Washington all scheduled with clear or cloudy conditions and varied start times.
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Atlanta
Little Rock
Mobile
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Nashville
Birmingham
Memphis
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago
Weather Forecast Notes From Washington
Weather bulletin for July 17 reports unsettled conditions in the extreme northwest Florida coast with likely showers tonight and Tuesday. Alabama and Mississippi expect partly cloudy skies with possible local showers on Tuesday and tonight.
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Washington
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Election on Bond Issue for New High School Delayed
The school board presented a petition calling for a bond election to fund a new high school. The board of revenue tabled action until a conference with the city commission to set the election date and method. They seek $350 000 in bonds from the county and a similar amount from the city. The matter will be presented to the city commission on Tuesday.
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Board of Revenue
City Commission
R. P. Roach
Roach
Barton Academy
Thanking Mobile and Chamber for Woodmen Encampment
Col Caine of the Woodmen thanks Mobile and its Chamber of Commerce for hospitality and ideal encampment arrangements. He says Mobile people were courteous agreeable and hospitable and credits the chamber for the success of the event.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
S. L. Caine
Col. Caine
Columbus
Miss
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Central Awarded Damages for Losses
The Alabama Central Railway Company was awarded $5,245 by the Interstate Commerce Commission for losses sustained during the six months after federal payment measures.
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Washington
Alabama Central Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iet
Federcel Ponte
Ku Klux Klan Members Deliver Donation to Oakdale Baptist
Twelve men in Klan regalia entered Oakdale Baptist Church during Sunday services in Mobile Alabama, handed a letter and $15 donation to pastor Rev. R. M. Hunter, then departed in silence. The note praised the church and pastor, professed Americanism and support for free speech and schools, and urged upholding laws and aiding the needy.
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Ku Klux Klan
Oakdale Baptist Church
R. M. Hunter
Knights of the
Monhile
Curch
Mobile Klan No
Alabama
Mr. Hunter
Mobile
Minority Reports On Muscle Shoals To Be Presented
Senate agriculture committee minority reports on Muscle Shoals power and nitrate plant offers will be submitted this week. Norris announced the Norris plan creates a three member government commission to operate the projects and will be presented Thursday. Ladd said the Ford offer report will be ready by Friday or Saturday. Five will sign Norris and seven will sign Ladd. four could not agree on the majority report.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Norris
Ladd
North Dakota
Miners Move Toward Bi Partisan Conference With Operators
Washington July 17. A movement to settle the nation wide mine strike in a bi partisan conference of miners and operators without government participation is under way. Mine leaders may propose a peace meeting within the week. Presidents aide says sentiment grows for direct talks to avoid government intervention as rail and coal strikes loom.
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Washington
Pres. Harding
United States Army
Sec
Denison
Texas
Paris Debates Traffic Signals To Preserve City Character
Parisians weigh adopting New York style red green white lights along Avenue de Opera. Critics fear acceptance would make visitors think Paris resembles Fifth Avenue and damage the city’s celebrated beauty and pride.
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Paris
Fifth Avenue
New York
John A. Harriss
Avenue de Opera
Broad Avenue
Laurendine Bound Over to Grand Jury on Prohibition Charge
P B Laurendine owner of a store and restaurant on Texas street waived examination before United States Commissioner J J Burgett and was bound over to the grand jury on a 1000 dollar bond. C C Laurendine was arrested nearby Friday night by federal officers who found liquor at the establishment.
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P. B. Laurendine
Texas Street
United States
J. J. Burgett
C. C. Laurendine
Anniston Man Fatally Stabbed in Boat Dispute
Will Stephens, manager of Lake Park, is held without bond in Anniston County Jail on a possible fatal stabbing of Arthur Moore Sunday night. Deputy Sheriff Ford arrested Stephens after a dispute over Moore using a private boat led to the confrontation.
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Anniston
Ala
Will Stephens
Arthur Moore
Stephens
Ford
Moore
Baton Rouge Ku Klux Klan Vows To Clean Up City
The Baton Rouge Ku Klux Klan served notice to the public in a letter that it was ready to clean up Baton Rouge. An initiation Saturday night saw 400 to 500 Klansmen participate with 200 inducted.
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Baton Rouge
lLa
Ku Klux Klan
Farm population tops 31.6 million in 1920 census
The United States farm population on January 1, 1920 stood at 31,614,269, about 29.9 percent of the total population, according to Census Bureau findings announced today. The figures reflect the latest census returns.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Milon Arrested in Baltimore Murder Case
Charles Milon aged 33 was arrested in Harrisburg Pa in connection with the murder of Bella Leman whose nude bruised body was found near Baltimore last week. The arrest followed information from a witness.
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Harrisburg
Charles Milon
Bella Leman
Baltimore
Embezzler Dies In Scuffle With St. Louis Police
Oliver Frazier, sought on embezzlement charges of 32000 from Commonwealth Finance Corporation, died after a scuffle with St Louis police in St Paul. He had vanished after a 1920 suit seeking 400000 and was said to have slipped from Detroit police nets in 1921. He arrived in St Louis from New York in 1918.
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Louis
Oliver Frazier
St. Paul
Frazier
Commonwealth Finance Corporation of New York
Detroit
St. Louis
New York
They Got Me Says Woman in Hammer Murder
Mrs. Clara Phillips faces a coroner's jury verdict on the hammer killing of Mrs. Alberta Meadows in Los Angeles. She reportedly said they got me while being returned from Tucson as questions about the alleged crime arise.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clara Phillips
Alberta Meadows
Brigadier Harrison Confederate Leader Dies in Alabama
Opelik a Ala July 17 General George Paul Harrison former commander in chief of the Confederate Veterans and the youngest brigadier general ever commissioned by the Confederate States of America died at his home today. He was 81 years
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Opelika
Ala
George Paul Harrison
Chelf
Confederate Veterans
Confederate States of America
Wellsburg unrest prompts limited state troop deployment
Governor Morgan stated no further state troops would be sent unless fighting resumes as current detachment arrives. Reports note partial control but sniping from surrounding hills continues amid unrest. In nearby Wellsburg a deadly clash at the Richland Coal Standard Mine left Sheriff Duvall and 12 others dead and at least 25 wounded, with miners said to be involved and houses burned in Cliftondale.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wellsburg
E. F. Morgan
Wheeling
H. H. Duvall
Cliftondale
Trouble Brews Early at Richland Mine Fight in West Virginia
Police report 13 men including the sheriff died in an early morning clash at the Richland mine near Wellsburg West Virginia after striking miners from across the Pennsylvania line fired on deputies and set the tipple ablaze. The sheriff’s son was among those believed trapped in the burning structure.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Richland
Pennsylvania
Brooke County
toeNsburg
Avelia
Marchers Arrested Near Lone Hill Mine Clash
Sheriff Otto Leullen and state police dispersed a march toward the Lone Hill mine near Washington Pennsylvania. Nine men were arrested as the non union operation continues amid the coal strike. In Wellsburg West Virginia nine striking miners from Pennsylvania were arrested after an attack on the Standard mine injuring three guards and sheriffs deputies.
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Washington
Otto Leullen
Lone Hill Mine
Here
Unidentified Young White Burglar Shot In Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama coroner officials sought the burglar’s identity after an unknown young white man was shot and killed while burglarizing J. M. Wright’s residence. Wright fired a shotgun as he was awakened by a noise. Police found the body about thirty yards from the house and held it awaiting identification at a local undertaking establishment.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rusaum
J. M. Wright
Wright
Non-Soviets to Meet Russians in Hague Talks
The non Russian sub commission on property meets the Russian delegates in The Hague to hear proposals on restitution of or compensation for confiscated property. The session follows a decision made this afternoon and aims to address the Soviet representatives' desires.
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The
Hague
Associated Press
Sub-Commission On Property
Father and Son Beaten by Band Near Atlanta
E L Ramsey and his son R H Ramsey were abducted from their home by about 15 men and severely whipped in Atlanta on July 17. Both men worked as boilermakers for the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad near the city.
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Atlanta
E. L. Ramsey
R. H. Ramsey
Nashville, Chattanooga
Booze Ring In Chicago Is Widening
Federal authorities prepare to present evidence before a special grand jury on a major liquor graft plot tying a former Chicago internal revenue collector and a former Illinois legislator to a $500,000 ring. The probe, led by Col. A C Earnshaw, alleges a network of fixers and bribe payments from druggists and breweries, with indictments sought against a congressman, a millionaire contractor and other officials.
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Chicago
Harry W. Majers
Internal Revenue
Benjamin M. Mitchell
Illinois
Col
A. C. Earnshaw
Special Internal Revenue Intelligence Department
Magers
Mitchell
Harnshaw
Earnshaw
High Internal Revenue
Bition
Thrower
Virgin Islands Fight Prohibition Enforcement in Washington
A three member Virgin Islands commission from St Thomas travels to Washington to challenge prohibition enforcement. They argue the ban harms bay rum exports by requiring denatured alcohol and claim health rules by the naval governor bar Spanish vessels and cripple trade.
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New York
Conrad Cere
George Moorehead
Labor Union of
Dye Foundation Prosecution Forecast in Washington
The government plans action against the Chemical Foundation and its head Francia P. Garvan after Garvan refused President Harding's demand to return German dye patents sold during the Wilson era. Garvan testified before a grand jury as DOJ considers placing patents under court control during the case. He attacked Attorney General Daugherty and blamed German agents for the government's move.
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Washington
The
Chemical Foundation
Francia P. Garvan
Garvan
Harding
Wilson
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Foundation
Love For His Mother Causes His Surrender
John B. Wilson of Pittsburgh surrendered at police headquarters saying his wish to comfort his mother led him to turn himself in rather than flee the murder trial. He claimed Walton was killed in self defense and provided his mother’s address at 1025 Decatur Street.
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Birmingham
Ala
John B. Wilson
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Walton
Wilson
Decatur Street
Yap Treaty Put Into Effect
The United States, via President Harding proclamation dated July 13, now confirms the Japan United States treaty effective. The State Department released the official proclamation details confirming the agreement's activation.
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Washington
Harding
Japan
United States
State Department
Strike expands as 30000 road workers join walkout
Peace talks falter as an official strike of stationary firemen and oilers grows. More than 30,000 members of the American Federation of Road Workers are expected to walk out this week as clerks on Chicago and Northwestern strike remains in abeyance pending evidence of progress.
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American Federation of Road Workers
Chicago
Northwestern
National Railway
Railroad Labor Board
M. Powell
Fe . Crafts
Liam J. Johnson
Ington
American Federation of Kg
York Central
Philadelphia
Ing
Pittsburgh
Erie
Edward Hoskins
s @ystema
Washington
Seriouness
Brauer
Ch Railway
Villa
Town
Timothy Healy
Rail strike expands as Big Four halts freight handling nationwide
Cincinnati reports cancellation of freight handling at Big Four tracts. Chicago dispatch notes 8,000 stationary fire oilers on strike with 60,000 more possible. railway workers union and Federation of Railroad Workers discuss actions. Officials anticipate quick decisions, shopmen may return, and a stalled mail train highlights strike impact. Continuous negotiations show standstill with hopeful near-term resolution.
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Cincinnati
Big Four
E.M. Cochin
General Ager
Annou Dag
Chicago
Thes Clated
Paris Papers Spark Laugh Over Liquor Sailings
Paris July 17 August protest to President Harding over the sale of liquor on shipboard passenger vessels amuses the French press. The papers joke that no passenger will sail if drinks cannot be had and predict the government will continue to allow drinks on ships, echoing a parody of the axiom do as I say but do as I do.
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Paris
Harding
Mous Axim
Ed Goltra Given Bond for 19 Barges and Four Tows
St Louis July 17 Ed Goltra has complied with the cement's requirements for taking over a fleet of 19 barges and four tows for operations of the Mississippi United States engineer's office. He posted a $200,000 bond and met insurance provisions, but a warrant was withheld until Goltra's request.
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ST. Louis
Ed Goltra
Mississippi
United States Engineer’s Office
Goltra
Ament
Jodi Goltra
Crude Oil Prices Mixed in Pennsylvania Trading
Pittsburgh reporters note crude oil price changes with cents per barrel variations. Markets show Pennsylvania grades such as Somerset light and Rel coming in at two dollars per barrel range, while other grades list around 2.05 and 1.90 to 3.26 listed in notes.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Somerset Light
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