DeBARDELABEN QUITS BARGE SERVICE AS HEAD OF WARRIOR
Henry T. DeBardeleben Birmingham coal operator resigns as federal manager of the Warrior river division of the Mississippi Warri or system. No successor named. The move follows ICC report accusing favorable treatment to his own Corona Coal interests and notes potential shifts in management and traffic policy. The War Department considers new leadership and expanded district offices to push lower Warrior rates.
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Birmingham
Barge Line
Henry T. DeBardeleben
Warrior River
Mobile
DeBardeleben
Warrior
Interstate Commerce Commission
Corona Coal Company
Corona Company
War Department
H. T. DeBardeleben
Warrior Transportation
DeBardele
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
End of Rail Trace Talks Shaped by North-South Negotiations
Chicago negotiations fail as walkout ends spark national plans. Officials report troop deployment in two southern states and C&O clerks quit amid the crisis.
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Chicago
W. Department
Southe
Cler
Police Picnic Held Next Tuesday at Monroe Park
The Mobile Police Relief Association picnic, postponed last Tuesday due to weather, will be held next Tuesday at Monroe Park. A band concert will occur afternoon and evening with fireworks, plus games and a twins contest. the Cops and Candidates baseball game is rescheduled.
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Mobile Police Relief Association
Monroe Park
John H. Bressingham
Catholics to Open New Fairhope Church
The new St. Lawrence’s Catholic church at Fairhope on the Eastern Shore will begin public services next Sunday at 9 a m and continue weekly. Bishop Edward P Allen of the Mobile diocese inspected the unfinished edifice during a visit to the Catholic orphanage at Battles.
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St. Lawrence's Church
Fairhope
Edward P. Allen
Mobile
Battles
Hapsburg Diadem Stolen in Vienna
The diamond and ruby studded crown of the Hapsburgs, kept at the Spanish consulate in Vienna, was stolen after the Austrian revolution began. Count De Korwin Sokolowski, who moved the diadem to the consulate, was summoned to Paris to assist in retrieving the jewels as they may be traced to Vienna Barcelona Paris and possibly Moscow. Baron Radowitz confirmed the theft but declined further comment.
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New York
Hapsburgs
Austria- Hungary
Vienna
Count de Korwin Sokolowski
Paris
la Savoie
Icelona
Moscow
Radowitz
Doorn
Sokolowski
Senator Kendrick Alters Muscle Shoals Vote
Senator Kendrick of Wyoming on the Senate agriculture committee proposed delaying action on Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals offer and said he would vote to accept the deal if the lease period was reduced from 100 to 50 years to meet the federal water power act.
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Washington
Kendrick
Wyoming
Senate Agriculture Committee
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Senate Today
Weather Outlook for Northwest Florida Alabama Mississippi
Weather bulletin notes local thundershowers tonight or Friday in southern areas. Elsewhere generally fair conditions expected across the region.
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Washington
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
South Portion
Base Ball Scores Across National and American Leagues
The Southern Association and National League games show New Orleans over Birmingham 3 to 2 with Matteson Dowie Morrison Robertson. Brooklyn and Philadelphia results plus runners and pitchers listed. American League details Detroit and New York scoring, Lehigh? games with Faber Schaln Pennock Walters and Vangilder Severeid Rommell Braggy.
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New Orleans
Ewes
Matteson and Dowie
Morrison and Robertson
Tilden Beats Beale in Longwood Fourth Round
William T. Tilden II of Philadelphia defeated Sydney L. Beale of Boston 6-0 6-0 6-0 in a Longwood bowl tennis singles fourth round match. Floyd Fitzsimmons opened negotiations for a Britton Shade title bout. Kitzsimmons to meet Dempsey in Detroit for Labor Day heavyweight defense. American Wimbledon returnees arrive in New York led by Mrs. Mallory and Miss Sears. Mallory disputes quarrel claims with Lenglen.
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Brookline
Mass
William T. Tilden II
Philadelphia
Sydney L. Beale
Boston
Chicago
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Benny Leonard
Rocky Kangas
Michigan City
Ind
Jack Britton
Dave Shade
California
Kitzsimmons
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Detroit
Bill Brennan
New York
Wimbledon
England
Molla B. Mallory
Eleanora Sears
Edith Sigourney
Dean Mathey
Mallory
Mile
Suzanne Lenglen
Lengren
Promised Gas Rate Cut Not Yet Ordered
A Mobile gas rate reduction promised by Alabama Public Service Commission appears delayed after a July 6 letter from Mobile member Gaillard to J H Pitard stated it would be ordered that week. Despite two weeks passing the 19 cent rate remains in effect, with hearings on valuation and further reductions ongoing.
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Mobile Gas Company
Alabama Public Service Commission
B. Gaillard
Mobile
J. H. Pitard
Mr. Gaillard
Mr. Pitard
Ss Pp. Gaillard
Harry T. Hartwell
F. J. Yerger
New Appointment Names Fill Board for August Primary
Register in Chancery James A. Crane named Jere Austill and James H. Glennon to fill vacancies on the election officers appointing board. Sextus H. Smith and Price Williams, both ineligible as candidates, must recuse themselves. The board will adopt the officer list for the August 8 primary and enforce the corrupt practices act requiring campaign expense statements.
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Sextus H. Smith
Price Williams
James.a. Crane
Jere Austill
James H. Glennon
Messrs. Smith
Williams
J. H. Webb
Democratic Executive Committee
Webb
Congress
Secretary of State
Vicksburg Seeks Sunday Blue Law Interpretation
A mass meeting is called at the Vicksburg theatre tonight at 8 to decide how Sunday blue laws should be interpreted. The city has kept Sunday activities restricted for three weeks, angering residents who cannot buy outside papers or enjoy basic services. Aza mayor says enforce all Sunday laws or none, and a large crowd is anticipated.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Zion City
Law and Order League
15 Year Old Girl Kills Capital Man Near Montgomery
Portis McKeithen of the Montgomery Union Station was killed on the Hayneville road seven miles from the city. A 15 year old girl, reported to be McKeithen’s niece, is held at police headquarters. The man was 30 and married.
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Montgomery
Ala
Portis McKeithen
Haggrange
Montgomery Union Station
Hayneville Road
McKeithen
Crude Oil Prices Fall Across Regions
Findlay Ohio reports a 25 cent drop in crude quotations, marking the second decline of the week. New prices are Lima 1.98 Indiana 1.78 Wooster 2.16 Illinois 1.77 Plymouth 1.15 Waterloo 1.25.
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Findlay
Ohio
Ohio Oil Company
Lima
Indiana
Wooster
Illinois
Plymouth
Waterloo
Mob thwarted in Oklahoma jail rescue attempt
In McAlester Oklahoma a mob of several hundred negros stormed the county jail to free Levy Webster a 49 year old black man held on a murder charge involving a 10 year old girl. The rescue bid failed with authorities keeping Webster in custody.
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McAlester
Okla
Levy Webster
Frank Puncheon Begins 56th Year in Jail on Vagrancy Charge
Milwaukee July 20 Frank Puncheon aged 75 who has spent 55 years in jails across the midwest checked into the Milwaukee house of correction today after being sentenced by Judge George E. Page in district court on a vagrancy charge.
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Milwaukee
Frank Puncheon
Middle West
Milwaukee House of Correction
George E. Page
District Court
Proposals Made To Better Status Of Austrian Labor
The Austrian government has proposed measures to aid the unemployed with immediate allowances, create bank control commissions to enforce currency rules, prohibit import of nonessential goods with gold duties, and vigorously prosecute profiteers in food and clothing, with labor leaders accepting in principle pending further discussions.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Norris Takes Last Shot At Ford's Offer
Senate report attacks Henry Ford bid to buy and lease Muscle Shoals projects in Alabama. It condemns the proposal as risky while praising a Nebraska senator's plan for a government owned development corporation. The committee splits on Ford and on government ownership, with criticisms of misleading claims about fertilizer cost reductions and government investment returns.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Senate Agricultural Committee
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Nebraska
Ford
Page
McNary
Keyes
Gooding
Norbeck
Harreld
McKinley
Kendrick
Ckinney
Munc
United States
Congress
Lord
Michigan governor seeks plan to run state mines during coal strike
Developments in the coal strike show Michigan's governor asking President Harding to approve a state takeover and operation of mines. Eighteen governors respond with partial support, nine silent, one refuses. Connellsville coke production up 10000 tons. non-union mine output falls, railroads and utilities feel squeeze. Colorado strikers seek police protection. fifth miner killed near Wellsburg, West Virginia. British colliers begin exports to the United States. Coal Age warns of serious famine due to strikes.
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Michigan
Harding
Connellaville
Colorado
Wellsburg
W. Va
United States
Coal Age
Miners Walk Out Across Three States
Six hundred coal workers across Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas were ordered to strike by Johnson head of District 21 Mine Workers of America. They had been supplying hospitals ice and utilities during the national stoppage begun April 1.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
National Coal Mines
Johnson
District 21
Mine Workers of America
Mobile cost of living declines in June report says
The Department of Labor reports Mobile shows a one percent drop in living costs for June, beating Birmingham Little Rock Norfolk though New Orleans matches the decline. Food prices overall up 41 percent from 1914 but down two percent from last year with specific goods varying in price.
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Mobile
Department of Labor
Birmingham
Little Rock
Norfolk
New Orleans
Richmond
Jacksonville
Mexican Republic Named in $629,000 Kidnaping Suit
Maria Louisa Fernandez files in Los Angeles federal court alleging the republic of Mexico and several individuals kidnapped her husband Francisco Fernandez from Chula Vista on September 7, 1921. She says he escaped from a jail in Tijuana about three months later and believes he was murdered. Defendants include numerous Mexican officials both national and municipal.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Republic of Mexico
United States District Court
Maria Louisa Fernandez
Francisco Fernandez
Chula Vista
Tiajuna
California
Strikes Cause Estimated 533 Million Loss to U S Economy
Government statisticians estimate the coal and railroad strikes have cost workers, employers, and American industry about 533 million dollars so far. Daily wage losses reach 7.5 million dollars for railway workers and coal miners combined, with the total loss rising each hour.
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Washington
Fasting Preacher William Rice Buried in Kentucky
NADA Ky July 20 William Rice mountain preacher died from a voluntary fast begun May 13 and was buried near here today He had declared the fast would purify his body and believed an angel would escort him away on a train He later said a great storm would accompany his burial as a crowd gathered under a clear sky.
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Nada
William Rice
Germans Begin General Official House Cleaning
Berlin reports a government ordered purge of reactionaries as the republic tightens its hold. Monarchist influence is to be removed from public offices and replaced by Republicans, with east Prussia slated for further action as Bavaria may push secession. The crisis tests state pillars and royalist plans to topple the socialist regime.
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Berlin
Republi
East Prussia
Bavaria
Leicchenfeld
Germany
Eight Passengers Hurt as Southland Limited Wrecks
Eight passengers were injured, one seriously, when five coaches of the Southland Limited from Chicago turned over at Adams Station between Smithville and Leesburg, Ga. A broken rail was blamed. The injured, listed with home towns including Sarasota, Louisville, Newberry, White Pine, Tampa, Martinsville, Atlanta, and Jacksonville, were taken to a local hospital.
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Albany
Southland” Limited
Chicago
Adams Station
Smithville
Leesburg
Here
Southland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southern Railway System
Louieville
Nashville
Cincinnati
Macon
Central of Georgia
Enigne
W. A. Conyers
Sarasota
Fia
E. Hohman
Louisville
C. M. Swind
Loss to Vessel By Blaze Will Total 125000
NEW ORLEANS July 20 It is estimated the loss to the merchandise cargo of the Southern Pacific Mn eral Isleo discovered on fire off Palm Beach Florida will reach 125000 The steamship arrived from New York with holds sealed and flooded with steam Flames burst forth when opened and fire crews from river fire tug and city department fought the blaze The liner settled about five feet from the water world oil tanks held thousands of gallons of fuel oil Officials say about one third of the cargo will be a total loss Chief Engineer Richard Standish cites spontaneous combustion
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New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Palm Beach
Fla
New York
City Fire Department
Richard Standish
The
el Isleo
Petting Parties May Lose Their Cars
Dr Wilbur Crafts urged confiscation of automobiles used for petting parties after touring 28 states. He warned that gas hawks lure with dangerous dances and primitive films, claiming these perils threaten girls nationwide.
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Washington
Wilbur Crafts
Crafts
Gas Hawks
Death of Florida judge Judge Minor S. Jones in Titusville
Titusville Florida July 20 Judge Minor S Jones a longtime Florida east coast figure and state political leader died this morning after a short illness at his home He leaves a widow a daughter and three sons The funeral is set for Sunday at 4 pm at the Titusville Catholic church
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Titusville
Fla
Minor
Jones
Florida East Coast
Hifm
Titusville Catholic Church
Rail Strike Grips Nation Amid Mediation Collapse
The national rail strike enters its 20th day as peace talks collapse in Chicago. About 427,000 workers participate, worsening coal and freight shortages and prompting famine forecasts in several states. Labor seniority remains a central dispute while mediation efforts fail. Prayers for a settlement were offered at Trinity Church in New York.
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Chicago
Hooper
Rail Labor Board
Trinity Church
New York
Rail strike severs seek separate settlements reached
A prominent rail official told Secretary of War Weeks that many railroads are ready to settle separately with the striking shopmen. He said Chicago negotiations failed but seniority rights restoration does not preclude individual settlements between carriers and shopmen.
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Washington
Weeks
Chicago
Way Open To End Southern Railway Strike
Frank M. Fair, chairman of the federated shop crafts at Coster shops, says Southern Railway seniority rights for striking workers remain the main obstacle to settlement. In Raleigh, troops were sent to Rocky Mount and Aberdeen to protect fruit shipments. peaches and other shipments faced disruption. Seaboard Air Line reports repair shops at full capacity with 150 workers, while three Georgia national guard companies were held for duty in Waycross amid disorder claims at Atlantic Coast Line shops.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Frank M. Fair
Federated Shop
Coster
Southern Railway
Southern
Chicago
Raleigh
N. C
Rocky Mount
Aberdeen
Morrison
Seaboard Air Lane
Waycross
Georgia National Guardsmen
Atlantic Coast Line
St. Simons Island
Hardwick
Dan Cowart
Cowart
Peace talks collapse heightens rail strike crisis
Washington reports the railway labor board failed to mediate the split in rail unions. Officials say within 48 hours President Harding may must take drastic steps to avert a growing industrial park and coal shortage.
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Washington
Railway Labor Board
Harding
Weber and Fields to Take Road Again
New York reports Joe Weber and Lew Fields the vaudeville duo reconciled after a long estrangement. A vaudeville circuit announced plans to present the act again, with rehearsals set to begin this month and a tour to follow.
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New York
Joe Ww
Lew Fields
Vaud
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