Harbor Board Mass Meeting In Mobile For State Aid Amendment
The Alabama Harbor Commission plans a mass meeting in Mobile to back a state aid harbor development amendment. The full commission will attend and the event coincides with its monthly session postponed from July 13. Attendees include US Senator Oscar Underwood Governor Thomas Kilby and other Alabama delegates. The meeting aims to showcase broad support for harbor needs and development.
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State Harbor Commission
Mobile
Tuesda
United States
Oscar Underwood
Thomas B. Kilby
Alabama
Wash- On
Senator Underwood
Kilby
Montgomery
Chamber of
Arid Aabanese
Elubs
Man Puts Obstruction On Track At Lovejoy Station
Harry Barberry 28 placed a scarce scantling across the Chickasaw street car track at Lovejoys Station near Prichard to halt a passing car. He was arrested for obstruction after admitting the act followed missed work and blocked cars with passengers. Street railway officials confirm Lovejoys Station is a regular stop but the targeted cars carried full loads.
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Chickasaw
Lovejoy's Station
Prichard
Harry Barberry
Barberry
Initiative on ONP-OTOP Petition Over Shawnee Stop
Citizens around Marine and Shawnee streets plan an initiative petition after city officials refused relief from a skip stop. Charles M. Rush led over 100 residents in seeking abolition of the Shawnee and Marine skip stop, arguing it caused great inconvenience. City commissioners cautioned they cannot amend the ordinance tied to fare increases, while Mayor Pillans noted residents were not suffering. The petition aims to gather names to present to the city commission.
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Commission
Marine
Shawnee
Charles M. Rush
Marine Streets
Crawford
Streen
Pillans
War Department to round up 10000 plus draft dodgers
Washington July 22 A wide round up of more than 10 000 draft dodgers is to be started by the war department to bring justice to men who failed to answer the call to arms. Adjutant General Harris said a list of at least 100 000 slackers will be compiled with federal state and local agencies aiding. Public publication of names will follow as the first step in the roundup. Rewards offered for delivering deserters to a new war department station.
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A. L. Bradford
Washington
War Department
Arma
America
Peter C. Harris
Department of Justice
Harris
Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Army
Governor’s Island
Erwin Bergdoll
Uitmost
Railroads Seek Passenger Fare Hike To Meet Costs
The Association of Railway Executives proposes raising passenger fares by one half to one cent per mile to cover six hundred million dollars in added operation costs. Freight rates may rise about 8 percent, with milk and express services bearing part of the labor expense. The plan, discussed in Washington, aims to align increases with state laws and earnings guarantees.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Association of Railway Executives
to +t acces co
A. P. Om. Com
Fe Cranery Association
Additigi
Jin
Negro on Trial Today for Murder in Dawes County
Dick Davis a 60 year old negro faces murder charges in a western county home case. He allegedly killed a woman with a club and confessed to burying the body. The trial before Judge Joel W oldsley is expected to conclude later this moon with a jury of twelve named residents.
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Dick Davis
Joel Woldsley
Ances Davis
Dawes
Davis
Bart B. Chamsttlain
John ‘Rogers
Thomas
Crivalieri
Geerhoff
Louis Esfelder, Jr
Yde
James O'Donnell
Eellyyson
Andrew, Schott
n-Drey
James Oberts
H. DeLagée
Pat J. Collins
George J. Costa
Prohibition Officers Seize Liquor in Multiple Incidents
Hundred bottles of home brew were seized at a South Conception Street residence by Sheriff Burch and Prohibition Officers Cur Cox and Donoghue. They also seized beer at Cedar Point Road and arrested John Robert and another man at One Mile Creek Pier 8 for violation. Suspects faced arraignment in criminal court. fines ranged from 1 to 101 with varying terms. Deputy Sheriffs Easterling and another officer seized Canadian Club whiskey and jailed two men after brief detentions.
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Conception Street
One Mile Creek
Vacationers swell Mobile hotels during war season
Hotels in Mobile report a surge of visitors as residents from interior regions travel to nearby coast resorts. Names listed include Keone Guy Whitney of Birnie Ala and several Mississippi and Alabama residents, illustrating broad wartime travel patterns among vacationers.
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Mobile
Ansother
Keone Guy Whitney
Birnie -Ala
H. E. Oe
Jreeland
C. A Burch
State Line
D. Ganes
Jackson
W. C. When
Neii Goryden
John. Gorren
West Point
Charles 0. Mikcan
Gadsden
Ala
Dorothy Rowell
Pauline Young
Helen Anderson
John D. Anderson
J R. Jones
Ima. Ale
W. M. Newton
Weather update for Washington area
The brief weather note reports snow chances today and Friday in the Washington region with partial local snow escoté timing.
Rotarians Visit Arlington Docks On Apollo Today
Mobile Rotary Club members travel aboard the steamer Apollo to Arlington docks for an inspection trip replacing the weekly luncheon. Mayor Harry Pillans attends as a guest while lunch is served aboard the vessel en route and back by two o clock.
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Mobile Rotary Club
Arlington Docks
Rotes
Harry Pillans
Apollo
Jock
Large Oyster Crop Ahead Says State Inspector in Mobile
Mobile oyster and shrimp season expected to be historic says Bell Prinkles state oyster inspector visiting from Bayou la Barre. He notes heavier planting and a crop larger and in better condition than usual plus a shrimp run beginning with many boats in operation near the gulf entrance and Dauphin Island.
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Mobile
Bell Prinkles
Bayou la Barre
Gulf
Dau Phin Island
Shipping Board to Open Survey Bureau in Mobile
The United States Shipping Board will establish a survey bureau in the First National Bank building in Mobile next week to pass on contracts for work on Shipping Board vessels up to $10,000. B. W. Lee, formerly with the New Orleans office, will lead the Mobile bureau. Gulf headquarters remain in New Orleans. contracts over $10,000 still go through the Shipping Board here.
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United States Bureau of Survey
Mobile
First National Bank
B. W. Lee
Shipping Board
New Orleans
Gulf
Bureau
Traveling bag and emblem watch fob found at station
A black traveling bag and a Modern Woodmen of America emblem watch fob are in police custody awaiting their owner. The handbag was brought to the station by people who found it in an automobile on St Joseph Street near Dauphin after it was left there by a mistake.
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Poice Department
St. Joseph Street
Dauphin
Mise
James Cleared of Check Charge in Inferior Court
James, proprietor of an auto service garage, was exonerated today in the inferior criminal court after evidence showed he had funds in a local bank when the check was issued. The defense argued there was no criminal intent.
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James
Iafo
T James
Shepard
Capital Sees Dire Need of Quick Aid
Army officers and state department officials studying the Polish Russian operations said Warsaw can be saved from the Bolsheviks only if adequate support arrives within the next weeks. The government had no official advice on allies’ possible troop decision to aid Poland. It was believed the allied powers would urge U S participation if needed.
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Washington
State Department
Warsaw
Poland
United States
Illinois Mines Closed by Strikes in Franklin County
Strikes of day laborers in southern Illinois coal fields have closed more than 20 mines in Franklin county. About 12,000 men are idle, including drivers timbermen and pump men, who average 5.50 dollars per day and demand a two dollar raise.
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Chicago
Illinois
Franklin County
Belleville
Army Motor Convoy Leaves Memphis for West Coast
The United States army motor convoy from Washington to Los Angeles departed Memphis early today and plans a camp tonight in Tunica Mississippi and a Mississippi crossing at Helena Arkansas tomorrow. The movement lagged yesterday afternoon because of delays from bad weather and road conditions.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States Army
Washington
Los Angeles
Tunica
Miss
Mississippi River
Helena
Ark
Liquor Clauses Added to Burglar Policies in New York
Insurance companies in New York announced liquor clauses in burglary policies to protect owners of private stock. The clause adds a 20 percent annual charge on the stock's original value and limits liquor coverage to one-fifth of the policy total.
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New York
Discredit Claims in Dansey Kidnapping Case
Cleveland detectives debunk Walter Griffin of Liverpool Ohio who alleged Billy Dansey was in hiding near Cleveland with a woman. Griffin cited a May 8 1919 sighting with a baby in East Liverpool as key detail in the Hammonton N J child’s disappearance.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Plain of Detectives
Matowitz
Walter Griffin
Liverpool
Billy Dansey
Hammonton
N. J
Griffin
East Liverpool
Dansey
Michigan Lumber Plant Destroyed in Manistee Fire
A blaze in Manistee Michigan destroyed the Buckley and Douglas Lumber Company lumber and salt plant. The fire caused an estimated loss of 000 and the plant was described as the largest of its kind in the world.
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Manistee, Mich
Buckley and Douglas Lumber Company
Ambassador Davis to Rest at Home
Washington reports Ambassador John Davis plans to return to the United States about August, ending his service as American ambassador to Great Britain. The State Department announced he will spend his absence in the U S.
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Ambassador Davis
Washington
John Davis
Great Britain
United States
Olympic
State Department
Spellacy Nominated for Navy Office After Roosevelt
Spellacy chosen to succeed Roosevelt as head of Navy Department staff after Roosevelt entered the race for Democratic vice president. He served in the Connecticut state senate, on the army liquidation commission in France after the armistice, and has been U.S. district attorney for Connecticut since 1915. Born in Hartford forty years ago, he studied at a university.
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Washington, D.C
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Spellacy
Connecticut State Senate
Army Liquidation Commission
France
United States
Connecticut
Baltimore
Wilson
Hartpoole
Harding Seeks World Peace and League Reform at Nomination
Warren G. Harding pledged immediate peace and a universal association based on justice. He criticized the League of Nations covenant, urged party government and cordial cooperation with Congress, and supported prohibition adjustment, Mexico relations, collective bargaining, and opposition to federal railroad ownership. He spoke at Garfield Park in Marion on July 22.
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Raymond Clapp
Cor- Marion
Association of All Nations
Warren G. Harding
League of Nations Covenant
Pers
Peete
Garfield Park
America
Harding
Congress
Mexico
Hardingan
Mobile Autoists to Visit Citronelle for Merger Talk
A 14 member Automobile Club of Mobile group will travel from the Cawthon Hotel at 5 PM in three cars to Citronelle to discuss merging the Citronelle unit with Mobile. They will also discuss road improvements between Mobile and Citronelle and plan to return after the meeting. Notables on the trip include John D. Logan and Senator John Craft.
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Citronelle
Automobile Club of Mobile
Cawthon
Focal Club
Mobile
John D. Logan
1. G. Adams
Robert £. Gordon
John Craft
E. M. Bailey
Portuguese cabinet formed by Dr Antonio Granjo gains approval
The state department reported from Lisbon that Antonio Granjo head of the liberal party in the Portuguese congress has formed a cabinet which appears to have general approval. The note also mentions Maria Silva.
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Washington
State Department
Lisbon
Antonio Granjo
Liberal Party
Aperegy Asteei
Maria As’ Siva
Fia Silva
Old Sailing Master Dead in Florida
New York July 22 Captain Martin J Lyons a noted sailing master died yesterday in Jamaica at age 90 He was representative pilot of the English sloop Thistle which challenged for a later series He also long commanded the yacht Hensetta and the late Jates Gordon Bennett delegation urges better waterways Detroit July 22 Delegates from all sections gather for Great Lakes St Lawrence tidewater congress to press upper river development and open routes from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic through Saturday
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New York
Martin J. Lyons
Jace
Lyons
Thistle
Jates
Gordon Bennett
Detroit
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Atla
Porta
Tennessee Soldier May Vote Without Poll Tax Receipt
Governor Roberts cites Attorney General Thompson Bott ruling that a Tennessee soldier returning from out of state on January 10, 1919, polls assessment day, may vote this year without a poll tax receipt.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
A. N. Roberts
Frank M. Thomps Bott
Rescue Crews Still Seek Miners After Explosive Mine Disaster
Rescue teams continue to search the Union Collieries mine at Renton Pa after an explosion. Six miners are feared buried with three bodies already recovered.
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Pittaburg
Union Collieries Company
Renton
Coal Operators Seek Wilson Help to End Illinois Strike
A delegation of Illinois coal operators called at the White House to urge President Wilson to intervene and end the coal strike in Illinois.
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Wilson
Washington
Illinois
White House
Prohibition Convention Awaits Bryan Reply on Nomination
Lincoln Neb July 22 The prohibition convention awaits word from William Jennings Bryan on their nomination telegrams were sent to Bryan and to Pony and Bozeman Mont where he was believed to be last night convention leaders awaited a reply around headquarters all night
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Lincoln
Neb
Tennessee Woman Jailed In Hotel Death Case
Chicago police report M. P. Poindexter 41, with a wife and four children in South Haven Michigan, found dead in a hotel room. Mrs Ora Walters 31 of Memphis Tennessee, dining room occupant, jailed after admitting she and Poindexter were friendly. She believes Poindexter killed himself due to financial troubles.
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Chicago
P. Poindexter
South Haven
Mich
Ora Walters
Memphis
Tenn
Poindexter
11 year old girl leaps from window dies in New York
An 11 year old girl Angelina Scire died after leaping from a fourth story window at her home in New York. She left a note saying she was no use and killed herself because she needed to be free from punishment by her father.
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New York
Spreferm
Columbus Yorkmen's Association Rejects Wage Award
The 2306 members of the Columbus Yorkmen's Association, an outlaw group in Columbus Ohio, unanimously rejected the wage award from the federal railroad labor board. President B B Callahan says members will not return to work until all their demands are met.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Yorkmen's Association
Federal Railroad Labor Board
B. B. Callahan
Callahan
Burlington Switch Crews Out In Denver
Eight switching crews at the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad quit work during a night shift in Denver. Officials said no explanation was given for the action by members of the Electric Railroad union. The Electric Board is ready with a report in Washington.
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Denver
Galo
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Lnte
Railroad Union, Electric. Board
Georgia Railway OKs Bond Guarantee for Ocean Steamship Co
Washington July 23 The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized unconditionally the punctual payment of the principal and interest on first mortgage 5 percent 20 year gold bonds of the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah. The bonds totaling 1 million dollars are due this month and were issued in July 1890 and guaranteed by the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia.
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Washington
Rutral of Georgia Railway
Interstate Commerce
Ocean
Savannah
Central
Georgia
Central Railroad On Banking Company of Georgia
Anti-Saloon League Executive Meeting in Washington
Washington July 22. The Anti-Saloon League of America prepares for a key executive committee meeting here to decide the political camp for the organization. The group weighs support for Cox, Harding, or neither, with the Columbus origin noted and a final decision expected.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League of America
Columbus
Leemenculte
Cox
Harding
Gideons Plan To Print Fifty Thousand Bibles
St Louis July 22 Gideons intend to distribute Bibles in hotels nationwide during the coming year at an estimated cost of about 40000 dollars. The organization formed in 1899 held its opening session at the national convention and outlined plans to fund the project.
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ST. Louis
Piai
United States
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