Kiwanis Visitors Begin Mobile Day of Festivities
Delegates from Alabama Louisiana and Florida join Mobile Kiwanis for a Day of events starting with a welcome breakfast at the Battle House and a tour to Chickasaw plant. The charter presentation to the Mobile club is set for 1 PM with a welcome address and later a watermelon cutting and dance at Country Club completing Kiwanis Day activities. Notable visitors include J Mercer Barnett A J Arrant and others from Birmingham New Orleans Pensacola and more.
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Mobife
Kiwanis
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
Montemery
Birmingham
New
Kfast
Trans
Battle House
Chickasaw
Msacola
Chickesaw
Neal ‘Hutchins
Chickw
Mobile Club
A. J. Arrant
Ben F. Mc Lan
H. Austil] Pharr
Lloyd Alett
Eir
J. Mercer Barnett
Bir
International Kiwanis
Jeff Bailey
Henry H. Cobb
J. Hawkins
J. W. Whatley
New Orleans
John A. Cavilla
New Orleans Club
J.C. Bruce
R. Jones
M. A
Without Bail in Assault and Robbery Case
John Fork held to grand jury without bail on charges of assault and robbery at Davis avenue and Maple street. Nick Dahlia, 80, choked and unable to speak. testifying through an interpreter. Witnesses described Fork entering a shop at 6 am July 15, stealing $25 from a cash register and a gold watch from Moecker in the coal yard. Bertillon photo evidence reviewed. Fork denied theft and offered a defense.
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John Fork
At Grand Jury
Nick Dahlia
Davis Avenue
Maple Street
Dahlia
Kim
Jordan
Coal Company
Fork
Moecker
Bertillon Howell
Variosioner
Arrests on four men for wearing U S Army uniforms
Deputy U S marshals served warrants on four Birmingham men for unlawfully wearing U S military uniforms. The arrests began federal action after reports from ex soldiers about missing uniforms. One suspect was held on bond and ordered to leave, as authorities take charge.
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United States
Birmingham
Ilegal
Ice
X-Soldiers
Js “ Moore
Willie Travis
C. R. Allen
Oes
Birfin
Pensacola
Fla
Federal Ofws
Disorder Ends With Fines on Dearborn Street
A clash between a white man and several Black residents on Texas and Dearborn streets at 8:30 prompted the recorder to levy fines and threaten peace bonds. Witnesses named S B Cothran and Benjamin Banks amid a fracas involving Clarence Causey Harry J and Regina Samuel as police intervened.
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Texas
Dearborn
Recorder
Ice
S. B. Cothran
Benjamin Banks
West
Clarence Causey
Harry J
Regina Samuel
Edington
Tegine
Samuel
Mobilians Honored with Appointments on War Camp Work
The War Camp Community Service announces two new executive committee members Dr. E. D. King Jr representing ex service men and Mrs. Craighead representing women's welfare. King is the first South ex service man on the committee and is on the State Board of Agriculture.
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War Camp Community Service
E. D. King, Jr
In Craighead
King
South
State Board of Agriculture
Frontera Fruit Steamer Faces Expanded Strike Action
The Frontera, a United Fruit Company steamer carrying fruit, is due today and may join the marine strike. Officials say the crew will be removed to join strikers as over five hundred workers including firemen and seamen walk out amid closed shop disputes and tentative company settlements.
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Marine Strke
Seamen's Union
Woh
United Fruit Company
Bihney
P Therd
Interipitiog
Out of One Accident Gets Into Another
Tobacco drummer Co W Smoote with Officer George Smith was in two crashes in New Orleans near St Francis and Royal streets then in front of the First National Bank. Smoote said he swerved to avoid pedestrians and blamed the second crash on misaligned wheels from the first. No arrests. No serious injuries.
Pistol Shot Misses Laborer on Wharf Case Delayed for Witnesses
Joseph Mitchell an inspector on the Mobile and Ohio fruit wharf faced a four day assault with a pistol charge at the recorder's court. Harry Allen alleged Mitchell fired a revolver on the wharf yesterday afternoon nearly striking his head. Mitchell surrendered at the ice station last night as the dispute dated two days earlier.
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Joseph Mitchell
Mobile and
Ohio
Recorder
Harry Allen
Allen
Mitchell
Man Serving Team Wanted Elsewhere
Chappell alias Sheppard, serving three months on the county road after a petit larceny for picking the pocket of Ilam Winn on July 4 at Royal and St Michael streets, is sought by Birmingham police on a forgery charge. Officers will arrest him after his current sentence ends.
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Ton ‘Chappell
Sheppard
County Road
Ilam Winn
Royal and
St. Michael Streets
Birmingham
Chappell
Land sale near Arlington docks to form Arlington Terrace
William H. Holcombe Sr. sells vacant west side Washington avenue lot at Hurtel street corner to Leo F. Eldridge for 20000 dollars. The tract extends to Kellogg street across L N tracks where fifteen acres lie. Eldridge plans development to be named Arlington Terrace near the Arlington docks.
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Washington Avenue
Hurtel Street
William H. Holcombe
Leo F. Eldridge
Kellogg Street
Secretary Lane seeks 300000 for forest fire fight
Secretary Lane asked Congress for a 300000 special appropriation to battle forest fires in Montana Idaho and Washington. He cited Idaho reports that fires cannot be extinguished without a heavy rain and noted no immediate prospect for such rain.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Lane
Montana
Idaho
Weather Front Brings Showers to Deep South States
The forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms across Alabama and Mississippi, with the southern portion affected tonight and Thursday. Temperatures are expected to hold steady with no notable changes.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Japan Envoys Insisted on Concession During Peace Talks
Washington reports note President Wilson continued Conférences with Republican senators on the peace treaty and the League covenant. Senators Page Vermont Sterling South Dakota McLean Connecticut Newberry Michigan visited the White House as Wilson's condition slightly improves.
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Associated P
Washington
Wilson
Page
Vermont
Sterling
South Dakota
McLean
Connecticut
Newberry
Michigan
Japanese Deny Tradeoff Over Shantung Clause
The Japanese delegation to the peace conference issued a denial today that the Shantung settlement in the German treaty was exchanged for withdrawal of their stance on the racial clause in the League covenant.
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Associated Press
Paris
Shantung
OConnor Awarded Car Seizure Case By Court
Harry OConnor of Scott and Elmira streets won ownership of an automobile seized with liquor on May 29. Judge C A Grayson ruled the vehicle belonged to OConnor and ordered it turned over to him. The car had been claimed by Owen McEvoy as taken without permission while OConnor was ill. Another case saw John E Adams’ auto, seized at Oak Grove with liquor, ordered for $250 to Standard Car Company with deputy Jefferies receiving a statutory share.
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Harry O'Connor
Scott and
Elmira
Will Ernest
Franklin Streets
C. A. Grayson
Circuit Court
O'Connor
Owen McEvoy
John E. Adams
Jt Jefferies
Oak Grove
Standard Car Company
Jeffe
Schooner Dupler Runs Aground Off Far Rockaway
The four masted American schooner Dupler from Porto Rico with cocoanuts ran aground on a sand bar half a mile from shore at Far Rockaway in rough seas. The crew reported no danger and a flotating attempt was planned for high tide.
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Associated Press
New York
Dupler
Porto Rico
Far Rockaway
Liverpool Strike Ties Up Shipping
Liverpool dock strike halts almost all liner departures as dock gatemen join dredge workers in sympathy. By week’s end 30,000 Liverpool dockers may join the stoppage, paralyzing port traffic.
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Associated Press
Liver L
Liverpool
Bolshevik Peace Terms Reported From Kishineff
A Bolshevik delegation arrives in Kishineff with terms from Premier Lenine offering peace to Romanian Dniester troops. Lenine would cede Bessarabia to Romania if Romania blocks Ukrainian citizens and bands from crossing the Romanian frontier. An eight day armistice on the Bessarabian front is reported as the delegation moves to Romanian headquarters.
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London
Kishineff
Dniester
Nikolai Lenine
Berlin
Lenine
Rumania
Kolchak
Mobile Bill Advered By Senate Committee
The Senate Committee on municipalities and municipal reform adversely reported a Craft bill to enlarge Mobile’s commission government. Members feared the general scope could affect other Alabama cities and salaries. Mobile legislators would redraw the measure to a purely local bill and reintroduce it within 24 hours. W H Reynolds Gordon Smith and J H Glennon of Mobile attended.
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Montgomery
Senate
Craft
Commission
Mobile
Messrs
W. H. Reynolds
Gordon Smith
J. H. Glennon
Bishop to be kept in asylum urges governor
Assistant Attorney General Horace Wilkinson urges that Bishop be confined in the insane asylum at Te for the remainder of his natural life. He cites Baldwin county residents’ belief that Bishop is dangerous after a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. Other officials praise Wilkinson’s prosecution work and the effort to clear pending misdemeanor cases related to a lynching.
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Horace Wilkinson
Frank
Bay Eee
Bishop
Baldwin County
Cours
Anna
G. v. Wickey
Otis Richeson
Ramsey Stuart
Baldwin
Wilkinson
Cateleton
J. H. Garth
Boedeker
John Q. Smith
Kilby
Mexican Rebels Muster 35 000 Under 25 Chiefs
Twenty five rebel bands totaling about 35 000 men operate in Mexico as of July. Carranza commands roughly 60 000 troops able to control only rail links and a narrow Pacific coastal strip. The report notes internal splits among rebel factions and mentions American residents and a murder case heard by a ruling body.
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Washington
Mexico
Mexico City
Carranza
Pacific Coast
San Blas
Angeles
Manuel F’elaez Cantu
Aes
Correll
Assaul
Rela
Oni
Henry P
Cardinal Gibbons 85 and in good health at estate visit
Baltimore July 23 Cardinal Gibbons is 85 today and marked the day at Mrs T Herbert Shriver's estate near Union Mills Carroll County He maintains strong health and walks daily In the past year he celebrated his golden jubilee and the Catholic Church faced many significant matters
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
T. Herbert Shriver
Union Mills
Carroll County
Catholic Church
Pork Prices Rise to New Record Highs
Associated Press reports Chicago July 23 live hogs bring $23.25 per hundredweight and lard bacon pork ro ne prices climb to record levels amid market advances.
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Chicago
Mechanic Links Dirigible Fire to Motor Backfire
Chicago July 23 A mechanic testifies that a motor fire caused the Goodyear dirigible disaster. Federal state and city investigators resume probes into twelve deaths twenty eight injuries and bank interior wreckage after initial testimonies were limited by counsel.
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Chicago
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Ilinois
W. ©. Young
Hoffman
Ad Henry Wacker
Kraft
Plan to Enlarge Steering Committee Moves Forward
Washington July 23 Republican leaders notified the party conference would discuss the proposed enlargement of the legislative steering committee. Four members Anderson Minnesota Reaves Nebraska Nolan California and Sleep Virginia were proposed for addition. support argued decisions would be by secret ballot if needed.
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Washington
House Republicans
Legislative Steering Committee
House
Anderson
Minnesota
Reaves
Nebraska
Nolan
California
Sleep
Virginia
Shadeecace
Inis
Railroad Passes May Be Memory If Reduction Goes On
Washington July 23 In a Senate briefing Director General Hines said on July 1 1935 railroad transportation passes and Pullman passes remained in force. He noted free dining car service passes were authorized and passes issued only to railroad administration executives officials and their families who typically received them during private operation of the lines.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hines
Newerty Republican
Michigan
Railroad Administration
Plans for Government Rail Ownership Proposed to House
Associated Press reports a plan from the national transportation conference proposing private ownership and operation of railroads under a federal board. The plan envisions 20 to 30 competing systems with a 6 percent net return, governed by rate rules, and a rail reserve fund to stabilize prices.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Transportation Board
House Commerce Committee
National Transportation Conference
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Peart
Proposed Transportation Board
United States Open to Peace Treaties with Bulgaria and Turkey
The United States indicated it would sign peace terms with Bulgaria and Turkey, announced today by the State Department.
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Paperiette
Washington
Sity Ee
United States
Bulgaria
Turkey
May block bankers in foreign fields
Senate Banks Committee defers action on Senator Edge's bill to authorize national organizations for long term credits in American interests abroad. Senator Gronna opposes any provision letting U S bankers operate overseas to influence foreign industries. Edge says the measure aids reconstruction and has Fed Board approval. Wolcott argues foreign exchange barriers and lack of merchant marine support hinder selling American goods abroad.
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Washington
Gronna
Dakcott
Senate
Edge
New Benes
Federal Reserve
Wolge
Liverpool Strikers Tie Up Shipping
The dock strike in Liverpool disrupts over two hundred ships at the port with cancellations and indefinite postponements. The Scotian carrying 2,000 semaers could not sail to Montreal, while the Adriatic and Orduna awaiting departures for New York were delayed with no clear timetable.
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Liverpool
Montreal
New York
Orduna
French Socialists Oust Three Deputies in Seine
Paris July 23 The socialist federation council of the Seine department voted last night to exclude three deputies from the party and from candidacy on the socialist ticket. The deputies Nectoux Rodier and Jeante had voted for military appropriations.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of the Socialist Federation of the
Department of the Seine
Socialist
Cement
MM. Nectoux
Rodierjeante
Welch Miners Refuse to Join In Strike
Associated Press reports that Welch miners at a Cardiff conference decided not to join the Yorkshire strike. There was no major influx of support for the strike, with about 275000 miners across Yorkshire Derbyshire Nottingham and Monmouth staying inactive.
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WELCH
Associated Press
London
Cardiff
Yorkshire
Derbyshire
Notting
Monmouth
Dawn Brings Order Out Rioting in The City
After days of clashes between whites and blacks, a white man was killed and others injured by blows and knives in a Negro district. Home Defense members were killed and wounded while on duty. A 2,000-strong federal force was sent to restore order as rains helped ease crowds and gun sales slowed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nftht
Nis
Vas
Home Pees
Saac Albfinger
Jamin Belmont
Home Defense League
Bonen
Pawil
Sutith
Moitie
Baker
Wilson
Haan
W. Camp Meade
Poate
Clemenceau Secures Confidence Vote in French Chamber
Clemenceau won a confidence vote for the government with a 176 to 63 majority amid a factional split. A separate motion by Deputy Chaum for priority failed 272 to 181, prompting the resignation of a former minister, now joined by Ey Nouleng.
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Paris
Thang Clemenceau
Chamber’ of Deputies
Depu
Eneenen
Semy Apes
Pri
Chaum
Thi Tion
Mmet
Augagneur
Wee
Jozeph J. B. Ey Nouleng
Pershing Receives Cambridge Degree Amid Honors
London reports General John J. Pershing awarded an honorary degree by Cambridge University. Accompanied by Major General Harbord and other officials, Pershing will be entertained at a campus ceremony and depart by special train, returning aboard a British destroyer.
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Pershing
Cambridge
Associa
London
Ge Harbord
N i
Cr Aten G
Mountain floods ease after heavy rains in southern states
The weather bureau reported diminishing rain in southwest Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. Floods along streams were moderating as rains subsided, ending a period of severe weather that had stretched across the region.
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Associated Press
Washington
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Paris strike plans called off after failure claim
Paris July 23 The national committee of the National Labor movement released statements indicating the general strike proposed for July 21 was abandoned before it began and failed to gain enough momentum.
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Paris
Meet T
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Charter
U. S
Mobilians
Arlington Docks
Japan
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
White House
Evint
Eiesel
J Elas
Gates
Cl Nceau
Mts
Cour
Lansing
Lrave
Foreign Relations Committee
Chicago Auto Bandits
Syneseenger
Austin National Bank
Premier Lenine
Bolshevik
Railways
Cardinal Gibbons Hale
Henry Wacker
FO Rail
Dawn
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