Coast Guard Sends Saukee to Rum Row from Mobile
The coast guard cutter Saukee, newly assigned to Mobile as flagship of the rum row, sails today to visit patrol boats for the first time since the program began. The Comanche recently sailed from port and was said to head to rum row, with expectations it would return to port via Galveston. Waterfront observers believe rum row vessels are departing the gulf. only 15 ships were sighted near the Chandeleur islands, where a large fleet is usually anchored.
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Coast Guard
Saukee
Mobile
Rum Row
Coman
Gulf
Galveston
Praag Ad
Chandeleur Islands
Railroad collision kills four near Paris Tennessee
Four railroad workers died and a fifth was critically injured after Louisville and Nashville freight train 122 collided with local freight 123 two miles south of Paris Tennessee at 8 58 this morning. Victims named include Richard H Shafer veteran engineer on the northbound train J L Eason fireman of the southbound train Weaver and Mobley both Parisers and a fifth Paris man B F Baldwin aged 65.
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Paris
Tenn
International News Service
Louisville and Nee
Here
Richard H. Shafer
J. L. Eason
Inspector Voluntary Nursery Stock Inspection Service
W C Bail farm demonstration agent announced free inspection service for nurseries to have stock checked by the estate inspector. After a date, inspectees must pay the inspector’s city use. State law requires shrubbery inspections but not greenhouse or vegetable plants. certification may ease sale.
Two Arrests on U S Indictments Involving Prohibition
John Bishop and E A Gartman of Mobile County and John Taylor a Negro of Washington County were arrested on indictments returned by the federal grand jury. William Reil and Roland Reil also arrested on liquor law violation warrants. Deputy Noah Gewin led the arrests. another deputy handled the Washington County pending case.
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John Bishop
E. A. Gartman
Mobile County
John Taylor
Washington County
William Reil
Roland Reil
Noah Gewin
Gwin
Durand Posts Bond on U S Charge in Mail Fraud Indictment
Walter J. Durand of Fowl River posted bond after a new federal indictment returned last week charging use of mails in a scheme to defraud. The fresh counts restate charges from an earlier indictment, with some counts dismissed on technical grounds.
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Walter J. Durand
Fowl River
Federal Grand Jury
Efraud
Durand
Increase Capital of Steel Company in Missouri
The Mobile Steel Company Inc received probate court approval to increase capital stock from 150 600 to 175 000. William McIntosh serves as president and W Evans as secretary. The steel products plant operates in St Joseph and Knox.
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Mobile Steel Company, Inc
William McIntosh
W. ©. Evans
St Joseph and Knox
Disturbance Charge Lands Man in County Jail
Nunn Byrd aged 22 of Calvert Alabama was jailed for 90 days on a disturbing public worship charge. He was sentenced by Justice of the Peace M O McRae after a 60 day term for disrupting services at the Baptist church and a 30 day enhancement for intoxication.
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Nunn Byrd
Calvert
Ala
Byrd
Justice of the Peace
M. O. McRae
Baptist Church
Weather outlook for southern states this week
Alabama and Mississippi fair to night and Sunday with scattered thundershowers in extreme south. Week outlook shows partly cloudy conditions in the South Atlantic and east Gulf states with scattered thunder midweek and near normal temperatures. West Gulf remains fair.
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Alabama
Mississippi
South
Atlantic
East Gulf States
West Gulf
Baseball scores and rain delays across leagues
An American league card reviews early season baseball with scores and player mentions Davis Dixon Grant Van Gilder Ferguson and Jones. The National league game Boston vs Cincinnati was postponed due to rain and illness.
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Davis
Dixon
Winart
Grant
Vangider
Ferguson
Ngough
Jones
Bears Step on Rocks for Five Runs in Opener
In the opener under a blistering sun Little Rock hosts Mobile as Little Rock scores five runs on hits in the first three innings. Key plays include Lober scoring on an infield hit and Welzer driving in multiple runs for Mobile.
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BEARS
Little A
Little Rock
Steengraffe and
Mayer
Welzer and DeVormer
Lober
Blackburne
Clancey
Rondeau
Murphy
Mobile
Emory
Philbin
Mulve
Riley Sing
Mulvey
Jones
Riley
Geygan
Kelly
Wilkie
Hargrave
DeVormer
Welzer
White Way awards made for Mobile lighting system
At an adjourned city commission meeting held at 11 this morning Mayor Harry T Hartwell and Commissioner George E Crawford were present when two Mobile firms Cox Electrical Engineering Company and Mobile Pulley and Machine Works won contracts to build Mobile's modern street lighting system. The city electrical engineer Andrew Coffin recommended dividing the work, Cox for materials and construction and Mobile Pulley for erecting the iron columns supporting the lights.
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Mobile
Cox Electrical Engineering Company
Mobile Pulley and Machine Works
City Commission
Harry T. Hartwell
George E. Crawford
City Electrical Enginer
Andrew Coffin
Cox Company
Mac’ ‘Works
Change in M. and O. Train Schedule
A Mobile and Ohio Railroad schedule change takes effect Sunday. Train No 4 will depart Mobile at 7 25 a.m. instead of 9 30 a.m. Train No 1 will arrive at 7 45 p.m. instead of 7 45 a.m.
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Mobile &Ohio Railroad
Senger
Mobile
Weeks Improves After Health Bulletin
Boston June 6 Secretary of War John W Weeks shows satisfactory progress per a noon bulletin from Dr Jones. The bulletin notes a comfortable night with much sleep showers a normal temperature and a pulse of 33 as Weeks recovers from illness business continues.
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Boston
John W. Weeks
Jones
Millry Man Bonds Out On Suspected Conspiracy Charge
Dock Knight of Millry in Washing county surrendered at the U S Marshal office and posted bond on a charge of conspiring with several other residents of the county.
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Dock Knight
Milkry
Washing County
New Gulf Coast Highway Opens From Grand Bay to Mississippi Line
Mobile county marks another concrete link with the Grand Bay to the Mississippi line paving opening this afternoon. The road connects Mobile to Theodore and the gulf coast, promising increased business and a single ferry crossing at Pascagoula. Bids for eleven miles Mobile to Theodore will be opened July 8 with summer construction planned.
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Mobile County
Grand Bay
Mississippi Line
Board of Revenue
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Theodore
Grand Nay
Notch
Grand Bay-Union Church
Océan Springs
Biloxi
Gulfport
Pass Christian
Knights to Attend Cathedral Mass in Mobile
Members of Mobile Council Knights of Columbus third and fourth degree divisions will attend the first mass celebrated by Rev. Father Joseph A. Royer at 9:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Father Royer is a member of the order.
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Mobile Council
Knights of Columbus
Father Joseph A. Royer
Father Royer
Order
Ressijac Named Master of Bay Queen
Captain L P Marcelline Ressijac, longtime captain of the Brad Dock, will command the steamer Bay Queen starting Monday. J O Leiber became captain of the Braddock as she sailed yesterday for London.
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L. P. Marcelline-Ressijac
Mobile Oceanic Line
Braddock
Bay Queen
J. O. Leiber
London
Noted Woman Golfer to Be Married Today
Chicago June 6 Miss Miram Burns of Kansas City a prominent celler and Joseph Francis Horn of Flmnette were to marry today Miss Burns admitted this morning They attended Northwestern University together and their engagement was announced Some say the marriage will not dim her interest in golf as she plans to compete in the Western Women's championship to men in which she won in 1923
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Chicago
Miram Burns
Kansas City
Celler
Joseph Francis Horn
Flmnette
Louisville & Nashville Extension Granted to 1925 Plan
Washington June 6 The interstate commerce commission allowed the Louisville and Nashville railroad to take until December 31 1925 to prepare its construction plan to connect its line with the Clinch field system The Louisville and Nashville in cooperation with the Atlantic Coast Line must complete the Clinchfield connection under the commission order.
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Washington
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Interstate Committee Commission
Clinchfield
Louisville and Nashville
Interstate Commission
McCumber Named to International Joint Commission
Washington June 6 Porter O McCumber former Republican senator from North Dakota was appointed by President Coolidge to the international joint commission.
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Washington
Porter O. McCumber
North Dakota
International Joints
Coolze
Roosevelts Head for Chinese Turkestan Journey
June 6 report from Leh Kashmir says Col Doré and Kermit Roosevelt travel from James Simpson Field Museum of Art to Yarkand in Chinese Turkestan as part of their expedition.
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Turkestan
Leh
Kashimir
Coldore
Kermitt Roosevelt
James Simpson-Field
Yarkand
Chi Here
Nese Turkestat
Cruiser Sets Sail for Chinese Port
Tokyo June 6. An official report says the Tatsuta with 200 marines aboard sailed for Shanghai this afternoon from the Sasebo naval station.
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Tokio
Eeeeres Tatsuta
Sasebo Naval Station
Washington University dean notes 1700 women on risqué amusements
Dean Anna L. Rose cites 1700 respondents who admitted enjoying risqué amusements and cynicism in religion while claiming God is part of the Bible. She says the generation of young women shows a liking for athletics and shows no effort to curb cigarette smoking and dancing, labeled weaknesses.
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A.P
Adm
Anna L. Rose
Washington University
Lst
Arlington Park to open by July 1 with waterfront facilities
Arlington Park will be opened by July 1 as city work on a new waterfront playground nears completion. George Crawford, city parks commissioner, announced plans including a pier pavilion and restaurant, a children's bathing beach on the north side, an adults’ bathing area in deeper water, and parking for about 1,000 automobiles. A tarmac road connects shore to the pier and the beach approach is being cleaned in advance of warmer months.
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Arlington
George &. Crawford
Alleged Counterfeit Chief Escapes From New Orleans Jail
Doran, pegged as the mastermind of a counterfeit scheme worth about 250000 dollars linked to Cuban internal revenue, escaped from a New Orleans jail after breaking from a cell. He overpowered a 12 year old night guard Sustar Landry and fled after threatening the guard. He remains in federal custody pending trial.
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New Orleans
Doran
Sustar Landry
Chinese Students Rally in Demonstrations Across Cities
Chinese students in many cities joined sympathetic demonstrations linked to Shanghai strike. Police station at Ching Kiang Fu was wrecked by rioters as warships were sent to the city. An extra 400 American Marines will land tomorrow, with Shanghai strikers totaling 250,000. city seen as quiet as nonstriking Chinese and foreign volunteers resume work.
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Peking
Shanghai
Ching Kiang Fu
Price of crude oil shows sharp rise in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania crude oil prices rose significantly today by 15 to 36 cents, marking a notable advance in the regional market as stations adjust posted rates.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Armstrong Wins Booth Woman's Golf Title at Belle Meade
Mrs. John W. Armstrong of Jackson Mississippi captured the Booth at Belle Meads women's golf championship. James W. Butler's Sting won the Belmont Park suburban handicap with Cherry Pie second and Mad Play third. President Coolidge departed Washington by special train for Minnesota to attend the Norse American centennial. Civil war declared in Canton. Suzanne Lenglen won the French Open singles 6 1 6 1 over Kathleen McKane. Mrs. Mattie E. Marshall, 80, widow of Confederate flag designer, died in Louisville. Hugh
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New York
James W. Butler
Belmont Park
Cherry Pie
Mad
Washington
Cooldge
Minesota
Canton
Paris
A.P
Dicky Loeb Looms Between Recovery And Death
Richard Loeb, linked with Nathan Leopold in last year’s murder, suffers a mental breakdown in Joliet prison amid an acute measles attack. Doctors warn recovery may come or end fatally within 48 hours as he endures post-infectious delirium and violent outbursts under guard.
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Herman Adler
Clarence Darrow
Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Herman Ader
Ader
Buddy
Loeb's Mental State at State Hospital Described by Warden
June 6 report quotes Warden Whitman on Loeb being treated at Chester State Hospital. He is strapped to a bed wrapped in wet blankets under a strict diet with normal temperature and good appetite. Doctors classify him as psychopathic with periods of uncontrollable spells and violent outbursts. Loeb had been a model prisoner prior to these episodes.
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Web
State Hospital
Chester
Martin
Whitman
Leeb
Egyptian Quoted In New Literature
Cairo in Thebes tomb evidence suggests Proverbs passages derive from Amenemopet writings, per Marion H. Dunsmore of the University of Chicago. Dunsmore compares Proverbs 22 27 18 with Amenemopet admonitions, noting stylistic differences due to the compiler lacking a direct copy.
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Chicago
Thebes
Amenemopet
Marion H. Dunsmore
Department of Biblical Literature
University of Chicago
The
Journal of Religion
Dunsmore
Mr. Dunsmore
Amenenopet
Too Hot to Work in National City
EON June 6 federal employees were excused from work due to extreme heat. Saturday afternoons off traditionally run between June 15 and September 15, but the heat has prompted shifting toward earlier half holidays.
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National City
Darwin son defends evolution amid Scopes trial clashes
Major Leonard Darwin son of Charles Darwin speaks to International News Service from his Sussex home. He calls the anti evolution campaign a retrograde phase and argues there is no clash between science and religion. He notes evolution from a germ to man follows a continuous path and expects American scientists to meet attacks with fearless restraint. He is a noted scientist and economist and former president of the Royal Geographical Society.
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David M. Church
International News
International News Service
Cripps Corner
Sussex
Eng
Darwin
Leonard Darwin
Charles Darwin
John Scopes
Ennessee
Asec Pan
Major Darwin
Royal Geographical Society
Chinese forces clash in Canton amid street fighting
Canton reports heavy combat as Kuomintang troops including Whampoa cadets under General Chu Pet Teh battle rebel forces led by General Yung Hsi Meng in the city heart. Russian-trained officers guide the Kuomintang units while Yunnanese militia oppose them in the street actions.
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Canton
China
International News Service
Whampoa
Chu Pet Teh
Yung Hsim
New York Exchange to Close Saturdays This Summer
The New York coffer and sugar exchange will be closed on Saturdays during June July August and September announced from New York. The move aims to adjust operations for the summer period.
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NEW York Exchange
New York
New York Coffer and Sugar Exchange
Suspect Held in Birmingham Killing Case
Solomon Boyd is held on suspicion in Birmingham after the fatal shooting of W. Lancaster on a lonely road near the city. Miss Hattie Stewart, with Lancaster the night he died, is hospitalized with facial and hand wounds from an alleged attack by a Negro gunman. Lancaster was a printer and Miss Stewart a business college student.
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Birmingham
Ala
Solomon Boyd
All
W. Lancaster
Lonely Road
Boyd
Hattie Stewart
Lancaster
Negi
Mia Stewart
Ship Detained by Bombardment Shocks Bombay Port
Report from Bombay dated June 6 says the ship Jisagir has been detained by King All's forces after bombardment at a Red Sea port. Local community awaits developments as troops engage nearby targets.
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A.P
Jisagir
Red Sea
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