Identity of state undercover men to be revealed in circuit court
State authorities identified as having conducted large scale undercover raids in Mobile leading to about 75 indictments for prohibition law violations. The upcoming circuit court docket lists 59 cases next week with multiple Hartley family defendants from Satsuma Mobile County. Several defendants previously faced federal indictments. trials begin Monday June 9 with a long list of names and charges including manufacturing liquor possession of stills and related offenses. The court aims to clear the docket, with ten capital cases on the calendar for the coming week.
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Mobile
Hartley
Satsuma
Mobile County
Federal District Court
Richard Derrick
Louie Finch
Gerald Watson
Frank Allen
Johnnne G. L. Reh
Maile Cattian Teré*Aeses
C. E. Chapman
C. E. Chapee
E. T. Clarke
Dan Wheeler
Martin Burns
Brooks Murray
John Brown
Gus Grant
Charley ¢. Hartley
Eddie Young
1Li Wheeler
Arthur Reeves
John Ddox
Joe Donaldson
Bill Maples
Joe Groeschner
Bill Morris
W. H. Tew
George Alexaner
Louis Wooley
Burnett Richie
Levette
William Thomas
Clayton Mullins
W. H. McCoy
William Ike
W. E. Dixon
W. B. Herrin
John Kruse, Jr
Harry Mint
Mose Young
Jake Williams
Eli Augusta Gilmith
Vanderbilt N
Postal wage bill killed by Coolidge veto in Congress
President Coolidge vetoed the postal pay increase bill claiming excessive federal spending. He endorsed a separate measure on campaign publicity but rejected broad pay raises for postal workers citing tax reduction goals.
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Goolidge
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Feast of Pentecost Observed With Services at Temple
Forering services for the Feast of Weeks at Government Street Temple at 18 o'clock with Rabbi A G Moses officiating and speaking on the festival's meaning. Confirmation services follow Sunday at 10 after which Id Kahn Sigmund Bauer Calma Leiss Robert Schwarz Jr Carolichold Elsa Ruth Cohen Isabelle Ruth Gup will be confirmed into the Jewish faith. The confirmants will conduct the entire service and Moses will address the theme: Nes in Life.
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Government Street
A. G. Moses
Id Kahn
Sigmund Bauer
Calmaeiss
Robert Schwarz, Jr
Carolichold
Elsa Ruth Cohen
Isabelle Ruth Gup
Aoe Moses
Nes
Weather forecast for Alabama Mississippi unsettled with thundershowers
Unsettled tonight and tomorrow with local thunder showers and windstorms in the north. Slightly warmer tonight. Week outlook begins Monday with cloudy skies and occasional thunder in the South Atlantic and Gulf states. Temperatures near normal in the valleys, with cool readings lingering in some areas.
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Washington
Freed in One Case Convicted in Other
Frank Naylor and C A Moore were arrested Friday on a charge of violating the prohibition law. The dry law case was deemed technical and dismissed, but they were sent to the county road for 30 days on a vagrancy charge after evidence about a preparation used in canned heat manufacture was presented.
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War Department
F. C. Hecox
Mobile
Hecox
American Legion
Veterans’ Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
United States Engineer's Office
Frank Naylor
C. A. Moore
Clark and Arras
Rate hearings fixed at Capital for Mobile shippers
Two rate hearings to be held before the Alabama Public Service Commission in Montgomery on July 7 will consider Louisville and Nashville railroad ground limestone mileage scale and a railroad proposal to revise weighing and reweighing charges on carload freight in Alabama.
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Montgomery
Alabama Public Service Commission
Jaly
Chamber of Commerce
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Whiskey Seizure Leads to Arrest at Werneth Farm
Federal and state officers seized 15 gallons of white whiskey at the Martin Werneth residence near Tacon station yesterday. Martin Werneth was charged with violating the national prohibition law. The raid was conducted by Federal Officers Robbins and Graves and State Officers Calhoun and Thompson.
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Martin Werneth
Tacon Station
Werneth
Robbins
Graves
Calhoun
Thompson
Negro Pleads Guilty in Prohi Case. Sentencing Delayed
Henry Malone, identified as a negro, pleaded guilty in federal court to violating national prohibition laws. Judge postponed sentence until August 4. The docket includes several other prohibition cases set for trial, and an alias writ of arrest was ordered for F. J. Dunn after he failed to answer in court.
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Henry Malone
F. J. Dunn
Showers Forecast For Mobile and Vicinity
The weather bureau issued a forecast for Mobile and vicinity of occasional thunder showers tonight and Sunday. Moderate southerly winds are expected to prevail tonight, increasing Sunday as conditions worsen.
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Weather Bureau
Mobile
Verdict for Mobile Light and Railroad in $5000 suit
In circuit court yesterday the case E. E. Richard versus the Mobile Light and Railroad Company concluded with a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff was awarded nothing as the jury rejected his $5000 claim.
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E. E. Richard
The
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Richard
Stowaway Ordered Back to Barrios from Mobile
Askel Sorensen a Danish sailor who arrived in Mobile as a stowaway aboard the Norwegian fruiter Smaragd from Barrios Guatemala is ordered deported back to Barrios by immigration officials. Sorensen a crewman on the Honduran steamer Ellis of United Fruit Company overstayed in Barrios after missing his ship and stowed away to reach his vessel.
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Askel Sorensen
Denmark
Mobile
Smaragd
Barrios
Guatemala
Sorensen
Ellis
United Fruit Company
The
Federal prisoner held in Chatom
Clifford Star alias Gordon Church ill remains jailed in Chatom on charges of impersonating a United States government official awaiting the next federal grand jury. Mobile authorities allege he posed as a road agent of the U S engineers office and arranged for many men to work for him, ordering food and sending trucks to meet the boat they were coming on. He allegedly ran operations in Mobile and Washington counties before arrest.
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Clifford Star
Gordon Churchill
Chatom
United States
Department of Justice
Mobile
Star
United States Engineer’s Office
Washington
Enrollment Drive For Bible School At Government Street Church
Enrollment in the daily Vacation Bible school at Government Street Presbyterian Church runs June 16 to July 11 and is expected to be the largest since opening. Plans are complete, with Mrs Elizabeth Irby Morris as principal and a faculty of experts.
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Government Street Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Irby Morris
Reserve Officers to Meet in Tuscaloosa
The state convention of the Reserve Officers Association will be held in Tuscaloosa July 3 4 and 5 aligned with the American Legion gathering. Mobile chapter president Canyin H A Feiberman announced 35 members expected to attend. Elections of state officers and designation of a delegate to the national convention in Dayton Ohio October 5 will be discussed. The national meeting coincides with the Pulitzer air races at Dayton.
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Reserve Officers’ Association
Tuscaloosa
American Legion
Canyin H. A. Feiberman
Mobile
Dayton
Ohio
Alabama
Three Draw Fines On Speeding Charge
Heavy fines and warnings failed to curb speeders as three defendants faced penalties. M. N. Campbell of 120 Herndon Avenue paid $25 for 37 mph on Dauphin Way, while O. M. Baxter of 1901 Myrtle Avenue and J. Floyd Pate of 310 Stocking Street were fined $26 each for speeding on Government Street at about 32 mph.
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M. N. Campbell
Herndon Avenue
Dauphin Way
O. M. Baxter
Myrtle Avenue
J. Floyd Pate
Stocking Street
Government Street
Congress Works An Hour Earlier On Final Day
Congress began an hour early on the final day of session to push sine die adjournment. Key tasks included disposal of the reclamation measure from the interior department and action on the deficiency bill. Farm bloc members pressed a wheat export bounty bill, while various patrial probes and immigration and rail freight issues were debated in both houses.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture
Norbeck
South Dakota
Senate
House
la Follette
Wisconsin
Committee On
Foreign Relations Committee
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Commerce
Finance and Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Walsh
Montana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Intruder Shot By Chauffeur In Rouss Home
In New York a burglar climbed the building to reach the home of Peter Winchester Rouss a Brooklyn dry goods magnate and was shot in the leg by James J McCarthy the Rouss chauffeur Anderson 18 of St Toul said he gained entry by creeping up the side of the house and gripping stone crevices before the shooting occurred
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New York
Peter Winchester Rouss
Brooklyn
William Anderson
St- Toul
James J. McCarthy
Anderson
Excitement Over Game Believed To Cause Death
June 7 reports say excitement over Babe Ruth's home run in the New York versus Chicago game led to the death of Thomas Lynch, 45. He suffered an internal hemorrhage while watching the match and died several hours later at a hospital.
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Babe Ruth
New Rode
Chicago
Thomas Lynch
Oklahoma Publisher Edgar Bronson Dies in El Reno
Edgar Bronson 65 longtime newspaper man and president of the National Editorial Association died of heart disease at his El Reno home after months of illness He was elected association president at a recent Oklahoma City convention Bronson collected Indian relics and had a renowned collection He had worked in Arkansas Missouri and Kentucky before moving to Oklahoma in 1902 and publishing the El Reno American for years.
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EL Reno
Okla
Edgar
Louisville Courier-Journal
St. Louis Republic-Globe
Cuttinnati Inquirer
Kansas City’ Times
Trenton, Mo
Times
Democrats Go To Vote In North Carolina Governor Race
North Carolina Democrats vote to nominate a candidate for governor and a partial slate of state officers with three congressional races also on the ballot. There is no presidential contest. Calvin Coolidge and William Gibbs McAdoo are unopposed. Josiah Bailey of Raleigh and Angus McLean of Lumberton ended their gubernatorial campaigns last night.
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Raleigh
N. C
Associated Press
North Carolina
Calvin Coolidge
Wm. G. McAdoo
United States
F. M. Simmons
Josiah William Bailey
Angus Wilton McLean
Lumberton
Trio of Cities Chase Montgomery Golf Honors
Birmingham Selma and Montgomery push into Montgomery Country Club annual invitation finals. Jack Crenshaw and Glen Crisman reach semis along with Files Crenshaw and Charles Locke. Crisman defeats Johnny Green, Crenshaw over Fraser Hall, Osbun ousted in extra hole, Locke beats Brownlee.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Selma
Montgomery Country Club
Jack and Files Crenshaw
Glen Crisman
Charles Locke
Jack Crenshaw
Crisman
Files Crenshaw
Locke
Johnny Green
Atlanta
Gate City
Fraser Hall
Ike Osbun
Brownlee
Governor General and Wife in Peril in Hunt
From Apetown and London reports, the Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice, Governor General and his wife, were endangered during a Transvaal hunting trip. They hunted a hartebeest that charged, was shot at close range, and the couple faced danger with possible injuries to the Earl and a refuge for the Princess.
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Apetown
South Africa
Earl of
London
Buffalo Bank Fraud Plot Foiled In Morning Attempt
A Nashville based con man known as Collins with many aliases planned to pass nine counterfeit checks totaling 20000 across Buffalo banks. Detectives say he forged signatures to obtain endorsements from bank officials. He confessed to schemes totaling over 100000 and faces charges of mail fraud.
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Vffalo
N. Y
Buffalo
Collins
Thomas J. Penney, Jr
United States
Nashville
Memphis
Columbus
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
Greensburg
Wilkinsburg
Elks Gather for Home Ceremonies in Chicago
Prominent members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks from across the nation attend a state convention in Chicago for the cornerstone laying of a $3,000,000 memorial honoring 70,000 Elks who served in World War I and nearly 1,200 who died. Grand Exalted Ruler James J. McFarland of Watertown, M. C., is to give the principal address.
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Chicago
Benevolent and
Order of Elks
James J. McFarland
Watertown
M. C
Elks
Hakata Harbor Contract Signed With Rail Link to Coal Fields
Shanghai June 7. The Asia Development Company announces a contract for building a harbor at Hakata Japan and a railroad inland to access key coal fields. Hakata lies on Kyushu near Moji, the current main coal port.
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Shanghai
Associated Press
Hakata
Japan
Asia Development Company
Kiyush
Moji
American Birdmen Arrive at Amoy China
The American army aviators completing a 500 mile leg of their world flight arrived at Amoy from Shanghai at 4 30 p m. All three planes and crews were in good condition after the 9 hour 45 minute journey.
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Amoy
China
Associated Press
Shanghai
Tobacco Agreement Upheld in Court
The court affirmed a chancellor’s ruling in Robotoen County that Coror tiea’s contract to sell tobacco through the association was lawful. R. H. Mason was the defendant. the association was not an unlawful combination nor violating antitrust laws, and was qualified to do business in Tennessee. The case remanded for further proceedings on damages to the association.
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Coror Tiea
Robotoen County
R. H. Mason
Tennessee
Women Take Rest and Play at Convention
Angeles delegates to the 17th biennial General Federation of Women's Clubs convention paused from days of programing for play day. Trips to beaches mountains and film studios, and inland orange belt cities, offer recreation ahead of a closing week expected to be marked by strenuous election contests.
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Angeles
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Motion Picture
The
of Missions
Bulgaria Offered Commerce Outlet
Athens telegram says Greece offered Bulgaria a commercial outlet on any part of the Aegean Sea as long as Greek sovereignty is not infringed. Sofia dispatch indicates Bulgaria regards the offer as unadaptable and the proposal may not be accepted.
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London
Bepe
Athens Corr
Cnniadas
Aris
Greece
Bulgaria
Aegean Sea
Sofia
Japanese Warships Sent to Siberia
Tokio reports naval units sent to Siberia following minor clashes between Japanese fishermen and Russian authorities. Four additional destroyers are dispatched to protect fisheries, bringing the total to eight ships in northern waters.
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Siberia
Tokio
Associated Preas
Siberian
Navy On
Probe Ordered in Finance Bureau Investigation
Washington June 7 the senate ordered an inquiry into transactions of the war finance corporation amid alleged favoritism involving Senator Gooding Republican Idaho and Representative Goodin. The motion by Senator Goodin prompted the action as part of the probe.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Gooding
Repulican
Idaho
Senate
Goodin
Exchange Hours Extend All Day on Saturdays
New York reports extended Saturday hours as exchanges in June July and August close all day. Markets note steady trading in coffee sugar and oil with continued activity on Saturdays.
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New York
Japanese Named Counselor at Washington Embassy
Isaburo Yoshida, counsellor of the test, has been named counsellor at the Washington embassy before the announcement today. Torio June Tomtay reports from Tokyo.
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TORIO
Tomtay
Isaburo Yoshida
Bassy
Washington
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Loomis
Glen Alden Coal Company
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Tok
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America
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M. Werneth
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Oklahoma
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