Taxi Drivers Guilty in Broad Street Tax Fight
Archie McCall received fines totaling 701 dollars and up to 190 days hard labor after a fight with a taxi party on Broad and Texas streets over a fare. H H Bidgood and R L Lee also fined. licenses to be revoked. The ruling aims to curb reckless city driving and promote safer operation.
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Archie McCall
Edington
Broad and
Texas Street
H. H. Bidgood
R. L. Lee
Hadington
State Commission
McCall
Recorder’s Court
Charles E. Howell
Autoutobile « Club
Rink
A. Berg
Texas
Mara
Aevir
Martin
Berg
Broad
Lee
Asit
Recorder
H. H. Bedgood
Martin and Berg
Id Rao
Maritime Bureau to be perfected for Mobile shipping
The organization of the maritime bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will be perfected this afternoon with steamship owners and operators. The bureau aims to promote maritime and shipping projects for Mobile and to improve and extend the steamship service from this port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritime Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Stock Market Opens Mixed as Traders React to Inflation Signals
New York June 15. Opening prices show uncertain trend with widespread confusion across sectors. Mexican stocks partially rebound while transcontinental rails slump. Crucible-Steel fluctuates sharply. speculative sentiment dampened by weak outside support.
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New York
Crucible - Steg
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans and New York
Cotton futures in New Orleans show July 37.765 bid October 34.52 bid December 338.36 January 2.76 March 32.17 May 31.52. In New York, futures open barely steady with July 37.80 October 34.65 December 83.58 January 32.85 March 32.40.
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New Orleans
Steday
New York
May Reports Hint at New Heat Figure for Mobile
The 8 am reading showed 98 degrees potential but not a confirmed record. Mobile’s heat history notes 98 degrees has occurred 12 times in June in 50 years, with the all time June high at 102 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potas
Sseas
Mobile
Phoenix
Ariz
Census of City Wards Underway in Four Districts
Edward Delchamps, awarded the contract yesterday, started the census of the sixth seventh eighth and ninth wards. The work began in the eighth ward and is expected to take about three weeks to a month to complete. Delchamps is an experienced census taker.
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Edward Delchamps
Delchamps
Ruling Issued On Freight Payments By Shippers
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued an order requiring freight charges to be paid within 96 hours from 4 p.m. on delivery. The act previously mandated payment at delivery, but a short time credit was allowed after protests by shippers who argued the change would cause hardship and affect deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Committee
Eee
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Ship engineer fined under liquor law on Lake Marion
Orando Caroné, engineer aboard the United States Shipping Board steamer Lake Marion, was fined $100 by Recorder Edington for violating the prohibition law. A raid Monday afternoon found five quarts of cognac aboard, with officers testifying Caroné claimed larger quantities might have been available.
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Orando Caroné
United States Shipping Board
Lake Marion
Edington
Charles F. ‘Howell
Adams
Discharged in City Limits Sparks Recorder Court Hearing
Proc tor Howell testifies in recorder's court that he was chased by six men and fired a pistol while fleeing. An officer notes Howell fired toward the ground as he ran, amid a chaotic confrontation within city limits.
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Recorder’s Court
Proctor Howell
M Ley Eppantea
Dean
Howell
An unclear snippet from weather or schedule notes
The readable text gives no clear event, date, or entities. It appears to be partial notes mentioning fair conditions and a general forecast phrase with weekday references but lacks concrete facts for a proper summary.
Supreme Court to Hear Alabama University Case Thursday
Dr Eugene Thames faculty member and Alumni Association secretary sues to block the University of Alabama medical college move from Mobile to Tuscaloosa. Trustees appeal injunction reversal argues the 1915 statute was repealed by a 1919 act leaving the removal order questionable. The case began in Mobile County Circuit Court with Judge Joel W Goldsby ruling for the injunction.
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Board of Trustees
University of Alabama
Eugene Thames
Alumni Association of the
Medical College
Supreme Court
Montgomery
D. H. Edington
Gordon & Edington
Thames
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Council On Medical Education of
American Medical Association
Moble County
Joel W. Goldsby
Eolington
Edington
Russia Repudiates Old Regime Debt
London report says Russia will not recognize debts contracted before November 1917. Bolshevik Minister Krassin denies liability but suggests the soviet government would claim rights under former treaties if circumstances require payment, with emphasis on the 1915 convention awarding possessions to Russia.
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London
Russia
Times
Gregory Krassin
M. ‘Krassin
Edward W Backus of Florida Dead
Edward W Backus former United States ambassador to Brazil under Garfield and Arthur died at his Tarpon Springs Florida home aged 36 He was a financier backing Marconi in wireless development In 1905 he was knighted by the King of Portugal for services to Brazil.
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Fla
Jedwara
Backus
United States
Brazil
Census Reports show population gains in multiple cities
The June census lists large increases for Johns town Pennsylvania and Haverhill Massachusetts, with figures such as 67 327 and 52 834, up 21.3 percent and 22.1 percent respectively. Other entries include Columbus Massachusetts and Pascagoula Mississippi with notable rises as well. A Knoxville Tennessee item notes a country’s first Hard os4 and Coott in the Ea Follette Camp county tonight with a member-
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Washington
Johnstown
York
Haverhill
Mass
Aberdeen
Columbus
Pascagoula
Misa
Dyereburg
Tern
Mishaw
West Allis
Wis
Sesenda
Knoxville
Tenn
Ea Follette
Defunct Royalty Acquainted With Blistering Toil
Berlin dispatch reports four of the ex-kaiser’s nephews, sons of Princess Margaret of Prussia, adapting to republic life by taking farm labor, steel mill work, architecture apprenticeships, and clerical duties in the demobilization office.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Dairess
Margaret of
Prussia
Polk to resign as under secretary of state in wartime shakeup
Washington reports the retirement of Frank L. Polk as under secretary of state leaves the department without its wartime leadership. Norman H. Davis is chosen to succeed Polk, with other senior posts filled or vacated as former officials depart after the war.
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Washington
Frank L. Polk
State Department
America
Lansing
American Peace Commission
Polk
Norman H. Davis
The
Treasury
Ing
William Phillips
Breathinridge Long
Phillips
Renerae Oe
Bane
Roland
de Pintiement
Ira
Nelson Morris
Riong
Warsaw
Hile Ips
Long
Amabaeaetor Morris
Pope
Ito
Fight to be hardest west of Mississippi
Chairman Will Hays wrapped up talks with western Republican leaders and headed home to Sullivan Indiana before traveling to Washington to meet Senator Harding and the Hert committee for formal nomination notification. Western leaders stressed the west of the Mississippi as the main presidential battle zone and emphasized central headquarters in Chicago rather than New York.
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Chicago
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
Sullivan
Ind
Washington
Harding
A. T. Hert
Mississippi
Clarence Miller
National Committee
New York
Hays
St Mihiel Wound At Last Proves Fatal
Rear of tenant Robert Forester of Atlanta dies at Hebrew City hospital in Baltimore after wounds suffered at St Mihiel. Forester, wounded by a machine gun bullet piercing the spine, was paralysed below the waist and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery. He served with the 327th Infantry and joined the war at its outbreak.
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Baltim Md
Robert Forester
Atlanta
Hebrew City Hospital
Forester
St. Mihiel
Ite
oRestar 2
327Th, Infantry
British Sea Radio Operators Strike In London Ports
A strike by marine wireless operators was declared by the Association of Telegraphists in London on June 15, disrupting all ports and shipping. The workers demand about a one percent wage increase over pre war rates and better employment conditions. operators are instructed to cease work and not to report. The Strand headquarters will be picketed by the strike organization.
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London
Association O Telegraphists
Jusserand To Return To Washington From Paris
The foreign office stated this afternoon that contrary reports are false and Jusserand will return to Washington to resume his duties as U S envoy abroad. Kosthidleend or Jusserand will depart Paris despite published claims.
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Jusserand
U. S
Paris
Foreign Office Au
Kosthdleend
Washington
Harding prepares to accept Republican nomination speech
Senator Harding begins formal work on his speech accepting the Republican nomination for president. He plans to deliver it around July 1 from Marion Ohio, basing it on the party platform. He will confer with leaders including Leslie M Shaw and Senator Fall on Mexican affairs and finances.
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Washington
Harding
Chicago
Marion
Ohio
Leslie M. Shaw
Cox
Legionaries Discuss Withdrawal After Bonus Cash Debate
In Spartanburg on June 16 representatives from each local post of the South Carolina American Legion attended a convention to consider withdrawal from the national organization. They object to national officers supporting cash bonuses for ex servicemen, a stance echoed by prominent state members.
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Spartanburg
N. G
South Carolina
American Legion
Legion
The
Johnson Refuses To Comment On Politics From Home
Senator Hiram Johnson remained at his Riverdale Maryland home and gave no statements on his political plans. He arrived in Washington last night and again declined to discuss politics, suggesting he would say nothing for a day or two.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
Riverdale
Johnson
Birmingham City Delayed by Deep Draft Loading
The Birmingham City will take on more cargo to deepen her draft delaying today’s sailing. With the 30 foot channel opening, she will be the first to pass the new passage en route to Kobe and Yokohama.
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Birmingham City
Kobe
Yokohama
Lutheran Laymen's League Opens Detroit Convention
In Detroit June 15 the Lutheran Laymen's League begins its triennial convention ahead of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod sessions set to run through the week. The league handles the synod finances and officers were to be elected later today.
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Detroit
Lutheran Laymen's League
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Farmers seek state aid against grasshopper pest spread
In Michigan on June 15 Ben Mason from Charlevoix and Mecosta appealed to the Michigan Farm Bureau for aid in fighting a rapidly spreading grasshopper pest. The bureau agreed to supply poison to combat the outbreak. Hundreds of acres of grain crops have been devastated, with losses estimated at 400000 dollars.
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Mich
Ben- Mason
Charlevoix
Mecosta
Michigan Farm Bureau
Clothing definitions loom as Woolen Co case moves up
New York June 15. Following an indictment under the war act against the American Woolen Company and William M Wood a writ of error was seized today as the case moves to resolve what constitutes wearing apparel and manufactured cloth to the Supreme Court. Federal Judge Macksey will decide if the government or defendants initiate the question. A decision was expected soon.
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New York
American Woolen Company
William
Mack
Supremeé Court
Democratic Convention Opens With Key Note by Cummings
San Francisco June 28 reports a slight disruption in the opening program of the Democratic National Convention. The two thirds rule for nominating remains under debate as Champ Clark supporters push to overturn it. Palmer supporters arrive and pledge votes while Palmer himself is not expected to attend. Vice President Marshall and party members arrive to be greeted at the St Francis.
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Ellis H. Martin
International News Service
San Francisco
Homer 8. Cummings
Clark
Palmer
Major Newman
Palmer Committee
Thomas Marshall
St. Francis
Divers Unable to Locate 9 Missing From Eagle Boat
Divers search the area off the Delaware coast for nine missing crew members from the Eagle boat. Named missing are Luke Durto of New Orleans Irinson Griffith of Bluefield W Vas George B D Hancock of Louisville Ky Ross Houston of Bristol Tenn John H Lamb of Camden N J Eugene Kendrick and Charles H L Wilson of Key West Florida.
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Wilmington
Del
Jane
Aioe
Luke’ Durto
New Orleans
Irinson Griffith
Blueflein
W. Vas
George BD. Hancock
Loutaville
Ross Houston
Bristol, Tenn
John H. Lamb
Camden,n
Eugene
Kendrick
Charles HL Wilson
Key West
Fia
La Follette Leads Reactionary Referendum Vote
Chicago June 15 Senator Robert La Follette leads in the referendum vote among the Committee of 48 as a suitable candidate for the presidential nomination. Support from La Follette Republicans farmers laborers and non partisan members is counted. Leaders do not expect Johnson or North to bolt the GOP.
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Chicago
Robert la Follette
Committee of 48
la Follette
Pace
Johnson
North
Republican Party
Labor groups seek Johnson denounce plane party stand
Labor representatives in Richmond collect signatures urging Senator Hiram Johnson to denounce the Republican platform and run as an independent for president. Thousands are said to have signed as of today. Mobile’s population is revised up by 27 to 60 161,Mobile Ala in census figures.
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Richmond
Hiram Johnson
Mobile
Washington
Ala
Bureau of Census
Tennessee farmer shot from ambush near Waynesboro
G. W. Pete Brewer, a farmer eight miles from Waynesboro Tennessee, was killed in an ambush near his home while returning from Waynesboro. He was alone when shot and the body was found by a passing young woman. Bloodhounds from Nashville are expected to reach the scene today.
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Nashville
Tenn
G. W
Pete) Brewer
Wayesboro
Waynesboro
Two Killed Four Hurt In Mountain Feud At Deserville
Bristol reports two men dead and four wounded after a pistol battle between the Fee and Polly families in Deserville Virginia. Victims include Robert Fee and George Polly. Wounds listed as Dewitt Fee and Thomas Pace by stray bullets. Streets of Haserville witnessed the clash.
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Bristol
Tenn
Atte
Fee
Deserville
Robert Fee
George Polly
Dewittt Fee
Thomas
Haserville
Palmer Offers Aid to End New York Harbor Strike
Attorney General Palmer today offered the Justice Department help to the Interstate Commerce Commission to resolve the New York harbor strike. The department will ensure no party causes delays or prolongs the dispute as negotiations proceed.
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Palmer
N. Y
Washington
Department, of Justice
Interstate Commerce “Commission
Secoe
New York_harbor
Department
Rainy night floods school yard disrupts student play
A terse report notes rain causing reduced visibility and disruptions as a school building faced lightning risk. Teachers prevented children from going outside, halting planned games and activities during the incident.
Supporters Back Brig. Gen. Lawson for Democratic Nomination
Fron San Francisco headquarters in Knoxville reports solid backing for Brig. Gen. Lawson in the Democratic race. Tyson heads to San Francisco to gain support from the delegation, with 1,600 votes pledged to Tyson despite broader instructions.
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Ae Ee
Knoxville
Lawson
San P Franciscs
Ae Tyson
San Yrangisto
Tyson
United State
Rito
Madrid Newspapers Freely Extend Size Limits
Madrid authorities set a cap on newspaper dimensions at fixed square centimeters and exempt advertisement sheets from the rule, allowing publishers to adjust layouts while adhering to the new standard.
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Madrid
Clubman Pleads Guilty in Federal Liquor Transport Case
J. Ashe of Knoxville Tennessee pleads guilty to a federal conspiracy charge over illegal liquor transport. He claimed the contents were for personal use in a boxcar labeled Livestock. The case centers on a single race of liquor and the mislabeling of the shipment.
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Knoxville
J. Ashe
Prominent Club
Dt Personal
Michigan reactionaries name slate for July convention
Michigan branch of the Com 48ers held its state convention day to select candidates for the convention opening July 10. The group announced a complete slate of congressional candidates and issued a special appeal to women to join, promising them full participation in its affairs.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Com 48
Port imports through New Orleans reach thirty million in a month
A New Orleans port report shows imports for the month valued at 30,000,006 dollars, echoing prior records. Sugar and coffee led the arrivals as most commodities were recorded, with issuance attributed to a deputy collector of the port authorities.
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New Orleans
Laj
Aihoun
Bond Theft Arrest in Providence Case
Benjamin Silverman was arrested in New York on June 16 over the theft of 30,000 bonds from a Providence firm. He allegedly tried to sell the bonds claimed by the firm Ot & Stackpole after futures to them were removed.
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New York
Benjamin Silverman
Silverman
Providence
Ot. & Stackpole
Cabinet embroglio reshapes Ebert era team
A chaotic cabinet shakeup unfolds as Emroglio replaces Ebert in key posts. Officials report swift moves at the helm while lawmakers await formal approvals and policy timing.
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Edward W. Backus
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Hardingeusy
Opeegh
Raymond Clapper
United Press
A. Netthe
I Vege Bey
Lutheran League
Asshopper
Eagle Boat
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Ebert
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