Controversy Delays Mobile Coal Terminal Site Deal
City and state officials struggle to raise 30 000 toward an 80 000 price for the Hunter property on the west bank of the Mobile River near One Mile Creek. Mobile members of the executive committee push to finalize the riverfront coal terminal site for the port.
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Orm
Obile
State Harbor Commission
Harry ‘T.brartwell
Richard A. Christian
Hunter
Henry Debardleben
Warrior Item
Inland Waters Division
Harbor Commission
Provision Board
Mobile River
Census ruling makes Mobile humane officer law void
City attorney Frank Yerger said a 80 000 to 82 000 population rule in a county law is invalid after Mobile County's census shows over 98 000. Julius ucourteau and attorney F G Bromberg lost in circuit court and appealed to the supreme court on the humane officer salary case.
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Mobile
Mobile County
Frank Yerger
Senatorohn Craft
Verger
Humane Office
Julius Ucourteau
F.G. Bromberg
Tthe Supreme Court
Plan Great Fund To Help Wool Raisers In Chicago
Western bankers and ranchers discussed creating a 100 million dollar fund to aid wool producers until the market recovers. The conference urged Chicago banks to replace Boston lenders in financing the annual wool clip, aiming to establish Chicago as the wool center. The meeting was organized by W P G Harding of the Federal Reserve Board, with senators Walsh Pittman Owens King Hitchcock and Chamberlain involved.
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Chicago
Boston
W. P. G. Harding
Rennor
Federal Reserve Board
Walsh
Montana
Pittman
Ovada
King
Utah
Hitchcock
Chamberlain
Oregon
British Military Property Destroyed in Irish Affairs
Report from London states a large quantity of British military property seized from Dublin. The Mallory railway station was destroyed. Calm returned at Bellumartlete in Mayo after a fight in the Beflumullete affair left a constable and three others wounded. The British Ionican Congress called a meeting to discuss the Irish strike.
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London
Waterford
Dublin
Mallory
Bellumartlete
County Mayo
British Iionian Congress
Local Thunder Forecast For Alabama Mississippi Tonight
Weather bulletin notes likely thunder activity over Alabama and Mississippi tonight with cooler conditions expected Friday. Unclear details from fragmented OCR.
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Wshington
Alabama
Mississippi
Crucible Steel Stock Opens With Sharp Decline
New York stock market opened with Crucible Steel dropping 0.34 to 138 1 2 on light volume of 1 000 shares. Overall, chemicals, steels and equipment led gains while rails were irregular and Canadian Pacific fell a point. Foreign exchange showed strength in remittances to London with bills near 4 per pound. Cotton slumped in New Orleans as favorable weather kept prices down with July at 87.40 and October at 34.17.
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New York
Canadian Pacific
London
New Orleans
Cotton futures open steady across markets
Cotton futures opened steady in New Orleans and New York with July around 37.44 and 37.65, October about 34.25 to 34.50, December 33.12, January 32.45, March 32.00 to 32.06, and May near 31.35 to 32.06, reflecting similar levels in both cities.
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New Orleans
Mber
Jane
Mayor Denies Ordered Sunday Flower Delivery
The mayor denies ordering a Sunday flower delivery while admitting flowers were ordered on Saturday from Ravier. City officials and florist Charles Marston dispute who pressed the complaint as court officials seek to clarify the case. The hearing was postponed to Saturday with Acting Recorder Courtney presiding.
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Harry
Fred Raiier
See Yo
Pet
Ravier
O'Shaugnessy
Mirge Floral Company
Minge
Frank J. Yerger
Charles Marston
Raiier
Jers
Jack Courtney
D. H. Edington
Clark optimistic on Harding bid in Democratic view
Washington June 17 The Democratic party does not see Warren G Harding as a formidable presidential candidate says Clark former Speaker while en route to his home state Clark argues Harding is not stronger than the run of candidates and Democrats now feel they have a better chance. He cites labor strike politics and Coolidge’s role in Boston as aiding the Democratic cause.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Warren G. Harding
Eec
Clark
Harding
Mr. Harding
Oversubscribed U S Certificates of Indebtedness Issued
Washington reports oversubscription of the latest issue of certificates of indebtedness valued at 400 million dollars. The final oversubscription total will be released after reports from federal reserve banks. The issue offered six month and one year certificates bearing 5.34 percent and 6 percent interest respectively.
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Washington
Houston
Federal Reserve
Cost of living declines noted in Paris markets
Paris prices for common goods ease with coffee cheaper there than in Havre and Havre cheaper than Brazil. Cotton, after a brief firm period, again falls in Havre.
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Paris
Havre
Brazil
Fifth Victim Dies From Gas Explosion
Eldorado Ark June 17 Miss Margaret Ramsey of Camden Ark died at a local hospital late Wednesday from burns suffered in a natural gas explosion near here on Sunday. She was the fifth to die from the injuries.
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Eldorado, Ark
Margaret Ramsey
Camden
Ark
Here
Atlanta Declines Game Over Casey Smith Case
President Frang of the Atlanta baseball club announces no afternoon game with Little Rock at Ponce de Leon Park. Elberfeld refuses terms to drop Casey Smith and Seaton, two ex San Francisco players, prompting possible further refusals by Mobile and Chattanooga manager Strang Nicklin.
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Frang
Atlanta Baseball Club
Little Rock
Elberfeld
Casey” Smith
San Francisco
Travelers
Frank
Smith
Seaton
National Commission
Southern Association
Mobile
Casey Smith
Bob Coleman
Sammy Strang Nicklin
Chattanooga
Refiners Promise Sugar for Canning Crisis Eases
New York June 17 Distribution of sugar to preserve manufacturers and canners was set by a conference among A W Riley special assistant to Palmer Blakemore of Louisville and sugar refiners. Blakemore said the 67_member association representing about 30 percent of jam and jelly output has assured prompt sugar supply for urgent needs. The agreement could raise jam and jelly output next winter by about 40 percent as sugar represents 60 percent of finished products.
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New York
A. W. Riley
Speci
Palmer
Ee Blakemore
Louisville
Prcent
National Preserve and Fruit Products Association
Blakemore
America
Special Grand Jury Probes Lynching in Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota a special grand jury opened to investigate the lynching of three Negroes by a mob of about 5000 after an alleged assault on a 17 year old white girl. State guards were deployed to prevent a race riot and were withdrawn after order was restored.
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Duluth
Minn
Sheriff Sends for Man Wanted Here in Mobile
Detective Frank Curtin of the police department has gone to St Louis to bring L. E. Neese alias W. W. Neel back to Mobile on a robbery warrant. Curtin sought June 10 travel funds in Montgomery but the state refused. Sheriff W H Holcombe Jr sends for Neese who is accused of robbing Ben Kulick Mobile and Ohio news butcher of 37 dollars and 50 cents in May.
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Frank Curtin
Police Department
St. Louis
L. E. Neese
W. W. Neel
Mobile
Curtin
Montgomery
Neese
Ben Kulick
Ohio
Martens Deportation Hearings Resume in Washington
Hearings on deportation charges against Soviet agent Ludwig A. H. Martens resumed in Washington today. Immigration Inspector Schell is handling testimony as counsel for both sides prepare final presentations before the case is referred to Assistant Secretary Post at the Labor Department.
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Washington
Ludwig
A. H. Martens
United States
Schell
Department of Labor
Post
Labor Department
Thugs Bind Man To Tracks Ends With Lost Hand and Foot
George Underwood of Carrollton Missouri was found in Excelsior Springs hospital missing his left hand and foot after being bound to a railroad track by two men who allegedly robbed him. He freed his arm and leg as a train approached and said the robbers followed him from a Kansas City sale of two automobiles. He had only $70 left of the money from the sale.
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Excelsior Springs
Kan
Yjure
George Underwood
Carrollton
Underwood
Kansas City
Alabama Pharmacists Head to Battles for Convention Sessions
Delegates of the Alabama Pharmaceutical Association left Mobile aboard the bay steamer Apollo to spend the day at Battles and hold the final business session en route. Officers to be elected and the next meeting place chosen while plans to incorporate the association were adopted. President Omasson favored for the state board of pharmacy and federal prohibition rules were explained by M C Stewart.
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Alabama Pharmaceutical Association
Apollo
Alabama’ Pharmaceutical Association
Board of Pharmacy
Omasson
M. C. Stewart
Talladega
Bergdoll Linked Death Attempt Suspect Arrested in Utica
In Utica New York a young man hospitalized with a fractured skull after a death by self harm attempt in the jail is being identified. Police consider a possible match to Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the draft dodger. The suspect was arrested at a local hotel after a prior report in Ironton Ohio for grand larceny. he gave the name Jay F. Corbett.
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Utica
N. Y
General Hospital
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Ironton
Ohio
Jay F. Corbett
Bergdoll Seen in Canastota Near Syracuse on Wednesday
Grover Bergdoll, the draft dodger, was reportedly seen in Canastota twenty miles east of Syracuse on Wednesday. A man and woman bought 15 gallons of gasoline at the Farr garage and the owner later recognized Bergdoll’s photo in the American Legion Weekly.
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Canastota
Syracuse
N. Y
Grover
Bergdoll
Here
New York
American Legion Weekly
Allies weigh recalling Turkish treaty amid protests
London reports allies consider withdrawing the Turkish treaty after protests from Grand Vizier Damad Pasha. The Turks remain the last un signed treaty.
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Turkey
London
Visier Damad Pasha
Daily Mail
Big steamer to coal voyage from Birmingham
The Birmingham City, loaded with Alabama steel, will sail to Turner terminals near the river mouth to take on 1 000 tons of coal for a voyage to Japan. She will load to a 28 foot draft, the deepest safe for the channel.
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Birmingham City
Alabama Steel
Japan
Turner Terminals
Palmer Rules U S Federal Workers Over 70 Must Be Dropped
Washington June 17 Attorney General Palmer ruled that federal employees who reach age 70 and have less than 15 years of service cannot draw retirement benefits and must be dropped from the rolls. The decision affects those nearing retirement under the current law.
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Washington
Palmer
Woman sought in Elwell murder case identified
Police know the girl who owned a pink boudoir cap and slippers found at Elwell's home is known to authorities. Detectives and Assistant District Attorney Dooling planned to question her as clues mount. Housekeeper Marie Larsen testified about hiding garments and said the woman visited Elwell two weeks earlier.
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New York
United Press
Joseph Bowne Elwell
John Dooling
Marie Larsen
Hiwell
Dooling
Elwell
Butler Will Support Harding Coolidge Ticket
President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University, defeated candidate at the Chicago convention, says he will devote as much time as possible to backing the Harding Coolidge ticket. He replies to General Wood criticizing him as a fakir and mar and notes campaign fund questions were not his doing.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Chicago
Harding-Coolidge
General Wood
Butler
One Killed as Irish Row Sparks Fatal Clash
In Belmullet County Mayo Ireland a street conflict lasting about ten minutes left Constable Doogue dead Chief Constable Hill seriously injured and Sergeants Morris and Conmane Hannon with minor injuries.
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Belmullet
County Mayo
Ireland
Doogue
R. A. Hill
Morris
Conmane Hannon
Carpenters in New Orleans Accept Dock Award
In New Orleans on June 17 the United Brotherhood of Carpenters voted to accept the wage scale award of Governor Parker for dock and industrial canal work while extending the strike against the contractors' association.
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New Orleans
W Union Carpenters
Parker
Contractors’ Association
Cantu Reappointed by Huerta Regime
Esteban Cantu is reappointed governor of Lower California’s northern district. The provisional congress at Mexico City unanimously confirmed the appointment, as disclosed by officials.
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Cantu
Huerta
Mexicalit
Lower California
Esteban Cantu
Lower
California
Provisional Congress
Mexico City
Norwegians to hunt seals from planes
Copenhagen June 17 report says Norwegian business men at Aalesund intend to use seaplanes for seal and whale hunting in Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland during the coming summer. The plan calls for pilots and crews to operate from seaplanes over the Arctic waters.
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Copenhagen
Aalesund
Bergen
Norway
Denmark Strait
Iceland
Greenland
Eeee Eee Tidende
Harding Plans Seeing Groups of Party Men
Washington June 17 Senator Harding Republican candidate for president plans informal conferences with leaders of various party groups. The meetings follow a decision reached yesterday with Walter Brown former Ohio progressive leader and the nominee’s floor manager at the Chicago convention Invitations will go out at once.
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Washington
Senator Harding
Harding
Walter Brown
Ohio
Chicago
Fourteen Wounds Save Russian Enlistee From Long Prison Term
Philadelphia June 17 An excellent wartime record kept Anthony Telensky a Russian native who enlisted in a New England regiment survived a potential 15 year term for bad checks by deducting a year for each of fourteen wounds received overseas. The judge noted his prior service and record.
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Philadelphia
Anthony Telensky
Atlanta
Telensky
New England
Woman Is Suspect Imposter For Fairbanks Visit
Mrs Helen McCarthy of Los Angeles claimed to be social secretary for actor Douglas Fairbanks and booked a hotel suite for a bogus visit with plans for a banquet to honor a newlywed couple. She listed celebrities as guests, denied European sailing reports, and fled leaving a $17 bill unpaid as hotel staff investigated rooms. police expect to find her in Cincinnati.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Helen McCarthy
Los Angeles
Douglas Fairbanks
Mrs. McCarthy
Cincinnati
Huns Reported Still Without a Cabinet
London June 17 with the newly elected National Assembly to meet in a week Germany remained without a cabinet. Berlin telegrams say Constantine Fehrenbach refused the post of state chancellor and President Ebert pressed for a coalition ministry of Centrists Social Democrats and the German Peoples Party.
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London
National Assembly
Germany
Berlin
Constantine Fenherenbach
Ebert Ie
German Peoples’ Party
Huerta Returns Railway to British Owned Stock
The Vera Crux Mexico City Railway also called Queen Mary's Railway by some due to British stock ownership was turned over to its rightful owners by order of President de la Huerta. The transfer is seen as a first step toward restoring cordial relations with Great Britain.
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Mexico City
Vera Crux
Queen Mary’s Railway
de la Huerta
Great Britain
Rockefeller Fund Donations to Fight TB in France
Maurice de Rothschild told the Chamber of Deputies in Paris that the Rockefeller Foundation has donated about 8,000,000 francs annually since 1917 to combat tuberculosis in France. The figure reflects ongoing support through the Rockefeller effort.
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Paris
Rockefeller Foundation
France
Maurice de Rothschild
Chamber of Deputies
Three Die in Philadelphia Storm Disaster
Three people are confirmed dead after a fierce storm across Western Pennsylvania. High winds, rain, and lightning caused building collapses, uprooted trees, and widespread street damage, with many more feared dead and extensive property losses reported overnight.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Timber pile grows high at Frisco convention scene
San Francisco June 1 report from Ellis H Martin describes Democratic platform preparations with material from Washington and delegates arriving. Key figures Carter Glass Samuel Gompers Mat Well Will Bryan and De Valera linked to the platform. Labor and Irish questions expected to dominate early convention discussions.
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San Francisco
Nation
Washington
Treasu Carter Glass
Éig Rere Crees Smi
Will Bryan
Trish
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Ireland
Eamoon de Valera
Wbn
Republic
Alice Paul
Abby Baker
Chicago
Memk
Waterpower bill fate to be known today in Washington
Washington officials expect action on the water power bill and ten related measures. Attorney Palmer indicated a signed signature window of ten days, while wartime laws and a conference with Canadian authorities on pulp wood exports were among measures approved before midnight. Details remained unclear as White House and capitol queried for comment.
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Washington
Dent Wilson
Palmer
White Use
Partment
Capitol
White House
France cannot cut army for two years says War Minister
Paris June 17 France cannot reduce military service to under two years at this time said Fevre minister of war while outlining the army reorganization to a military committee of deputies yesterday.
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Paris
Fevre
Final war casualties list released by French ministry
Paris reports final ministry statistics on French deaths in the great war. Totals show 1,362,872 men lost with 344,854 unaccounted or unknown. the Matin provides the detailed breakdown, indicating a high toll and incomplete records.
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France
Paris
Ministry of the
Cording
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