City Hears Petition to Raise Street Car Fares
City commissioners will consider Mobile Light and Railway Company’s petition to raise fares from 5 to 7 cents at the next weekly meeting. An audit of the railroad’s books by George T. Rosson is completed but not yet delivered to the mayor. Commissioner Lyons remains away for health, delaying any action until Friday or Tuesday.
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Obile Light and Railroad Company
Iar
Pe J. Lyons
Hot Springs
Ark
George T. Rosson
Mobile Ht and Railway Company
Senate modifies Shantung reservation in treaty debate
The Senate approved a bi-partisan change to the Shantung reservation, removing direct reference to Japan and China. The 69 to 2 vote aligned with Democratic approval, while a substitute proposal was rejected 27 to 41 with four Democrats voting against it.
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Associated Press
Washington
March
Shantung
Senate
Lodge
Orchusetts
Japan
China
Se Reed
Missouri
Southerland
Virginia
Shantung Reservation
Gore
Tennessee
Thor Democrats
Honolulu Visitor Promotes Territorial Fair and Islands Industries
Mrs. Elsie Kuhn Brown of Mobile visits Honolulu to tour the Territory Fair mission and discuss industrial and agricultural progress. She notes efforts to boost island independence in wartime and trade, traveling with Miss Carlson of Chicago and planning a return trip to Indiana.
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Elsie Kuhn Brown
Hono
Mobile
Brown
Henry Brown
Congress
Iar
Ndiana
Hon- the
Hiwaiians
Manland
Mrs. Brown
Miss Carlson
Chicago
Clothes Theft Puzzle Heats Up As Detectives Probe
Detectives at police headquarters investigate a wave of clothing thefts from homes across the city. One man is convicted and sentenced to a year at hard labor, with several suspects under arrest. The latest victim, W. H. Sullivan, reports a yellow negro demanded a pressing service and left with a $50 suit he had not ordered.
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W. H. Sullivan
Sullivan
Rolls Open Again to Machinist Mates
Enlistments in the navy for training at the school for machinists mates have been reopened according to information received by the Mobile station today. Enlistment for the school was closed about four months escape account of the quota being
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Navy
Sailor Christie Receives 30 Day Hard Labor for Theft
Christie, a sailor and recent city visitor, was sentenced to thirty days hard labor for stealing a pair from W. Brannan. He was arrested while intoxicated and struck Turnkey Co. 8. Miller at police headquarters, then was locked up.
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Christie
W. Brannan
Turnkey Co
Miller
Negro in court on murder charge
The trial of B. S. Lancaster, a Negro, charged with murder, is in progress in the circuit court and may conclude this afternoon. The indictment states he shot Carrie Morse, a Negro, last November. Lancaster pleads the killing was accidental.
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B. S. Lancaster
Carrie Morse
Lancaster
Automobile Club of Mobile Officers Meet This Afternoon
A meeting of officers and the board of governors of the Automobile Club of Mobile is called for this afternoon at 5 o clock in the Taney colonial room of the Cawthon hotel.
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The
Automobile Club of Mobile
Taney Colonial Room
Cawthon H
No New Flu Cases Reported Today
Health board at 3 30 p m reports no new flu cases since 6 p m yesterday totaling as of today.
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Health Board
Uenza
Unclear Weather Update Forecast Fragment
A brief weather note mentions a cold wave with Friday fair conditions, chill winds from the northwest to north, and Saturday likely fair. The text lacks precise locations or times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coli
Interment for Sen Bankhead postponed to Friday
In Jasper Alabama after funeral services for Senator John H Bankhead, burial was postponed due to torrential rain. The body will lie in state at First Methodist church and a large crowd attended the church services and arrival of the funeral party. A government special train carried Bankhead relatives and mourners with Mrs Bankhead directing final arrangements before the postponed interment.
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Jasper
Ala
John H. Bankhead
First Methodist Church
Atfus O’rear
Alabama
Bankhead
Birmingham
Bankueederie Way
United States
President Wilson Likely To Stay In Washington
White House officials say no plan for the president to leave Washington at present. His doctors favor remaining at home to stay in touch with official business and he contemplates possibly playing golf in the near future, though Grayson notes it may be several weeks before he can any round at his Virginia course.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Wilson
Grayson
Virginia
Cold Wave Approaches Mobile From Northwest Storm
Forecasts from Washington and Mobile weather bureaus warn of a rapid temperature drop to 32 by Friday morning as a northwest storm moves in. Winds shift from southeast to northwest with gale advisories, noted at Pensacola and Galveston at 7 am.
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Mobile
Washington and Mobile Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Pensacola
Galveston
Weather bulletin warns coast of freezing temperatures
New Orleans reports north west storm warnings displayed along the Louisiana coast at eight o clock this morning. Forecasters predict freezing temperatures reaching the coast before Friday morning.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Weather Warnings Issued From Coast to Gulf States
Storm warnings ordered today along the coast from Carrabelle Florida to Mobile Alabama and Port Arthur Texas to Brownsville Texas. Cold wave warnings also issued for Michigan Indiana Northwest Ohio Western Tennessee and the East Gulf states.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Carrabelle
Fla
Mobile
Ala
Port Arthur
Brownsville
Texas
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Tennessee
East Gulf States
Y W Girls to Play Basketball Today at Moose Hall
The YWCA girls basketball match between the first and second teams of the high school class will be held this afternoon at Moose Hall at 4 15. The public is invited to attend as the first team heads to Pascagoula Saturday for a game with Pascagoula High School.
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Aew
Moose Hall
Pascagoula
Moosehausie Towed Into Fayal After Distress Call
The steamer Moosehausie, bound for Mobile with cargo for Van Heynigen Brokerage, was towed into Fayal by the steamer West Maximus after losing a propeller blade near the Azores. The vessel had been assigned to a Mobile firm by the Shipping Board and was en route from London.
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Moosehausie
Azores
Mobile
van Heynigen Broker‘age Company
Fayal
Associated Press
London
West Maximus
Shipping Board
School Committee to Report Friday
A seventeen member committee chosen at a mass meeting will report on funds and facilities needs. The Friday 7 30 p m Mobile Chamber of Commerce meeting will be public and include the committee report.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Fire Department Answers Five Calls
Five alarms were answered yesterday afternoon and last night with slight damage reported at six locations: 309 South Cedar, 119 Dexter Avenue, 319 South Claiborne Street, Conception and Delaware, 1236 Dauphin Street, and 12 Merrill Row.
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South Cedar
Dexter Avenue
Claiborne Street
Conception and
Delaware
Dauphin Street
Merrill Row
Rotary Club Lunch Delivers Routine Business and Talks
Routine business and brief member talks highlighted the Rotary Club luncheon at the Cawthon Hotel. G Linning, committee chair, outlined an interesting program planned for the next meeting.
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Rotary Club
Cawthon Hotel
G Linning
Urgent Relief Appeal for Starving Poland Sent to Washington
An appeal to Washington urges immediate relief for Poland with signatures from relief agency representatives and advisers. It warns five billion persons are starving and famine will follow without aid, calling for rapid action by the U.S. government.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Poland
Washington
Relief Agency
Cesentatives
Five Cities Make Population Gains
The third census announcement lists Beaumont Texas at 35351 with a 14711 rise of 71.3 percent and Bellevue Kentucky at 379 with a 696 increase 10.4 percent. Peoria Illinois 76121 up 9971 or 13.7 percent Bloomington Illinois 28638 up 2870 or 11.1 percent Cedar Rapids Iowa 45566 up 12755 or 38.9 percent.
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Associated Press
Washington
Beaumont
Texas
Bellevue
Peoria
Ill
Bloomington
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Council Opposes Hapsburg Return in Austria and Hungary
London March 4. Officials say the supreme allied council remains firm against restoring the Hapsburgs in Austria or Hungary. They deny any link between Admiral Horthy's Hungarian regency and a restored monarchy. The council has discussed Russia recognition but not decided. It may cap Turkey’s army at 25,000 or keep it smaller.
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Associated Press
London
Supreme Allied Council
Austria
Hungary
Admiral Horthy
Russia
Turkey
New Orleans Loses Claim For 33660
Comptroller of the treasury affirms the auditor for the war department disallowing a claim by the board of commissioners of the port of New Orleans for 232660 interest on bonds and prorated promotion expenses as part of warehouse costs from a government land purchase. Board request for revision denied.
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Associated Press
Washington
Comptroller of the Treasury
War Department
Board of Commissioners
Port of
New Orleans
Dutch Offer Prize For 9 200 Mile Air Flight
The Dutch government offers a large prize for an air voyage from Holland to the Dutch East Indies a 9 200 mile distance as reported by the London Times. The start will be from Soesterburg and three Dutch lieutenants are in England to obtain aircraft.
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Associated Ted Press
London
London Times
Holland
Dutch East Indies
Soesterburg
England
First Ship of Chickasaw on Trial March 20
The Chickasaw City, first completed under the original contract at Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company yards, is set for a gulf trial trip on March 20. Tennessee Coal Iron and Railway officials will attend from Birmingham, with United States Steel Corp leaders possibly aboard. The voyage marks the first product of the Chickasaw industry and precedes a April 1 departure to Rotterdam carrying general cargo dominated by steel products for Norton Lilly and U S Steel Corp.
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Chickasaw City
Norton-Lilly Company
Mobile
United States Steel Corporation
Rotterdam
Inland Waterways Divided Into Two General Divisions
The War Department announces a division of inland waterways into two groups. One division covers tug boats and canal boats on the Mississippi River from St Louis to New Orleans and to the Warrior River near Birmingham. The second division covers vessels between Buffalo and New York City via the New York State canal and Hudson River and extending to Long Island Sound.
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Associated Press
Washington
Inland Waterways
War Department
Frank T. Hines
Transportation Service
Mississippi River
St. Louis
New Orleans
Warrior River
Birmingham
Ala
Buffalo
N. Y
New York City
Land Island Sound
New York State Canal
Hudson River
Judge Sessions Rules Newberry Case Could Convict
In Grand Rapids on March 4 Judge Clarence W Sessions overruled motions for further dismissals in the Newberry election conspiracy case. He ruled that a verdict of guilty against Tru H Newberry would not automatically determine outcomes for the other 44 defendants. The prosecution showed a prima facie case warranting a possible guilty verdict if the jury so chooses. Defense began presenting first testimony in the afternoon session.
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Grand Rapids
Newberry
Clarence W. Sessions
Tru H. Newberry
United States
Spang Will Voided. Jurors Find She Was Unsound Mind
A New York surrogate court jury ruled Mrs Rosa F Spang widow of a Pittsburgh steel magnate was of unsound mind when she signed a will leaving most of her 2 million dollar estate to charity and granting her Danish daughter only a 10000 dollar annuity. The verdict voids the will. Spang died June 22 1919 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel shortly after signing.
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Associated Press
New York
Rosa F. Spang
Pittsburgh
Madel and Ancher
Copenhagen
Denmark
Spang
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
War Minister of Hungary Wounded in Budapest Attack
Stephan Friedrich former Hungarian premier and minister of war was wounded when attacked while driving across a Budapest bridge yesterday morning. Initial reports claimed he escaped unharmed. The would be assassins were described as two communists according to a Budapest dispatch.
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Associated Press
London
Stephan Friedrich
Budapest
Exchange Telegraph Company
New Jersey Fights Federal Prohibition in Supreme Court
The New Jersey attorney general filed in the U S Supreme Court seeking to declare the prohibition amendment unconstitutional and to block enforcement of the Volstead act. The suit argues the amendment was improperly drawn, not ratified by many states, and that Congress lacks power to regulate morals via constitutional amendment. It asserts the Volstead act harms state sovereignty, finances, and internal affairs by restricting physician practice and state institutions and that enforcement would negate state authority over its own territory.
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Washington
Irch
New Jersey
Thomas KF. MecCran
United States
Supreme Court
Congress
Bergdoll Trial Deliberations Impact 17000 Draft Dodging Cases
Philadelphia youth Coveted by wealth faces general court martial at Governor's Island on desertion under article 58. Outcome expected to influence 17000 draft dodging cases nationwide as defense counsel Harry Weinberger for Bergdoll positions aggressive strategy. Mrs Bergdoll finances high profile defense with alienists and a detective agency amid alleged witness intimidation.
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Associated Press
New York
Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Governor's Island
Emma Bergdoll
Ents
Bergdoll
Harry Weinberger
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Peruvian Revolution Gossip Declared Unfounded
AP reports from Lima that rumors of Peruvians in the United States planning a Mexican expedition to trigger a Peruvian revolution were without foundation and stemmed from an error at Panama military intelligence.
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Associated Press
Lima
Peru
E. Higgins
New York
United States
Mexico
Panama “Military Intelligence” Office
Bank of Sumpter Robbery Attempt Fails at Livingston
Robbers dynamited the bank vault door at the Bank of Sumpter in Livingston, Alabama, but could not access the money safe. They left tools and fuse on the floor and appeared to escape on a handcar going south.
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Livingston
Associated Press
Ala
Bank of Sumpter
Gulf Pipe Line hikes coastal crude price to 2.50 per barrel
The Gulf Pipe Line Company raises coastal crude to 2.50 dollars a barrel, a 25 cent advance. The increase applies to all fields in south Texas and southern Louisiana and is matched by The Texas Company and Humble Pipe Line Company.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Texas
Louisiana
Texas Company
Hrumble Pipe Pine Company
Boreas Sweeps Seven States With Icy Breath
A severe winter storm swept east from the mountain plains, isolating towns in Colorado, Nebraska, and South Dakota and crippling rail and wire networks across Kansas to Arizona. The La Plata district faces deep snow and flood fears, while St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth report heavy snow and crippled transit. In Texas, Wichita Falls reports injuries, ruined oil derricks, and brief fires as winds reach 55 to 65 mph.
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Chicago
Plains
Colorado
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Iowa
Arkansas
North Txais
Arizona
Arti
Weather Bureau
la Plata
Cumbres Pass
Mitchell
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Eas
Wichita Falls
Texas
Wichita County
Buronette Pike
Bradley's Corner
Wichita Falla
Dallas Temperature Plummets Amid Early Winter Snap
A cold front lowered Dallas temperatures to 30 degrees with a 60 degree drop from prior warmth. Forecasters warn of more frigid air and potential further drops in the coming days.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Nee
Hatch
Revolution Fails to Bring Honesty Gorky Complaint
Helsinki reports Maxim Gorky the Russian radical condemns the Bolshevik revolution saying it did not spark a spiritual revival and failed to make men honest. He accuses leaders of brutality and states Bolshevik experiments on living people, especially workers, continue under Soviet rule.
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Gorky
Stockholm
Sweden
Maxim Gorky
Helsingfors
Tideningen
New York Exports 290 Million Drinks Before Dry Law
New York ports show 3,384,766 gallons of spirits cleared in January with a value of 4,694,858 dollars. Producers shipped Demon Rum and John Earle yearn among others in quantities enough for about 290 million average drinks before the eighteenth amendment took effect on January 16.
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Associated Press
New York
John Earle
United States Customs House
House Rejects Move to End Prohibition Enforcement Act
The House, by an overwhelming majority, refused to repeal the prohibition enforcement act. Representative Egan of New Jersey offered the repeal as an amendment to a larger measure, while Speaker Gillett ruled a point of order. Egan also proposed eliminating a $4.5 million appropriation for enforcing the dry act. Both motions were defeated on a single roll call.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Egan
New Jersey
Gillett
Compromise Backers Seek Agreement on Article X Reservation
Washington reports bipartisan backers press for a modest modification to the Article X reservation to break a deadlock over a treaty. Leaders from both parties urge quick action to salvage the pact and avoid collapse of the accord.
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Associa Associated Press
Washington, Marth
Republican
Democratc
State plans board for enterprise profits sharing
A reform proposal envisions the state allocating combined profits from a Leath Brunn and boot firm to workers and societies. One fourth to manual workers, one fourth to societies, leaving management to a board with three state representatives, one from each society, and four worker delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mittendorf
Ed Tks
D Anunzio Permits Persecution of the Jugoslavs
A report from Belgrade notes Italian leader Gabriele d Anunzio authorizes harsh measures against Jugoslavs. Slavs receive orders to leave for five days or face expulsion. The correspondent cites a short delay that allows them to guard property before removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D’annunzio
London
Belgrade
Dendor
Gabriele d’Anzio
Armed Men Hold Up Train in Ireland Record
In Belfast March 4 armed men entered the Kincaight railway station in County Donegal before the Londonderry train arrived. They bound the station master and porter with rope, boarded the train, held the engineer and others at gunpoint, and ransacked the cars. Passengers were not injured. The robbers took the cash box from the train as their booty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Belfast
Kincaiit
County Donegal
Londonderry
Cotton Linter Fire Destroys 300 Bales in Dallas
Fire swept through a Dallas yard destroying 300 bales of cotton linters valued as war supply material. Investigators work to determine the cause as flames raged through the storage facility overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Aviator killed in tail spin near Marsh Field
Ray Shenide Pearson, an army enkoal, was killed when his coal plane went into a tall spin and crashed at Marsh Field near here. Pearson had been flying months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Shenide Pearson
Heres
Pearson
Indictment Sparks Clash Between Grand Jury and Official
A Nashville case shows a confrontation between the county grand jury and the attorney general over an indictment. The matter involves charges tied to oppression and resulted from a contested session marked by irregularities and disputes about the proceedings.
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Nashville
Cy Wells
City
Une Ville
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