Fire damages multiple homes on Dauphin and surrounding streets
A fire found at 7:45 a.m. damaged the two story dwelling at 1204 Dauphin Street and contents valued over 2500 dollars owned by H L Wilson. Attic origin fire, cause undetermined. Additional blazes at 357 St Joseph Street 5:50 a.m. and 1155 Hercules Street 8:25 a.m. plus 708 South Broad Street roof fire from chimney sparks. Thirteen total calls yesterday with minor damages overall.
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Dauphin Street
H. L. Wilson
Box ‘Tr
M. E. Fendlye
St. Joseph Street
Hercules Street
Ross Davis
South Broad Street
J. Stevens
Bay Avenue
Jackson and Beauregard
Virginia and Mary’s Lane
Chatham Street
Tennessee
Broad Streets
Peach and Pecan Streets
St. Louis
Wilkiween
Beauregard
Royal
St. Medar
Fisher's Alley
St. Emanuel
Eslava
Campaign Boost Mobile Ad Drive Remains Unsolicited
The Junior Chamber of Commerce in Mobile reports rapid fundraising for a 100000 dollar advertising drive, despite no solicitation yet. Contributions include 500 from Frederick I. Thompson publisher of The News Item and Register, 141 from S. H. Peck of the Battle House, 44 from Adams Tire Service, 3 from Allard and Allard, 10 from T. M. McMillan, 1 from Maryland Mortgage Company’s William Ferguson, and 3 from Wingfield Meredith Dobbs Tire.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mir
Peck
Tam
Battle House
Adams Tire Service
Charles A. Stuart
Allard and Allard
Wingfield-Meredith- Dobbs Tire Company
T. M. McMillan
Selma Street
William E. Ferguson
Maryland Mortgage Company
Baltimore
Ferguson
Mobile
Somie Real Eghteen
Boosters’ Club
University Military School
Chamber of Commerce
Hammel’s
New Orleans Prison Scandal Ties Officials and Celebrities
Federal and city authorities probe alleged prison irregularities leading to the arrests of superintendent Moortee Picheloup and two attaches. Names linked include Gustave Cantrelle and Louis Schellhaas with charges of defrauding the government amid special privileges for inmates.
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New Orleans
House of Detention
Terry Druggan
Chicago
Moortee Picheloup
Petiticoat Teader
Gustave Cantrelle
Louis Schélthaas
Liberty
United States
Henry Loisel
Alonzo C. Patterson
Pete Herman
Lou Lemler
la Vide
Eéquer de Soleriatnesa
Picheloup
Cantrelle
Schellhaas
L. B. Schiessinger
Favre Trial Opens as Court Bans Publication of Testimony
Jease Favre goes on trial in Bay St. Louis Mississippi for murder of J. A. McLemore. Court prohibits publication of testimony in counties under order, venue change granted, about 40 people present and over twenty witnesses. McLemore was found dead near Picayune with M. Mingee. Judge White orders restraint to avoid prejudicing jury.
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Bay ST. Louis
Miss
Jease
Favre
Hance County
J. A. McLemore
Will Bee
W White
Circuit Court
McLemore
Picayune, Miss
M. Mingee
Harold C*doe
Damages Sought in Suit Over Child’s Accident
In Mobile circuit court Elwood Oscar Pate nine sues Mobile Light and Railroad for 35000 claiming loss of leg after an February 21 accident at Jackson and Earle streets. His mother Mrs. Lillian Graham seeks 10000 for loss of the child’s services society and mental anguish.
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Mobile Light & Railroad Company
Elwood Oscar Pate
Jackson
Earle Streets
Lillian Graham
Polish premier faces ouster over League seat bid
In Warsaw on March 4 the opposition warned Count Skyzynski that if he returns from Geneva without a League of Nations seat for Poland he will be removed from office. The diet voted to deny Poland a permanent council seat.
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Warsaw
Poland
Senate
Skyzynski
Geneva
League of Nations Council For Poland
Council For Poland
Step to Figuring Income Tax Exemptions and Rates 1926
Exemptions under the 1926 Revenue Act include 1500 for single filers 3500 for married couples and heads of families plus a 400 credit per dependent under 18 or disabled. Normal tax rates are 11.25 percent on the first 4000 of net income above exemptions and credits, 3 percent on the next 4000, and 5 percent on the balance. earned income up to 5000 gets a 25 percent tax credit.
Bold Theft Of Car Reported In City
Police investigate a Ford touring car stolen from Mrs. Frank T. Parker of 1265 Texas Street. The vehicle used by Mrs. Parker for Y W C A drive Tuesday afternoon vanished after being parked in a nearby garage Tuesday night. The car was found today on North Commerce Street between freight cars with tires missing and the gas tank empty. Joy riders also stole a Hudson coach from in front of West Barnes Motor Company yesterday afternoon.
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Frank T. Parker
Texas Street
West Barnes Motor Company
North Commerce Street
Naval Seaplane Flight Proposal From Philadelphia Discussed
Reports from San Diego say a summer flight by naval seaplanes from Philadelphia to San Diego via Cuba and the Canal Zone has been suggested but not seriously considered. The Bureau of Aeronautics noted the idea as preliminary and not yet approved.
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Washington
San Diego
Naval
Philadelphia
Cuba
Canal Zone
Bureau of Aeronautics
Market Opens With Broad Gains On Wall Street
Strong buying support at the opening sent stocks higher from yesterday's close. United States Steel common, General Motors, International Combustion Engineering, U S Cast Iron Pipe, Hudson Motors, Erie Railroad common and Allied Chemical led with gains of 1 to 2 points. Some liquidation lingered in a few issues.
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New York
United States Steel Common
General Motors
International Combustion Engineering
U. S. Cast Iron Pipe
Hudson Motors
Erie Railroad Common
Allied Chemical
New York Futures Open Firm In Early Trade
Cotton futures opened firm in New York on March 4 with March at 19.24 cents a pound May 18.65 July 18.00 October 17.34 and December 17.07 amid early trading activity.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Futures Open Steady
New Orleans March 4 cotton futures opened steady with March at 18.46, May 17.95, July 17.46, October 16.74, and December 16.76.
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New Orleans
Coolidge May Unwittingly Cause "Leak" Theory Emerges
A Washington dispatch from the New York World suggests President Coolidge may unwittingly have tipped the interstate commerce commission on the Nickel Plate merger. Stock declines preceded the decision, and Harvard economist William Ripley had warned against non voting stock to control voting stock. The World cites Coolidge's stance on railroad consolidations and the Van Sweringen enterprise as context for a possible leak theory.
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New York
Coolidge
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
New York World Today
World
William Ripley
Harvard
Ripley
van Sweringen
Commission
Jinx patrol boat is removed from service in New England
The 126 foot Coast Guard patrol craft known as the Jinx, famed for a fatal drowning and a string of mishaps, has broken up after wrecking on Narragansett Bay. Its loss is seen as a gain for guardsmen and a blow to rum runners.
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New London
Conn
Coast Guard Service
Esse
New York
Narragansett Bay
Coast
126
Rum Rows
Montauk Point
Arcola
Block Island
Rum Row
Salt Pond
Deputies Report Continued Liquor Raids Across Mobile County
Daily destruction of illegal whiskey operations continues with a 60 gallon still and six barrels of mash seized on Gunnison Creek by State Officer Cannon and Federal Officers Hughes Graves and Hargett. In separate cases E Haggard was fined 100 dollars or 90 days for peddling and possessing whiskey.
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Mobile County
Gunnison Creek
Cannon
Hughes, Graves
Hargett
E. Haggard
Recorder
Davis Avenue
Marmotte
Haggard
Minnie oGldstrucker
Warren Street
Tia Williams
Logan
Crampton
Robert Thomas
Bergdoll Trial To Open Soon In Germany
Karlsruge March 4 Bergdoll the American draft evader recently arrested on statutory charges will be brought to trial within two or three weeks as stated by the Baden department today.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Grover Bergdoll
Bro
Baden
Plan to Bring Defense or Air Corp Bills to House Floor
Washington March 4 supporters of the single defense department plan and the Patrick air corps proposal vowed to push either measure to a House floor despite military committee rejection. They aim to attach both proposals to the aviation bill when it reaches the House, with a five year air service program under review by the Budget Bureau. Committee backers said they will seek changes to grant semi independent status to the air service, and Representative James of Michigan insisted any bill must have teeth to pass.
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Washington
Department of National Defense
Patrick
Air Corps
Military
War Department
Air Service
Budget Bureau
Defense Department
James
Michigan
Destroyer Sent to Chinese Port During Tien Tsin Strikes
The American legation ordered a destroyer to Tien Tsin as labor unrest threatens a general strike and possible anti foreign actions. Chinese workers in Tien Tsin rioted killing a Japanese fore man in ongoing violence. A previous vessel was sent to Hainan earlier in the week.
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Peking
Legation Today
Tien Tsin
Tien Tein
China
Hainan
Man leaps to death from hotel in Havana
M H Cole a Memphis manufacturer leaped to his death from a third floor hotel room in Havana. He had been suffering from a nervous disease and was believed temporarily deranged. Mrs Cole witnessed part of the act as the body plunged to the street below while many onlookers watched.
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Havana
Cubs
H. M. Cole
Tenn
Memphis
Cole
Market Break Not Affect American Economy Experts Say
Washington reports government financial experts see the New York stock market plunge as localized to the speculative district. They cite bank loan margins and the Justice Department actions on food mergers, high call money rates, and a sharp verdict by the Interstate Commerce Commission on the Van Sweringen rail merger as contributing factors.
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Washington
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
van Sweringen
Federal Reserve Board
New York Stock
Department of Justice
Striking Jersey Center Mill Workers Face Police Action
A 7000 strong woolen mill strike in Jersey Center drew police as photographers were attacked and notes torn. Rioters used gas and water hoses after a clash sparked by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn addressed workers. Police dispersed crowds, four motorcycle officers led efforts to clear the streets.
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Pasbalc
N. Dig
Albert Weisbord
Unionrganizer
Botany
Clifton
Passiac
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Bandit With Crooked Look Robs Deli in Atlanta
In Atlanta on March 4 Peter Matrangas, operating a Peachtree Street delicatessen, was held at gunpoint by a bandit who fled after grabbing $66 from the register. The suspect wrecked dishes during the struggle and escaped. the police seized the proprietor’s car.
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Atlanta
Gai
Pho
Peter Matrangas
Peachtree Street
Peter
Rich Folks In Elorida Seek Amusement
Palm Reach Florida March 4. A J Tony Drexell-Biddle leader of the young social set approached Captain Byron Tate chief of the Palm Beach volunteer fire department with a long face about painting his Rolls Royce red. Tate, formerly of the British army, said no and Tony cited his fire department membership as justification while his wife opposed.
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Palm Reach
Fla
A. J
Tony
Drexell-Biddle
Byron Tate
Tate
Palm Beach
Passaic Girl Leads Textile Strike Along Front Lines
Justine Wise, 22, daughter of Rabbi Stephen Wise, becomes the public face of a two month Passaic textile strike involving 14 000 workers. She worked incognito in a mill to report conditions, saying the dispute tests democracy and Americanism as relief funds gradually arrive. She helps mobilize strikers as tensions rise and police and fire units assist in crowd control amid threats of arrest during interviews.
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Passaic
N. J
Justine Wise
Stephen Wise
Jeanne A
Miss Wise
Yale
Palm Beach Forewoman Leads Street-Cleaning Squad
Mrs. Arthur B. Claflin, social leader and president of the Women's Civic Club of Palm Beach, acts as foreman for a squad of street cleaners. She directs daily 7 AM sweeps, teaching the workers proper technique without pay, with city government approval.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Arthur B. Claflin
Lear
Claflin
Women’s Civic Club of
Earthquake Fatalities Reported in Peloponnesus Train Tragedy
A Sofia dispatch notes a deadly Peloponnesus earthquake with a cliff collapse burying a train. A courier reports cars crushed and many fatalities as tremors shake Greece and the smograph records the quake.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Peloponnesus
Greece
Public Print Duty Calls For All Papers To Print Evidence
The report notes pressure on newspapers to print evidence in a case. Judge White has not ordered action and details steps to compel publication. At a recent venue change hearing he remarked that the press may smoke, signaling calm on free press issues.
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White
Paint Convention Opens in Orleans
New Orleans March 4 Delegates from nine states attended the southeastern and national convention of the National Paint and Varnish Association opened today. R B Robinette of Ohio the national president and George Horgan of New York were guests of honor. Mayor O Keefe D J Deviin ville M Breinig and H Van R of New Orleans spoke today. The meeting continues tomorrow.
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New Orleans
Ppint
Rand Varnish Association
R. B. Robinette
Ohio
Georesev
Camden man S Powell dies after heart ailment
Camden Ark March S Powell aged 64 a candidate for governor in 1920 and known in political and legal circles statewide died of heart trouble late last night in Camden.
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Camden, Ark
S. Powell
Ferguson Named President of Major Newspaper Group
Ferguson was elected president of a leading newspaper association, succeeding a resigning head. He will oversee substantial West Coast newspaper interests and continue work with United Press Association. The announcement places him in charge of one of the era’s largest media organizations.
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New York
Ferguson Today
Ente Ciation
Clase
California
Ition
Howard Organizatio Ferguson
United Press Asso
Medaen
Mormon School Reopens in El Paso After brief Closure
In El Paso Texas on March a Mormon school program resumed after being closed for a day by order tied to President Calles Mexican authorities. A. L. Anderson of the Mormon Church confirmed the Casas Chihuahua schools had reopened following state confirmation they were not conducted by the church.
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EL Paso
Texas
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Junior Chamber
Ctark Pragh
Ena Urleano
Ies
Orleans
Wall Street
Herald-Tribune
the Times
Esday
New York Exchange
Pan Sweringens
Ree
Tae
Coast Guard
Yokohama
Jersey Center
Elorida
Biddle
NEW Paper
Mormon School
Pepi
Helen Wills
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