Riot guns halt liquor car on Conception street road
Detectives Franko and Moody pursued a liquor carrier en route to the city. Eight gallons of white whiskey and a Nash car were seized after a high speed chase. Detective Franko received facial bruises when thrown against a police car during the chase. A second seizure found 14 gallons of white whiskey in a county ditch near Allenville.
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Conception Street
Franko
Mye
Nash
Roa
Tilman
Recorder
Day Recorder’s Court
Tillman
Pranko and Moody
McCauley
Allenville
Big Radio Show Brings in Talk From All America
New York reports a nationwide radio showcase with multiple stations and receivers competing for airtime. Audiences hear overlapping voices from WEAF and other outlets as operators introduce a diverse mix of programs and experimental sound devices.
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All America
New York
Jefferson’ City
WEAF
Atlan
President Coolidge Offers Independence View on Philippines
In a 3000 word reply to Philippine legislature requests for independence, President Coolidge defends General Wood and urges continued U S protection. He argues independence could harm civilization duties and stresses cooperation with Filipino leadership under current policy. The letter addresses grievances and asserts obligations to civilizaton.
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Washington
Dent Coolidge
Taewaret Wood
Insular
House
United States
Wood
Aeseea
Principal telegrams linked to McLean case reveal identities
The committee examined telegraph records from Palm Beach and identified Ira E. Benett as the author of one message to Edward B. McLean. The reference to a "principal" was not to Attorney General Daugherty, who was in Florida, and efforts continue to identify the telegrams' author and intent.
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Ation
Rains Seger
Montana
Prose
Juiry
Baessee
Knights
Coolidge
Walsh
House
Senate
Palm Beach
Mla
McLean
Ira E. Benett
Washington Post
Washington
Edward B. McLean
Pibilaher
The
Post
Daugherty
Florida
Bennett
Sere
Prine
Attac
Ford bid dominates Senate nitrate talks in Alabama debate
In a tense session Representative Jamés of Michigan defended the Ford offer as the only plan projecting two million tons of real fertilizer for farmers at low prices. He contrasted it with the minority report and urged acceptance as a patriotic choice. Burton of Ohio countered that government policy would be violated and the Ford bid was inadequate amid nitrate manufacturing flux. Continued on Page Three.
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State Docks Board
Mobile
William L. Sibert
Board of
Gordon Smith
George Opdon Crawford
Birmingham
John W. Durr
Montgomery
Care Aay
General Sibert
F. G. Blair
Tuscaloosa
Charles Henderson
Troy
Washington
D. G
Alabama
Jamés
Michigan
Ford
Hull
Iowa
Sone
James
Tom
M. Thomas Martin
Martin
Detroit
Caesar
Brutus
Waston
Benedict Arnold
Hrury Tor Martin
Burton
Republican
Ohio
Destroyers to Sail From Mobile for Mardi Gras Maneuver
The Somers and the John Francis Barnes will sail next Monday from Mobile to Pensacola then to Dry Tortugas for a month long Atlantic maneouvering with other destroyers. After mid April they return via canal to San Diego base.crew praised Gras hospitality and Mobile carnival.
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the Somers
John Francis Barnes
United States
Mobile
Mardi Gras
Pensacola
Dry Tortugas
Atlantic
San Diego
Cal
Gulf City
Log Road Trouble Brings Two Arrests
W. v. Finch and Al Finch, residents of the northwestern county, were arrested on warrants from the inferior criminal court for firing or obstructing a railroad trestle of the Oak Grove Georgetown Railroad Company. They face additional charges of abusive language. Deputy Sheriff G. L. Donaghue and Claude Allen, railroad employee, filed complaints. Arrest stems from an alleged attempt to burn the trestle and interfere with trains. They are held in default of 600 dollar bonds.
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W. v. Finch
al Finch
Wnd
Inferior Criminal Court
Oak Grove Georgetown
G. L. Donaghue
Claude Allen
Disabled Bark Adrift in Gulf Sinks Tow Boats Search Gulfport
The Mobile barkentine Rebecca C Cawthitch is adrift in the gulf with fore mast lost after heavy seas. After two tugs and the coast guard Tallapoosa searched Pensacola to Gulfport, no trace found. A message to Capt. L Scott from skipper B Burgesson said all aboard including the baby were safe.
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Mobile Barkentine
Rebecca C. Cawthitch
Gulf
Gulfport
Pensaa
Barkentine
Pensacola
L . Scott
B. Burgesson
Burgesson
Avere
Manganese Ore Shipment Reaches Birmingham Mills
A cargo of manganese ore for the Mes Birmingham Mills arrived from Havana aboard the Theresa. Ore shipments from Cuba are rare with only one cargo mined yearly, while most ore typically comes from South America. The Santa Theresa is commanded by N P. Smith.
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Birmingham
Havana
Cuba
South America
Santa Theresa
In P. Smith
Weather Summary for Alabama and Mississippi
The forecast calls for fair conditions with cooler temperatures tonight. Thursday should be fair with a cooler day inland across Alabama and Mississippi.
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Washington
Alaand
Mississippi
Mobile Observes Ash Wednesday Marking Lenten Season
Mobile observes Ash Wednesday with church services and the start of a 40 day period of fasting and prayer. Bells summon worshippers as Mardi Gras revelry ends, ashes replace carnival debris, and sermons and joint services begin across Catholic and Episcopal churches.
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Specia
Edward P. Allen
Mobile
License Change Sets Freight Car Fruit Sales Fee at 75
At the city commission session Edwin Warley Eugene Walter and H W Thurber led wholesale commission merchants to raise licenses for selling fruits or vegetables from freight cars on city streets. The annual license becomes 75 with an extra 10 per car and applies to yard tracks of railroads. Warley said Florida era dealers undercut by paying only 10 per car, prompting the protest and change.
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Edwin Warley
Eugene Walter
H. W. Thurber
Era
Florida
Mobilé
Burglary at J Bender Gun Store on Dauphin Street
Thieves entered the J Bender gun store at 52 Dauphin Street between 7 30 and 9 last night by forcing a barred transom after failing a door. They damaged the safe and escaped with fifteen cents. At 50 Dauphin Street the Morris Simon rear entrance was broken into and an axe seized for safe work. Police were notified at headquarters.
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J. Bender
Dauphin Street
Morris Simon
Bender Place
Thomas Confers on Work as Agent Here
J. A. Thomas federal prohibition agent spent weeks in Mobile last summer doing undercover work and arresting suspects after November liquor raids. He returned to Mobile for a few days to confer with government attorneys about trials set for the court’s special session opening March 31.
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J. A. Thomas
Prohibition
Mobile
Thomas
Elizabeth Bennett Pleads Guilty For Disord erly Conduct At Carnival Hall
Elizabeth Bennett of 1321 Lyon Street pleaded guilty in recorder court to dis orderly conduct for a fight with another woman at the municipal auditorium carnival last night. She was fined $5. The case followed a separate dispute involving an auto mechanic and H. G. Blount at the river front event.
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Elizabeth Bennett
Lyon Street
Municipal Auditorium
Recorder’s Court
Rady
H. G. Blount
River Front
Window Attack At A and P Tea Store Causes Injuries
M D McGill knocked through a plate glass window at 12 South Royal street injuring him severely and sent to City hospital. McGill and Frank Soutullio were charged with disorderly conduct after a struggle. Soutullio accused of striking McGill. In court Ed Smith claimed injuries from a prior assault by Henry Grace.
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M.D. McGill
Palmes Street
South Royal Street
McGill
Frank Soutullio
Government and
Water Streets
Quimby Welch
Soutullio
Soutulio
Recorder’s Court
Ed Smith
Smith
The
Recorder
Henry Grace
St. Louis
Warren Streets
Entered Guilty Plea in Burglary Case at Marine Pressing Club
Ernest Ford pleaded guilty to burglarizing the Marine Pressing club at 78 Government Street. He admitted forcing entry and stealing two suitcases of clothes, one already shipped to Birmingham. Ford is held to the circuit court under a $759 bond.
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Ernest Ford
Marine Pressing Club
Government Street
Recorder
Ford
Birmingham
Weather outlook says rain tonight then clearing Thursday
The forecast calls for showers tonight with clearing and cooler weather by Thursday. A 50 degree low was recorded last night as the thermometer reading.
Oil promoter Morris faces mental exam in Arkansas
Harry N. Morris promoter of south Arkansas oil lands undergoes a mental examination in Tekarkana before a March 7 hearing on immunity requests. Morris, indicted in the mails fraud case tied to the Harry Morris guaranteed gusher syndicate and other Union County oil ventures, is alleged demenia praecox and shared instability among creditors seeking a receiver.
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Tekarkana
Tex
Harry N. Morris
South Arkansas
Morris
Harry Morris
Ee Ae
Morris Holdings
Westinghouse Declares 10 Percent Stock Dividend
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company directors announced a 10 percent stock dividend in addition to the regular quarterly cash dividend of 1 dollar per share on common stock. The notice appears in a March dispatch from New York.
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New York
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Wire Tappers Believed Caught In Worcester Raid
New Orleans detectives joined Worcester officers in locating four men who fled Worcester after a raid on a suite of rooms. The suspects were arrested and agreed to return to Worcester. Details of the alleged fraudulent scheme were not disclosed. Indictments were believed to have been returned in Worcester.
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New Orleans
Worcester
Mass
Edward Jr
Otis Pinero
Marines Oust Oil Magnates Urged By Senator Johnson
Senator Hiram W. Johnson spoke in Grand Rapids urging Marines who dispersed squatters on western oil reserves be sent to oust oil magnates Doheny and Sinclair. He accused them of bribing public officials in Washington to seize reserves and said constitutional talks and legal advice should not come from the nation’s chief legal adviser.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
United Press
Sinclair
Doheny
Hiram W. Johnson
Michigan
Washington
Junior High School Destroyed by Fire in Knoxville
A fire at Boyd junior high school in Knoxville destroyed the historic building in the uptown business district after 10 pm. Two firemen were seriously injured when a tower collapsed. Damage exceeds 100000 dollars with less than 20900 dollars insured. cause not yet determined early today.
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Knoxville, Tenn
International News Service
Boyd Junior High School
Uptown
Wheeler makes move in Daugherty anti trust probe
Senator Wheeler moves to assemble papers and complaints on anti trust cases connected to Attorney General Daugherty. He plans to hire a lawyer as law clerk to aid him as the inquiry resumes next week. Daugherty faces uncertainty about returning to Washington as developments unfold.
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Washington
Daugherty
Era Trade Commission
Wheeler
Montana
Himas
Bishop Stuntz on Way to Recovery
Bishop Homer C. Sue of the Methodist Episcopal diocese of Iowa and Nebraska is slowly improving after a paralytic stroke in Miami. His physician said he cannot leave the hospital for another month.
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Miami, Fla
Homer C. Sue
Methodist Episcopal Diocese of
Iowa and
Nebraska
Bishops to Visit Paris Amid Cardinal Rumor
Archbishops Hayes of New York and Mundelein of Chicago announced plans to sail Saturday for Paris aboard a steamer. Hayes refused to discuss rumors that both prelates might be elevated to cardinals.
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New York
Archop Hayes
Archbishop Mundelein
Chicago
Ampton
Paris
Hayes
Mundelein
McClure Reacquires McClure's Magazine Editor-in-Chief
New York reports that McClure, founder of McClure's Magazine, has repurchased the publication and will serve as editor in chief. The announcement came from the editorial offices today.
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New York
MecClure
McClure’s
Chilean heavyweight Quintin Rojas injured by crowd in Santiago
Chilean heavyweight champion Quintin Robert Rojas arriving for a New York bout with Tex Rickard was mobbed at a Santiago railroad station. Fans pressed him to a car window, his arm was through the glass, and he suffered a deep cut on his left hand.
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Santiago
Quintin Robert Rojas
New York
Tex Rickard
Rom Rojas
Southern Railway in Mississippi Granted 14 Mile Line Extension
The Mississippi railroad commission authorized the Southern Railway in Mississippi to extend its line 14 miles from Kiln to Pass Christian. The current line runs from Lum berton to Kiln, with the extension creating a Gulf Coast outlet for the Edward Hines Lumber Company, owners of the road.
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Jackson. Miss
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Southern Railway
Mississippi
Kiln
Pass Christian
Lumberton
Edward Hines Lumber Company
Gulf Coast
Accidental Shooting Claims Local Boy's Life
In Jonesboro Arkansas on March 5 Elton Willette 16 and his younger brother played with a gun in their father's pen. The younger boy accidentally pulled the trigger and Elton was killed when a load of shot tore through his head.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Elton
Willette
Distillery Yeggs Linked to Disguised Robbery Escape
Pittsburgh news reports that prohibition agents from western Pennsylvania traced masked robbers to a Freeport distillery where a masked gang fled with several thousand dollars. Authorities pursued leads and connected the group to the heist as of March 5.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Freeport
Guckenheimer
Big bid submitted for old Army base
A bid of 3,250,0000 was submitted by Marche Commerce corporation of New York for the old Army base project. The offer aims to secure the contract for redevelopment, signaling a major investment and potential site transfer to private development.
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Old Army Base
W.ashington
Marche Commerceorporation of
New Rd
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London
Wall Street
Thurber
John H. Crim
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