Rumor Claims Giltedge Crew Shot At Sea Near Haiti
News reaching Mobile reports several crew members of the Giltedge were wounded after a dispute aboard the Windward Island Steamship Company steamer while en route from Port au Prince to Mobile. The ship allegedly returned to port. Captain D M Helle is listed as master. Official confirmation is not yet available.
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Mobile
Shipping Board
Giltedge
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Windward Island Steamship Company
Windward Isle Line
D. M. Helle
Plan Senate May 11 Primary Date Set in Alabama
Twenty seven ballots from the Democratic executive committee favor May 11 as the senator nomination primary date to replace B B Comer for the late Bankhead vacancy in Alabama. Governor Kilby fixed November 2 for the vacancy election. Committeemen seek March 15 qualification limit. lists close tomorrow for other races. May 11 already chosen for the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State
Democratic Executive Committee
B. B. Comer
Bankhead
Kilby
Bandit Robberies and Navy Critique Move Through Headlines
The report details a daylight jewelry store robbery in Baltimore by four bandits who smashed a window with a brick, wounded a bystander, and fled in a waiting car. Separate Kansas City bank hold up results in the cashier’s death, with the bandits escaping by motor car. Admiral Sims testifies to a Senate committee accusing the navy of delays and inefficiencies that prolonged the war, while defending the overall war effort and officials against insinuations of disloyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
James R. Armiger & Company
Mercy Hospital
Kansas City
Glenn Shockey
Southside Bank
Main Streets
Shockey
South Side
Washington
Admiral Sims
Senate Mittee
Navy
Navy Department
United States
Florida Delegates Sought for Mobile Conference
Plan to connect Alabama and Florida by highways and bridges prompts Florida delegation count request. The March 22 meeting in Mobile aims to set arrangements for a joint conference with Baldwin and Mobile counties in Alabama and Santa Rosa and Escambia counties in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Alabama
Mobile
Polo Chamber _ of Commerce
Baldwin
Santa Rosa
Escambia
Warm Weather Eases Local Coal Shortage
Warmer weather today is expected to relieve the local coal famine with dealers swamped and only two firms showing any stock. The coal shortage, lasting about a week, arose from transport delays and railroad car shortages, threatening continued scarcity until shipments arrive.
Explosion Triggers Fire Crews Across City
An explosion of a kerosene can at a two story brick building on southwest Theatre and Water streets drew the fire department at 9 10 this morning. No damage reported. Fire units answered calls at several locations including 151 North Broad, South Reed Avenue, 551 Carpenter Street, 3 Elmira, 210 Palatian Street, 653 St Michael and 626 Davis Avenue.
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Buibkding Southwest Theatre
North Broad Ee
South Reed Avenue
Caeryuston
Pin Streets
Elmira
St Michael
Davis Avenue
Surge in Voter Registration at Mobile County Courthouse
Mobile County registrar James R. Hinson reports a sharp uptick in new registrations over two days with crowds every morning at the courthouse. More than fifty people registered on Monday as laboring men joined the registration line.
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Mobile County
James R. Hinson
Mianiene
Hinson
Gulfport Man Signs to Enter U S Navy
Bruce Ellison of Gulfport Mississippi signed for a three year enlistment at the local navy recruiting office. Ellison enlisted as a fireman third class and was sent to the machinists school at Charleston. The local staff signed four men in the past week, placing the Gulfport station at the top of the southeastern district for recruiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Ellison
Gulfport
Miss
Navy
Ellison
Charleston
Weather Summary for Washington and Mississippi Region
Warmer tonight with generally fair conditions. Wednesday will be warmer, especially in the southern portions. By Mississippi area expect continued warm spell into midweek with light winds and no precipitation indicated.
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Washington
Mississippi
Harbor Board Plans Campaign For State Amendment
Harbor board met in regular session to plan a state wide campaign around the proposed constitutional amendment authorizing state funds for port development. E. G Rickardy was named attorney for the board. The group discussed oil discharge penalties and vessel shifting rules, and the executive committee was tasked with Rickardy’s formal engagement and with cargo terminal location details. Park Hay Jr showcased aes to influence the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G Rickardy
State Harbor Board
Christian
George Gordon Crawford
Murray Brown
F. G. Blair
City of Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
St. Louis
Executive Committee
Rickardy
T. Park Hay, Jr
Birmingham
Shepard Qualifies for May Primaries in Local Races
Judge Tazewell T. Shepard, newly appointed to the inferior criminal and civil court, qualified today with the Democratic executive committee chairman as a candidate for the May primaries. Other contenders include James N. Seabury for justice of the peace at Whistler and C. Quarters for justice of the peace at Thore. Aubrey Boyles also qualified for the judge of the inferior court race, and more filings were expected before Wednesdays deadline per Chairman D. B. Cobb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell T. Shepard
James N. Seabury
Justce of Peace
Whistler
C. Quarters
Thore
L. W. Roe
R. P. Roach
Albert §. Towle
William Ll. Ungieker
Joseph Kentz
Scouts Plan Visit By Chief Sea Scout Wilder
Scout master of Mobile will meet this evening at 8 at scout headquarters in the Emanuel building. Discussion covers the field meet, completion of the sea scout ship, and Wilder's arrival from Honolulu on March 20. Executive committee led by Chairman Alex Hancock to meet at headquarters to discuss business and financial questions.
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Scout Masterae of
Mobile
Scout
Emanuel
Honolulu
James A. Wilder
Alex Hancock
New U S Tender Due Here On May 1
A government tender named Alert serving Mobile port will be laid aside around May 1 for repairs and replacement by a newer cutter recently assigned to Mobile. The port's growing importance drives the transition to the more modern vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Crawford Visited Chickasaw Shipyard and Harbor Meeting
George Gordon Crawford president of Tennessee Coal Iron and Rail Road and Chickasaw Shipbuilding arrived in Mobile from Birmingham. He toured the Chickasaw shipbuilding plant as an early visitor and came to attend the state harbor commission meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gordon Crawford
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company
Chickasaw
Birmingham
Mobile
State Harbor Commission
Theft Reported After Home Invasions On Monday
J. B. Marshall of Dauphin street reports a sneaked intruder entered his home Monday and stole a coat from a hall tree. Marshall Watson of Conti street says someone entered his room and stole a suit of clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Marshall
Dauphin Street
Police Department
Marshall Watson
Conti Street
Wise Chapter of C of C Hold Smokers March 23
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce announces a general membership meeting and smoker at the Elks Club on March 23. A business and entertainment program will be presented during the evening for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
The
Elks Club
Automobile Stolen Report From Local Bakery Owner
R. L. Yuille, who runs a bakery on Government street, reported to police and sheriffs deputies that his Buick was stolen today from in front of his business.
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R. L. Yuille
Government Street
Police and Sheriffs Department
City Commission Hears Audit Delay and Fare Increase Talks
Harry T. Smith protests George Rosson’s slow audit of Mobile Street Railway Company books as it seeks a fare rise from five to seven or six cents. Mayor Pillans to press for immediate filing. Also approved elevator cost estimates and Chamberlain avenue paving. Police eight hour system report notes 3189 in fines from 553 arrests with 175 Black arrestees and 128 days of labor. Refunding bonds of 5000 due March 4 ordered retired. Springhill avenue street light request referred to street lighting chief.
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Harry T. Smith
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
City Commission
George T. Rosson
Mobile
Smith
Pillans
Commission On
Harry Pillans
Chamberlain Avenue
Wright Smith
Kentucky Rock
Ee Hom
Hoort
Springhill Avenue
Gilbert Street
P. J. Lyons
Concreter Selma Plans Trial Trip
The concreter steamship Selma of the Fred T. Ley Company was towed from the Louisville and Nashville wharf to the Ley shipyards at Frascati for finishing touches ahead of her trial trip. The ship, the first concreter built in Mobile, had been tied up at the wharf for thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Fred T. Ley Company
Mobile
Louisville and Nashville
Ley Shipyards
Frascati
Steamship Magdala Arrives With Phosphate at Mobile
The steamship Magdala from Liverpool arrived in Mobile this morning carrying phosphate. The vessel West Cressy is due to dock here late this evening to load cargo.
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Magdala
Liverpool
Mobile
West Cressy
Son of Texas’ First Governor Found Dead on Road
R Houston aged 79 youngest son of Sam Houston first Texas governor found dead Monday on the Sawyer road three miles south of here. County officials believe heart trouble and a fall from his horse caused the death. He served twenty years in the Indian department as a federal enforcement officer. He is survived by brother Andrew J. Houston of San Antonio and two sisters including Mrs Morrow of Houston.
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R. Houston
Sam Houston
Texas
Sawyer Road
Here
Colonel Houston
Indian Department
Andrew J. Houston
San Antonio
Mrs. Morrow
Houston
Hindenburg Boomed for HMN President
Berlin reports that Field Marshal von Hindenburg has agreed to stand for the German presidency. Conservative and Pan German papers tout him as unpolitical and unpartisan, capable of reuniting the nation. Liberal Vorwaerts remains silent, while the socialist organ calls him a leading exponent of military-civilian rule and warns of a drive to revise the Versailles treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Field Marshal
von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Helfferich
Ludendorff
Ellithorpe Breaks Adrift Near Halifax
The American steamer Lake Ellithorpe anchored safely off Sable Island after drifting perilously near rocks due to a broken propeller. The steamer Maplemore stood by.
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Halifax
Lake Ellithrope
Sable Island
Wilson nominates Newlin of Orleans for naval officer post
President Wilson nominates Albert W. Newlin of New Orleans to be naval officer of customs for collections district No. 20 with headquarters at the district office. The announcement places Newlin in a key federal revenue role and reflects ongoing postwar administrative appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert W. Newlin
New Orleans
Wilson
Naval Officer of Customs
Destroyed Hotel Vaults Give Up Jewels
Old Point Comfort March 9 Two hundred thousand dollars of jewelry belonging to hotel guests was recovered undamaged from the safe of the Chamberlain hotel which was destroyed. The vault yielded most hotel records including the register aiding authorities to clear rumors of any deaths in the blaze.
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Old Point Comfort
Chamberlain Hotel
Man Crushed to Death Under Freight Train Wheels
Robert Frank Ray 26 of Prichard a cotton mill worker was killed early this morning when a freight train of the Mobile and Ohio railroad passed over him near the street car and railroad crossing in Prichard. Coroner Hale said about eighteen cars may have run over the body. The remains were sent to Mobile for burial. Ray was single and survived by his parents three sisters and three brothers.
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Robert Frank Ray
Prichard
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Ray
F. Hale
Roche & Burke
Mobile
Hamilton-Cahartt
Mr. and
Floyd Lee Ray
Counterfeit Money Warns Washington D C to Mexico
Mexican consul general reports to the foreign office that counterfeit currency made in the United States is circulating in Mexico. He cites an estimated 200 million dollars in fake money and says Bolshevik agents are involved in the scheme as reprisals for U S radical persecutions. American authorities are pursuing the counterfeiters and halting smuggling of Soviet officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexican Foreign Office
United States
State Department
Ramon P. de Negri
New York
Foreign Office
Charge of incendiarism in hospital fire shocks Ohio
Evidence of incendiarism is being investigated after a night fire at the Ohio State Hospital in Gallipolis O claims several victims. Three more patients are in critical condition. Victims include Tim Drury Baltimore MD James Jones Cincinnati OH William Smith Toledo OH Patrick Donnelly Norwalk CO Harold Heinlein Wheeling WV James Larimer Belmont County OH John McNulty. Luther Hicks a war veteran showed remarkable heroism guiding more than a dozen patients to safety.
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Columbus
Ohio State Hospital
Gallipolis
Tim Drury
Baltimore
James Jones
Cincinnati
William Smith
Toledo
Patrick Donnelly
Norwalk, CO
Harold Heinlein
Wheeling
W. Va
Americans Aid Poles in Typhus Fight
Paris reports the American typhus commission working with Polish authorities to combat the epidemic. January cases reached five thousand five hundred, with February figures expected to rise. Officials predict a peak in April and a high-water mark about six weeks later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
American Typhus Commission
Mine Workers May Reject Settlement In Indianapolis
The United Mine Workers of America will refuse to accept the coal commission findings unless wages and working conditions are substantially improved. Officials were absent and those in charge declined to comment on the statement issued from the organization’s headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Bituminous Coal Commission
Warters
Edw ards urged for I C C appointment by Georgia delegation
The Georgia congressional delegation urged at the White House today the appointment of former congressman Charles G Edwards of Savannah to the Interstate Commerce Commission to fill one of the new vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Georgia
Congress
White House
Charles G. Edwards
Savannah
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senator Comer to depart for Washington with credentials
Alabama senator B. B. Comer announced Tuesday he will leave Bloomeping Monday for Washington with his credentials. He declined to discuss current congressional issues, saying he would study them after seating. He indicated a private expression after the Senate’s decision and stated Gene Comer will not seek re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomeping
B. B. Comer
Washington
Congress
Senate
Gene Comer
Mexico Sets Time Limit for Taxes
Government in Mexico City demands payment from mining firms or face confiscation. Officials say penalties not immediate except in aggravated cases. Companies claim they pay double tribute to rebels and government, opposing what they call double taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bik
Mexico City
Germany apologizes for Albrecht insult incident in Berlin
Germany expresses regrets to France over an anti allied demonstration at Hotel Action in Berlin last Saturday. Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia allegedly instigated an assault on a French party after they failed to stand during Deutschland Uber Alles. Foreign Minister Muller official and the foreign minister himself conveyed apologies to the French embassy and the French charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
France
Joachim Albrecht
Prussia
Foreign Office
Muller
M. de Marcilly
Reconstruction Problems Discussed at State Assembly
Columbia March 9 After war problems were considered at a statewide reconstruction assembly. Governor Cooper spoke on Educating the Farmers Boy and Girl. G Croft Williams outlined The Problem of Reconstruction. Major Irving Besler spoke on The American Legion and Reconstruction. W W Long of Clemson College spoke on Our Cash Income from 1920 Crops. A definite reconstruction program was expected to be adopted. The meeting was called by the land owners association.
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Columbia
Cooper
Boye
Girle
G. Croft Williams
State Board of Corrections
Irving Besler
American Legion
Reconstruction
W. W. Long
Clemson College
Land Owners’ Association
Bloch’s Train Ride to Vote on Suffrage
State Senator William Bloch of West Virginia traveled by special train from Chicago to Charleston to cast a vote on ratifying the suffrage amendment. He chose rail over a proposed air trip after his wife objected to aviation risks arriving in time for the vote.
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Chicago
William Bloch
West Virginia
Charleston
Appropriation to Kill Boll Worm Linked to Cotton Effort
Washington March 9 An appropriation of 200000 for the eradication of the boll worm in long staple cotton was included in the agricultural appropriation bill for 1921 reported by the Senate agriculture committee. The measure carries total appropriations of 31972000 against 123899761 for 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Department of 1920
Navy to Launch Two Giant Flying Boats to Manila and China
Preparations by the United States Navy aim to send two giant flying boats from San Francisco across the Pacific to Manila and then to China, announced at the Naval Aircraft Show. The plan targets next month and signals expanded long range patrol and transport capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Navy
San Francisco
Pacific
Manila
China
Naval Aircraft Show
Fuel Famine Strikes Western Michigan Towns
Grand Rapids March 9 reports say the Mars blast left railroads isolated since last Thursday creating a fuel famine across western and northern Michigan. Muskegon reports cold suffering as coal appeals go unanswered while Cadillac warns of plant and office closings within 48 hours.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Marel
Blisgard
Western
Kentucky Will Send Buchanan to Retrieve Battle Flag
James Buchanan of Louisville and descendant of Colonel William Whiteley will travel to England as Kentucky's commissioner to recover the state’s lost battle flag from the War of 1812 era. The Kentucky General Assembly approved expenses for the trip. The engagement is known as the massacre of the River Basin where many Kentuckians were killed or scalped after surrendering to British officers’ assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Buchanan
Louisville
William Whiteley
Kentucky Volunteers
Michigan
England
Kentucky
General Assembly
Buchanan
Explosion at Maine tanker shocks Cristobal harbor
The town of Cristobal was shaken when a hull explosion ripped through the United States ship Maine as it was being refitted after being raised from the wreck. Fire continued to burn in the hull and may have been ignited by accumulated gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanama
Cristobal
United States Shipping Board
Maine
Marne
Gus
WETS WIN IN 11 BAY STATE TOWNS
Eleven Massachusetts towns voted for saloon licenses in their annual elections yesterday. Peru backed license for first time in 25 years, Norwell went wet, while Amesbury Weymouth Lynnfield Rockland Easton Acton Ipswich Scituate Needham also chose license.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Peru
Norwell
Amesbury
Weymouth
Lynnfield
Rockland
Easton
Acton
Ipswich
Scituate
Needhay
Needham
Leonard Wood Not Entered in California Primary
A telegram from the national Wood committee chairman says Major General Leonard Wood will not be entered as a Republican presidential candidate in the California primary. The notice was received by the secretary of the local Wood club in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Leonard Wood
California
Wood Committee
Wood Club
Northern New England Battered by Storms and Freeze-Up
Boston reports several towns in northern New England isolated by storms and rail freeze up. Food shortages exist along railroad branches but officials plan to restore service to most areas soon. The Boston and Maine line estimates the mountain division may not reopen before Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New Eng
Boston and Maine
High Court Hears Wet Law Arguments Across States
The Rhode Island constitutional prohibition challenge faces four arguments in federal court today. The hearing follows a Kentucky and Massachusetts case, with liquor interests presenting late today before the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Will
Kentucky
Hard Wood Defense Presents Testimony in Antitrust Case
The defense resumed testimony in Memphis on March 9 concerning the government's Sherman Antitrust Act action. The case challenges alleged efforts to restrain competition by the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and related open price or market practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Hite Day
Timony
Nvndeend
Bolling to Oppose Heflin in Fifth Alabama District
Montgomery March notes Bolling of La Fayette runs as candidate for the Fifth Alabama district against incumbent Heflin. The brief item identifies Bolling as a rival in the upcoming congressional race and places the action in Montgomery.
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Bolling
Heflin
Montgomery
March Bolling
la Fayette
Alabama Distrix
James
United &Ate
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U. S. Navy
Harbor Board
E. G. Rickardy
Shepard
MR. Wilder
U.S
George G. Crawford
L.L. Yuille
RT R
Concreter
HMN
Ellithorpe
Newlin
Orleans
Robt. Ray
Mexico
Urge Edwards
Comer
Albrecht
Ralk
Bloch
Mio
Bay State
Wood
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