Donaghue Faces Federal Perjury Trial Today
Former deputy George L. Donaghue goes on trial in federal court on perjury charges linked to testimony in the liquor conspiracy case. Five Mobilian inmates returning from Atlanta prison for the same case heighten courtroom interest as other related prosecutions proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Donaghue
William H. Holcombe, Jr
Paul Cazalas
Liguor
Donaghue
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Ben Codges Daves
Harry O’connor
Geronimo Perez
Dan Jemison
John Thompson
Prohibition
Ervin
Earnest Hughes
Market opens with unsettled stock trading in New York
Stock prices show further unsettled trading at the opening. Pan American shares fall after news of Edward L. Doheny negotiating sale of Mexican properties. United States Pipe drops as Baldwin shares rise on short covering before retreating. Cotton futures also open steady in New York and New Orleans with notable price points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pan Americans
Edward L. Doheny
United States
Ludlum Steel
Baldwin
Teapot Dome lease case moves forward in Cheyenne
Government lawyers pressed to complete the foundation for charges of conspiracy bribery and secrecy in the Teapot Dome lease to Mammoth Oil. Senator Kendrick and ex Governor Brooks expected on the stand as depositions read. Fall arrival pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Company
Teapot Dome
United States
John B. Kendrick
B. Brooks
Wyoming
Kendrick
Interior Department
Brooks
Fall
Liquor Seized by Raiding Squad in Vacant House
A large cachet of white liquor was found late yesterday afternoon at 5 Plumalley by raiding officers led by Deputy Sheriffs after Burch and James Nelson. Seized items include three gallon jugs one quart bottle and 36 half pints. Johnny Miller was fined $50 and costs for violating the prohibition law when arraigned in circuit court. Charges of attempting to influence an officer and embezzlement against Harry G French were passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumalley
W. O.robbins
Burch
James Nelson
Johnny Miller
Harry G. French
Two Steamers In Today With Cargoes
A heavy fog delayed harbor traffic as two steamers arrived. The American Craster Hall from Rio de Janeiro carried about 5800 tons of manganese ore, while the Norwegian Honduras brought a bananas cargo, the third United Fruit ship to dock this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craster Hall
Honduras
Norton, Lilley and Company
Rio de Janeiro
United Fruit Company
Believe Drug Store Burglarized at Five Points
The Believe Drug Store at Macon and Powell, Five Points on Spring Hill Avenue, was burglarized at an early hour. Several medicine boxes and bottles were opened and examined as if searching for drugs. Police believe a dope fiend committed the burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon & Powell
Spring Hill Avenue
Police Seek Owner of Abandoned Ford Touring Car
Police have in their possession a Ford touring car bearing Mississippi license 652 600 found by the Lyric theater on Joachim street near Conti. The car had been parked two nights in front of the theater and officers are searching for the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missis
Lyric Theater
Joachim Street
Conti
Barton Academy to Stage Chinese Operetta at Harte Hall
Students of Barton Academy will present a Chinese operetta on the 27th and 28th at Harte Audi torium. Rehearsals have been completed and all parts will be played by Barton students. The performance will unfold against a Chinese background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton Academy
Harte Audi
Will
Three Fines Dish Out In Speeding Case Trio
The recorder fined three defendants for speeding. Leon Kelly of 412 Con street Philo Lindsey of 1118 Beuphin street and L. Patterson of 200 S Broad street each paid $17 as court fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder
Leon Kelly
Constreet
Philo Lindsey
Beuphin Street
8. L. Patterson
S. Broad Street
Weather Outlook for Mississippi Tonight and Thursday
The forecast calls for showers tonight across Mississippi with a mostly unsettled pattern. Temperatures will dip slightly in northern areas Thursday as a cooler air mass moves in.
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Mississippi
North
Portem Penigb
Mobile woman is named head social workers
Elizabeth Fonde of Mobile was unanimously elected president of the Alabama Conference of Social Work, succeeding Dr. W. D. Partlow of Tuscaloosa. Auburn was chosen as the 1926 meeting site, with Montgomery and Gadsden among next year options. Several officers and executives were reelected or named, and proposals to affiliate with the state council and to revise the constitution were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Auburn
Agnes Eben Harris
Demeereameese Maie
Montgomery
Gadsden
H.R. Gilliland
Rl Grote
Huntsville
T. J. McCarty
James I. Sibley
Morris Newfield
Birmingham
W. D. Partlow
Tuscaloosa
Alabama Inter-Racial Committee
State Council of Social Work
James L. Sibley
National Conference of Social Work
Denver
S. D. Murphy
Lee Bidgood
E. 8. Sledge
Mobile
Jessie L. Marriner
Agnes Ellen Harris
J. E. Harris
Tallahassee
Coast Guard Inspects Phone Cables From Sand Island to Fort Morgan
L. Scales superintendent of telephone cables to inspect cables aboard AB-20 leaving from Mobile. He will travel to Pensweed and inspect the line from Sand Island lighthouse to Fort Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uni States Coast Guard
L. Scales
Coast Guard
Sand Island
Fort Morgan
Mr. Scales
Mobile
Vast Liquor Reserves Behind Prohibition Still Ample
Washington reports enough bottled in bond whiskey in government warehouses to meet medicinal needs for 25 years. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes told Congress the real liquor in government hands totals 33 million gallons with 1.813 million gallons drawn last year for medicine. Before prohibition the annual consumption was about 30 million gallons.
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Washington
International News Service
Haynes
Congress
American Girl's Body to Be Burned in Germany
The body of Helen Reichert of Canton Illinois a music student recovered yesterday from the River Elster will be cremated Friday in Leipsic Germany. She disappeared February eighteen leaving a suicide note and suffered nervous breakdowns before studying abroad with her parents and the American consular staff present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipsic
Germany
Helen Reichert
Canton
Ill
Elster
Kert
Thread factory closed by strike in Willimantic
The entire Willimantic plant shut down as workers strike begun yesterday worsens with only 590 of 2500 operatives at opening. Officials report disrupted production and unresolved labor action affecting the Ceskaeien theeeiont and ongoing January actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whaimantec
Conmn
Willimantic Pany
Ceskaeien
Kong Search For Girl Rewarded
Mrs Woodson of Washington DC finds her daughter Mary who disappeared in 1923 at age sixteen. Mary is located in a Brooklyn apartment with husband John Spargo a Belgian war veteran and baker's apprentice. Postmark traced from a valentine dated Brooklyn leads to reunion. Mrs Woodson is a pioneer suffragette.
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New York
A . Woodson
Washington, D. C
Mary
Brooklyn
John Spargo
Isle of Pines Treaty Again On Senate Agenda
In a special session move the Senate agreed to consider the Isle of Pines treaty with Cuba. Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania offered the motion to take up the treaty, while Senator Harris of Georgia sought to advance world court proposals first. Senator Willis of Ohio proposed amending ratification to guarantee rights on the island as in the US Bill of Rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Willis
Ohio
United States
Harris
Georgia
Former peer now raising stock in Arizona and Illinois
James Minoto former Italian Count and his wife Ida May Swift plan to raise beef cattle on a ranch within fifty miles of Castle Rock Springs. The couple live near Prescott Arizona. Since their 1916 marriage the former count has been a Chicago bank executive and cattleman. He submitted his resignation to the bank effective July 1.
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Chicago
Ills
James Minoto
Ida May Swift
Castle Rock Springs
Prescott
Ariz
Im Tt
Vaudeville Magnate Learns Son Married
New York report states Reed A. Ablee son of vaudeville magnate E. F. Albee wed Frances Cotter a Jersey City salesgirl last Friday. The ceremony was performed by a magistrate in Jersey City. Albee recently divorced Louise Williams an actress and the boy’s marriage comes amid undisclosed actress links and a $75 weekly alimony payment dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reed A. Ablee
E. F. Albee
Frances Cotter
Jersey City
N. J
Albee
Louise Williams
St Louis Plans Toll of Tunnels to Ease Traffic
March 11 report by city consultant engineer C. E. Smith estimates about 1060 million dollars needed to cure downtown traffic through tunnels and a through streetcar line. He says the cost per person per day would be about 2 cents as work funds mature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
C. E. Smith
Willie's Place in Chin Nom Fortune Put at Over a Million
In New York on March 11 a tale emerges of Willie Chin a 10 year old boy set to share in a fortune after Chin Nom a Chinese widower dies. Chin Nom a prominent merchant and tong mediator adopted Willie ten years ago and raised him in Chinatown.
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Willie Chin
New York
Chin
Chin Nom
Willie
Frances Day
State Board of Guardianes
Chin Noh
Chinese Masons
Hudson County
New Jersey
Chinatown
Louisville Team Arrives Here for Training
The Louisville American Association team began spring training in Mobile under Joe McCarthy with a two hour morning workout. They stay three weeks at Monroe Park with exhibitions scheduled against Mobile March 22, 26, 28, 29 and 31. The squad includes Toney Brot tem and several others with reporters and photographers from local papers joining.
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Louisville
American Association
Manor Joe McCarthy
Colonels
Mobile
Toney Brottem
Gusman
Bill Meyer
Tony Burger
Ed Holly
Joe Minogue
Jim Hargrave
Joe Mazur
Fe Koob
Tommy Estell
al Green
Bon House
Mauricennon
Shanty Gaffney
Lefty Hind
Leo Cotter
Southern Association
Chattanooga
McCarthy
Little Rock
Bruce Dudley
Courier-Journal
Pete Johnson
The
Times
Henry Ewald
Post
Warren Collins
Herald
al Piers
Herald and Post
Charles Betz
Billy Neal
Cawthon Hotel
Wrestlers Draw in Nashville Match
Dan Koloff and Dick Davis wrestled to a draw in Nashville Tennessee with each wrestler earning one fall. The March 11 contest ended tied after the two falls were shared between the competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Merchants Slogan Contest Offers Mobile Readers $100 Prize
The News Item invites Mobile readers to participate in a Merchants Slogan Contest with a $100 prize. Next week the paper will publish merchant slogans and readers must match each slogan to its merchant. Call 3605 for full inspection of rules.
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News Item
Mobile
Poe
Borglum May Return to Finish Stone Mountain Memorial
Atlanta reports Gutson Borglum likely to resume carving the Confederate memorial after a split in the Stone Mountain executive committee. Owner Sam Venable demands United Daughters of the Confederacy join the board, threatening to halt completion if not granted a voice. The association says reemployment is not allowed and seeks other sculptors, while Venable asserts the project will revert to the Daughters if they gain control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
United Pressa
Gutson Borglum
Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial
Sam H. Venable
Borglum
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Stone Mountain
United Daughters
Venable
Stone Mountain Management
Stone Mountain Association
Eee Eee Eens
Rgium
Enitea Daugheehe
Fne
Ed Borglum
Meas Gan
International News Service
Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Samuel H. Venable
Gutston Borglum
Gutzon Borglum
Rhinelander Spouse Listed in Social Register
The March Social Register supplement lists Mrs. Leonard Kip Rhinelander as Alice B Jones, noting she was married Oct 14 at New Rochelle. Rhinelander sues for annulment claiming deception over her race after a census indicated she was mulatto. a number of other names have recently disappeared from the Register.
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Associated Press
New York
Alice Beatrice Jones Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Social Register
Rhinelander
Leonard Kip
Philip) Jones
Alice B
New Rochelle
N. Y
Miss Jones
James A. Stillman
W. E. D. Stokes
Feeling Again Tense Over Herrin Bombing
Herrin Illinois March 11 tension rose again after a gas bomb exploded yesterday wrecking the front of H. O. Fowler grocery store and apartment building. No serious injuries were reported and Acting Sheriff Randall Parks said he expected to soon arrest the guilty parties in connection with the attack on Glen S. Young's enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herin
Ills
Associated Press
Herrin
H. O. Fowler
Reay
Glen
Young
Hquer Raider
Randall Parks
Galligan
Deputy Collector Mead Arrested In Chicago Bribery Case
March 11 Charles D. Mead deputy collector of internal revenue Chicago was arrested today on a warrant charging him with accepting a $10 bribe to show an income tax payer how to manipulate his return to reflect a net income of 29000 instead of 40000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles D. Mead
Internal Revenue
Loveless marriage for inheritance ends in death
Shashanea Appel, a WWI veteran with tuberculosis, married Cora Bell Cronson in January seeking care and an inheritance. He died after a failed trip to Arizona, with a Red Cross military funeral planned under Fort Sam Houston.
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Shashanea
Appel
Fort Sam Houston
France
San Antonio
Cora Bell Cronson
Arizona
Red Cross
Chicago Executive Missing After Overcoat Found on Lakefront
Search continued today for N H Anes pach wealthy vice president of the Chicago Railway Printing Co who vanished from home Monday and left letters hinting at suicide. Authorities noted three similar cases involving prominent men including Joseph Jones treasurer of Bell Telephone Co of Montreal who leaped to death and Benjamin H White banker linked to alleged district bond forgeries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
N. H. Anéspach
Chicago Railway Printing Company
Lake Front
Joseph Jones
Bell Telephone Company
Montreal
Canada
Benjamin H. White
la Salle Street
Cowbogus
Christian County
Illinois
White
Simons to be sworn as Berlin president
Berlin March 11 Dr Walter Simons former foreign minister will be sworn in as acting president of Germany to fill the vacancy caused by the death of President Ebert tomorrow. The oath will be given by Reichstag president Paul Loebe with details of the ceremony yet to be finalized due to the new political situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Associated Press
Walter Simons
Germany
Tbert
Reichstag
Paul Loebe
Herr Ebert
National Assembly
Curzon's Condition Still Satisfactory After Operation
London March 11 The condition of Lord Curzon remains satisfactory after his recent operation. Doctors report he passed a restless but comfortable night and, during visits by Sir Bruce Porter and Sir John Thomson-Walker, his general condition was again described as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Lord Curzon
Bruce Porter
John Thomson-Walker
Lord Cutrzon
Higginbotham Faces Murder Charge in Cross City Case
Higginbotham is held in Cross City on a murder charge tied to the slaying of Barker. Barker, a Black man, was killed October 1 1924, after being taken to a tree where his body was found. investigators say the death connects to the Martin Tabert peonage case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higginbotham
Pringtoan
Martin Tabert
Cross City
Barker
Negro
M . Higginbotham
Girl Held for Aged Man's Death in Norfolk Court
Norfolk March 12 The coroner's finding linked the death of Nathan H. of Oceanview to an involuntary manslaughter charge against Goldier a stenographer at the Hampton F naval air station. She appeared in court as the elderly man and his daughter were in the vehicle after a fogged morning ride. Pneumonia complications were mentioned but the verdict centered on injuries from the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
National News Service
Nathan H
Oceanview
Goldier
Hampton F Naval Air Station
Lindsay
Oceans
Douglas
Narcotic supply seized on liner Cleveland
Federal agents seized 240 tins of a narcotic drug valued at 24000 on the liner Cleveland after it arrived. Officers hid the seizure under a beam in the ship passageway. Inspector Ben Snyder faced difficulty in handling the case as he pursued the alleged narcotics under heavy concealment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United Petaten Respector
Ben Synder
Obe
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