City to hold 3:30 conference on Mobile water charges
Protests by ship agents, lines, and brokers allege high water prices harming Mobile port. City water sold to intermediaries faces 12 to 10 cent rates, with vessels charged up to 62 cents per thousand. officials expect a settlement at today’s city hall meeting. Spring Hill College boxers shine in Birmingham A.A.U. tournament with Bogue and Intastato winning their divisions while Court ney loses. Joe Tuminello advances in heavyweight as Spring Hill eyes finals.
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Mobile
City Commission
Pillans
Spring Hill College
Southern A. A. U
Birmingham
Spring Hill
Frank Bogue
Sam Intastato
Robert Courtney
Bogue
Carl Arnold
Birmingham Athletic Club
Intastato
Landrieu
New Orleans
Steigle
Joe Tuminello
Magic City
Hoover Kitchen Dinner to Aid Starving Children in Europe
Dr. Thomas M. Green arrives in Mobile to attend the Hoover Kitchen Dinner at the Battle House, a benefit for central European relief. About 300 guests expected. plates priced at ten dollars with reservations accepted to 5 pm. Alabama’s per capita aid questioned as Mobile aims for a sixteen thousand dollar quota amid Birmingham’s higher totals.
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Thomas M. Green
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Mobile
Hoover
Battle House
Green
America
Harry McBroom
Birmingham
European Relief Fund
Literary Digest
Alabama
J. R. Crosby
M. J. Vickers
Im Kahn
I. T. Keeny
H. M. Hopper
W. H. Holcombe, Jr
R. C. Herndon
Frank
R. T. Ervin
W. P. Burgett
C. H. Brown
A. W. Brooks
J. Roakan Jr
Acree
E. G. Dreaper
F. Forchheimer
E. D. Flynn
E. Crane
James R. Hagan
D. R. Burgess
H. H. Maschmeyer
Julius Wright
S. H. Kress & Co
Jacob Reiss
Maury & Unruh
George W. Threefoot
Elizabeth . Fonde
W. R. Christian
Max Fry
Aaron Lowenstein
R. B. Woods
A. M. Kalar
L. C. Irvine
J. W. Horn
Robinson
Crichton Methodist Sunday School
C. W. Hemipstead
Herbert Lyons
O. Stork
John H. Jones
F. F. Robinson
Officials Foresee Panama and Costa Rica Settlement
Washington officials say an early adjustment of the Panama Costa Rica boundary dispute may be possible after the American note to Panama. A new basis for negotiation centers on discussing Chief Justice White’s arbitral award for the Atlantic end while maintaining Secretary Hughes’ stance on the Pacific end.
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Washington
State Department
Panama
Costa Rica
White
Atlantic
Hughes
Pacific
Bomb wounds five recruits in Dublin as executions heighten unrest
In Dublin five police recruits were wounded by a bomb blast while searching a house on Great Brunswick Street. Three civilians were killed and several others wounded. Troops were confined to barracks amid fears of disorders following the Mount Joy prison executions. Copyright 1921 United Press.
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Dublin
Great Brunswick Street
Mount Joy
Dublin Corporation
Limerick
Rev Cochran to Speak in Oakdale Revival
Rev R P Cochran associate pastor of St Francis Street Methodist church will preach at Oakdale Methodist church Tuesday at 7 30 oclock. Rev R J Haskew conference evangelist expected to arrive Wednesday and lead preaching for the rest of the two weeks revival joined by Rev J F Price singing evangelist.
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R. P. Cochran
St .Francis Street Methodist Church
Oakdale Methodist Church
R. J. Haskew
Oakdale Church
J. F. Price
Automobile Salesman Arrested on False Pretenses Charge
I. T. Roberts aged 45 an automobile salesman was arrested Monday night on a warrant charging him with obtaining money by false pretenses. Roberts posted bond and the case was set for March 21 before Judge N. R. Clarke in the inferior criminal court. Complainant is Hubert Browne of 153 St Joseph Street.
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I. T. Roberts
Walmar ‘House
Walter Blackman
Roberts
N. R. Clarke
Inferior Criminal Court
Hubert Browne
St. Joseph Street
Kiwanis to Name Pensacola Delegates
Kiwanis Club members meet at the Battle House tomorrow afternoon to launch a campaign for a large delegation to a Kiwanis gathering in Pensacola Florida on April 11 and 12. They also begin their contest for the international attendance prize as the Wednesday program promises a record turnout.
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Kiwanis Club
Battle House
Pensacola
Fla
Spies Guilty of Defamation Charge in Circuit Court
Spies acting as broker's agent was fined $25 and costs on defamation of character charges in circuit court before Judge Safford Berney. The case centered on Spies alleging John S. Drago, a broker and former county sheriff, was short in his accounts during Drago's employment. The fine and costs were paid.
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Spies
Safford Berney
John S. Drago
Two Fort Morgan Soldiers Granted Continuance in Robbery Case
G T Billards and George Carappa, young soldiers from Fort Morgan, charged with robbing seaman George Champlain, were granted a continuance until tomorrow morning as they were arraigned in Recorder D H Edington's court. Champlain and several witnesses appeared. defense counsel requested the delay.
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G. T. Billards
George Carappa
Fort Morgan
George Champlain
Recorder’s Court
D. H. Edington
Champlain
Fire Boat Hukey To Demonstrate Firefighting Gear
The seagoing tug Hukey of Gulf Towing and Wrecking Co will demonstrate its fire fighting equipment at 3 PM at the foot of Government street. The city agreed with President H. T. Hartwell to supply 1,600 feet of fire hose. The connections are ready and the tug can discharge four water streams simultaneously.
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Hukey
Gulf Towing and Wrecking Company
Government Street
H. T. Hartwell
Harding Wrestles with Income Taxes
Washington March 15 President Harding toiled over his income tax return like many Americans who left the task to the last moment. Only those with urgent business could see him as he worked through the forms in the White House offices.
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Washington
White House
Harding
Mother of Father Kerns Dies Here Early This Today
Mrs. Catherine Kearns mother of Rev Father J C Kearns president of Spring Hill Jesuit college died suddenly of heart trouble at 2 o clock this morning. The body with Father Kearns at the bedside was taken to Louisville for burial. She was widely known in Louisville and had spent the winter at Spring Hill. Survived by three sons Dr Dee Kearns Joseph Kearns George Kearns and two daughters Miss Katherine Kearns and Miss Minnie Kearns and other relatives.
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Catherine Kearns
J. C. Kearns
Spring Hill Jesuit College
Kearns
Louisville
Spring Hill
Dee Kearns
Joseph Kearns
Lebanon
George Kearns
Georgetown University
Katherine Kearns
Minnie. Kearns
Texas Company to Send Fleet Ships to Tie Up Here
A fleet of oil tankers from the Texas Oil Company will be sent to Mobile to be laid up for several weeks at the Arlington docks. J R Goubil of the Alabama Dry Dock Company, who arranged the port use, says Mobile offered safe anchorage free from interference. The city accepted a nominal dockage charge to accommodate the vessels.
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Texas Oil Company
Mobile
Arlington
J. R. Goubil
Alabama Dry Dock Company
Big Corporation
Texas Company
Gulf
Goubil
Burning oil well menaces town in Texas
Breckenridge Texas reports flames from the Dickie No. 7 oil well and Brown Company pipeline unchecked last night. The blaze threatens a 55 000 barrel Cooper Henderson storage tank and a Texas pumping station valued at about 1 000 000. Dynamite and steam are both deployed to fight the fire.
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Breckenridge
Tex
Dickie No
Brown Company
Cooper-Henderson
Texas
Okmulgee Newspapers Resume Publication Amid Strike Break
An announcement states that the Okmulgee Times and Okmulgee Democrat, morning and afternoon papers under the same management, will resume after suspension a week ago due to a printer strike. New contracts are reported to be sealed with the workers.
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Okmulgee, Okla
Okmulgee Times
Okmulgee Democrat
Ers
Allies Press Germany to Pay Versailles Reparations
Paris dispatch reports the allied reparations commission urging Germany to fulfill Article 2386 by May 1, 1921, paying 20 billion gold marks in gold or valuables to cover occupation costs. It also moves to nullify Germany's war damage obligations under Article 283.6f and notes Germany’s protest to the League of Nations, with commentary on arbitration eligibility.
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Paris
Germany
Allied Reparations Commission
League of Nations
Petit Parisien
League
Richmond Crime Wave Keeps Police Cast Despite Sworn Force
Richmond Va March 15 50 special policemen sworn in last night to curb a crime wave. A blind ex policeman Percy G Minor fired on a burglar at a house near his home but the bandit escaped. Rewards grow as residents back efforts to capture the negroes who robbed a citizen’s home Saturday morning and attacked his wife. Three more suspects are reported under arrest.
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Richmond
Percy G. Minor
Five Die in Pullman Car Fire on Denver & Rio Grande
In Pueblo on March 15 five travelers perished when a Denver and Rio Grande line Pullman car caught fire while en route to Pueblo and Waldenburg. Seven slept through the blaze. two escaped with minor injuries. The wreck injured bodies were later recovered. identified victims include F. B. Steelman, Missouri Pacific passenger agent, and A. B. Jack, La Junta stock dealer.
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Pueblo
Golo
Denver @e
Toyeen Pueblo
Walsenburg
Steelman
Missouri Pacific
A. B. Jack
LaJunto
Colo
Harbor Board Meeting Postponed for Lack of Quorum
The State Harbor Commission meeting scheduled for today was postponed due to only three members answering roll. Attending were Dick Christian and Harry T. Hartwell and W. C. Agee of Selma, plus George Gordon Crawford new chairman and H. K. Milner of Birmingham. Murray Brown had resigned the chairmanship and could not attend.
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State Harbor Commission
Mesers
Dick Christian
Harry T. Hartwell
W. C. Agee
Sel
George Gordon Crawford
H. K. Milner
Birmingham
Murray Brown
South Carolina Textile Executive Dies by Own Hand
Greenwood South Carolina March 15 Warren L Thompson ten year superintendent of Grendel Mill No 2 and textile executive committed suicide at his home in South Greenwood Monday amid health and business troubles his death reported by local papers details unclear due to damaged text
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Greenwood
8. C
Warren L. Thompson
Grendel Mill No. 2
South Greenwood
Two Killings Reported in Cross Haven Cork
In Cross Haven, Cork, last night several British officers in civilian clothes were attacked. Thomas Hennessy and Michael Murray were killed during the assault. John Mogasta, a West Clare farmer, was shot dead after answering a knock. Additional attacks were reported during the night.
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Cork
Cross Haven
Thomas Hennessy
Michael Murray
John Mogasta
West Clare
Bombs Used in Reprisals Across Cork in Irish Trouble
An official report describes bombs and torching in Cork amid reprisal violence. A farmhouse in Kilmallock burned while other buildings were bombed. Gunfire outbreaks and civilian injuries followed a night raid on a police party. A premature bomb exploded injuring a civilian.
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London
Corkiers
Kilmallock
Spanish police uncover list of prominent Spaniards names
Madrid March 15 Police officers who searched Pedro Mateo the young anarchist who confessed to involvement in Premier Vato's assassination found a list of prominent Spaniards believed marked for death by the anarchists. Mateo said he bought the motorcycle used by the assassins in Barcelona and traveled to Zaragoza then Madrid. He blamed his landlady and warned she may not live long to enjoy her earnings from denouncing him.
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Madrid
Pedro Mateo
Vato
Mateo
Barcelona
Saragossa
Fiscal program near completion for congressional session
Washington March 15 The final fiscal program for the coming special session is nearing completion. A decision on whether tariff or internal revenue revision takes second place will likely be announced today after a conference among Senate Finance Committee Chairman Penrose House Ways and Means Chairman Fordney and President Harding. Republican members and Treasury Secretary Mellon left the priority question undetermined after yesterday's talks.
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Washington
Congress
Penrose
Senate Finance Committee
Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harding
Bolsheviki Lose Grip on Soviet Troops Reported
Dispatches received in Stockholm claim Bolshevik authorities are losing control of Soviet troops in Finland and Estonia. Reports describe confused, unreadable messages flowing into the city as Kronstadt artillery targets the Gulf of Finland coast and Krasnaya Gorka forces shell Tollbaaben lighthouse near Kronstadt.
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Stockholm
Finland
Esthenia
Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
Oranienbaum
Petrograd
Krasnaya Gorka
Tollbaaben
WV Delegation Urges Mann as Ambassador to Spain
Washington March 15 The West Virginia delegation in Congress urged President Harding to appoint I. T. Mann a West Virginia congressman as ambassador to Spain. Members indicated their belief the appointment would be made after the meeting with Harding.
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Washington
West Virginia
Congress
Harding
I. T. Mann
Cogs Man
Spain
HUN TEXILES CUT TRADE WITH ENTENTE
Berlin reports that Bremen and Elberfeld textile trades, via the Tages Zeitung correspondent, are canvelling amid evolving wartime commerce.
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Texiles
Entente
Berlin
Bremen
Elberfeld
Tages Zeitung
Canvelling
Man Dies Jumping From Brooklyn Bridge Span
New York reports a 50 year old man leapt from the Brooklyn Bridge and drowned. His body, recovered near a government tug, bore an envelope with the name Vrachycek and address 424 East Seventieth Street New York, postmarked New Orleans October 7. The captain said regulations prevented lifting a floating body.
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New York
Brooklyn
Shipping Board Appointment May Wait Some Time
Rear Admiral Benson, chairman of the shipping board, held a long talk with President Harding but offered no statement. He remains authorized to run the board until a successor is named, but Harding faces delays in securing willing candidates and a full new board may take weeks.
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Washington
Benson
Shipping Board
Harding
White House
Aviator M Rolfe Exonerated in Death of Mrs Mollenkopf
A coroner's jury in Jacksonville Fra exonerated aviator Monte Rolfe of any connection to the death of Mrs Al Mollenkopf of Van Wert Ohio, ruling the incident an unavoidable accident. Mrs Mollenkopf was killed while gathering seashells at Pablo when struck by Rolfe's aircraft. Testimony showed she remained within an area warned against plane flights.
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Jacksonville
Fra
Wash - Monte
Poland to Redeem Russian Gold Rubles
London reports a treaty fixing the gold share of the State Bank at 3 000 rubles per unit and a further 30 million in gold to be paid by Russia in exchange for surrendering Russian railway rolling stock. The plan awaits Moscow decision and a payment method is undecided.
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London
the& State Bank
London Times
Riga
Moscow
Hardwood Dealers Discussing Rates in Memphis
Hardwood lumbermen and railroad executives from the south met in Memphis Tennessee to discuss readjusting freight rates on forest products. They argue Canadian timber ships to eastern centers at lower cost, threatening southern producers who warn many stands will be deadened for agriculture if relief is not granted.
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Memphis
Tenn
March
Hardwood
Exec
South
Manufac
National Guard on Duty in Springfield Amid Racial Tensions
National Guard troops have remained on duty in Springfield Ohio since last night to prevent racial unrest after a reported assault on a white girl and the shooting of a man trying to intervene. Authorities maintained calm as crowds gathered near the incident site.
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Springfield
Ohio
National Guard
Weather Brief for Washington Shows Showers Today
The forecast reports showers in Washington today with a chance of continued wet weather through tonight. Temperatures likely remain mild as winds stay light.
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Quebec
James Stillman, Jr
Quebec Place
Fred
Ardmore
Okla
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Stan
Clara Smith Hamnon
Jal L. Hamon
Rancho
Hamon
Clara
MR. Cochran
Oakdale
Hurkey
Kerns
Chick Barkley
Wieed
Chesterfield
Eer Tower
Catania
Echoland
J. E. Hertz
Dakte Hus
Mr A Dinty
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Tony Sutton
Clait
S Yeer
Olds
Parrish
Willigan
Bowen Tose
Susan M
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Cass
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Okmulgee Journals
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Harbor Board
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Mann
M. Rolfe
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