Mobile Gas Company valuation hearing set for April
Alabama Public Service Commission calls a special hearing for April 17 to challenge Mobile Gas Company valuation of 1.9 million dollars. City officials and Commissioner Hartwell push for a rehearing arguing the valuation is excessive due to rising costs and later material price declines. The company initially protested as too low but withdrew, and the city will file a brief supporting the higher challenge. Separate New York market notes report Northern Pacific stock drop on dividend cut, with others following or advancing in limited fashion.
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Mobile Gas Company
Alabama Pubic Service Commission
City of
Mobile
Montgomery
Public Service Board
H. T. Hartwell
Frank J. Yerger
Utilities
State Board
H. T. Smith
State Commission
Hartwell
oQuyney J
New York
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Avzong
United States Rubber
Lima Locomotive
Standard Oils
New Jersey
California
American Ice
Bethlehem Steel
Sumatra Tobacco
Pere Marquette Pid
Scenic Highway Route Under Review At Special Board Meeting
A special board of revenue meeting called by Chairman John D. Hagan will convene Monday at 11 AM to decide the Scenic Highway route. Leslie B. Prouty, county engineer, ordered changes with a three member road committee and the contractor R M Perry to build. Disagreement among board members over the route will be discussed along with March highway expenditures exceeding twenty thousand dollars and the engineer’s calendar.
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Board of Revenue
John D. Hagan
Leslie B. Prouty
R. M. Perry
Highway Department
Hagan
Finance Committee
Government ready to act against coal strike disruption
Washington reports Attorney General Daugherty warns gov ernment will act to protect public interest if coal strike proceeds. He cites possible court action to curb interference with interstate transport and ensures railways perform normal functions once walkout occurs. Ulster border battles flare as Sinn Fein and Ulster forces edge toward guerilla tactics. snipers fire across No Man's Land and towns fortify along the Blackwater line.
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Washington
Atty
Daugherty
Ulster
Caledon
County Tyrone
Tyrone
Monaghan
Ulster Volunteers
Irish Republican Army
No Man's Land
Sinn Fein
Ulster Constabulary
Free State
Freeagein
Killylea
Glannon
Blackwater
Anghanacloy
Dyan
Ulster Troopers
Passage of four million soldiers bonus bill clears House rule vote
Washington March 23 the House adopted a resolution for consideration of the four million soldiers' bonus bill under suspension of the rules by a 221 to 121 vote. The earlier motion for the previous question failed 276 to 126, and debate extended about four hours as members mingled in the chamber. The Ways and Means Committee chair was recalled by Speaker Gillett to suspend rules and push the measure toward a floor vote amid party lines and expected support for a two thirds majority.
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Washington
A.roll
Tom
Mbers
Sion
Means
Gillett
Cai
Auction Sale At Mobile Tractor Company Draws Hundreds
Several hundred buyers gathered at the Mobile Tractor Company lot for an auction of buildings real estate and equipment. The sale, under a special judicial decree, aimed to conclude the plant sale by mid afternoon as receivers J Z Zimmern and J E Helms oversaw offerings including 23 Motors, machinery, 14 acres of real estate, a steel building, and various supplies. Total property value cited at 50 000 dollars with nearly six million dollars sold over three similar auctions in two weeks.
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Mobile Tractor Company
Moschco
Fred T. Ley
Mobile
J.E. Helms
Road Committee to Hold Friday Meeting on Mule Purchase
The board of revenue road committee will meet at 11 o clock tomorrow to discuss purchasing ten mules for the road forces. Three bidders submitted bids. Abraham Brothers of Montgomery offered the lowest price. A representative from Abraham Brothers will be in Mobile to confer with the committee. Other road department matters will also be on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue
Abraham Brothers of
Montgomery
Abraham Brothers
Mobile
Prison Brotherhood Formed at Mobile Jail
A Prisoners' Brotherhood with 26 members was formed at Mobile county jail yesterday. A. B. McDonald, prison welfare worker, says city and county officials back the effort. The movement, likely to be under the auspices of the Ythian Sisters, aims to steer prisoners toward reform and lawful paths.
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Mobile County
A. B. McDonald
Ythian Sisters
McDonald
Annan Seeks 2500 Damages in Suit
Frank Annan through attorney Alex T. Howard filed suit in the circuit court against W. H. Holbe Sr for 2500 damages claiming an assault and battery occurred on March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Annan
Alex T. Howard
Cirrcuit Court Today
W. H. Holbe, Sr
Annan
Cotton market falls in first hour on dry weather data
New Orleans March 23 cotton prices slid eight to nine points in early trading. Moderate selling met demand, driven by continued dry weather in the West and limited March notices. trading was light, not exceeding 600 bales. May touched 16.52 and October 16.02.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures open steady across New York and New Orleans
In New Orleans on March 23 futures opened quiet with March at 16.57 and May 16.57 while July, October and December values stood at 16.40 16.02 and 15.86 respectively. In New York the same day futures opened steady with March 17.95 May 17.85 July 17.31 October 16.90 and December 16.80.
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New Orleans
New York
Punishment of Pupil Triggers Principal’s Resignation
In Oakdale public school a dispute over disciplining a pupil led to a prolonged board meeting. The teacher had sent Willie Williams to the principal for correction twice, the third time the principal threatened whipping, the pupil refused, and the principal resigned after the school board instructed the superintendent to intervene. The resignation cites violation of school rules and improper board interference in a principal’s disciplinary decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale Public School
Board of School Commissioners
Willie Williams
Schoo
Miss Berry
Murphy
Captain Kilpatrick to Lecture Friday Night in City
Capt Emmett Kilpatrick a former prisoner of Bolsheviks in Russia arrives Friday morning for a talk at the YMCA auditorium under the Needham Bryan Chapter D A R. Proceeds benefit the Educational and Child Welfare fund. He has spoken to large audiences in the north and east since Christmas and will stay a day or two with Mr and Mrs W W Cranes before heading to north Alabama engagements.
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Emmett Kilpatrick
Alabama
Russia
Needham Bryan
Capt. Kilpatrick
W. W. Cranes
North
Sullivan Appeals After Life Term At Hand of Jury
Sullivan convicted in the circuit court as an accessory to the killing of Deputy Sheriff A. C. Brill on January 4 at Calvert Alabama will file an appeal to the circuit court. The trial began Tuesday and ended late Wednesday afternoon. Rivers, 23, of Calvert, was sentenced to death and has appealed to the supreme court.
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Wash Sullivan
A. C. Brill
Calvert
Ala
Circuit Court
Sullivan
Brill
Dossy Rivers
Supreme Court
Weather outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
The weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight with increasing cloudiness Friday. In Alabama temperatures rise. Mississippi likewise remains fair with warmer Friday and cloudier skies, especially in the southeast.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Last Shipments for Terminal on Way
The final coal terminal shipments depart from the fabricating mill. The loader tower is the last unit to be erected. Preparations begin for coal shipments to Mobile for tests in about a month. Coal supplied by H T DeBar, federal manager of the barge line, from mines he owns.
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Ace
Engin
Mobile
H. T. DeBardeleben
Prominent Women as Banquet Guests Arrive in Mobile
Mrs H E Pearce, president of the Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, has arrived in Mobile to attend a banquet hosted by the Mobile club. Mrs Lena Lake Forrest, national president, is expected later in the afternoon. The national leader, a leading businesswoman, is touring clubs nationwide and was invited by Mobile.
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H. E. Pearce
Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Mobile
Lena Lake Forrest
Mobile Club
Mobile Organization
Thompson Receives Term for County Road Violation
Hans Thompson pleaded guilty to violating prohibition law in circuit court, receiving a $50 fine, costs, and a three month hard labor sentence on the county road. Ben Fisher was convicted of the same offense, fined $100 with three months on the county road, and appealed to the circuit court. Carl Washington faced a nolle prosequi on dry laws charges.
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Hans Thompson
Carl Washington
Ben Fisher
Fisher
Large Attendance At Bible Class Meeting
Rev Dunbar H Ogden of Government Street Presbyterian leads annual Grace Bester Inge Bible class lectures at the Y W C A. The gatherings draw large crowds and the series ends Friday as a yearly religious program of the Y W C A.
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Dunbar H. Ogden
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Grace Bester Inge
Police Inspection Tonight At City Headquarters
The semi annual police inspection will be held tonight at 7 o clock at police headquarters. Officers will wear new summer uniforms and caps recently purchased from Dreaper Burns. The mayor and city commissioners will attend.
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Dreaper & Burns
City Commission
Reneke Ill in Philadelphia After Operation
William G. Reneke a Mobile real estate man underwent surgery in Philadelphia and was reported in a telegram to be in critical condition. He had been in ill health for several months.
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William G. Reneke
Mobile
Philadelphia
Moss Point Figures Tour Through City
Mayor William Borden and daughter Miss Bessie Burns Borden join business leaders Fred Abbly and Lyman Goff in Moss Point on a visit. They report Mississippi and Alabama roads are in fairly good condition during their motor tour.
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William Borden
Bessie Burns Borden
Fred Abbly
Lyman Goff
Moss
Point. Mise
Mississippi
Alabama
West Caruth Towed to Safety Off Cherbourg
The States shipping board freight steamer West Caruth, aided by a tug from Cherbourg, reached port after distress off the northwest coast of France. A wireless SOS indicated the freighter sank earlier. it had left West Bassell on March 2 bound for Havre, built in 1919 in San Pedro with 5632 gross tons.
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Cherbourg
France
Associated Press
States Shipping Board
West Caruth
New York
Impany
Hiner Kroonlan
Westruth
West Bassell
Gold Coast
Upper Guinea
Africa
Havre
San Pedro
Cal
Mississippi Levee Patrols to Be Placed Along State
Greenville Mississippi March 23 W L Thompson chief engineer of the Mississippi board of levee commissioners announced mounted patrols will be placed on all levees in the state starting tomorrow one mounted man for every 15 miles of levee. Memphis stage on the Mississippi River at 42 feet or higher by March 30 warned residents outside levees to move to safety.
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Greenville
Miss
W. L. Thompson
Mississippi Board of Levee Commissioners
Memphis
Tenn
Crest Approach Delays Mississippi Flood Peak
Reports from Cairo Illinois indicate the Mississippi River crest has not yet passed and will not reach Memphis before Monday night or Tuesday. The river stood at 38.9 feet, up 0.2. In Hickman Kentucky floodwaters reach lower floors. Evansville notes acres under water.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cairo
United States Weather Bureau
Hickman
Evaneville
Mississippi River Rises to 42.4 Feet at Vicksburg
The Mississippi River rose three tenths of a foot in 24 hours reaching 42.4 feet in Vicksburg. Maj. J A O Connor U S engineer expects no levee breaks but prepares for contingencies. The government steamer Yokonis may aid in rescue and refugee care as water rises toward about 50 feet.
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Vicksburg
Mississippi River
J. A. O'Connor
United States
Yokonis
Miss Miami Long Overdue In Trip to Bahama Isle
In Miami a flying boat named Miss Miami, carrying five passengers led by pilot Robert Moore, vanished after leaving for Bimini yesterday. Government and private planes searched the Gulf Stream while a Lumina report sighting near Jupiter proved inconclusive. The Bimini wireless is out of commission, hindering updates from the missing craft.
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Bahama Isle
Miami
Fla
Bimini
Key West
Palm Beach
Gulf Stream
Lumina
Jupiter
August Butte
Lawrence E. Smith
Kansas City
Dixon
Memphis
Robert Moore
Judge Berney Shows Much Improvement
Presiding Judge Safford Berney of the circuit court, lately ill for three weeks at his Dauphin Way home, is reported to be greatly improved and expected to recover. Judge Claude A. Grayson announced the hopeful news to many bar members, drawing applause as word spread he would return to the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safford Berney
Circuit Court
Dauphin Way
Claude A. Grayson
Coal miners strike looms as 600000 walkout set
In Washington on March 23 labor leaders warn relief funds will be drained and the union vows a fight to the last ditch to protect miners facing a 600,000-strong April 1 walkout.
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Washington
Action for Union Salary Dismissed in Atlanta
The suit brought by J. W. Nelson of Atlanta against the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Freight Handlers Express and Station Employees for 4500 dollars, alleging due pay during a suspension after a 1920 clerk strike, was dismissed in superior court. Judge Pendleton upheld the Brotherhood plea, ruling Nelson did not exhaust internal remedies.
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Atlanta
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship
J. W. Nelson
Nelson
Central of Georgia Railroad
National
John T. Pendleton
Brotherhood
Heir to Armour Fortune Dies at Six in Chicago
Gwendolyn Armour six year old daughter of Philip D Armour dies after several days illness at the family mansion on Lake Shore drive. Ten doctors and a corps of nurses battled through the night as traffic was diverted and a quiet zone kept around the home. The girl died of peritonitis. The father is the founder of Armour & Co.
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Chicago
Gwendolyn Armour
Philip D. Armour
Lake Shore Drive
Armour
Armour & Co
Woman sworn in as Tangipioah parish deputy sheriff
Amite La March 23 Mrs M Ricks proprietress of a local hotel was sworn in Wednesday as a deputy sheriff of Tangipoah parish Her duties include guarding juries at meals in her hotel to prevent outsiders from discussing cases She is the first woman deputy sheriff in Louisiana.
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Amite
M. Ricks
Tangipoah Parish
Bowden
Louisiana
Diamonds Worth Fortune Seized in New York
Customs officials seized diamonds with an estimated wholesale value of 85000 to 110000 dollars in New York. Francisco Chamic, a 46 year old rubber dealer from Para Brazil, was arrested while attempting to dispose of the gems in a West 22nd Street jewelry shop.
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New York
Francisco Chamic
Para
Brazil
West 22Rd Street
Governor Robertson Bond Set At 3000 In Bribery Case
Gov J B A Robertson and several Okmulgee bank officials faced indictments over illegal bank transactions. He posted bond of 5000 after arriving from Oklahoma City to answer charges tied to a 25 000 bribe connected to funding for the Guaranty State Bank. Fred Dennis, former state bank commissioner, is also indicted for sharing the bribe and is at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okmulgee
Okla
Associated Press
J. B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma
Okmulgee Banks
Oklahoma City
Fred Dennis
State Bank
Dennis
Fire damages mill in Troy causing large loss
Fire at Mill No. 1 of the Standard Chemical and Oil company in Troy Alabama caused about 75000 dollars in damage. The blaze began in the acid department last night around seven o clock and was under control by nine with adjoining buildings saved and partial insurance coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Ala
Standard Chemical and Oil Company
Anita Bliss Leaves Bequest for Children’s Home
New York, March 23. Miss Anita Bliss of New York bequeaths 250000 dollars to the Little Mothers Aid association to maintain a summer home for children. Bliss died at her summer home in Manchester Vermont, several months ago, leaving an estate worth about 500000 dollars.
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New York
Little Mothers’ Aid Association
Anita Bliss
Soldiers bonus bill faces House vote today amid gag rule
The Washington dispatch reports the soldiers bonus bill expected to pass the House after a controlled four hour debate split between Republicans and Democrats. Leaders privately admit the measure will advance to the Senate with possible changes, and speeches will be brief to fit the time limit and show constituents how each member voted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
United
Washington
House
Fordney
The
and Means Committee
Campbell
Rules Committee
Mondell
Gillett
Rep
Garner
Texas
Senate
New Vladivostok Regime Formed In Siberian Crisis
A cablegram from Siberia reports the Priny provisional government forming a new cabinet responsible to the assembly. President Merkuloff and Yeremeff figure in the leadership shuffle as Merkuloff’s health absences are noted and foreign minister Kolesnikoff returns to New York.
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New York
Priny
Assembly
Siberian
Kolesnikoff
Merkuloff
Ace Hig Health
Yeremeff
Pres
Women Sweep Municipal Offices in Des Lacs
Des Lacs North Dakota reported a decisive municipal election with women winning every contested post. Officials say results show a two to one margin as candidates claimed chairman, two trustees, treasurer, marshal, and justice of the peace.
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Ats of
Wall Street
Atty. Gen. Daugherty
John L. Lewis
International Organization of United Mine Workers
D. Warriner
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Ulster Frontier
Capt. Kilpatrick Delvers
Thompson
Reneke
Moss Point
U.S. Ship Board
Berney
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Gov. Robertson
Inster
Vladivostok
Des Lacs
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