Wage Uniform Port Charges by Railroads
R G Cobb traffic manager of Mobile Chamber of Commerce pushes for immediate adoption of uniform port handling charges by railroads. The Interstate Commerce Commission order requires the rates to be in effect citywide, aligning New Orleans with Mobile and other Gulf and South Atlantic ports, rather than waiting until June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile
Gulf
South Atlantic
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Jones
Special session set on Hodges murder case in Mobile
A special session was called for 3:30 PM to hear testimony in the Hodges murder case. Witness Mrs Kelly was sought by attachment as the trial progressed with over 25 witnesses, including relatives from Mississippi, as prosecutors seek to prove Hodges shot Mullen and threw the body into the Mobile river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos M. Hodges
Wilm Vincent Mullen
Mobile River
Howard Elly
Ate
Pace
Biit
Joseph Lacey
Mississippi
Mullen
Sherman
Eslava Reef
S. F. Hale
Golver
T. H
Hodges
W. H. Holcombe, Jr
Two Youths Admit Theft of Seven Passenger Car
Clarence Norton and William Mallory pleaded guilty to grand larceny for stealing a seven passenger automobile owned by Mrs. Grace Frederick. Norton's a fireman and Mallory a Chicago clerk, held on $1,000 bond each for circuit court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Norton
Dixon
Tis
William Mallory
Chicago
Ill
Recorder's Court
Grace Frederick
South Reed Avenue
Lyric Theater
Norton
Mallory
Pascagoula
Miss
Lucedale
George County
Liberty
Fashion's Rainbow Spectrum For Fall Blouses
New York May 5 1921 a catalog of women outfits lists a rainbow of colors for fall blouses including Midnight mocha geranium buff taupe Mohawk Yellowstone colonial fungi blossom league gray canard and others. A manufacturers committee selected the shades reflecting European trends Taupe and buff become standard tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yellowstone
Mediation Efforts Falter in Ship Wage Conflict
Washington reports little hope for mediating the ship wage dispute as a meeting of representatives falters. Davis cannot confirm a resumption, and federal mediation appears near abandonment. Some labor reps have left Washington, while others stay with Andrew Furuseth of the International Seamen's Union and William Brown of the Maine Engineers' Beneficial Association remaining active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis
Department of Labor
Andrew Furuseth
The
International Seamen's Union
William 8. Brown
Maine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
Matrimonial Star Claims a Conspiracy
John William Murray once a Broadway figure says a Greenwich Village plot seeks to frame him as his marriages unravel. He lists three prior wives and claims legal loopholes freed him to wed again, while Anita May Southwick files for separate maintenance and alimony amid his alleged earnings.
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San Francisco
Cal
Anna Warwick
Greenwich Village
John William
Jack) Murray
Shining Lights
Broadway
New York
Murray
Marie Poesner
Dvyan Pavis
Marie Elizabeth Dougherty
Dorothy
Paria Island
Marine Corps
Anita
Anita May Southwick
Seaman Wins Wages Verdict in Rose E Murphy Case
Wilson McField, a seaman on the Rose E Murphy, was awarded $122 in a federal district verdict. He alleged wages due while aboard, with testimony concerning his status as deserter disputed and the master notified. The court ruled he was not a deserter and proceeded with the libel filed through attorney Alex Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson McField
Rose E. Murphy
McField
Havana
Cuba
Life Imprisonment Recommended in Walter Jackson Killing Case
The jury in the case of Frank er, a negro, charged with the killing of Walter Jackson, returned a verdict late last night with a recommendation of life imprisonment. The case centered on a death at Walter Jack son’s home on Wilson Street south of Canal Street. The trial occupied court for 12 hours on Wednesday.
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Franker
Walter Jackson
Casher
Walter Jack
Jack
Wilson Street
Canal Street
Ase
Launch Dixie Reaches Port Mobile In Florida Coast Cruising
The launch Dixie of the department ree is cruising along the Florida coast as part of its duties. She operates under Captain Clarke and Mr. Harry of the department is also aboard for the mission.
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Dixie
Department Ree
Florida
Clarke
Harry
Weather: Alabama Mississippi Fair Tonight and Friday
The text reports fair weather for Alabama and Mississippi tonight and Friday with a slowly rising temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Resolution Seeks Equal Rates On Gulf Barge Trade
The Mississippi Valley Association meeting in New Orleans adopted a resolution urging equitable adjustment of barge line rates for all Gulf ports. Mobile officials say Mobile is being discriminated against by not publishing rates from Mississippi river points. The resolution calls line officials to implement equal route rates wherever cargo justifies at the earliest moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley Association
New Orleans
Gulf
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Bers ‘Aylor
Cobb
Mobile
Mississippi River
Begge Line
Over Hundred Men Rehired At Whistler Shop
A notice posted at the Whistler plant states that 50 percent of recently laid off workers will be recalled as the business improves with the railroad. About 37 extra men will return to work, with many resuming duties today and the rest to follow tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Irish Relief Fund Seeks Donations Through Local Bank
The relief drive for Ireland reports strong donor response led by Rev. P A O Connor as chair and M J McDermott as treasurer of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank fund committee. A minimum gift of 10 is requested, sent by check or left at the bank, with committee members including John A Hughes John E Toomey Frank J Thompson and several named supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
M. J. McDermott
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
McDermott
Rev
P. A. O'Connor
M. J. M.dermott
John A. Hughes
John E. Toomey
Frank J. Thompson
Cora McDonnell
M. E. Henry Ruffin
Chinese Admit Plot to Enter U S on Steamer Munsila
Immigration officials report four Chinese aboard the steamer Munsila were part of a smuggling plot. The men admit paying an agent in Havana to arrange their stowaway voyage and will depart on the first ship sailing for Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsila
Havana
Public Health Officials Inspect Mobile Water For Vessels
Captain Harub and Mr. Reed of the United States Public Health Service are in Mobile to inspect drinking water on all inter state passenger craft operating from Mobile and excursion steamers in port. They will return to complete the work after several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harub
Mr. Reed
United States Public Health Service
Mobile
Mobile bankers to Alabama convention in Birmingham
All city financial institutions will send representatives to the Alabama Bankers Association annual convention in Birmingham in May 1921. President Alfred L. Staples of Peoples Bank heads the state organization and says federal reserve heads and the federal land bank will attend. Program details are being printed.
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Alabama Bankers’ Association
Birmingham
Alfred L. Staples
The
Peoples Bank
Ing
United States
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Land Bank
Missionaries Speak at Trinity Tonight
Rev. C. F. McRae and Dr. R. C. Macy missionaries to China and Mexico will speak at Trinity Episcopal church tonight sharing experiences. L. F. Capers of Birmingham executive secretary of the laymen’s movement for church extension in Alabama will also speak. Public invited. They spoke at Fairhope earlier in the week during Mobile convocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. McRae
R. C. Macy
China
Mexico
Trinity Episcopal Church
L. F. Capers
Birmingham
Episcopal Church
Alabama
Fairhope
Mobile
Dairyman Denies Violation Of Law At Arraignment
John Benedict a dairyman charged with violating cattle tick eradication laws demanded a jury trial at inferior criminal court arraignment. He was released on $100 bond. Benedict claims he helped build a county vat and blamed cold weather for not dipping some stock, insisting he never refused compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Benedict
Inferior Criminal Court
Benedict
Man Who Supported Six Is Assassinated
James McDonough, sole support of six siblings, was shot to death today in Chicago while delivering milk for the Ira J. Mix Dairy Company on a South Side route. Neighbors heard two shots and found the driver dead in his wagon. Police suspect a rival in a love affair as the shooter.
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Chicago
James McDonough
McDonough
Ira J. Mix Dairy Company
Aviator Burned to Death in Plane Fall
Walter M. Bunting a 26 year old mail service aviator was killed when his plane overturned and crashed during takeoff at Rock Springs Wyoming for a flight to Cheyenne His wife resides at Carneys Point New Jersey and his mother at Camden New Jersey He had been injured in a December crash near Omaha Nebraska last year
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Walter M. Bunting
Cheyenne
Carney’s Point
N. J
Bunting
Omaha
Neb
Camden, N. J
Evening school to close on May 19
The Knights of Columbus free evening vocational school will hold closing exercises on May 18. James H. Glennon supervising principal announced a class of 24 will graduate in various trades. An approximate exercises will be held and a prominent Moltian will deliver an address.
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the Knights of Columbus
James H. Glennon
Pigford Advances to General Agent of Gulf Mobile and Northern
G M&N announces G A G M N Pigford moves from Mobile division superintendent to general agent of the entire system. H G Sparks notes the new post honors Pigford and creates it after his request to be relieved. Davis named superintendent of car service as part of a wider operating division reorganization.
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Sparks
New Albany
Louisville
Mobile
H. Swetman
H. G. Bain
Bits
Mississippi Central Road
Cool Weather to Persist for 24 Hours in Mobile
The thermometer read 46 degrees early this morning, two degrees above Wednesday, as Mobile endures another chilly night. Forecasters expect a small rise tonight and a return toward normal by week’s end, marking the coldest May nights in 50 years at the local weather bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Weather Man
Weather Bureau
Thirteen Houses Burn as North Wind Spreads Blaze
A fast moving fire from 457 Davis Avenue destroyed thirteen houses and damaged several more. Volunteers and local residents fought the flames, with buckets and roofs manned to halt spread across Davis Avenue Kennedy Street Gaston Street and surrounding blocks. Plumes of smoke and widespread loss framed the dramatic firefighting effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Avenue
Davis Avene
Kennedy, Gaston
Lyons Streets
Kennedy Street
Gaston Street
Coroner Jury Frees Mrs Thomas Rowland
Chicago May 5 Mrs Thomas Rowland was freed on a murder charge after a coroner’s jury ruled she shot in self defense. The prominent dentist’s wife was found not guilty of murder.
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Chicago
Thomas Rowland
Striking Mariners Sign Contracts, Picket Piers Continue
In New York on May 5 striking union marine workers pressed for higher pay and better conditions. They announced signing contracts with three steamship owners and claimed a decisive victory over the owners' association while piers remained picketed. The United States Mail Steamship Company's vessel Poto mac stayed at dock awaiting sailing to Danzig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union Marine
Owners’ Association
United States Mail Steamship Company
Potomac
Danzig
Norfolk and Western wage cuts discussed with union leaders
In Roanoke Virginia on May 5 representatives from the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors met with Norfolk and Western General Manager W J Jenks to discuss proposed wage reductions effective May 1. The plan would affect about 3000 employees including 700 conductors with another related request from the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Freight Handlers Express and Station employes for a conference on further wage cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Organization
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
W. J. Jenks
C. B. Lane
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Parole Recommended for Alabama Escape Expert
Henry Fast, famed Alabama convict known for numerous prison escapes, is recommended for parole by a report to Governor Kilby. Convicted in Lauderdale county in 1915 for burglary, he served 18 years but escaped multiple times including leaping handcuffed from a moving train. Since 1919 he has been listed as a trusty and exemplary prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Henry Fast
Alabama
Kilby
East
Lauderdale County
New York Gale Injures Dozens and Causes Property Damage
A May 5 gale lashed New York with heavy wind and rain, injuring nine people and causing widespread damage. Strong tides battered Staten Island and Coney Island, while an electric sign toppled from a fifth story building at Bleecker and Lafayette, striking a crowd at a subway entrance.
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New York
Staten Island
Coney Island
Bleecker and
Lafayette
Mexicans Kill Man in Arizona Store
In Bisbee Arizona May 5 Jesse Fisher, storekeeper at Slaughter ranch near Douglas, was shot and killed by two Mexican ranch hands caught looting the storehouse. Mrs. Slaughter reported the attackers then tried to break into the ranch house where several people were barricaded.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Jesse Fisher
Slaughter Ranch
Douglas
John H. Slaughter
S. P. Announces Wage Slash for Employes
San Francisco May 5. The Southern Pacific company has served notice on employes in train engine and telegraph service of a wage cut. Road service workers face about 29 percent reduction while yard service workers face 15 percent. About 4,009 men are affected.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
Break In Levee Floods District Near Helena Ark
Flooding from a White River levee break northwest of Helena inundated over 100000 acres, with no casualties reported. Refugees received temporary shelter via tents from Camp Pike, while guards were deployed to the flood area to maintain order.
Two Killed Two Fatally Hurt In Car Auto Smash
In Knoxville Tennessee last night a collision between an automobile and a street car left two dead and two others fatally injured. The dead are Mrs Mollie Hatcher and Mrs W K Beaty. Mrs Beaty's husband and her mother were reported at the point of death. The auto party's vehicle was struck by a Chilhowee Park street car.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mollie Hatcher
W. K. Beaty
Geddes Delivers Allied Invitation to U S Ambassador
Sir Auckland Geddes the British ambassador carried to the state department the formal invitation from the allied powers for U S representation on the supreme council the reparations commission and the council of ambassadors. The invitation was cabled from London last night.
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Washington
Sir Auckland Geddes
State Department
United States
Supreme Council
Reparations Commission
Council of Ambassadors
London
American Express Awarded 1.5 Million Under 1920 Act
The Interstate Commerce Commission certified to the secretary of the treasury that the American Railway Express Company is entitled to 1,500,600 under Section 209 of the Transportation Act of 1920. It also certified sums for several railroads: New Orleans Great Northern 105,000. Louisville Henderson and Louis railroad 175,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
American Railway Express Company
Commission
New Orleans
Great Northern
Louisville
Henderson and Louis
Man Who Counted York Victims Dead
Sergeant William Briggs Dance, an overseas man and former Chattanooga lawyer, who counted the killed and wounded Germans shot by Sergeant Yerk in the Argonne, has died at the United States hospital in Oteen North Carolina. He was reported dead in Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
United Stat
Oteen
N. C
William Briggs Dance
Yerk
Argonne Forest
Lloyd George urges German disarmament to ease France frontier fears
London reports Prime Minister Lloyd George telling the Commons that Germany must be disarmed as a condition for France to withdraw its frontier vigilance. He describes allied reparations terms as fair and workable, pending German compliance and general attitude.
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London
Germany
France
Lloyd George
Ony of Commons
Sonat
Matum
Supreme Conression
Saheeer
Supreme Council
Allies warn Germany on Versailles vows payment deadline
London reports an allie ultimatum demanding a clear reply by 4:42 PM whether Germany will meet reparations terms under the Versailles treaty. If refused, occupation of the Ruhr valley and further military measures may follow on May 12. The German ambassador Dr. Stahmer received the ultimatum in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Germany
Ruhr
A Er
The
Dr. Stahmer
Allied Powers Move To Proceed From Today
A council issued a statement at 10:25 o clock detailing the allied powers decision to proceed from today with an ultimatum. The message outlines key steps and expectations as the coalition moves forward.
Twenty Five Killed in Three Day Irish Battle
Dublin May 5 Twenty five killed in three day fighting between Sinn Feiners and crown forces. Twelve Sinn Feiners killed in an encounter with a reconnaisance party in the Parthey mountains. Four policemen killed in a bush in County Mayor. One sergeant and seven constables shot dead at Rathmore Kerry when ambushed near their barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Sinn Fiers
Partey
Sinnor
Rathmore
Kerry
Disarmament Fight Foreseen in Senate
In Washington a Senate clash over naval disarmament is anticipated as committees report a core proposal. Senators Borah and Fomerene indicate plans to seek conference with Britain and the United States after tariff and anti dumping actions are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Borah
Idaho
James Craig Meets De Valera in Dublin
The Bet Telegraph reports an interview in Dublin between Sir James Craig Ulster unionist leader and Eamonn de Valera Irish Republican leader. Craig plans a meeting tomorrow to discuss party matters. The piece notes the bilateral talks as a significant political development in Ireland.
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James Craig
DE Valera
Dublin
Belfast
Bet Telegraph
Craig
Eamonn de Valera
Repap
James
K Ing
Ulster Party
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Wudge
Berlin
von Simons
Foreign Committee
Reichstag
Brgan
Garin Gourt
N. Y
William Murray
Jeaman
Dixie Feaches Port Mobile
Whistler Shop
U.S
Dairyman
Thos. Rowland
Norfolk
Arizona
Ss. P
Helena
Ark
Geddes
American Express
York
Lloyd-Allen
United Press State
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