State Takes Hand In Prosecution Order
Assistant Solicitor asks for heavy state vagrancy bonds after a raid on the home of Shreveport Sarah Wilson at 205 North Dearborn Street. Wilson Thompson and Ollie Maples face vagrancy charges. Wilson and Thompson fined for disorderly conduct and drunkenness. League of Women Voters members press for action and an injunction against the 206 North Dearborn Street house.
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Recorder
Shreveport
Sarah” Wilson
Gertrude Thompson
Ollie Maples
Wilson
North Dearborn Street
Jack Courtney
Courtney
Sarah
Mobile County League of Women Voters
Thompson Negress
Ollie Mapies
Lawrence
Ilson
Deetive Bauer
Maxtell
Thompson Negresses
League of Ome
Y League
Cham ‘Bertain
League
G. Q. Johnson
North Dearborn Stret
Bart B. Chamberlain
Women’ S League of Voters
Martin Holbrook
Ervin Vass
Frank Cammack
F. J. Spaulding
Mort Bixler
Alabama Press Association Invited to Mobile Convention
Officials of the Chamber of Commerce announce at the Montgomery meeting that the Alabama Press Association will be invited to hold its next convention in Mobile next week.
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Moobile
Alabama Press Association
Montgomery
Chamber of Commerce
Weather and matchups across leagues in clear conditions
Baseball and basketball schedule notes show games across cities including Nashville Birmingham Chattanooga New Orleans Little Rock Mobile Memphis Atlanta Philadelphia New York Boston Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati St Louis with varying forecasts. AMERICAN league slate includes New York Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Washington St Louis Cleveland with conditions mostly clear or cloudy.
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Nashville
Birmingham
Clear
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Little Rock
Mobile
Memphis
Atlanta
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Weather Update For Alabama And Mississippi
Alabama expects generally fair weather tonight with local thunder showers. Mississippi reports mostly cloudy skies with showers and thunder storms Sunday and cooler conditions in the extreme north portion.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Oils Rule Stock Week Amid Mixed Market Movements
In New York May 6, stock activity ran high but shifted from rails to oils and other sectors. Gold and steel remained robust while coal and labor unrest faded from focus. Special issues moved upward with Crucible Steel and Standard Oil among gainers. New Orleans cotton opened lower on dry heat then pared losses by midmorning.
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New York
Atéel
Crucible Steel
Standard Oil of California
American Tobacco Company
May Department Stores
Postum Cereal
Cotton futures open steady with May 19.39
New York May 6 cotton futures opened steady with May at 19.39 cents per pound and July at 18.67, October 18.80, December 18.85, and January 18.76 cents.
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New York
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans May 6
The New Orleans market reports opening prices for cotton futures with May at 18.00 cents, July 18.07, October 18.10, December 18.12, January 18.05 and March 18.00.
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New Orleans
State Attorneys Fight To Summon Witness In Dempsey Case
Mobile county state attorneys struggle to obtain witnesses for the Dempsey case tied to Edgar Ruiz's death aboard the Tuscaloosa on the Mobile river barge. One witness has fled to Chicago, delaying court action on the charge that Dempsey chased Ruiz with a meat axe before Ruiz drowned.
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Mobile County
C. H. Dempsey
Warrior River
Tuscaloosa
Dempsey
Edgar Ruiz
Recorder’s Court
Lee Thrisk
Ruiz
Mobile River
Courtney
Chicago
Cafe Man Held Under Bond In Federal Case
J A Morrison proprietor of Morrisons Cafe faced a federal charge for transporting and possessing home brew. He waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury in 250-dollar bond. An automobile seized with the brew remains locked under a 7000-dollar bond. The items were seized near Bayou Sara after a warrant issued Friday morning.
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Morrison’s Cafe
United States
Jere Austill
Bayou Sara
Morrison
Traveling men back seaport amendment at Alabama convention
The Travelers Protective Association at Montgomery endorsed the seaport amendment and pledged support for the November election. Mobile officers report the group can boost the measure nationwide through its visiting sales force. Three Mobile members, Frank E. Leslie, James A. Carney, and LeBaron Daly, were elected delegates to the Atlantic City national convention.
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Seaport
Travelers’ Protective Association
Montgomery
Mobile
Atlantic City
Frank E. Leslie
James A. Carney
LeBaron Daly
Two Men Beaten Near Eslava and Commerce Streets
Jack Houck and J A McAllister were badly beaten late last night near Eslava and Commerce streets and sent to City hospital. Police testified the assaults occurred while they faced disorderly conduct charges in recorder's court. The four assailants were crew members from a vessel docked near the foot of Eslava Street. the recorder dismissed the cases and ordered the men back to the hospital.
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Jack Houck
J. A. McAllister
Eslava
Commerce
Recorder's Court
Eslava Street
Nurses Sought for Vet Bureau and Public Health Service
Nurses are needed for service in U S Veterans Bureau hospitals and the Public Health Service. No written exam. rating based 10 percent physical ability and 90 percent training and experience. Applicants must graduate from a recognized school with at least two years hospital residence. Information available at the local post office.
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U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
Public Health Service
Civil Service
Poat
Clarence Cain to Open City Soup Kitchen for Children
Clarence O. Cain former head of New Hope Hall will open a free soup kitchen for children on Monday in the old Salvation Army home at Franklin and St. Louis streets. Each needy child will receive a pail of soup and loaf of bread to take home. The city commission approved the operation and the mayor issued a permit. Cain is assisted by several prominent welfare women.
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Clarence. O. Cain
New Hope Hall
Salvation Army
Franklin and
St. Louis
Cain
Negro Under Arrest On Murder Charge in Alabama
Preston Robinson, a negro, wanted on a Lowndes county murder warrant, was arrested by Sheriff W. H. Holcombe Jr and deputies Burch and Hudoff. He is accused of killing another negro after being shot. Robinson was jailed in Lowndes County and taken to Hayneville for trial by Deputy J. M. Watson.
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Preston Robinson
Lowndes County
Ala
W. H. Holcombe, Jr
Burch
Hudoff
Robinson
Hayneville
Lowndes
J. M. Watson
Thief Robs Office in Battle House
A sneak thief forced entry into the Battle House business office on the second floor Thursday night and stole a double barreled shotgun valued at 60 dollars, the property of bookkeeper F. W. Cobb. The thief broke a balcony window pane to reach the opening. The safe containing valuables was untouched. Police headquarters were notified and two suspects are in custody.
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Battle Houynse
F. W. Cobb
Flory Returned in Luckenbach Case
Frank J. Flory, a seaman aboard the steamer Jacob Luckenbach, was arrested by federal officials after a government seal on liquor aboard the vessel was broken. Released at a preliminary hearing, he was sent back to Mobile on a new charge connected with the café and is currently jailed.
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Frank J. Flory
Jacob Luckenbach
Mobile
Newrjeans
Shoe Price Drop Foreseen After Six Months
In Indianapolis on May 6 delegates of the Indiana Retail Shoe Dealers Association forecast no general price cut for six months while existing declines of about 35 percent spread nationwide. They expected further reductions unlikely until leather stocks at current prices run down, though a decrease may come at the end of the period.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Retail Shoe Dealers’ Association
Changes Come Fast In China In 48 Hours
News report from New York on May 6 details a sensational 48 hour shift in Chinese politics after the defeat of General Chang Tso Lin. It highlights Sun Yat Sen as a central figure and outlines his long effort for unified republican governance amid power struggles with Yuan Shih Kai and Marshal Tuan Chi-Jui.
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New York
China
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Sun Yat Sen
Republic of
South China
Canton
Sun
Skoaito
Yuan
Pekin
Tuan Chi-Jui
Anhech
Enforced Drive-To-Right Law Triggers Mass Notices
Police report heavy enforcement of the drive to the right parking rule in Mobile. In three days they served 2669 notices to auto owners and drivers and made many arrests. The ordinance allows few street exemptions such as Royal Street blocks and certain intersections to cross left to avoid streetcars.
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Police Department
Mobile
Broad Street
Royal Street
Church and
Government Streets
St. Francis
Water Streets
Dauphin
Dauphin Street
Dearborn
Admits Cheating Religious Home In the Sale of Ice
Recorder D. H. Edington fined Sherman Harris twenty five dollars after Harris admitted selling fifteen pounds of ice as fifty pounds to a religious institution. Weights and measures inspector testified Harris defrauded the church by short selling ice and Harris confessed guilt.
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D. H. Edington
Sherman Harris
D. J. Callaghan
Recorder
Harris
Tariff clash over McCumber bill sparks GOP critique
Senator Simmons in a minority report denounces the McCumber tariff as a tax burden on the American people. He predicts $3 to $4 billion yearly losses and argues the measure serves monopolistic profits at the public expense, urging full exposure of the bill’s alleged propertied interests.
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Washington
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Today
Treasury
Senate
House
Elarma
Agaton
Williams
Mississippi
Jones
New Mexico
Gerry
Rhode Island
Reed
Missouri
Wadeh
Massachusetts
Dining Car Porter Becomes Wealthy From Tips
Chicago May 6 A dining car porter William Johnson earns wealth from tips after 20 years on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad cafe club car. His reputed wealth is $100000 and his 26 acre Anoka Minnesota farm houses advanced scientific farming methods.
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Chicago
William Taylor Johnson
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Johnson
Anoka
Minn
Minneapolis
Railway in Florida Would Stop Service
The Georgia Florida and Alabama Railway asked ICC for permission to abandon the 42 mile Carrabelle to Apalachicola boat line in Florida. The line carried water transportation in addition to rail, and the railroad complained it had failed to pay expenses for several years.
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Washington
Georgia
Bishop Allen Back From St Augustine
Rt Rev Bishop E Edward Z Allen of Mobile and Rev Father R O Gerow returned from St Augustine Florida where they attended the consecration of Rev Father Parrick Barry as bishop of St Augustine diocese They also visited Birmingham while away.
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E Edward Z. Allen
Diocese of
Mobile
R. O. Gerow
Genoa Conference Hurtles Toward Breakup Over Russia Pact
Delegates at the Genoa meeting witness German and Russian departures as France and Britain seek terms on the ten year non aggression pact. Barthou arrives from Paris to brief Lloyd George while Moscow signals readiness to negotiate despite Russia’s inability to meet all terms.
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Genoa
Louis Barthou
Paris
Lloyd George
France
Russia
Barthou
M. Joffre
Moscow
Schoeber
Kumandi
Ae Gierman
Knessia
Britain
Germany
M. Barthou
Poincaire
Great Britain
Fatal shooting and suicide at Genoa university
Marshal Ben Halle of the University of South Carolina killed Prof. Mr Goode Homes then shot himself after firing at university offices. President W S Currell said bitter disputes over duties fueled the violence. Homes, a West Point graduate, taught civic affairs and is survived by a wife and four children. Halle leaves a widow and one child.
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Columbita
Marshal Ben Halle
University of South Carolina
Goode Homes
W. S. Currell
Currell
Haile
Momes
United States Military Academy
West Point
Homes
Hallein
Von
Henry Davison Dies After Operation at Morgan Firm
Henry P. Davison of J. P. Morgan & Co. died on the operating table today during a second operation to remove a tumor on the auditory nerve. The procedure occurred in a special room at Peacock Point Long Island after officials in Wall Street were alerted by a special wire. Five Morgan partners kept vigil as news circulated that he had initially survived the first stage of the ordeal.
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New York
Henry P. Das Vinon
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Davison
Davieon
Peacock Point
Long Island
Wall Street
BAKHMETEFF DENIES ALLEGATIONS IN SENATE HEARING
Boris Bakhmeteff, former ambassador for Kerensky’s government, denies all charges raised by Senator Borah in the Senate. He asserts he used funds from $187 million for real estate purchases in New York and elsewhere, and denies aiding Gen. Gregorio Semeno, the Cossack chief accused of Siberian atrocities.
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Washington
Boris Bakhmeteff
Kerensky
Caine
Sen. Borah
Senate
Bakhmeteff
Lee
Hughes
New York
Gregorio Semeno Cossack
Siberia
Swimming Suit Newlyweds To Be Re Married
In Medicine Park Oklahoma the Rev Thomas J Irwin who officiated the first wedding of bathing suit bridegroom Frank J Wall and Helen Brinsfield plans a remarriage after a brief courtship The bride who left for Atlanta Ga after the first ceremony is to remarry next month following a recent divorce granted here upon the mother's application
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Oklahoma City
Oklo
Associated Press
Medicine Park
Thomas J. Irwin
Lawton
Frank J. Wall
Helen Brinsflield
Atlanta
Wall
Committees Divide Memorials at Hot Springs Conference
Memorials presented to Methodist Episcopal conference committees have grown so numerous that sub committees are formed to handle them. The fourth day of the Hot Springs session featured a lively agenda as the home department of the board of missions reported its program. Dr. A J Lamar of Nashville was named chairman of the committee on heresy.
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Hot Springs
Methodist-Episcopal Church
South
Board of Missions
A. J. Lamar
Nashville, Tenn
Heresy
Traces of Diamonds Found Tied to Atlanta Theft
Atlanta detectives say they found traces of diamonds and jewelry from a St. Petersburg theft. A. Grant is held after partial identification linked him to the Atlanta haul. investigators continue searching for a co‑conspirator believed to be in the city.
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Atlanta
St. Petersburg
A. Grant
Grant
Truce Between Free Staters and Republicans Extended
Dublin May 6 The truce between Irish free staters and Republicans has been extended until Wednesday to allow further negotiations and avert more bloodshed. The Dail adjourns until Wednesday and leaders on both sides agree to hold no public meetings until after the truce expires.
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Dublin
Dail
Free State
Repub
John D. Dodge Sentenced After Probation Violation
John D. Dodge of Kalamazoo and Farro Rex of Detroit faced a circuit judge in Kalamazoo after being placed on probation for one year for illegal possession and transportation of liquor. The May proceedings followed a conviction, and sentencing was announced by Judge Wes.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Associated Press
Jo Dodge
Detroit
Missio
Farl Rex
Wes Today
Clearance house balance larger and steadier in New York
The clearing house banks and trust companies report a total legal reserve of 30,736,020, up 17,324,200 from the previous week, indicating improved liquidity and compliance with reserve requirements in New York.
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New York
Tast
Oser Busy With Wedding Plans Amid Rockefeller Kin Link
Zurich May 6 Major Max Oser is planning his wedding to 17 year old Mathilde McCormick granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller. The union has not been broken off despite the attention surrounding the engagement.
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Zurich
Max Oser
Mathilde McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
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Chang
J. OD. Bush
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Dake
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Florida
Bishop Allen
ST. Augustine
Henry Wood
United Presse Statt
Ss. DO. Weber
Loula Barthou
Mmternationale Economic Conference
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Wridertie
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Savoy Hotel
Lioyd George
England
Rhuesia
al- Hed
Tehitcherin
Columbia
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John D. Dodge
Oser
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