Shippers Plan Meeting Over Demopolis Embargo
Mobile shippers prepared to protest an embargo on shipments via the former river barge line to and from Demopolis Tuscaloosa and Cordova effective from May 7. A Monday traffic department meeting will decide on steps, with concerns over duration reasons and required improvements to restore service.
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Mobile
Demopolis
Tuscaloosa
Cordova
Traffic Department
St. Louis
I. J. Spaulding
W. M. Hough
Mississippi Warrior System
New Orleans
Mallory Steamship
Barge ‘Line
T. Q. Ashburn
Inland Waterways Division
War Department
Brent
Prohibition Regulators Clash Over Liquor Prescriptions
Treasury says it will revise rules on prescription liquor by physicians and allow limited use while awaiting Supreme Court action. Agencies report court decision denied Congress power to set prescription limits, stirring enforcement agencies over procedures while Mellon prepares liberalization plans.
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Washington
Trury Department
Knox
Congress
Prohibition Case Bureau
Supreme Chance
Secrary Mellon
New York
New District Offiers Named by Mobile B Y P U
Resignations of several Mobile district B Y P U officers were reported at a Y M C A meeting. Miss Ethel Williamson became treasurer succeeding Rev W O Mann. L Newman was replaced as vice president by Jesse Kittrell. Miss Mabel Busby stepped down as reporter and Miss Lorain McCoy was elected. Marguerite Turner was elected first vice president for Prichard Whistler and Toulminville, replacing James Swinell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ethel Williamson
W. O. Mann
L. Newman
Jesse Kittrell
Mabel Busby
Loraine McCoy
Marguerite Turner
Prichard
Whistler
Toulminville
James Swinell
May Term Preparations For U S Court
More than 20 new informations are being prepared for filing in the United States court for the May term. The May term opens the last Monday in May and the docket will be heavy as cases carried over from previous terms are planned to be cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Aubrey Boyles
Clubs to Oppose Leasing of Convicts
A county council of the State Federation of Women's Clubs will be formed at a meeting at Mrs. James R. Hagen home. The council will assist in abolishing the convict lease system, with a strong campaign planned. Presidents of federated clubs in Mobile are urged to attend Tuesday’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
James R. Hagen
Mobile
Dauphin Street Property Sold
The property at the northeast corner of Warren and Dauphin streets sold today for 15000 dollars. Raleel Zoughby bought it from the estate of Peuer Burke and Franklin L. Roche.
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Warren and
Dauphin Streets
Raleel Zoughby
Peuer Burke
Frank Ll. Roche
Weather forecast for Atabamta and Missiesinpi
May 10 forecast from Washington notes fair and not quite so cool tonight, followed by a Friday of fair and warmer conditions. Strong entities include Atabamta and Missiesinpi, with a regional forecast emphasis and temperature trend.
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Washington
Missiesinpi
City delays paving bids awaiting bond sale for seven street project
City commissioners postponed awarding the contract for seven street improvements including Julia from Dauphin to Old Shell, Oaklawn Terrace from Dauphin to Caroline, Ann from Elmira to Ohio, and Springhill from Ann to Catherine. Hancock Bros. was named lowest bidder. The panel also authorized Mayor BiV Taylor to attend Aberdeen hearings on Tom Bigbee canalization plans and to present a river memorial. Mayor Taylor to attend federal hearing. Bessie Renether to attend national social work conference. City funds insufficient to grant a requested city employee salary increase.
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Julia Street
Dauphin
Old Shell Road
Oaklawn Terrace
Caroline Avenue
Ann Street
Elmira
Ohio
Springhill Avenue
Ann
Catherine
Hancock Bros
John Craft
Aberdeen
Miss
Tombigbee
Tennessee
City Commission
Bi Vv. Taylor
Craft
Chamber of Commerce
Bessie Reneher
Washington, D. C
RR. V. Taylor
City of
Mobile
Doctor to Examine Hunger Strikers Before Trial in Mobile
Acting County Physician L W Roe will examine four hunger strikers in Mobile’s county jail to judge if they can stand trial in circuit court. Report to Judge Claude A Grayson will determine arraignment actions, as these I W W defendants appeal a recorder’s court conviction from a raid on an I W W hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.’ W. Roe
Circuit
Bart B. Chamberlain
Claude A. Grayson
Recorder’s Court
Recorder
Circuit Court
Tom Davis
William Mille
Garrett
Paul Paulson
B. Eliason
M. Peterson
James Kayden
J. Delekeyfer
Earl Yearber
Vandenkooden
Weather Outlook Brings Warmer Trend After Cold Spell
Forecasters expect fair and warmer weather tonight and Friday with seasonable conditions. The temperature dipped to about 50 degrees this morning, rising to around 60 by Friday. Frost was reported in Birmingham Atlanta and Macon as cold air swept from the Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Birmingham
Atlanta
Macon
Rocky Mountain
Fraud Order Issued Against Dr Cook in Texas Oil Case
Washington May 10 Fraud orders were issued today by the Postmaster General against Dr Frederick A Cook and others involved with him in Texas oil development. Dr Cook is currently under federal indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New
Frederick A. Cook
Otters Pen
Texas Oil Development
Cook
Mystery illness of ex soldier George Fater found unconscious
George Fater age 52 a retired U S Army musician with New Orleans ties was found unconscious in a 109 Church street rooming house. He was rushed to City hospital and showed signs of recovery while authorities investigated a possible gas exposure and looked for letters and discharge papers among his belongings.
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George Fater
United States Army
New Orleans
Church Street
Fater
City Hospital
James O'Grady
U. S
O'Grady
Army
Negro Cleared of Murder Charge in Plateau Killing
Edward Tripp, a negro, was arraigned in the inferior criminal court on a murder charge for the slaying of Munroe Mungo near the Southern Railway crossing in Plateau last Thursday night and was acquitted after evidence of self defense. Dr. J Moffatt pleaded guilty to petit larceny in the same court and received thirty days on the county roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Tripp
Munroe Mungo
Mungo
Plateau
Tripp
Dr. J. Moffatt
Almeda
W. J. Caro
Pensacola
Fla
Woman Fined $50 for Abandoning Eleven Day Old Infant
Mrs Thelma Johnson of Shadow Lawn a suburb of Chickasaw was fined $50 and costs by Judge Frank Coffin in a county juvenile court for abandoning her eleven day old infant. She reportedly left the baby at an abandoned house after leaving City Hospital and boarding a streetcar to Toulminville where it was found by a workman and taken to the Alabama Maternity Home. Johnson pled guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Johnson
Shadow Lawn
Chickasaw
Frank Coffin
County
Johnson
Toulminville
Alabama
No Date Yet Fixed for C. of C. Election
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce announced no date has been set for electing officers. Earlier postponement due to several directors’ unavailability delayed the election. It will occur before the general membership meeting on next Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
District Engineer to Inspect Harbors Coast Work
Major Earl North of the War Department to inspect river and harbor projects along the coast. He will meet Colonel G M Hoffman and begin inspections in the Gulfport Mobile area, with a likely visit Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl North
War Department
Gulfport
G. M. Hoffman
U. S. Division
Mobile
Pope and Harvey Sentenced to Die at Idabel Oklahoma
John Pope and Aaron Red Harvey were sentenced to death by Judge G M Barrett in district court for the killings of Pope's estranged wife her father and mother and two children. Pope's son Jack Pope received life imprisonment in the state penitentiary for accompanying the pair to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idabel
Okla
John Pope
Aaron
Red
Decrease in U S Steel Unfilled Orders Reported
New York May 10 Unfilled orders of the U S Steel Corporation on April 19 totaled 7 283 509 tons, down 114 323 tons from the end of the previous month, as released today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S. Steel Corporation
Aerial Traffic Jam Threatens New Cold Wave
Washington reports a strange traffic jam of polar air currents in the northern hemisphere blocking usual paths from Alaska toward Greenland. The stagnation of high and low pressure areas stirs the outside edges of the jam, risking an unseasonable cold spell across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Canada
U. S
Alaska
Greenland
Thirteen Die in Texas Gusher Fire at McKie No. 1
Corsicana Texas May 10 thir teen identified dead and others missing after explosion at J K Hughes Development Company McKie No 1 oil well. Fire raged with 300 feet of flare as rescue crews and boilers move to extinguish the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsicana
Tex
J. K. Hughes Development Company
McKie
Essar
B. B. Simmons
Texas
Associated Press
W. A. Hicks
Wortham
P. Allen
Currie Field
M. ©. Turner
Morris
Mississippi
Ban Phillips
Kerens
James Phillips
Max Meisner
J. C. Cook
Trevig Owens
Jack Cooper
Fred Craiz
P. Sheek
Dallas
Cooper
Emmett Byrd
Owens
Byrd
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
Widow of Famous Preacher Is Dead
Sarah H. Payne aged 89 widow of Rev. Moses F. Payne a renowned Methodist preacher died at a hospital in St Joseph Missouri yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, i. Mo
Sarah H. Payne
Moses F. Payne
French Train Falls Into Rhine Tragedy Reported
A Saint Goar telegram says a French train plunged into the Rhine near Bacharach with twenty nine bodies recovered. Passengers say the French cut all communication from the scene as rescue work continues.
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Berlin
Saint Goar
Rhenish
Prussia
Rhine
Goar
Saige Goar
Bacharach
Signed Editorials Urged by Bowen
In Urbana May 10 the Associated Press reports A J Bowen editor of the Illinois State Journal urged editors to publish signed editorials. He argued editors should build trust by expressing informed opinions under their own names rather than relying on canned or stolen material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Associated Press
A. J. Bowen
Illinois State Journal
Illinois Press Association
Bowen
Barker's Plea Heard by Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Margery Barker of Michigan City Ind seeks reinstatement at Bryn Mawr College after being labeled an undesirable student in 1921. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard argument and reserved decision on her appeal from Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Margery Barker
Michigan City
Ind
Bryn Mawr College
Miss Barker
Common Pleas Court of
Montgomery County
Labor Council of Seattle Rebuked by AFL Authority
In Seattle on May 10 an AFL warning to the Central Labor Council followed a federal force ultimatum. Samuel Gompers had warned the Seattle body three weeks earlier it focused too much on Russia and India and too little on U S labor matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Central Labor Council of
Washington
CC. O. Young
A. F. of L
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Seattle Council
Russia
India
United States
Ruhr Expenditures in France Reported by May 31
Paris reports by May 31 that France will have spent 231 million francs in the Ruhr since the occupation of Essen. Of this total 97 million francs are non military and 133 million francs are civil expenses. The balance covers mainly French services Germany refused to pay.
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Paris
Associated Press
France
Ruhr
Essex
Germany
Million Signatures Sought in Sugar Price Protest
Louise Reed Weizmiller deputy commissioner and New York Housewives' Committee leader announced plans to collect one million signatures to protest rising sugar prices by the end of next week. The petition will be sent to President Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louise Reed Weizmiller
New York Housewives’ Committee
Harding
Record High Life Insurance Written in 1922
American life insurance companies wrote ten and a half billion dollars of life insurance in 1922, a new high record. For the first time, they paid out more than a million dollars to policyholders, totaling $1,006,921,724.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mississippi Town Blaze Destroys Business Section
Mattison Mississippi suffered a major fire that wiped out nearly the entire business district yesterday, with an estimated loss of 40000 dollars. No injuries reported. Local firefighters battled the flames through the night in the town of Mattison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattison
Miss
Anti Saloon League Rallies Behind William N Anderson
The Anti Saloon League of New York at its annual meeting re elected officers and adopted resolutions expressing confidence in state superintendent William N Anderson. The treasurer reported cash receipts over 279000 for the year ended April 30, up 26000 from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anti- Saloon League of
William N. Anderson
Goltra Barge Fight Taken to High Court
The government appeals to the supreme court to halt injunctions delaying seizure of the Goltra Barge Line. Edward J. Goltra, Missouri Democratic national committeeman, seeks return of the seized fleet after alleged contract violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goltra
ST. Louis
Cby
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Faris
Carroll
Missouri
Steps Taken to Bring Italian Labor to Dixie
Senator Dial of South Carolina urged state labor commissioners to contact Secretary of Labor Davis and the Italian ambassador for help with a labor shortage in agriculture. He said relief could come from Italy and has secured Italian cooperation to move thrifty farmers from northern Italy, with aims to interest Norway and Sweden as well.
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Washington
South
North
Dial
South Carolina
Davis
Dia
Husband
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Sugar Futures Jump After Courts Ruling On Trading
New York markets opened with sugar futures advancing 2 to 14 points and spot prices up 1 8 cent as federal judges declined to enjoin trading on the New York coffee and sugar exchange. September futures hit 6.62 and December 5.97 with a 40,000 bag Porto Rican raws sale at 8.28 delivered. Refined prices remained unchanged from yesterday. In Ottawa, Canada the agricultural committee summoned five large sugar refineries to testify on rising prices next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Agricultural Committee
Those of Commons
Shopmen in New York Submit Wage Increase Demand
May 10 report shows the Shopmen union presenting a demand for about 60 million dollars in wage increases to railway employers through the American Labor preparatory committee. The figures and negotiations are part of a broader effort to raise pay across the railway workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Michigan Fruit Damaged by Blizzard Hit Nearly $1 Million
Officials announced Michigan fruit losses from a blizzard amounting to nearly 1 million dollars. Freezing weather across parts of the state reduced peach cherry plum and pear yields by 20 to 30 percent. The heavy snowfall spared most grain, though overall impact remains mixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Michigan
Gould Rescree S 65 An Hom Gould Rescree S 65 An Hom
New York on May 10 the court granted a decree setting the rate at 65 dollars on the estate’s accounting. The proceeding concerns the 75 million Jay Gould estate. Attorneys for Gould heirs requested a referee to oversee the accounting and fees in the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tlhe
Jay Gould
Hatch
Gould Heirs
George J. Bente
Frank J. Gou
Heatwave Grips Hollywood As City Records 99 Degrees
Los Angeles endured a blistering May day with thermometers hitting 99 degrees. Officials reported one person prostrated in Hollywood amid forecasts of continued extreme heat. Nearby Calexico and the Imperial Valley also saw temperatures around 110 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Hollywood
IFP
Calexico
Lumbermen Urge National Forests for Grand Rapids
A Grand Rapids advocate from the National Lumber Mazers Association pressed for vast national forests in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He urged creation of 1,000,000 acre tracts, backed by U S Senate committee action reported yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Associated Press
Minnesota
Wisconsin
United States Senate
Dy Blodgett
National
Lumber Mazers’ Association
Locomotive Stog Declares Dividend on Common Stock
The American Locomotive today declared a quarterly dividend of 2.50 a share on common stock, with a $1 per quarter increase in the basis. It also issued two hundred dollar shares, as part of the corporate action in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Krup Alloy Workers Vote No in St Louis Referendum
Krup employees in St Louis reject a proposed decision non approval. The terse report notes a decision outcome without further details on the vote or context.
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Owl
Traffic Bureau of Chamber Commerce
Bureau of Enforce
Ands
Paton of Liquor
U. S. Court
Dauphin Street Property
DR. Cook
Pope
Harvey
Labor Council OF Seattle
William H. Anderson
Dixie
Gould
Lumberman
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