Full Probe Is Asked of Vote for U S Senate
Lloyd M. Hooper campaign manager for Senator Underwood calls for a full court investigation into Musgrove intimations of tampering across Alabama. He defends Underwood’s clean campaign and notes the electorate nominated the senior senator to succeed himself.
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U.S. Senate
Henry B. Foster
L. B. Musgrove
United States Senate
Lloyd M. Hooper
Underwood
Musgrove
Alabama
Mr. Hooper
Alabama Bankers convention closes with banquet in Mobile
The Alabama Bankers association wraps its annual convention at the Battle House in Mobile with an election of officers and a morning address by D F Green superintendent of state banks. Toastmaster Francis J Inge of Mole presides as E F Ellsworth of Ibernia Bank New Orleans and Agnes McFadden of The Banker Atlanta read the program.
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Alabama Bankers Association
M. B. Welborn
Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Associaton
Battle House
Francis J. Inge
Mole
Neipal
F. W. Ellsworth
Ibernia Bank of
New Orleans
Agnes McFadden
Thern Banker
Atlanta, Ga
Chickasaw
Alabama
D. F. Green
Green
Treen
E Group
State Bankis Association
Hendrix
Detur
Ala
Anniston
John J. Flowers
Dothan
George A. Michael
Merchants Bank
Mobile
W. A. Ladd
i@hattanooga
Tenn
iChattanooga Savings Bank
Savings Bank
American Bankers Association
Underwood Extends Lead in Alabama Primary Victory
Sen Oscar W Underwood wins renomination in Alabama state primary, carrying 46 of 67 counties and beating Musgrove by 10 308 first and second choice votes. Heflin tops White for short term seat, with O Nea l3rd. 46 counties listed include Autauga Baldwin Blount Butler Crenshaw Colbert and more.
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Underwood
Musgrove
Weakley
Union Labor
Heflin
Frank White
O'Neal
Henry D. Foster
Autanga
Baldwin
Blount
Bullock
Butler
Crenshaw
Colbert
Chambers
Cherokee
Chilton
Cleburne
Chottaw
Conecgh
Cullman
Coosa
Coffee
Dallas
Elmore
Escambia
Gréené
Hale
Jackson
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lee
Limestone
Lowndes
Mobile
Montgomery
Madison
Marengo
Marshall
Monroe
Macon
Perry
Pickens
Pike
Randolph
Russell
Sumter
St. Clair
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Wilcox
Winston
Washington
Ibb
Barbour
Calhoun
Clarke
Clay
Covington
Dare
Dekalb
Etowah
Fayette
Franklin
Geneva
Henry
Houston
Jefferson
Lawrence
Marion
Morgan, Shelby
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Secretary Daniels Defends Navy Against Sims Delay Charge
May 14 in Washington Daniels rebutted Admiral Sims who blamed Navy Department delays for prolonging the war by four months. The secretary called the charge reckless and fallacious citing incorrect arithmetic and flawed statistics, noting tonnage figures and allies’ losses to refute the assertion.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Daniels
Senate Naval Investigating Committee
Baron Munchausen
Mr. Daniels
Tha ‘the Tion
France
Sime
Admiral Sims
Baseball Southland Scores and Standings Report
Regional listings show games across Memphis Nashville Atlanta and Philadelphia with players named for each matchup. Scores are fragmented with many line items noting pitchers batters and rain postponements affecting additional games.
Walker charged with manslaughter in ice wagon death
N E Walker salesman for Superior Motor Car Company charged with manslaughter after the accidental death of 12 year old Robert Chambers. Walker said the boy riding on an ice wagon jumped off and darted in front of his car and was struck, suffering a fractured skull and dying at City Hospital.
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N E. W.walker
Superior Motor Car Company
Ity Hospital
Sunday Flower Ordinance Test in Mobile City
A challenge to Mobile’s Sunday flower sale ban proceeds as Fred Rainer, a florist, faces charges for violating the ordinance. The case is set for Tuesday before Recorder D. Edington with the court and attorneys notified to attend.
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Mobile
D. . Edington
Fred Rainer
Cement
Continue Case of Dairyman Rettig
The case of C. Rettig a dairy products dealer charged with violating the city milk ordinance by selling milk not up to standard was called in Recorder's Court today and continued until Saturday. The warrant was sworn by Dr F P Woolf of the health department milk and meat inspection bureau.
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C. Rettig
Rettig
F. P. Woolf
E. Milk and Meat Inspection Bureau
Health Department
Duff Rearrested on Alias Writ in Circuit Court Appeal
William Duff, charged on an alias writ from an inferior court, was rearrested last week after failing to appear in the circuit court. He posted bond for his appearance in the circuit court session. A concrete steamer dam work at the Fred T Ley plant should finish within days and a vessel may sail near week’s end.
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William Duff
Duff
Ork
Fred T- Ley
Weather fragment notes uncertain cold coat outlook
Partial OCR weather item reports cold conditions and possible precipitation. Mentions northern areas and late afternoon timing with unclear specifics.
Body of Hansen Drowned Monday Found In River
The body of George Hansen, 20, assistant keeper of Sand Island Lighthouse, was recovered from Mobile River near One Mile Creek by the tug Dawn crew. Found two miles below the drowning site, the body was turned over to Roche and Burke undertakers.
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George Hansen
Sand Island
Mobile River
One Mile Creek
Dawn
Roche and
Burke
Hansen
Coffee
Bayou
One Hanser
Savannah Street
Child Injured After Auto Strikes Four Year Old
Edna Cassors age four of 7 South Joachim street was hurt but not seriously when an automobile driven by E M Bailey hit her near her home at about 11 am. Bailey reported the accident to police and the child was taken to Dr W M Mastin for treatment. The police called the accident unavoidable.
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Edna Cassors
South Joachim Street
E. M. Bailey
Robinson Paid Fines After Auto Drink Driving Case
James A. Robinson, manager at an automobile agency, was fined $101 and costs for operating an auto while intoxicated and $25 or twenty days for reckless driving in recorder's court. Drunkenness and speeding charges were merged. An accident involving a Robinson vehicle and a wagon driven by Clarence E. Crist injured five boys.
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James A.robinson
Recorder’s Court
Robinson
Clarence E. Crist
Trade School to Close for Summer Holidays
The School of Foreign Trade and Shipping at the Chamber of Commerce will close for summer holidays May 28 after four nights weekly. Opened last October as the second such school in the country, it teaches foreign commerce subjects. Father J C Kearns of Spring Hill College serves as director.
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School of Foreign Trade and Shipping
Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Kearns
Spring Hill College
Hail Storm Damages Plants Across County
A hail storm near Spring Hill Moffat road and Kushla yesterday afternoon damaged truck farms reports say. Stones as large as eggs fell for over five minutes destroying young plants especially tomato crops across the area.
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Spring Hill
Moffat Road
Kushla
Mobile
Harbor Commission meeting date still not set
The State Harbor Commission meeting date remains unsettled after a postponement due to the election. Secretary-treasurer Miss Agnes Orton notes the regular meeting day is the second Tuesday of the month.
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State Harbor Commission
Agnes Orton
Coffee Price Hikes to Ten Cents per Cup in Mobile
The price of coffee rose to ten cents per cup in Mobile with rare exceptions. Most cafes increased the rate today, citing sugar price increases as the reason for the rise.
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Mobile
Royal Street
Showers Forecast for Mobile Saturday
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday forecast issued this morning by the weather bureau. Mobile region expected to see isolated showers with a chance of light rain Saturday morning into afternoon.
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Mobile
Focal Weather Bureau
Foster Father Granted Custody of Seven Year Old
Robert C. Foster, husband of Mrs. Annonine Foster, who was killed May 1 by Peter Jones, won habeas corpus to gain possession of his daughter Laurie Luise Foster. Judge Joel W. Goldsby ordered custody to Foster today and he said he will send the child to relatives in Baldwin county. The girl had been in the care of grandmother Mrs. Alica Moore and her half sister Miss Mabel Moore.
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Robert C. Foster
Annonine Foster
Peter Jones
Circuit
Laurie Luise Foster
Joel W.goldsby
Foster
Baldwin County
Alica Moore
Mabel Moore
Seafaring Men Arrested Under Prohibition Law
Ben Bloom and Henry Nichols two seafaring men were arrested at Canal street by Deputy Sheriffs Blackman and East erling on a liquor law violation charge. Two sacks of whiskey and rum in quart bottles were found with them and the case awaits inferior criminal court Saturday.
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Ben Bloom
Henry Nichols
Canal Street
Blackman
Easterling
Inferior Criminal Court
Postmaster Announces New Mail Plan For Postage Paid Mail
Post master J Blocker Thornton informs patrons about a new mail plan allowing mailing without stamps. When stamps are not used the sender pays postage in money and the item is marked Paid instead of stamped.
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J. Blocker Thornton
School tax carries by 3123 majority
The one mill school tax in Mobile county won by 3123 votes in Tuesday’s election. Official returns certified by the county returning board show 4126 for and 1002 against. The board includes Sheriff W. H. Hicombe Jr Judge Price Williams and Clerk S. H. Smith.
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Mobile
Houser Exonerated Amid Wheat Market Probe
Attorney General Palmer urged wide publicity for a report exonerating Vice President Max H. Houser of United Grain Corp of using his official position to speculate in wheat at Portland. District Attorney Lester W. Humphreys said Houser sacrificed his personal means and endured pressure during the inquiry.
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Washington
Palmer
Max H. Houser
United Tes Grain Corporation
Portland
Ore
Lester W. Humphreys
Houser
Beasly Hunted After Slaying Wife and Children
Two armed posses with bloodhounds comb Hurricane creek timberlands seeking Harley C Beasly accused of killing his wife and two small children in Webster Grove Missouri. Authorities fear lynching as Beasly fled from Mulberry Groves Illinois after the murders where the couple had been separated.
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Greenville
Hurricane Creek
Fayette
Oes Counties
Harley C. Beasly
Webster Grove
Mulberry Groves
Beasly
Woodlands
Beasley
Chicago Train Robber Horace Walton Dies After Gun Battle
Horace Walton a postal clerk turned train robber escaped with about 80000 in gold and bank notes from the Illinois Central New Orleans Limited. He killed a policeman during the escape and fought a long pistol battle with detectives before dying. A satchel found with many large denomination bills showed the loot details.
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Chicago
Horace Walton
Illinois Central Rafts Road
New Orleans
Walton
Gilman
Ill
Moomey
Bamdit
Flood Warnings Issued for Tombigbee at Demopolis
The Tombigbee at Demopolis is above flood stage since March 17 and expected to rise today as rain swells the river. The Black Warrior at Tuscaloosa is forecast to crest near 50 feet within 24 hours, prompting warnings to shippers and local residents.
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Tombigbee River
Demopolis
Tuscaloosa
Tombig
Posse Believed Surround Watts in Mississippi
In Vicksburg Mississippi on May 14 United Press reports Jease J Watts, wanted for the murder of Dr D S Alverson, was believed surrounded by a posse in a cane brake near Vicksburg. Dr Simon Alverson of Shreveport Louisiana, brother of the slain man, is among those in the search.
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Vicksburg
Miss
United Press
Jease J." Wattes
D. S Alverson
Simon Alverson
Shreveport
Watts
Special Agent Shot to Death in Yards at Chattanooga
In Chattanooga yards J B R Dunham, special officer for the Southern Railway, lay dead face down with a revolver in one hand and a flashlight in the other. A bullet pierced his heart. John Jones, a railroad worker accused of the killing, was wounded and hospitalized.
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Chattanooga
J. BR. Dunham
Southern Railway
John.Jones
A.rae
Eight Die in South Dakota Cloudburst Near Ardmore
Ten or more people perished in a cloudburst near Ardmore South Dakota just across the Nebraska line. An entire five member family drowned while fleeing to higher ground. Mr and Mrs Darby bodies found near their home. Frances Darby located two miles away. Two sons still missing along with three homesteaders whose cabins were swept away.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ardmore
South Dakota
Nebraska
Alfiance
Americans in Mexico Reach 10 500 Count
The state department reports 10 500 Americans in Mexico with 4 000 in the Tampico district. Earlier estimates ranged 6 000 to 7 000, and consular reports indicate a large influx into the southern republic in recent months.
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Mexico
Washington
State Department
Tampico
Department
Poles Break Through Russian Defenses Near Black Sea
Polish troops press the offensive against Bolsheviks advancing up to 100 miles. Polish cavalry nears the Bolshevik main communication line northwest of the Black Sea, per official dispatches to the war office.
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London
War Office
Black Sea
Claims Progress in Coal Controversy
Secretary of Labor Wilson told the wage conference between anthracite miners and operators in Washington on May 14 that progress is being made. Coal operators expressed hope the talks would finish soon.
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Washington
Wilson
Wilson Approval of Daniels Naval Revelations
Washington reports President Wilson, after consulting Secretary Daniels, approved Daniels publicizing wartime cablegrams and confidential speeches that criticized British naval policy. The White House announcement says Daniels disclosed the utterances in the senate navy inquiry with Wilson's approval.
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Washington
United Press
Pres. Wilson
Sec
Daniels
White House
Wilson
Senate Navy
Grayson Says Wilson Is Steadily Improving
President Wilson, in the best condition since his Western trip, is improving rapidly, Dr. Cary T. Grayson says. In the last two or three days his condition has shown special improvement as he works hard from Washington watching Congress and learning every move at the capital.
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Washington
United Press
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
Grayson
Congress
Lager Beer Attracts Soldiers To Germany
Louisville dated May 14. Ten men from Camp Zachary Taylor’s first division sought transfers to American forces in Germany. Returning soldiers said private pay of one dollar daily could buy 1,400 schooners of beer as the exchange rate stood. A dollar equaled 140 marks with beer costing one tenth of a mark. The Rhine’s finest wines reportedly cost a few marks per quart.
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Louisville
Germany
Camp Zachary Taylor
Bandits Make $9 000 Haul in Station Job
Two hold up men robbed the Great Northern station in Spokane Washington around midnight taking nine thousand dollars in a single package of currents. They injured American Railway Company agent H A Patterson at the emergency hospital and escaped after exploiting a defective lock on the money cage. About six thousand dollars in silver was left scattered in the room.
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Spokane
Wash
American Railway Company
Great Northern
H. A. Paterson
Paterson
Republicans set cash bonus limits for service men
Washington May 14 The house ways and means committee agreed on a maximum $500 cash bonus for service men and $625 maximum for optional aid forms including farm home aid vocational training or paid up insurance Chairman Fordney to submit the revised bill to the committee Wednesday
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Washington
United Press
House
Ways and Means
Fordney
Condemned Nationalist Leader Ke Mal Executed by Court Martial
In Constantinople Mustapha Kemal, leader of the Nationalist forces in Asia Minor, was condemned to death by an extraordinary court martial held in the Turkish capital. The dispatch cites the verdict reported to the Exchange Telegraph.
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London
Mnustapha Kemal
Asia
Minor
Constantinople
Revolutionary Troops Make Gains in Puebla Front
In Vera Cruz on May 14 Gen. Guas Sanchez and Gen. Trevino led attacks on Carranza forces at San Marcos and near Hacienda Tamarizin Puebla. Reports claim Carrancistas were driven from positions with heavy losses, and rebels pressed a stubborn defense at the Tamarizin hacienda.
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Vera Cruz
Gua¢ Sanchez
Trevino
Carranza
New San Marcos
Tamarizin
Puebla
Mexican President Carranza Resists Capture in Rio Grande Foothills
El Paso dispatch reports President Carranza refusing surrender and guarding himself with a small escort in the foothills near Rinconada while rebel agents disseminate word through Gen. Obregon. The message indicates continued resistance to capture.
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EL Paso
Tex
Carranza
Rinconda
Obregon
Bryan Declares Edwards Joke In Democratic Field
May 14 Lincoln Neb Bryan says Gov Edwards of New Jersey is a joke and not a viable presidential candidate citing wet forces. He also notes Gov Cox is the wets choice and remarks Edwards has no chance. Socialist group in New York petitions for Debs release from Atlanta prison and aims to present to Secretary Palmer and the White House for President Wilson.
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Neb
Will Jennings Bryan
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New York
EU V. Debs
Atlanta
Attomefal Palmer
White House
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Debs
Hines' Successor Appointed Today
Washington May aj dent Wilson will successor to ve A MM for general at tration, the AVE this afternogh.
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Washington
Aj Dent Wilson
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