Hearing set on switching charge cancellation between railroads
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner will hear July 2 in Mobile on proposed cancellation of the Mobile and Ohio and Gulf Mobile and Northern switching arrangement. The suspension of the May cancellation set the old rate until a decision after the hearing. shippers protested and the commission ordered the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile
Ohio
Tacon Station
Gulf, Mobile
Northern
Chamber of Commerce
IL. C. C
Mine War Flares Across Mingo County in Virginia
May 14 Williamson WV reports the heaviest fighting of the three day mine workers conflict in Mingo County as West Virginia and Kentucky factions engage in shelling. Towns including Blackberry City Auburn Gates Spriggs New Howard and Merrimac face bombardment while Captain J R Brockus and state police seize trains to patrol Tug River valley.
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Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
West Virginia
Kentucky Hills
Blackberry City
Auburn
Gates
Spriggs
New Howard
Merrimac
J. R Brockus
Tug River Valley
War Time Army Plans Draw 2.6 Million Men Under Pershing
General John J. Pershing, newly named chief of staff, faces organizing a wartime army of about 2.5 million men with Major General James Gubbard as executive assistant. The War Department outlines a skeletonized 1.0 million standing force to mobilize to 2.5 million, plus reserves and National Guard expansion, aided by citizens training camps this summer to recruit organized reserves.
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A. L. Bradford
Coe Press
John J. Pershing
Pershing
United States Army
James Gubbard
War Department
America
War Hoas
eRieiard
Regular Army
National Guard
War Army
United States
Seaman Fined in Police Court for Disorderly Conduct
John Henderson, crew member aboard the Maiden Creek, pressed charges alleging abusive language toward non-union marine workers. Grace, identified as Grace, delegate of the Marine Firemen Oilers and Watertenders Union, faced a $50 fine for disorderly conduct and a $250 jury trial demand on a Texas cartel law picketing charge. He posted $206 bond for appeal to the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Maiden Creek
Hursday
Od ‘Gr
Grace
Marine Firemien, Oilers, and Watertenders
Recorder
Teo
Turner Terminal
Chotice
John Henderson
Special Train To Biloxi For K C Members
The Mobile Knights of Columbus council will dispatch a special train at 7 45 Sunday morning carrying members and families to Biloxi Mississippi. KC groups from across Mississippi and New Orleans will join. Biloxi council plans a minstrel show Sunday night. The return train departs Biloxi at 9 00 and arrives in Mobile at 10 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Council
Columbus
Mhem
Order
Jlexi
Miss
Mobile
Mississippi
Delegate Chosen to Represent County on Highway Project
The county selects P. A. Fenimore as representative to appear before the Alabama Highway Commission in Montgomery. He will urge designating the road between Mobile and Chickasaw as State Highway Project No. 1 for the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bet of Commerce
Ontgomery Monnday
Alabama Highway Commission
Mole
Chickasaw
Mocounty
T P. A. Fenimore
Double funeral planned for Del Barco family
A double funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 9 30 for the Del Barco family. Miss Eleanor Del Barco and her mother died Thursday night after several weeks of illness. Rev Father E P Ken pastor of St Catherine's Catholic Church will officate at the funeral at the church and burial will be in the Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor del Barco
Ex-Policeman Fined Under Prohibition Law
G. L. Deverneaux, former police officer, was fined $100 or 100 days after arraignment on a prohibition violation charge. Evidence showed Detective William Cody and Officer John H. Gham found a grip with about half a pint of prohibited liquor in the possession of the former lawman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Deverneaux
William Cody
John H.gham
Weather report for Alabama Mississippi May forecast
The May 14 Washington weather bulletin notes fair conditions tonight and Sunday with somewhat cooler air tonight across Alabama and Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Government Deliberates Warrior River Barge Line Withdrawal
Secretary of War Weeks plans no withdrawal of the Warrior and barge line projects for now. Rep W B Oliver reported Weeks favors another trial, noting the system cleared over 50000 dollars in April despite incomplete equipment and terminals. Weeks opposes government commercial enterprise but may support a fuller test if the Warrior proves its value to Alabama and the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks
W. B. Oliver
Oliver
Alabama
Orleans toRaise Wharfage Charges May 25
The article reports that New Orleans will raise wharfage charges to the Mobile and other Gulf port level on May 25, not June 3, following a decision by the Interstate Commerce Commission. R G Cobb of the Chamber of Commerce pushed for immediate adoption to prevent Mobile freight loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
Mobile
Gulf and
South Atlantic
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cobb
Commission
Mobile Shipping
American Express Ordered to Take Packages of S E
Alabama Public Service Commission issues order requiring American Express to handle packages from routes of the new Southeastern Express to towns on American lines within the state. A hearing is set for May 24 to resolve the dispute over interchange of shipping privileges and to prevent delays in express and perishable freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Express Company
New Southeastern Express Company
Alabama Public Service Commission
Chamber of Commerce
American Company
Southeastern
Alleged embezzlers taken to Pensacola
Sheriff A C Ellis of Escambia county escorts James Nicholas and J Calas to Pensacola after their Houston arrest. Fred Schad ex chief of Pensacola police aided in the capture. The pair face embezzlement charges involving George Pertillas and Angelo Griffin. Ellis says $6300 recovered, partly in Mobile banks, but a lost deposit book hindered full recovery.
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A. C. Ellis
Escambia County
Monviletolay
Pensacola
James Nicholas
J. Calas
Houston
Fred Schad
Ellis
Mr. Schad
Joe Johnson
George Pertillas
Angelo Griffin
Alabama Supreme Court ruling limits seizure of liquor linked vessels
A late Friday Alabama Supreme Court decision holds vessels cannot be seized unless proof a ship was actually used to transport liquor into Mobile. The ruling, split 4 to 3, prompts plans for a rehearing as critics warn it weakens prohibition enforcement and may allow autos and boats loaded with liquor to evade seizure until movement occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama Supreme Court
Alabama
Montgomery
Harwell G. Davis
Miller
Walter Carey
Morgan County
Gardiner
Suits Filed Against Government Over Shipping Salvage and Crew Pay
The National Oil Transportation Company sues the government for 2000 dollars claiming salvage services to the steamship Cuyamaca off Tampico aided by the tug Barryton. Harry Chrisham sues for 302 dollars claiming wages as cook aboard the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipping Board
Cuyamaca
Tampico
National Oil Transportation Company
Barryton
Harry Chrisham
Lake Elsworth
Pistols Issued to Mobile Postal Workers
Four 4 grade pistols with holsters belts and ammo were received by the Mobile post office from Washington for postal workers protection of United States mail. The arms will be issued to local carriers handling valuable mail and sacks during transport and at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Child Hurt in Fall From Automobiles
Mabel Schwenk daughter of George Schwenk of the Pressing Club was painfully hurt in a fall from an automobile yesterday. Dr. Eugene Thames attended and said injuries are not serious with several days bed confinement expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Schwenk
George Schwenk
Pressing Club
Eugene Thames
Aquitania Sails On Time Despite Strike
Southampton reports Cunard liner Aquitania departed for New York on schedule amid stewards strike warnings. Leaders of the labor disruption had predicted possible delays due to marine workers’ troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquitania
Southampton
Eng
Cunard Line
New York
Industrial situation in Alabama judged serious by Davis
Washington May 14 Alabama faces a serious industrial situation and a general low mood affects miners according to Hywell Davies investigator for the department of labor. He spoke after interviewing Birmingham area residents and said a formal report will be presented after Secretary Davis's return from New England next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Hywell Davies
Department of Labor
Davies
Birmingham
United Mine Workers
Secretary of Labor
Davis
New England
Industrial War Behind Battle In West Virginia
The Tug River fighting in Mingo County West Virginia and Pike County Kentucky marks a broader clash over unionizing coal mines. Union miners face lockout measures eviction ration shipments and tentative benefit losses while operators push to keep mines open. The dispute centers on recognition by the United Mine Workers with wages and conditions as secondary issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W. Way
Associated Press
Mingo County
W. Va
Pike County
Tug River
International Union
United Mine Workers
Briand vows France will oppose German move in Silesia
Paris reports Premier Briand says France will not allow German troops in Upper Silesia and refuses any German military operation there. Berlin dispatch notes Polish revolt collapse seen as likely as conferences continue and Korfanty loses ground.
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Paris
France
Upper Silesia
Briand
Foreign Office
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Berlin
Breslau
Adelbert Korfanty
Poland
Prince Hatzfeld
Inter-Allied Commission
Oppeln
Through Freight Service Will Be Started July 1
The Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad and the Mississippi Central Road held a third conference in Mobile to arrange through freight service using GMN rails from Hattiesburg into Mobile. Leaders H G Sparks and L R Faulkner expect to sign the agreement soon and begin through freight trains from Shreveport and Natchez into Mobile by July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Mississippi Central Road
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mobile
H. G. Sparks
L. R. Faulkner
Mississippi Central
Shreveport
Natchez
Passport stop over privilege restored by executive order
President Harding issued an executive order lifting wartime stop over restrictions on passports. Persons on ships stopping in American harbors may go ashore without vized passports while the ship remains in harbor. The measure targets Canadians en route to the Pacific colonies but extends to all nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Pacific
Federal troops ordered into Mingo county West Virginia
Major General Read of the 5th corps was directed by Secretary Weeks to deploy federal troops to quell a border disturbance along the Tug river area near Pike county Kentucky and Mingo West Virginia. Read held a ready force pending Washington instructions and a staff inquiry. Governor Morrow of Kentucky and Governor Morgan of West Virginia described the unlawful conditions and urged federal intervention to restore order.
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Washington
Read
5Th Corps
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Weeks
Mingo County
W. Va
West Virginia
Ste & Nationingo County
Morrow
Kentucky
Tug River
Pike County
Mingo
Norfolk and Western
Morgan
W. J. Jenks
Norfolk and Western Railway
Dempsey Rings Up Team For Carpentier Fight
Jack Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey, announced a group of boxers and trainers to aid in preparations for the July 2 bout with Georges Carpentier in Jersey City. Helpers include Martin Burke, Jim Darcy, Leo Houck, Jeff Clark, Marty Cross, Chuck Wiggins, Willie Jackson, Eddie O'Hara, with a new indoor ring and bleachers for 10,000 at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Nik
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Jersey City
Kearns
Martin Burke
New Orleans
Jim Darcy
Portland
Ore
Leo Houck
Lancaster
Jeff Clark
Joplin
Marty Cross
Chuck Wiggins
Willie Jackson
New York
Eddie O'Hara
Peru Radio Grant Brings U S Note
The Peruvian government awarded a 25 year concession to Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company for Peru's wireless postal and telegraphic services. The American government has issued a representation, not a public protest, but details are not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
U. S
Washington
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd
London
State Department
Three Men Injured in Auto Accident Near Atlanta
At dawn a car left Marietta road and plunged down a 48 foot embankment. Jamies L. Harrison 28 is believed fatally injured with a possible broken back. Dr. Thomas Crenshaw Jr 25 and Roy Hastings 26 sustained less serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Marietta Road
Jamies L. Harrison
Thomas Crenshaw, Jr
Roy Hastings
Riots injure several at Belfast docks on Saturday
Dublin May 14 Serious rioting erupted in Ulster stronghold where Sinn Feiners attacked the docks with revolvers and stones. Police faced a hard fight to quell the disturbances and several people were wounded in the clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Dublin
Ulster
Sinn
Train Entering Orleans Fired on From Ambush
A Cincinnati to New Orleans passenger train on the Southern Railway was fired upon as it neared Gentilly crossing. Dining and sleeping cars were riddled with bullets but all passengers were unharmed. Police suspect mistaken identity with strikebreakers arriving to replace marine workers on strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Haywood Short 35,000 Charge Shocks IWW Delegates
Chicago May 14. Delegates report a shortfall of 36,000 dollars in the I W W general defense funds. William D Big Bill Haywood, now in Russia, was custodian of the fund. Roy Martin, who followed Haywood as committee chairman, made the accusation on the convention floor, nearly splitting the ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William D
Big Bill
Haywood
I W. W
Russia
Roy Martin
Seaman Jailed for Inciting to Riot
Pensacola Florida May 14 John Chisholm a merchant seaman was arrested by police Friday charged with inciting to riot in connection with a speech he is alleged to have made to a gathering of seamen yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
John Chisholm
Dr Max Rich ter of Potash Syndicate Dies
Berlin reports the death of Dr Max Richter aged unknown who served as chairman of the Potash syndicate executive board and was a German commissioner at the 1893 Chicago World Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Richter
Potash Fame
Berlin
Potash Syndicate
Chicago
Lloyd George stakes Europe peace on Silesia crisis
London reports say Premier Lloyd George denounced Polish insurgents and warned Poland to accept official responsibility for Upper Silesia invasion. Korfanty reportedly threatened to declare Silesia independent if Warsaw fails to bow to government. The debate tied Silesia to European peace and global industrial unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liovaél George
Poland
Upper Sissia
Korfanty
Lloyd Ge Yae
Europe
German Forces Ready to Invade Upper Silesia
Berlin reports from semi official sources that German troops are prepared to invade Upper Silesia to suppress Polish insurgents. The German press criticizes Lloyd George but urges allied permission before sending troops, while army officers grow impatient to strike before further railroad and mine damage. Information indicates a bridge may have been destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Upper Si
Lloyd George
Hows
Polish Parliament Falls Behind Premier Amid Resignation Talks
The foreign affairs committee of the Polish parliament votes no confidence in the government. Sapieha is near resignation as Adelbert Korfanty and the Nationalists gain leverage to threaten a ministerial overthrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sapieha
Warsaw
Adelbert Korfanty
Riot of 200 Reservists at Woolwich Arsenal
London May 14 riot of 200 reservists at the Woolwich Arsenal drew helmets and police into action. Soldiers and police moved to the scene before noon as disturbances were quelled and extra guards stationed at the arsenal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
Woolwich
Arséenal
Arsenal
Murgia Wounded in Recon Near Tamaulipas Front
Mexico City reports Francisco Murgui seriously wounded in a skirmish with federal troops near Tamaulipas. He is reportedly moving toward the American side near Las Vacas as war reports circulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Francisco Murguis
Tamaulipas
Las Vacas
Sixteen Die in German Train Wreck Near Berlin
Seventeen killed and 302 injured in a collision near Berlin on May 14 as a German train wreck resulted in widespread casualties.
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Goerman
Berlin
Burg
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Ouble
Rom del Barco Home
Warrior River
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American Express
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