City and County Officers Raid Gambling Rooms Across City
A broad raid by city county and state officers targets all forms of gambling and gaming in downtown venues. Several suspects were fined or jailed as investigators seized slot machines poker chips and playing cards while other cases continued into May.
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M. Kurtz
Congress
Gaston Streets
The
Recorder
Kurtz
L. Bauer
Police Department
Ben
D. F. Parker
South Conception Street
Kelly
J. L. Prague
Joe Harrs
R. D. Johnson
L. T. Faley
Luke Burkhardt
Lillian Booth
W. H. Holcombe, Jr
Inferior Criminal Court
Elizabeth Young
RE. C. Daughdrill
Bennie James
Willie McCay
George Ow.george
W.L- Miller
Jubilee opening draws many church dignitaries to Mobile
The silver jubilee of Rt. Rev. Edward P. Allen opens with children masses at the Cathedral. Visiting prelates including Archbishop Shaw of New Orleans expected. A Lyric Theater drama opened the jubilee on Sunday, with Spring Hill College students in the cast.
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Archbshop Shaw
New Orleans
Edward P. Allen
Mobile
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Bishop Allen
Cathedral Girls
Government Street
Fidentius
Lyric Theater
Spring Hill College
Kathleen Mahomer
J. P. Lynch
Dallas
Texas
Allen
St. Mary’s Asylum
George J. Sullivan
Knights of Columbus Choral Club
M. Mahomer, Jr
George Crawford
Tisdale
Convent of the Visitation
Senate probes oil price gouging as witnesses sought
Washington on May 15 reports the senate probe into a possible conspiracy among big producers to gauge the public for gasoline prices. McKellar urges no delay, La Follette chairs the committee, and rising prices amid a large gasoline reserve prompt calls for action. Gasoline prices vary by city with notable increases. New York and New Jersey see around 30 cents, Boston 29, Detroit 25.4, Chicago 22 to 24 cents, and other cities reporting hikes since spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Teapot Dome
Wyoming
Naval Oil Reserve
Sinclair Oil Company
Bureau of Mines
New York
New Jersey
Dterio
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Allies Invite United States to Help Shape Russian Talks at Hague
Genoa conference ends without result as France proposes US participation to supply credits. Lloyd George announces plan to adjourn and meet Russia at The Hague on June 15 with a joint expert committee. Russians absent. Britain and France diverge on how to proceed with US involvement.
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Genoa
Hague
Lloyd George
United States
Henry Wood
United Press
Russia
the Hague
Ambassador Child
Washington
France
Netherlands
Tony
The
Great Britain
America
George
Federal warrants served for narcotics act charges
Thomas Kearney and Ed J Roche faced warrants for violation of the narcotic act. They waived examination and were bound over to the grand jury.
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Thomas Kearney
Ed J. Roche
Grand Jury
Where They Play Southern Matchups Note Weather
A compact listing of college and pro games with venues and weather conditions. Notable pairings include Birmingham at Atlanta and Little Rock at Chattanooga, plus New York at Chicago and Detroit at New York with rain and cloudy conditions and game times around the 3 o clock hour.
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Southern
Birmingham
Atlanta
Clear
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Weather bulletin from Washington reports increasing cloudiness in Alabama with showers tonight and cooler conditions on Tuesday. Mississippi also expects showers tonight and cooler temperatures Tuesday in the west and center regions.
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Washington
Alabama
Contract Let For Building of Lott Road
The board of revenue awarded the Lott road project to E. P. Toulmin of Mobile for 35040 dollars. Competing bids were 37488.90 from W. R. Walley and 39298 from R. M. Perry. The meeting ran quickly with one dispute over Cottage Hill road, and the board agreed the city would build Washington avenue with one third local funding.
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Lott Road
St. Stephens Road
Board of Revenue
E. P. Toulmin
Mobile
Mr. Toulmin
W. R. Walley
Richton
Migs
R. M. Perry
Revenue Board
Aittle
John D. Hagan
L. F. Pierce
Cottage Hill District
Leslie E. Prouty
Hagan
Pierce
Washington Avenue
Virginia Street
Honesede
Railroad men to pass on plans June 14
Stockholders of the Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad Company and the Meridian and Memphis Railroad will meet on June 14 at noon per I B Tigrett president to consider and ratify or reject the consolidation of the two railroads. The meeting will also transact other business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf. Mobile & Northern Railroad Company
Meridian & Memphis Railroad
I. B. Tigrett
Judge Ervin rules liquor indictments flawed in Cleveland case
Judge Robert T. Ervin upheld demurrers in the Cleveland liquor indictment ruling that the filing fails to state where liquor was found and improperly groups different punishments. U S Attorney Aubrey Boyles plans appeal and will move more similar cases. The decision could affect nearly all federal liquor indictments returned by the recent grand jury.
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Atherton Mills
Ni Carolina
John W. Johnston
Supreme Court
Movernent
John George
North Carolina
Drexel, Furniture Company
North
Carolina
Arid
United States Supremed Court
Drexel Furniture Company of
United 88 District Court
Ins
Congress
North Discontr
United States
Chicago Board of Trade
Robert T. Ervin
Federal Grand Jury
Thomas Cleveland
Francis J. Inge
United States District
Aubrey Boyles
Inge
United States Court of Appeals
Boyles
Ervin
Cleveland
Frank Prendergast
Murder Mystery Baffles Pensacola Officers
The death of Chester Grinnell near the city limits is under investigation. Taxi driver Joe Furstal is in custody as the coroner’s jury investigates the case. Grinnell had been missing since Friday and was found after a violent struggle with a fatal neck fracture and a gunshot wound.
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Pensacola
Fla
Chester Grinnell
Joe Furstral
Grinnell
Barrancas Avenue
Major Cumming 86 Confederate Veteran Dies in Augusta
Major Joseph R. Cumming 86 veteran of the Confederacy and last Chickamauga national commission survivor died in an Augusta hospital after a several week illness. He was Georgia University’s oldest living graduate and a renowned lawyer and orator, with degrees from Harvard Law School and the University of Paris.
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Augusta
Joseph R. Cumming
Chickamauga
Bandits Intercept Payroll Car. $30,000 Stolen
Four bandits in a car robbed the payroll of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad in Springfield, Missouri, escaping with 30,000 dollars in currency and silver. Detective Ben Lamb was shot in the left arm, and the driver of the bandit car was wounded in the back.
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Springfield
St. Louis
Cracksmen Take $25,000 From Cincinnati Store
Six professional cracksmen entered the H. and H. Pogue department store in Cincinnati, bound two watchmen, blew two burglarproof safes, and escaped with $25,000 in cash. The released guards offered no clues to the robbers’ identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Pogue Company
Yeigv
Trading Excited By Rumors Of Oil Firm Merger
Traders on the Pittsburgh stock exchange buzzed over unconfirmed reports that Standard Oil Company of California sought to buy control of Transcontinental Oil. Arkasas Gas and Transcontinental are linked by Pittsburgh interests and Arkansas Gas spiked as a merger rumor spread. About seven thousand Arkansas Gas shares traded early at 12 to 12 3 8, signaling market excitement.
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Pittsburgh
Local Stock Exchange
Standard Oil Company of
California
Arkansas Gas
Transcontinental
Standard Oil
Great Britain seeks aid for Turkish atrocities probe
In Parliament Austen Chamberlain announced Britain sought co operation of the United States France and Italy to send an officer to Trebizond or another Black Sea port to investigate reported atrocities on Christian minorities in Asia Minor. The motion followed questions about the murder of 10,000 Greeks and their capture into harems and the starvation of children.
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London
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Asia Minor
American Relief Administration
House of Commons
Austen Chamberlain
Lord Curzon
Trebizond
Black Sea
T. P. O'Connor
Bishop Candler Denounces Parker Pamphlet In Parker Case
Bishop W A Candler, chancellor of Emory University, responds to Rev T H Lipscombs pamphlet accusing Dr F N Parker of heresy. Candler notes Lipscomb's short tenure at Emory and suggests the pamphlet aims to influence bishop elections. He defends Parker as orthodox and contends the pamphlet reflects animus toward Emory.
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Hot Springs
Ark
T. H. Lipscomb
Columbus
Misa
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Emory University
F. N. Parker
W. A. Candler
Lipscomb
Emory Univerity
Emory
Parker
Hotel Riviera in Biloxi Damaged by Fire
Fire at Hotel Riviera Biloxi caused about 10000 dollars in damage. Attic fire confined by quick firemen work. Insurance covers loss and repairs start immediately to avoid season interruption. Thirty five guests were present. no injuries reported.
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Biloxi
Miss
Riviera
New Collector of Customs to Take Charge May 17
A. R. Noble, newly appointed collector of port under President Harding, will assume office officially on Wednesday morning. He was in Mobile Sunday with Special Deputy John S. Callaghan, then left for his Anniston Alabama home. Noble, a prominent local figure and Harding supporter, had been in New Orleans for days at a southern customs officials conference.
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President Harding
Mobile
John 8. Callaghan
Mr. Noble
Anniston
Ala
Harding
New Orleans
South
Unitarian church in Dubnitza Sofia closed by police
The Unitarian church in Dubnitza Sofia was closed by police at the request of Bulgaria s foreign affairs and religion ministries. The church had previously granted a divorce to former U S Senator Hollis and was declared illegal by the Bulgarian government.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Associated Press
Unitarian Church
Dubnitza
United States
Hollis
Chang Sets Up New Manchurian Regime
London reports General Chang Tso Lin has declared Manchuria independent after his defeat by General Wu Pei Fu. He masks troops on the Manchurian frontier for defense and moved forces south from Mukden toward the border, fueling reports of an offensive against Wu’s forces.
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London
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Wu Pei Fu
Pekin
Chang
Mukden
Romance gets rough for young M Cormick
Paris May 15 That the path of true love for young Alister Moe Cormick rich Chicago youth is getting rougher was revealed when Mary Landon Baker fiancee threatened to break off the engagement and wed someone she likes better She has left him waiting at the church twice and now offers to return the ring and wed another
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Paris
Aljister Moe Cormick
Chicago
Mary Landon Baker
Mary
Miss Sherwood Eliminated in Open Golf Championship
Sandwich England May 15 Miss Rosa mond Sherwood the sole American in the ladies open championship at the Prince's course was eliminated in the opening round. Mrs Fletcher of Wembley defeated her three up and two to go.
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Sandwich
Eng
Associated Press
Rosamond Sherwood
Prince's Course
Fletcher
Wembley
Thirteen Die in Mexican Tramcar Wreck Near Santa Fe
Thirteen killed and more than 70 injured when a tramcar carrying holiday seekers toppled into a canyon near Santa Fe after a head on collision at a hilltop. Most victims were women and children. several foreigners among the riders.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Santa Fe
Los Leones
Detroit Seizes Control of Trolley Car System
Detroit formally assumed ownership of all trolley lines and city cars within city limits at midnight, creating the world's largest municipally owned street railway system. The Detroit United Railway will continue operating interurban cars entering the city. City crews will replace platform staff and many office and shop workers will gain city jobs, with a limited number retained by the former operator. The city now owns 273 miles of track and 1,029 cars, totaling 363 miles of track and 1,457 cars when combined with existing assets.
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Detroit
Detroit United Railway
Detroit United
Pickets Withdrawn in Textile Strike in Pawtucket
The 17th week of the Blackstone Valley textile strike opened with no pickets at mills Pawtucket awaiting the restraining order. About 250 strikers gathered at Labor Temple and marched beyond police lines as deputies maintained order.
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Pawtucket
R. L
Blackstone Valley
Labor Temple
Art exhibition damaged by fire on Fifth Avenue
A collection of 150 paintings valued between 750000 and 1000000 on display at MacBeth galleries on Fifth Avenue was damaged by a fire on a floor beneath the show. Owner Robert MacBeth said the extent of damage would be assessed after an inventory tomorrow. The works came from leading American galleries and museums for the Beth galleries annual exhibition.
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New York
MacBeth
Fifth Avenue
Robert MacBeth
Seums
Beth Galleries
Five Arrested in Pine Bluff Goods Theft Probe
Five men including Ernest Bowles R Neil Harvey Mayberry Dick White and Randall Mayberry were arrested in Pine BluffArkansas as $12000 worth of goods looted from boxcars were recovered by Cotton Belt Railroad and county authorities. The thefts occurred April 30 with loot of tobacco shoes and other items found at a garage.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Cotton Belt Railroad
Ernest Bowles
R. Neil
Harvey Mayberry
Dick White
Randall Mayberry
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Noreo Va
Texas Oil Company
Memphis
Tenn
Boston
Mass
Nashville
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Major Cumming
Bandits
Bishop Candler
Unitarian
M’cormick
Miss Sherwood
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