Bad Check Charges Pile Up Against Man in ee et co pe
Over 20 warrants will be issued against J. Sam Wooley of Mertz station after he and his wife were returned to Mobile from Homestead Florida to answer charges of passing worthless checks. Merchants and store heads signed warrants as investigators traced Wooley to Florida and tied his wife to writing the checks.
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Maniin Ee Et Co Pe
J. Sam Wooler
Mertz Station
Mobile
Homestead
Fla
Eddie Warren
Mertz
Wooley
Harry Haverman
Pearsons
G. W. Hatchett
G. A. Smith
H. B. Gayfer
Sidney Simon
Lionel Levey
Okxlock
Burch
Florida
Postpone Sale of Mel McEvoy Property
The sale of Mel Evoy property to satisfy income tax claims against him has been postponed to Monday June 15 at the federal building. Several McEvoy properties were advertised for sale today after his arrest in the liquor inquiry. Claims against many Mobile residents were noted, though many have been settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Evoy
Tod Ny
Federal Building
McEvoy
Two youths held for armory theft in Selma
Deputy United States Marshal Gwin returned from Selma to arrest Willie Ferrell and F. M. Weafer, youths accused of stealing pistols from the national guard armory. They were arraigned before Commissioner Gamble and committed to jail. E. A. Gartman of near Sunflower, Washington county, faced a liquor selling charge.
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United States
Gwin
Selma
Willie Ferrell
F. M. Weafer
National Guard
Commissioner Gamble
D E. A. Gartman
Sunflower
Washington County
French Steamer Jacques Cartier Sails to Havre via New Orleans
After loading cargo in Mobile the Jacques Cartier of Mobile Liners sailed for Galveston and will call at New Orleans before heading to Havre France. The freight and passenger steamer serves as a training ship for French cadets with sixty three cadets aboard at Mobile.
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Mobile
Jacques Cartier
Mobile Liners, Inc
Galveston
New Orleans
Havre
France
Steel rails to be loaded on steamer Pinar del Rio
Approximately six barges of steel rails and fittings brought by the Mississippi Warrior service will be loaded on the steamer Pinar del Rio of Norton Lilley and Company, due to arrive tomorrow morning. The Pinar del Rio will load the steel for Cuban ports.
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Mississippi Warrior Service
Pinar del Rio
Norton, Lilley and Company
Butcher Edward Rider Faces Health Law Violation Charge
Edward Rider a local butcher appeared before the recorder on a complaint by Dr Charles A Mohr county health officer alleging sale of uninspected meat The case was continued until May 20 at the defendant's request The health officer asserts Rider possessed uninspected meat
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Edward Rider
Charles A. Mohr
Tat Rider
Nimrod to Take Mobile Party to Snapper Banks
The tug Nimrod of Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company will launch its first snapper banks trip tomorrow. A party of Mobilians will depart Mobile at 6 am and return that night.
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Snapper Banks
Nimrod
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Mobile
Weather Outlook and Weekend Forecast Highlights
Weather notes describe cooler conditions in the northwest part tonight and Sunday. Partly cloudy skies in the south with showers and cooler air in the north. A cooler start to the week is forecast beginning Monday with a mixed sky outlook.
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Danneel
North
Mississippi
South
North Porte
Baseball summary of today’s home runs across leagues
Detroit Meusel hit the first of a three run day, Myatt and Ward added early long balls, McManus nailed a two run shot, Goslin homered in the eighth. Grimm Hornsby Hartnett connected for solo drives in Philadelphia and Brooklyn with Hartnett adding a fourth inning homer.
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Detroit
Meusel
Cleveland
Myatt
Ward
St. Louis
McManus
Goslin
Philadelphia
Grimm
Brooklyn
Coast Guard Craft Arrives as Gulf Rum Runner Blockade Looms
The arrival of CG-262 at Mobile and reports of several similar government boats en route signal an expanded blockade against liquor runners into the Gulf. Boats from Jacksonville and Miami join the squad, following earlier Jersey coast successes as crews discarded cargo to avoid seizure.
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Coast Guard
Biloxi
Miss
Gulf Waters
Long Island Sound
Jersey Coast
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
Jersey
Yes Guard
Naif
Bears Take Early 2 0 Lead In Mobile Series Game
Mobile pitcher Joe Acosta faced Memphis as the Bears built a 2 0 advantage early. Memphis through five innings shows tight defense with Wilkie and Jenkins contributing in the field while DeVor and Mulvey pace Mobile with timely hits and a run driven in by DeVormer on a sacrifice fly.
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Cy Woolmoch
Bears
Joe Acosta
Mobile
Memphis
Ss. Moore
If. Kelly
Kohlbecker
C. Wilkie
Warmoth
P. Acosta
Jenkins
Mulvey
Wilkie
Gleason
Barber
Emery
Riley
James
DeVor
DeVormer
Geygan
Taylor
Lesler
Rhinehart
Kelly
Acosta
Moore
Jarmoth
Emory
Jones
Cuba Celebrates New President Inauguration Festivities
In Havana on May 16 celebrations began for Cuba’s new president with a large festival by the Cuban press association. The spree will continue through May 20 when the president is inaugurated, and May 19 marks the anniversary of Jose Marti, Cuba’s Apostle of Liberty.
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Havana
Cuba
International News Service
Cuban Press Association
Berty
Jose Marti
Iman Injured When Wagon Struck On St Stephens Road
Charles Colley 60 of Lott Road was injured this afternoon when an automobile driven by J W Wilson of Mobile collided with a wagon on St Stephens Road near Neelys Station. He was taken to Providence Infirmary by Higgins and Courtney ambulance. not believed seriously hurt. Wilson was arrested by County Speed Officer Lartigue.
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Charles Colley
Lott Road
J. W. Wilson
Mobile
St. Stephens Road
Neely’s
Higgins and
Courtney
Providence Infirmary
Wilson
Lartigue
Soviet Protests Drive On Bolshvists In London
In London on May 16 the Soviet envoy Rakovsky protested England's actions against Bolshevists after a conference with Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain. Rakovsky claimed renewal of visas for Soviet officials had not been granted. Meanwhile W A Harriman eyed a Moscow deal for manganese rights in the Caucasus as the British agitation continued.
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London
International News Service
England
M. Rakovsky
Austen Chamberlain
Rakovsky
W. A. Harriman
Caucasus
Harriman
Moscow
U S Cooperation at Geneva Threatened by League Control
Congressman Burton, head of the American delegation to the arms conference, warned Geneva that US cooperation hinges on separating the central office for statistics on arms commerce from League of Nations control. He called it difficult to cooperate with a central office created by the League and part of its general organization.
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Geneva
Burton
Conference
League of Nations
United States
League
Princess Chivekiar to Live in Constantinople Palace
The Princess Chivekiar will return to Constantinople soon and occupy the Afiche palace she bought from her former husband Sultan Selim Bey. A San Francisco dancer was named in her recent divorce suit.
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Constantinople
International News Service
Chivekiar
Sultan Selim Bey
San Francisco
Chamberlain Not Expected to Quit
London May 16 The British foreign office denied that Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain contemplated resigning and clarified no resignation was planned.
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Chamberlain
London
The
British Foreign Office Today
Austen Chamberlain
A La Mode View Of Enoch Arden In Court
Atlanta May 16. A married woman, Mrs. Quita Lillian Price, seeks annulment of her second marriage to Albert W. Gassett after meeting her first husband Charles E. Price believed dead in France. The new Enoch Arden twist shows Price alive, causing her to declare she loves neither man and wants freedom.
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Atlanta
Quita Lillian Pricet
Enoch Arden
France
Program for Alabama State Bankers Convention Entertainment Schedule
Delegates attending the Alabama State Bankers convention in Mobile May 26 to 27 will enjoy an opening Lyric Theatre party and a Battle House reception with music. Wednesday features a KA Wan Club luncheon at the Battle House, a Country Club buffet and smoker, and Bay Queen sailings with J Santiago. A 10:46 a.m. business session follows at the Fairhope Casino with luncheon, golf, and dancing. ladies participate in all events.
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Ual Convention of Association
Oif
Alabama
Lyric
Battle House
Jantiago
Fairhope
Wrecked Norman Steamer Exploded Free Hull After Sinking
The Norman steamer hull lies buried under sand in the Mississippi as dynamite charges were set off around the wreck 55 feet below the surface. John B. Cothran, a Memphis engineer, was recovered seven miles below the wreck. Eighteen bodies remain submerged as authorities work to recover them.
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Memphis
Tenn
United Press
Norman
Mississippi
John B. Cothran
Iranian Queen Adopts European Habits At Basra
London May 16. King Feisal of Irak shocked by his wife’s return from Baghdad after a visit. She embraced European fashions and traveled by liner to Basra rather than following the caravan route. Disdaining palanquins she sped toward her home aboard a ship.
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London
Associated Press
Feisal of
Irak
The
Daily Express
Bagdad
Hussein
Basra
Payroll Taken by Bandits in Ramapo Silk Co Heist
Two men held up John Kinseler, an employee of Ramapo Silk Co., in Paterson New Jersey. They shot him in the thigh and escaped with a $1,600 payroll.
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Paterson
N. Y
United Press
John Kinseler
Ramapo Silk Co
Bodies recovered after steamer disaster near Coahoma landing
Two more victims of the capsizing of the United States steamer at Coahoma landing Mississippi eight days earlier were recovered from the Mississippi River several miles below the disaster site. A wireless message from Memphis reports the bodies were taken ashore today.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States
Coahoma Landing
Mise
Mispi
Knoxville
John, R. Neal
J. R. Scopes
Dayton
Clarence Darrow
Dudley Field Malone
Tennessee
Tennessee Desperado 9 Taker Caught with Moonshiners Nearby
Walter Newport a 24 year old desperado linked to a deputy sheriff and constable killings during a raid on his moonshine still near Emery Gap Tennessee was captured with four Moonshiners 20 miles from the earlier crime scene by a Roane county sheriff and U S marshal who trailed tips and surrounded the group Friday night Newport long sought after the killings had fled into the hills but bodies were found later and a multi day search yielded no trace until tonight.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Walter Newport
Emery Gap
Johnson
Roane County
United States
Marshall R. A. Smith
Newport
Desperado
Ann
Jett
Hunt on Killer II continues as motive questioned
Miami police pursue leads in a mysterious case linked to the Caldwell family. Officials revert to the theory that Caldwell killed himself while authorities search for a killer. Mrs. Whet Caldwell Hawkins, widow Eugene Hawkins, is recovering from a gunshot wound. Eugene Hawkins’s body to be held until his wife can accompany it to Excelsior Minnesota.
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Miami
Pla
Caldwell
Wthet Caldwell Hawkins
Eugene Hawkins
Excelsior
Minn
Flier Off to Ask Alabama Service
Major Sumter Smith piloted an army mail plane from Birmingham toward eastern and western destinations to seek a regular air mail route through Alabama. He carried a petition to the Post Office Department in Washington and planned stops in Nashville Dayton and Cleveland. The mission included a trip to New York for the Southern exposition and a return to Washington.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sumter Smith
Smith
Thad Holt
Commerce
Post Ofice Department
Washington
Alabama
Nashville
Dayton
Cleveland
New York
Tuscaloosa Host To Delegation
Alabama Protective Association officers elected at the convention in Tuscaloosa include G A Nelson of Gadsden as president and Raymond Terry of Tuscaloosa as first vice president. The group and guests left for a boat excursion to Lock 17 and the Warrior River with Gadsden named next meeting place.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama Protective Association
Wives and Friends
Lock 17
Warrior River
Gadsden
G. A. Nelson
Raymond Terry
C. C. Cleveland
Selma
L. C. Cardinal
Montgomery
Richard Simpkins
Mobile
W. E. Hefner
Decatur
W. I. Mabry
Birmingham
Rev. Broady
Cuban Capital Track Meet Opens In Havana Stadium
In Havana May 16 the University of Florida Georgia Southern and Havana University track teams prepare for a major Cuba track meet at the new Havana stadium. Florida and Georgia athletes arrived early to practice and acclimate to the conditions.
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Havana
Cuba
University of Georgia
Southern
University of Florida
Havana University
University of Havana
Georgia
Dempsey Trip to Continent Delayed by Bride’s Illness
London dispatch reports Jack Dempsey’s departure for Paris postponed to Tuesday because his bride is indisposed. Doctors say she ruptured a small blood vessel but no serious harm is indicated.
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Dempsey
Continent
London
Jack Dempsey
Paris
Sam Vauclain Free of Pledge After This Week
This 1925 United Press piece reports industrialist Sam Vauclain ending a self pledges and sharing views on prohibition and retirement age. It notes his reluctance to discuss future pledges, his stance that retirement should be personal, and references Chauncey Depew and James Hill as examples of late excellence.
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H. G. Morand
United Press
Seine
Injestia
Vauclain
Chauncey M. Depew
James J. Hill
Davis Denies Gave Pardons for Money in Kansas Trial
Ex-Gov Jonathan M. Davis testified he did not solicit a bribe for pardons as the Kansas case against him concluded its presentation. The defense contends Grundy, a defaulting banker, paid to secure his freedom.
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Pera
Kas
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
Davis
Walter Grundy
Oklahoma Town Destroyed by Wind Near Shawnee
Tribby a village near Shawnee with 490 residents was virtually swept off the map by a May wind and rainstorm. Early reports say casualties are not yet confirmed and details are meager.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tribby
Shawnee
Flying Ebony Wins Rich Race in Heavy Rain Downpour
Flying Ebony ridden by Sande captured the $50 000 to 80 000 purse as Captain Hal finished second and Son of John third in a dramatic race run in drizzling rain. Quatrain was thirteenth at the wire while Kentucky Cardinal also trailed. Flying Ebony paid 8.30 to win with payoffs for place and show. A Great Crowd Sees the Race as spectators endured a soaking storm.
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Ebony
Aa Sande
Captain Hal
John
Sande
Asiatica
Ockey
Cnet Db
Hal
Flying Ebony
Quatrain
Acrone
The
Wire
Kentucky Cardinal
Plot to kill Servian king uncovered in Belgrade
London May 16 Central News dispatch from Belgrade reports a plot to assassinate King Alexander of Servia and ministers. Plotters planned to blow up the royal palace and government offices. Several communists recently arrived in Belgrade have been arrested after a raid on a secret meeting of the plotters.
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London
Alexander of Servian
Belgrade
Piment
Old Gimlet Eye Spies on Police Rumor Tightens Baltimore
A Philadelphia broadcast reports Mayor Butler’s safety chief plans to use spies against police and troops, shaking the department from lieutenants to recruits. Twenty nine suspended, others to follow as officials review enforcement of a dry quarantine at the Brewery.
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Philadelphia
Butler
Public Safety
Washington
Pole
Germany Expected to Offer Guarantee of Frontiers
Paris dispatch reports Germany considering proposals to guarantee the Czecho Slovakia frontiers on condition of progress toward Austria. The note suggests a half formed plan and mentions a cautious stance before commitment.
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Germany
Paris
The
Petit
G Ermany
Austria
Reidh
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