Foster Cleared in Case Charging Murder of McGinnis
James Foster, a brother officer, was freed in connection with the death of police sergeant Joe McGinnis found shot near Bloodgood and Franklin streets on May 7. The state moved to suppress, citing insufficient circumstantial evidence to bind Foster over to the grand jury. Investigation into McGinnis’s death to continue.
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Joe McGinnis
Bloodgood
Franklin Street
James Foster
Foster
Recorder’s Court
Jack Courtney
Molle Presse
Grand Jury
Courtney
O'Shaughnessy
McGinnis
Allie May Brown
Beauregard
St.oseph
MecMasters
C. W. Tompkins
Edward Sheets
Shreveport Raid Targets 205 North Dearborn Street
Police raid on 205 North Dearborn Street led to multiple arrests of Berah Wilson Annie Smith and others. Officers found three half pint bottles of whiskey and charged occupants with violating the liquor and disorderly conduct laws. The house remained in operation despite prior efforts to close it.
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Shreveport
Sarah’ Wilson
North Dearborn Street
Moody
Red” Olsen
Charles Medcius
Bart B. Chamberlain
League of Women Voters
Wilson
Ollie Maples
Tene
Berah” Wilson
P. J. O'Shaughnessy
Dinner with steel leaders at White House amid merger talk
President Harding invited 30 to 40 top steel executives to a White House dinner amid secrecy. Names likely include E. H. Gary James A. Farrell Charles M Schwab and others. Hunger for insight on the pending merger and government stance fuels speculation as officials stay silent.
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New York
Harding
White House
Dowd Jones
Amng
E. H. Gary
James A. Farrell
Charles M. Schwab
Eusgene G. Grace
Wm. E. Corey
John A. Topping
J. L. Replogie
Gary
Washington
Indust
Steel Kings
Ate
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
House
Pres. Harding
Cost of living in Mobile advances two percent
The Mobile cost of living rose two percent for the period ending April 15, with a one percent rise in several other cities including Atlanta and Birmingham. Food costs edged up one tenth of a cent on average, while 19 of 43 listed items fell, such as potatoes six percent and cheese three percent.
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Mobile
Atlanta
Birmingham
Charleston
Little Rock
New Orleans
Norfolk
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
Hold Meeting Tonight on Drainage Plans
At the meeting of owners of property in or adjacent to Wragg Swamp at Ames College Vue arm tonight, maps and preliminary surveys of the proposed drainage district for Ashbel Hub Road will be exhibited. Plans of the Board of Health for anti malaria work and coordination of sanitary engineers will also be shown.
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Wragg Swamp
Ames “College
Board of Health de
Ingress On Trial On Murder Charge
Georgiana Wallace is on trial in the circuit court for murder by indictment. The case concerns the killing of Hinson or Joe Henderson on February 5 at a house on 455 North Hamilton Street. Wallace testified for several hours after pleading self defense.
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Georgiana Wallace
Hinson
Joe Henderson
North
Hamilton Street
Weather and baseball scores from Southern and National leagues
Cloudy skies in Birmingham Atlanta and Nashville Chattanooga. Memphis rain. New Orleans Little Rock clear. National: New York Pittsburgh rain. Brooklyn St. Louis clear. Philadelphia Cincinnati and St Louis Boston clear. American: Cleveland New York clear. Detroit Washington rain. Chicago Philadelphia clear. St Louis Boston clear.
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Southern
Birmingham
Atlanta
Nashville
Chattanooga
Memphis
Little Rock
National
New York
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Washington May 17 forecast for Alabama and Mississippi calls for unsettled conditions with local thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Little change in temperature expected across the two states.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Missing Tugboat Engineer Vanishes After Systematic Search
Search efforts in the vicinity of Higazola and Dog River fail to locate engineer John at the home of the tugboat Pat family. Police and sheriff deputies extend checks to nearby cities, noting the man’s illness history and the possibility he may have fallen into the river or wandered into the woods.
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Higazola
John
Pat
Mar Wat
Dog River
Ellam Signed by Mobile Club. joins Bears for Chicks series
Roy Ellam, former Atlanta manager, signed by Mobile club president Bob Weinacker and to report tonight to manager Bert Niehoff in Memphis. Ellam expected to replace Leathers at shortstop for Mobile with a debut in tomorrow's game against the Chicks, as the roster hits the sixteen-man limit with Heinie Boll likely released.
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Roy Ellam
Atlanta
Bob Weinacker
Bert Niehoff
Memphis
Bears
Chicks
Ellam
Cracker
Mobile
Leathers
Heinie Boll
Fingerprint evidence convicts Lugro woman in grand larceny
Bertillon expert Charles F. Howell testified on finger prints as Je Candida Collins is found guilty of grand larceny. Judge Joel W. Goldsby sentences her to twelve months hard labor for stealing money and a pistol from D. J. Lynch's home where she worked.
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Charles F. Howell
Police Department
Jecinda Collins
Joel W. Goldsby
D. J. Lynch
Collins
Howell
Dence
Dennis Balfour
Burke
Government Street
Jackson Sues Mobile Light for 5900 Damages Over Street Car Assault
Thomas Jackson sues Mobile Light and Railroad Company in circuit court seeking 5900 for injuries from May 6 alleged assault by a street car conductor. He alleges the conductor cursed him threatened violence and struck him near the right eye, causing bruising.
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Thomas Jackson
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Jackson
Police raid enforces liquor law with multiple arrests
Prohibition squad led by Detectives Moody and Warren made four arrests on city liquor violations. Defendants Dennis Moore Marcus Eslava and Earl Sanders faced fines of 100 dollars or 90 days. Additional drunkenness charges filled the docket as Louis Tate was fined 250 dollars plus costs for drunken driving after a streetcar collision. Joe McMahon and Gus Burden were also involved in the incident.
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Prohibition
Moody and
Warren
Recorder
Dennis Moore
Marcus Eslava
Earl Sanders
Louis Tate
Eslava Street
Tate
Gus Burden
Joe McMahon
Government to seek bids for fourteen new veterans hospitals
Washington May 17 The government will ask private contractors to bid within 90 days to build fourteen new hospitals for disabled former service men under a 17 099 000 appropriation from the Langley bill. Director Forbes says specifications will be drafted by the government and the president is expected to approve sites within days. Seven sites have approval and four more of the remaining seven are under consideration.
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Washington
Langley
Forbes
War Veterans’ Bureau
Chinese diplomats depart Tokio over funds and security
The entire staff of the Chinese legation left Tokio today after notifying the foreign office that they were departing because Peking failed to provide funds for Chinese students and Japanese banks refused further advances due to lack of security.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Majestic Draws Crowds as New York Mecca for Visitors
The White Star Line’s Majestic the largest ship afloat today drew hundreds to the New York dock to view her. Ferries ferried sightseers while officers plan a reception for prominent locals. The ship sails to England on schedule this Saturday and will dock in Southampton for ten days of minor machinery repairs.
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New York
White Star Line
Majestic
England
Southampton
Pinchot Appears Set For Pa Governor Nomination
Philadelphia May 17 Gifford Pinchot seems to have won the Republican gubernatorial nomination based on unofficial returns as Allegheny County may alter the statewide outcome. George E Alter leads early statewide totals with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh districts tallied. Pepper wins US Senate nomination.
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Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
W. Harry Baker
State Republican Committee
Allegheny County
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
George E. Alter
Cane Alter
Ieee
pMadelphia
United States
Boies Penrose
Pepper
Samuel. E. Shull
Monroe ‘County
Auto Overturns Drowning Fatal for Society Girl
Miss Louise Dale 19, a prominent figure in Chicago and Memphis society, was drowned when a touring car overturned on a road near Lula Mississippi. Four companions escaped. rescuers failed to lift her beneath the vehicle. She was visiting relatives in Memphis and had spent the winter at Hot Springs Virginia. her mother Mrs W W Theeler of Kenilworth Illinois is in Chicago hospital.
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Memphis
Louise Dale
Chicago
Lula
Miss
Miss Dale
Clarksdale
Dale
Hot, Springs
W. W. Theeler
Kenilworth
Missouri Bandits Elude Pursuers
Three of five Springfield payroll bandits fled toward St. Louis in a stolen car with $20,000 in loot after exchanging fire with guardsmen and deputies near Decaturville Missouri. Two missing companions may be dead in Bradford Flats following two gun battles with state police.
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Decaturville
Springfield
St. Louis
Pandita
E A. Parrish
Bradford Flats
Freight wreck kills man and 2000 chickens
A rear end collision on a sharp curve near Peekskill New York killed one man and halted all New York Central traffic for about two and a half hours. Roughly two thousand chickens were believed killed in the wreck.
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Peekskill
N. Y
New York Central
Georges Blanchet Wins Balloon Race
French balloonist Georges Blanchet is unofficial winner of the Grand Prix Aero Club of France race after landing 245 miles from the start at Tuilleries Gardens near Bordeaux.
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Georges Blanchet
Paris
Associated Press
M. Georges Blanchet
France
Aero Club of France
Bordeaux
Tuilleries Gardens
Government to convene coal operators to end strike games
Washington May 17 Hoover announced a conference in Washington of representative coal operators. The aim is to curb profiteering and advance plans to settle the six week old strike. Non union fields face price rises up to 190 percent and will be invited to attend.
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Laurence M. Benedict
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Harding
Koover
Iding
Secretary Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Flapper Problem Sparks District Mothers Suggest Solution
Washington on May 17. Mrs. Giles Scott Haf ter, president of the District Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers' Association, proposes a practical fix. She says mothers should find a place for flappers and keep them from guzzing about the streets to solve the issue.
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Washington
Giles Scott Hafter
District Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers’ Association
6000 Shoe Workers Permitted to Strike in Cincinnati
Cincinnati May 17 More than 6000 shoe workers won sanction from the General Executive Board of the International Shoe Workers Union to strike next Saturday in protest of a 10 percent wage cut. All city factories are affected except two where current pay scales will continue.
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Cincinnati
International Moot and Shoe Workers Union
Policeman Kills Drunk Man in Atlanta Clash
In Atlanta on May 17 Charles Hill a liquor crazed man from Ben Hill Ga was shot and killed in a hand to hand fight with a policeman who had answered a call from Stella Few’s home where Hill allegedly stabbed her and threatened others. Hill fled but was cornered after a chase.
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Atlanta
Charles Hill
Ben Hill
Stella Few
Hill
Tchitcherin Urges Allied Armies to Disperse at Genoa
Georges Teehitcherin heads the Russian delegation at Genoa urges Roumania and Yugoslavia to deploy anti Bolshevist forces to back the truce. He notes two commissions at the Hague diverge from the Genoa plan and seeks protections for allied republics and the Far Eastern Republic in the non aggression pact. The U S sends two replies to Genoa invites with mixed results on participation in Russia affairs.
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Ls. D. Wever
International News Service
GENO
Georges Tehitcheerin
International Economic Conference Today
Roumania
Jugo- Slavia
the Hague
Tcehitcherin
Hague
Russia
Tehueherin
Moscon
Far
Giant gas well erupts in El Dorado crater flames
The eight mile north El Dorado gas well ignited yesterday after craters formed earlier in the week. Flames reach 300 feet, lighting towns for miles. the well, claimed largest in the world, cannot be extinguished now. If wind and sand blast persist, the fire may die in 24 hours or the well could cave in.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Cabinet weighs defeat over teachers pensions vote
London May 17 The British cabinet met to consider yesterday's division against the government on a school teachers pensions issue. Austin Chamberlain presided in Lloyd George's absence. The decision will be announced this afternoon. The cabinet is not expected to resign though the political situation is tense as labor liberal and extreme Tory allies triumphed 151 to 148.
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London
Austin Chamberlain
Lloyd Gehr
Delegates Seek State Purchase to Save A B and A RY
A Moultrie meeting urged Georgia lawmakers to acquire the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad to prevent scrapping. Delegates said state ownership is acceptable only if private buyers do not take over and guarantee operation. Governor Hardwick supported efforts to keep the line from being junked.
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Moultrie
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
Georgia
Thomas Hardwick
Extra Federal Jury Sought in Capital
Washington May 17 A bill to allow an extra federal grand jury for the District of Columbia will speed cases against war grafters Attorney General Daugherty said today. He noted major cases now ready for presentation though he refused to release names in a letter to the president. Rumors tied the cases to corrupt government officials awaiting indictment.
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Washington
Columbia
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Gener
Gem Theft Suspect Is Given Liberty
New York May 17 Ruth Hageden of Chicago was discharged by Magistrate Frothingham due to lack of evidence connecting her to the theft. Three Chicago men David Bushner Lunmen Bede and John Gavin were indicted and await trial for the $70,000 jewelry theft from Mitchell Harrison of Knoxville aboard a Pullman car.
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New York
Ruth Hageden
Chicago
T Men
Mitchell Harrison
Knoxville
Pulman
Frothingham
David Bushner
Lunmen Bede
John Gavin
Agreement Near on Syrian Mandate
The United States and France near an accord on the French mandate for Syria, with the Ilican government’s approval expected after certain conditions are met.
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Eneva
Associated Press
Ma Bis
France
Syria
League of Nations
I Ican
Irish peace body fails in purpose
Dublin May 17 The Irish peace committee reported to Dail Eireann that no agreement could be reached between the Irish Free State and the Republic. The collapse sparked tension as Arthur Griffith urged a general election with nominations on June 16. Labor will aid in fight on smuggling.
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Dublin
Irish Peace Committee
Irish Free State
Repub
Dail Eireann
Deep Groom
Arthur Griffith
Dail
Ireland
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