Fire at city dump prompts health board visit
Mobile health board physicians arrived at the Royal and New Jersey street dump to inspect unsanitary conditions after the site was set ablaze with oil and a match. Officials said the dumping ground had long been a health menace and urged modern disposal methods, noting the fire earlier in the morning.
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Board of Health
Royal
New Jersey
Charles A. Mohi
Health Board
Fas
Halth
McCall
M. Gaines
Mes A
Mohr
Dra. M
D. T. McCall
W. T. Hen- T. Inge
E. W. Cawthon
Britain warns France on Ruhr and Upper Silesia plans
Noted dispatch from Paris reports Britain would object to French occupation of Ruhr if Germans move into Upper Silesia. Briand remains firm, insisting Versailles treaty allows no German advantage and promising further speech to parliament.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Ruhr Valley
Germany
Upper Silesia
Jearne
Tod
Tp Silesia
Freign Office
Ruhr
Briand
Lloyd
Lloyd George
Burglars Continue Looting In City Thefts Reported
Burglars continued operations last night as police report another break in at 15 Govern Street, the Knights of the Jimmy storehouse. Entry was gained via the rear alleyway from Water Street, with clothing taken and a report filed at headquarters.
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Urglars
Poreports
Knights of the Jimmy
C. Spenger
Govern Street
Weather Report From Abington Missing Core Details
A fragmentary weather bulletin from Abington on May 19 notes fair conditions and mild temperatures in Alabama. The garbled text lacks specific data but suggests generally good weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abhington
Alabama
Concrete Chickasaw highway planned in Mobile county
Captain John Craft reports a five mile reinforced concrete highway, the Chickasaw route, will connect Mobile to Chickasaw under the quarter million good roads bond. Surveyors will mark the path, then federal approval, bidding, and construction follow.
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Mobile County
John Craft
Mobile
State Highway Commission
Montgomery
Captain Craft
Highway Commission
Ar States
O.k of
Government
Calvert
Washington County
Etres
Craft
Chickasaw
Surgeons to Attend Southern Railway Convention in Coden
Several hundred delegates to the Anginal Convention of the Southern Railway Surgeons Association will be taken to Coden for an all day outing on May 26. Dr F Marion Inge chairs the local arrangements and John E Rolstod secured a seafood dinner at the Battle House. Delegates will arrive from across the Southern Railway system and local hotels report all rooms booked. The gathering is expected to be the largest in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway Surgeons’ Association
F. Marion Inge
Battle House
John E. Rolstod
Southern Railway
Gathering of Surgeons
Juvenile Court to Name Officers at May 23 Meeting
The Juvenile Court Commission will name officers at its May 23 meeting. Applications for judge, probation officers and detention homes superintendent must be filed with Chairman D. H. Edington before May 23. A number of applicants is expected for the juvenile court judge position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juvenile Court
Juvenile Court Commission
Cement Rates Change In Mississippi Valley Case
The railroad fuel cement was dropped from the advanced rate scale for shipments from producing points to Mobile and New Orleans. R G Cobb Mobile Chamber of Commerce manager notes the change and that Cobb will represent Mobile at the ICC hearings in Washington on June 29 and July 1.
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Mississippi Valley
Mobile
New Orleans
R. G Cobb
Chamber of Mimerce
Cobb
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Services at Jewish Temple Announced for Sabbath
Regular evening services begin Friday May 20 at 8 o'clock at the Govern ment Street Temple with the sermon A True Philosophy of Life. Morning services are Saturday at 10. A Sunday recital at 5 features Dr F A Dunster and pupils. Rabbi Moses reads poems and prose. An open meeting is Sunday night at 8 in the B Nai B Rith hall by Beth ar Lotee.
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Government Street Temple
F. A. Dunster
Moses
B'nai B'rith
Beth Ar Lotee
Shipping board steamer Oskaloosa sails as Maiden Creek set to follow
The Oskaloosa is due to depart early Friday with cargo aboard the last shipping board vessel leaving port while Maiden Creek already sailed on Wednesday. The strike at Mobile continues with declining picket activity and fewer arrests as seamen pay fines. Admiral Benson reaffirms the board’s stance and that no discharge or discrimination will occur.
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Oskaloosa
Shipping Board
Tome
Maiden Creek
Mobile
Admiral Benson
Wichita Maiden Voyage Starts Grain Run From Mobile
Captain James Huggins takes command of the steamer Wichita at Mobile and the vessel will depart for Galveston to load grain. Captain Harry A. Dorr will become port captain in place of Huggins as the Wichita’s crew is recruited for its first voyage. Built in New Orleans, the ship has been laid up since completion and now begins its maiden trip after crew and supplies are ready.
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James Huggins
Mobile
Wichita
Galveston
Elmo Davison
Harry A. Dorr
Huggins
New Orleans
County Engineer to Be Paid Salary
The Mobile County Highway Engineer 8 M Adams has warrants totaling 1169.29 due since January as the Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court ruling that the highway act for Mobile County is valid. County Treasurer George E Stone announced the decision today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. M. Adams
Court of Appeals
Mobile County
George E. Stone
Spell Aasks Police Aid to Locate Brother in Georgia
J F Spell of 2406 Norwich Street Brunswick Georgia asks the police department for aid in locating his brother George Spell who has not been heard from in three years His letter says his brother was last heard from in Mobile Alabama with no further contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Spell
Norwich Street
Brunswick, Ga
Police Department
George Spell
Moe
Haas Receiver Appointed for Mobile Abattoir Firm
William O. Haas, a member of Mobile Abattoir Company, was named receiver by Federal Judge Robert T. Ervin after the firm filed for bankruptcy in federal court yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Haas
Mobile Abattoir Company
Robert T. Ervin
Protective Body Meeting Called for Friday in Mobile
A meeting of the Mobile County Protective Association is set for Friday at 11 o clock in the directors room of the Merchants Bank. Directors and officers are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County Protective Association
Merchants Bank
Association
Morris in Personal Crisis Ends in Self Harm Attempt
Memphis Tenn May 13 John Mason Morris a wealthy planter slashed his throat in a suicide attempt at his home after personal crisis. He was found and medical aid was summoned as authorities investigated the motive and conditions surrounding the act.
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Memphis
Tenn
John Mason Morris
Bergdoll Case Hearsings Halted Over Missing Mrs Bergdoll
Washington May 19 The house committee probing Grover Bergdoll’s escape suspended hearings after failing to find his mother Mrs Bergdoll at her Philadelphia home. Officials for two days tried to serve a summons and she refused to surrender records detailing payments to counsel and other data.
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Washington
House Committee
Grover C. Bergdoll
Bergdoll
Philadelphia
West Virginia Armed Volunteer Force Mobilizes on Tug River
Williamson West Virginia May 19 Hundreds of volunteers including many World War I veterans answer sheriff and state police pleas. Armed civilians deployed to settlements along the Tug river front amid tense withdrawal from Rawl shooting incidents. The day marks the Matewan anniversary recalling miners evicted from Stone Mountain Coal Company houses.
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Williamson
W. Va
Raw
Pinson
Brockus
Tug River
Rawl
Ity Court House
Ating
Borderland
Chattaroy
Leckieview
Merrimac
Stringtown
Sprigg
Auburn
McCarr
Blackberry City
Matewan
Stone Mountain Coal Company
President Barding Seeks Changes to Knox Peace Resolution
President Barding informs Republican leaders he favors changes to the Knox peace resolution as passed by the senate. He plans a conference with Representative Porter to discuss two main edits: removing the senate provision repealing the declaration of war and addressing German property held in the United States by the alien property custodian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Press
Barding
House
Senate
Porter
Pennsylvania
William McCarron Dies at Providence Infirmary
William McCarron 49 Mobile native and police officer for 25 years died at 7 10 this morning after a three week illness. He served under Chief C W Soost and as deputy sheriff under Sheriff Powers Palmer and ex Sheriff Cazalas. Survived by his wife three sons Catherine Gertrude Mary Agnes two brothers two sisters and mother Mrs Julia McCannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McCarron
Mobile
Providence Infirmary
C. W. Soost
John F. Powers
T. T. Palmer
Frank Cazalas
Harry J
Bernard
Willie McCarron
Catherine
Gertrude
Mary Agnes
Alex
John H. McCarron
Misses Rosa
Mary McCarron
Julia McCannon
Memphis Holds Special Election On Bonds for Auditorium
Memphis and Shelby county voters approved a special election to issue 1.5 million dollars in bonds for a municipal auditorium and marketplace to host public gatherings. Half the funds to construct the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Shelby County
Apalachicola Road Is Awarded $18 000
The Interstate Commerce Commission to day advised the Treasury Department that the Apalachicola Northern railroad operating in Florida is approved for an award of eighteen thousand dollars. The ruling follows a commission inquiry into tolls and service on the Apalachicola road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apalachicola Road
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Treasury Department
Apalachicola Northern Railroad
Florida
Catts Indicted on Peonage Charges in Florida
Sydney J. Catts former Florida governor is under federal indictment for holding two black men Ed Brown and John Henry Rodgers in peonage on his Walton county plantation. The case cites involuntary servitude and notes the men were pardoned during Catts tenure. Authorities seek Catts, last seen weeks ago after leaving Florida.
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Pensacola
Sydney J. Catts
Florida
Cafts
Bradford County
Catts
Walton County
Brown
John Henry Rodgers
Negores
Grand Jury
Rodgers
Body of Franklin K. Lane Cremated in Chicago
Franklin K. Lane former secretary of the interior died in Rochester Minnesota and was cremated in Chicago. His ashes will be scattered atop El Capitan in Yosemite Valley California per his request. Relatives say he loved the area from years living there and attended the cremation with only immediate family present.
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Chicago
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Rochester
Minn
el Capitan Peak
Yosemite Valley
Cal
Lane
Graceland Cemetery
State Federation Selects Gadsden as 1922 Convention City
Alabama State Federation of Labor announces Gadsden as 1922 convention city in Albany with officers William L. Harrison of Birmingham as president and Louis Bowen of Birmingham as secretary treasurer. Vice presidents named include A H Liston, R R Moor, M B Ginn, S C Hunt, A R Whitted, A P Ezell, Charles Knight, and W R McClusky. Harrison elected delegate to Denver with W R Gentry as alternate.
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Albany
Ala
Guadaden
Alabama State Federation of Labor
William L. Harrison
Birmingham
Louis Bowen
A. H. Liston
Montgomery
R. R. Moor
Birming
M.B. Ginn
Mobile
University of Virginia Receives Carnegie Gift for Centennial Endowment
Dr. Edwin A. Alderman announced UVA received 100000 dollars from the Carnegie Corporation of New York for the permanent endowment portion of the centennial fund. The gift is payable after at least 500000 dollars for permanent endowment is raised from other sources, aiding the first 1,000,000 of the 3,000,000 goal. The fund total stood at 968000 dollars.
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Charlottesville
Edwin A. Alderman
University of Virginia
Carnegie [ Mn of
New York
Alder- Man
Carnegie Corporation
Russian Reds Under Rublov Capture Omsk
Helsingfors May 19 reports say Omsk, a Siberian city, has fallen to an army of 40,000 Russian revolutionists led by Rublov. The claim appears from 16 reports received in the city.
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Rublov
OMSK
Helsingfors
Siberian
Funeral for Chief Justice Edward White Held at St Matthews
Washington May 19 funeral services for Chief Justice Edward Dougla White who died today will be private at 10 a.m. at St Matthews Catholic on Rhode Island avenue. Interment is Oak Hill cemetery. Supreme Court justices and cabinet members will attend as honorary pallbearers. Senate adjourned in respect and a funeral committee was named.
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Washington
Edward Dougla White
Unite States
St. Matthews Cathole
Rhode Island Avenue
Mgr. Lee
Oak Hill Cemetery
Thisty
Supreme Court
Senate
Cummins
White
Lodge of
Massachusettes
House
Seasion
Lodge
Underwood
Alabama
Ransdell
Broussard
Louisiana
Nelson
Minnesota
Overman
North Carolina
Senate Judiciary Committee
Anti-Insurance Campaign Fears Quashed in Alabama
In Montgomery on May 18 the unease over a looming anti insurance campaign subsided after Commissioner A. W. Briscoe learned that Judge William E. Fort of Birmingham had dismissed on demurrer indictments against several fire insurance companies in Jefferson County. The judge ruled that federal and state laws cited do not apply to fire insurance business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
Mississippi
A. W. Briscoe
William E. Fort
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Fort
Man Who Burned School Is Missing As Trial Nears
Charles E. Pate of Pickens county alleged to have burned the cross roads school near Gordo Alabama did not appear for arraignment. A state fire marshal deputy reported Pate could not be located and had withdrawn funds from a bank to reimburse his bondsmen.
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Montgomery
Charles E. Pate
Pickens County
Cross Roads
Gordo
Ala
Pate
Ee Eee
City of Elmwood in distress off Florida coast
The steamer City of Elmwood sailing New Orleans to Havre was reported in distress off the Florida coast near Miami. Its boilers were out of commission and assistance was being rushed to the vessel per wireless to the navy radio station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
British beer stock curtailed by strike
London reports a widespread beer shortage caused by the coal strike disrupting production and distribution. Industry officials warn the scarcity could affect pubs and retailers nationwide as brewers and workers press demands amid ongoing labor action.
Briand Cabinet Faces Confidence Vote In Paris Debates
In Paris deputies reconvened after a three week recess as Briand faces a vote of confidence. Opponents warn the outcome may not yield a majority while a 424.48 29 tally is cited and interpellations rise on Raoul Peret’s blotter. René Viviani signals readiness to recount his recent U S mission. Briand says no statement until all interpellations are heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bet of Deputies
Briand
M. Briand Beter
London
Supreme Allt Council
Raoul Peret
Sion
Rene Vivian
Ameri Ica
Welty Seeks Harding Aid for Inland Waterways
Representative B. F. Welty urged President Harding to support inland waterways development along the Mississippi valley and West to curb high rail rates. He released a letter in the House with data on freight charges between states and said he asked members of both chambers to back the plan in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carmonia to Reach Port Tonight Amid Safety Fears
Halifax May 19 The liner Carmonia due one day late will arrive here tonight according to a wireless message from the captain. Uncertainty over its position prompted safety fears though no mention of an accident was given. The Carmonia bound for this country carried about one hundred passengers.
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Halifax
Carmonia
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Chamber of Deputies
Jrglars
Coden
Ship Board
HAAS
Protective Body
Morris
West Virginia
Knox
Wm. McCarron
F. K. Lane
State Federation
Gadsden
Virginia University
Carnegie
Senator Lodge
Benator Lodge
Nenomt
Senate of the
United States
Elwood
Welty
Harding
Krassin
Lenia
Britai
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