Seaman Stabbed and Disturbances At Sea Steamer Betterton
Joe Kilgo, a seaman aboard the Steamer Betterton, is wounded in the Marine Hospital after a knife attack. Thomas Mantel is charged with assault and several others arraigned on disorderly conduct tied to a marine strike disturbance. Detectives reported a large melee at the steamer and at Commerce and Lipscombe restaurant involving union tensions and witnesses.
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Joe Kilgo
Betterton
Marine Hospital
Thomas Mantel
Recorder’s Court
Wton
Ala
C. W. Maddox
A.be. Goodwin
Joseph Phillips
M. Chameothelis
Commerce and Lipscombe
Union Marine
The
Recorder
William Marshall
Elma
Themelves
Chameothoirs
Mike Alexander
Ie Shipping Board
Alexander
Reee S. Strate
Iate
Stewards Union
George Anderson
H. Fenderlle
Seeberg
Tuscan
Isiah Fleming
Etective Dawson
Shipping Board Office
Dective Dawson
Shipboard Office
Flemng
Fleming
Premier Briand Clarifies Ruhr Question in Paris
Premier Briand told deputies in Paris there is no reason to fear a Ruhr problem under the treaty. He said the Ruhr region cannot be occupied without support of the provisions of Versailles, warning against any action that would undermine the peace terms.
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Paris
Ancelerated Press
Briand
Chamber
Ruhr
Bec
Mayor of Portland Acts in Sea Strike
Portland Maine May 24 Striking mariners who are not residents have been ordered to leave by Mayor Clarke after a raid on the schooner Mary Frett crew in which James Walker 45 of New Bedford Mass was killed Nine men are jailed in the death case Police Chief Watts orders union HQ to have strikers depart within 48 hours new items cite strong action by local authorities amid harbor tensions
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Portland
Navy dirigible E-1 to fly over Birmingham today
A Navy dirigible E-1 left Pensacola at 11:30 last night and is due to reach Birmingham this morning to join the city’s semi centennial celebration. Lieut. J. Bertoniere pilots with Lieut. W. F. assisting and F. T. Wyatt to command on the return trip.
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Birmingham
Navy
Express matter hearing on AmEx and SECo dispute
G Cobb traffic manager of the Chamber of Commerce is in Birmingham today to attend the hearing before the Alabama Public Service Commission regarding the dispute between American Express Company and the Southeastern Company over the use of each other’s facilities.
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G. Cobb
E Chamber of Commerce
Mery
Alabama Public Serv- Commission
American Express Com
Southeastern Company
Eset Case Charging Death of Child at Old Shell Road
The case of Ulay McDaniel of Lott Produce Co is charged with manslaughter in the death of four year old Elmer Brinkman, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Brinkman. The incident occurred on Old Shell road and Semmes and was called in the recorder’s court today, with the date reset for June 4 as witnesses failed to appear.
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Ulay. McDaniel
City of the Lott
The Weather: Foster Came Alabama Tonight
Fragmentary weather note mentions Alabama and tonight with unclear details. No full forecast or conditions readable.
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Foster
Alabama
New Ordinance Stops Dumping Oils Into Mobile River
Mobile officials approve an ordinance making oil dumping from ships and tanks illegal with fines from 25 to 100 dollars. The meeting also discussed Lyons Park scheduling for the Shriners baseball team and the Twilight League. The Mobile Oil Co request to build an oil pumping station was referred for study. April fire department report logged 63 alarms with 12,369.40 dollars in losses, mostly from frame dwellings and shingle roof fires.
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Mobile
Harry Pillans
City Commission
Kenneth Winter
Shriners
Lyons Park
The
Commission Pro
Crawford
Pillans
Winters
Winter
Mobile Oil Company
One Mile Creek
Mobile River
Fire’ Department
Row In Taxicab Disorder Ends With Four Arrests
A disturbance in a taxicab at Conception and Augusta Streets led to the arrest of Marvin Fernandez George Goodman Robert Medicus and Mabel Capman alias Annie Chambers. Each was fined fifty days for disorderly conduct with the Capman case tied to a separate diamond theft warrant set for May 27.
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Conception
Augusta
Marvin Fernandez
George Goodman
Robert Medicus
Mabel Capman
Annie Chambers
Recorder
Fernandez
Capman
Teague
Medicus
W. EB. Reil
Frank S Coffin Named New Juvenile Court Judge
Frank S Coffin an attorney of this city and Mrs E L St Clair formerly welfare worker in cotton mills were named judge and probation officer of the juvenile court at a meeting of the juvenile court commission yesterday afternoon Coffin will succeed Judge Tazewell T Shepard as presiding magistrate and Mrs St Clair takes over the position formerly held by Mrs G O Johnson All other officials of the detention home and juvenile court were reelected Present at the meeting were Mrs Perrin Bestor Mrs James R Hagan Mrs Gaines Tilney Judge D H Edington and Gordon Smith
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank 8. Coffin
E. L. St. Clair
Juvenile Court Commission
Coffin
Tazewell T. Shepard
S. Clair
G. O. Johnson
Perrin Bestor
James R. Hagan
Gaines Tilney
D. H. Edington
Gordon Smith
River of Doubt Expedition Goes to Amazon
New York May 24 The River of Doubt discovered by Theodore Roosevelt will be traced to Ne Sagetas by a sailing party departing June 1 for a two year expedition in the Amazon region. Led by Dr Henry H Busby with Dr William H Mann Dr Frederick Hoffman Dr Everett Pearson and Dr Oman E White the party will seek new drugs collect reptiles insects birds and animals and travel largely by mule and llama packs.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Amazon
South America
Henry H. Busby
Columbia University
William H. Mann
Frederick Hoffman
Everett Pearson
University of Indiana
Oman E. White
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
Surgeons of Southern Railway honor Dr. Inge with cemetery tribute
The Southern Railway system surgeons held their annual meeting in Mobile after arriving by a special eleven coach train. They paid tribute to the late Dr. Harry T. Inge, visited Magnolia cemetery to lay hundreds of carnations, and heard memorial remarks by Dr. George Ross.
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Southern Railway System
Harry T. Inge
Mobile
Magnolia Cemetery
George Ross
Richmond
Inge
Association of Surgeons of
Coden
Ers
Edith R. Foltz
Washington
Harry Pillans
Gulf City
W. A. Applegate
Washington, D. C
Applegate
Southern Railway
Miss Foltz
S. W. Welsh
Alabama
Voyles
Coringth
Association
Southern Presbyterian Assembly Debates 25 Million Budget
In St Louis the general assembly considered the church’s financial plan including a five year operating budget of 25 million dollars and a one year benevolence and missions target of 10 million. A lay campaign proposed 3 million for foreign missions while discussions on women in councils and deaconess duties were raised.
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ST. Louis
Southern Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Councils of the Church
Governor Taylor Pardons Shelby County Prisoners
Nashville May 24 Governor Taylor pardoned W. A. Dillon Jesse Litton Ned Russell E. O Dunlop S. J. Smith Walter Herndson and B. B. Acuff all from Shelby county in prison for the killing of W. A. Benson during a street car strike several years ago.
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Nashville
Tenn
Taylor
W. A. Dillon
Jesse Litton
Ned Russell
E. O Dunlop
J. Smith
Walter Herndson
B. B. Acuff
Shelby County
W. A. Benson
Seay Charged With Murder of Wife Set for June Trial
Florence May 24 The Lauderdale grand jury report accuses F Whitt Seay husband of Mrs Myrtle Williams Seay of first degree murder in the May 15 death. Seay’s trial is scheduled for June 9.
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Florence
Lauderdale
Myrtle Williams Seay
F. Whitt Seay
Seay
Officials Probe Sudden Death Of Aged Man
The death of W. W. Hilton a 70 year old architect who came from Canada three years ago is under coroner investigation. He died at City hospital in an unconscious state after bruises to the forehead arm and back were noted by city ambulance attendants who found him Monday while at Brewster and Macy streets after leaving work Saturday.
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W. W. Hilton
Canada
S. F. Hale
Jack Courtney
W. H. Holcombe, Jr
Hilton
Cr.ee
Brewster and
Macy
Wastage in American Industry Blamed on Fashion and Planning
At a national forum of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers L W Wallace of the Federated American Engineering Societies said huge losses arise from fashion driven changes in hats shoes and millinery and from poor planning in elevators locomotives and building commissions He urged applying engineering principles to eliminate waste and cited subsidies borne by the public.
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Chicago
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Seavng
L. W. Wallace
Washington
American Engineering Council
Federated American Engineering Societies
New York
Commission
Tick Inspector Charges Woman Struck and Beat Him
Mobile county inmate surrendered at the county jail and was docketed on an assault and battery charge. Fred Zirlott, a relative and cattle tick inspector, says Mrs. Lyons struck and beat him during a dispute over cattle dipping. W. H. Delchamps, enforcing the cattle tick eradication law at Herron Bay, swore to a warrant against Charles Lyons for interfering with a tick inspector in discharge of duties.
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Mobile County
Fred Zirlott
Zirlott
Lyons
W. H. Delchamps
Herron Bay
Charles Lyons
Epworth League Meeting Postponed to June 3
The Mobile City Epworth League Union regular meeting at Crichton Methodist church is postponed to Friday June 3. Epworth Leaguers should note the change and attend on June 3 to avoid conflicting with a Christian education movement meeting at Methodist churches in Mobile and vicinity.
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Mobile City
Epworth League Union
Crichton Methodist Church
Epworth
Christian Education Movement
Methodist
Mobile
League Union
Senate Approves Richard Washburn Child Nomination
The Senate foreign relations committee approved Richard Washburn Child to be American ambassador to Italy. Action on Dr. Jacob Gould’s China minister nomination was deferred. Senators Johnson Schurman and others wanted to review Schurman’s speeches on the Japanese question and his 1920 visit to Japan with Frank A. Van derlip.
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Washington
Richard Washburn Child
Italy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jacob Gould
China
Johnson, Schurman
New York
California
Prison Camp Brutalities Highlighted at War Crimes Trial
Testimony in Leipzig describes 200 British prisoners dying in a single German camp within a month. Witnesses claim dying men were clubbed and faces of the sick eaten by vermin. Captain Mueller and Sergeant Heynen face later trials as evidence cites brutalities in three camps.
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Leipzig
Supreme Court
Collins
Scotland Yard
London
Carl Heynan
Ter Fant
Mueller
Heynen
Muenstereing
Eet
Heinz
J. Parry
Road Pay Reductions Tied to 1920 Wage Award
Chicago May 4 The railroad labor board will use the July 1920 wage award as the basis for reductions in its upcoming June 1 decision. Tentative percentages suggest a 15 percent cut from current pay, varying by employee class, with mainly minor clerical classification changes and a nod to the earlier No 2 decision that granted a $600,000 increase four years ago.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Allgood Fosters Foreign Trade Plan for Alabama
Montgomery May 24 Alabama farmers business and professional men and corporations urged by Miles De Allgood commissioner of agriculture to petition Alabama delegation in congress to create an agricultural foreign trade financing corporation with capital stock of 50 million dollars and power to issue and sell debentures up to 500 million dollars to extend time credits.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Miles de’ Allgood
Congress
Harding Plan to Stimulate Trade Shown
Washington May 24 President Harding outlines a plan to use proceeds from foreign bond sales in the United States to finance domestic production and exports. Officials anticipate new regulatory powers to keep investment at home and accelerate repayment of war debts.
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U. S
Washington
Harding
United States
Congress
Treasury
State Departments
Germany
Unite States
Great Britain
Soldiers Poll Tax Exemption Reaches Alabama Supreme Court
The Alabama Supreme Court will hear A. B. Hooper versus the State of Alabama ex rel W. L. Fox over the 1919 soldiers poll tax exemption amendment. Hooper, an ex serviceman, was made Marshall county jury commissioner. Fox alleges non payment of 1919 poll taxes disqualifies him. The case hinges on how the amendment was submitted with American Legion backing. Thousands of ex service men have voted or hold office since the amendment.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Alabama Supreme Court
A. B. Hooper
W. L. Fox
Marshall County
Hooper
Fox
Murphy
American Legion
Eyelashes to Match Whims of Damsels at New York Show
Ladies display artificial lashes pasted over real ones at the American Ladies' Hairdressing Association exhibition in New York. A half bobbed wig and a moving picture parable illustrated restoring affection by reviving rosy cheeks.
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New York
Milady
American Ladies’ Hairdressing Association
German Volunteers Renew Attacks on Polish Line Near Breslau
Berlin May 24 German volunteers in the Oder river district near Annaberg Altrosenberg renewed their attacks against Polish forces taking up new positions along the line, according to dispatches received this afternoon from Breslau.
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HUN
Adva i
Berlin
Oder River
Si Sian
Annaberg
Altrosenberg
Breslau
Government bans volunteer corps in Silesia declaration
Berlin reports a proclamation announcing the government will punish any volunteer corps organized for service in Silesia. It prohibits such formations and warns there will be no crossing of the frontier into the region.
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Berlin
Silesia
Procf
Suc Corps
Sian
Political moves amid Ruhr and Upper Silesia tensions
A German ambassador night report notes a resolution for a mediated French occupation of the Ruhr valley. Deputy Galli warned he would push the measure as penalty if volunteers are not kept from entering Upper Silesia.
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Oste Manttthea
Mand
Ruhr Valley
Chamber of Deputies
Galli
Upper Silesia
Silesia Crisis Shapes French Policy Debate
In Paris on May 24 the Silesia crisis between Germans and Poles unsettled postwar policy. Deputies debated France’s stance as calls for occupying Ruhr intensified. Briand’s government position remained unclear amid a packed Palais Bourbon audience and mounting speculation.
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Paris
Silesia
Germany
Direc of Deputies
Ruhr
Berlin
Palais Bourbon
Fire Devastates Dallas Block in Major Loss
A fire destroyed an eastern Dallas block of business storage buildings with losses estimated at over half a million dollars. The Hughes Furniture Company and two hotels were wiped out, while the Winn Furniture Company narrowly escaped destruction. The Hardwood Pacific Depot suffered severe damage as hundreds of automobiles were burned and occupants fled in night clothes.
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Dallas
Tex
Winn. Furnitur Company
Harwood
Singer Seing Machine Company
Hughes Fur Ture Company
O Eme
Dance Returns to Public Feet in Chicago Summer
Chicago authorities say the dance pendulum swings back to old-fashioned steps this summer. Dancing masters urge an end to wobble as the city leads a national trend. A conservative revival features the toddle foxtrot and a move from modern trends toward traditional waltz.
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Chicago
Borro
Repub
Miss Ley
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South Presbyterian Bodytalks Finance
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Allgood Fostering Foreign Trade Plan
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