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Newspaper

The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1925

Page

1

Prohibition Enforcement Plans Discussed in Mobile

Local and state officials confer on enforcement strategies for Mobile district under Judge W A Hargett and D on chief of the middle Gulf headqtrs in New Orleans. The plan aims to catch liquor law violators with an undercover program and coordinated efforts with Mobile County sheriff and law officers. Lincoln Andrews to announce details later this month amid prior undercover activity in Mobile.

Andrews Me W. A. Hargett Don New Ork Mobile Prohi Lincoln Andrews New Prohibition Campaign United Casel Trixie Smith

Flier Killed At Flying Circus At Mitchell Field

Mitchell Field New York October 8 A P reports Ha Bunnelli civilian aviator killed and Clarence D Cham berlain pilot injured when their home built monoplane crashes in the first event of the national air races. Initial misreport by Red Cross blamed Cham berlain killed.

Mitchell Field N. Y A.P Ha Bunnelli Clarence D’ Chamberlain Red Cross Chamberlain Habrouck Heights N. J Bunnelli Baasil P. Howe Komba Panama Canal Chesapeake Bay New York Kenneth Montee Eldred Liemelin Santa Monica Calif D. A. Askew Herbert L. Kindred Pecos Texas Montee Liberty Engine -Builders Liberty France Army Navy Marine Corps Janis Pelleteir d'Orsaytee Breuger

Electrical firm offices robbed in run of break-ins

Police report two incidents of theft in the city area. A Cox Electrical Supply employee said $8.21 was stolen from a rear entrance early today. In another matter James McPhillips Grocery Company on Spring Hill was broken into with $2.40 taken.

Cox Electrical Earl Thomas Moson Avenue Marmotte Street James McPhillips Cery Company Spring Hill Lee W. O. Robbins

Women Offer Thanks for IR Church Funds

In New Orleans on October 8, members of the Provisional Episcopal Church Auxiliary gathered to observe the triennial collection drive. They ran a bank offering raising about one thousand dollars for Trinity Church and general church work, presenting checks in a ceremonial alms basin during a public mass meeting to be finalized by nightfall. Franklin serves as treasurer for the fund.

Orleans Promt Episcopal Church Trinity Church Wis Enklin

Engine from AB-20 Coast Guard boat to reach Mobile

The AB-20 coast guard boat engine, delayed in Ohio after an explosion damage, will be shipped from Cleveland to Sloilo on October 10 and is then set to arrive in Mobile this week.

Coast Guard Pnboat Ohio Mobile Sloilo Cleveland

Repairs Planned for City Police Station Jail

The interior of the city jail will be renovated and repainted. All mattresses will be reconditioned and painted white in line with Alabama prison laws. State prison inspector Glenn News re inspected the facility and ordered amendments.

Police Alabama Glenn ‘Ews

Weather outlook with showers and cooler Friday

Mostly cloudy tonight with probable local showers. Friday brings cooler, light to moderate northerly winds.

Prices Conflict When Trading In Exchange Opens

New York stock market opened with mixed price moves as relief over money strain surfaced. Early gains led to a general uptick with several leaders pushing higher while railroad issues lagged. notable advances included Barnet Leather and American Smelting, with National Dairy Products reaching a 1925 top.

New York A.P Barnet Leather Pierce Arrow American Can Chrysler Atlantic Coast Line National Dairy Products Kingstown Sheet and Tube, International Mack Trucks Remington Typewriter Ward Baking Kresge

New York Futures Open Steady On Cotton Market

New York futures opened steady with October at 22.82, December 22.76, January 22.02, March 22.28, and May 22.62 as reported by the Associated Press.

New York A.P

New Orleans Cotton Futures Open Steady on Oct 8

New Orleans futures for cotton opened steady with Dec at 22.30 and Mar at 22.16. Prices listed include January at 22.14 and May around 22.18 as the market began trading for delivery.

New Orleans Ieee Ber

Cotton storage fills Mobile spaces at Legion gym

The American Legion hall is used as a storage space for cotton brought into Mobile from upriver points. Over a thousand bales are kept under the municipal shed and on the wharf. The steamer Peri delivered about a thousand bales yesterday and the Helen Burke heads in with 870 bales tonight.

American Legion Mobile Peri Helen Burke Tombigbee River

Mobile Delegates to Mosquito Eradication Conference

Mayor George E Crawford Chairman A S Towle and County Health Officer Charles A Mohr will represent Mobile at the New Orleans mosquito eradication conference this month. Mayor Martin Behrman of New Orleans calls the meeting with Gulf Coast cities sending delegations to devise coast summer eradication methods.

George E. Crawford A.S. Towle County Board Charles A. Mohr Mobile New Orleans Martin Behrman Mississippi Gulf Coast

Steamers Ensley City to Load Rails for Orient

The steamer Ensley City, built at Chickasaw Shipbuilding, will reach Mobile in November to load steel rails for the Orient. Local agents Norton Liley and Co. announce. The Steel Inventor will dock in Mobile October 12 to load rails for Yokohama Kobe and Shanghai.

Ensley City Chickasaw Shipbuilding Sonne Mobile Poin the Orient Norton, Lilley and Comy Yokohama Kobe Shanghai

Pecan Theft Charged In County Warrant

C Phelps of Grand Bay Alabama was jailed on a petit larceny charge after a warrant from J T Calhoun, a Grand Bay pecan grower, alleged entry to the orchard and theft of pecans valued at $2. Sheriff Leon Schwarz said numerous pecan thefts in the county’s southern end prompted warnings to deputies to arrest offenders.

C. Phelps Grand Bay Ala A. B McGregor J. T. Calhoun Thea Leon Schwarz

Watch Stolen From Bolita At Drydock Dock

Captain G Guillison reports the loss of a valuable watch from the steamer Bolita while docked at the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company near Eslava Street. The timepiece, valued at several hundred dollars, disappeared while Guillisen slept.

G. Guillison Bolita Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Eslava Street

Lions Club Board to Meet Tonight at Cawthon Hotel

A Lions Club board of directors and committee chairmen will meet in the automobile room at the Cawthon Hotel at 7 36 tonight. Discussion will include pilots for Lakes' Night on October 20.

Lions Club Cawthon Hotel

Endorse Hand for Mobile U S District Attorney Post

An endorsement circulating among Mobile lawyers supports Charlies Mand Mobile attorney for the U S district attorney job to succeed Aubrey Boyles whose four year term ends early in 1926. Hand says he has not applied with Washington. Other local posts affected include collector of customs postmaster and U S marshal.

Charlies Mand Mobile United States Aubrey Boyles Hand Armbrecht & Hand Department of Justice Washington United States Marshal William H. Armbrecht Re Fe Bove Political Meron Fr Oerublicantes Severa Server Mobile Roosevelt

World Series game delayed for Mathewson memorial service

Forbes Field Pittsburgh Oct 3 Washington Senators lead the Pirates as the world series enters its second phase amid a memorial for Christy Mathewson. The crowd includes eight wounded ex servicemen and police monitor scalping outside the park with ten arrests for tickets.

Forbes Field Pittssues Senators Pirates Christy Mathewson Forbes Pittsburgh Washington Senators Pittsburgh Pirates Stanley Covaleski Vic. Aldridge Enson John Eskey Eskey Max Katz Brooklyn N. Y

18 Year Old Girl Astonishes New York With Voice

Marion Talpey the 18 year old Kansas City girl known for a lark like voice has risen from obscurity to the Metropolitan Opera House. She says she has faced no romance or puppy love and attributes her success to hard work and study rather than dramatic emotion.

New York Marion Tal‘tey Kansas City Metropolitan Opera House Attiste

Jurors Named for Circuit Court Selection Weeks

The register lists jurors drawn for the circuit court for two weeks in October. The Week of October 19 includes names such as Thomas R Alonzo and Walter K Smith with many others. The Week of October 26 lists additional jurors including C Frank Smith Augustus P Dorgan John J McNellage and Wright Smith Jr.

Ithe. c Thomas R. ‘Alonzo Thomas C. Bailey John Dau Ner Walter K. Smith Charles A. Sturtevant Charles W. Smith Julius Smith George A. Muths Emile A. Hines Pendleton G. Barnes John Butler Kelly William N. Johnston John. D. Lee Joseph A. Walton Aaron K. Po Holcombe Kelley James A.ift Richard Bettis Harvey W. Patterson James K. Kennedy Walter Bosarge William P. MecDonnell Charles Simpson Eugene R. Auter A. Lee Sigler Henry Hall Mansfield Wright John R. Burns Clarence Killam Edgar E. Delaney Edward B. Coverstone Eugeftte Schell Benjamin F. Adams, Jr Byron George Hunter O’rourke Leonidas D. Holt Henry J Harry Felps Isaac Wood Claude Simonson Daniel Hannon Neander McKean Albert L. Clothier C. Frank Smith Augustus P. Dorgan John J. McNellage Thomas A. Boon David Karlbom Julius L. Billy Edward Gale Condon Charles F. Wagoner Wright Smith, Jr James Leousis Harry 8. Peckin William D. Schenker William F. Myers Frank E. Spencer Ralph W. Daves Milton 8. Varnado Benjamin R. Akridge Jay D. de Winter Howard C. Parker Wm. P. Foley William H. Creary Albert Muderbache Henry G. Ortmann Walter J. Cooper Wm. A. Hood William O. Lott F. Stanley Pond George

Detention Officer Feared Murdered in Westboro Case

Police fear George Ross 53 master of the Lyman school for boys was killed after a blood stained iron pipe and gray hair were found near his garage. A threatening note was dismissed as a joke and a lake shore disposal theory emerged as investigators pursue leads in the disappearance.

Westboro Mass Ln.s George Ross Lyman School For Boys Ross Garage Chauncey Ross

Cassidy Fined on M Mahon Complaint

F. H. Cassidy laborer of 105 St Emanuel street was fined 500 peace for six months by Recorder D H Edington for ringing W Otis MacMahon an attorney and making annoying remarks. Cassidy faced four prior disorderly conduct charges in circuit court and a suspended sentence was noted. He later asked for a sentence to be passed or for good behavior.

F. H. Cassidy St. Emanuel Street D. H. Edington W. Otis MacMahon Cassidy Safford Berney

Group of youths charged over fake banana grove scheme in Honduras

In Atlanta on October 8, a group of youths were charged after paying $27.50 each to promoter Charles D. Loud for filing claims on 160 acre banana groves in Honduras. Loud claimed returns in eleven months, while facing a banco game charge.

Atlanta Solicitor General’s Office Charles D. Loud Honduras Loud Solicitor General Banco

Man Held Here Said Escape From Asylum

Lester S. Thomas a barber of Watertown Massachusetts is in the county jail without bail on a charge of holding up and robbing Gus Lamp ee night manager of the Jordan erless Auto Company at 107 N Royal Street An escape from the Bridgewater Massachusetts insane asylum is alleged per a letter to Dp headquarters The letter from J H McGarr of the bureau of criminal identification notes Thomas had been identified previously as an escape from the Springfield Massachusetts prison

Lester S. Thomas Watertown Mass Gus Lampee Jordan Erless Auto Company N. Royal Street Bridgewater J. H. McGarr Bureau of Criminal Identification Thomas Springfield

Marriage ruling again comes up at church meet

The Diocese of Southern Ohio asked the Episcopal General Convention to revise the canon on remarriage after divorce. The petition seeks church authority for remarriage decisions at the diocesan level and to consider social ethical factors. Bishops from multiple states attended, with a committee named to study Mexico issues and report.

New Orleans A.P Ohio House of Deputies General Convention of the Episcopal Church Committee On Soe Knight New Jersey Harry St. George Tucker Virginia Reese Caron Haiti Morris Panama Canal Zone National Council

America to Have School of Nature in United States

Asheville North Carolina October 8 AP The first world class school of nature will be established in the United States before the summer of 1927. W G Vinal nature study professor at Syracuse and American Nature Association member announced at the recreation congress. Cameron addressed the session and Charles A Webb of the Asheville Citizen co publisher spoke. Beck said Wall Street has a warm heart and the financial heart of America is not cold blooded.

Asheville N. C United States W. G. Vinal New York State College Syracuse American Nature Association Cameron New York Stock Exchange Charles A. Webb Beck Wall Street America

Gloria Gould sails to Paris amid split with Bishop

Gloria Gould Bishop secretly sails for Europe after subletting her New York apartment. Henry A. Bishop Jr. heads to a Maine camp. The Gould heir, daughter of the late Jay Gould, aims to reside in Paris and pursue a self reliant career.

New York New .York Gloria .Gould. Bishop New -York Europe Henry A.bishop, Jr Maine Woods Paris Gloria Gould Jay Gould Ladyers Bassy Theatre Bishop Kingdon

Welcome prepared for motor party in Cincinnati ceremony

Cincinnati and northern Kentucky greet the eastern Dixie highway motorcade arriving today. Notables including Judge Nathan Bachman and Richard Hardy await the main body and join a Cincinnati dinner honoring Kentucky supporters on the route. Speakers from national press and local officials Expected to address attendees during the celebration.

Cincinnati Kentucky Teene Ssamas John Vell South Nathan Bachman Supreme Court‘ of Tennessee M.N. Allison Chattanooga Richard Hardy Sauit Ste. Marie Detroit Grass State Falmouth Cynthiana

Labor Federation Hears Resolutions At Atlantic City

The American Federation of Labor opened with eighty four resolutions and fifteen committees under consideration. A notable proposal urged recognition of Soviet Russia and the establishment of oil and commercial relations with the United States. J Shatir of Chicago Bank Employees introduced the resolution, with officials uncertain about its reception. Samuel Annu?z and Thomas Johnson were among the presidents involved in morning sessions.

Atlantic City N. 3 A.P American Federation of Labor Today Russia Oii United States Pg Ceeeit J. Shatir Chicago Arthur A I Oe Eee Torma Samuel Annou Thomas Johnson

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