Leroy pleads guilty in burglary cases in Ohio
George Edward Leroy of CincinnatiOhio pleads guilty to five burglary charges and waives examination on an assault with intent to rob, with total bail set at 7500. He faces further investigations into attempted burglaries by October. Police say he stole drugs jewelry and other items valued over 5000 and possessed morphine and heroin.
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George Edward Leroy
Cincinati
Ohio
Act
E. J. Grove
Citor Jack Courtney
Leroy
Louisville
I T
Mobile
Prichard
E.M. Meggerson
A. Bernstein
Mhin
John M. Newton
Jeffersm
Adolph Brown
M. Kiem
St. Michael
Miners Demand U S Army in Logan County Region
Miners along the Logan county line demand federal troops to take charge, threatening to fight on until martial law is imposed. Union leaders report troops would halt further clash and release arrested miners, while workers along the border mobilize with guards and mine guards blamed for previous violence.
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Harold Pp. Jacobs
Bob
United Press
Sadiron
W.va
Logan County
Here
Harding
Neen Partic Cna
Mingo
One
Keeney
Mooney
Boone County Coal Corporation
Sharples
Miners Killed In Creek Blair Mountains Conflict
Reports from Logan and Charleston indicate miners were killed during renewed fighting on Blair Mountain and near Boone County as air scouts tracked movements. Gov. Morgan’s office said resumption of action was confirmed from Logan with Brig. H. H. Bandholtz and a War Department representative arriving in Charleston to coordinate details.
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War Department
Bandholtz
Logan
W. Va
Creek
Blair Mountains
Charleston
Gov. Morgan
Blair Mountain
Booneco
Brig
H. H. Bandholtz
United States
Washinton
Gan
Rate Cut on Grain to Gulf Ports Announced
Associated Press reports and Interstate Commerce Commission telegrams announce a five and one half cent cut per hundred pounds on grain and grain products to gulf ports including Mobile. Western railroads gain authority to reduce export rates from Missouri Mississippi river points and territory west of the rivers to gulf ports with the cut effective immediately through January 1 1922. New business is expected through Mobile as grain exports pass via New Orleans and the Mississippi system led by St. Louis. railroads may publish further one to five and a half cent reductions with five days notice.
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Associated Press
Interstate Commerce Commission
Traffic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Gulf Ports
Mobile
Missouri
Mississippi River
Illinois
Mobile and Ohio
R. G. Cobb
New Orleans
Mississippi
St. Louis
Commerre Commission
Missouri River
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Gulf
County Board to Award Two Highway Contracts
Eight bids were received for two highway projects from Delchamps to Coden and from Cedar Point to Dog River clubhouses. The board postponed final action to a later meeting to award the contracts, with five bidders on each road and three more bidding Delchamps to Coden. Construction will extend the hard surfaced links and complete the county’s south corridor as 12 miles already built from Theodore to Coden. The patrol system for Mobile county highways was deferred to a later date due to other business.
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Delchamps
Coden
Cedar Point Road
Dog River
Delchamps-Coden
Threatening letter tied to Oneida and Western case
Nashville dispatch reports a letter dated to The Mountaineers threatening O H Anderson of Oneida and Western railroad over warrants against George Cecil jailed in Huntsville Tenn for alleged company property destruction. The missive warns family harm if Anderson does not assist Cecil's release and urges protection for Anderson and his kin.
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Nashville, Tenn
H. Anderson
Oneida
Oneida and Western Railroad
Scott County
Mountaineers
George Cecil
Huntsville
Tenn
Anderson
Mahalak Dredging Underway at Coal Terminal
The dredge Wahalak will begin operations to dredge a channel to the Asia in front of the government coal terminal on Mobile Wet west bank. The frontage is 600 feet and the channel will be 25 feet deep to allow vessel entrance. current depth is 15 feet along 500 feet, with weeks needed to reach the extra ten feet.
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Asia
Mobile
Fires Gun To Halt Speeding Auto Sparks Trial
Police said Officer Pete Carney fired a pistol at a vehicle driven by Fred Loftin to stop a speed race on a residential street near St Jael crossing Warren. Loftin claimed he was only going ten miles an hour and faced speeding charges plus a license violation with fines.
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Pete Carney
der Today
Fred Loftin
St. Jael
Warren
Loftin
Ranner
Offenders Seized in Crichton Whiskey and Beer Case
Federal Prohibition officers and Deputy Sheriff arrested Hughes of Crichton after seizure of five gallons of white whiskey and home brew beer alleged to be operated by him. Hughes to appear before a commissioner for further proceedings.
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D Hughes
Crichton
Uest
Hughes
Scouts Having Time of Lives at Point Clear Camp
Scout Executive Meredith notes at Point Clear Camp that scouts are having the time of their lives with several periods of activity each day. A large seine has finished the scouts and they are catching big fish.
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Point Clear
Meredith
Moss Point Mayor Visits Mobile for City Development Talks
Moss Point Mayor G. Borden arrived in Mobile Thursday to discuss athletic events and business proposals with C. E. Fitz Detroit and local managers. The visit focused on municipal progress and potential opportunities for Moss Point.
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Osi Point
G. Borden
Moss Point
C. E. Fitz- Detroit
Mick
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi region
Weather report notes cloudy to partly cloudy conditions with continued warmth. Winds shift east and southeast, bringing warm temperatures through the period from Friday into the next day.
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Ington
Alabama
All Organizations Plan Invitation to President Harding
City civic groups led by the Rotary Club will invite President Warren G. Harding to visit Mobile during his October south tour for the Birmingham centennial. Elks Moose and Shriners will join in the joint invitation as other fraternal and commercial organizations pledge support.
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Warren G. Harding
Mobile
Birmingham
Rotary Club
New Orleans
The
Elks, Moose and Shriners
Yachts Prepare To Leave Friday For Coast Races
Eastern Shore Yacht Club plans a Friday departure from Mobile aboard the motor cruiser Birmingham towing three sailing sloops named Cricket Debutante and Wanderer. Captain Ras Crenshaw will pilot the party along the inside route to Bay St Louis and New Orleans for Saturday and Monday races.
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Bay St. Louis
New Orleans
Eastern Shore Yacht Club
Mobile
Birmingham
Debutante
Wanderer
Bay
Ras Crenshaw
Bayou la Barre
Gulf Coast
St. Louis
Anthracite Prices Advance Ten Cents a Ton
Hazelton Pa September 1 The Lehigh Valley Coal company raised the retail price of anthracite coal by ten cents a ton matching last April quotations The higher price will hold through the fall and winter A 50 percent cut was made in spring to spur summer orders as mines ran low on orders
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Hazelton
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Dorlon Begins Fourth Term as Mobile County Collector
Phelan B. Dorlon, reelected tax collector of Mobile County, filed his bond today in probate court for 100000 dollars. The American Surety Company acts as surety. Dorlon begins his fourth term in office.
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Phelan B. Dorlon
Mobile County
American Surety Company
Borlon
Windstorm Hits Creola Alabama Tops Timber Loss
Information from Creola Alabama reports a cyclone force wind struck the western part of town Tuesday night, destroying a large amount of timber. No injuries or building damage were reported.
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Creola
Ala
Southern
Merchant Marine share falls short of U.S. imports
The Federal Reserve Board reports the U S merchant fleet carries only about one third of American imports and exports by value in August. The United States owns 17,026,002 gross tons versus Britain 19,571,554, with France at 3,652,249 and other nations trailing in the world ranking.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Italy
Norway
Folland
Police Seek Clues to Boy Identity in Bentonville Barn Boy
Benton county officials chase a name for the 17-year-old found shot in a desert barn lot. A clue is a letter from Mrs. G. B. York of Wichita Kansas found on the body, noting a June visit for food a shirt and a dollar forty nine.
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Bentonville
Ark
Benton County
G. B. York
Wichita
Kas
Marceline
England Declares Peace as War Ration Rules End
England woke to peace except with Turkey as Defense of the Realm Act ends. Wartime rules vanish at midnight, lifting curfews and blackout restrictions, ending lines at police stations and limits on dining and lighting. Dora TM noted dead in the report.
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London
Dora
England
Turkey
Ncil
Romania Prepares for War on Russia Front
Copenhagen reports Romania massing troops along its border as Moscow signals mobilization. The Soviet claim says troops will defend the Russian frontier. The third international appeals to workers worldwide to aid the Russian proletariat.
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Copenhagen
Rumania
Russia
Moscow
Third Internationale
Workers of the World
All Russian Relief Committee Dissolved Under Gorky
Washington reports the All-Russian Relief Committee headed by Maxim Gorky has been dissolved per the Soviet Russian mission. Helsingfors dispatches had claimed Gorky’s group was placed under arrest, but the state department confirms the dissolution.
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Washington
Maxim Gorky
Helsingfors
State Department
Gorky
Belfast Riots Renewed After Night of Quiet
Belfast riot unrest flared as soldiers rushed to Grove Street after gunfire. six killed and 80 wounded yesterday, death toll rising to 16. Falls area fears, Springfield Road patrols amid renewed street fighting. Motormen and tram drivers threaten withdrawal without protection.
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Belfast
Associated Press
Grove Street
Springfield Road
Falls
Mackie
Irish reply sent to Lloyd George on peace proposals
Dublin reports that the Irish republican cabinet has dispatched its reply to Prime Minister Lloyd George regarding British peace proposals. Robert C. Barton carries the message for Eamon de Valera to Scotland, with Sinn Fein awaiting notification of receipt before publicizing details. The reply was redrafted after Belfast rioting.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Lloyd George
Scotland
Sinn Fein
Robert C. Barton
Eamon de Valera
Belfast
Women canvass for funds to fight Argentine ant pest
More than 50 women began a residential canvass to raise 2100 dollars to match city funds for an Argentine ant pest campaign. The drive, led by local civic groups and entomologist Dr. W. E. Hinds, targets areas hit by the ant infestation.
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Rotary
Kiwanis
W. E. Hinds
R.L Douglas
L. D. Dix
Pharea
Rotary Club
Tom Hancock
Kiwanis Club
P. A. Fenimore
Chamber of Commerce
JL. C. Divine
Cawthon Hotel
Funeral planned for lineman electrocuted in Atlanta
Lloyd Kersey, lineman for Southern Bell Telephone, was electrocuted while repairing lines in Atlanta. Funeral arrangements were under way. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Yvonne Kersey, whom he married in France during service with the American Expeditionary Forces.
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Atlanta
Lloyd Kersey
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Ersey
Yvonne Kersey
France
Greece Orders Booze They Give Her Water
Treasury agents arrived in Philadelphia to probe substitution of water for whiskey in 166 rations consigned to the government Greece. Investigators reported water stored in a bonded warehouse by the company involved.
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Greece
Philadelphia
United States Treasury Department
Bavaria Press Proclamation Sparks Restive Mountain
Munich reports indicate the entangled political crisis worsened after Eb ert's proclamation suspending Bavarian newspapers following the Erzberger assassination. The Bavarian cabinet opposes the move, doubtful of enforcement, as separatist sentiment rises and Crown Prince Ruprecht is urged by adherents to claim the throne.
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Munich
Ebert
Mathias Erzberger
Germany
Prussia
Ruprecht
American assaulted in Czech Slovakian town
Carl Orlamander of Louisville Kentucky was shot and seriously wounded and robbed in Pirkenhammer near Carlsbad Czech-Slovakia by two unemployed shop assistants who lured him from Carlsbad where he was staying. Both suspects were arrested and Orlamander was wounded in the head and chest but may recover according to a dispatched report.
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London
Carl Orlamander
Louisvile, Ky
Pirkenhammer
Carlsbad
Czecho-Slovakia
Orla
Munder
Youngster Given Unexpected Ride Across States
Nathaniel Ferguson nine arrived at Union Station Washington from Raleigh North Carolina locked in a baggage car sprayed with laughter from inside the car. Railroad detectives traced the boy to the side track where playmates had locked him in as a prank. He endured hunger and thirst but was none the worse and his mother was notified.
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Washington
Nathaniel Ferguson
Union Station
Raleich
N. C
Raleigh
Movement to Save U S Merchant Marine Initiates Campaign
A National Merchant Marine Association plan to save the American merchant marine kicks off in Cincinnati Ohio this month. The drive aims to educate Inland shippers on the benefits of a strong U S merchant fleet and the risks of losing ground already gained, with follow up meetings planned in the midwest.
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Washington
Neinnati
Ohio
National
Mrchant Marine Association
Cincinnati
Mid-West
Big blaze tears through Imperial hotel area in Monterey
Nashville dispatch reports a major fire in Monterey destroying the old Imperial hotel building and adjacent Bank of Monterey quarters, three stores, coal company office, and printing office. Estimated loss reaches $60,000 with no injuries reported.
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Nashville
Tenn
Monte Putnam County
Imperial Hotel
Bank of Monterey
Coal Company
Mine Fatalities Decline With New Safety Rules
In St Louis on September 1, mine fatalities have fallen about 20 percent in five years due to new safety devices and regulations. D J Parker head of safety care and stations of the US Bureau of Mines spoke at the annual first aid and mine rescue meeting opening here. About 1 000 miners from across the country are in attendance.
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ST. Louis
D. J. Parker
United States Bureau of Mines
Adolphus L. Fitzgerald Dies in Boston Home
Adolphus L. Fitzgerald 81 of Eureka Nevada died yesterday at his son’s home in Boston Massachusetts. He was chief justice of Nevada in 1894 and led the Silver party in the Bryan campaign of 1896. Fitzgerald was a prominent Freemason in the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction and a Civil War Confederate veteran born in North Carolina.
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Reno
Nev
Adolphus L. Fitzgerald
Eureka
United States
Boston
Maso
North Carolina
Nevada
Poland and Lithuania settle Vilna dispute at Geneva
Representatives of Poland and Lithuania case the Vilna question resolved in Geneva. They agree on two Lithunias one independent district of Kovno and one Vilna under Lithuanian supervision.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Poland
Lithuania
Vilna
Kovno
League Council Reopens Upper Silesia Issue
Geneva September 1 The League of Nations council reopened the Upper Silesia dispute this afternoon to decide how to proceed in notifying the problem. It will consider inviting representatives from both Germany and Poland and determine the next steps for the two countries.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Upper Silesia
Council of the
League of Nations
Washington Regiments Ordered to Camp Dix for West Virginia Service
Sec Weeks ordered a infantry regiment to Camp Dix New Jersey to be ready for possible service in West Virginia The second regiment will move to Camp Dix while the third proceeds to Camp Sherman Ohio The move awaits Bandholtz report Former Gov Hatfield urged the president for relief noting that federal troops may be dispatched Within hours Gov McCorkle via telegram said the mining area is on the march toward trouble as violence spreads from Charleston through the disturbed territory
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West Virginia
Harding
War College
Sec.Weeks
Gen. Pershing
Washington
Camp Dix
N. J
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Bandholtz
Hatfield
Charleston
A. McCorkle
Gec
Plans Discussed for Gas Use in West Virginia Disorder
Washington reports that 13 airships were ordered from Langley Field to the West Virginia theater as a precautionary measure. Secretaries Weeks and Weeks accompany President Harding en route to the army war college, while discussions include dispersal of tear gas via bombs to affect large areas and scatter opposing forces.
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Washington
Pres. Harding
Army War College
Langley Field
Cas Fields
Weeks
Pres
Harding
West 7Sinia
Air Squadron Flies Toward West Virginia From Langley Field
Thirteen Hatland-4 army airplanes from Langley Field Virginia carried 100 pound bombs and machine guns and moved toward West Virginia for planned deployment. Officials said the planes, flying under sealed orders from See Weeks, were to report to Gen. Bandholtz and were expected to land near Charleston later in the day.
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Norfolk
Bandholtz
Bandly
Charleston
W. Va
Cton
Logan Noon Protest Draws Thousands at City Line
At Crooked Creek near the Logan city line thousands gathered by noon today. Details on the event remain unclear as reporters describe a large crowd lingering in the area.
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Logan
W. Va
Logan ‘City Line
Crooked Creek
Spanish positions at Melilla come under heavy fire
Telegraph dispatch from Paris says Spanish troops at Melilla, Morocco faced heavy attack all day Wednesday. General Berenguer reports troops and materials arriving in Melilla as reinforcements, while Paris awaits further word on the situation.
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Melilla
Paris
Morocco
Berenguer
Adda
Soviet leaders resign from central committee
Reval dispatch reports Bolshevik circles saying Lee Tretzky, Tomiskey, Stalin and others have resigned from the central committee of the Soviet party. The report cites a Reuters dispatch from Reval dated September 1.
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NDON
Lee Tretzky
Tomiskey
Stalin
Dfje
Chifiski
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