Aliens Flee From Police After Florida Smuggling Bust
Eleven aliens smuggled into Florida escaped police and deputy sheriffs in Miami area as thirteen were captured and three smugglers fled. The group claimed arrival from Havana Cuba by small motor boat with each paying 325 dollars for transport. Authorities in Jacksonville Atlanta and northern cities were alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Florida
J. B. Cone
Havana
Cuba
Clyde Reese Confesses to Rushing from Montgomery in Racketeering Case
A confession alleges Clyde Reese, a bachelor, traveled from Montgomery to commit a violent crime against Judge Lamarinth. Reese describes an order to incapacitate and fire a buckshot at the judge and indicates a full confession and related statements will be provided later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Reese Bachelor
Montgomery
Lapa
American Negro Sailor Dies From Dance Hall Wound
Emile Parades, an American negro sailor, died in a Gravesend hospital from a wound suffered at a dance hall. An alleged assailant, a bluejacket, is aboard the destroyer Sharkey which sailed for San Sebastian. British authorities seek cooperation with the United States as the case moves to U.S. jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Emile Parades
Gravesend
Sharkey
San Sebastian
Spain
United States
German Gets Seat in League Meet
Geneva Sept 1 The League of Nations council committee adopted a formula granting Germany the only new permanent seat. The plan provides nine temporary seats, three semi permanent. Spain declined the formula and may withdraw from the league while Poland showed dissatisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
Council
Spain
Poland
Governor Offers $500 Reward in Lynching Case
Governor Walker offers a 500 dollar reward for the arrest of those who lynched Dave Wright. Wright was taken from the Douglas jail Monday and shot by a masked mob after being held for the murder of Mrs. Zilphie Rollins. The Douglas grand jury is ordered to convene next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Walker
Dave Wright
Douglas
Wright
Zilphie Rollins
Illinois Central issues largest railroad financing of year
New offerings led by Illinois Central Railroad 43 4 per cent gold bonds of 35 million dollars. Kuhn, Loeb & Company expect ICC to win Interstate Commerce Commission approval and subscribe at 9 12 per cent, accruing to yield about 4.95 by August 1966. Proceeds fund Edgewood cut off and other capital needs. August corporate financing totals 154.582 million, with year to date over 9 0 million above 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Edgewood
Fulton
Ill
Journal of Commerce
New York Cotton Futures Open Steady
New York futures opened steady on September 1 with October at 17.82, December 17.86, January 17.93, March 18.13, and May at 18.28 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans market
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with December at 17.79, January 17.75 bid, March 17.92 bid, and May 18.02 bid, reflecting a quiet start to the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans
Ber
Alabama and Mississippi Weather Outlook Today
General ly fair conditions prevail over Alabama and Mississippi tonight and Thursday. Winds remain gentle and variable with no significant storms expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
Duty and a two-bit linen reel in Uncle Sam’s tax
Sutton avenue resident W T Sierke awaits a German package from his sister Theresa in Bremen. He pays 1.80 for import duty on a hand made table linen, laments the tax yet learns the cloth is real money. The letter notes his sister made the linen while sick in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Sierke
Sutton Avenue
United States
R. Sierke
Germany
Theresa Sierke
Bremen
Sam
Uncle Sam
Sierke
Valentino's Simple Last Journey to Hollywood
Rudolph Valentino's body will be shipped in a simple, dignified manner to Hollywood with funeral services held before departure. Alberto Guglielmi, the brother, will view the body tonight and decide the final resting place after arrival aboard the Homeric. Attending are George Ullman, Pola Negri, and others. services at Sacred Heart Church will be private yet not closed to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rudolph Valentino
Hollywood
Alberto Guglielmi
George Ullman
Ullman
Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart
Upper Broadway
Joseph Congedo
Church of the Sacred Heart
Grand Central Station
Guglielmi
Mr. Ullman
Miss Negri
Bond Asked For Manley In Bank Collapse Case
Bond of $100,000 will be asked for W. D. Manley by Solicitor General John A. Boykin after Manley was indicted on felony misdemeanor and larceny after trust related to the Bankers' Trust Company of Atlanta failure. Indictments also name J. A. Sasser L. R. Adams Paul J. Baker and John D. Russell. Total losses from the bank and 83 Georgia banks acted as fiscal agents exceed $20,000,000 with Florida members incurring about $10,500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
W. D. Manley
John A. Boykin
Bankers’ Trust Company of Atlanta
J. A. Sasser
Banking House
L. R. Adams
Paul J. Baker
John D. Russell
Atlanta Bank
Georgia
Bankers’ Trust Company
John A. Hudson
Florida
Fireman Killed in Train Wreck at Anderson Yard
Southern train 18 traveling from Atlanta to Columbia derailed in Anderson South Carolina. Fireman Oscar Coleman died after being pinned beneath the locomotive. The engine ploughed through a yard house and track. baggage cars left rails. Passengers were shaken but unhurt. Officials cite a split switch as the probable cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
8. C
Southern
Atlanta
Columbia
Anderson Yards
Oscar Coleman
Coleman
Six Die in Harlem Tenement Fire
Six persons burned to death and three others who leaped to the street are dying after a five story Harlem fire. The dead, all negro, were found on the fourth and fifth floors trapped after stairs failed. A woman with a baby in her arms leaped to the street and died in Harlem hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem
Azores Quake Leaves Horta Wrecked and Hurting
An August 31 quake in Horta Azores killed twelve people and injured about a hundred while leaving hundreds homeless. Troops and firemen patrolled ruined streets as light and aid began, with authorities organizing transport and relief efforts through the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand D'Acosta
United Press
Horta
Azores Islands
Ocean Island
Ter
Western Union
Commercial
Eastern
Eastern Companies
Death toll rises for Lt Cyrus Bettis airman
Washington dispatch reports Lt Cyrus K Bettis army flier dies from spinal meningiitis at Walter Reed hospital after a crash on a foggy route from Bellefonte Pennsylvania. Bettis won the 1925 Pulitzer air races and served in France, later aiding exhibition flights before the fatal incident near Seven Sisters Mountain. His parents travel from St Huron Michigan to meet them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cyrus K. Bettis
Army
Pennsylvania
Walter Reed Hospita
Fiier
Walter Reed Hospital
Bellefonte
Bettis
al Williams
Navy
American Air Corps
France
Corps of Filers
Philadelphia
Selfridge Field
Mich
Ticuhion
Plance
Grain rates on gulf unchanged
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to disturb gulf grain rate relations with southwestern ports and denied New Orleans Joint Traffic Bureau petition. New Orleans argued June 1925 gulf rates favored Texas ports and sought reconsideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Five Injured in East Boston Political Brawl
At a campaign rally in East Boston last night five people were injured and two seriously, including James Coffey a state legislative candidate. Patrolman James McPhee and his brother George were stabbed while aiding Coffey, and bystander Ernest Boutreau was wounded. Tony Rosa, the alleged knife attacker, fled the scene before police and remains jailed. Coffey was treated and sent home after initial care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James Coffey
James McPhee
Tony Rosa
McPheas
Boutreau
Coffey
Railroad seeks approval to issue $200000 stock
Washington Sept 1 The Mississippi and Selona railroad applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to issue 200000 dollars in new capital stock. The funds would finance construction of 22 miles of track north from Bryant Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate’ Ce Commission
Mississippi and Sahoona Railroad
Bryant
Miss
Floods Do Heavy Damages in North Gaelsburg
A flood in Gaelsburg Illinois on September a.m. caused losses estimated at 500000 to 1000000 dollars. Santa Fe and Burlington railroads the Burlington Paving Brick Co lumber yards the light and power company and water works were the chief losers. Main street merchants lost thousands through flooded basements and hundreds of homeowners had homes washed away or badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Santa Fe
Burlington
Burlington Paving Brick
Lumber Yards
the Light and Power Company
And
Water Works
Mexico replies curtly to note from League of Nations
Mexico rejects the League of Nations note regarding Nicaragua's protest that Mexico aided Nicaraguan rebels. Foreign Minister Saenz sends a curt reply to Sir Eric Drummond stating Mexico has no relations with the league, but thanks him for the attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
League of Nations
League
Nicaragua
Eric Drummond
Saenz
Druse Rebellion Breaks Out in Damascus
After months of truce the Druse uprising resumes in Damascus as insurgents clash with French troops in the bazaars. Two hours of rifle and shell fire send Druse fighters retreating with French tanks and artillery. five French soldiers killed and one wounded, rebels suffer one killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Damascus
Automobile Seized After Prohibition Violation
An automobile with a gallon jug of white whiskey in the rear seat was seized late last night on Hamilton street between Dauphin and S J. Francis streets by Duty Sheriffs Pumphrey and Stringfellow. A. B. Jones and D. Knowls, alleged to have been in the car, were arrested and charged with violating the prohibition law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Street
Dauphin
S J. Francis
Pumphrey and Stringfellow
A. B. Jones
D. Knowls
McKinley's Condition Improves Slightly in Illinois Senator
Martinsville Ind Sept 1 Reports from Dr R H Egbert say Senator William B McKinley of Illinois shows slight improvement after his critical condition earlier today The physician noted no change in overall seriousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Ind
William B. McKinley
Illinois
R. H. Egbert
Cantonese Army Advances to 20 Miles of Wu Chang
General Wu Pei Fu withdraws as Cantonese forces push forward. Reported pursuit brings Cantonese troops within about 20 miles of Wu Chang near Peking on September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Wu Pei Fu
Wu Chang
Clergyman is charged after killing in Washington
In Washington state a clergyman editor Dr George A Seeley and three federal agents faced murder charges after Emile Matsumoto a moonshiner was killed near Orting. The four were freed on bail as the case shifts to federal jurisdiction and await indictment by a federal grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
United States
C. T. McKinney
United States District Attorney
Emile Matsumoto
Orting
Tacoma
George A. Seeley
H. Kinnaird
Mart Y. Croxall
R. A. Lambert
Ito
Howard Carrothers
Pierce County
Matsumoto
Seeley
William Hersel
Kinnaird
Lambert
Beeley
Croxall
Hearings Set on Southwest Railroad Consolidations
The Interstate Commerce Commission will begin hearings September 28 in Dallas Texas on the Kansas City Southern bid to absorb the M E and T and the Missouri Kansas Texas bid to take over the St Louis Southwestern. Finance Director Mahaffie will conduct the hearings as L F Loree groups key interests in the consolidations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southwestern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dallas
Texas
Kansas City Southern
M. E. and
Missouri-Kansasexas
St. Louis Southwestern
New road cops ready to work
George Riley and WII Koster, newly appointed county traffic officers by the board of revenue and road commissioners, reported for duty today and took charge of their duties. Riley was formerly county convict transfer agent in charge of the county farm auto vans, while Koster is a well known resident of Toulminville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Riley
Wii Koster
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Riley
Koster
Toulminville
Fair Weather Forecast From Local Weather Bureau
The local weather bureau this morning predicted generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with little change in temperature.
Leopold Loeb parole loophole seen in Chicago case
Chicago glare falls on Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb as parole rules raise a loophole for release after long sentences. State officials say rulings may permit parole after 11 years 3 months if sentences run concurrently, with officials promising to fight any move to free them.
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Chicago
Sept. L
Jolliet
Nathan F. Leo- Hha
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Robert E. Crowe
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Joliet
John R. Caverly
Franks
Clabaugh
Leopold
Loeb
Mr. Jones
Crowe
Leo
Reed Endorsed by Four Missouri District Committees
United States Senator James A. Reed was endorsed for the 1928 Democratic presidential nomination by the third fifth sixth and eighth Missouri congressional district Democratic committees. Livingston county also backed Reed, praised for his role as chairman of the senate committee investigating election expenditures. The fifth district includes Kansas City where Reed resides.
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Kansas City
United States
James A. Reed
Missouri
Distri
Livingston Count
Livingston
Senate
Nsas City
Injuries Fatal to Noted Fli er
Cyrus K. Bettis, an army flier injured in a crash near Bellefonte Pennsylvania, died at Walter Reed Hospital. Death was caused by spinal meningitis that developed while he was en route to recovery after the crash. He was transported by ambulance airplane to the hospital days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cyrus K. Bettis
Pennsylvania
Walter Reed Hospital
Walters Hospital
Bellefonte
Murder confession ties plantation owner to judge killing near Wetumpka
Clyde Reese Bachelor 2 a plantation owner near Wetumpka confessed to forcing farm hand Hays Leonard 26 to shoot former Probate Judge Lamar Smith in Wetumpka Monday night. Bachelor claimed Leonard did the actual shooting and promised a fuller statement later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Reese Bachelor
Wetumpka
Hays Leonard
Lamar Mith
Bachelor
Mobile
Judge Smith
Jo Smith
H. P. N .Ising
Leonard
Montgomery
Sith
Ala
F C. Smith
Clyde Reese
F Smith
Jodee Bee
Bistos
Elmore Cou
Knife man in Robbins death taken by cops
J. P. Slim Chambers, linked to an alleyway knife scene the night Chief Deputy W. O. Robbins Jr. was accidentally killed by Deputy Joe Stringfellow, is jailed on assault to murder and prohibition charges. He posted a 1500 bond after arrest near a city shipyard. Stringfellow filed both warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P
Slim" Chambers
W. O. Robbins, Jr
Joe Stringfelow
Chambers
Stringfellow
King
Robbina
Manslaughter Charge Filed In Prichard Death
Clarence Crenshaw faces a manslaughter hearing in Inferior Criminal Court on September 8 over the death of Luther Doby, 10, of Prichard. The coroner ruled the accident unavoidable after Doby rode a bike behind a truck and cut in front of Crenshaw on Craft highway near the Western Market. Funeral arrangements are handled by Higgins & Courtney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Crenshaw
Luther Doby
Prichard
Inferior Criminal Court
Crenshaw
Higgins & Courtney
Boosters Hear Promises From Political Winners
Bay Boosters Club members and guests heard speeches from primary winners including governor-elect Bibb Graves and sheriff-elect Pat Byrne at a dinner. Eston Baker and Frank Smee, elected to the revenue board, were honored guests who pledged to advance the port program and county roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Boosters’ Club
Bibb Graves
Pat Byrne
Mobile County
Frank Smee
Estes Baker
Board of Revenue
Messrs. Smee
Baker
Smith and Brown Retain Standings in Democratic Primary
Senator E. D. Smith and Edgar A. Brown held their lead in Democratic primary figures released from Washington. Revised counts show Brown with 61,782 votes and indicate a second race between Smith and Brown on September 14 as undisputed uncounted ballots remain in 46 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
D. C
E. D. Smith
Edgar A. Brown
M. Bi
Sameeren
Smith
Brown
Confession Emerges In Alabama Murder Case
In Montgomery last night a Bachelor confessed to a fatal shooting during a trip to Mobile. Investigators say Leon, a plantation employee, was arrested as a key figure. The case centers on Judge Smith's death and a large estate tied to the victim. Massengill described the suspect as intelligent and well dressed before a sudden confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
eBachaler
Bachelor
Neere
Leon
H. P. Massingill
Montgomery
Mobile
Hope
H. E. Sellers R. Massingill
Sheriff Schwarz
Leonard
Massengill
Bach
Mon
Wen Bachelor
Sengill
Judge Smith
Elor
Revenue Board Meeting Set for Today
The revenue board and road commissioners will hold their first meeting at George C. Doody’s office. Bids open for coal and county services, courthouse needs, and a bridge project. State Highway to seek authority for a two row bridge. Tr. Strange has recently surveyed the routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boardine and Road Commotasioners
George C. Doody
Ing
Tr. Strange
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Neh Aha
Thasu
Lardner
Foreign Office
Valentino
Manley
Azores
Temblor
Inar
Curtis K. Bettis
Gulf
ROAD
North
Druse
M’kinley
Harry Doucett
Naval
Inglewood
Calif
Doucett
Clergyman
Dru Y
C. C
Reed
Marne
Maker
Robbins
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