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06 Sep 1922
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The Mobile News Item in Mobile, Alabama
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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1922
Page
1
Three men burglarize Texas Company filling station
Police report a raid on the Texas Company filling station at the southwest corner of Government and Warren Streets early Tuesday. Three men reportedly cut telephone wires, smashed a window, rolled the safe to the window, and loaded it into a car. The thieves, who fled with about two thousand dollars in receipts, used a stolen Dodge found in a swampland near Chickasaw. Detectives expect developments soon as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Company
Government and
Warren Streets
Texas
Mobile
D. B. Childress
Old Shell Road
Fulton Street
Chickasaw
Texas Filling
Childress
Probate Judge Seaport Amendment Campaign Presses Ratification
Judge Price Williams of the probate court prepared and distributed a circular arguing Alabama’s seaport amendment mirrors Louisiana and California port developments. The campaign committee in Mobile urges residents to educate others by letters, with Congresswoman McDuffie advising Mobilians to contact the Chamber of Commerce for details and circulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Price Williams
Louisiana
California
New Orleans
San Francisco
Port Amendment Campaign Committee
Mobile
John McDuffie
Mobile Optimist Club
Chamber of Commerce
Wallace Parham
Wood and Oil Take Place of Low Coal Store
Pacelot Mills residents in Spartanburg South Carolina will switch to wood and oil for fuel in homes and businesses until coal supplies rebound. Victor Montgomery, president of Pacelot Manufacturing Company, said mills could avoid a shutdown if usual coal allotments return, prompting immediate efforts to stock wood and oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S. C
Pacelot Mills
Piedmont
Pacelot Manufacturing Company
Victor M. Montgomery
Temporary injunction keeps Mobile Gas case alive
The Mobile Gas Company injunction against the Alabama Public Service Commission to delay its gas price cut in Mobile remains in place likely for about 60 days. City Attorney Frank J. Yerger said new evidence will be prepared by both sides to oppose a permanent injunction, with a three judge federal panel hearing the case in Jacksonville. The order requires a $50 000 bond and separate accounting for Mobile patrons to ease future adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Gas Company
Alabama Public Service Commission
State Board
Mobile
Frank J. Yerger
Jacksonville
Yerger
Alabama Commission
Fire on Colthraps Kills Captain and Threatens Loss
The American steamship Colthraps, 3126 tons, in Pensacola harbor, catches fire. Captain H Olsen dies from smoke and burns. Captain Olsen was rescued earlier but succumbed. Third engineer G D Nelson saved the captain. several barrels of oil and rosin fuel lie burning as firemen labor to control the blaze. The ship is likely a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Fila
H. Olsen
Shipping Board
Qolthrops
G. D. Nelson
Argo
Colthraps
Page & Jones
John H. Jones
O'Clork
Coltraps
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Page and Jones
Mobile
Havre
France
Antwerp
Belgium
Stephens' Runoff Lead Reported In MississippI Senate Race
Revised unofficial returns from 75 of 82 counties show Hubert D Stephens leading James K Vardaman by about 10 876 votes in the Democratic runoff for US senator Stephens 85 124 Vardaman 74 248 Early returns had Stephens ahead but rural counties not yet heard from Vardaman acknowledged the lag and said rural votes would narrow the gap Mississippi remains Democratic with Harding administration facing a defeat in the run off results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Hubert Stephens
United States
James K. Vardaman
Vardaman
Stephens
Hubert D. Stephens
Jackson Daily News
Mr. Stephens
Mississippi
Harding
Thes Os
Nynecess
John Sharpama
U S Files Informations in Prohibition Act Cases
United States District Attorney Aubrey Boyles filed a large number of informations charging violations of the national prohibition act in federal court. Preliminary hearings were held, with John H. McEvoy’s hearing postponed to Monday. Arrests included J H McEvoy Joseph Wheeler Charles C Shriner Earl Ford and Mrs E P Bury, all bound over on bonds of 1000 except Shriner and McEvoy who posted temporary bonds pending hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Aubrey Boyles
John H. McEvoy
J.H. McEvoy
Joseph Wheeler
Charles C. Shriner
Earl Ford
E. P. Bury
Prohibition
J. I. Burgett
Shriner
McEvoy
ICC boosts sugar rail rates from Baton Rouge to Gulfport
The Interstate Commerce Commission raised sugar rates for less than car load shipments from Baton Rouge to Mobile to 44.6 cents per hundred pounds starting October 7, with Gulfport also set at 59.5 cents. The decision deems the hike justified for small lots but not for full carload shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Mobile
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ashington
Gulfport
Where They Play Where They Play
Schedule of American games with locations and start times across cities. Matches include Southern New Orleans at Atlanta and National New York at Boston among others with clear weather forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
National
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Weather Report Delivers Warm Night Across Gulf States
The Washington weather bulletin notes Alabama Mississippi and west Florida remain sunny and warm tonight with temperatures lingering in the high 80s to 90s under clear skies Genie r outed and continued warm tonight across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
West Florida
Six Months Is Term Given in Oil Dumping Case
Fines of 100 and six months in prison were imposed on N. L. Hunter and T. McGrath firemen on the steamer Akron off Pier 2 Mobile after testimony showed oil from the vessel was fed into the river. The recorder said he had no discretion due to amended city ordinance and the punishment. Officers Lee and Reynolds testified they oversaw pumping over two tons of oil into Mobile River. Appeals were noted by the defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Hunter
T. McGrath
Akron
Pier 2
Mobile
Lee and
Reynolds
Dr. Ogden to Return for Mobile Sermon on Sept 17
Rev Dunbar H Ogden pastor Government Street Presbyterian returns from three months in Europe and will occupy his pulpit in Mobile on Sunday September 17 officials announced. During his absence Dr John A McSparrow of Birmingham filled the pulpit while on vacation on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunbar H. Ogden
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Europe
America
Mobile
John A. McSparrow
Birmingham
Mobile Bay
Watkins Charged with Threats to Gulf, Mobile and Northern Shopmen
Charles W. Watkins of 254 Texas street, a former Gulf Mobile and Northern shopman, faced the recorder on charges of threats to do bodily harm. State alleges Watkins threatened to kill Joe Farrell. case continued to Saturday per defense counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Watkins
Texas Street
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad Company
Recorder
Grove and Cunningham
J. C. Rich
Watkins
J.oe Farrell
Three Stowaways Reach Mobile Across Three Vessels
Karl Bruno Haiduga a German arrived on S. 8. Pannedaike Clifford McKay a St. Thomas resident arrived on the steamer Ellis Turil Bonilla a Porto Rican arrived on the schooner Annie M Murphy Bonilla was admitted while Haiduga and McKay were excluded by immigration officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Karl Bruno Haiduga
S. 8
Pannedaike
Clifford McKay
St. Thomas
Ellis
Turil Bonilla
Annie M Murphy
Haiduga
McKay
Bonilla
Woman Receives Year For Larceny Charge
Annie Stringer, a woman, was convicted in recorder's court today of stealing $78 from Hay Lamb, a seaman, and sentenced to one year in the county jail. Part of the money was recovered from her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Stringer
Recorder’s Court
Ack Lamb
Shrdiupupu
Delegates Leave for Democratic Meet in Mobile
Mobile delegation to the state Democratic convention departs as Webb the temporary chairman and other leaders hand the gavel to Ray Rushton. Delegates include George T. Cowles S Johnston Francis J. Inge W H Reynolds Leon Schwarz T M Stevens A S Lyons N E Stallworth D B Dobbs and D T McCall. A committee of Craft Hartnel Chamberlain Schwarz Bedsole McCorvey Gordon to endorse the sea port amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Eed . Webb
Montgomery
Webb
Ray. Rushton
George T. Cowles
Johnston
Francis J. Inge
W. H. Reynolds
Leon Schwarz
T. M. Stevens
Grand Bay Rally Planned Thursday
A public meeting will be held at Grand Bay tomorrow night at 7 30 o clock in the interest of the Alabama seaport amendment. Bart B Chamberlain county solicitor will be the principal speaker at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Bay
Bart B. Chamberlain
Toomey Nations Company Capital Stock Increase Filed
An increase in the capital stock of Toomey Nations Company of this city was filed in the probate court today. The increase raises capital from 256000 to 50000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toomey Nations Company
Restoration move almost complete in Paris talks
Paris reports final government consent is awaited as Hugo Stinnes and Senator De Lubersac advance an agreement to deliver bricks mortar and cement for reconstructing devastated regions. De Lubersac represents 130000 proprietors and losses exceeding 13 billion francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
Hugo Stinnes
de Lubersac
Federation of Co-operative Societies
Germany
de Wubersac
Herr Stinnes
Guide
Son shoots and kills aged father in Kansas City
In Kansas City a father J. W. Garvey, a prosperous lumberman, was shot and killed in a downtown office building by his son Roy Garvey after the father dismissed his stenographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J. W. Garvey
Roy Gar
Rescue Efforts To Endure for Argonaut Miners
Rescuers push toward the Argonaut gold mine shaft in Jackson California as 46 to 47 miners entombed for ten days await word. San Francisco Red Cross nurses are on site with a hospital at the shaft mouth and ambulances ready to move survivors to Sacramento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argonaut
Jackson
Cal
Red Cross
San Francisco
Sacramento
Jesu
Kennedy Mine
Band Concert at Lyons Park Promoted by Kiwanis Club
Several thousand people attended a Lyons Park band concert in Glenville Square last night. The Mobile Kiwanis Club promoted the event featuring a program with marches overtures waltzes and operatic selections including The Star Spangled Banner and Overture The Umpire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons Park
Mobile Kiwanis Club
America
Iowa
Losey
Hearst
Characteristic
Oleman
Indiana
Friedman
the Umpire
Howard
Farrar
Kyler
Glenville Square
Domestic and Commercial Staff Wanted Ad Line
A want ad promises to help readers locate domestic or commercial employees. The notice emphasizes a simple route to find workers for homes and businesses. It presents a generic employment listing service concept without detailing specific roles or prices.
Prohi Officer Held Without Bail in Florida Shooting
Orlando reports a coroner's jury charged Roy Gay a Prohibition officer with second degree murder after the shooting of Harry Givens during an attempted arrest. Bail arrangements for Gay and fellow officer Bledsoe were under way but had not succeeded. Givens was shot Monday night as it was said he resisted arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Roy Gay
Prohibition Enforcement
Harry Givens
Gay
Bledsoe
Allen
Givens
Mrs Willard Mack Denies Divorce In San Francisco Visit
Mrs Beatrice Stone Mack wife of Willard March Mack arrives in San Francisco to join him. She will appear with him at an Oakland theater this week. Mrs Ida Finkel, the mother, says reports of separation or divorce are unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Beatrice Stone Mack
Willard March
San Francisco
Oakland
Ida Finkel
Mack
Royal Palm Limited Wreck Near Jacksonville No Injuries
Officials launch investigation into a Royal Palm Limited wreck seven miles north of Jacksonville. Seven coaches and the engine left the rails after a switch was opened by a metal wedge. No passengers were harmed, and Macon officials proceed to scene amid suspicions of intentional derailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Railway
North Jacksonville
Macon
Paroled Prisoner Despairs of Pardon in Philadelphia
Edward F. Doree, a Leavenworth prisoner serving three years of a ten year term for espionage act violations, visits his five year old son Buck. Friends hoped for a pardon while in Philadelphia but received only a five day extension of his leave, after which guards were ordered to return him to Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Edward F. Doree
Leavenworth
Kas
Buck
Lord Curzon Snoozes As Festivity Awaits
Lord Curzon arrives in Orleans France to confer with an adviser at the king of Spain. Awaited by a reception committee and reporters, the British minister is found asleep in a carriage after the train stops, disappointing a waiting crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
France
Lord Curzon
Spain
Lord Carosa
Prisoners Escape Over Highbrow Reading at Brandenburg
Berlin reporters say several inmates from Brandenburg prison escaped after objecting to the spiritual foods provided by staff. Recaptured, they confessed the books offered were too high brow and moral for their tastes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Brandenburg
Strike Talks Seen Limiting Disruption in Baieae Area
Briefing from New York on September 6 describes ongoing discussions between striking workers and management in a narrow area. Officials say the talks involve only a few roads and potentially a limited number of dogs and wagons, with no broad settlement expected today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baieae Weetween
Twentines
Railroad strike turmoil tied to policy committee meeting
Reports to a policy committee meeting, to address the rail strike, mention possible union actions. John Scott, secretary of the rail employes department, said leaders were moving east but gave no firm details. Bert M Jewell, absent since the injunction, was said to be in Baltimore, with government agents investigating his movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enere
John Scott
Rail
Chicago
Scott
B. M. Jewell
Jewell
Baltimore
Sanday
Fed
Bert M. Jewell
Shopmen Crafts Organ
Wilkerson
D Jel Willard
B and Ohio Raihroad
Willard
J. F
Railway Department
American Son of Labor
Insurance man held in Jacksonville kidnapping case
H C Graham of Detroit an insurance adjuster is jailed after arrest on charges of abducting Mrs J Nett Star 19 formerly Camille Lamar and her 15 year old daughter Valetia Lamar of Macon Georgia. The women disappeared from their homes last Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Graham denies the charges and says he did not know the girls' whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fila
H. C. Graham
Detroit
J.nett Star
Camille Lamar
Valetia Lamar
Georgia
Macon
Graham
Merritt
Officers Wounded in Toledo Gun Battle
Det Martin was shot and killed and Frank Bach wounded in a gunbattle with three bandits. The robbers attempted to escape in a wrecked automobile. All three suspects fled. one is believed wounded. The incident occurred at noon today near Toledo. A Diana license tag was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Det Martin
Fran Bach
Diana
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T. Dew Cuyler
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Daniel Willard
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Williams
Optimist Club
Captain Olsen
Flia
Louisville and Nashville
U. S
Clear
Chattanooga
Little Rock
Dr. Ogden
Quinton Welch
Edmund Tunstall
Robert Brady
Searcy
Lagnier and Beall
Charles F. Howell
Negress
Democratic
Halifax
N. S
Flora Gray
Omar P. Roberts
Roberts
Miss Gray
Nova Scotia
Wenepigge
Willard Mack
Highbrows
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