Murderous Rope Case Shocks Meridian Community
Mrs Minnie Puckett wife of Walter E Puckett died from strangulation after a rope three times around her neck and hands tied. Police judge foul play likely and inquest set for 4 PM. Witness Mrs Gutierrez says Puckett cried they hit me on the head. Suspect husband believed to be deserting family with six children. Authorities investigate with coroner Dr S F Hale County Solicitor B B Chamberlain.
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Minnie Lee Puckett
Walter E. Puckett
S. F. Hale
W. H. Guitterez
New St. Francis Street
T Olice
William McCauley
The
County Juvenile Court
Puckett
McCauley
Tate
Privileges Ott on Cotton To Atlantic Ports
Complaint alleges transit privileges on cotton shipments by railroads in Georgia and Alabama divert Alabama cotton through Georgia compresses and ports. Seaboard Air Line and others agree to withdraw these privileges. Alabama shippers plan to seek Interstate Commerce Commission action as questions arise about southeast handling. A shippers meeting decided to send a committee to Louisville before changing plan to travel there.
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Georgia
Alabama
Seaboard Air Line
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisville
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Jackson Mine Disaster Toll at Argonaut Keller
Jackson California recounts the Argonaut mine disaster where 47 miners died after a shaft fire on August 28. Rescue crews, aided by Kennedy Mining and others, labored through rock barriers to reach entombed workers as they fought to save survivors.
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Jackson
Cal
Associated Press
Mothers Covs
Argonaut
California
West
Mexico
Kennedy Mining Company
Southern shopmen return as truce eases railroad strike
About 60,000 Southern Railway shopmen are affected by the Warfield Willard Jewell peace accord signed in Washington. In Atlanta strikers resume work while Knoxville and Lenoir City crews prepare to report to duty. Four hundred Seaboard Air Line strikers also go back to work as conferences with Macon Savannah and Dublin lines resume with no earlier success.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Washington
South
Southern Shore
Knoxville
Lenoir City
Tenn
W. H. Miller
The
Southern
Seaboard Air Line
St Eythe
Eulodl
Macon
Savannah
Dublin
Cobb Returns From I C C Hearing in Atlanta
R G Cobb traffic manager of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce returned today from Atlanta where he attended ICC hearings on the general investigation of Southeast rates. He and other Alabama rate men testified yesterday about the rates.
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R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southeast
Cobb
Alabama
National and American Baseball Schedule Brief
National games include Pittsburgh at Philadelphia at 3:30 p.m. St. Louis at Boston at 3:15. American slate features New York at Detroit at 4:00 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago in rain at 3:00, Boston at Cleveland with two games starting 1:30, and Washington at St. Louis in rain at 3:00.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
Storm Warning Issued for Atlantic Coast by Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau bulletin reports a storm off the Atlantic coast from Brunswick to the Virginia capes, centered near 30N 78W, moving north-northwest. Vessels off the south Atlantic are advised to exercise caution as Mobile forecasters expect fresh east and northeast winds with showers tonight or Wednesday and note gulf coast danger may be past unless recurving.
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Atlantic
Brunswick
Virginia Capes
South Atlantic
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Sellers of liquor enter guilty pleas in federal court
Several pleas of guilty were entered for violating the national prohibition law. Each defendant was fined 150 dollars and required to post bond not to violate the dry law for three years. Named defendants include Theodore A. Harwell, John G. McCarthy, William H. McCoy, and Mrs. J. B. Martin. John A. Miller, near Chinchula, was found guilty and will be sentenced. Attorneys challenged affidavits for search warrants and warrants, with motions postponed by Judge Robert T. Ervin.
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Theodore A. Harwell
John G. McCarthy
William H. McCoy
J. B. Martin
John A. Miller
Chinchula
Teaswell Shepard
D. E. Gordon
Robert T. Ervin
Bay Queen Schedules Cut Back on Ferry Runs
The Bay Queen will drop the Sunday 2 p.m. Fairhope trip and the daily 12:30 p.m. from Fairhope effective Friday. Winter schedule to be set later. Current service stays with Mobile departures at 3:30 p.m. and Fairhope at 7 p.m. on weekdays, and 9 a.m. from Mobile and 6 p.m. from Fairhope on Sundays.
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BAY Queen
Fairhope
Mobile
City Commission Meeting Postponed to Friday
Illness of City Commissioner R W Taylor and absence of Commissioner Harry T Hartwell at the Mobile-Fort Worth baseball series cause the regular session to be postponed from today to Friday. Mayor George E Crawford presided and adjourned to the new time.
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R W. Taylor
Harry T. Hartwell
Mobile-Fort Worth
George E. Crawford
Canned Goods Rate Cut Proposed by Mobile and Ohio
The Mobile and Ohio railway seeks a reduction in the less than car load rate on canned goods from Bayou La Barre and Alabama coast points to Mobile. The new rate would be 14 cents per hundred pounds, bringing a large saving to coastal canners, as many shipments are under carload.
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The
Mobile and Ohio Railway
Southern Freight Rate Committee
Bayou la Barre
Alabama
Mobile
Barge Line Rates Reach Parity With New Orleans
Rates from points north of St Louis to Mobile published to take effect October 3 by the Mobile chamber traffic department. Mobile has sought parity with New Orleans which already matched the line charges. Parity for St Louis routes took effect September 1.
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St. Louis
Mobile
Chamber 0 Commerce
New Orleans
Weather Summary for Gulf Coast and Southeast
The weather report notes part cloudy conditions this evening and Wednesday for extreme northwest Florida. In Alabama and Mississippi expect cloudy skies with showers tonight or Wednesday, and cooler interior conditions by Wednesday.
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Washington
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Women urged to back Alabama seaport amendment
Letters sent to hundreds of Alabama women by the Mobile County League of Women Voters urge strong support for the seaport amendment in the November election. The drive, signed by Mrs. Kate G. Hagan, also asks federation presidents to study port development in clubs, stressing Mobile as Alabama’s gateway to commerce and national growth.
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Mobile County League of Women Voters
Alabama
Seaport
Kate G. Hagan
Coman
Women Voters
Mobile
Primary contests set for congressional and state races in New York
Statewide primaries select Republican and Democratic candidates for Congress and state offices in New York. Voters also choose delegates to state conventions for tickets and senate candidates. Dry forces back candidates pledging to uphold the Volstead act amid 14 Republican and 8 Democratic congressional races.
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Albany
N. Y
Congress
United States Senate
Civilian Draft Supervisors Confer on Fair Quotas
Washington report notes civilian draft boards shaped quotas and fair operation during the war. Civilian supervisors meet with army officers to review experience and draft regulations for future emergencies.
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Washington
Rept
Army
Harvard Applicants Asked to State Changes in Names
Harvard in Cambridge Mass. requires applicants to note any changes since birth in their names or their fathers names on admission questionnaires. The move ties to a spring effort to limit enrollment. A committee under President Lowell studying enrollment limits and the Jewish question has not yet reported.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Presiden Lowell
Murphy Leader Twenty Years In Tammany
New York Sept 19 Charles F Murphy today observed the twentieth anniversary of his regime as leader of Tammany. This is the longest period any leader has retained control in the 133 years of its existence and Murphy is credited with five mayoralty elections, three governors and one United States senator.
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New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany 1
Murphy
United States
Imports and Exports Rise in August Trade Totals
The commerce department reports August imports at 271 million dollars, the highest for the year and up 21 million from July, while exports reach 302 million dollars, up 0.688 million from July. For the eight months, imports total 1.942 billion and exports 2.424 billion, with a 482 million dollar surplus in favor of exports. Gold imports for August were 19.092 million, exceeding exports by 18.137 million.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Near East Developments Amid Chanak Tension
Reports from Constantinople indicate Kemalist forces evacuating Smyrna and marching toward the Dardanelles while British reinforcements reinforce Chanak. French and Italian positions shift as Turkey moves, with Greek forces routed and the last warship leaving the Sea of Marmora. Mustapha Kemal predicts reaching Adrianople within a fortnight.
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Near East
Europe
Muetapha Kemal
Dardanelles
Chanak
Chanaka
Constantinople
Kemal
Smyrna
Mustapha Kemal
Adrianople
Harding Cabinet Pronounces US Not Involved in Near East War Threats
Washington officials state there is no possibility of U S involvement in the Near East crisis. cabinet members say the Grecian debacle shows the United States cannot engage in Franco British Balkan politics. In Paris, Premier Poincare and the government approve non participation and seek peace in the Near East, outlining a cautious stance.
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Washington
United States
Near East
Harding
Paris
News Item to Broadcast All-Dixie Series Matinee
The News Item will air the Mobile versus Fort Worth All-Dixie championship game at 3 30 this afternoon with play by play. A direct AP wire will link The News Item with Fort Worth for fans in Mobile. G J Flournoy will call the game.
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Mobile
Fort Worth
Associated Press
Baseball Rk
G. J. Flournoy
Register Office
Erris Fighting in Mayo Leaves Dozens Dead
Belfast dispatch reports ten republicans and six nationalists killed in Erris Mayo as republicans retreating from Ballina clash with government troops. Brigadier General Neary and guard engaged, with Neary captured then escaped. In Tipperary, a small troop ambush left several dead, while Rathkeale courthouse fell to a massed republican assault and was set ablaze.
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Belfast
Associated Press
Erris
County Mayo
Ballina
Neary
County Tipperary
Rathkeale
County Limerick
Four Parties to Meet in California for Platform Draft
Sacramento Cal September 19 Four political parties in California met at the state capital to draft platforms for nominees and to elect a chair man and state central committee members. The parties holding conventions were Republicans Democrats Prohibitionists and Socialists. William Woolwine a Democratic gubernatorial nominee was active in the convention with supporters hinting he would back a wet plank.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Thomas Lee Woolwine
Meeting of Frisco Postmasters Plans Postal Reform
In Cisco on Sept 19 the head Postmasters of the region held a convention. They discussed civil service for third class postmasters bond reform with the postoffice department and the organization of county welfare councils to improve postal service.
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Cisco
Tes
Postal Service
Civil Service
Postoffice Department
Striking Railway Shopmen Move Toward Peace Talks
In Chicago reports suggest progress as Bert M. Jewell, shop crafts leader, may settle disputes with New York Central officials. Hopes rise as Southern Railway and its lines along with Monon align with a peace arrangement amid ongoing roadwide tensions.
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Chicago
Bert M. Jewell
New York Central
Southern Railway
Mobile and Ohio
Southern
Monon
Valentino Says He Had No Auto To Aid Changes
Rudolph Valentino told the court he could not be prevented from selling his services elsewhere. He said eight costume changes were required on location with no private dressing room and no lounge, while a limousine would have aided privacy.
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Valentino
New York
Rudolph Valentino
Famous Players- Lasky Corporation
Supreme Court
Wasservogel
Cave of Stars
Egaid
U S Embassy Counselor Henry Vignaud Dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of Henry Vignaud born 1830 New Orleans honored diplomat and Confederate veteran who served as captain in the Sixth Louisiana regiment and headed the American legation in Paris from 1882 to 1909 before becoming honorary counselor.
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Paris
Henry Vignaud
Herald
New Orleans
Mother Strives to Save Accused Son in Murder Case
In Huntingdon Pennsylvania on September 19, Mrs. Elizabeth Bryson 71 appeals to spare her son Dr. Herbert Bryson from the electric chair. She sits in the square high ceiling court room with Judge Bailey and a jury as evidence is weighed in the murder charge against him. She vows they will never convict her son.
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Huntingdon
Mother Love
Elizabeth Bryson
Washington& Aat
Ex-Gov's Daughter Weds Chauffeur in Vermont
Mrs Elizabeth McCullough Turner daughter of the late Governor J G McCullough and ex Erie Railroad president married Elmer Johnson a former chauffeur. She is heir to a fortune estimated at ten million dollars from her father Thornton Turner was her former husband.
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Bennington
Elizabeth McCullough Turner
J. G. McCullough
The
Erie Railroad
Elmer Johnson
Seay murder trial shows little public interest in Florence
In Florence Alabama on September 19 the second day of the trial of F W White Seay for his wife s murder shows little public interest as Seay presents a mass of data to claim insanity. The body of Mrs Seay was found nude and burned in bushes after a walk. No clear connection to the crime has been demonstrated and the courtroom remains sparsely attended.
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Florence
Ala
F. W. White Seay
Seay
fSeay
Greenwich Village Faces Flight of Residents
New York on September 19 reports that Greenwich Village is set to lose its resident artists as rents soar. Julian Bowes, head of the League of Artiste, organized a meeting with studio owners and real estate men to discuss converting idle commercial spaces along Hudson and East rivers into more expensive studios.
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New York
Green Village
Ois
Julian Bowes
The
League of Amt Artiste
Hudson
East Rivers
Undertakers Welcome Delegates in Denver Convention
About 2,500 undertakers attended a convention in Denver with 600 eastern delegates arriving by a special train after a stay in Colorado Springs. The gathering will wrap up Friday after business sessions and a tour of the mountain parks. Albert Roth of Little Rock Arkansas is delivering the annual message today.
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Denver
Col
Dewey C. Bailey
Cole Springs
Col Springs
Presid
Albert Roth
Little Rock
Ark
Chain letter revival worries Elyria women
In Elyria Ohio on Sept 19 the chain letter resurfaces among a group of superstitious women. The message instructs copying and sending to nine people for luck and threatens bad luck if the chain is broken, tracing its origins to an American officer in France.
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Elyria
Ohio
France
Horatio P. Storer Harvard Alumnus Dies at 93
Horatio P. Storer the oldest Harvard alumnus living graduate died yesterday at his Newport home at 93 after a lingering illness. He was widely known for his long association with Harvard and his role in university affairs. He is mourned by friends and colleagues across the alumni network.
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Newport, R. L
Aldes
Harvard Us
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