20 Sep 1922
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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1922
Page
1
Partial OCR text references local sales and bidders in a hospital setting with missing details. The readable fragments mention a sale, bidders, a hospital, and nautical terms implying a local auction or tender with unclear participants.
Acting Chief Charles F Howell and County Solicitor Bart B Chamberlain disclosed that Mrs Minnie Lee Puckett of 7 New St Francis Street was murdered in a strangulation death to remove her as an obstacle while six children faced hardship. They sought Walter E Peckes, her husband, for questioning as coroner Dr S F Hale prepared an inquest set for Thursday.
The army dirigible C-2 arriving at Brooks Field during a trans continental flight from Field Virginia to Ross Field faces a delay due to motor trouble. A test run over San Antonio with headquarters of the eighth corps aboard shows rough weather and head winds. Commander A Strauss took charge of the craft as mishaps slow the planned one day crossing of about one hundred miles with no immediate stops.
Tickets for the Mobile Fort Worth series begin sales at Lyric theater with a long line from box office to Government street. Purchasers from several states buy blocks of tickets and bleacher seats go on sale Thursday morning as excitement builds for three games at Monroe Park.
About 19 000 Mobile county children resumed classes as the school year began with all city and county buildings open at 8 30am. Officials expect the county’s largest enrollment yet after summer repairs and expansions including Barton Academy Rafael Semmes Clarke building and new projects in Prichard and Government Street loop.
The report claims Great Britain has won the war against Turkish nationalists without firing a shot. Mustapha Kemal is reportedly awed by Britain's rapid action and cautious about attacking.
President Harding may call a special session in November to address ship subsidy legislation, railroad bills, and appropriations. House leaders Mondrell Lodge and Speaker Gillett met with Harding at the White House. a final decision to be announced after a later conference. No adjournment date fixed. House aims to finish tomorrow, Senate by week’s end or early next week.
Traffic officials of the Mississippi Warrior barge line are preparing a rate schedule from the south to Mobile to be published when completed. Northbound rates Mobile to the southeast were released earlier. southbound rates will follow soon.
The storm off the south Atlantic coast was centered near latitude 32 and longitude 77. Storm warnings extend along the coast from Jupiter Florida to the Virginia capes with gale conditions expected this afternoon and tonight. The Mobile forecast calls for fair skies and moderate temperatures tonight and Thursday.
Mrs P A Fenimore of Spring Hill wife of P A Fenimore secretary of the Chamber of Commerce was cut about the face when an automobile carrying her collided with a team and wagon late Tuesday. She suffered painful though not serious injuries and the automobile was damaged.
A fragmented schedule lists games across cities including Pittsburgh at New York and St. Louis at Brooklyn with cloudy skies. Other matchups include Chicago at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Boston and Washington at St. Louis with various start times around 1:30 or 3.00.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with fresh northwest winds and gales off the northeast coast. Extreme Northwest Florida Alabama and Mississippi see partly cloudy skies and cooler interior temperatures tonight with northerly winds.
Judge Robert T. Ervin announced penalties for repeat violations of the Volstead act in Mobile federal court. Jacob H. Zuckerman was fined 450 and faces a $2,000 limit and up to five years' imprisonment on a second offense. The court will distinguish principals from others. Several defendants pled guilty and received fines totaling about 1,600. Lartigue received 30 days for nonpayment.
In Manchuria on Sept 20 the Japan Soviet Far Eastern republic talks reached a deadlock. Moscow demands Japan evacuate the northern Sakhalin strip immediately, but Japan insists on indemnity for the 1920 Nikolaievsk incident before withdrawal. Adolph Joffe presented the ultimatum delaying any trade pact.
The last Lyons Park band concert begins at 7 30 tonight and continues at Bienville Square for a time. The program includes America Give the Countersign Spring Song Tenderfoot Psyche Sextette from Lucia Wilhelmine Ghost Dance Valse Danseuse Eleanor Southerner Star Spangled Banner.
A meeting of the Mobile county Democratic executive committee is set for tomorrow night at 7 30 in the inferior criminal court room. Chairman D B Cobbs says the gathering will organize the committee, swear in new members, and plan to protect Democratic nominees at the November general election.
A new issue of treasury savings certificates will be offered after September 30 replacing the current issue. The interest rate will be slightly lower and prices higher. New prices: 25 dollar certificates 20.50, 100 dollar certificates 82, 1000 dollar certificates 820.
A Mobile Council Knights of Columbus plans Columbus Day events on October 12 with a local committee in charge. A prominent speaker is to deliver an address on Columbianism as part of the observance.
A mass meeting of former soldiers and their families is slated for 3 30 Thursday afternoon at the Battle House auditorium. The Lamar Y McLeod post of the American Legion issued the call for the gathering to discuss matters of interest to ex service men and their relatives.
Alfred W. Lawson, an Milwaukee aircraft inventor, arrives in Washington to present a claimed new method of national defense. He asserts an invisible force could be unleashed against enemies by a button press, rendering the U S impregnable to land sea or air attack, though he keeps details secret.
Chicago September 20 Shop forces of the nations railways are gradually returning to normal size as roads use Baltimore peace plan and independent recruitment to rebuild crews Twenty thousand strikers are set to reclaim New York Central shops under the Baltimore agreement within thirty days boosting total system employment to about 60 000. Some lines stay out of the truce and continue hiring without negotiations with the six shop craft unions.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce filed an intervening petition in a case before the Interstate Commerce Commission contesting import and export rates from points north of the Ohio River. A hearing is set for October 3 in Boston. Boston argues Gulf ports should have lower rates like Baltimore, not New York, to prevent diversion of Gulf freight to the Atlantic ports.
Opal Milier Davis, 26, shot herself with a Southern Railway agent K L Lyons pistol during a rooming house incident. Lyons, 35, died at Fraternal Hospital after grappling with her. his death leaves a widow and children in Fort Payne. Ill health cited as motive.
Atlanta September 20 News that the Southern Railroad refuses to take back shopmen accused of violence during the strike delays their return. G C Whipple, business agent for the strikers, says five hundred workers are affected. A Labor Temple meeting is planned to iron out differences. Four hundred striking shopmen had returned to work today. The Seaboard settlement rests on the Warfield Willard Jewell agreement.
Information from Istanbul reports Mustapha Kemal Pasha preparing to seize the Dardanelles with a possible attack before week’s end. Allied officers fear British forces remain dispersed yet vow to defend the strait, while many British subjects flee. French cabinet reportedly warned Angola over a neutral zone strike, with Turks framing it as a protective counter to Britain’s actions.
Reports from London say Mustapha Kemal Pasha may be moving cavalry toward the Straits of Dardanelles in a zone claimed neutral. Turkish patrols reach near Chanak as Britain fortifies positions, while Kemal is believed to be in Smyrna seeking permission to occupy Thrace.
Federal officials will not press the Daugherty injunction or the recent Ross order in the Sanders contempt case. G W Sanders editor of the Memphis Press faces contempt charges for commenting on Jacob Cohen's arrest, alleged to have embarrassed the court.
The former Kaiser William II will marry Princess Hermine von Scheonaldh Carolath in Doorn. The ceremony is set for November six with the princess to depart November three for Doorn where she will become Frau Hohenzollern.
Albany and Erie counties report defeats for Hearst pledged delegates in the Democratic state convention race. In Albany, Patrick B. McCabe backed Hearst but delegates lost by twenty to one. Erie shows similar results for William J. Conners supporters. No other counties reported Hearst delegate victories, no votes in one district for Hearst.
In Atlantic City on September 30 Major Charles Bridges of the British embassy condemned Rudyard Kipling for purported remarks denouncing American conduct in World War I. Bridges called the author meddling and foolish and stated Britain does not doubt the United States owes Europe gratitude.
In Des Moines Iowa Eli Fraser aged 94 who chewed tobacco since age 12 quit after his 92 year old wife urged him to stop following their seventieth wedding anniversary. He now performs chores at the Home for Aged without a tobacco cud for the first time in eight decades.
A major blaze in New Orleans burned two storage buildings and the Gallagher Transfer and Storage main office plus a private residence. At 12 30 o clock patrolmen were sent to control crowds and aid firefighting as three homes burned and a building wall collapsed in high winds.
Belfast dispatch reports the Dail Eireann has passed the Irish bill granting absolute sex equality on first reading It will need further consideration before it becomes law Eamon De Valera is said to be in Dublin incognito seeking peace talks with the Free State The note also mentions shortages and low morale among regular forces
Los Angeles September 20 1945 Herbert Rawlinson noted actor was ordered to appear at the district attorney’s office to be questioned regarding accusations by Evelyn Clark Elms 17 stage dancer allegedly involving a daughter in New York City. Rawlinson denied the charge and Karl Elms of Boston supported his denials.
In Ireland a government drive against republican quarters across Kinlough and Leitrim led to the capture of fifty prisoners. Regular troops moved southward from six points as part of a broader operation to weaken rebel forces amid ongoing unrest.
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