Burglars Steal $2,000 Payroll From Prichard Cotton Mill Vault
Nighttime raid at Prichard Cotton Mill Products offices breaks a heavy glass window and vault door to seize about $2,000 in cash payroll. Deputies have no leads as workers were nearby and the cash was staged for distribution today. The heist occurred after 9:30 PM with burglars possibly using a ladder or vehicle to reach a nine foot high opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prichard Cotton Mill
Burriars
Cotton Mill Products Company
Prichard
Mobilé
John Craftway
Prichard Road
Rescue Efforts Grow For Sunk Submarine 8 5 Off Block Island
Newport Rhode Island September 26 The submarine 8 5 sank after colliding with the City of Rome near Block Island. Rescue ships including the Putnam rushed to the scene with life boats and divers to locate the vessel and recover or communicate with the 34 missing men aboard. Crews hope the crew may be alive as salvage vessels and submarines move to the area and buoy signals are reported near the crash site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Block Island
City
Rome
Putnam
Wrecking Company
Weasel
Hace
Ubmar
New York
New London
Boston
Diehh
Pany
Nam
Bam
Newsect
New
Cras
Dewey Kile
M. 8
Lif
A. Gier
Winter Room Force
Boston Yard
Niort
New It
Salvage VI
U S Grand Jury To Meet October 23
Judge Henry D. Clayton, federal judge for the middle Alabama district, arrived in Mobile and called a special Mobile grand jury session for October 23. The session, prompted by Judge Robert T. Ervin's absence, will handle many cases and may replace the regular November term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Clayton
Middle Alabama
Montgomery
Mobile
Federal Grand Jury
Robert T. Ervin
South Alabama
Suit to test privilege tax on mortgage transfer
Henry T. Hamilton through Gordon and Edington seeks a writ of mandamus against Judge Price Williams to compel recording a mortgage transfer before paying the privilege tax. Williams cites an attorney general ruling requiring tax collection prior to recording. Hearing set for September 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Hamilton
Gordon & Edington
Circuit Court
Price Williams
Hamilton
Williams
Policemen Discover Liquor on Wharf and Alley
Deputies Farmer McCrary and Burch found seventeen half pints and a quart of whiskey in a vacant house at 458 Marshalls alley. Police Officer George K Cloud reported a five gallon keg of imported liquor found on the docks at the foot of Eslava street. The liquor was in a tin container and appears to be Mexican alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCrary and Burch
Marshall's Alley
George K. Cloud
Eslava Street
Fire damages at Marine Junk Company building
The Marine Junk Company at 160 South Water Street suffered slight damage from a fire in a pile of junk. Several fire units responded and the cause was not determined. A separate call Friday afternoon addressed a fire at 1589 Monterey Street causing little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Junk Company
South Water Street
Monterey Street
Veterans Observe Semmes Birthday in Electra Event
Ad miral Raphael Semmes Birthday to be marked Monday by Raphael Semmes Camp United Confederate Veterans and Electra Semmes Chapter U D C. Veterans will attend a theatre party at the Lyric Theatre at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raphael Semmes
Confederate, Navy
United Confederate Veterans
Electra Semmes
Lyric Theatre
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Regional forecast notes fair conditions in Alabama with coastal showers tonight. Sunday should be fair inland with southeast winds moderate to fresh. Mississippi expected showers tonight and Sunday with improving conditions inland in central and north areas and moderate southeast winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
Gun Used In Auto Theft Robbery Linked To Crow Store
L. Thomas, 25, confessed to robbing Jordan Driverless Auto Co. yesterday and stealing a pistol used again in a Crow Store burglary on Royal Street. Authorities say $110 was found in a taxi linked to the suspect, a Crow store key was recovered, and a parole from Springfield Mass. was found among his possessions. He admitted the burglaries and faces charges in both incidents.
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Thomas
Jordan
Warren Byrd
A. W. Crow
Royal Street
Canal
Crow
Gus ‘Lambeth
Auto Company
Prichard
Springfield
Mass
Watertown
State Roads Inspected in County
Nl B Rutledge chief inspector from Alabama Highway Department fourth division completed road inspections in the county with County Highway Engineer James E B Shelton. They surveyed roads between Mon and Keep on Citronelle Rend County Vernon before Rutledge departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Rutledge
Alabama Highway Department
James EB. Shelton
Moon
Keep On
Citronelle Rend Ount Vernon
Rutledge
Initiation Ceremonies for Knights of Columbus Class
A large group of candidates is to receive three degrees at Mobile Council No. 666 Knights of Columbus. Initiation begins at 10 30 Sunday in the hall on Seep Street with two degrees in the morning and the third in the afternoon. Mass will be at St Joan of Arc church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Council
Knights of Columbus
Seep Street
Order
St. Joan of Arc Church
Room burglarized at Arlington hotel on Government street
Police report theft at the Arlington hotel on lower Government street. Thieves pried a transom to enter the room of E. M. Curtin and stole a suit valued at 45 dollars. detectives Moody and Arras investigated the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Hotel
Lower Government Street
E. M. Curtin
Moody and Arras
Taxi driver held on assault charge
Eddie Owens a taxi driver was jailed on a warrant from the inferior criminal court charging assault and battery. He allegedly beat Eddie Spencer a former deputy sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TAXI
Eddie Owens
Inferior Criminal Court
Owens
Eddie Spencer
Mitchell to Fight for Unified Air Service
Washington reports that Colonel Billy Mitchell leads advocates for a unified air service. He rallies air service enthusiasts before the president's air board next week and promises new charges of treasonable administration and criminal negligence against the air force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Billy” Mitchell
Army
Navy
Air Board
Mitchell
Air Force
Restriction Put On Radio Waves
After October 1 ships registered in the United States under an arrangement with Britain will be barred from using 100 and 150 meter waves within 250 miles of UK coasts to avoid interference. Similarly British and Northern Irish vessels will observe the rule within 250 miles of the U S coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A.P
United States
State Department
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Rome to Tokyo flight completed by Italian ace
Commander Francesco de Pinedo finished the Rome to Tokyo route arriving at Kasumigaura air station near Tokyo at 3 52 PM. He was greeted by naval and military officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Francesco de Pinedo
Kasumigaura
Here
Officer Identifies Two Marion Adams Seizure Suspects
Deputy U S Marshal Noah Gewin identified two crewmen of the Hazel E Herman as Edward Sperry and a second man once arrested in the Marion Adams liquor seizure. They testified at the Herman crew prelim and were bound over to a grand jury. bonds were set at 5000, 2000, and 1000 dollars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel E. Herman
Coast Guard
Mobile
United States
Noah Gewin
Marion Adams
Edward Sperry
G. Leslie Darden
New Orleans
Ed Sperry
H. Sperry
Haughn
Hecker Perry
A. C. Anderson
Aubrey Boyles
Baltimore Slaying Ends Pittsburgh Police Shootout
In Pittsburgh on September 26 a running gun battle with patrolmen left a suspect known as Baltimore dead at the Smithfield Street station after ten shots were exchanged. Four accomplices fled after a mobile theft and wreck near Corliss station. three were later arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Press
Baltimore
Smithfield Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Corlisse
Richman
Smithfield
Japanese Envoy to Orleans Parley
Right Rev. Joseph B Motoda bishop of Tokio and head of Sei Koko wai will attend the Protestant Episcopal Church's forty-eighth general convention in New Orleans starting October 7. He is the first Orient native church bishop to visit the U S convention and is noted educator and religious worker who has represented Japan in educational conferences worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Protestant Episcopal Church
Joseph
Motoda
Tokio
Sei Kokowai
Japan
Orient
United States
Paris Cheerful Over Debt Plan
Paris newspapers greet the debt funding talks in Washington with optimism though noting technical questions on interest and payments to be resolved. They expect a legitimate settlement and progress toward financing needs.
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Paris
United Press
Washington
Woman Held In Hammer Slaying In San Antonio
Mrs Ida McCobb 59, wealthy widow, died from a hammer blow in her room. Mrs Mabel Longworth Sheridan 30, held after being found in a swoon nearby. Jewelry valued at 10 000 missing from a trunk. 80 000 untouched. Sheridan’s mother and a maid gave statements. case under district attorney review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Ida McCobb
Mabel Longworth Sheridan
Sheridan
McCobb
W. M. Longworth
Emma Jeannette Pullian
District Attorney's Office
Air service mourns for victims of Shenandoah disaster
A naval board of inquiry reconvened at Lakehurst New Jersey to investigate the Shenandoah dirigible wreck. Witnesses testified a gas cell deflated and cupped then dropped as the air ship collapsed, with Commander Zachary Lansdowne and 13 crewmen lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Board of Inquiry
Boston
Zachary Lansdowne
James H. Collier
August C. Querenheim
Querenheim
Shenandoah
Land Dealer with Diamonds in Teeth Demonstrates Florida Holdings
Knoxville reports that Harry Sylvester Thobe of Oxford Ohio known as a millionaire bricklayer flashed nine diamonds in gold crowns in his upper teeth while discussing his Florida real estate. He values the teeth at thousands of dollars and wears diamond pins and rings valued at $50,000. Thobe was en route to the world's series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
United Press
Harry Sylvester Thobe
Oxford
Ohio
Florida
Thobe
Postmaster Appointments in Florida
International News Service reports Postmaster General Harry S. New named Rexford D. L. Graves acting postmaster at Daytona Florida. Carl D. Abercrombie becomes postmaster at Seabreeze and M. Lay at Stuart Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
International News Service
Harry
New Today
Rexford D. L. Graves
Daytona
Fla
Carl D. Abercrombie
Seabreeze
M. Lay
Stuart, Fte
Hibernians Open State Convention in Mobile Tonight
The Ancient Order of Hibernians and ladies' auxiliary begin their state convention in Mobile with tonight’s program led by state president Edward McHugh. A joint reception at the Cawthon hotel features welcome from Mayor Hartwell and Mrs. M. E. Ruffin. Sunday mass at the Cathedral and a full day of events follow, with officers Anna P. McGowan and others listed from Mobile Birmingham Montgomery Pratt City.
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Ancient Order of Hibernians
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Hibernians
Edward McHugh
Cawthon Hotel
Harry T. Hartwell
M. E. Ruffin
Woman’s Auxiliary
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral School For Girls
Conti Street
Portier
Monroe Park
Anna P. McGowan
Mobile
Mamie Carney
Birmingham
Kate Whittaker
Ontgomery
Loretta Travis
Pratt City
Jail officials held in graft charge amid jailer scandal
Four former jail officials named in federal orders face charges after investigators detail payments to ex warden Wesley Westbrook and secretary Henry Foerst. The probe centers on Terrence Druggan and Frank Lake, wealthy beer runners, who benefited from privileges while serving contempt sentences. Westbrook granted early discharge for Lake and time off for Druggan in exchange for monthly payments. Westbrook bonds set at 5900 dollars. Foerst and Thompson at 3000 each. Fitzgerald not bailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicago
Terrence Druggan
Frank Lake
Wilkerson
Wesley Westbrook
Henry Foerst
Hans Thompson
James Fitzgerald
Druggah
Lake
Westbrook
Druggan
J. J. Barbour
Foerst
Thompson
Fitzgerald
Two Burned in Arkansas Exposion Fatalities Near Norphiet
Eldorado resident James A. Burchfield aged 33 and Texas native A G Brickely, workers at Unity Petroleum, were fatally burned in an explosion at an oil treating plant three miles north of Norphiet on September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
Ark
James A. Burchfield
A. G. Brickely
Texas
Unity Petroleum Company
Norphiet
Dixie Series Resumes in Texas Today in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Panthers and Atlanta Crackers meet in the third Dixie baseball game in Fort Worth with three games scheduled today Sunday and Monday. The series between Texas League champions and Southern Association champions aims for a large crowd as Paul Wachtel makes his series debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Fort Worth Panthers
Atlanta Crackers
Atlanta
Paul Wachtel
Atz
Watchel
Bert Niehoff
Jim Bagby
Pug Cavet
Tall Portsider
Panthers
Cavet
Trainmen in Wreck May Face Charges
In Chattanooga Tennessee on September 26 authorities said manslaughter charges will be brought against trainmen responsible for a head-on collision near Worley. The Dixie Express crew is blamed. J H Green the engineer is seriously injured. Mrs H C Beyers of Cloquet Minnesota died. Most of the injured have left hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Worley
George W. Chamblee
H. C. Beyers
Cloquet
Minn
J. H. Green
Chamblee
Scaffold Falls Kill Four At Metropolitan Building
In Chicago on September 26 a hoisting apparatus failed at the Metropolitan building causing four men to plunge from the fourteenth and seventh floors. One man died instantly and two others died later in a hospital. a fourth may survive. The deceased were James Devlin Peter Busby and J Pittinga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Metropolitan Building
James Devlin
Peter Busby
J. Pittinga
No Pay Increase for Miners Planned in Scranton
Major William M. English of the anthracite operators negotiating committee told Mayor John Durkan that a strike cannot secure a wage increase. Durkan had urged operators to agree to a new wage, but the operators have failed to reach agreement since September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
William M. English
Gotiating Committee
John Durkat
Durkan
English
Bank messengers killed in gun attack in Philadelphia
Bank messenger was fatally wounded and another seriously injured when bandits opened fire today. The bandits escaped amid the gunfire as police pursued them through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
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Emre
U. S
Junk Company
Eastern Prison
Barber
Rum
Anderson
Conrad
Herman
Hommeland
Orleans
Mrs.Cobb
Sheri
Mrs. Longworth
Mrs. Sheridan
Mrs. McCobb
Sheriff's’ Office
AIR Service
NEA
George Bymuk
Rm Sophie Poleski
Arkansas
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