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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1915
Page
4
The Mobile Item Co Inc operates from 1 19 Bt Emanuel Street in Mobile Alabama with business listings and notices appearing in the period paper.
A Daphne protest notes the Joint Committees on Finance and Taxation visit to inspect the Normal School. The item urges retention and more funds to support the institution, echoing Rev Dr Planck's appeal for adequate support and decrying closure.
The Item argues a head of the government public health service issued an order to certain railroads to avoid taking water at two Alabama cities due to typhoid fears. The paper urges full disclosure of the infected cities and railroads, urging nationwide publicity and noting Mobile is reportedly free of typhoid.
A Mobile Boston clergyman describes how foul oaths on street corners humiliate spouses and mothers. He urges court action against profanity and praises those who pursue legal remedies, warning that such behavior demeans civility and society.
A brief update expresses hope for favorable weather to aid farmers in their work and allow them to rest easier. The tone emphasizes relief and steady conditions for productive farming days ahead.
The Item reports visiting legislators and prominent figures praising Mobile as central to Alabama’s progress. They stress Mobile’s loyalty to the state, reject out‑of‑state criticism, and commit to aiding the port city’s growth as a gateway to prosperity with leaders like Senator Lusk and Congressman Gray expressing support.
The New York World recounts a New York scion who, after a year away, washes dishes for a camp in California’s Imperial Valley. With $9, he saves, plans to stay on the road toward independence, and may yet return to wealth if his parents tempt him back.
Traditions were broken as Mo bile weather turned raw and blustery. The lion and lamb adage failed as overcoats felt unnecessary on a day of strong winds and chilly air.
Catholic and Episcopal churches held solemn yet elaborate observances with large congregations. Tomorrow their Holy Week continues with Good Friday and Easter only three days away.
Eugene W. Hawes of Mobile filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court showing liabilities of 510 and no assets. Judge Toulmin adjudicated him bankrupt, Referee R T Ervin set April 16 for attendance before the referee.
Philadelphia April 1 University of Pennsylvania authorities report a flood of entries for this year’s relay races with more than 100 high schools and many colleges indicating participation.
Legislators from the Gulf region, meeting in Mobile, attended a bar association banquet in the Vineyard of the Ca wthon. About forty five attendees heard toastmaster Stewart Brooks and remarks by Chairman John K Weakley and Senator John C Lusk praising Mobile as a port and pledging support from lawmakers and local attorneys.
Gulfport reports a record opening shrimp season with hundreds of barrels shipped to New Orleans and other markets for restaurant use. The Gulfport United Charities collected about $100 from the Gulf-Tiger charity ball with ongoing donations of clothing and provisions aiding Gulfport residents.
Today Empire Theater presents A Wireless Rescue a two reel Vitagraph feature starring James Morrison and Dorothy Kelly with additional titles Only the Maid an Edison drama and An Expensive Visit Lubin comedy. Tomorrow Joseph Kaufman arrives with The Blessed Miracle featuring Ethel Clayton. Also The Master of His House with Constance Talmadge and Billy Quirk. Bushman Comes Saturday The Great Silence three reel feature starring Francis X. Bushman Beverly Bayne.
Old Dutch with Lew Fields stars as Ludwig Streisand an inventor who can see the person he phones in a screen version of the Shubert stage hit. He travels to Palm Beach with his daughter loses money and identity and has diverting adventures before resolution. Also showing The Forged Testament and two supporting features.
Joseph B. Johnson filed suit in circuit court alleging the Knights and Ladies of Honor of the World owe $300 on a Martha Johnson life policy, claimed due after her death in March 1914.
The Mobile rivers and harbor joint committee approved the drafted improvements bill despite requests for changes. A rival Armbrechts bill on riparian rights was rejected. Wharf owners urged shared dredging costs and preservation of property rights. A letter from A L Staples proposed targeted dredging measures and removal of maintenance provisions. Objections from Dr Erwin Craighead and S P Gaillard urged sticking to the prepared bill. A five member delegation was named to meet the legislative committee on finance and taxation Thursday morning.
Washington notes urge creation of a single House budget committee to consolidate all annual appropriation bills. The Sixty-third Congress appropriated about 2.23 billion dollars, a record for spending, with eight committees currently handling funds and reports. Chairman Fitzgerald argues for centralized power to curb waste and address looming deficits as imports and duties shrink treasury revenues.
The Interstate Commerce Commission set April 23 for a hearing where the Southern, Chesapeake and Ohio, Norfolk and Western, Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads may defend their ownership of the Old Dominion Steamship Company and the Virginia Navigation Company in alleged contravention of the Panama Canal act.
New York April 1 Officers and members of the National Woman Suffrage Association debated a move by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage to withdraw from the parent body. The Union urges a direct constitutional amendment, while the national group backs the Shafroth Palmer plan. Mrs O H P Belmont urged excluding men from leadership roles, while Mrs Rhetta Childe Dorr warned of political misuse.
Paris reports Marie Louise Welch, linked to Naval Ensign Ullmo who faced life imprisonment in 1908 for selling French naval plans. Ullmo was convicted for trying to sell secrets to Germany, claiming manipulation by a powerful woman who ruined him.
The steamer Manhattan arrived from London with fifty six survivors of the steamer Denver abandoned at sea March 28. Forty nine were Denver crew, seven were Denver passengers, including five from the Carib crew and two from the Evelyn crew, the two American ships sunk by mines in the North Sea. Sixteen other Denver survivors came earlier aboard Megantic.
Paris reports the German governor general of Belgium has set up special provincial tribunals to apply the old French law from the republic era. The law assigns each community responsibility for damage during public disturbances and reportedly cannot be appealed.
The Interstate Commerce Commission dismissed the Macon Chamber of Commerce complaint alleging that the Louisville and Nashville rate of zero cents per hundred pounds on black strap molasses from New Orleans to Macon was unreasonable. The ruling closes the challenge in this case.
The text notes a rule restricting legislation to economy, observes riders in appropriation bills, and cites 1838 1 cent restrictions as essential. FitzGerald argues spending has grown beyond early plans and general actions in appropriation bills are inadequately crafted. Democrats push for a budget committee amid concern over rising expenditures.
Reports from Trieste describe misery among Austrian troops in Trentino with pay cut to two pence daily and rations reduced to two loaves a week. Civilians starve as bread becomes scarce, prices rise, and authorities plan evacuation routes if the enemy advances.
Chief of Police Crenshaw returned to the city on Wednesday after traveling to Birmingham to defend a damage suit filed by W. C. Morris over an alleged false arrest. He waited two days with no court call and decided to return home until the matter is reached. A. D. Davis of Mobile is also named as a defendant.
At midnight last night Cleveland's segregated district was closed for the first time in the city's history. No disorder attended the passing.
City Bank and Trust Co and People's Bank of Mobile file federal suits in New Orleans seeking recovery against Henry Vogemann and Richard Vogemann of Hamburg Germany. Allegations claim fraudulent bill of lading schemes connected to E E Carriere & Co and D LeMore & Co to obtain bank advances. Petitions seek damages totaling thousands of dollars with bankruptcy details noted.
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