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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1916
Page
2
General Chairman John T. Cochrane announces the 1916 YMCA membership drive begins Tuesday with division leaders meeting Monday at the Cawthon. The document lists division commanders and team captains across Divisions A through D, naming numerous individuals and roles.
Meridian Mississippi April 8 An alleged white slave conspiracy with wider reach from New York to New Orleans centers in Mississippi as the procuring ground Federal officers follow tips from J W O Bannon a mining engineer He names two New York agents tied to a theatrical style operation and claims evidence of white slave traffic including three women and a man connected to the network Federal agents have been on the case for three days but offer no details.
The Supreme Court ruled the Arkansas full crew law valid confirming it requires all railways to employ six men for switching in yards and across public crossings in first and second class cities.
Nathan G. Davis longtime Mobile business figure and president of Michael Lyons Grocery died Saturday night. His body was sent to Bellview Alabama for burial in the family cemetery after a service at his Spring Hill Ave home. Pallbearers named include J. D. Crawford James Vermile Earl Murphy and others. he leaves a wife eleven children and many relatives.
James J. McAndrew of Mobile dies at 1 30 am at 18 Garnet Avenue after illness. Survived by wife Katé Lawa two daughters and several siblings. Funeral Tuesday 9 30 am from home and 10 am at Catholic church, burial in Catholic cemetery. Robert Vincent McCowan Mobile native 62 dies at 11 30 am at 500 Spring Hill Avenue after long illness. Survived by two brothers and two sisters. Funeral Tuesday 8 45 am from home and 9 am at St Marys church, burial Magnolia cemetery.
William H. Dunlap aged 67 native of Mississippi died Monday at 9 30 am at his daughter Mrs G T Allison 5 South Georgia avenue after a two week illness. He is survived by his daughter and relatives in Scooba and Meridian Mississippi. The body is in charge of Roche Burke and will be sent to Scooba Monday night for burial.
A western Alabama farmer reportedly planted 1000 acres of velvet beans and Butler county's McGowan Bros cultivate 2000 acres of velvet beans in the same rows with corn. The practice aims to feed both crops with mutual benefits, doubling totals to 2000 acres of velvet beans and 2000 acres of corn.
American Ambassador Gerard in Berlin reported the German government would reply promptly to inquiries about the destruction of the British steamer Sussex and other vessels risking American lives. The reply was routed to the admiralty, with notices to submarine bases expected. affidavits from Sussex passengers were sent via Paris and should arrive in about ten days.
Lieutenant John E. Mort is found guilty by court martial for leading a detachment into Mexico to recover two American soldiers. He is sentenced to a reprimand. Major General Funston announced the verdict.
Shelby County Sheriff Reichmann is found not guilty of any official misconduct by Chancellor F H Heiskell in an ouster case arising from alleged enforcement failures of prohibition laws in Memphis. The decision comes after weeks of trial in Tennessee.
Equity and chancery dockets show motions set for April 4 including suppress depositions restraining orders and divorces. Inferior court cases sentence Adeline Weatherford for public drunkenness Cliff Parker fined and jailed for trespass assault. Brandeis Supreme Court nomination delayed by Senate judiciary committee to next Monday.
A reader known as the Serv Us Girl has a message to share this week at Guilt’s Grocery Store. Details remain unclear in the fragmentary OCR text.
President Wilson and House Leader Kitchin outlined anti dumping and unfair competition measures to be added to the revenue bill. They aim to curb foreign goods sold below foreign market price, with extra duties to restore parity. A dyestuffs tariff is expected but not finalized.
A miniature cyclone struck Ocean Springs at 6 am bringing down John Edwards's cottage on Holcomb avenue. The structure was lifted twenty feet and wrecked. Mrs Edwards and child unharmed. No other damage or injuries reported in the city. Debris fell on the infant but did not wake the child.
Reports from Mexican sources say Villa headed toward Chihuahua city and his emissaries tried to sway the garrison. Officials doubt his wounds. border watchers fear the bandit’s escape and expect American cavalry to press the chase through rugged mountains.
J R Findlater and wife of Jackson Mississippi visit Mobile. Belize merchant M A Perdon is in Mobile on business. T K Jackson vice president of Caribbean and Southern Steamship Co and Mobile Electric Co general manager left for Chicago. Rufus C Dawes head of Dawes Co and operator of Mobile Gas Co arrives with son Palmer Dawes at the Battle House.
The DuPont Powder Company issued a warning against excessive land speculation at Hopewell Wilmington Del April 3. The plant there now employs 20 000 men and would be very largely curtailed in capacity at the end of the European war.
Oliver M. Cline, arrested in New Orleans under the name C B Howard, admitted his identity and said he would return to Seattle without extradition. He denied embezzlement charges against the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and claimed he was on vacation. will travel tonight with detectives.
The Postoffice Auto Company, capitalized at 6000 dollars, filed incorporation papers in probate court Monday. Incorporators and officers include Henry Miller as president J C Bennett as secretary and treasurer and Mary Bennett as director.
Traffic Manager Cobb of the Chamber of Commerce and Horace Turner of the joint cotton committee returned from Chicago Sunday to file the final brief in the cotton rate case. The railroads have one more brief to file as their last answer, then the Interstate Commerce Commission is hoped to render a decision.
Major General George W. Goethals governor of the Panama Canal Zone has returned from Washington. He will inspect the Gailard cut slide area and likely issue a statement on canal reopening. He shows interest in Panama politics amid rumors of disturbances during a presidential campaign.
Washington reports Scotland Yard seized a batch of Horst von der Goltz correspondence. The letters reportedly outline plans to blow up the Welland Canal and invade Canada from the United States. They name individuals in the United States and may reveal who helped obtain an American passport under an alias.
Probate Judge Price Williams Jr. distributes April pensions to Confederate widows and soldiers with amounts ranging from 25 to 16 dollars. William E Mickle Jr once led the Mobile Cadets and Alabama regiments and has been notified by the War Department that he would be named lieutenant colonel if volunteers are called. He would undergo a physical examination when his services are requested.
Tourists who make Fairhope their winter homes depart daily for northern cities. Captain Bowen notes these families visit Fairhope each winter and return north in spring.
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