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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1915
Page
7
Washington on April 21 the United States will deliver its reply to Count von Bernstorff regarding arms export to the feal. Secretary Bryan announced the reply but declined to discuss its specifics.
Eddie Ainsmith premier catcher of the Washington baseball club received a thirty day jail term without a fine after conviction for assault on a street car motorman. Pitcher Joe Engel was fined fifty dollars for participating in the assault. appeals were filed.
In inferior criminal court on Wednesday Frank Farley proprietor of a road house on Fulton road near Dog river was fined $51 or thirty days for selling liquor in violation of the prohibition law. Farley was arrested by Deputies Brannan and Lee while serving beer to several patrons. The case against Charley Flame proprietor of the club house at Cedar Point and Pine Crest roads continued.
In Tokio April 21 the crisis in negotiations with China drew a cabinet and elder statesmen conference. Officials say Japan has reduced unsettled demands to a core issue while China delays. A firm reply is expected within a set period.
John Onlay Gaines former Tennesse congressman and new secretary of the International Boundary Commission was convicted in police court of assault on a Pennsylvania Avenue haberdasher over a fancy waistcoat dispute. He was bound over to keep the peace and released.
William Steiner 78 a Georgia native and longtime Mobile County resident died in Theodore Alabama. He is survived by his wife two sons two daughters and several relatives. The funeral was held Wednesday and burial followed in Theodore Cemetery. Burial also noted for Mrs M M McLean with service by Reverends Kailin and Phillips and pallbearers named. Ira W Hopping a New Jersey native who lived in Brooklyn died in Fairhope at his brother’s home aged 77. He is survived by a sister in Kansas and other relatives.
An authoritative report arrives from La Paz via San Diego stating Guadalajara has fallen to Carranza forces under General Dieguese. The U S cruiser Raleigh at Manzanillo acts to prevent sale of property seized by the Carranza faction.
WARSAW North Carolina April ex congressman John Faison of Faison was found dead in his bathroom with a revolver wound to his lower jaw. Ill health is cited as the likely cause.
Forests advertise De Bell Pine Tar Honey as a quick relief for whooping coughs loosening mucus and soothing the throat and lungs. It claims to ease severe coughing and advises families with growing children to keep it handy. Available 25 cents at your local Eric Bitters Spring Tonic.
Barred Rock eggs offered for sale at $1 per dozen. Mrs. Marsena Pa 4 South Dauphin. Home 262 Y.
White Orpington chicks guaranteed for hatching offered for sale at $1.50 each. Includes contact phone number 3124 and location Mt.
Amalgamated Copper 78 8-4 American Can 96 7-8 American Tobacco 245 Atlantic Coast Line 110 bid Norfolk and Western 105 Northern Pacific 110 5-8 Pennsylvania 111 1-8 Reading 154 1-2 United States Steel 58 1-4 Bethlehem Steel 142. American Beet Sugar 47 1-4.
Liverpool notes show cotton spot prices steady with good middling at 6.12 and sales of 10 000 bales for speculation plus export. Receipts total 21 000 bales. Futures quoted lightly higher with May June futures around 6.40 and backward curves for later months.
Wednesday’s receipts show Southern Railway DC line with Train 149 F M Ladd and others delivering 3 bales, Baker Lyons 2 bales, Mobile and Ohio Train 126 with 2 bales, R P Pope 5 bales, and additional bales for C Railroad 248 compresses, Louisville Nashville Train 223 with 4 bales, Planters Cotton 2 bales, Magnolia Compress 43 bales, totaling 176 bales in transit.
Turpentine sales listed as 451 20 with 226 casks received and Rosin firm receipts at 930 barrels. Quotes show B 8.25 D 8.85 3.40 F 3.50 G 3.60 J 8.65 8.30 M 4.15 N 5.15 WG 5.60 WW 6.70.
Mrs. Clementine Carmelich seeks divorce from Frank W. Carmelich citing cruelty and a violent temper. she requests custody of two children and alimony. The marriage began in April 1804 and is filed with attorney Frank 8 Stone. John David Paul sues for divorce from Jessie Howell Paul of Bay Minette Baldwin County on voluntary abandonment. they wed in August 1906.
Gambrel and Jackson Redd of Prichard Alabama were arraigned in the inferior criminal court for violating the prohibition law. After a trial lasting over an hour each was fined ten or thirty days hard labor. Both gave notices of appeal to the city court and were released on bonds of 100 dollars each. The cases marked the first batch before Judge Chamberlain on Wednesday as part of a drive to wipe out illegal liquor.
After adjournment the Associated Press annual meeting organized its officers including Frank B. Noyes as president and re elected executives Melville E B Stone and Freder Roy Martin. First vice president Daniel D Moore and second vice president Benjamin H Anthony were named along with treasurer J R Youatt. The executive committee includes Charles W Knapp Charles H Ne Clark Charles Rock B Noyes Ochs W L McLean and Victor F Lawson.
A city court heard multiple cases from a rambling crap game on Davis Avenue. Deputies forcefully entered a casino-like joint. W. B. Sibley was fined and jailed for hard labor on gambling charges, while others faced fines or dismissal for lack of evidence. The operation involved several named locals and ongoing trials set to continue.
Judge Teasley, president of the Obama Tax Reform League, endorses a bill to abolish the state tax commission and create a state revenue commission. He calls for a chairman appointed by the governor and four other members from the current board.
A one story frame dwelling on Monroe Street, owned by Mrs Odeck Wale and occupied by a tenant, was quieted after a phone call from Empire Empire Tharedey. The Mearst Punch venue and party No. 12 are referenced in the fragment.
An advertisement extols a soap claiming it cleans pores without harming the skin. It highlights soft, clean hands and notes the product is available in a cam of SEAT handy for 10 cents at dealers.
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