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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1915
Page
7
Theodore Wardell barber was struck by a car at 8 10 p m Wednesday at Gent i and St Emanuel streets. Detective Murphy arrested Captain J M Scott at police HQ for reckless and furious driving. Wardell not seriously hurt. arrest followed report.
The Episcopal diocesan convention in Boston voted to adopt a pension system for retired or disabled clergymen their widows and children. Massachusetts is believed to be the first diocese to act and the plan will be considered by other dioceses nationwide.
In Oklahoma City on April 22 ten automobiles driven by world famous pilots prepared for the 200 mile road race set to start at 2 p m as the feature event of a three day program with a $5 000 purse and $1 000 in bonuses offered.
The Mary Wittich of Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company has been chartered to D. J. Ryan Towboat Company of Galveston Texas for an indefinite period. The tug is among the harbor’s largest and most powerful and suited for work near the Galveston bar.
Mobile items report W R Burke of Grand Trunk Railway visiting on business. Round Table Club discusses Americas police Mexico question with three affirmative and five negative votes. Marriage licenses issued for three couples Frank Tee Mary Tillman Richard Douglas Lundy and Oliver Tabor Adams Charles Austin Fields Vera Atkinson colored couple Charles Bland Julia Davis. Notary public Louis Hamilton filed bond in probate court. Habeas corpus proceedings for Enoch continued to 28 due to Sheriff Lynch’s absence. Elijah Johnson arrested on assault charge awaiting court.
Whistler Alabama forms the Whistler Baseball Association led by John Tew as president and Clarence Tate as secretary. The group plans a Suburban League with Whistler Plateau Coca-Cola and Pastimes, while local merchants donate gear and cash to start the club.
The Norwegian steamer Trym of Munson Steamship Co will sail Friday with machi for a Sugar mill in Hewana Cuba. It may load near Munson pier Thursday after approval by local health authorities. The Norwegian bark Ganges from Liverpool arrived with a 1 000 000 feet lumber cargo to load for London. The Maria from Uruguay will load a lumber cargo for the Moragues Lumber Co and sail to UK ports.
The Braves beat Cunningham's Cubs 16 to 11 at the local Y M C A to extend their seven game indoor baseball win streak. Key plays by Phillips Backes Crawford and Ollinger and strong defense by Crawford and Soost highlighted the Braves win while Cub errors aided the rally. Next game Friday features Steeber's Giants vs Cunningham's Cubs, a crucial matchup for second place.
The organ for All Saints Episcopal Church is being installed by Maryland agent Mr. Bowling who arrived Thursday. The project will take about three weeks and involves 852 pipes. New pews are expected to arrive around April 30.
Burial of William Steiner in Theodore Alabama conducted by Rev W L Booker from Bay Minette. Interment in Theodore cemetery with pallbearers named. News from Mobile reports William H Snow of Mobile, later Memphis, died Tuesday night after a long illness. Funeral in Memphis Friday with Forrest Hill cemetery interment. Surviving relatives include Ed Snow of Mt Vernon and widow Mollie B Snow.
Three or four hundred fans plan an excursion from Mobile to New Orleans for a Mobile game. The Louisville and Nashville railroad, via Regin H. Geron, says trains depart Mobile at 7 30 a m and return at 11 p m with excursion rates available.
Frost in the north and snow in Montana accompany a high barometer area from the north Pacific coast to the northern Rockies. Light frost in New York City and fair weather in the North Atlantic states accompany the western high area. A low barometer mass over Utah covers much of the U S from the Mississippi to the Pacific coast with warm southerly winds in the middle. Scattered precipitation affects a large southern region. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster.
Delphine Boulo of Mobile, daughter of the late Phillip and Urzulo Boulo, died Wednesday at 3 PM in a local infirmary after a long illness. She is survived by a brother, Dr P C Boyle, and other relatives. Funeral was held Thursday afternoon from the former residence at 19 North Cegar Street.
Walter Turnbull won the Choctaw mass convention in Durant to succeed Victor M. Locke as chief. The convention adopted resolutions urging Congress to release several million dollars in tribal funds held in trust.
Birmingham reports say Hubert Drennon of Birmingham warned the Finance and a Nation Committee that the jitney business will end by September 1. In Mobile ten jitneys operate with twenty six cars having run since start, sixteen quitting the business.
Albert Catchet aged 42 a Biloxi native and Mobile resident died Wednesday night at 11 35 at his home 720 South Conception after a months long illness He worked for Charles Schimpt restaurant operator His mother three brothers three sisters and other relatives survive him He was a devout Catholic and died fortified with all the rites of his church.
The Associated Oil Company with hundreds of wells in the Kern River field near Bakersfield will resume full operations within thirty days. Several hundred men who were laid off are being rehired as pumping resumes.
Three story brick building at No 62 Dauphin street will be improved to suit a good tenant. No 6 Dauphin street offers a two story brick building in good condition suitable for store or warehouse. No 211 St Michael street features a large garage with cement floor that can also serve as a warehouse.
Eleven players were dropped from the Philadelphia Americans' roster as they left for Boston. Four moved to minor league teams while three were released outright. Sam Crane to Richmond Hank Bostick to Newark Joe Sherman to Jersey City Gardiner to Newport News Voltz Hamilton and Reed released. Manager Connie Mack plans to carry twenty two players, three under the league limit, with more cuts possible before May 1.
In the inferior criminal court on Thursday Sim Thomas was fined one dollar and costs in each of two vagrancy by gaming charges and remanded to county jail for sentence. Spencer, who embezzled two dollars from W C Richardson, was sent to the county road for thirty days. Richardson sent Spencer to collect the money but he did not return and admitted spending the two guliver pieces. The cases of Lucy James for destroying Corinne Meggs property and Harry Blunt for assaulting Pearl Riggs were continued to May 24.
Turin dispatch quotes former premier Giovanni Giolitti saying negotiations between Italy and Austria had not failed and Italy's intervention in the war was not imminent.
Letter questions about gain weight with grain hyphésnuclane tablets and hair care for dandruff with yellow mingos. Other inquiries request relief for indigestion kidney issues rheumatism and general ailments with several sealed-package medicines recommended by the columnist.
A brief article explains stomach acidity and heartburn caused by fermentation. It promotes antacids like isolated magnesia as a safe remedy to neutralize acid after meals and prevent discomfort from wind.
A reader asks about tongue coating headaches and digestion and is advised to use liver and kidney cleansing tablets. Another asks about nervous spells and fatigue and is steered toward tonic treatments and grain cadomene tablets. Additional letters seek fat reduction remedies and a cough remedy with menthol essence, plus antiseptic Vilane Powder for catarrh.
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