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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1914
Page
2
J R Ingersoll of Hall's Mill road was arrested on two warrants by his wife Ruby charging assault and battery and threatening to beat and kill. Bond set at $300 for the first case and $5 000 for the second. He claimed no prior trouble and said a quarrel over a love interest led to the assault.
Washington August 10 The House Agriculture Committee debated measures to help cotton growers and merchants facing a European crisis. A Lever Cotton grading bill would create federal inspection and standards, with bonded warehouse storage and bale certification. C J Brand urged immediate legislation to implement a nationwide plan within thirty days.
The Alabama National Guard field artillery units spent Monday at the bay front for target practice. They marched from camp to Broad Street and Monroe Park, set guns along the waterfront, fired on bay targets, and many bathed in the water. Major L. S. Dorrance said they would not return before 6 pm and would continue practice and horsemanship training.
Secretary Leon Schwarz of the Tax League of Mobile county announced that eighteen names were added to the league since Sunday morning. The list includes J. E. Duval & Co North Mobile Development Company Mrs CC Meux SMe Lyons O T Arnold Crowley Marshall R N Hudson Mobile Company F A Cirlot Graham & Rush Clothing Company Fuller Bros Albright & Wood L H Meyers Sons T L Moore & Co Yeend Potter Company Bloch Bros T G EL Richard.
License data shows Oscar A L Dunklin and Marie G Delvaux, Elliott Matthews and Mary Kate Ki, Wilford L Allen and Mabel Ol gen, James J McWilliams and Maude.
Secretary Bryan announced that Austria Hungary France Great Britain and Russia acknowledged Wilson's offer of mediation. The State Department continues to seek the release of Mr and Mrs Arthur Huntington of New York held in Nuremberg while it remains unclear if mediation has reached the German Foreign Office.
Palmer and Gos escaped after cutting a chrome steel bar and using blanket strips as a rope ladder. Gossett, serving six months for unlawful auto use, faced a longer term for prior escape attempt. Palmer, from Pensacola, denied planning the escape, while both men faced rewards and manhunt across nearby towns and states.
A Brussels cable reports Belgian forces destroyed the Liege fort to deny its use by Germans. Bavarian troops reportedly refuse to fight Belgians as Queen Marie of Belgium earns Bavarian sympathy.
In response to a call for volunteers to return to fight for Holland, six Mobile residents have registered at the Netherlands consulate, according to Consul Louis Donald. The consul has been telegraphed to register volunteers but not dispatch them yet.
Arlington Alabama will allow the Tropical Fair Association to use the bayside park race track for five years and any adjacent ground not needed for park purposes. Association members present included George Fearn Jr John T Cochrane J W Cawthon and D R Dunlap. The full city commission approved the action at the meeting.
The record shows daily and weekly cotton receipts and exports, with totals since September 1. Data include United States ports, exports to Great Britain and the continent, and current stock levels for mobile quantities.
The Alm narrowly avoided a collision in the channel after steering gear trouble. Bananas arrive with Belvernon 17000 bunches and Fort Morgan 8500. Otta and Droning Olga due Monday. Echo the tug returns to Mobile after towing oil barges from Tampico and Galveston.
C. O. McDougle and R. G. Bell of the Alabama National Guard artillery corps were detained at police headquarters Monday morning by Captain H. A. Moon and troops on suspicion of selling government ponchos issued for military use.
Mrs Marie Wanda also known as Mrs Marie Evans was arrested on larceny charges after involvement in a white slave case. She appeared in the recorder's court Monday and was ordered held until Atlanta officials arrive with requisition papers. an officer is due Monday evening.
Police nab Charles King over a week after he entered Thomas Byrne's residence on College Lane stealing rugs a typewriter and a sewing machine. Chief Crenshaw said King was seen bringing household goods to town and attempting to pawn the typewriter. He had already sold the sewing machine.
The city board of health directs inspectors to inspect all premises in Mobile as part of a broad clean up campaign to prevent bubonic plague from entering from New Orleans. A large inspection force is deployed across sections of the city.
J. F. Johnson alias J. F. Arnesworth of Whistler was arrested by Detectives Burch and Pearson on a complaint by M. J. Martin for obtaining goods by fraud. He is suspected of passing a bad check for $11 to Daly Brothers Grocery Company signed Arnesworth.
Gordon W. King, Cunard agent, announces resumption of sailings to Great Britain in August. The British steamer Saxons sails from New York on August 16, with tickets sold to first and second class to Britons and Americans only for certain classes. The steamer Laconia sails on August 19.
William C. Mays superintendent of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Works at Prichard reported a theft from the lead room since the first of the month. A large quantity of lead pipe and twenty six lead pigs weighing thirty to eighty pounds were taken along with additional pipe.
A small black leather satchel containing several bottles and tubes, evidently the property of a physician, was found on Dauphin Street Monday and turned in at the police station. The case is being kept until the owner is identified.
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