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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1915

Page

5

Wanted help wanted notices in local classifieds

Classified brief listings showing employment prospects and job seekers: a cuiaeten position, an experienced stenographer, a handy young man seeking work, and a sawmill boarding house needing a manager or caretaker. Each item includes an address care line, contact method, and dating stamps such as 10-3t 12-3tp.

Bell G. H Young Cawthon Government Street DeBriere South Royal_ street P.O Cohn Pinkerson & Robinson S. W. Dauphir and Cedar

Austrian charged with spying on U S Gulf coast fortifications

Federal officers in Tallahassee arrested August Ordolph on a warrant charging entering U S property to obtain information on national defenses. He allegedly drew plans of Florida gulf coast reservations from Flag Island to Tampa Bay while staying with a German family near Chaires. He has claimed bee culture to justify his three months in Florida.

Tallahassee Fra August Ordolph United States Ordolph Flag Island Port St. Joe Crooked Island Moreno Point Santa Rosa Island Apalachicola Bay St. Andrews Bay Panama City Forts Pickens Barrancas Gulf Coast Florida Cedar Keys Tampa Bay John L. Neeley Austria Rudolph Adolph

Balkan tensions and German Baltic base report update

Balkan situation deepens as Serbia resists ceding land to Bulgaria and Roumania may enter to prevent isolation. Berlin dispatch claims French raids killed civilians at Zweibruecken and Ingbert with limited property damage. German Baltic fleet seizes Libau as a naval base in Latvia with extensive fortification work underway.

London Berlin Zweibruecken Ingbert Libau Baltic Russia Daily Mail Copenhagen

Venizelos returns to Athens amid policy uncertainty and political future

Eleutherios Venizelos, former Greek premier, returns to Athens after resigning in March over King Constantine's disapproval of his pro Allied policy. The timing of any policy pronouncement depends on the king's August 16 parliamentary address. Venizelos had earlier signaled a return to leadership despite retirement. The June election kept his Liberal party victorious and he hinted at accepting the people's call. In London, the Meteor was sunk by German forces in the North Sea, as the Ramsey refuted. Household and business notices fill out the rest of the UPI wire.

Athens Greece London Eleutherios Venizelos Constantine M. Venizelos Ramsey North Sea

Sorrowful tale of Daisy and the dip at the court

Daisy Anderson faces three months at Hotel de Holcombe after the court finds her involved with a man who claims his roll shrank from ten dollars to nothing. Other cases include domestic strife, gun talk, and fines for drunkenness and minor offenses with multiple defendants in Mobile court sessions.

Judge Edington Daisy Anderson Wesley Williams Daisy Wesley Jedge Wes Dar Hotel de Holcombe George Wingate Rich George Jonas Davis Jonas Davis Villa Dave Richardson Mobile Minnie Henry Frank A. Tuttle Oliver Mazzan Zan Willie May Jackson Crawford J. W. Hawley

Out of Town Visitors On Brief Business Trips

R H McConnell left Wednesday night for Evergreen Greenville Lane Pensacola Fla for ten days on Michigan corm ot deeds office business. W L Henderson Southern Railway land agent returned to Mobile after Asheville trip. N B Vrah chief engineer New Orleans Mobile Cho railroad was in Metting. Partrids secretary treasurer Partrid Hardware spending vacation at Belle Fontaine. Edwin Warley of Warley Fruit & Produce went for ten days or two weeks to Arkay Ark. A little praise at the right time does for a man what fertilizer does to a garden.

R. H. McConnell Evergreen Greenville Lane Pensacola Fla Corm Ot Deeds Michigan W. L. Henderson Southern Railway Mobileee Asheville New Oreans, Mobile & Cho Railroad la Miss Partrids Treasee Partrid Hardware Company Belle Fontaine Edwin Warley Warley Fruit & Produce Company Arkay

Biloxi scout: Thompson linked to Ford name in detrow case

Police report a Detroit Ford Motor Co letter ties Dr. W E Thompson, jailed in Gulfport on bad check and grand larceny charges, to posing as Henry Ford's son. He allegedly used this ruse to obtain money from women and escape earlier trouble in Philadelphia and Detroit. A preliminary hearing is set in Biloxi before Judge Champlin.

Dr. Thompson Gulfport Ford Co Biloxi Miss Ford Automobile Company of Detroit W. E. Thompson Henry Ford Thompson Ford Philadelphia Ford Automobile Company Staehling Z. T. Champlin S. Block Beaumont Texas Corpus Christi Gulf Coast

Hildegard shows less damage after squall overturn

Captain G J Santa Cruz reports the barkentine Hildegard sustained less damage than feared from a Fort Morgan squall. Sails ruined by fresh water, lumber cargo spoiled for most ships, hull damaged slightly, and ballast raised to 200 pounds for River Plate reload. Five fruiters in harbor include American Bluefields and other United Fruit ships.

G. J. Santa Cruz Fort Morgan Ollinger & Bruce River Plate Porto Barrios Guat United Fruit Company Corinto Mobile Orr-Laubennemmer Company Fruitere American Bluefields Porto Cortez Hond Guam Viking Carrbbean and Southern Line Port Arthur Texas Freda Caribbean and Southern Steamship Company New York Windward Islands

Mobile Graduate Passes Medical License Exam

Claude Aloysius Quinn of Mobile son of Col A G Quinn was among sixty four applicants approved to practice medicine in Alabama after passing the exam announced in Montgomery. He studied at Mobile Medical College, graduated from Tulane University last year and now serves as ship surgeon with the United Fruit Company out of New Orleans.

Claude Aloysius Quinn Col A. G. Quinn Mobile Alabama Montgomery Mobile Medical College Dr. Quinn New Orleans Tulane University United Fruit Company

Knights of Columbus Mobile Council elects recorder secretary

C B Edwards was chosen recording secretary at the regular monthly Mobile Council 666 meeting held on Tuesday night at their hall on St. Joseph Street. William J. Goodman resigned. Peyton Norville presided as grand knight and refreshments followed.

Mobile Council Ights of Columbus St. Joseph Street C. B. Edwards William J. Goodman Peyton Norville

Ports List and Vessel Names in Harbor Scene

Readable fragments list vessels in harbor including schooners and bark entries. Mentions ports and docks such as Hieronymus Docks Gulf Dry Docke Harbor and Turner Terminals with ships, barkentines, and schooners noted among UK and Caribbean references.

Ollinger & Bruce T Gulf Dry Dooke C. Turner Terminals Hieronymus Docks Barkentines Olinger & Bruce Docks

Maritime CargoMovements From Various Ports Listed

Steamships Ponce Ines Macific Kotonia Sabine Frednes Mallory Line Munson Line and others are shown with origins New York New Orleans Havana Progreso Manati and more. Multiple schooners and brigs including Albert D Mills Lizzie Ennison Evadne Dora Allison Mabila C W Mills Jones appear bound for various owners and destinations across the Caribbean Gulf and Mexico.

Ponce New Setre Forte Albert D. Mills Puerto Padre Iba Ines Span Huelva Spain van Heynigen Brokerage Co Lizzie Ennison Progreso Mex Vinegar Bend Lbr. Co Evadne Manati Cuba Ter Dora Allison Mexico Elfreda New York Gulf States Shipping Company Carolina Urug Havana Moragues Lumber Company Mabila C. W. Mills Macific Neonne Kotonia

Army of Liberty movement echoes along Texas border

A report from Washington notes a Mercedes skirmish where a flag read Army of Liberty of Mexico and Texas. A hand bill claims Mexicans will unite to secure justice, urging action and warning of a decisive moment for the region.

Mexico Washington Carranza Obregon Gonzales Trevino Aguilar Castro Hill Calles Ricaut Nafarette Penqueira Army OF Liberty OF Mexico Texas Mercedes Army of Liberty of

Officials guard plan rumors in Texas border tensions

Washington reports war department officials would not discuss alleged Plan of San Diego links involving Mexicans in Texas. General Funston is said to be concentrating forces in the Brownsville area as part of border security measures. The Plan traces to a 1914 San Diego meeting advocating Mexican territorial restoration.

San Diego Washington War Department Texas Funston Brownsville Tex Mexico

Villa Ready For Truce and Peace Conference

General Villa informs the United States government of willingness to sign a truce of three months or more with opponents, during which a peace conference shall be held. He has been in talks at El Paso and Juarez with Major General Scott and American consular agents and orders commanders to avoid fighting and evacuate threatened places to hasten peace.

Villa Washington United States el Paso Juarez Scott

Deaths Funerals of J J Connick Jr

Burial of fourteen year old John J Connick Jr son of Mr and Mrs J J Connick Sr took place at Catholic cemetery after services at St Matthew s Church and at home. Rev Father Dunne led the mass with other clergymen present. Pallbearers were playmates William Harding Marshall Langan Ernest Thublin John Clark John Griffith and Creston Giblin.

J. J. Connick, Jr John J. Connick, Jr J. J. Connick South Broad Street St. Matthew's Catholic Church John W. Dunne Lfe Father Lenahan St. Vincent's Catholic Church The Order of the Secret Heart William Harding Marshall Langan Ernest Thublin John Clark John Griffith Creston Giblin

Wanted Man and Wife for Boarding House Help

Help wanted notice from Waterloo Indiana Courier seeking a man and wife to operate a boarding house with the wife employed by the couple. The advertisement requests lodging and domestic work arrangements.

Waterloo, In

Senate committee trains artillery on revenue reform

Montgomery special report notes the finance committee agreed the revenue measure will be reexamined when reconvened Friday morning. Hearings on exemptions for taxation and industrial enterprises wrapped Wednesday. the bill faces section by section review in executive session. The house caucus backed abolishing hanging in favor of electrocution at the state prison under a state department. Women’s rights supporters see the move as a step toward broader goals.

Montgomery Senate House Wetur Alabama Friends of Woman

Alabama Education Committee Defuses Normal School Cuts

In Montgomery lawmakers heatedly debated normal school funding with W Goldsby of Mobile arguing for the Damen School in Baldwin. The House fish and forestry panel plans favorable reports on two Gray Mobil bills, restricting hunting on another’s land without written consent and shifting the season to November 1.

Montgomery Ala Normal W. Goldsby Mobile Damal School Baldwin Alabama House Committee On Fish, and Forestry Gray Mobil

Barton Boy and Quina Tactics At School Board Meeting

The Barton High School and Barton Academy discuss bond expenditures for new buildings and funding. The board debates abolishing the Barton High School and employs a secretary, sets cadet teaching limits, and considers sending teachers from county to city schools by seniority. It notes potential pension reforms and writes to lawmakers about staffing policies.

Bos Barton Academy Roe Fice Prin Barton High School Missioner Roe Cit B. B C. A. Grayson

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