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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1915
Page
2
Berlin reports the fortress of Kovno and forts fell to German forces after a storming attack. More than 400 cannon and 4,500 prisoners were taken, with Hindenburg commanding the assault. The loss is described as a serious blow to Russian defenses near the Nieman.
CAPE HAITIEN Aug. 18 Another detachment of American marines has been landed from the warships off this port. The rebels refuse to disarm and in some areas express a wish to fight the Americans. The people of Cape Haitien are greatly excited though no outbreak has occurred. Foreigners at Port-a-Paix report menacing rebels and have asked protection.
Former Senator Frank White told the Alabama Cotton Growers Association that the South must keep the United States out of war to recover from low cotton prices. He warned war would ruin cotton planters as markets would vanish after a hostile U.S. declaration.
Major William Wallace of the Ninth Infantry wounded in an accidental revolver discharge at a West Virginia National Guard camp in Parkersburg. E G Eberhart, 49, a millionaire philanthropist, shoots himself at his son Harris’s grave near South Bend after mourning a 1909 auto crash. Berlin reports on Cologne’s assistant architect chosen for Belum rebuilding and Dr. Albert Oskar Wilhelm decorated with the Iron Cross. Pots of potatoes noted in Reichstag budget remarks as the obituary of France’s Poincare is referenced.
In Cleveland Ohio on August 18 a repair department timekeeper named Joe Phillips asked a man who came in for service, “What’s your name?” prompting questions about whether the man knew his own name.
A telegram from Key West said the American schooner M. A. Achorn owned by Vinegar Bend Lumber Co was towed into Key West waterlogged and damaged. It left Mobile August 8 for Caibarien Cuba with 246000 feet of lumber. crew of seven, one missing.
Paris report says Ambassador Morgenthau secured Turkish permission for six English and six Frenchmen to depart after not pressing a protest over the Scorpion gunboat’s inner Golden Horn mooring. This accord is described as Morgenthau’s most important minor victory in the Scorpion case.
James J. Hill of St. Paul, capitalist and railroad builder, was selected by Governor Hammond's commission as Minnesota's greatest living citizen to represent the state in the Panama-Pacific Exposition Hall of Fame.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with a chance of showers. Moderate southeast to south winds. Washington forecast lists Alabama and Mississippi as unsettled with probable showers tonight and Thursday and similar southeasterly winds.
Marriage licenses were issued from the probate court on Tuesday afternoon. John J. Creighton and Ella Eosene were named as the couples receiving licenses.
Georgia Governor Harris vows a full inquiry into the mob that lynched Leo M. Frank at Marietta. He arrived from Fitzgerald after Confederate veterans’ reunion and will use legal tools to identify mob members. The Cobb county coroner's jury will reconvene Tuesday to aid the investigation. Continued on Page Five.
The Yarbrough measure aims to overhaul the state board of health and medical control in Alabama. House and Senate debates intensify as committees weigh reports, with a special investigation possible if the instrument is not recovered by the next day. The legislature faces a tight schedule to finish work by September 18.
The forecast calls for local showers in the Middle Atlantic on Wednesday then cooler, generally fair weather for several days with possible showers toward week’s end. The South Atlantic and east Gulf should see brief thunder showers then seasonable, fair conditions. The West Gulf remains generally fair with seasonable temperatures. Tennessee expects showers Wednesday followed by fair and moderate conditions.
Reports from Mobile district say picking has begun and crop condition is generally good though acreage is greatly reduced by boll weevil damage and farmers shifting to food crops and cattle. Lack of rain hurts many crops while some areas report exceptionally good corn. Continued on Page Seven.
San Francisco report quotes J G Woodward mayor of Atlanta claiming Leo M Frank suffered the just penalty for an unspeakable crime. He warns former Georgia Governor Slaton away from returning, cites press manipulation and asserts Georgia jurists and public opinion forced the lynching amid the Mary Phagan case. He emphasizes race and justice issues and names two people implicated.
London reports that a proclamation declaring cotton contraband of war is expected to be issued immediately by both Great Britain and France, either tonight or by tomorrow at the latest.
Circuit Judge Thomas E. Matthews ordered the Davidson county election board to call an election on the recall of Mayor H Howse and Commissioner Robert Elliott who have been suspended under ouster proceedings and Commissioner J M Wilkerson who recently resigned. Proponents of the recall movement had sued the board and the court action followed. Notice of appeal was filed.
Tom Miller, a young man charged with a statutory offense, was arrested last Monday afternoon at 303 Conti Street and is jailed without bond. He now requests a trial before the recorder, stating he was misunderstood when he waived the prior action.
Houston Chronicle interview from Virginia Point describes widespread Galveston devastation. Reported deaths run into the thousands, with bridges washed out and dock operations halted. Cotton on prairies, water over causeway, and extensive property damage cited amid crippled utilities.
Chauncey H Murphy of New York City bought the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad for 2 763 220 at public auction before Special Master H A Lockwood. Murphy was the sole bidder and will be reported to Judge Toulmin for deed issuance to a new company under immediate reorganization.
Houston reports a massive coast storm causing five thousand refugees from Weston to flee by interurban and train. Galveston’s sea wall buffers sustained wholesale destruction, while Houston fears for Galveston’s fate as the cyclone roared through overnight with winds up to ninety miles per hour and unrelenting rainfall.
Port Arthur and Beau Beaumont suffer extensive damage after a tropical storm on Monday night. More than 200000 dollars in property loss reported with several injuries and deaths among residents. The storm impacts men and a woman amid widespread destruction in the coastal region.
Eight women are reported dead with their bodies washing ashore at a Texas City shoreline. The Houston Post cites an interview with E. V. Rhode providing details on the discovery and investigation into the tragedy.
Lost on St Stephens road a black and white dog named Rip with new collar no name found. Overcoat on Scotts, return to Mobile Drug Store. Iron breast pin and tie. Reward offered. Jacobson Clothing.
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