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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1914
Page
3
City Commissioner Laz Schwarz denies a plague crisis in Mobile while arguing for calm and focusing on tax issues and broader concerns. He warns against hints of a grave plague situation that could alarm outsiders and hinder efforts to keep infection out.
Police raided the Royal Street apartments above the Palm saloon on Thursday night to end alleged gambling. Detectives Murphy Lacey Boltz and Officer New found the premises vacant with only pool tables cues and chairs. Chief Crenshaw vowed further raids and said owners had been notified the floor was used for gambling per Assistant Solicitor Tourat.
President Wilson decided not to take a week end trip on the Mayflower and will stay in Washington over Sunday due to pressing questions arising from the European war.
The Bankers Trust Company of St Louis with $5 million capital seeks a receiver in circuit court. Merritt E Leming of the San Antonio Uvalde & Gulf railroad sues to protect liens on assets worth $4.5 million held to secure a $750000 debt. The petition asks priority of claims and restraint on directors and officers.
The heirs of David Davis win a case against Henry McLaughlin and the Pensacola Mobile and New Orleans railroad. Judge Sheppard awards $10,500 plus legal interest from 1893, the year the improvement company founded the Pensacola Alabama and Tennessee railroad. Davis held $10,500 in stock.
A strong earthquake shock was felt in Como Italy causing widespread alarm. Residents rushed into the streets while inmates at San Donnino prison were frightened that the ancient building might collapse. Among prisoners is American Porter Charlton awaiting trial for the 1910 Lake Como murder.
Julius Johnson, described as the elf negro cook at the Point Clear hotel, was discharged on a dangerous and suspicious charge after items missed from the hotel were found on him. He was held in Mobile and a Baldwin county warrant sent him to be turned over Friday afternoon.
AP and Washington dispatches describe Japan quietly preparing for possible action against China at Kiao Chou while denying any plans for Samoa or the Philippines. German and Japanese officials weigh movements as barons Shibusawa Nakano head a pacificatory mission to China. Senator Gallinger introduces a senate resolution affirming open door policy and U S interests in Pacific islands.
French military experts forecast a decisive clash on Belgian soil as German and Austrian forces move toward Belgium while Belgian, French, and British troops prepare. Brussels entry was unopposed by Belgian forces, Antwerp fortifications extend, and Allied naval actions target Austrian, Russian, and German ports as Japan gears up for action in China.
Reports from Vienna Paris and London describe a widening war front with Austrian forces mobilizing for battle along the Rhine while German cavalry menace Brussels and Antwerp. Belgian troops retreat in good order to Antwerp and prepare to cooperate with Allied forces as a major engagement looms.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce received an engraved invitation to join a national celebration in Chicago on September 1 marking the establishment of federal reserve banks. The event includes a 2:30 PM ceremony at the Auditorium and a 6:30 PM banquet at the Congress Hotel, with credentials available through Secretary Card. The act establishing the Federal Reserve Banks was signed December 23, 1913, and the celebration is led by S B Montgomery, president of the Illinois Banking Association, along with an 83-person general committee.
Lewis William Harris a long time Mobile resident died Friday at 10 o clock at his home on North Conception Street after an illness. He was about fifty native of Washington County and had lived in Mobile 36 years. For 25 years he ran the Harris Finch grocery firm and was its senior member. He was the son of the late Dr T Louisa Ann Harris his wife and two brothers H and Henry D Harris was an Episcopalian church member.
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