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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1915
Page
2
Police report several laborers suspected of being involved in the Leo Frank lynching near Jugust 17 are sought for departure. Authorities note threatening letters spread nationwide and plan to increase officers by fifteen as investigations continue.
Wallace Stanton Louis Hill and Josh Henderson all residents of Alabama Port were arraigned in the inferior court on trespass after warning. Cleveland agent for A J Pruden cage Illinois testified about land trespass and cutting ore. The court fined each 101 or fifty days hard labor. Sam Hopkins received sixty days hard labor for theft of wash clothing from Lottie Cothran. Brannan filed larceny charge over magneto carpet theft from Cothran residence.
Delegates to a tuberculosis conference were named on Saturday. The list includes Harry Pillans among others as the conference prepares to discuss practical problems related to tuberculosis.
News from Mobile reports the death in Demopolis Alabama of Henry J. Koch a prominent resident and manager of the Mer ats Grocery Company following an appendicitis operation. He left many friends in Demopolis atgomety and Mobile.
A novel armored car designed for warfare features a curved turtle-like hull and elliptical armor. It carries a four inch gun, rifle ports, and concealed driver periscope, promising protection from all angles for front line use in Europe.
Prohibitionists push a Senate bill by Bonner and House bill by Davis to curb shipments. It halves allowances to one half gallon wine or 3 pints beer or 1 quart whiskey per fifteen days per consignee and requires affidavits. Deliveries restricted hours and days with bans on Sundays holidays and election days. Provisions cover licensed premises and intoxicants rules with injunctions and possible amendments to ban all liquor or beer into the state.
The Alabama Senate debated licensing for selling soft drinks and raising pool room taxes as adjournment neared on day 38. A 1 cent gross receipts tax on soda faced resistance, while new bottling licenses would raise state revenue beyond 45 000 dollars annually. A conference committee on the general revenue bill was appointed, with Kilby naming senators Hartwell Key Bell Lee and Bulger to the panel.
Petrograd dispatch reports Russia plans to raise two million more soldiers for spring deployment while Petrograd defends against winter hardships. General Polivanoff and General Ruzsky are cited as commanders in the front with multiple armies available, signaling readiness amid political tension with the Duma.
An official Montenegrin statement announced the resumption of hostilities with Austrian forces. The report notes renewed fighting and cites imperative actions by both sides amid regional tensions.
The piece describes a hot Mobile weekend with little rain, listing top heat readings from Apalachicola and Jacksonville while noting temperatures in Mobile. It highlights the ongoing Bienville Square band concerts with crowds and fundraising tips for the concert fund.
In a Sunday scene described as partly cloudy with possible showers, a young man is urged by a hostess to let pretty girls manage fundraising tables to attract contributions. An onlooked plan suggests enticing men with music and moonlit imagery to donate, implying a scheme.
A lively engagement occurred yesterday near the mouth of the Gulf of Cattaro in Dalmatia close to the Montenegro border. Our posts fought strong Austrian detachments for two hours, the Austrians retreated with many dead left on the field. Ten prisoners were taken and King Nicholas went to the front.
Walter Runci man, president of the Board of Trade, and David Lloyd-George met for half an hour with the miners' committee from Cardiff. The talks in London produced little progress and no clear accord on the coal strike situation.
Reports from the coal fields say four thousand more men quit work as disagreements over Mr. Runciman's award to the miners spread. A further conference is planned for Monday with mine owners' representatives, while leaders resist a new strike for now.
Police were told Friday night a burglar entered Walter Odell’s residence at 10 Washington Avenue between 9 PM and midnight and stole a suit of clothes a diamond stud and cuff buttons. The report notes ongoing discussion about bathing suits in local resources.
A pep talk on thrift highlights students funding college: Albert Trumpeter from Monsea Pa turns a half acre garden into an educational fund, earning 175 dollars in one year and 975 over six years. Grace Breed, a Colorado girl, plans to self finance freshman year by raising chickens, proving grit and thrift can cover expenses.
Wilmer E. Miles of West Block Ale., married with two children, is jailed in Mobile awaiting action by the federal grand jury on a white slave act charge. The case stems from an affidavit by 18 year old Leonora Hayes who says Miles abducted her after a May 25 return trip from Brice Hospital and kept her as his wife for three weeks in several cities before she escaped in Birmingham.
Weather forecasts warn of 92 degree heat for 36 hour shipments north east and west with river forecasts showing slight rises on the Tombigbee and Alabama. A cool high barometer area covers the upper lake region New England and frost observed in Buffalo New York. Durango Colorado reports 46 degrees. Apalachicola Florida reaches 96 and Jacksonville Florida 94. Carries suits filed in equity court against Louisville and Nashville Railroad for 2500 dollars for injuries on January 19 at Government Street depot. M D Ferrill sues J A Boyles for 500 dollars alleging auto collision injuries. C N Owen sues K A and Effie Buchanan for 60 and 540 dollars on promissory notes. The Bacon Underwood Veneer Company sues J H Sheip Inc for 1125 dollars for rent on land by Mobile River near Choc taw Point.
Chicago police arrested two groups of youths, six boys and two girls all under 18, accused of scores of robberies. A third girl under 19 acted as tutor to the group and two men were held on receiving stolen property charges.
William McGrath arrested August 17 on liquor storage in a soft drink stand faced the inferior criminal court. Judge Henry Chamberlain fined him 250 dollars or 15 days hard labor and three months additional, with notice of appeal to the city court and release on six hundred dollar bond.
A. T. Bradford and B. F. Williams described as salesmen were arrested Friday afternoon by Detectives Burch and Pearson and jailed as dangerous suspects. Frank M. Ballweg of 465 Dauphin Street filed the complaint alleging the pair were linked to a shoe maker crime scheme in St. Louis.
A saddle colored youth Isom Morisette faced a judge as Joseph Bush testified that Morisette broke into his home and stole a pair of trousers and leather suspenders. Several witnesses offered alibis, but Morisette was bound over for a jury on the theft charge as other minor cases were noted in the session.
The community page lists church services at the Methodist church and St Mark's Chapel with Rev. D Y Register and Rev A G Richards of Mobile. It notes a Busy Bee Sewing Circle luncheon, various hospitalities, visits, and local residents' updates, including Calico corn exhibition yields and Mobile Light and Railroad Company staff updates.
Mrs. Mamie Hamlin, indicted in Jackson Kentucky for murder, was once bound over in Oklahoma City to the district court on forgery charges. With complainants’ consent several local department stores moved to dismiss the case amid public sympathy for the woman. Hamlin, widow of H. B. Hamlin who died five years ago leaving an estate reported at 25000, had real estate investments wiped out by a market slump. forgery charges were filed against her in spring 1914.
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