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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
2
After a larger loss earlier, January and March New Orleans futures rose in early trading. January opened 17.65, climbed to 17.86, while March opened 18.06 and traded to 18.12 from a Wednesday close. Grain quotations largely held Wednesday levels as lumber remained steady with strong demand.
Albany Alabama December 14 The Morgan ity law and equity court grand jury did not indict local women who play cards for prizes. The jury acted sine die after returning six indictments but none involving card playing by women.
Willard M. Drake, forestry professor, testified in the government suit against Omaha Investment Co and United States Livestock Co for mail fraud in wild horse sales. He testified every wild horse in the Coconino county Government reservation in Arizona was sold six times as government claims total sales reached about 1,000,000 dollars.
Berlin official communication reports the French navy transport Algerie of 4 000 tons, en route from Saloniki to Malta, sunk by a German submarine on December 14. One officer and six crew members were captured, with the remainder taken prisoner.
An aid to digestion. When you feel fullness and weight after meals you may have overeaten. Take one of Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion. Advt.
Fairhope residents Lobby and Curb Lobby and Curb M A Bowen T H Bowen Horace Wilson Thomas Wilson Frank Davis and W W Logsdon return to Mobile from a Tensas river hunt reporting a 200 pound buck and other game. London: notary Edwin J Curtis filed his bond as notary public in probate court.
St Stanislaus College basketball team of Bay St Louis will play the Y M C A first team on December 19 replacing the American School of Osteopathy five. The Osteopaths could not fill the date. locals expect a fast Southern matchup and a good game.
Knoxville news reports that the Carson-Newman College administration building in Jefferson City Tennessee, completed in 1893 at a cost of 60000 dollars, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The structure was insured for 23000 dollars and the contents were saved.
Energetic young readers urged to join The Item Free Christmas Distribution race offering prizes totaling one thousand dollars, with the major prize a Ford Touring Car. Subscriptions are earned by work rather than upfront payments, and the program emphasizes easy access to supporters and a Christmas spirit for boys and girls to win.
Resolutions adopted by the Southern Commercial Congress favor Muscle Shoals Alabama as the site for a proposed government nitrate plant and oppose an embargo on food exports. Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria is chosen regent of Poland with potential king prospects. Dr William D Haggard elected president of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Society.
The Austrian government has resigned and Emperor has accepted the move. Alexander Spitzmueller is entrusted with forming a new cabinet. he is a former minister of commerce and former director of Kredit Anstalt.
German forces at the western front read the peace note with instant joy as reserves and resting troops learned of the proposal. Announcement boards spread the news to front line and occupied territory, triggering cheers and spirited debate over potential Entente acceptance and the continuation of fighting if rejected.
Advices from Bucharest report Charles J. Vopicka the American minister stayed in Bucharest not joining the Romanian government in its move to Jassy. The Dutch minister remained at his post. The German troops entered Bucharest amid warm welcomes from Austro-German prisoners. The city is said to be quiet.
Mrs Emmaline Pierce age 60 longtime Pierce Alabama resident died there early Wednesday funeral held Thursday afternoon She is survived by relatives in Mobile county Harris Walker Garrow former Mobile resident died Wednesday in Houston Texas He was part of the Garrow family prominent after the civil war and linked to the Bell Moore cotton firm in the late sixties
Gulfport Miss December 14 Yesterday afternoon an aged Italian named J Carco was run down by a Gulf and Ship Island switch engine near the main shipping pier. He stepped between the rails as the train approached. Two switchmen jumped in front of the train to save him but were unable. The body was claimed by Coroner Wylie and relatives from Bay St Louis and Gulfport.
Official returns show Charles E. Hughes with 875,510 votes and Woodrow Wilson 756,880, a plurality of 118,630. Governor Whitman leads Seabury by 161,670 with Hughes 29,080 more Republican votes than Whitman and Wilson 72,118 more Democratic votes than Seabury, not including national guardsmen on the border.
Federal Judge W T Newman denied Lamar's writ of habeas corpus to release him from the Atlanta penitentiary. Lamar, serving a two year sentence for representing himself as a congressman, argued his term expired December 4, 1916 and challenged the sentencing court's authority. Attorney A J Orme said he would consider an appeal.
Tom Mc Kinsey drove south on Washington avenue when his car struck a horse and wagon at 6 30 PM on Wednesday. The wagon shafts broke but no injuries occurred. Officer J L Ryats reported the incident to police headquarters that night.
News from Mobile reports the death of Mrs Martha Dorlon aged 84 at Coden Alabama. Funeral is Friday at 11 am with burial in Heron Bay cemetery. She was widow of Nathan Mulford Dorlon a former Mobile merchant and mother of three sons and five daughters.
Indigestion when chronic is permanently corrected by the celebrated Shivar Mineral Water. Positively guaranteed by money back offer. Tastes fine costs a trifle. Delivered anywhere by our Mobile Distributors Van Antwerp Drug Corp. Phone them.
The probate court issued licenses on Thursday for White-Robert, James Hyde and Catherine Isabella Irving. Colored-Walter Bragg and Sarah Grace, Norman Brown and Minnie were also listed.
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