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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
3
Two league games at the Y M C A gym drew a solid crowd as Emeralds beat Royals 26 18 and Crowns edged Empires 23 17. Officials were Baumhauer Newberry Williams with 15 minute halves. next series game set for December 22 with Emeralds vs Empires and Royals vs Crowns.
Two masked bandits robbed a jewelry store near Grand and Olive streets in St Louis, grabbing four thousand dollars worth of diamonds. A pistol duel ensued with the proprietor behind a door. both bulldogs and bystanders remained unharmed as the thieves escaped into a crowded night.
The American schooner Madeleine bound from Havana to Mobile ran aground on Chandeleur Island opposite Gulfport amid heavy winds. Captain Follett and crew fought to refloat but a leak at dawn forced abandonment as the vessel broke up. Madeleine, built in 1902, belonged to W. C. Reid of New York.
A petition for rehearing by Eastern roads cites the European war and new fiscal data as causes for a 9 percent rate increase reconsideration. The 112 railroads seek relief, arguing reserves and credit have tightened and conditions are unprecedented.
Captain Bristol questions the value of the volunteer force and Hannah Cook. Rear Admiral Straus notes battleships now or soon in commission carry a short range torpedo deemed obsolete for the fleet. The speaker refutes assertions of naval superiority over Germany and cites Rear Admiral Vreeland's 1919 testimony that the US navy would remain third, even with a 1920 build program.
A report states the wife’s death by her own action is under review. The bullet entered McBroom’s shoulder and passed into the body, with investigators suggesting it may have come from an upstairs gallery at the McBroom home. If proven, the self defense claim weakens.
The report states German troops repelled a front line push and deny Galicia events as unimportant. It mentions German positions near Mlawa facing a Russian advance and Russian cavalry movements along East Prussia's southern border.
The west sees renewed Allied pressure pushing troops from trenches in Flan while fronts hold from the sea to Switzerland. The British press highlights Turkish annexations in Egypt and the Sudan, claiming 14 million subjects and 1 300 000 square miles, and notes the loss of Tripoli previously. Fresh German raid coverage renews interest as many eastern coast naturalized residentsare freed after arrest.
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