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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1914

Page

9

L N WINS TILT IN TRACK DISPUTE WITH THE SOUTHERN

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that an injunction preventing removal of a crossing into the Mallory Line was properly granted, reversing the chancery court. The separate appeal over the crossing’s right to exist remains undecided in the high court.

L &N THE Southern Supreme Court Southern Railway Company Louisville and Nashville Railroad Louisville and Nashville Mallory Mobile and Birmingham Railroad Company Circuit Mobile and Birmingham Railway Company Chancery Court Circuit Court

Austrians Routed by Servians Reach Belgrade

Paris report from Nish says Austrian defeat was fatal in impact with retreat toward the Danube and Save. Servians broke resistance, shelled bridges, and captured about ten thousand prisoners on December 13 and 14. King Peter with princes Alexander and George entered Belgrade as fighting continued in the lower city.

Associated Press Paris Havas Nish Belgrade Danube Save Peter Prince George Alexander

Recorder Declines Roan Ward in Court

Judge D H Edington refused to recognize attorney Roan Ward in the recorder's court. Ward, a former justice of the peace, Left without a court to practice in except the city court after Edington warned him not to appear again. Assistant Solicitor H H Smith investigates Ward and several other lawyers for ethics violations with developments expected soon.

D. H. Edington Recorder’s Court Roan Ward Ward Edington Selma Ala Virginia Robinson Robinson H. H. Smith

Unemployed Mob Loots Seattle Dairy Lunch Riot

In Seattle on December 18 a mob of about two hundred unemployed men stormed a dairy lunch and seized all food. They then moved downtown to a market taking edible goods, with forty men jailed in three city cells. The crowd vandalized walls and glass as placards advertising unemployment were displayed via an express wagon.

Associated Press Seattle Wash Hotel Liberty Washington Street

British capture Emden crew members who escaped

Tokio reports that certain British warships have captured members of the German cruiser Emden crew who escaped at Cocos Island after Emden was destroyed on November 10 by the Australian cruiser Sydney. The German sailors had fled in a schooner named Ayesha.

Emden Associated Press Tokio Cocos Island Sydney Ayesha

Boston Americans Set Narrow Exhibition Schedule

Boston will play a limited exhibition tour next spring with Memphis Louisville and Cincinnati. President J J Lannin said three or four games would be held in each city to avoid the strain of moving north from Hot Springs climate.

Boston Boston Americans Memphis Louisville Cincinnati J. J. Lannin Hot Springs

Catton Beats Schaefer In Danville Billiard Match

Marcus Catton defeated Jake Schaefer Jr 300 to 247 in a Billiard Players League match in Danville Illinois with Catton posting an average of 11 38 27 32 and Schaefer 94 27 50.

Danville Ill Marcus Catton Jake Schaefer, Jr Catton Schaefer Utica N. Y George Sutton Welker Cochran Sutton Cochran Altoona Calvin Demarest Harry Cline Demarest Cline T

Supreme Court Affirms Moss Life Sentence in Birmingham

The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the Birmingham criminal court ruling by convict J. W. Moss of murder and sentences him to life imprisonment for Will Gray’s killing. It denied George Dwyer a new trial and affirmed his second degree murder conviction for killing Robert Herring with a 35 year penitentiary term.

Montgomery Supreme Court Birmingham Criminal Court J. W. Moss Will Gray George Dwyer Dwyer Robert Herring

Sembrich Elected Provisional President of Polish Relief

Madame Marcella Sembrich was named provisional president of the American Polish relief committee formed to aid Poland war victims. The ladies Polish relief committee raised four thousand dollars which she forwarded to Ignace Jan Paderewski in Warsaw for distribution.

Sembrich New York Mme Marcella Sembrich American Polish Relief Committee Poland Ladies Polish Relief Committee Mme, Sembrich Ignace Jan Paderewski Warsaw

Alma Where Do You Live to Play Lyric Theatre

Amusements announce a rare musical treat with the farce Alma, Where Do You Live? at the Lyric Theatre next Monday for both matinee and evening performances. The show, from German French origins, promises clever comedy and music for local audiences.

Alma New York Lyric Theatre

Paris to New York Stage Hit Claimed Superior Version

The work originated in Paris by Paul Herve with music by Jean Briquet. German rights were secured by Adolph Phillip who staged it in Berlin and then brought it to New York City. George W. Hobart wrote the American version, praised as superior to French and German.

Veven London Paris Paul Herve Jean Briquet Adolph Phillip Berlin Mr. Phillip America East Side New York City George W. Hobart

Empire Theatre Presents Two Dramas and a Comedy

The evening program features Louise Huff and Edgar Jones in On Moonshine Mountain, a Lubin drama, plus The Test by Selig. Kalem's The Bold Banditti and the Rah Rah Boys stars Lloyd V. Hamilton and Marshall Neitlan in a comedy. Tomorrow presents Francis X. Bushman in Every Inch a King with Beverly Bayne Bryant Washburn and Thomas Commerford supporting.

the Empire Louise Huff Edgar Jones Selig Bold Banditti Lloyd V. Hamilton Marshall Neitlan

Vendetta at the Empire with Regina Bader

A George Kleine production of Vendetta, adapted from Marie Corelli, stars Regina Bader. The five reel drama, praised for its stirring appeal, is booked for Monday and Tuesday at the Empire theater.

Lubin Marie Corelli the Empire George Kleine Regina Bader

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