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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1914
Page
2
Mabel Robertson alias Mabel Lloyd shot Ethel Higgins in the mouth Tuesday afternoon around 5 o clock, knocking out three teeth and wounding her. Robertson had previously used a knife on Higgins. Both women were arrested on assault charges.
The Amusements column notes the stage comedy Potash and Perlmutter drew crowds at the Lyric theatre. Harry First and Phil White excel in the title roles with Lottie Kendall as Ruth Goldman. The production, faithful to Montague Glass, blends humor with tender moments and pathos.
The University of Alabama Glee Club performed at the Battle House auditorium in Mobile, highlighting outstanding soloists and a strong quartet. John W. Brown impressed with piano, clog dancing, and topical songs, while J Fred Johnson Jr. led the quartet with "Invictus" and other numbers. The program also featured a bottle chorus and a detailed list of members across tenor and bass sections.
The decomposed body of a white man in expensive clothes was found near Newton Mississippi. A coroner's jury ruled a white unidentified man had been murdered by persons unknown. A rope fragment around the neck and another tied to a tree limb suggest torture. Letters to Joseph Todd of Hickory Miss were found, but identity is unconfirmed.
Two moulds for making counterfeit half dollars were found in the cell of William J. Brandon, a five year forgery convict at the Missouri state prison. Thirty counterfeit coins passed during Christmas yard freedoms. seven coins were recovered. The coins were made of babbitt metal allegedly stolen from the prison supply house.
Two masked men robbed J. B. Munn store at Malvern Arkansas last night wounding Munn and his son and killing Anderson Parker the Cove Creek town marshal Parker a posse member in pursuit of the robbers.
Police report says Edna Clinton, a Black woman, was badly burned at her residence 412 South Royal Street early Tuesday night. She received surgical attention at her home.
The United States dredge Caucus arrived in the harbor Tuesday afternoon to join the dredge Wahalak in maintenance work in the upper harbor. Eighteen pontoons were towed up the river by the government tug Tuscaloosa, with work to start immediately. The British schooner P J McLaughlin departed after days at the bar awaiting weather. The American steamer Alamo of Mallory Line sailed for New York via Key West and Tampa with passengers and cargo.
Thomas H. McPhillips and Sylvester J. Rowell filed to obtain retail liquor licenses with Mobile excise commission. McPhillips seeks 9 and 11 Government Street. Rowell seeks 1 8 and 6 Government Street at southwest corner of Commerce Street. Special meeting set for Friday January 1 1915 at 10 a.m. to hear applications and issue orders to probate judge for renewal of 1915 license.
The American schooner Van Lear Black put into the bay in distress during heavy gulf weather after repairs. She entered quarantine Tuesday afternoon, lifted anchor and sailed for Gulfport, Mississippi, Wednesday morning in a leaking condition.
Jack Hill, a negro, is jailed on assault charges after J A Devinney, a wealthy farmer near Chun Chula, was shot at his barn on Christmas morning. Deputies say Hill threatened Devinney days earlier and the motive appears to be robbery amid neighborhood calls for lynching.
A Christmas tree celebration drew nearly five hundred children and parents to the McGill Institute auditorium Monday evening. Mrs. C. P. Robinson Miss Ca'e Courtney Louise Ollinger and E. J. Hackett oversaw the festival where children received presents candy fruits and refreshments after a brief program by Sunday school pupils.
The Round Table Club met Tuesday night at the YMCA to debate strengthening national defenses. The affirmative won the discussion with ten of twelve dissenting votes, with President pro tem J. A. Joullian presiding.
The Alabama high school principals conference adjourned in Montgomery after a two day session to discuss school work and review proposed legislation affecting school management.
Chairman C B Hervey of the Mobile Carnival Association called a meeting for Monday January 4 in the Colonial room of the Cawthon hotel to arrange the public Mardi Gras carnival. He urged every member to attend due to several important matters to be settled.
Mrs Mary McAleese Hand widow of John Hand died Tuesday night at 8 15 at 201 St Michael Street after a long illness. A native of Ireland aged 79 she lived in Mobile sixty years and leaves son John H Hand and daughters Lula Hand and Mrs R Crisman all of Mobile. Burial for William H Hilbun from home near Whistler attended by Rev Bosdell and Rev Vaughan with interment in Whistler cemetery pallbearers named.
The body of Oreene Timmis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Timmis, died in Irvington Alabama and was transported via Mobile to Constantine Michigan for burial. Funeral services were conducted at the Irvington home with Rev. Leavitt officiating and pallbearers drawn from the deceased's Sunday school class, young girls escorting the casket to the train. Mrs Eva N Foor, 47, wife of
The Y M C A announces a two mile road race on New Year’s Day starting at 11 80 a m from Government and Conception streets. Entries to twenty men with prizes including gold silver and bronze medals for the top three. A track team meeting follows Thursday at the association building inviting interested runners. The Mardi Gras event is among upcoming South attractions.
Paul Fearn of Spring Avenue and Foote's Lane was charged with riding a cycle on the sidewalk on Wednesday following a complaint by Roche. He is to have a hearing in the police court Wednesday afternoon.
M. from St. Louis was fined 10 or twenty days in county jail on Tuesday by Recorder D. H. Edington for vagrancy. Joseph Foor, ex-resident of Va Wort Ohio, died Wednesday at 6 15 at her Hill home after a lingering illness. She left a husband and other relatives and had lived in the county about a year.
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