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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1915
Page
8
The report shows six months ending January 31 with total exports near 2.5 million bales and on hand stock rising to about 4.84 million bales in independent ware. January gains include 168,877 bales with notable allocations to domestic mills and exports to Germany France and other nations.
Joe Mandot and Johnnie Dundee, lightweights, fought a fast four rounds that ended in a draw here. Mandot pressed early and landed with crosses, while Dundee answered with speed and aggression, both fighters exchanging blows until the bell.
Coroner Dunn investigates a signed statement by Frederic Mors witnessed by Adam Bangert, ex superintendent, denying Mors’s earlier accounts of inmate deaths at the German Odd Fellows Home. The December 8 1914 note cites arsenic from the pharmacy, with no prior testimony about poison.
Thieves broke into the American Laundry at the southeast corner of St. Louis and Franklin streets in Mobile, stealing $200 in cash receipts. Police were alerted Sunday and detectives began inquiries, suspecting the same men behind three weeks of weekend burglaries. Entry came through a hole in the floor where laundry was loaded, the safe’s steel combination being cut and bolts pried back with a crowbar.
Snow in Piedmont this winter exceeds all records. In the Alps wires are down and telegraph poles vanish under deep snow. At St Bernard Hospice snow depth exceeds 26 feet with 25 feet in other Alpine areas.
Ottawa officials dismissed an overnight report that aeroplanes crossed the St Lawrence and dropped a fire ball near Brockville. Police denied any sightings. guards prepared on Parliament Hill while the governor general's residence was darkened as a precaution.
The Item lists numerous visitors to Mobile hotels for the carnival era. Names include W L White Layette Ala and J B Rogers Pine Hill Ala with families, plus Major Richard R Sanders of Woodland Mills Tenn and Congressman Oscar L Gray of Butler. Various Alabama towns and Birmingham Madison attest to broad regional attendance.
Slogans tout a home remedy for neuralgia pain claiming to ease nerve distress and inflammation. The ad suggests applying a topical product and mentions relief for other ailments like colds and swollen joints.
City ordinance prohibits any vehicle from crossing between floats or cars in a parade. Vehicles must not operate or stand on the parade street during the event and for five minutes before it.
Washington February 15 Representative Bryan introduces a resolution to amend the constitution lowering the approval threshold for proposals to a simple majority in both houses and for ratification by two thirds. A new procedure would bypass Congress and state legislatures, submitting to voters every twenty years a convention question followed by delegates and a convention.
Paris reports confirm delays in the operation on actress Sarah Bernhardt with Maurice Bernhardt stating the procedure was postponed for a week and her condition is excellent. Earlier dispatches claimed leg amputation and extensive knee surgery, though details varied.
Eddie Clouette of the Athletic Association Snowshoe Club set a new world snowshoe one mile record in Montreal on Saturday, finishing in five minutes and beating the previous mark.
Lumber laden vessel bound for Havana Cuba in tow of the Mary Wittich from Mobile returns to harbor for repairs after a collision with beacons in the lower bay. Captains Mur phy Godfrey and pilot Tom Cook report dense mist and navigational confusion during the incident Saturday night.
The Interstate Commerce Commission dismissed Arkansas yellow pine producers petition for a Southwestern territory rate division. The proposal would give the area north of the Louisiana Arkansas line lower blanket rates to Kansas City St Louis and other gateways. Commissioners Harlan and Meyer dissented.
London reports English women care for the wounded and save money to aid soldiers while suffragists shift focus to wartime duties. Meanwhile American readers are urged to trust Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for womanly ills and nervous fatigue.
The big Mardi Gras race, South’s premier athletic event, is set in Mobile with 78 men entered. New Orleans contingent arrives at 12 30 with 20 runners, Spring Hill College and local clubs among entrants. The course routes from the Y M C A to Chatham and back, starting at 3 15 with strict on time rules and a spectator view from the Elks Club porch.
In Pa on Feb 15 doctors linked the death of three Miller children to diphtheria germs lurking fifty years in the walls of their home. The outbreak followed wall scraping prior to papering and warm damp weather revived the dormant germs.
New York February 15 The committee of fourteen tracking organized vice reports drastic declines in commercialized vice and disreputable resorts over ten years. They predict police and courts will tighten control within a year. Investigations in large stores found no immoral recruitment among employees, supporting a view of improving social conditions and closure or removal of former vice hubs.
Officials of railroads operating west of the Missouri argued for higher freight rates at a two week hearing before Interstate Commerce Commissioner W. M. Daniels in Chicago. The session opened today and will close March 8.
Aimed at children, the ad claims Casca rets Candy Cathartic gently eases constipation without gripes or unease. It asserts relief of stomach upset, cleansing of bowels, and aiding recovery from a cold.
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