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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1915
Page
2
After a twenty four hour jury deliberation the Standard Home Company and several officers were found guilty on twenty seven counts. The trial spanned two weeks with witnesses from multiple states. Judge Grubb will set sentences and penalties, including possible fines and imprisonment, next Wednesday.
Two hundred Item newsboys and hustlers toured Barkoot Shows at St. Joseph and Beauregard streets led by the Barkoot Royal Italian Band. The procession featured T. J. Hutd as announcer and Jacob Blacker as circulation manager with enthusiastic crowds and attractions enjoyed by white and Black boys alike.
Cotton futures opened steady in New York with March at 8.40 and January at 9.30, May 8.68, July 8.78, October 9.06 and December 9.23. In New Orleans, March opens at 7.99, May 8.31, July 8.50, October 8.74 and December 8.89.
In New Orleans on February 20, the cotton market steadied as mills bought 349,000 bales that week, but overall activity was weak. Longs liquidated and bears sold short with moderate volume, and prices fell 2 to 3 points within half an hour of opening.
The nerve in New York over the shipping situation showed in the market opening with prices 1 to 3 points lower. Early trading was unsettled, and after the call business was quiet with the market unchanged from last night on covering.
Spot cotton steady with good middling at 5.20, middling 4.99, low middling 4.58 and 4,000 sales. Speculation and export trade at 500 bales. receipts 41,332 bales. Futures quiet with May June at 4.86 and a half, July August 4.94 and a half, October November 6.06, January February 5.12 and a half.
In New York on February 20 the market opened with broad declines and near record lows since the January rally. United States Steel and other leaders led the liquidation as Union Pacific Canadian Pacific Reading and La Cooper fell a point or more amid holiday uncertainties and unsettled foreign tensions.
Naval Stores Today reports Savannah market activity with rosin firm sales and receipts at 290 barrels and shipments of 79 barrels, stock at 135,689 barrels. Prices quoted include B and D at 3.02 12, E and F at 8.05, G at 3.05 10, H at 3.05, 13.05 15, K at 3.20, M at 400, N at 5.00, WG at 5.40, WW at 5.55.
A report notes a weapon found on a man identified as 7 J Moore and another man John Reed at locations along Congress Street and South Royal Street during overnight duties. Local authorities are reviewing the incident and the individuals involved.
A report was made to police headquarters early Saturday regarding an incident under investigation. Details remain scarce as officials review preliminary information and seek additional statements from witnesses and involved parties.
Miss Elizabeth Kilb of Germantown Pa will christen the battleship Pennsylvania selected by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. The ceremony will take place at Newport News on March 16 with the ship to be commissioned in the fleet.
Condensed telegrams note Cincinnati dedicates a four million dollar municipal hospital. Admiral Biriloff former Russian minister of marine died aged seventy nine. A British bark Hougemount grounded at Fire Island was floated free. One hundred Americans stranded in Paris reached London.
The U S military will form a separate command named the Department of the Panama Canal. Major General Leonard Wood will arrive next month to take command on the isthmus.
Frank Fuller longtime Utah war governor died in New York yesterday at eighty eight. A friend of Lincoln and Mark Twain he practiced as a physician dentist lawyer and newspaper man in a varied career born in Boston.
The North Carolina house of representatives passed the Davis anti-tug bill prohibiting delivery of intoxicating liquors for beverage use within the state. It was backed by the Anti-Saloon League and limits previously allowed to one gallon per month. The measure now advances to the senate.
The Wilhelmina food stuffs cargo seized by British authorities will likely go before a prize court in the near future. Attorney A G Hays predicts a brief hearing with no dispute on main facts and the court addressing only international questions involved.
State Senator Harry T. Hartwell arrives in Mobile on Saturday from Montgomery and stays until March 16 before heading to the state capital for the joint recess committee on finance and taxation. He serves as member and vice chairman guiding debt relief for the state. Representatives B. B. Chamberlain Claude A. Grayson and W. E. P. Wilson also return from the capitol and will stay until July 13.
Funeral services for Frank James survivor of the James outlaw band were held at his farm near Ellior Springs Missouri. John F Philip former federal judge who presided over his trial in Gallatin attended and offered remarks at the service.
A brief entry notes a fine of 16 dollars imposed in relation to a paper item. The readable fragments mention a monetary penalty and a second, unclear reference, suggesting a small local disciplinary or administrative action.
A man named Ma Foster, described as a negro, was sentenced to six months hard labor for the theft of four pairs of hose from H. Kress and company. The case reflects a harsh punishment typical of the period.
Geneva dispatch notes British decree aims to feed Germany while heralding contraband controls. Russians bombard Przemys and Austrians retreat along Krosno Jaslow Gorlice line with heavy losses reported at Wyszkow near Dukla pass.
London reports a formal decree making all food destined for Germany contraband in retaliation for Germany’s waters war zone claim. Britain seeks neutral approval and notes a global reply to the Wilhelmina dispatch, while war fronts show German pressure on multiple fronts and limited gains claimed by allies.
The preliminary inquiry into an alleged conspiracy to form a republic of Mexicans and negroes in south Texas by an uprising was postponed to Saturday due to witness absence. Charged with seditious conspiracy are Anatolio Gonzales and Manuel Flores as authorities warned of insurrection plans and Spanish language circulars calling for the murder of white American men over 16.
Governor Henderson will appoint Senator James E. Horton of Limestone to the office of chancellor of the Northern Division to succeed the late Judge William H. Simpson of New Decatur. Horton’s supporters urge the appointment and a Limestone delegation plans to press the case. the move is regarded as a standard setting judicial choice.
Helena Feb 20 A resolution to submit a state wide prohibition amendment to Montana voters goes to conference in the legislature for date adjustment. The senate sets December 31 1918 and the house December 31 1919 for the amendment’s effective date.
J Nelson Polhamus long prominent in Mobile has been removed from his Cuban consul general post at Vera Cruz amid deteriorating Carranzovern relations. Reports say he had served as Cuban consul in Vera Cruz before his transfer.
San Francisco greeted the Panama Pacific International Exposition with a dawn parade as steel and steam bells rang out. Officials including Franklin K. Lane and Governor Hiram Johnson spoke while 41 foreign nations and 43 states joined the event.
Reports from Vilna near the Prussian frontier say the German forces captured the Vilna French hospital corps. Chief Surgeon Chesson and most staff were taken prisoner, with only manager Richard and Dr Kopp absent. The unit had long aided the front and endured heavy fire.
Columbia Feb 20 The South Carolina legislature prepared to adjourn tonight after approving a statewide prohibition election set for September 14. The session also authorized county bond issues totaling about 6 million dollars for public road improvements.
The Libre Parole newspaper in Paris was suspended for two weeks after publishing an article about a letter from Senator Gaubain de Vilaine to Premier Viviani. The piece threatened interpellation unless the government disavowed two falist ministers who attended the International Socialist Conference in London, despite censor requests.
A Singapore Straits Settlement report says Hindu soldiers mutiny quelled. Eleven English men and women were killed in the fighting and some Japanese wounded. Marines from Japanese and French warships helped quell the disturbance.
Locomotive sparks caused sixty percent of fires on national forest purchase areas in the White Mountains and southern Appalachians in 1914. More than half of the East’s 103 fires were in Virginia with 227 started by locomotive sparks.
Governor Jerenen ordered increased state guard along the Texas Mexico border after reports of bands crossing the boundary and raiding isolated ranches. In Austin the alert comes as cattle and food supplies are targeted while authorities review responses to the incursions.
R A Sanderson of four Joachim Street became suddenly ill and was sent home in a taxi. The man was not seriously hurt.
A river packet named Peerless arrived with passengers including Montgt and Selma among others at various landings. Dr Wo Foat Bar Gamesteines SB Spanien and Mrs H were noted among the travelers.
A dispatch cites Serbs shelling open towns in the southern war theatre, killing civilians and children, especially in Semlin. The Austro-Hungarian commander replied by shelling Belgrade briefly and warning that future shelling of open towns will draw a similar response.
James Allen a West Indian newly in Mobile is held without bail by Judge Henry Chamberlain on arson charges. He allegedly set fire to his Prichard home Mardi Gras night, occupants present. two witnesses saw him near the house as flames started. The insured property valued at $500 was only partly damaged. Allen denies the accusations.
Fifty five unguarded prisoners from Fort Leavenworth visited town on an electric car and marched to a theatre where the prison minstrels performed for a capacity crowd. The prisoners returned to the jail with no one missing and proceeds go to the American Red Cross.
The secret service reports the appearance of a counterfeit five dollar bill from the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. The poorly etched plate print shows a note cut to a quarter of an inch shorter than genuine with silk threads. Chief Flynn says the flaw makes detection easy.
Havre reports German authorities forbid reading of Bishop of Namur Monsigny letter to Catholics. The letter accuses Germany of persecution of priests in his diocese and condemns wartime abuses during the occupation.
Saturday visitors from Ala arrived aboard the bay steamer Apollo. The group includes Dr. G. A. Shelton J. J. Murray Mrs. Harvey Mrs. J. W. Blood Mrs. Foley Gene Lawrence George Winberg John P. Moore F. Zanders Savi Williams and F. Copper.
In Rome, Feb 10, extreme parties push for a war declaration as socialists urge budget debate. Deputy Eugenio Chiesa asserts Italy, with army and navy ready and funds granted, should declare for war or continued neutrality. Premier Salandra says foreign policy discussion is not opportune and notes the Dec 3 pledge of loyal but watchful and armed neutrality.
In Savannah on February 20, steamers loading cotton for European ports paint the United States flag on their sides and place large canvas signs bearing the national colors between the fore and main masts. Lights will illuminate the signs at night. The measure follows guidance given to Norwegian ships by the Norwegian war risk insurance bureau.
Mayor Max of Brussels writes from Glatz fortress that he has been confined since October 12. He says he cannot reveal causes of arrest and warns his letters may be censored and halted.
Washington Feb 20 The Uruguayan minister of public works Dr Juan Carlos Blanco arrives in New York to return visit of Secretary Root in 1906 and to represent Uruguay at the Panama Pacific Exposition He will come to Washington next week and a government official will accompany him during his stay.
The American steamer J. L. Luckenbach, which left Boston January 27 with cotton and wool for Bremen, arrived today. The pilot who boarded at Ymuiden was arrested but released after proving he is Dutch. A new restaurant, the National Quick Lunch Room, opened on North Royal Street No. 6 and drew many breakfast and lunch customers.
Berlin and Washington exchange notes on naval warfare and the Wilhelmina case. Germany signals a friendly tone while Britain seeks to restrict use of the American flag. the State Department weighs prize court action and safeguards to prevent incidents at sea.
Reports from New Madrid Missouri recount Black workers leaving levee sites at Lenda and Dorena as warnings prompt mass departure. Governor and Adjutant General O'Mara mobilize militia to restore order after authorities say the situation has escalated beyond control.
German submarine U 26 shadowed the Ville de Lille off Cherbourg and forced evacuation. The submarine boarded, planted bombs in the captain’s cabin and forecastle, sinking the ship after two sailors remained aboard. Survivors rowed toward Barfleur as the German commander offered air and rescued the master.
The British liner Lusitania arrived in New York from Liverpool without hoisting the Union flag, officers said. The ship had sailed outward under the Stars and Stripes due to fear of German submarines, and lay at anchor in the harbor for almost five hours after docking awaiting favorable tide before proceeding.
Cloudy conditions continue tonight with a rise in temperatures. Sunday is likely warmer with continued cloud cover across Mobile and Alabama regions.
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