Five New Haven Men May Be Tried Again
New York January 10 Five former directors of the New Haven railroad face possible retrial on charges of conspiring to monopolize New England traffic. The jury failed to agree on their guilt or innocence. Names include William Rockefeller Lewis Cass Ledyard Charles M Pratt Charles F Brooker and Edward D Robbins. Six other former directors were acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New England
William Rockefeller
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Charles M. Pratt
Brooklyn
Charles F. Brooker
Ansonia
R. L. Batts
D. Newton Barney
Farmington
Conn
Robert W. Taft
Providence
R. I
James S. Hemingway
A. Heaton Robertson
Frederick F. Brewster
New Haven
Henry K. McHarg
Stamford
Hunt
Educational tour begins at Satsuma
The Gulf Coast Produce Exchange and Mobile County Farm Bureau educational tour started Monday with experts on early planting and vegetable crops. Attendance was low in Grand Bay, so the meeting was postponed to Saturday. only Satsuma and Axis could be reached due to a bridge closure beyond Axis. Calvert and Mr. Vernon were on the schedule for Monday and will have a later date.
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Grand Bay
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Mobile County Farm Bureau
Satsuma
Axis
Calvert
Mr. Vernon
Boy Hit by Car While Skating on Government Street
George Merrill 15 of 58 Lee Street was struck on Government Street near Ann Sunday at about 5 pm by a car driven by T. Christian, a Negro, and treated at a physician's office before returning home. Pauline Jackson, a Negro wanted in Mobile for grand larceny, was brought here from Bay Minette by Deputy Gunnison. Rebecca Thomas accuses Jackson of stealing a signet ring valued at $40 and other household goods from 653 South Conception Street.
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George Merrill
Lee Street
Government Street
Ann
Fred Forchheimer
T. Christian
Forchheimer
Pauline Jackson
Mobile
Bay Minette
Baldwin County
Vance Gunnison
Rebecca Thomas
Jackson
South
Conception Street
Robbery at Reiss Mercantile Company Stores
Thieves burglarized the Reiss Mercantile Company late Saturday night cutting the cash drawer and Red Cross Seals box and stealing an automatic collar button machine. They took under ten dollars and entered via the rear after locking themselves in the store.
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Reiss Mercantile Company
Red Cross
Police hunt Chicago man in Mobile disappearance
Jack Derine of 608 South Oakley Boulevard Chicago is sought in Mobile by his relative Mrs J W Derine who says he left home October 20 to visit Mobile on business and has not been heard from. The Chicago American has joined the search.
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Chicago
Jack Derine
South
Oakley Boulevard
Ills
Mobile
J. W. Derine
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Adv Promotes Cold Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a treatment for colds cough and feverish throat nose and head. It claims honey soothes irritation pine tar loosens phlegm and relieves congestion with antiseptic action and general relief. Price 25 cents.
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DR. Bell
High official of Bnai Brith to speak here Monday night
President Nathan Cohn of the Seventh District Grand Lodge Independent Order of Bnai B'rith will lecture at the Battle House auditorium Monday night under Beth Zur Lodge of Mobile. He will discuss Bnai B'rith and its aims, including funding seven Jewish institutions such as orphanages, homes for widows and orphans, and a hospital network. The event includes dinner, entertainment, and a reception led by Beth Zur members and the intellectual culture committee.
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United States
Nathan’ Cohn
Grand Lodge
Order of B'nai B'rith
Battle House
Beth Zur Lodge of
Mobile
B'nai B'rith
Independent
Erie Pa
Atlanta Ga
Yonkers
N. Y
Jewish Orphans Asylum
Cleveland
Ohio
New Orleans
National
Jewish Home For Consumptives
Denver
Colo
Leo M. Levi Hospital
Hot Springs
Ark
B’nai B'rith
Home For
Cohn
Citrus
O’colc
Beth Zur
Herbert C. Brown
Alfred G. Moses
Herman W. Leinkauf
Intellectual Culture Committee
Sigmund Hass
Leon Schwarz
Henry Hanan
Henry Hess
H. A. Forchheimer
Samuel Eichold
J. M. Forchheimer
Sam J. Hahn
Heyman Gabriel
Myer Jacoby
A. G. Levy
Isaac Lichtbach
Jacob Reiss
Laz Schwarz
Albert E. Brown
Jacob D. Bloch
Bernard Kahn
Birthday Celebrations For January Mobile Children
The item notes Douglas Van Buren Sybel Smith and Louis Anthony born January 10 in 1915 1910 and 1907 aged 1 6 and 9 inviting them to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon tickets mailed. January born children urged to send names addresses and birthdates to the Mobile Item two days before their birthday.
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Douglas C. van Buren
Charleston
Sybel L. Smith
Georgia Ave
Louis C. Anthony
Monroe St
the Item
Empire Theatre
Thousands in Line for Sunday Parade
The Holy Name societies led a silent parade of nearly 3,000 men and boys to protest profanity. Afterward they attended a service at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception where Rev. Father E Cummings, S J, gave a sermon. The procession began at Knights of Columbus Hall at 3 o clock with Frank J McMahon as chief marshal.
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Holy Name
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
E. Cummings
S. J
Spring Hill College
Knights of Columbus Hall
Frank J. McMahon
J. L. Moulton
Holy Name Societies
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Titts
Lillie Walsh
Marie McCarron
Weigand
Gounod
Evangelist J J Lowe Extends Religious Meetings
Evangelist J J Lowe of Ontario begins a second week of services at the First Baptist Church. He will preach each evening except Saturday as large crowds attend the illustrated sermons that drew strong turnout last week.
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J. J. Lowe
Ontario
Canada
First Baptist Church
Sister Mary Bearnard Reardon Dies At 77 In Baltimore
Sister Mary Bearnard Reardon a longtime charity sister with Mobile ties died Sunday at St Vincent's hospital Baltimore after a long illness Born in Richmond Virginia she joined the Sisterhood of Charity at Emmetsburg Maryland She served at Providence Hospital Mobile and helped run St Pauls Sanitarium Dallas later returning to Mobile to lead Providence Hospital Her sight failed after treatment and she taught at St Vincent's asylum until her death
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Mary Bearnard Reardon
Mobile
St. Vincent's Hospital
Baltimore
Richmond
Sisterhood of Charity
Emmetsburg
Old Providence Hospital
Sister of Charity
City Hospital
Dallas
Texas
St. Paul's Sanitarium
Providence Hospital
St. Vincent’s Asylum
Turkish Claims of Victory Fall Down in New German Drive
War brief covering Turkish claims of victory collapsing as a new German westward push stalls near Massiges and Maison's de Champagne. Reports include German prisoner tally, captured weapons, and evacuations from Gallipoli.
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Massiges
Maison’s de Champagne
Gallipoli
London
Charles Munro
U S Court Schedules Sixteen Cases This Week
The United States district court docket features sixteen cases this week. On Tuesday Judge Toulmin will begin with the United States vs Vinegar Bend Lumber Co, a matter expected to take two days. Thursday and Friday focus on criminal cases, with defendants Victor Michael and others listed, and Saturday includes Henry Wright Pink Holloway and an D Hayssen for trial.
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United States District Court
Toulmin
United States
Vinegar Bend Lumber Co
Victor Michael
A. S
D. F. Adams
Joseph Barlow
H. H. Adams
John Passiter
John Huffman
Geneva Shepherd
Santy Coleman
Manuel Nicholson
Charles McInnis
Miller L. Johnson
Henry Wright
Pink Holloway
An D. Hayssen
Mobile Couple Weds Secretly in New Orleans
The secret wedding of James J. Quill, former steamboat agent, and Mrs. Lucy B. Marsh widow of Cary March, occurred in New Orleans on September 6. They reside in Mobile and announced the ceremony Sunday night.
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James J. Quill
Lucy B. Marsh
Cary March
New Orleans
Mobile
Volunteer Fleet of Armed Boats Guarding America's Coasts
New York sportsmen organize a volunteer squadron of five 40 foot patrol boats built for submarine hunting. The fleet aims to sail in spring for practice from New York to Florida to demonstrate potential war usefulness.
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America
New York
United States
Long Island
Great Britain
Florida
Stewart Davis
South Hampton
L. L
U. S
Mobile social notes list out of town visitors
Mr and Mrs Reist of Jackson Florida are at the Savage inn W H McIntosh of Bond Mississippi is in Mobile on business M B Bollinger of Bollinger Louisiana arrived in the city Monday Mr and Mrs A J Pool wintering in the south arrived in Mobile Sunday for a visit at the Battle House Cc B MacMillan of Pensacola is in Mobile for several days on business John Steel of Prana Idaho seeking land investments in Mobile stopping at the Battle House J B Moore a cattleman of Marion Junction is in Mobile for a few days on business He reports cattle markets lively and Marion Junction on track for a strong year L S Wallace Jr of Columbus Ohio is in the city
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A. J. Pool
South
Mobile
The
Battle House
Cc. B. MacMillan
Pensacola, Fla
John Steel
Prana
Idaho
R. J. Twerliger
Chicago
Ills
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B’nai Brith
New Oreland
B’nai B'rith Lodge
Mem
Memphis, Tennessee
City Ticket Office
South Royal Street
H. E. Jones, JR
Berlin
Sayville
Constantinople
Overseas
Admiralty
Russia
Times
Petrograd
Galicia
Bessarabia
Balkans
Danube
Sofia
von Mackensen
Saloniki
Mander
Plattsburg
Mrs. Reist
Jackson, Fla
the Savage
W. H. McIntosh
Bond, Miss
Bollinger
Bollinger, la
J. B. Moore
Marion
L. S. Wallace, Jr
Columbus
Jack Pickford
Crooks
Dante
Pias
Alves
Freigh
Bestew
American Radiator Company
Michigan
Public Orleans
Indianepatia
Birusinghess
Wow Or Basten
Warsener
Poovitenes
Tete Philadelpia
Washington
Cincinnati
Case Enemas Aoaelas
Beasige
Dee Riches Soy Brentions
Ont
Oneforeato
Los
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