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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1917
Page
8
In Antonio Texas the case of Harry J Spannell in the killing of his wife and Colonel C M Butler was postponed until 9 am after the defense said all witnesses failed to arrive due to delayed trains. Spannell moved for a change of venue citing potential unfair trial conditions.
At the annual meeting of Beth Zur lodge No 48 Ind Order of Bnai Brith Arnold R Bloch was elected president with H U Feibelman as vice president Monroe Metzger secretary H W Lein kauf treasurer Herbert C Brown monitor Victor T Lowenstein assistant monitor Meyer Jacoby warden and Harry Kohn guardian. Officers installed by Sigmund Halas past district president. Delegates nominated for District Grand Lodge meeting to be held in Chattanooga with balloting at February meeting.
Spannell invited, helped authorities capture himself. A board of inquiry appointed by the army cleared Colonel Butter of blame, stating the friendship with Mrs. Spannell was honorable and his conduct above reproach.
North and central Texas faced one of its heaviest snowstorms on record. Snow began yesterday and continued into the night, reaching 7.1 inches in Dallas. Streetcar service steadied today while trains remained about two hours late.
Snow fell overnight and into the morning in Memphis reaching four and a half inches. Streetcar service was briefly impeded but normal operations resumed before 10 o clock. The storm affected Eastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi and western Tennessee with sleet reported in Charlotte Greensboro and Virginia.
The city of Birmingham Alabama awoke to a glaze of freezing rain and ice for the first time in over six years. Homes trees and wires were coated and street car traffic was seriously hampered with some schedules abandoned. The morning temperature stood at 32 degrees.
Page lists entries for today's races including three year old maidens and selling conditions across six events. Notable horses include SIR O OLIVER BABY BAGH SANDBORNE ROYAL KING MEELIKA SCANDAL and SCANDAL in handicap and distance events with weights and post positions shown. Race details cover six furlongs one mile and a mile and a sixteenth with four year olds and up in handicap events.
A letter from Dr. 8. F. Hale praises police for their work. He thanks Detective Burch for recovering a hat stolen from a patient and Officer McGinnis for recovering instruments taken last week.
Interest grows for the Safe Farming conference to be held January 25 and 26 in Montgomery. Noted speakers include Dr. Bradford Knapp and J A Evans, Senator Jonathan P Bourne, J A Wade, J A Watt, and J F Duggar with many others scheduled. Organizers expect the event to be the spring’s most important meeting and urge wide attendance.
Mobile Council Fourth degree team to participate in Washington's birthday events in New Orleans. A united choral club will perform with addresses from national speakers dispatched by Hartford headquarters.
New Orleans January 15 cotton slumped about three dollars a bale in early trading as bears pressed the market after small mill consumption figures for December and cold wet weather in the South. The weak months saw liquidation while weather across the cotton region was seen as improving the outlook for the new crop.
Detective Thomas J Boltz and Signal Alarm Operator Levine Bauer, off sick for weeks, reported to police headquarters today and resumed duties.
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