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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1916

Page

3

Quit Sale Booze or Take Penalty

Judge D H Edington offered defendants a chance to quit selling intoxicating liquor or face penalties. Several cases heard. Edward Murray fined 100 days or 100 dollars. Murray’s sentence suspended for 12 months on promise to quit. Sam Smolkin fined 50 dollars. he withdrew appeal and paid. Mrs Annie Holt case continued to July 15. witnesses testified beer sold by a negress. Police raided soft drink stands finding small quantities of liquor. Jake Zuckerman’s place yielded seventy cold beer bottles.

D. H. Edington Edward Murray Murray Sam Smolkin Charles Fritz Monia Annie Holt D. C. Anderson T. S. Gillespie Pat W. Kelly Walnut and Armistead Holcombe Edward Ryder Inferior Criminal Court Frank Venturini A. D. Davis Iage St. Joseph St. Michael Streets Tom Boltz Recorder’s Court Jake Zuckerman Wilkinson and Adams Streets Boltz van Liew

School Commissioners Schedule Provisional Meeting

The school commissioners failed to meet due to no quorum. The postponed session will be held next Wednesday to continue the agenda.

Board of School Commissioners

Skin Disease Healed By Cuticura Soap And Ointment

A Miss Bessie May Maynard of Luther Oklahoma reports severe itching and brown blisters, with scalp sores and hair loss, relieved after using Cuticura Soap four times and Cuticura Ointment three boxes. She states she was healed and notes the product was advertised by mail sample requests.

Bessie May Maynard Luther, Okla

German in Custody Escapes Across Mexican Border

W H Schweibr held on neutrality law suspicions escaped into Mexico from Nogales as deputy marshal Brad Duncan was arrested by Mexican authorities but later released. Schweibr, claiming to be a former German army officer, slipped across the frontier while in custody and boarded a railway motor car heading south.

Nogales Ariz W. H. Schweibr Brad Duncan United States Schweibr Duncan

Japan Denies Four New Superdreadnaughts Plan

Dispatches claim Japan authorized four new superdreadnaughts. Tokyo reports conflict over a 250 million yen seven year program for three superdreadnoughts two battle cruisers and various light ships. Navy officials refuse to confirm. existing ships Fuso Yamashiro Ise Ryuga Nagato cited.

Tokio America Japan Navy Finance Department Fuso Yamashiro Ise Ryuga Nagato Navy Department

Flood damaged freight may be returned free by M and O

The Mobile and Ohio Railroad plans to seek Interstate Commerce Commission approval to let shippers reclaim flood damaged freight at no freight charge. Vice president R V Taylor says customers can salvage or rework goods and the railroad will handle necessary steps to legalize the policy.

Mobile and Ohio Railroad Interstate Commerce Commission R. V. Taylor Haiden Miller St. Louis

Perci vale Lodge to Install Officers Tonight

Perci vale Lodge XK of P meets in regular session this evening with Deputy Grand Chancellor J. J. Pilgrim to install new officers for the term. Named are J. W. Coor chancellor commander John McCabe vice chancellor E A Roberts prelate B Gantt master of work William Marshall master of ex chequer D W Camp master of finance C F Sheldon keeper of records and seal J G Cassidy inner guard Ollie Cain outer guard A large attendance is urged to ensure a proper send off for the new officers and important matters to be decided.

Percivale Lodge J. J. Pilgrim J. W. Coor John McCabe E. A. Roberts B. Gantt William Marshall D. W. Camp C. F. Sheldon J. G. Cassidy Ollie Cain

Man and Girl Found Dead in Automobile Near Amite City

In Amite City Louisiana on a lonely road five miles from town the bodies of Alonzo Goodbee a local merchant and Tangipahoa parish police jury member and Vinie Kornhaus 25 were found in a car. The woman was shot three times in the back and Goodbee had a gunshot wound to the head. Evidence suggested a struggle and authorities believed Goodbee killed the woman then died by self-inflicted action.

Amite City Alonzo Goodbee Arcola Tangipahoa Parish Vinie Kornhaus Tangipahoa Goodbee

Progressives to Confer May Hold New Convention

A national Progressive conference is planned in Chicago to oppose the national committee’s endorsement of Hughes. Bainbridge Colby notes widespread revolt and cites a letter from John M. Parker urging a new convention, possibly on August 5, to energize protests against independent political moves.

Bainbridge Colby Hughes New York Chicago National Committee Charles E. Hughes Colby Theodore Roosevelt John M. Parker Louisiana Parker Star Chamber Progressive Party

Delegation Talks Milk Relief for German Austrian Babies

A congressional delegation met with Acting Secretary Polk to discuss alleviating a claimed milk shortage for babies in Germany and Austria. They reviewed a Berlin embassy report denying a serious famine and deferred action, despite reports of infant deaths from milk shortage.

Washington Germany Austria Polk Berlin

Puss in Boots Jr Sets Course for the Man in the Moon

Puss Jr and Mother Goose travel with a Gander over hills and ridges. They encounter an old woman riding a broom and a hungry cat named Tom as the trio heads toward the Man in the Moon, following the witch on her magical ride.

Sherwood Forest Mother Goose Puss Uss Tom Puss, Jr

Rosa Luxemburg Jailed In Berlin On Treason Charges

Rosa Luxemburg, editor of the Berlin Vorwaerts, was arrested at her Berlin home Monday. Proceedings originate from alleged treasonable articles in the monthly Internationale, suppressed by the German government. She had been sentenced in 1914 to a year for accusing German officers of abusing private soldiers.

Amsterdam London Rosa Luxemburg Vorwaerts Berlin Leipsiger Volkszeitung Rosa ‘Luxemburg

Naval militia leaves Galveston for annual cruise

Thirty two men of the first division Texas naval militia led by Lieutenant Commander Harry C Black depart Galveston for Norfolk Virginia. They will link with second division in Houston and Louisiana militia in New Orleans aboard the U S Louisiana for their yearly voyage. In New Orleans one hundred thirteen Vera Cruz refugees arrive on the transport Sumer, part of 658 moved to Tampa earlier.

Galveston Texas Texas Naval Militia Harry C. Black Norfolk Houston New Orleans Louisiana Naval Militia U. S Louisiana Vera Cruz Sumer Tampa

Taking Big Chances With Travel Without Chamberlain Remedy

A warning urges travelers to carry Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as bowel attacks can be sudden and severe. The ad notes the product is not available on trains or steamships and recommends preparedness everywhere.

Ravel

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