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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
5
A reflection notes the fate of the famed veiled woman who once horsewhipped a noted citizen on Main Street. The quip asks what has become of this figure as the town recalls local temper and punctuality among its men.
Ninety two of the 128 men indicted in Indianapolis on charges of conspiracy to commit felonies in elections surrendered and posted bond today. Eleven more bonds were ready, and three others were already in custody. Proceedings involved Charles W. Miller and several prominent lawyers seeking copies of the indictment while Thomas Taggart and local officials aided efforts to secure bonds.
A late yesterday storm across Mississippi and Arkansas disrupted wire communication and cut lines along the Illinois Central. Reports indicate extensive crop damage with standing corn and cotton ratings sagging. Wabash Arkansas near Helena reported unroofed houses and a hotel as the wind struck multiple towns including Winona Durant Jackson and Friars Point.
Mrs. Lige Gipson was killed and four persons injured when a cyclone struck Gans Oklahoma last night. Dispatches from the storm area in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas are fragmentary but no further deaths are expected. Fruit damage reported in western Arkansas.
Whistler Alabama reports a series of social notes including Dr George Liversage visiting parents from Demopolis and returning from Battles. People travel to Mobile Prichard Toulminville and Maysville Kentucky with relatives. Jessie May De la Bar of Meridian visits aunt Mrs Charles Crabtree. Mabel Hudson heads to Brooklyn and Portland Maine. Joe White returns from Eastern Shore. a sixth birthday celebration at Hartley home features fruit punch refreshments and a garden party. The community also notes bankruptcy filings for M J Snell and Robert Chidsey trading as The Etowah in Mobile with creditor meeting planned.
The New Orleans cotton market opened nervous yet moderately active with initial gains of 3 points then a retreat of 5 to 6 points before steadying. Prices at noon showed a net advance. spot cotton remained unchanged with 260 bales traded on the spot and futures closed higher by 6 to 7 points. In Savannah, turpentine and rosin markets showed firm bids with a wide range of grade prices, while a long list of major stocks and commodities prices traded across markets including Lloyds, GM, Pennsylvania and U S Steel among others.
Five Swedish steamers laden with lumber bound for England were captured by German warships in the North Sea yesterday. One vessel, the Tunisana, was torpedoed off Lowestoft while sailing from Montreal to Hull with a cargo of wheat. the crew managed to beach her.
The navy orders Rear Admiral Caperton and the cruiser Washington to Cape Haitian from Vera Cruz to reinforce the area with 700 linejackets and 200 marines. The French cruiser Descartes has already landed bluejackets there.
Sarrahth and Walter Wiggerfall fined 500 dollars and costs each after a fight in Plateau with Ba Seals. Seals fined 250 dollars and 90 days hard labor for firing a pistol. Walter Anderson fined 1 dollar or ten days for gaming and abusive language. Mary Morris and Dave Oaten fined 1 dollar or ten days in jail.
President Wilson will depart at midnight for the summer Washington House at Cornish New Hampshire and will not return until July 6 He will first go to Roslyn Illinois to spend tomorrow with Colonel BE M House.
A notorious burglar received more time after two juries found him guilty on multiple charges. The indictments allege assault and battery connected to robberies at Gordon and Walker on Marine Street, with the sentence yet to be determined.
Wednesday session of Law and Equity Court reported demurrers sustained or overruled, default judgments entered in multiple cases, damages awarded to plaintiffs, costs paid and several suits set for Thursday. Chancery and Equity dockets list dismissals, reinstatements, and motions for reference among noted cases and hearings.
W C Dunham and wife of Lamson Alabama F Y Anderson Jr of Birmingham C C Turrell of New Orleans John W Wood and wife Meridian Mississippi J C McBride of Charleston C B Dorse and W B Selby of Birmingham visit the city on business and pleasure staying at the Cawthon Mrs E S Cooper and son John K Cooper of Grove Hill Alabama visit the Misses Kruddo sisters of Mrs Cooper in the city
William Murray of Plateau fined 250 dollars and costs or twenty days hard labor for operating a blind tier under prohibition. He pleaded not aided by witness or attorney, appealed to the superior court with bond set at 200 dollars. Deputies caught him in the act on June 6 after complaints. Peter Porch fined 25 dollars or twenty days for assaulting Louis Stallworth with a brick. Timothy Green pleaded guilty, fined 5 dollars or ten days for stealing a pop bottle from a second story window. Weatley Dick fined 26 dollars or thirty days for beating Matila Williams, a negro woman, with prior trouble noted.
In the city court on Wednesday jurors were drawn to serve for the week of June 28. Names listed include John A Pope Allen D Fountain John C Wacker Charles F Wacker Walter B Simison Jr Owen McDonnell Dorrance P Doukle Prim Riva Annay B Lewis John D Swinson John Battiste James O'Donnell Frank Hammond Jacob D Battiste George O Bancroft Clarence C Ridenhour Robert A Otis John Saaman George T Cowles Cousey Harry C Sackhoff William T Holt George J Hooks Everette J Eastburn Edward R WilsonHenry P Robertson Eugene R Carley William W Croom Jeremiah Joullian William H Rowell Poe Driscoll Isaac B Moog Chesley Goff Charles Hess James Howell William W Pugh Julian J Bartee Benjamin Barret Oscar N Barney Henry M Edwards William P Barnes Thomas B Willison Jacob M Friedman Louis J Davis Howard G Peters Iver Iverson George Wilson Jesse D Stone Alfred M Bright Richard A Finch
Deputy Sheriff seized two slot machines from J B Curry store at Mount Vernon Alabama on complaint of citizens and moved them to Mobile. An injunction was served to Charles Williams and Lillie Williams road cafe at Cedar Point Pine Crest, restraining liquor sales and inviting patrons. In U S district court McTaggart and Thompson versus launch Florence case details decree overruling exceptions and fund distribution. Moody Bishop, a Black preacher, pled guilty to stealing mail, fined $25 and three months in Mobile county jail.
Miller Johnson and Tom Chestang were arrested Wednesday on warrants from the inferior criminal court for violating the prohibition law. Deputy Sheriff Daniel W. Petty led the Mount Vernon arrests based on information from local citizens.
The Bureau Bulletin reports cotton made a fine growth week with continued warmth and moisture. Cotton is in good condition across nearly all districts though growth retardation seen locally. Boll weevils are active in Alabama Mississippi and Texas with fruiting in southern districts and some bloom up to North Carolina.
London reports a sharp fall in ocean freights following a decrease in food prices. Cereals and staple goods have fallen in Great Britain more than in rival countries, prompting importers to slow chartering tonnage amid easing costs.
Mrs B D Kanes leads a campaign tour in Alabama to combat illiteracy. She will visit Troy Jacksonville Lincoln Auburn and Tuscaloosa next week and then attend teachers institutes the following week.
Ellen Davis aged 45 died suddenly Wednesday at her home 754 St Louis Street as deputy coroner investigated. A marriage license was issued from the probate court for Manuel M Soutalto and Katie R White. T H Mizzell of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, Montgomery division, is in Mobile on business.
The list names jurors drawn for duty during the week beginning June 28 in city court. Jurors include L. Merkel Jr, T eland, Riva O Grady, Edward M, Julian Suttle, Charles W, Joseph Tanner, George J Thomas, L. H. Jones, Luther H H, Hugh Fox, Emmet Carr, A Jones Jr, William Levi, Henry Harvey, Hamilton Williams, Frank Stringer, Frank Immiler, Charles Wern, Edward Maxon, Charles Hoth, William Chamberlain, Koppersmith, Joseph Straub, McGinnis, Alice Peters, Frank Busc, Murray, Frank Richmond, John Dixon, Miles, Louis Evans, Julius, John McGrary.
David 8 Magnuson of Fairhope Baldwin County filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S district court listing assets and liabilities at $861. The petition was referred to Referee R T Ervin for processing.
Roberto and Sons filed a suit in the law and equity court on a weekday against the Alabama White and Ble Company for 100 dollars alleging it is due by account.
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