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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
3
Dr O F B Winberg president of the Mobile horticultural society urges a law to protect fruit growers from pests and mud in a county or section stating one neglectful orchardist can derail eradication efforts. He emphasizes legal protection as essential and cites cases from across the region.
A local drug store ad quotes a big banker calling Sweet Dreams a godsend for troublesome mosquitoes. The favorable banker verdict boosts the product as the greatest mosquito remedy, with large bottles priced at 15 cents available at major drug stores.
Interest grows in Baldwin county fruit growing and pea can production as a meeting is planned for Foley Alabama in July. The doctor expects a record attendance and, on behalf of the Horticultural Society, thanks Ocean Springs for past hospitality and hopes to return to hold another gathering.
Dr. John T. Adams operated a sanitarium at 617 Spring Hill Avenue and faced a charge for running the facility without consent of a neighborhood majority. The board of health denied a recommendation for establishment, the Mobile County Medical Society supported that denial, and the case was continued to Saturday amid local opposition and medical interest.
President H F Kerr of the Seeberg Steamship Company reports his safe arrival at Liverpool aboard the Philadelphia. He travels abroad to seek agency for multiple steamship lines and to buy vessels for Mobile and South American trade.
J A Caviezel superintendent of the Tennessee and Northern rail is in Mobile on a business trip noting improving conditions. Congressman Oscar L Gray arrived in Mobile and stays at the St Andrew. W H Louisell president of Bear Creek Mill Company Leakesville Miss arrives in Mobile. John D McInnis former railroad commissioner of Mississippi visits the city. Dr E A Copeland of State Line Miss registered at Bienville. J T Pope grain inspector for the Chamber of Commerce departs for Nashville. William A Green an attorney from Muskogee Okla visits on business and tours the city. Numerous other visitors register at the Cawthon and Bienville hotels from nearby towns. L M Gilbreath publisher of the Labor Record is in town promoting his publication with Central Trades Council.
Cashier Arthur C. Tonsmeire adds a large assorted fruit collection to the bank lobby display. The newest items come from Golden Glow Plantation Evan B. Davis Coden Mobile County including Belle of Georgia peaches Howe Happiness Florida Queen and Abundance plums with large rich colored peaches and glossy berries noted by observers.
Montgomery June 25 Theo Lacy former chief clerk of the state convict department charged with embezzling more than 100000 will testify before the legislative investigating committee at 10 o clock Saturday morning Chairman H P Merritt announced Lacy who is serving a ten year sentence after one indictment has not disclosed where he hid the funds or named accomplices since his disappearance in 1918 He later surrendered and was jailed Oakley was acquitted twice on embezzlement charges.
Search of the Donna Christina forecastle after she was righted in Tampa failed to locate any bodies of the crew or Captain Parrish and his family. The cabin was swept away and evidence suggested the vessel was set on fire to prevent it from becoming a navigation menace. The fate of the crew remains unknown while rescue prospects were uncertain.
New York June 25 The army and navy departments plan fifteen aviation squadrons for the national guard and twenty two for the naval militia in cooperation with the Aero Club of America announced at the club’s headquarters last night. Realization depends on how quickly the Aero Club and its twenty five affiliates recruit volunteers to form the corps.
Constantinople reports the sultan’s illness led royal princes to propose Yussoff Izzedin as regent but faced strong opposition from the Committee on Union and Progress. A deadlock persisted with no solution reached.
Joseph M. Walsh by Gillard and Mahomer filed a chancery suit against the heirs of Milton Lott Minnie Lott and others to compel title to land. Boyles and Kohn for the People's Shoe Company sue the Ocean Steamship Company of Hannah Ga for 762.11 for alleged conversion of seventeen cases of shoes. Southern Fuel and Material Company vs J W Gurley is a civil action for 447.70 by H H Smith alleging balance due. Also an L N excursion ad to New Orleans for 2.50 and 2.40 fare. Cessna steamer announces a night ride to Battles leaving Dauphin Street at 8 and returning at 12:39 with Deago's orchestra.
Devereaux Milburn starred in a polo victory at the Piping Rock Club. Milburn led Milburn’s team to a 11 to 2 win over the Yellows with a strong performance and the full eight chukka period completed.
The American steamship Sun sails Thursday for Port Arthur Texas to load oil for Philadelphia after delivering blackstrap molasses to the Cuban Molasses Company. The John D. Colwell leaves for Pensacola for repairs. The W. B. Bentley shifts docks while A I Staples denies sale of Walden Abbey. Passengers aboard the Mallory Line Lampasas include F Hunter Thos Cleary Jas Buchanan and many others bound from New York via Key West to Tampa Florida.
Copenhagen dispatch reports the Norwegian steamer Truma torpedoed by a German submarine last Wednesday near the Shetland Islands. The Nova arrived with the Truma crew, who were rescued after the fire was set on the damaged vessel.
Zapata forces defending Mexico City fought a series of artillery duels with the Carranza army delaying its advance. Reliable details were unavailable as communications with the capital remained cut since June 18. Vera Cruz reports say Gonzales aimed to avoid city horrors and exhaust Zapata forces. A US detainee in Sonora faces transfer to Nogales for possible release through Consul Simpich.
A decree foreclosing the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago railroad in favor of Metropolitan Trust Company resets the debt at 14 293 860 with interest. The line will be reorganized and withdrawn from receiver W F Owen later this summer. Special Master Lockwood's report is confirmed and sale is set within two months. Connections to St Louis Nashville and Louisville become severed. The road has a long, turbulent history, dating to the Mobile and Northwestern and Mobile Jackson Kansas City lines. A separate item reports Dave Richardson a Cedar Street resident surviving a suicide attempt by ingesting rat poison after medical aid arrived.
The Anda a bark of about 1 000 000 feet of lumber sailed from Mobile to Liverpool and London and was driven ashore on the Kama Islands in a storm on July 1. Flying the Norwegian flag she was seized by a prize court and sold to a Norwegian concern. Crew rescued by lifeboats after abandoning ship. Status of loss unknown.
E B Gaston visits New Orleans on business while Ota Pilcher oversees offices in Fairhope. A new concrete walk on Fairhope Avenue between Section and Church begins to improve town center. Normart of Glenolden and wife tour California then visit Fairhope as single taxer eager for a glimpse of the colony. Woodmen of the Magnolia Lodge host a beach day with families. People’s railroad car ferries visitors. Watermelons, plums, and sweet corn appear in markets as the town adjusts to summer conditions.
A morning storm in Theodore Alabama damaged crops leveling corn and blowing down trees and chimneys. A refreshing rain followed around midday helping growth prospects for damaged fields and fences.
Funeral services were held for Miss Ina at the family home on Ception Street Brewster with Rev. of St. church officiating. Burial followed at Magnolia Cemetery with pallbearers listed. Leslie V Stevens was laid to rest at FP Cemetery on Thursday afternoon with floral tributes, Rev. McGtor of St. Francis Street Church officiating. An L and N excursion advertisement notes travel to New Orleans with fare 2.50.
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