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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1915
Page
2
The Gray granite mausoleum for Leopold Hammel at the Jewish cemetery was dedicated on a Sunday afternoon. Rabbi Alfred G. Moses spoke of Hammel's virtues, Elmer Maddox praised for the marble work, and the four month construction highlighted the Doric design with Italian marble and bronze doors.
Norfolk May 17 Unverified rumor spread that the German cruiser Karlsruhe was approaching Newport News via Hampton Roads. No warships were sighted in the Virginia capes by Cape Henry observatory by noon, and no responsible source could trace the claim.
Miss Mamie McDowell and Mr J G Goodman surprised friends with a quiet wedding at the bride’s home 58 South Conception Street. Rev Guy Herlibert officiated for relatives and intimate friends. The bride, daughter of Captain J W McDowell, wore blue silk with a diamond lavaliere. The groom is a Bradstreet traveling businessman. They departed at 1:30 AM for their Atlanta home.
Mobile's Street Cleaning Force appeared in white wings and white duck suits on Monday morning. The city furnished the uniforms, with each man receiving two suits to stay clean. Street Commissioner J. J. Heller inspected the brigade and was praised for their tidy appearance.
School children may gain free admission to the ball game Tuesday if accompanied by a parent, son, or chaperone. Secretary Frank T. Parker urges city youths to attend the 4 o'clock game under supervision. Drago's orchestra will perform a special program. It is Ladies' Day and ladies may bring children through the pass gate to the Brandstand.
Isaac H Henriques a New Orleans native and Mobile resident for twenty years died Sunday after weeks of illness at age 76 He worked with Munson Steamship Company and Peerless Laundry Survived by his wife and one daughter Funeral services were at Roche Burke parlors Monday at 9 with interment in Magnolia Cemetery Very Rev Gardiner C Tucker presided at St Johns Episcopal Church service
After a ten day illness six year old Leon Carl son of Mrs Edna Carl of Cottage Hill died early Sunday at a local infirmary. Roche and Burke took charge of the remains and arranged transport to Pascagoula Mississippi for burial Monday morning.
Relatives announce the death of Henry Franelich a longtime Selma resident and retired Osman aged about 63 in Birmingham after a business visit. He was born in Missouri and lived in Selma for thirty years. Survived by brother Nicholas and sisters Mesdames J B W H Burleson and William of Mobile with several relatives attending the funeral.
The funeral of William W. Boyd was held at 10 o'clock from Mrs. W. Lyons residence in Whistler with Atkinson officiating. Interment followed at Whistler Cemetery with pallbearers M. Kelly, T. B. Alimen, J. R. Allen.
Bucatunna Mississippi hosts an annual Sunday school picnic one mile east of town on June 17. Baptists and Methodists organize the event with pupils and families expected to attend.
Traffic Manager Russell Houston of the Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad and a crew of movie workers left Mobile on Private Car No. 100 to film scenes along the line. Executives will shoot images of large milling industries and stock and diversification farms in Sumter county for exclusive advertising use. The Tourist Girl party will not appear in the films.
Announcement from Montgomery Alabama says Professor C. V. Thompson of Colbert County High School was elected president of the Fifth district agricultural school at Wetumpka. He succeeds Professor J. M. Crowell as head of the institution.
Ambassador Gerard notified the State Department that the American note had arrived at the German foreign office in Berlin. This marked the first official confirmation of delivery, though prior news dispatches had reported its arrival.
City notes announce a lecture on Richard III by Father de la Moriniere at 7 45 p m Thursday at Spring Hill College. The speaker is known for praised King Lear talks.
Montgomery May 17 Special Announcement from the military department says Lieutenant John Q Rush of Mobile has been placed in command of the sanitary company in Mobile. Rush received his National Guard commission a few days ago. Major T C Locke, assistant adjutant general, returned from Mobile after inspecting sanitary quarters and expressing satisfaction with conditions.
Mobile county legislative delegation schedules three hearings in the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Tuesday afternoon. At 2 o'clock a stock laws hearing follows, then at 4 o'clock a discussion on sea wall construction for shore property, and at 5 30 p m a session on the new law affecting commission merchants brokers and wholesale dealers in farm and dairy products. Public attendance is urged to review terms and details of the bills.
Montgomery May 17 Special. A major portion of the governor's next weeks will be spent attending college commencements. He plans to visit Tuscaloosa for the university closing exercises and, with his staff, review the students there. He will also attend additional school commencements.
Mrs. Lizzie Nelson was hit while crossing at St Emanuel and Dauphin streets by an automobile driven by Miss A Green at 9 30 Monday morning. Green was taken to the police station but released after Mrs Nelson said the fault lay with both drivers as two cars approached from opposite directions.
In Syracuse on May 17 William Barnes faced further cross examination by John Bowers counsel for Roosevelt. Several former state legislators testified about the 1911 deadlock over the U.S. senator election. William Keyes quoted Barnes suggesting Republicans align with Democratic insurgents to back an independent Democrat.
London reports Lord Brooke, aged 33 and a lieutenant colonel of the eighth territorials, is to receive a brigadier general's rank and command of a brigade of Canadians. Toronto notes Gustave Kieffer and Godfried Moser of a German trading firm have been arrested as suspected spies. Scranton reports a May snowstorm with ice half an inch thick and a 87 degree reading in the city.
Several thousand miners in the Black country struck today over a war bonus demand. The Black country is the mining and manufacturing district on the borders of Staffordshire and Warwickshire, England, between Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
Jurors drawn for the adjourned term of City Court to begin May 31 include James A. McCowan James E. Sherman Jr Elias Rascovar John McKenna Charles E. Harrison Emory S. Thomas Jacob J. Rattner Samuel St. John Lewis L. Platt George J. Goetz Ernest F. Ladd Howard M Hempstead John C. Makinnon Archibald N. Lawrence Jacob M. Rabby Joseph L. Lee Edward Ziegler John W. Rodriguez Omega D. Dilling George A. Potter Samuel E. Gaston Frank Coffin Jackson C. Miley William L. Murphy Claude R. Farnell Frank L. Allen J. Carlton Wilkins Louis E. B. Hetmer John M. Hand Frank J. McAllister Allen Botter DeWitt Hutchins David H. Nixon Carl J. Beisenreich Joseph S. Alexander George T. Standard Thomas McLachlan Cassimir Weinacker Jr Marshall G. Groom Jackson H. Hays Joseph L. Hermann John W. Phelan Sidney L. Paulin G. Ross Chambers Rustth B. Michael Charles F. Pollard Henry Cc Bekurs Jr William Thompson Elisha B. Lott Jr
The will of Mrs. Rosanna Glass who died in the city was filed for probate on Monday. It names her daughter Mrs. Rose Kelly executrix and bequeaths ten houses and lots, all paintings and movable property, and remaining assets to six grandchildren Izetta Alvarez James W McDonald Jr Margaret Donald Robert Helen and Francis McDonald. Miss Mary McDonald named guardian of the children without bond and left $500 to the guardian.
City commissioners took no action at a Saturday conference with Miss Etta Lambert on appointing a motion picture censor. Lambert argued for censor appointment while Commissioner Sch said the police chief acted as censor. Lambert said the chief denied that role. A report may be filed at Tuesday’s regular meeting.
Albert Holly Louis Taylor Clarance Coleman Albert Hodges and John Hollis were fined or jailed on gaming. Albert Robinson Dock McCray and Robert Gilker were sentenced to hard labor for ten days on vagrancy. Inez Mitchell Estella Cilai uch and Viola Alexander were fined five dollars or ten days. Will Chatman was fined or jailed for assaulting Louisa Bennett.
A series of meetings will begin at the Buckatunna Mississippi Methodist church next Sunday. The pastor will be aided by Rev. Mr. Shultz.
Seeberg Steamship Company announces charter of the Norwegian steamship Ravn to enter the South American and Gulf trade. The 796 ton vessel will sail to Progresso Mexico to load a sisal cargo for Mobile and then proceed to Argentine and other South American ports. President H F Kerr said Gulf South American trade growth necessitates another steamer. Kerr with T K Jackson and W K Clegg returned from New York and Chicago after assessing lake steamers, finding none suitable for gulf trade.
Decrees granted in several divorce and remarriage petitions. preliminary injunctions and motions set. Docket includes cases on divorce, consented marriages, probate-like actions, and motions to amend or dismiss with notices for May dates and rule to show cause. Multiple parties include Vigor, Kruse, McKinstry, Fitts, Barker, Schwarz, Noble, Lyons, Holmes, Byrd, Kenyon, Bruce, Hatter, Cheeks, Creeks, Fountain, Alexander, Carroll, Wheeler, Zinsel, Radcliff, and various corporate entities Mobile Transfer Co. and The Mobile Transfer Co., Inc.
Docket notes show Adam Glass & Co. vs. Frank E. Smee dismissed by plaintiff. Ben Tarver vs. Walter-Williams granted stay pending authority to appear. Welch use vs. Sibley: motion to set aside dismissal of exemptions protested, denied. Bohlin vs. Adelotte granted sale of levied property. Ray vs. Brannan granted leave to amend. Tuesday call lists Pal mer vs Foster Mobile Ice Co. vs City Delivery Co. Ray vs Brannan elsewhere.
Hon. Samuel B. Browne presides. Powell vs Daniels ends with non suit. Cook vs Lartigue ends in default with writ of inquiry. Tuesday call set for Harris vs Allen and Linch vs Mobile County.
Virgil Johnston was arrested about midnight Sunday by Deputy Sheriffs Oberhaus and Soles for violating the prohibition law by selling whiskey from his cook shop in Crichton. Officers confiscated a small amount of liquor and Johnston will be arraigned in the inferior criminal court on Wednesday.
The little launch Eva, long anxiously awaited by local mariners including JW. Mining, arrived Saturday night from Tampa. After rough weather she sheltered at St. Andrews and Pensacola, Florida, and will undergo repairs before sailing to Lock 17 for Pratt Co. use.
Chancellor Thomas H. Smith granted Lovie McKinstry an injunction against Marie E. Patterson restraining her from engaging in beauty work for two years as agreed when the business was bought. Patterson admitted the agreement was violated unknowingly.
A list of vessels bound for Mobile and various overseas and domestic ports. Ships named include Grane olstad, Copenhagen, Albanian, Hucks, Lampasas, Gansfjord, Kylestrome, Dictator, Crathens, Viking, Edna V. Pickles, Ship Transatlantic, City of Mobile, Brit. Stranger, Catherina, Schooner Springfieldd, Rosefield, and others with routes to Havana, Liverpool, Glasgow, Belize, Progreso, Genoa, Cadiz, and more, showing bearer lines and destinations.
John Quill celebrates a splendid nine day river journey to Lock No. 17 as part of the $17,000,000 Mobile lock system tour. Local officials and Birmingham export advocates along with prominent Mobile residents spoke of the project as a modern engineering feat. The steamer carried about 400 passengers with stops at Demopolis and Tuscaloosa, while notable attendees included M J Parker and M S Agee among others, and the National City Bank sent delegates.
Torpedo boat Cushing arrived in Quincy after builders trials and is reported to have reached 29 knots, meeting the contract speed. The vessel is an oil burner.
The will states no charitable bequests by the deceased, mentioning prior arrangements for charities. It provides for his widow and six children with monthly sums and leaves the rest of the estate to the widow. executors named are T. L. Cook and Adam Glass Jr.
Governor Henderson will depart this afternoon for Montevallo to attend the Alabama Girls Technical Institute commencement exercises and address the students.
A compact roster lists ships including Ardanmhor Kennebec Bluefields Lampasas Bodo Parchim and Sylfid with national affiliations noted. Additional entries include reccecesed Marga Vance and Bennesvet, with TATPON and 4 trailing data. The fragment suggests a catalog of vessels and owners across multiple nations.
A detailed port list shows steamships at Ollinger-Bruce and Turner-Terminal Docks Pier 1 2 3 4 with various vessels including Ganges Maria Ethel Clarke and Margret along with schooners P J McLoughlin and Thomas F Pollard. It notes destinations such as Manchester New York Pensacola and United Kingdom and repair spots at Gulf and Ollinger-Bruce Docks.
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