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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
3
The prize court ruled the German steamer Ophelia captured in the North Sea by the Meteor on October 18 and brought to Yarmouth was a lawful prize. Germany protested that the vessel was a hospital ship, but Britain contended it only appeared as a hospital ship and masqueraded under false colors for scouting.
Jasper Jones, a Negro, was arrested Friday night by Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lynch on alleging presenting a firearm. A double barreled derringer and 41 caliber cartridges were found concealed. Jones was along the railroad near Prichard. Additional charge of carrying concealed weapons filed. Bob Perkins is complainant in the first case.
The Dutch battleship Jacob Van Heemskerk was ordered from Curaçao to Newport News for general overhauling. It is due June 4 and will dock at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. Captain Coenen, commander of the Heemskerk, also oversees all Dutch possessions in the Caribbean Sea.
Paris reports a bright day for European liberty defenders after Rome's move. French papers praise Italy’s vote as a victory for public opinion and view it as a sign German diplomacy failed. They anticipate France again fighting beside Magenta and Solferino, with Montebello as a symbolic omen.
Engineer C. S. Catlin of Mobile was bruised, Fireman Ernest Dyers of Laurel sprained an ankle when north bound train No. 6 of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad derailed near Mossville early Thursday. Only the engine and baggage car left the track. no passengers were hurt.
The recorder's court postponed multiple cases including Archie Rudolph charged with reckless driving after a motorcycle collision with George Lewis and Clyde Ayers. B Graff's case for passing a streetcar was postponed to Tuesday. George Washington faces assault charges awaiting Saturday, Ambrose Hall was sentenced to thirty days hard labor for petit larceny, and Joseph Simonsen's case involving a cash register transfer remains set for Saturday morning.
An appeal from London urges bravery of all British soldiers while highlighting the suffering of nonfrontline men. The piece endorses Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to improve digestion, blood purification, and overall health, claiming it cures indigestion and strengthens red blood cells.
Bay Minette Alabama May 21 Special A record day in the circuit court with eighty four cases disposed of including verdicts for plaintiffs and defendants in numerous ejectment assumpsit and attachment actions. Several cases continued or settled with judgments ranging from a few dollars to over two hundred dollars.
A list of ships in port including steamships bark s and schooners with their docks and destinations. Entries mention Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks Pier 2 New York Liverpool Manchester ships and destinations including Ganges Anda Hildegard Ethel Clarke Stranger and P J McLoughlin Thomas F Pollard Margret Emily Malcolm etc. Also notes on Bay steamers and municipal docks and repair activity along with related ports and destinations.
James A. Carney Pleasure Bay appears in a fragmentary item from a historical page noting names linked to a locality or event. The readable text lists Charles E. Cessna and James A. Carney with a place reference to Pleasure Bay without further context or dates.
Captain Laurensen of the Nubian from Liverpool reports passing the Hugo mont on May 10 in the 36 53 N 60 4 W zone of torpedoes and submarines. Seeberg Line installs a traffic board for vessel locality data. other ships include Verona Fort Gaines Cratens and Nive amid a busy harbor scene with minor dock work and cargo movements.
Arrivals include Str. Kathin from Boston Van Miami and Edward R. Baird Jr from Newport News and Jeremiah Smith from New York with Florence Howard from Baltimore. sailing Str. Indian to Philadelphia. Bark Collingwood at Liverpool in November noted.
A list of sailings and vessels bound for ports including Copenhagen Huelva New York and Genoa with lines such as Van Heynigen Mallory Seeberg United Fruit Whittney-Bodden and J M Scott. Also Interstate Commerce Commission rules the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad rates on Sea Island cotton from northern India to Blackshear Georgia as not unreasonable.
Committees from the ways and means group will convene at 6 o clock Friday evening in the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
An advertisement touts Women Suffer remedy Ives and A K Tablets as faster relief for indigestion dyspepsia and general aches. It promises instant relief after meals and during travel with the Genuine A K Tablets monogram noted for druggists.
The case questions a four year old warrant for assault as Bonner is held at the county jail. The complainant, identified as a deceased man, is said to have died two years ago. The warrant was sworn in 1911 by Smith of Bloodgood near Jackson.
A Tempie Texas traveling man, Mr. Collins of Central Ave in Austin, praises Vitalitas for indigestion nervousness and sleepless nights. He claims four bottles cured his stomach and energy issues and recommends the remedy to fellow travelers. Adverts claim it relieves stomach liver bowels and blood problems and is sold at Su Drug Store and by druggists.
An advertisement touts a three grain cademene treatment packed in sealed tubes prescribed by physicians. It claims to restore vigor, improve nervous exhaustion, insomnia, cold extremities, headaches, and digestive issues, with full self administration directions.
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