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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1915

Page

3

City Court to Reopen for One Week with McBroom Murder Trial

The city criminal court will reconvene on Monday May 31 for one week to clear the docket. Theresa McBroom charged with the December 17 murder of Reuben A. McBroom appears for a retrial after a prior mistrial. No new witnesses will be called and state and defense teams remain Solicitor N R Stone Webb and McAlpine. Cornelius Stopper to be arraigned on three burglary and grand larceny charges stemming from two store robberies on Water and Bilava streets and another on South St Emanuel. McBroom trial set for June 2 with two extra days allocated. Other docket items include arson case Jesse Scarbrough and grand larceny case John Gar Waist.

Theresa Mcroom Reuben A. McBroom A. Balladares Water Bilava Edward Fichet South St. Emanuel C. L. Curts Irvington Ala Slice Department McBroom Clarke Thas Jesse Scarbrough Dominick Gaunapro Chunchula John Gar- Waist

District 8 Sunday School Convention at Semmes

The Mobile County Sunday School Association District 8 holds a two session convention at the Semmes Baptist church on May 23. The program features music by Prof. J. H. Wienand, devotional readings, reports, and talks on teaching temperance, organization of adult classes, home and elementary departments, missions, and next convention details.

Semmes Sunday Schools of District No Mobile County Sunday School Association Baptist Church Ala J. H Wienand C. M. Harttock Walter Slord XE. E. Black Marjorie Clemens J. W. Havard Messrs W. P. Roberts W. W. Middleton Mell Frazer J. S. Davison B. H. Johnson Nannie Baker J. W. Barnett Ruth Nelson Mike Donahan Whistler R. Beedher Okolona Bert Simon P. Hunt J. J Thomas Motive Power Sallie Owens W. H. Owens Chatom Street Miss Smart

Harbormaster Reports Wreck Moved and Channel Open

Harbormaster Thomas P. Norville was notified by the United States engineer department that the river packet American wreck has been moved to the east side of the harbor near Turner Terminal Docks and that the navigation channel is now clear.

Thomas P. Norville United States Engineer’s Department Turner Terminal Docks

Marine traffic and shipping notices from Mobile harbor

The port reports from Mobile show the Peerless loading and departing for Montgomery and Selma, the P J McLaughlin sailing to Puerto Padre Cuba, and the Duncrag fumigating after arrival from the lower bay. Other vessels include the Sabine awaiting entry, the Colwell after a mobile incident, and several United Fruit and steamer movements with cargoes to and from the Caribbean and Europe.

Peerless Montgomery Selma Upper River Municipal P. J. McLaughlin Russell Turner Terminal Puerto Padre Cuba Bahamas Timber Company Duncrag Lower Bay Sabine Mallory Steamship Company New York Key West Tampa Fla John D. Colwell Manzanville Ponce P. R Mobile Crowell & Thurlow Boston Mass Robert Graham Dun Peter H. Crowell Governor Powers Onaway Colwell Rock Isl United Fruit Company Corinto Puerto Cortez Hon American Verona Tarpon St. Andrews & Gulf Steamship Company St. Andrews Pensacola Mobile Liners, Inc Nubian Pier 2 Liverpool England A. A. Raven Seeberg Steamship Line Progreso Mexico Bluefields Colombia Tropics New Orleans Margret M. Ford Gulfport Genoa Italy London Ford Mobile Bar

Vessels Bound For Caribbean Ports and Atlantic Routes

A list of ships with origins and destinations including Waldimir Sawin from Copenhagen to Van Heynigen Brokerage, Ines from Huelva to Van Heynigen, Gansfjord from Puerto Cortez to Hubbard Zemurray, Sabine from New York to Mallory Steamship, Alamo from New York to Mallory Viking to Cuban ports, Sun bound to Cuban Molasses, Crathens from Belize to Orr Laubenheimer, Fort Morgan to United Fruit, and American from Puerto Cortez.

Waldimir Sawin Copenhagen Den van Heynigen Brokerage Company Ines Span Huelva Spain Gansfjord Puerto Cortez Hon Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company Sabine New York Mallory Steamship Company Alamo Viking Nor Seeberg Steamship Company Sun (Am Cuban Cuban Molasses Company Crathens Belize B. H Orr-Laubenheimer Company Fort Morgan Hion United Fruit Company American

Whistler News Highlights Church, Sports, Socials

Whistler Alabama notes Sunday school and worship times at several churches with a second quarterly Methodist conference led by Dr. Frazer. Baseball doubleheaders feature Whistlers and Harpers, Coca Colas and Plateaus on Suburban League diamonds. Community notices cover personal visits, school event receipts, and local entertainments at Whistler School Improvement Association.

Whistler Ala Whistler Methodist William A Cato Francis M. Atchison Bethany Baptist Haywood Vaughan The Baptist Church Meyers Memorial Baptist Church Mile Charles Sheldt St. Paul's Episcopal Church A. G. Richards Mobile Methodist Church JS. Frazer Whistlers I. W. Harpers Harpers Coca Colas Plateaus Whistler White Sox Pine

VESSELS IN PORT AND Dock Details

A list of vessels at various docks and ports including Nubian Dictator Petra Marga Bennesvet Parchim Sylifid and others under steamships barks barkentines schooners and related harbor activity. It covers pier names upper stream docks Gulf and municipal docks with ships from United Kingdom United States Argentina Russia Uruguay and other ports and mentions repair and loading sites at Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks Pensacola and Bayview Gate areas.

Ganges United Kingdom Urug Kansas City Docks Barkentines Seecessla & N. Docks River Platte Aeees Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks Pensacola Fla Margret Thomas F. Pollard Gulf Dry Docks Emily S. Malcolm Harbor Co D. Pickles BAYV

Judson College alumnae day marks new South facing federation

Marion Ala May 22. Saturday alumnae day at Judson College featured the campus play Endymion and the formation of a state federation of alumnae to be the first of its kind in the South. The board of lady visitors met with members Mrs Beasley Sutton Dawson Elmore Ashcraft Lovelace Bixler present. Attendance this year reached 253 up from 245. officials say work improved and income met expenses.

Marion Ala Judson College Endymion Board of Lady Visitors Walter Beasley Birmingham R. L. Sutton Orrville L. J. Dawson Montgomery B. F. Elmore Demopolis John T. Ashcraft Florence W. H. Lovelace E. H. Bixler

Two Women Set to Graduate as Civil Engineers

ANN ARBOR Mich May 22 Two women will graduate next month from the University of Michigan civil engineering department. They are Miss Hazel I Quick of Gaylord and Miss Alice Goff of Ann Arbor. After graduation both plan to enter the engineering profession actively.

Ann- Arbor Mich Mel Way University of Michigan Civil Engineering Department Hazel I. Quick Gaylord Alice Goff Ann. Arbor

Great Britain's Oldest Woman Dies at 105 in Cardiff

Mrs. Mary Edmond aged 105, Britain’s oldest woman, died in Cardiff. A Scottish native, she recalled news of Waterloo and celebrations of the victory. On her 101st birthday she received a congratulatory message from the king. She was the widow of Dr. Francis Edmond of Aberdeen.

Cardiff Mary Edmond Great Britain Scotland Waterloo Vic Francis Edmond Aberdeen

Lord Kitchener Honored by Albert of Belgium

The war office announced that the grand cordon of the Order of Leopold was conferred on Lord Kitchener by King Albert of Belgium. A separate notice invites the public to a lawn party for M. F. Tucker School, aiming to raise funds for repairs and pay college debt.

Lord Kitchener Albert Belgium London War Office Leopold M. F. Tucker School Improvement Association

Seven Militiamen to Face Court Martial in Alabama

Seven members of the Seventh State Militia regiment will undergo a court martial next week in Andalusia for failure to attend drills after repeated notices. The panel comprises Majors Allen Crenshaw of Andalusia, S M Billing of Montgomery, and Perry McClung of Florala.

Montgomery Ala Sécohol Regiment’ of Infantry Andalusia Allen Crenshaw S. M. Billing Perry McClung Florala

Wesleyan Girls Outwit Ogling Males at Gray Chapel

Ohio Wesleyan women protested the staring lines at Gray chapel entrance. After a meeting of the strategy board they lined up at the loafing area to inspect the oglers and the men's gaze subsided.

Delaware, CO Ohio Wesleyan Gray Chapel Board of Strategy O. O

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