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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1915
Page
3
A stream of humorous observations on weather its quirks and the towns oddities. It notes Sault Ste. Marie swings from cold to hot with a 36 mile wind and low barometric lows. The piece pivots to social vignette about a Mobile woman using wit to obtain change and a police encounter then ends with a forecast of fair tonight and Wednesday.
Ira M. Davis and Charles Davis a city youths are on trial in city court for burglarizing the American Laundry office and taking 160 from a safe. They were arrested in New Orleans March 10 after the February 13 burglary and deny the charges. Robert Allen’s case on automobile law violation was continued.
Judge Safford Berney fined four defaulting jurors fifty dollars each: Ernest L. McGowin Edwin K. Cogburn Joshua Alvarez and Marcus H. Walker. Police find a lady's coat at the Fair grounds owners may claim by proving property.
Charley P. Claxton of 113 Church Street, a chauffeur, was arrested by Detectives Newburn and Harris on a complaint by Mrs. Elia Goins alleging he attempted to lure her into a room in the Iage building. Jennie Goins, her daughter, was detained as a witness. William A. Goins was arrested on a juvenile non support warrant. Claxton denies the charges, saying the woman and daughter were in the building of their own free will.
Charley Brown of Montgomery rode a motorcycle on the Gulf Coast Fairgrounds track for a mile in 1 17 1 2. His Montgomery track record stands at .57 for the mile. No other motor events were held.
The repair ship Panther and destroyers Wor den, MacDonough, Walke and Monaghan arrived late yesterday at the Charleston navy yard to be overhauled.
Prime Minister Asquith told the House of Commons that Field Marshal Sir John French now commands nearly 1,000,000 British troops on the Franco Belgian front. He cited total French and Flemish casualties at 377,000 and noted no net German ground gains since April. He defended the Dardanelles campaign and outlined submarine losses in the Turkish theater. He affirmed Britain and France will defend Serbia and warned Britain must endure greater sacrifices to sustain the war effort. He also noted Greek premier Venizelos sought Allied help for mobilization.
Washington reports the German ambassador Count Von Bernstorff and Secretary Lansing held their first post Arabic case talks on the Lusitania sinking. They aim for a settlement without formal notes, with disavowal and indemnity seen as complex but possible. A city court jury list also appears, noting names for duty the week of November 8.
Rotarians and residents applaud the Gulf Coast Fair wedding at Mobile, calling it a fitting climax to a week of success. Leaders like Samuel Eichold and W H Kemp praise the ceremony as a sign of lasting prosperity and cooperative effort for Mobile and the Gulf Coast region.
Legal notices from the Law and Equity Court list motions and orders on cases including Boston Shoe Shop versus McBroom Shoe Shop with set November 4 for an order certifying original bill, plus multiple chancery actions with decrees pro confesso, estate administration orders, and garnishment outcomes. Judge Berney and Chancery Judge Smith preside with a Tuesday and Wednesday call highlighting trial dates and creditor claims.
Ordinary receipts of the federal government climbed about 11 million dollars in October from the prior year totaling 55,343,113. Customs receipts rose about 1 million while internal revenue receipts reached 33,818,637, up roughly 9.8 million. The monthly excess of disbursements over receipts stood at about 2,977,000 versus 17,583,087 in October 1914.
The New York Central Lines report September totals as the highest for the month in company history. Gross operating revenue reached 28,115,286, up 551,622 from the 1913 record, while net operating revenue after taxes stood at 10,100,247, versus 7,125,053 a year earlier. The New York Central Railroad Company added 1,459,326 in gross revenue and 1,734,995 in net income after taxes, with a 1,720,390 rise in net after taxes.
The movement for healthier mothers informs American Mothers that maternal ill health affects unborn babies physically and mentally. The ad urges women with backache headaches nervousness or mood issues to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming decades of standard remedy use.
Geneva reporting that Prince Von Buelow visits Switzerland amid peace talks chatter. Basel Nachrichten notes two German foreign office officials accompany him, with possible meetings with papal delegate Marchetti and a Geneva conference site under discussion.
The FTC opened a nationwide inquiry into gasoline price differences after complaints from Georgia. The probe ties to a broader investigation prompted by Senate resolutions from Senators Owen and Gore.
A fragmented court chronicle recounts Henry Johnson's troubled path from childhood theft to a ten year penitentiary sentence for robbing a fellow child. The piece mentions Judge Edington and Nellie P Shorthar, with sailors and other names tied to a broader sailors’ tale aboard the Nellie P. and a speeding arrest of Clyde Ayers.
The French actress Anna Held has received $5,000 of an $80,000 contract and will travel to California next month to begin filming the movie.
The Lyric Mobile presents September Morn a cyclonic musical festival by LeComte and Flesher closing its engagement at the Lyric Theatre. Featuring songs like September Morn When a Little Boy Loves a Little Girl and The Sunshine Girl the show stars Joe Taylor Mabel Laffin Carl George Walker Melfitt J J Patton Curt Vance James Baer with a large chorus of singers and dancers.
An old advertisement urges readers to take the Tasteless Chill Tonic from Old Standard Group to combat malaria with quinine and to build up the system with iron. The label confirms quinine and iron as ingredients and the price is five zero cents.
Cotton futures in New Orleans Market opened sharply down as liquidation spread for December and other months. Prices rallied briefly before renewed selling pushed values lower, with a local crop estimate pegged at 13 million bales and large stop loss orders around 11.50.
A Washington Star item quotes a question about improper use of funds and a partial admission that the money was used for watered stock rather than a rainy day reserve.
A public health notice warns that uric acid from meat irritates the bladder and overworks the kidneys. It urges meat eaters to flush the kidneys with four ounces of Rad Salts daily, claiming Jad Salts neutralizes acids and eases bladder irritation.
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