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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1915
Page
15
A big delegation is secured for a Mobile Scouts trip to survey proposed routes marking five named segments of the Old Spanish Trail as part of a national highway plan. The effort emphasizes early planning and regional cooperation among local officials.
Charles H. Davis of the National Good Roads Association designates the Old Spanish Trail as the eastern section of the southern national highway to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Florida Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana unite in the project with Pensacola hosting December 8 and 9 convention to name delegates for Mobile December 10 and 11.
Citrus growers announce a major meeting at the Cawthon Hotel in Mobile on Monday to unite with Florida in a campaign to eradicate citrus canker. D C Gillette will address the meeting, emphasizing government aid and preventive measures to avoid Florida’s fate of orchard destruction. All involved in citrus are invited.
Patrons of the E. Russell school met Friday night to discuss sanitary conditions in the new Building recently completed and now occupied. Members of the Russell School Improvement Association organized the gathering. Mrs. A. E. Reynolds spoke on sanitary needs, particularly the demand for more drinking fountains. A committee including Joseph H. Norville, Dr. Frank L. Tapia, Walter L. Ellis, Arthur Nicks and S. J. Brett was named to open the board.
Chief Van Liew states legitimate liquor shipments by the Tarpon cannot be stopped by law and that seized liquor was destined for suspects known as blind tigers. An agent spent days in Pensacola consulting attorneys and the recorder, and a police decision warned that illegal cargo would be seized at the wharf. Of 249 packages stored, only 24 were claimed by Saturday.
J M Garrett engineer starts surveying the proposed state road from Montgomery south through Brewton Lottie and Bay Minette to Fairhope with plans to Daphne and toward Bay Minette. Cost shared by state and counties Baldwin allocates 12500 for each district securing 5500 state funds by 1916.
Dorsey Tannehill was convicted in the inferior criminal court Saturday of holding up James Westly at gunpoint and was held to the city court without bail. Hilliard Jones was convicted of stealing one stick of timber from Hunter Benn & Co and sentenced to twenty days in jail. Walter Anderson and Will Beal, charged with gaming, failed to appear and their bonds were forfeited with an alias writ issued.
A Mobile committee plans a 6 hour program for the Eastern division of the International Passenger Agents Association. The auto parade from the Cawthon Hotel will tour Ashland place and residence districts before luncheon. Stops at Irvington and Grand Bay showcase Mobile citrus before proceeding to New Orleans.
Virgil Moore was arrested Saturday night by Officer Haley on charges of stealing a bicycle from Nathaniel Williams and docketed for petit larceny.
A courtroom scene shows two hundred seventy orphaned liquor casks and thirty-five cases pressed before the judge. Not a defendant speaks as the recorder lists the seized whiskey, while spectators react with hushed grief and silent tears.
Corinne A. Holt, the first woman arrested for violating the prohibition law, was convicted in the recorder's court on seven counts and fined $100 plus costs. An appeal was taken. Evidence showed eighty seven bottles of beer and a quart of whiskey were taken from Holt's apartments, with detectives testifying to liquor and related paraphernalia found there. Recorder Edington also suggested an injunction against Holt.
A two state planning effort for Satsuma Day outlines committees led by General Chairman William H. Reynalds. Mobile and Baldwin counties in Alabama and Harrison and Jackson counties in Mississippi form the backbone with railroads offering four day special rates. Committees cover finance parade decorations publicity luncheons moving pictures and exhibits among many tasks as organizers map action.
Mobile banking leaders led by M. J. McDermott of the Bank of Mobile plan a wide banker visit to the citrus belt from Government Street through several roads to Irvington. The tour for eighty miles includes a luncheon arranged by Irvington ladies and hotel support to feed guests.
Tom Burns the captain and Robert Burns the mate of the schooner T. E. Welles were discharged in an inferior court after arraignment on prohibition and evading custody charges. Deputies Mullaney and Pettey testified to seeing barrels and boxes at deck but could not confirm whiskey. Deputy Oberhaus smelled whiskey but saw no liquor. The schooner was boarded off Dog River and deputies remained aboard until a tug arrived. the officers claimed they were forced to leave. Sheriff Holcombe later discharged the deputies.
Carl W. Helsing, a monument dealer, was fined 100 dollars in city court after authorities showed he removed a grave stone from a relative of Mrs. Fannie Long. The stone was taken after a partial payment. the fine was reduced to 50 dollars on jury recommendation.
After a briefing by Serbian Minister Vesnich on the Austro German Bulgarian invasion, the American relief committee promised assistance. Vesnich described thousands of shelterless, hungry and clothesless men, women, and children as the crisis deepened.
In a letter to The Item, R. M. Hamlin from east of the Mississippi laments Texas droughts and northers. He plans to return east, lease a stocked farm, and avoid depleting land while rebuilding finances after losses on land, stock, and tools.
A Mobile conference between Commissioner Pillans and ten lawyers aims to decide if the city can proceed with planned improvements on sand islands in the bay near Mobile River. The outcome will affect port facilities and future trade, with a state eminent domain question and just compensation under review.
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