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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1914
Page
2
The Belgian commission that visited the United States to protest alleged German acts in Belgium departed London today for Ostend. In Lexington Kentucky, the American Horse Breeders Association re-elected officers led by president Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, with Coburn Haskill of Georgia among directors.
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened a broad inquiry into crude petroleum production transport and marketing in response to a Senate resolution. It will examine oil field development pipeline operation refinery pricing and possible collusion between pipeline and refining interests with hearings not expected before next year.
Archie Reese and Will Brown escaped from a Louisville and Nashville train near Clanton by loosening handcuffs with a pin. Perse, serving twenty years for murder, and Brown, serving thirteen for robbery, fled with about sixteen others as transfer to Wetumpka began. State Transfer Agent D A Austin ordered a stop and a search, with a $50 reward offered for each fugitive.
Romeo Reese was served with a warrant Friday by Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lynch charging him with operating a cookshop without a license. Reese posted bond for his court appearance. The warrant was sworn by county constable D. Gimon.
Law side reports judgments for Nathaniel Taurvin vs Carney Mill Co for 200 dollars and Bank of Mobile vs T J Tovar t for 1588 11 with exemptions waived. Damages for Lucy C Herndon vs J G Smith set at 246 50 with exemptions waived. Saturday call lists T H Lake Co vs N A R Co and Spencer Lumber Co vs T J Phillips. Equity side notes Mt Vernon Lumber Co vs Kate T Shepard set for October 12 on demurrers. Geopee Rogers vs Robert Rogers motion to strike. Mobile Heights Land and Orchards Co et al decree quieting title. Pearl B Mathews decree granting divorce. Commencing Monday September 28 M and O train schedules include direct connections for Birmingham Chattanooga Cincinnati and New York with various arrival times. City Ticket Office Royal Street.
Mobile real estate operator Herman H Maschmeyer, back from Minnesota and Iowa, says Gulf Coast territory can surpass the Middle West in livestock output. He notes high land values in Iowa, shrinking East money for mortgages, and predicts diversified farming will push the region toward prosperity. Maschmeyer toured Mason City and surrounding states.
The Wakefield and Doyle players present the three act Arrow Ranch at Dreamland tonight. The production promises thrilling Western action and audience engagement with a well received run in major cities. A matinee Saturday features a children's dancing contest with prizes for all participants.
The funeral of Bjorne Erikson, a Norwegian sailor drowned in the river Tuesday last, was held Friday morning from Berenson & Sands parlors. Rev. Andreas Kielland of the Norwegian Seamen's Mission conducted the services. Interment followed in Magnolia cemetery's Scandinavian lot.
William Barlow, once a well known minstrel, and his wife were found badly hurt in their Ogenta home near Little Rock after a late night entry by an unidentified black intruder. A posse pursues the suspect as Barlow and his wife, a young woman, are treated for severe injuries. Barlow had lived in Argenta and ran an advertising agency.
Captain H. L. Muller of the First Aeroplane Corps in an army speed scout bi plane powered by a ninety horsepower motor reached 17,441 feet, surpassing the previous American mark of 15,371 feet set by De Lloyd Thompson of St. Louis. The world altitude record remains 24,600 feet held by a German aviator.
Marriage licenses were issued late Thursday afternoon to James C. Hicks and Ethel M. Serdo, and to Matt J. Farnell and Dorothy Long.
An I and G N Houston engine foreman says after three external Vitalitas treatments and three internal doses daily for a week his arm and shoulder pain vanished. He credits Vitalitas with restoring sleep and stamina, claiming it aids rheumatism and various ailments. Display and samples offered at Sutton's drug store.
Charlotte Haverman sues Isaac N. Frenkel in the law and equity court for 5000 damages over injuries on August 9 1914. She alleges her auto was run into and capsized by Frenkel s car causing bruises and severe shock requiring nursing care.
Forecast shows moderate temperatures for 36-hour shipments moving north east and west. Weather outlook affects logistics planning and delivery timing across regions.
The Tombigbee river and its branches are expected to fall tonight and remain steady through Saturday. The Alabama river likewise shows no significant change over the period.
A high barometer area with scattered precipitation spans Idaho to the northern Rockies while a low over Kansas affects the Rio Grande to the upper Great Lakes. Fair Atlantic and east gulf weather with above normal temperatures is noted. An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast remedy for indigestion promising quick relief in minutes and urging readers to buy a fifty cent case.
Mrs Laura Lilly and C W Lilly recently appointed notaries filed bonds in the probate court. The action was described as taking place in the afternoon, with the two names recorded as new officers.
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