22 Oct 1914
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
1
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Grand jury adjourned last Saturday returned indictments against Atlas Life and National Life for maintaining a blacklist to block Thomas N. Drew from employment. C F Cullen charged with killing Lytton Sweatman has case set for November 19. Ex police officer William Fincher, charged with murder in the first degree for killing Pleasant Plum, will be heard November 20.
In Mineola New York on October 22 1922 Mrs Florence Conklin Carman faces trial for the killing of Mrs Louise Bailey. Prosecutors prepare to finish presenting their case while defense attorney John J Graham plans to call Carman as a witness. Frank Farrell is recalled for continued cross examination regarding his identification of a woman at the window and the events surrounding the murder.
Commander-in-Chief Harvey E. Jones and brigadier generals John B. Fuller C W Hooper and Thomas B Lamkin were unanimously reelected by the Alabama Division U C V for the coming year. The election of brigadier general for the fourth brigade was postponed to the afternoon session.
Acting Secretary Lansing announced the U S protest against Britain for seizing the American steamer Brindilla at Halifax as unjustified and demanded immediate release. The case mirrors the Rockefeller seizure, with both ships carrying illuminating oil and links to neutral ports and possible German use. The State Department highlighted ownership remains American and emphasized Denmark’s embargo on petroleum.
A Bel gian Frontier dispatch reports the German army’s coast raid to the North Sea ended ingloriously. The Callas attempt failed as Germans evacuated Ostend and abandoned Bruges, with Allies closely pursuing their retreat.
Judge Samuel B Browne of the circuit court granted Mrs Sarah Drake habeas corpus to take possession of her three children from the Church Episcopal Home. Drake had separated from his wife and placed the children in the asylum through E A Drake the husband.
TOKIO reports a Japanese squadron is seeking German warships near Hawaii. In Honolulu, the battleship Hizen patrolled outside the three mile limit with searchlights on the harbor entrance while the German vessel Geier undergoes repairs. Officials differ on how long Geier will remain, with possibilities of a few days or a month if engine equipment must be sent from the mainland.
Veterans of the Confederacy in Mobile attend Alabama Division reunion at German Relief hall. Old soldiers, many near end of life, exchange greetings, sing Dixie, and recall battles from Shiloh to Gettysburg as they wear Cross of Honor and camp badges, all guests of Mobile residents.
Amsterdam correspondent reports British vessels and French artillery shelling German troops pressing toward Nieuwport on the Belgian coast. German forces counterattack from Middelkerke and Mariakerke but are repelled. fighting continues as bombardment persists.
Fair conditions continue for Mobile tonight and Friday with moderate northeast winds. Alabama also reports fair weather for tonight and Friday with similar breeze.
An official statement in Paris notes Russian forces driving back the enemy beyond 13 kilometers near Warsaw and signaling perceptible progress at Ivangorod and south of Przemysl. Tokyo reports Japan’s marine artillery engaged at Tsing Tau with fleet watch on Hawaii. Venice cites Italian forces landing at Aviono and Albania communications cut to block news.
The administration war revenue bill clears the House 126 to 62 amid a push by cotton belt reps to pass the Lever cotton warehouse bill. President Wilson’s letter prompts a push to adjourn only after warehouse legislation. Senate action delays occur as a cotton export inquiry is approved and a five senator committee is named.
London dispatch notes optimistic rumors of Allied forces reaching Brussels within a fortnight. Analysts caution that widespread fighting from the North Sea to the Rhine yields no solid proof of decisive victory or defeat, with Belgian evacuations continuing under pressure.
Sheriff Lindinger of Jackson county reports Eugene Mally confessed to authorship of threatening letters mailed to L. N. Dantzler & Co in Gulfport Mississippi. The letters demanded a sum under pain of death, with Black Hand passwords and grips allegedly provided by detectives.
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