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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1915

Page

2

Organ Re-Elected by Mobile Pilots at Annual Session

The organization re elected Sidney A Dorgan as president for 1916 and chose T A Johnston as vice president Godbold as secretary and a board including H Norville Johnston Godbold and Dorgan. Members listed include Captains Sidney A Dor chairman William Dorgan John Cook Joseph Cook Wilson Harry Wilson Denny Smith Joseph H Nor e Harry Margrove Charlie Ladnier and more.

Tain Sidney A. Dorgan T. A. Johnston Godbold Oh. H. Norville C. Johnston Iain Dorgan The Ton Sidney A. Dorpresident William Dorgan John N. Thomas Cook Joseph Cook Wilson Harry Wilson Donald Y Denny Smith Joseph H. Nore Harry Margrove Charlies Ladnier Midgett Harry Murray Peter Nith Howard Smith Don Coster Curtton Alex Johnston John Johnston George Godbold William Allen

Marriage Licenses Yeued by Probate Court

The probate court issued licenses on Wednesday. White pairs none registered. Negro couples include James F. Harper and Viola Welch.

James F. Harper Viola Welch

New Complexions Growing Popular Vitalitas Ad

Vitalitas complexions appear on downtown streets as a natural bloom not a canned product. Doctors praise their effects on blood, nerves, and digestion. The remedy is said to aid invalids with rheumatism, indigestion, or kidney and liver issues, restoring rosy health. It is gentle enough for children and invalids. Sutton's drug store offers a free Vitalitas booklet. sold by druggists generally.

Vitalitas The Sms Sutton's

VESSELS IN PORT STEAM SHIPS AND DETAILS

List of vessels in port including Senator Bailey Bluetie Fort Gaines Metlaoni Josey Weardale Frednes M A Anchorn Albert D Mills onlecitie CW Mile Deveron Hildegard and more with port locations Turner Terminals Pier 2 3 Gulf Dry Docks Henderson Docks Pier 1 Ollinger Bruce Pier 4 Puerto Cortez Cuba and other ports. Schooners Pinto Docks Barkentines Oliinger Bruce Docks Laid up Puerto patre Cuba Repairs noted Progreso Mex.

Bodo Nor Senator Bailey Bluetie Fort Gaines Metlaoni Ital Josey Dan Weardale Frednes Turner Terminals Gulf Dry Docks Henderson Docks Ollinger & Bruce See Pinto Docks Turner Seo N. C0 M. & C. Barkstee Dd Barkentines Oliinger & Bruce Docks

Vessels and cargos bound for various ports listed

A transit list shows ships and barks sailing to destinations including Havana Porto Rico New York New Orleans and Nassau Ephemeral cargo weights range from 206 to 4 191 tons. Names include Pathfinder Naperian Alex Lawrence Oaklands Egda Perceler Anna Mavisbrook Mariana Viator Corinthia Kylemhor Fort Morgan Procyon and others with recipients such as Ward Line Gulf States United Fruit and Chamelecon Line.

Carolina Urug Havana Cuba Moragues Lumber Company Pathfinder New York Porto Rican Line Naperian Mobile Liners, Inc Alex Lawrence Nor Livernook England Oaklands Havre France Egda New Orleans Munson Line S. America Perceler Antilla Anna Australia Walsh Stevedoring Co Daniel Bailey Boston Mass J. M. Scott & Bros Mavisbrook Newpaogst Eng Gulf States Ship's Co Mariana Arm Progeso Mex Ward Line Viator Puerto Cortez Hon Chamelecon Line Corinthia Nassau M. P Horace Turner, & Co Kylemhor Glasgow Scotland Fort Morgan Tela United Fruit Co Procyon Liverpool Ind

Record Exports Top Three Billion Dollars For Year

The bureau reports exports for the year ending August 31 topped 3.035 billion dollars breaking all records. Imports reached 1.6697 billion, with gold exports tbd. August trade figures show exports of 261.98 million and imports 141.73 million.

U. S IS Bureau Washington Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce

Pedestrian’s Middle Block Crossing Ruled No Fault

Recorder Edington ruled no party at fault after R. A. Pickens, a young colored boy, knocked down a white woman on Dauphin street when she stepped into the path of his bicycle in the middle of the block. Crossing mid block violates city ordinance.

Recorder Edington R. A. Pickens Dauphin Street Edington

Prohibition Cases Continued in Alabama Court

Attorney Moses Kohn acted as judge in place of Judge Champerlain as L W Brown Ed Smith and Charles Densmore faced third continuances on prohibition charges. Tillie Williams jailed a day for frivolous prosecution. Rosetta Hall accused but case failed. Daphne School enrollment for 1915 16 begins with many new students and anticipation of needed state aid. Senator H H Holmes, new president, to assume duties next week. Battle House lunch specials advertised.

Moses Kohn Inferior Criminal Court Henry Champerlain Birmingham L.W. Brown Ed Smith Charles Densmore Tillie Williams Williams Rosetta Hall Daphne Ala H. HA. Holmes

Reporter jailed in Orleans probe

J Evans Smith, police reporter for the Item, was jailed for 24 hours for contempt of the parish grand jury after refusing to reveal his informant. The grand jury questioned the origin of a story about 783 St Louis Street run by “Mother” Beer. The case follows a cabaret shake-up and plans to curb danger on shell roads with a new patrol effort.

New Orleans J. Evans Smith The Item Smith St. Louis Street Grand Jury Welfare Committee City Federation of Women's Clubs Association of Commerce Behrman Alice Monahan Milneburg Tango Belt A. M. Cosa Reynolds

Suits for Divorce Filed in Chancery Court

Lillie Alexander seeks divorce from Joseph Alexander on abandonment grounds with custody of two children and right to remarry. Joseph Edward Jones divorce sought by Josephine Jones for habitual drunkenness. Isabel Fletcher seeks divorce from Orland C. Fletcher for violent assault and threats to kill. couple married in Chicago in 1907. Plus local Palmetto Beach notices of moves, visits, and a grasshopper anecdote.

Lillie Alexander Joseph Alexander Chancery Court Josephine Jones Joseph Edward Jones Isabel Fletcher Orland C. Fletcher Fletchers Chicago Ill

Girl Bride to Win Him Seventeen Thousand Dollars

Charles Schulter, 23, from Missouri Valley Iowa, will wed by October 1 to inherit 17000 from his bachelor uncle Charles Schultz of New York. The anonymous Nebraska farmer's daughter is the future bride, unnamed until after the ceremony.

Missouri Valley Iowa Charles Schulter Schulter Charles Schultz New York Charles Charlie Nebraska

Marine News: The Comtesse de Flandre Stolen Stores Delay Departure

The Belgian steamship Comtesse de Flandre could not leave her harbor mooring after cargo thefts at Municipal Docks. Customs authorities investigate as City of Mobile and Beaver bring cotton and bales to port. Frank Fabre robbed in Latonia. barge 6 carries coal to New Orleans. Skoda from Santos damaged and towed to Buenos Aires.

Comtesse de Flandre Hunter-Benn Lumber Company Alabama Mobile Owen F. Burke Beaver Daphne Ala Chamelecon Steamship Line Frank Fabre Latonia Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Company Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company New Orleans Skoda Santos Brazil Whittney-Bodden Company

Court Actions In Chancery Court On September Dates

In the Chancery Court before Chancellor Thomas H. Smith testimony ordered published in several cases and submissions on pleadings and proof. Several matters set for September 29 include demurrers on Read, et al and motion for reference for Richards v Richards. Other actions grant amendments or set deadlines for answer or notices of motion in cases involving Brown, Raiford, Kimball, Sellers, and Hellams et al.

Chancery Court Thomas H. Smith Richard Blackman Daisy Blackman Betty Jackson Edmund Jackson Joseph B. Gough Richard Read Matilda Brown Erick Brown Eviline Ozro Warren N. Ozro Jensine Kundine Ilsen O'Donnell Philip H. Raiford Mattie Richards George Richards Cunningham Hardware Company Et al Mary FE. Kimball Et al Lidia E. Hellams Dixie Lumber Company F. P. Rossman Alphonse Phillips John M. Sellers Vallle O. Sellers Allmoney Pendente Lite

Newsboy Declares He Cannot Read Amid Paper Load

A kindly man asks if the papers tire the boy. The newsboy scoffs that reading is not his concern, claiming he cannot read despite carrying a heavy evening paper bundle.

Ellen Baker testifies in chaotic recorder’s court scene

Ellen Baker arrives to testify as a testifier in Recorder Edington’s court. The hearing features a sequence of witnesses, a noisy crowd, and a defendant, with Ellen dominating the moment and the proceedings devolving into a neighborhood melee over children.

Ellen Baker Ellen Recorder Edington Jilen Recorder’s Court Cled Williams Martha Williams Edington Chile Cled Martha

Deaths and Funerals of C. E. Batt and R. D. Sprouse

The funeral for Charles E. Batt was held Wednesday at 9:30 am at Roche & Burke parlors with Rev. J. W. Walker officiating. Interment followed at Magnolia cemetery with several floral tributes and pallbearers named. Robert D. Sprouse’s remains were sent to Converse, D. C., for burial after services in Whistler led by Rev. Atkinson and Rev. Vaughan. A Whistler lodge Masons group conducted rites at the house and a small escort assisted to Mobile and Ohio trains.

Cc. E. Batt Charles E. Batt Roche & Burke J. W. Walker Magnolia Cemetery Messrs Charles Stoll J. W. Murphy B. F. Fiest William Robingell Killion Joseph H. Dacovic Converse 8. C Robert D. Sprouse D. C Whistler Mr. Atkinson Methodist Church Mr. Vaughan Baptist Church Whistler Lodge of Masons Mobile and Ohio Martin Adams A. Sharp G. M. Langford H. Seabury J. Malone W. A. Scofield

Funeral for Serafin D. Castro at St. Patrick’s Church

The burial service for Serafin D. Castro was held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 from the family home at 111 Plum Street and at 4:00 from St. Patrick’s Church with Rev. Father Henry presiding. Interment followed at the Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers were John Dickson, Charles Kuppermith, L. Arras, and John H. Gurweth.

Serafin D. Castro Plum Street St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Father Henry John Dickson Charles Kuppersmith L. Arras John H. Gurweth

Noisy Welcome for Mobile Citizen on Return From West

Harold Green Grimley, Mobile cotton broker and Sweden consul, returns from Canada and Pacific coast tour to a hearty Mobile reception. The Mobile Cotton Exchange honors him as vice president while an engineer on a coal barge blasts Whistles and cheers with It’s a Long Way to Tipperary. The exchange votes thanks to the engineer for the celebration.

Harold Green Grimley Mobile Sweden Canada Pacific Coast Grimley Mobile Cotton Exchange Cotton Exchange

Man Held for Burglary After Home Robbery

Leon Dennis is held at the police station on a dangerous and suspicious charge in connection with a burglary at the home of George Odell on New Jersey and Scott streets. A diamond stud and a pair of gold cuff buttons were stolen.

Leon Dennis George Odell New Jersey Scott Streets

Plans for Satsuma Day in Mobile on its second anniversary

W H Reynolds, former Chamber of Commerce chair, says Satsuma Day will be December's first Tuesday with trees bearing fruit and ample citrus. Communities from Mobile and Baldwin counties and the Mississippi coast will contribute. At Theodore there will be at least twelve decorated cars and plenty of fruit for distribution. Reynolds expects a representative committee and more robust planning than last year to make the event three or four times bigger.

Mobile W. H. Reynolds Chamber of Commerce Committee Citrus Mobile County Baldwin Mississippi Coast Reynolds

Whistler Man Surrenders Under Prohibition Charge

A Whistler man surrendered at the county jail on a charge of violating the prohibition law after deputies seized liquor. He posted bond for appearance in the inferior criminal court. The item ends with an advertisement for Battle House lunches.

Whistler Eeek Ore Place Soles

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America Chichester Spills Sea M. A. Anchorn Albert D. Mills Br. Ma Hildegard Aim Puerto ‘Patre Progreso, Mex Neen Battle House Ady Theda Bara Frederick Perry DR. Rameau Jean Sothern Claire Whitney Crown Theatre Powers Printing CO North Water Street Bell Phone Conti Street Orleans Palmetto Beach English Jasque Frank Walker John Garner Jesse Smith Alberta Bon Secour G. D. Walker A. M. Doyle Ervin Peninsula Medical College James Wallace Nelson Cicero Nelson Mary Jones Alexander City Missouri Paris Marine News Buncos Aires Arg Willis Jewelry Co Barry Ollie Mesant Mary Ellen Porter Wilson Street Mathew Williams Stearns Reynalds Ralston Ralston Breakfast R.O. Harris Potomac Mobile Gas Co
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