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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1913
Page
9
In Morton’s Gap Kentucky Louise Hibbs recounts severe illness and a tumor. After refusing surgery she used Cardus and reports full recovery and renewed ability for light work. The ad promotes Cardui as a long used tonic for women and invites readers to request instructions and a treatment book.
The April 1 dispatch reports rapid water rise in Cairo Illinois with the Ohio River at 53.2 to 53.3. Workers flood the riverfront, sandbags seal the blocked drainage, and state troops aid relief as half the population evacuates. A relief hospital is set on a river wharfboat.
The jury found John G. Cleveland not guilty of larceny of oysters after twenty minutes deliberation in city court. The state failed to prove he was on Captain Peter F. Alba's oyster beds. defense by Attorney B B Chamberlain was instrumental in the acquittal. Cleveland, a Delchamps resident, was supported by many friends.
A. C. Hartsfield and W. J. Kyle, conductor and motorman of the Dauphin street car, will be arraigned in circuit court Tuesday afternoon for injuring Mounted Officer Armor W. Macon at Dauphin and tee streets last Friday night. Officer Macon has recovered enough to attend court. Officer Conniff testified the fault lay with the street car men after signaling failed to stop the car. The horse ridden by Macon was badly injured and had to be killed by Human Officer J. Ducournau.
Night activity in the drainage district along the Big Four levees saw dangerous slides three times. Sandbags were stacked over weak spots to avert trouble as water seeped through a concrete wall and flooded main streets. City leaders expected military control and relief awaited from Major General Wood as refugees continued to depart.
Louisville reports a predicted four tenths inch rise in the river with an expected crest of 45 feet late today or tomorrow. At 7 am the stage stood 44.7 feet. Lower river points prepare for the final swell as Major General James A Logan Jr and Lt Buckner Jr with sixteen men arrive from Hamilton Ohio to coordinate federal relief.
Cincinnati reports the Ohio River at 69.8 feet after a night rise of .2 feet. Forecaster Devereaux expects a further tenth-foot increase before a slow decline as upstream levels hold steady or fall gradually.
The Mississippi River reached 36.8 feet in Memphis on April 1, showing an increase of eight-tenths of a foot in the last 24 hours.
The town of New Richmond Wisconsin was under water. Residents relocated to surrounding hills while Batavia sent provisions. No deaths or missing persons reported. Fifty houses washed away at Moscow near Richmond.
The Shawneetown levee was intact at 5 am with no threatening conditions reported, according to Associated Press dispatches arriving in Mount Vernon Illinois. The report notes stable conditions as of the early morning.
Washington April 1 war department officials decided to establish near St. Louis a floating base of supplies to quickly reach flooded communities along the lower Ohio and Mississippi. The base will include vessels loaded with food clothing and medical supplies. Major Normoyle will be in charge.
William A. Harris, described as a cripple, was bound over to the city court grand jury Monday afternoon under a $500 bond on a burglary charge. He was arrested Saturday night by Patrolmen Smith, Conley, Dean and Gormley after allegedly breaking the Economical Drug Store window on Davis avenue and taking a bottle of Pyro-Creosol. Harris had an existing $300 bond on another burglary charge tied to the Simon Clothing Company break in at Dauphin and Water streets on March 6, with circumstantial evidence leading to his arrest.
W F Tebbetts of 1094 Government Street, president of the National Mosaic Flooring Co, was arrested Tuesday morning by motorcycle officer Noah Harris Jr and charged with violating the state automobile speed law. The case goes to recorder's court Wednesday afternoon.
Associated Press reports at 7 am the Ohio River at Henderson stood at 45.6 feet with a crest expected around 46 feet. Officials say property damage will be heavy though no loss of life is feared in the Ohio valley region.
Mayor T J Kennedy of Ironton Ohio reports via special messenger that Iron ton is three fourths under water with no gas scarce coal and food and asks for financial aid. The city teeters toward bankruptcy amid the disaster.
Associated Press reports from Hickman Kentucky state Columbus with 1000 residents is submerged by breaks in the Mississippi level. Water four to six feet deep forces most residents to hills with food for several days but aid will be needed.
Evansville Indiana reports the Ohio river at 46.6 feet at 11 o clock on April 1. The level sits near the January crest and may climb for two more days. The low lands are cleared. danger centers at the Wabash mouth where Mount Vernon rescue teams are deployed.
Multiple currency bills are expected to be introduced when Congress convenes, signaling a broad push for financial reform. Senators Owen Hitchcock Weeks and Representatives Glass plan committee studies, with proposals ranging from independent currency associations to a national reserve system.
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Liniment as the best remedy for rheumatism promising rapid relief and noting it is for sale by all dealers.
The government relief boat Scioto towed four barges loaded with food for flood refugees and visited Laurenceburg and Aurora Indiana. The Scioto under Lieutenant Hight of the U S Navy departed Fort Thames Saturday night.
Secretary of War Garrison leaves Cincinnati to return to Washington after visiting flood zones. High water forces a circuitous route via Knoxville Bristol and Lynchburg to reach the capital. The notice includes an Australian testimonial praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Detective Burns appears at the Bijou theater for a show tonight as listed in the local film schedule.
Dr. T. W. Ayers and family, residents of Anniston for about a year, plan to depart Tuesday for Hwang Hien in North China where he heads a hospital and dispensary. He spoke at Parker Memorial Church on changes in America China and other nations since his first trip twelve years ago.
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