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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1912
Page
12
A large gathering last night endorsed Pat Lyons with broad support. State figures T M Stevens James H Sonn and W Moulpine spoke praising Lyons and outlining his work with 62 committees and his candidacy, as several new attendees joined.
A Commerce Commission bulletin reports an increase in railroad casualties for the year ending March 31. Three hundred sixty seven killed or injured on trains and in rail facilities, with 267 killed and 89 injured. of fatalities most were railway users or workers, while factory or shop incidents contributed additional losses.
Washington reports on mobile agricultural schools and demonstration trains run by the Department of Agriculture and railroads. Experts tour rural areas to teach modern crop rotation and cultivation, citing higher European yields and rising US costs of living as justification.
The Mobile Item reports on Henry McLaughlin's bid for a bridge linking the east bank of Mobile River to Blakely River for Pensacola Mobile and New Orleans Railroad traffic. The Chamber of Commerce committee criticizes the plan as unfavorable and demands further conference. Supporters foresee private or county funding if demands are tempered, with hopes for an acceptable compromise.
Lawrence Stallsworth, a black prisoner, sentenced to six months more on hard labor after striking Napoleon Davis at the convict camp. Charles Gibbs and Jon Rember, captured at Nanafalia, bound over to the city court on a $400 bond for stealing ninety logs from a boom in Marengo county. F. W. Roberts and others faced confinement actions in Mobile with varied rulings from Judge Henry Chamberlain.
Morse boosters from the local lodge travel to Kansas City Missouri to campaign for the next Moose convention. J C Thompson R E L Flower Charles Rudolph and John L Moulton lead the delegation while Arthur H Jones supports Mobile pledge votes. James A Carney prepared for national Clerks work as fourth vice president.
Hon Henry Chamberlain presiding with cases listed including Assault and Battery Presenting Firearms at Another and Trespass After Warning. Individuals named include Gaming-Jeff McMillan J W Williams Bud Boylston Dan Webster Mary Hubbard and M A Tartana ivory Wah Burne. Penalties range from one dollar to fifty days with dates noted as September 18.
A Pacific master Newport was cast on the wharf after a collision with another vessel. All aboard were saved. Fire boats responded and salvage teams secured the scene as investigators opened inquiries into the incident.
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