Boston Bank Bond Exchange In Forgery Case
Lee Higginson and Company bankers gave bonds worth about 10 000 to a stranger in return for a forged check totaling just over 8 000. The check bore the name of Charles Valentine assistant treasurer of the Commonwealth Trust Company. Valentine was on vacation in New Hampshire when the scam was discovered at the trust company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Boston
Lee, Higginson and Company
Charles Valentine
Commonwealth Trust Company
Loan Shark Lobbyists Threaten Life of Kentucky Rep Johnson
Washington Aug 21 Representative Benjamin Johnson of Kentucky testified before lobby investigators that passage of the federal loan shark law was marked by daily threats against his life. An affidavit from a former capital policeman said another ex officer claimed to have shadowed Johnson for three nights to kill him. Evidence showed loan sharks fought the law with a slush fund of 12000 dollars. Representative J T McDermott of Illinois was accused by I H McMichael, a former news employee, of receiving 7500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Benjamin Johnson
Kentucky
Johnson
J. T.mcdermott
I. H
Prisoner Escaped, Returned, Receives Additional Sentence
Will Batiste, who escaped from the county road while serving sixty days for assault and battery on June 30 and was captured at Gulfport Mississippi, was given an extra six months by Judge Henry Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court. Several others, including Dock Wolf, John Brown, Joel Anthony, Jim Harris, George Walsh, Bob Jones and Oliver Monzan, were fined one dollar or ten days for gaming, and John Lang was fined five dollars and costs for beating Carrie Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Batiste
Gulfport
Mias
Mobile
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Wolf
John Brown
Joel Anthony
Jim Harris
George Walsh
Bob Jones
Oliver Monzan
John Lang
Carrie Lewis
Discard Freckles and Wrinkles with Wax Remedy
An old advertisement touts mercorized wax as a cosmetic to erase freckles tan pimples and blotchy skin. It claims wax absorbs offensive cuticle and leaves a clear healthy complexion with nightly application for a week or more.
Sulzer Impeachment Probe Names Key Political Players
The report lists Governor William Sulzer and Lieutenant Governor Martin H. Glynn, Senate investigator Senator James J. Frawley as chair, and Robert F. Wagner as president pro tempore who would act if Glynn becomes governor, outlining the probe into Sulzer’s Wall Street dealings and campaign fund accounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sulzer
Martin H. Glynnbottom
James J. Frawley
Legislative Investigating Committee
Wall Street
Robert F. Wagner
Senate
Glynn
Whorton Convicted for Embezzling Goods in Inferior Court
Whorton, a white man about 56 years old, was found guilty Thursday in the Inferior Criminal Court of embezzling goods from H Lubel. He received sixty days hard labor but the sentence is suspended until he can perform. A similar case against him was continued until September 24. Whorton expressed repentance and offered to make restitution if not prosecuted. he has no prior trouble in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Stevens
Earl
Elliott Stevens Weeb
Mobile
Marie G. Porlock
Harry G. Horlock
Southern Hotel
St. Louis
Police Department of
F. W. Crenshaw
Young
Stevers
Weeb
Earl of
Harry Chandler
Regina Windmeuller
Darren M. Norton
Mabile Crance
Kansas City
Moe
New Orleans
Earl Stevens
Harry Gannon
Co. W. Tompkins
Stevens
Crenshaw
Chief Young
Windmeusler Girl In December, 1912, But Chief Crenshaw
Pacific Coast
Denver
Windmueller
Whorton
White
Inferior Criminal Court
Lubel
Aseed
Wharton
Farmers Meet Organizes Tri- Counties Farmers Society of Equity
Mobile and Baldwin counties Alabama and Escambia Florida farmers gather at St An drew Hotel to form a Tri Counties Farmers Society of Equity led by Dr C McCann and Albert H Bliss with about fifty delegates. Talks cover crops cultivation and modern farm machinery as Lozier and McCann push wider state organization while plans to annex neighboring counties are discussed. Deputy Sheriff Charles Brannan holds Perkins in jail for alleged prohibition law violation in Citronelle as Francisco Sanchez arrives to assume charge of the Cuban consulate from September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
Alabama
Escambia County
Fla
St. Andrew Hotel
Will Organi
Tri- Counties
Society of Equity
C. McCann
Irvington
Ala
Albert H. Bliss
Loxley
Charles Brannan
Henry Perkins
Citronelle
Perkins
B. F. Brown
Mobile County
Mobile Personal Notes Highlight Local Travelers and Visitors
A compendium of Mobile residents and guests includes Jacob Reiss returning from a North East trip, Frank W. Evans from Annapolis and Salt Wells, Blanche Hazelton and James Glasgow back for a few days, and Ruth Doughdrill heading to Gulfport. Others visit from Eureka, Birmingham, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Greenville while hotel stays and theater engagements are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Evans
Mobile Young Men's Christian Association
Annapolis
Salt Wells
Blanche Hazelton
Higley- Harrington Stock Company
James Glasgow
Elizabeth Montgomery
Mobile
Miss Hazelton
Lansing
Mich
Mr. Glasgow
Vineyard
Glynn Requests Deportation of Harry Thaw to New York
Acting Governor Glynn cables Washington urging Canadian immigration authorities to deport Harry K Thaw to New York citing urgency. Fred Blair explains Thaw is in Sherbrooke court and federal authorities would act if discharged. Officials note immigration handles aliens while extradition falls to the state department needing study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Glynn
Secretary of State
Secretary of Commerce
Washington
State of
New York
Harry K. Thaw
New York State
Wilson
Department of Labor
Immigration Bureau
State Department
Woods Elected Grand Master of Negro Masons at Tuskegee
W. T. Woods, long time local mail carrier, was elected grand master of the Colored Masons in session at Tuskegee Alabama. Telegram reaching James T. Peterson of Mobile confirmed the news late Wednesday afternoon. It notes his rise within the order and its perseverance against setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Woods
Negro Masons
Tuskegee
Ala
James T. Peterson
Mobile
Crichton Civic League Meets Under A. G. Quinn
The Crichton Civic League held a Wednesday meeting with A. G. Quinn presiding and every member present. Members E F Coffin E L Williams and W F Roberts spoke on good roads and suburb progress. Marriage licenses were issued Thursday to John Phillips and Mattie Myrick and Charles Rohmer and Addie Mae Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crichton Civic League
A. G. Quinn
EF. M. Coffin
E. L. Williams
W. F. Roberts
John Phillips
Mattie Myrick
Charles Rohmer
Addie Mae Willams
Mexican presses weigh U S recognition of rebels
Mexico City dispatch notes editorials focus on possible U S recognition of rebel belligerency and on intervention. El Paso cites rival leaders in a power vacuum while Independiente quotes Fairbanks on intervention as a crime against Mexicans and calls for restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
United States
el Pas
Madero
Huerta
Carranza
Zapata
Maytorena
Pesqueira
Mr. Lind
The
Independiente
Fairbanks
Laird of Seiro Will Be On Hand
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and the prince consort, with Mr and Mrs Andrew Carnegie, will attend the transfer of the palace of peace at The Hague from the Carnegie foundation to the permanent arbitration court on August 28. Four hundred guests, including 140 judges and diplomats, are invited. M von Karnebeck will speak in French, and the foreign affairs minister will speak in acceptance. After the ceremony, guests will tour the palace and grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Holland
Wilhhelmina
Prince Consort
Andrew Carnegie
Tansfer
Palace of Peace
Theague
Carnegie Foundation
Council of the
Permanent Arbitration Court
Arbitration Court
Diplomatic Corps
M. von Karnebeck
Mobile youths set to attend University of Alabama session
The eighty third session opens September 10 in Tuscaloosa. Twenty five Mobile students will travel for the term, the largest Mobile attendance yet, with many also bound for Auburn Sewanee and other institutions. Several young women from Mobile will join the University of Alabama, Agnes Scott College, and other schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Alabama
Mobile
Tuscalosa
George Denny
Milton Ladd
W. H. Hagan
E. A. Poe
D. E Ross
Adolf Erickson
C. C. Busbee
Clark Booth
Will Holt
Cecil Bates Henry Izard
Alley Cowan
Proul Dorgan
Andrew Coffin
Stanhope Chamberlain
Emile Beumhauer
J. H. Billing
Henry Hall, Jr
Will Moore
Edwin Parker
Clarence Touart
Marshal Patterson
Palmer Gaillard
Tom Goodbrad
Auburn
Claiborne Schley
John Moulton, Jr
Lee Irwin Davis
W. B. McAtee
Lee Benson
Paul McCormmack
E. Nelson
C. A. Irvine
University of Pennsylvania
Sykes Tucker
Bennie Forchheimer
Henry Lawrence
Vivian McGraw
Rogers—Brewster
Mortimer Glover
Sewanee
Albert Hahin
Boston Tech
Oscar
Chris McClure
Vanderbilt
Seventy Five Ways and Means Committeemen List
A long roster of committee members across industries and firms. Includes Bevill Phillips A G Quinn Touart Quinn plumbing electric goods gas fixtures and more with named representatives such as Thomas J Young Simmons Young H D Lesesne Mobile Electric Co. Robert E Lutz R E Lutz Co and many others across cotton buying farming lands pianos dry goods clothing railroads insurance advertising theaters printers lumber coal furniture and related lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bevill
Phillips & Co
A. G. Quinn
Touart & Quinn
Thomas J. Young
Simmons & Young
H. D. Lesesne
Mobile Electric Co
Robert E. Lutz
R. E. Lutz & Co
R. L. Dunlap
E. D. Ledyard
H. G. Grimley
George Kilborn
Charles Anderson
Axis
Ala
B. S. Cowen
Mobile
W. H. Reynolds
Reynolds Music House
James O. Smith
Smith Piano Co
William Gass
Junger & Gass
S. G. Neuberger
Bloch and Neuberger
L.S. Dunlap
Dunlap Mercantile Co
Col Kahn
Kahn Manufacturing Co
John Rose
W. E. England
W. L. O'Dwyer
N. O
M. ,& C. Teaming
H. S. Walker
W. C. Carrell Mobile Transfer Co
F. P. Ellis
Merchants’ Transfer Co
Hervey Cherest
Tom Murray, Jr
John Quill
Henry Biederman
Russell, Ala
A. Zimlich
Crichton
J. O. Bolton
Theodore
Title and Insurance Companies
John Gaillard
Stonewall
J. F. Ross
Factors’ and Traders
C. C. Lowder
Title Insurance Co
George W. Adams
Adams Advertising Agency
The
Mobile Item
Jack Dair
Mobile Register
E. V. O'Connor
Lyric Theater
J. H.king
Crown Theater
J. T. Keener
Royal Theater
John White
White & Eckert
J. J. Aynsley
Merten Wood
Wood Printing Co
J. R. Wallace
Crichton Lumber Co
W N. Hunter
Hunter- Benn Lumber Co
Emory G. Maxon
Industrial Lumber Co
Coak
Coke and
J. W. Morgan
Brown- Morgan Coal Co
Samuel Zimmern
Zimmern Coal Co
Henry C. Farrow
Provost-Farrow Coal Co
R. W. Horn
Horn-Harteau Co
KR. N. Hudson
RN. Hudson Co
R. B. Fothergill
Walker Furniture Co
Mexican Federals Close In On Zapata
Mexican federal forces tighten cordon around Zapata as reports say hundreds of Zapatistas captured in Cuautla mountains along with arms and provisions. Officials report killed peace commissioners and flagging negotiations as federal troops approach Zapata’s position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zapata
Gay
San Antonio
Texas
Zapatistas
Cuautla
Pasceal Orozco, Jr
Emilio Mazuni
Luis Cajiga
Marquis Pie
New Director of Bank of Mobile Named
Arthur N. Staples longtime trust officer at City Bank and Trust Company and former official of Central Trust Company and First National Bank was elected director of the Bank of Mobile at a special board meeting. He succeeds Sidney Lowenstein who resigned about a year ago. Staples is active in Mobile business circles and serves as president of the Mobile Baseball Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur N. Staples
City Bank and Trust Company
Central Trust Company
First National Bank
Bank of Mobile, National Banking Association
Staples
Sidney Lowenstein
Mobile
Mobile Baseball Association
Poison in Stomach of Man Leads to an Arrest
Chicago Aug 21 coroner chemist reports large quantities of arsenic in the stomach of the late Jan de Latour whose wife is held on murder charges. Latour said his wife poisoned him. an attorney swore out a murder warrant the day of his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Jan de Latour
Latour
Russia
de Latour
Owen backs administration currency bill in Senate
Chairman Owen of the senate banking committee issued a formal statement saying he is in favor of the administration currency bill. He rejected impressions of opposition and added that improvements could be made and he would do his utmost to help pass it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Owen
Senate Banking Committee
See America train to visit Mobile in October
The Western Hotel Men's Association, about four hundred strong, will travel by the See America First train visiting Chattanooga Atlanta Mobile and New Orleans. Manager C. B. Hervey secured the visit with the Cawthon Hotel. The Chamber of Commerce will entertain the group in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Hotel Men's Association
United States
America
Mobile
West
Middle West
Chattanooga
Atlanta
New Orleans
C. B. Hervey
Cawthon Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
City
Burglary Report At Dixie Lumber Company Details Suspect
A man burglarized the Dixie Lumber Company several days ago stealing two coats and an umbrella before escaping. Descriptions note a medium height black man about 28 years old, around 140 pounds. The report was filed at the police station Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Lumber Company
Faircloth Almost Hits Trial After Head Operation
G L Faircloth received fifty days at hard labor from Acting Recorder R E Gordon for beating his wife. He was to be tried in the inferior court on peace proceedings Thursday but did not appear due to being in the city hospital recovering from a head operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Faircloth
R. E. Gordon
Alabama's Fight on the Hookworm Campaign Gains Ground
The Hookworm Commission reports progress across 35 counties with $4,836 in local funds. It notes 1,700 doctors reached, 338 illustrated lectures for 35,000 people, 476 rural schools inspected, 13,300 children examined, 175 free dispensaries operated, and 14,500 microscopic exams with about 51 percent positive. Free treatment has aided 29,000 patients and a public photographic record is kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Board of Health
State Health Department
Commission
Autauge
Baldwin
Barbour
Bibb
Bullock
Butler
Chambers
Chilton
Choctaw
Clarke
Coffee
Conecuh
Covington Crenshaw
Dare
Dallas
Elmore
Escambia
Geneva
Green
Hale Henry
Houston
Lamar
Madison
Marengo Marshall
Monroe
Perry
Pickens
Pike
Sumter
Walker
Washington
Wilcox
Police News Court Delays In Statutory Charge For Witness
Jim Nicholas white is charged with a statutory offense by a 15 year old boy named John Kenny. Judge Adington delays the case to August 23 to secure an important witness. John Long a contractor of 100 George street is arraigned in recorder's court on assault and battery charges. He was mixing cement at Magnolia Cemetery when ordered off after a dispute with C. W. Helsing a stone cutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Nicholas
John Kenny
Adington
John Long
George Street
Recorder’s Court
C. W. Helsing
Long
Magnolia Cemetery
Helsing
Disorderly conduct case reset for August 25
Charley Carmen and G C Colston, both negro, appear in the recorder's court for disorderly conduct. The case is continued to August 25 awaiting a witness after a fight over Colston's refusal to take Carmen's granddaughter up in an elevator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Carmen
G. C. Colston
Recorder’s Court
Colston
Carmen
Williams and Lewis Fined for Gambling in Recorder's Court
Henry Williams and Jesse Lewis faced a recorder's court Thursday morning and were fined ten dollars or twenty days for gambling in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Williams
Jesse Lewis
Recorder’s Court
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Young Wires Record
Boston Bank
Kreptck
A. F. Rockwell
Optometrist
Conception ST
Trescent
Columbia Ice Cream CO
Sulzer
Farmers Meet
New Society of Equity
Francisco Sanchez
Havana
Polhamusrom
Shanghai
Sanchez
Jacob Reiss
Reiss Mercantile Company
Charles An
Evan
Jackson, Ala
Arene
Walter H. Loving
Postal Telegraph Company
Choctaw County
Ruth Doughdrill
John Welch
M. Lacey
Mary Wagner
Eff Wagner
Eureka, Ala
Battle House
W. B. Leedy
Birmingham
S.C. Watkins
Jenie Williams
Atlanta,Ga
J. W. Marice
D. Jung
Hizzie Jung
Lal
Bienville Hotel
D. M. J. Lingo of
Betts, Fla
Mariel Olsen
Camp Walton
Santa Rosa Sound
W. D. Nesbitt
Magnolia Compress—and Warrant
Cc. C. Harris
Mobile and
Ohio
Enterprise
Miss
J. L. Perdue
Greenville, Ala
A. C. Bush
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Tirmingham
W. H. Glover
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
Ark
Walter Mitchell
New York City
T. M. Sykes
Jackson
William M. Pindell
Dolarway Paving Company
H. Brb. Rockwell
Thomas J. Ford
Inge-Bondurant Infirmary
Ellen Quinn
Colored Masons
Seiro
Carnegie
Peace Palace
Ways and Means
IEEE
Bank OF Mobile
Arthur L. Staples
Faircloth
Fifth Ave
Broadway
Thirty-Fifth Street
D. P. Ritchey, Prop
Police News
Hostetter
A. T. Tetrault, B. C
ST. Michael Street
Bell Telephone
J Mobile
National Banking Association
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
South Conception Street
Windsor Cafe
Albert E. Reynolds
Proprietors
Colden E. Brown
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