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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1912
Page
4
A large Mobile audience packed the Duncan Ave area for a Lyons campaign meeting in the Third Ward. Speakers attacked Hartwell’s belt line scheme as a vanity project aimed at votes, and warned it would raise switching charges and threaten city finances.
Special to The Item Montgomery Alabama August 27 J M Lammons former Coffee county superintendent of education charged with embezzling state funds escaped Montgomery jail about a week ago while awaiting trial and was arrested in Baltimore Md Monday afternoon Police described the missing educator to all parts of the country and offered a reward for recapture Sheriff Hood plans to bring him back for trial placing him in solitary confinement until then.
In San Francisco an unusual ceremony honored two retiring soldiers of the Sixteenth Infantry after thirty years of service. Sergeant William Irow of Company MI and Sergeant Joseph Shattauck of Company H stood with Colonel Cornelius Gardner as the troops passed. Gardner personally congratulated the veterans and commended their excellent discharge of duties.
At Margate Aug 27 Andrew Bonar Law Unionist leader was shaken in a motor car crash while returning from a Ramsgate golf outing. His car collided with a vehicle carrying two men and two women along the seaside road.
The debate centers on switching charges with Mobile cited high rates and questions why no railroad commission complaints exist. Attacks target Fred Thompson and Hartwell while Atttorney Chamberlain accuses Thompson of bias and claims the Louisville and Nashville Railroad backs Captain Lyons. Gregory L. Smith is identified as the railroad's local legal representative.
Bloomingdale Ind August 26 three Sunday school girls picnicking were drowned in a creek near town. The victims were Corsa McKay 16 Harvey 17 and Fay Wi 17. They waded to a jump off and sank into a deep hole. bodies recovered.
In New Orleans a special election will decide if the city adopts a commission form of government with initiative referendum and recall. The bill provides a mayor and four commissioners who will hold four year terms, with contracts above 500 dollars bid, and petitions requiring 30 percent of voters. Next primaries and general elections set the process.
Milwaukee dispatch notes a drafted uniform states law to prevent residents from marrying in another state to evade Wisconsin marriage bans. If adopted nationwide, evasion of state marriage laws could be impossible.
A baby named Franz aboard an Atlantic liner bound for the United States died two days before sighting America. The father lifted the child toward Fire Island light as the ship neared freedom, but the infant’s eyes closed.
A cable from the International Institute of Rome received by the U S department of agriculture lists Russia production estimates in seventy three governments. Wheat 749 947 000 bushels rye 984 788 000 barley 458 183 000 oats 1 032 605 000 corn 61 908 000 bushels.
The advertisement notes Stearns' Paste Co. of Chicago offers a rat killer sold by druggists locally. Priced at 25 cents and one dollar, the product promises to prorate? genuine pest control.
Plans form for a statewide celebration of Alabama's admission to the union in 1819. A big exposition may be held in Montgomery Mobile or Birmingham with state aid and a large legislative appropriation likely. Governor Neal’s committee will reconvene under Thomas M. Owen to map definite plans as interest spreads across the state.
Alderman John A. Richert, chair of the city council finance committee, was robbed and beaten by unidentified assailants in downtown Chicago last night. He lost a diamond ring valued at 759 dollars a 150 dollar watch and 30 dollars in cash. His injuries were described as bruises and cuts but not serious.
A Chicago bank booklet cites Mobile conditions as good with best half-year business in its history. It notes anticipation of Panama Canal openings, new municipal steel warehouses, Munson Line weekly sailings to South America starting September, and a bright year end for 1912.
The Terminal Railway Association of St. Louis filed a reorganization agreement with its member railways after a Supreme Court ruling. The pact requires open facilities for all railroads, limits proprietary lines, and allows independent terminals within a 100 mile zone. The group owns the Eads and Merchants bridges and Union Station in St. Louis.
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a claim that a treatment named Greens Sons in Atlanta offers relief for dropsy with short breath and swel led symptoms within days, and complete relief in 15 45 days. Details and credibility are unclear.
New York August 27 district attorney Whitman plans to investigate the extraordinary grand jury members for real estate holdings linked to disorderly venues. The move follows Waldo’s plan to publish owners of gambling and disorderly houses, triggering widespread appeals to block disclosure. Becker’s defense contemplates a venue change amid charged public sentiment over the Rosenthal murder case.
John F. Mac Intyre attorney for Police Lieutenant Charles Becker won a writ delaying the arraignment and pleadings in the Rosenthal murder case. The delay, issued by Supreme Court Justice Amend, moves proceedings to September 3 as counsel seeks time for motions and preparation.
Detroit Michigan August 27 with municipal races drawing activity. Detective William Burns and his operatives work to curb illegal voting as Mayor William B. Thompson seeks another Democratic nomination opposing Justice J. J. Jeffries. Both parties field multiple candidates for mayor and many city offices.
State Auditor Brooks Smith, chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Wilson and Marshall clubs, urges Alabama Democrats to fund the national Democratic campaign. He says money is needed in September and October and asks club presidents to mobilize subscriptions to meet the state’s quota.
Mrs. Alex Roy of Huguaymegoway, sister of the late Chieftain White Cloud and daughter of Chief White Fisher, is read at her home on the agency in White Earth, Minnesota. She died at age 85 after assisting in early Chippewa missionary work in Minnesota.
Gov. Woodrow Wilson left Sea Girt for his Tuesday trip to the state capitol in Trenton.
Montgomery newspaper reports W J Martin state land agent urges Alabama residents to aid in reclaiming unpatented school lands totaling roughly a quarter of a million acres. He notes Alabama's 32 million acre base and a trust grant of one thirty sixth for education, intended for boys and girls education.
William Burke, who vanished after resigning from city council and confessing a past as a convict, returned to Philadelphia with plans to face consequences and work honestly as a hardwood finisher learned in Massachusetts prison. He says elections drew blackmail from a former cellmate, prompting his public reveal.
Attorney General George Wickersham arrived in Milwaukee to defend William H. Lewis’s seat in the American Bar Association amid controversy over the expulsion of Lewis and two other black members. The ABA executive committee faced backlash for seating the men without disclosing their race, with a minority report opposing the action and calls to preserve the association’s policy on negro members.
During a Mineral Mobile storm two British vessels the Clivegrove and the M A Achorn were struck by lightning near Three Mile creek and Mobile river. Six men on the Achorn were knocked down and three severely shocked while five on the Clivegrove were stunned. The ships suffered little damage but panic halted loading for a time. Other storm damage included a struck telegraph post a roof wardrobe damage and a severed feed cable on Jackson street.
An ad explains sugar tastes due to mouth dissolution and stomach acidity. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic is pitched as tasteless yet effective for both adults and children. It touts the product as original for 20 years and priced at 50 cents. It also urges readers planning home builds or remodels to consult the building page.
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