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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
3
Herman Sternberg a 17 year old New York resident was arrested after saying he would shoot President elect Wilson in New Jersey. A loaded revolver was found and he was held without bail. A witness testified to prior threats and the boy admitted making them in court.
A reflection on financial strain and frugal choices. The saying suggests that scarcity makes old coats seem more valuable in fall than when they were new or discarded in spring.
Leland Hume elected vice president of Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph and Cumberland and Southern Bell companies with headquarters in Nashville. T. D. Wemmer named treasurer. Nashville to host new division covering northern Albania Tennessee and southern western Kentucky. J. E. Warren and J. B. Caldwell will be based in Nashville.
Aldrich plans to push a measure to prevent marriages by those deemed physically or mentally unsound. The proposal likely mirrors existing state registration schemes and would deny licenses to ineligible applicants.
Washington December 13 The parcels post system to be in effect nationwide January 1 will cover almost all merchandise up to 11 pounds and six feet in length and girth. Delivery to rural routes and city carriers will occur with updated post office handling and insured shipments up to 50 dollars. Rates start at 5 cents per pound for within 50 miles, increasing by zone with a maximum of 12 cents per pound. Distinctive stamps and parcel maps with gum are issued for public sale.
Fire swept Brown City's business district burning five business buildings and causing an estimated loss of $20,000. The blaze raged for hours as firefighters battled the flames in the heart of town.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Julius Knowlton of Grand Rapids was arrested on fraud charges after the Michigan Trust Company sought $70,000 allegedly squandered by J Edward Johnson in a brokerage office Knowlton formerly ran. Johnson, once a teller, is in prison for embezzlement. Knowlton held on $6,000 bail and a capias was issued for Chester B. Cook of Detroit on the same charge. Knowlton, a correspondent of Cook and Co., operated a Grand Rapids brokerage office from May 1911 to spring last year.
Detroit prosecutors raided C. B. Cook & Co. offices among alleged bucket shops as part of a city campaign led by Prosecutor Shepard. The raids occurred Wednesday, with police and officials citing illicit gambling and investment schemes as the focus of the operation.
Police in New York announce the arrest of Albert Carter in St Augustine Florida on a $29 000 swindle case tied to S N Jones of Pittsburg. Jones, coal lands owner in western Pennsylvania, was lured to the city by a supposed Minglish syndicate to sell coal lands. A counterfeited sting at a horse race betting spot led to four $5 000 bills being seized by an accomplice who vanished.
Edgerton Kansas December 13 The minister and women members of the local Methodist church husked corn from daylight until dark on a farm owned by John Fairchild He offered all the corn they husked in one day and ten of the women husked twenty bushels selling 40 dollars worth of grain within an hour after finishing work
A major blaze last night at the Tidewater Oil Company's barrel factory in Bayonne New Jersey gutted the facility near the waterfront. Several explosions occurred but no injuries were reported and losses are put at about 150000 dollars.
At Morgan Hall the Blackfriars chose the cast for Bernard Shaw's You Never Can Tell. Cast members include A W Mathis Birmingham Gloria Miss Mary Bacon Duncan Tuscaloosa Dolly Miss Anna Boulet Mobile Clandon Miss Marguerite Todd Birmingham Philip John S S Bible Emore Bohun Leon Israel Birmingham McComas Hudson Strode Demopolis Maid Miss May Murphy William the Waiter Herbert A Feibelman Mobile. The group plans further rehearsal with Feibelman guiding the production.
Fifteen heavily armed mountaineers led by Constable Henry Fowler raided the Ohio Club in Hot Springs Arkansas. They seized gambling gear, hauled it to a lot, and burned it under a court order. Owners watched from cover as rifles and shotguns guarded the operation. Mayor Wolters suggested the raid stemmed from a spoils quarrel rather than reform. A peace effort between rival factions was reported to follow.
Chicago December 18 Municipal Judge Hopkins orders Robert L Atkins an accountant to face a mirror as punishment for intoxication. He demands mirrors inside cells so offenders confront themselves to deter drunkenness.
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