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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1913
Page
3
Special to The Item. Alabama faces prisoner feeding funds exhausted after January 1 unless the legislature convenes or sheriffs cover costs. The $130,000 annual jail feeding appropriation will run dry by New Year, with payments due for prior months and next funds not due until October 1914. The situation hinges on state action or sheriffs bearing costs.
President Wilson, recovering from grippe, met with his cabinet in the White House upper rooms rather than the executive offices. Dr Grayson ordered a steady temperature to keep him well, though he might go outdoors tomorrow. The study used recalls Lincoln era and emancipation proclamation. No urgent topics were planned. the meeting aimed to reconnect with department heads after a week in isolation.
Frederick S. Hewes Sr. was interred in Gulfport after a funeral at the family home attended by a large cortege. The Circuit Court adjourned in respect as many businesses closed. Hewes, born in New Orleans at eighty three, was part of a prominent mercantile and banking family with ties to the Opelousas and New Orleans Railroad and to chancery court clerks in 1876.
The Pass Christian residence of John Legier Jr. would be offered to President Wilson and his family if he spends part of his vacation on the gulf coast. A request was sent to extend the offer through Mississippi senators Williams and Vardaman via Senator Ransdell Wightin last night.
President Wilson is reportedly considering a Christmas vacation on the Gulf. Gulfport and Pass Christian are presented as favorable winter resort options to the Wilson family, with Dr Grayson’s approval seen as pivotal. The aim is strict rest and possible isolation away from affairs and people.
Perry J. Wallace, a traveling statesman in Tampa Florida, reports watermelons sold on the public street Friday at from $1.75 to $3.25 each, a tale met with disbelief by his listeners before he flashed the facts.
George Lyons of Thonotosassa drove to the city with a wagon load of watermelons. The melons, weighing eighteen to thirty five pounds, were offered for sale and sold at varied prices from 1.75 to 3.25 dollars.
Baldwin County farmers push a million dollar fruit and vegetable cannery plan. A Chicago meeting will decide if 10 000 acres can be guaranteed for ten years with support from Bay Minette Foley Summerdale and other communities. Local organizers Carney Foster Boller Alston Green Stapleton and other Baldwin residents attend the conference.
Work starts immediately on a new 8B H Kress & Co ten cent store complex at 212 214 Dauphin street and rear alley access on Royal street. The $50 000 building cost plus fixtures will create a major Southern showroom. Contract to raze old buildings was let in New York to Maben and Fruetel of Gadsden Alabama.
In Mobile the Miller household suffered a major jewel burglary traced to New Orleans. Jewelry valued at 1292 dollars disappeared from 2726 Louisiana avenue after a thief lifted a dining room window screen and fled with pieces including a 400 dollar solitaire ring and numerous other engraved items bearing initials L C R D M and D R M.
Ed Mines, a Black man, was robbed of $10 by two white men as he walked to work about 9 pm on Monday near St Anthony and Dearborn streets. He described two white suspects and a public safety item used at the scene. police had yet to locate them by Tuesday morning.
A warrant from Harrison county Mississippi charges George E. Stone with obtaining money under false pretenses while posing as an agent for Aetna Insurance Empire Realty and Mortgage and Standard Home. Stone was arrested and held as Mobile and Pensacola authorities pursue him for Mississippi crimes.
In Cleveland on December 16 about 125 union waiters from the Statler and Hollenden hotels went on strike demanding higher pay and better conditions. The Statler dining room closed and the Hollenden operated at about half force. Leaders predicted more strikers in other hotels.
Manager EB V OConnor announced a Christmas attraction at the Lyric theatre a thriller titled Double Deceiver based on the Argyle Case with Norman Hackett in the lead. The company will perform two shows on Christmas day a matinee and a night performance.
Boston December 16 Associated Press reports thirty nine militia officers including four brigadier generals, two colonels, and several lieutenant colonels are retired by Secretary of War Garrison's interpretation of the Dick bill. Also retired are William C. Rogers judge advocate general William C. Emery quartermaster general and J G White commissary general.
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