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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1913
Page
6
President Tener urges strict discipline for umpires and a fair, lenient approach to player punishment. He advocates an impartial hearing, immediate suspension only after evidence, and prioritizes club owners’ interests. He calls umpires conciliatory yet firm and emphasizes justice before punishment.
A vintage catalog tone describes car outing garments and travel wraps with cross belts and foot rests. Featured are diversified compartments in touring cases including champagne sets, shoe shining kits, first aid, writing cases, toilet gear, cocktail sets, and toy baskets for children. Fur hoods, ribbon trims, and decorative fur flowers plus crepe scarves with silk tassels complete the display.
The article describes false bottom bags used to hold two shirts and avoid bulging bosoms, and introduces an automobile muff cord as a lightweight black silk cord with two silver catches to prevent the muff from dropping. It also mentions a long handled brush or duster for brushing snow or dust, portable in a rail pocket for frequent use.
Tom Anderson a veteran professional golfer died yesterday in Montclair New Jersey at about age 60. A native of Scotland he was well known to thousands of golfers across the country.
Eddie Konetchy leaves St Louis to join Pittsburg as first baseman in a much anticipated deal. Baseball experts expect him to challenge Jake Daubert for the top first base position and race for the honor.
Chicago reports thirty big league players have signed for the Federal League. A well known major leaguer will manage the Chicago Federals and Cleveland remains in the organization. League president James A. Gilmore said plans for 1914 would be released soon.
The Velvet Beers beat the Al bright and Sunday after noon by the Bt FAS to 12. Simms pitched well and Johnson and Long delivered strong hits driving balls to deep center. Manager Vautrot used two pitchers through seven innings as batters connected off both. Batteries Simms Johnson Long Clemente Cramer Day. Umpires Clarke and Smith.
In St Moritz Switzerland on December 23 J H Skeets Martin American rider was thrown from a toboggan at the Cresta Amis slide and suffered a concussion of the brain.
Joseph B. Tinker, ex Cincinnati manager, is formally enrolled as a Brooklyn Dodgers member after the National League secretary issued his release. Herrmann of the Reds was notified of the sale and Tinker’s name placed on the Dodgers reserve list.
The Indianapolis American Association baseball club was sold by Sol Meyer to J. C. McGill of Denver and William Smith of New York City for 175000. The sale followed months of negotiations and a delayed closing due to a contract with Mike Kelly to manage next year.
In New York last night Battling Levinsky outweighed by 26 pounds defeated Jim Coffey in ten rounds in a light heavyweight bout. Young Fox beat Joe Mooney in ten rounds. George Rodel overpowered Jim Flynn, with Rodel winning all rounds except the ninth.
Harvard defeated Columbia three to one while Princeton beat Yale two and a half to one and a half in the first round of the twenty second intercollegiate chess tournament. Captains Kinkleman and Bird both lost to Columbia and Harvard players respectively.
Madison Wis Dec 23 Attorney General Owen clarifies that the new eugenics law requires only a general marriage examination by a physician not a Wasserman test. He urges practical compliance by doctors to ensure the law progresses and informs future legislative fixes.
In Birmingham last night J. B. Swearingen about 60 was fatally struck by an electric car of the Birmingham Ensley and Bessemer Railway. His son M. L. Swearingen, the motorman, recognized him but could not stop the collision. The elder Swearingen, visiting for Christmas, alighted too soon while rain fell and walked along the track.
After nearly three years of testing a local manufacturer says it has perfected a wet Cleaner device that removes most smoke and cinders from boiler emissions. The system forces smoke through water, depositing impurities in a large tank and reducing discharge by about 75 percent at seventy one boilers. Since its operation, city complaints about smoke near the plant have declined.
Advertises a patent medicine the Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatism for men and women. It promises bladder relief for children and offers mail order from Dr E W Hall in Souls Missouri with a two month supply for one dollar.
Michael Mahorcic of Steelton was killed when a Christmas tree he carried over his shoulder blocked his view of an oncoming train while crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad near his home in Harrisburg. He was 56 and left a family.
Third Assistant Postmaster General Dockery reports growth in the postal savings system with 331,006 depositors and 33,818,870 in credit by June 30 1913. He urges an education campaign to boost savings adoption and notes parcels post expands access to affordable goods and direct farmer contact.
Dillard Hunter and his niece Miss Nora Hunter died instantly when their buggy was struck by a Louisville and Nashville passenger train at a sharp curve near Nicholasville Kentucky yesterday. The crash occurred as the duo rode along a rural road, with no signs of attempted braking reported.
The United States Bureau of Education selected drawing works from public schools in thirty two cities for exhibition and is now touring across the country.
The Georgia Supreme Court ruling upheld by the U S Supreme Court states that misrepresenting any material fact in a life insurance application can void a policy. John A Salgue’s death on a train near Atlanta after a $27 000 policy triggered scrutiny of medical disclosures and state law application. The case sent back a lower court judgment for a new trial.
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