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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1913
Page
2
Tennis champion McLoughlin argues against a British proposed rule to require touch ground before rushing the net. He notes the net play style is key to his game and fears foot fault penalties would slow him. McLoughlin doubts international support for amending the rules can reach two thirds.
Chicago December 27 Associated Press Joe Tinker OT manager of Cincinnati said talks with Federal league president Gilmore about bringing Tinker to the new league yielded no agreement. Both sides planned more talks Monday with options and possible stock incentives discussed as Brooklyn looming in the background.
A Friday night doubleheader at the YMCA gym featured the Cubs beating the Crescents 24 to 9 and the Pelicans defeating the Crowns 34 to 8. The Cubs and Pelicans showed fight with multiple field goals and standout scorers contributing to the low scoring but competitive games.
Alvis Fen, treasurer of a chemical company, reported to police an attempted poisoning of his sister Margaret aged 33. He produced a crime needle found in her sleeve after a downtown shopping trip. no puncture occurred and no drug was detected in the needle. Detectives opened an inquiry.
M. C. A. educational secretary F. D. addresses letters to men in shops and factories urging enrollment in industrial classes. Immler notes salesmanship classes planned soon and other education lines to be added if demand is strong.
A member of the Phoenix Fire In company died last night at age 74. He was widely regarded as a pioneer in the field and one of the country’s most seasoned veterans.
David L Fults, president of the Baseball Players Federation, announced a federation committee will meet the National Commission in Cincinnati on January 6 to discuss alterations to the contract between club and player. The group includes John P Henry, Jacob K E Daubert, Ray W Collins, John B Miller, Edward M Reulbach and Fults. The petition targets veteran players released when unsatisfied with their classification, not the reserve clause itself.
Junior department boys of the Y M C A will join a gymnastic masquerade on Saturday with an informal program and prizes for best costumes. Events include relays, sack race, dodge ball, wheelbarrow race, gymnastics, horse, parallel bars and elephant. Fifteen intermediates will travel from Mobile to Pensacola Monday for a series of athletic events against Florida boys.
Constitutionalist officials of Sinaloa visit the United States cruiser Pittsburg at San Blas and are accorded official honors. Governor Rivers and General Iterbide board the ship and receive a sixteen gun salute. The Mexican colors mingle with the Stars and Stripes aboard the American warship.
In Hermosillo on December 27 officials report Sinaloa Constitutionalist officers received on the United States cruiser Pittsburg. General Carranza and advisers show unusual interest, viewing the event as strong evidence of Washington support for the revolutionary party in Mexico.
Representative Underwood of Alabama Democratic leader leaves Washington for Alabama to campaign during recess. His 26 date itinerary begins with a speech in Gadsden Friday night and he will return to the House for reconvening on January 12. Germany uses cloth scraps for cleaning to save cotton waste, a cheaper scheme for workers.
Lyric Theatre offers seat sales for the New Year week show with a holiday matinee. The long running musical comedy has drawn packed houses nationwide and earned acclaim from critics and audiences alike.
Granny Deese, possibly the oldest living person in Alabama, marked her 107th birthday on Christmas Day at 222 South McDonough Street in Montgomery. Born in North Carolina, she moved through Georgia to Alabama, recalling Andrew Jackson, with good eyesight and sharp memory but declining mobility and health.
Christmas in Montgomery passed without major injuries among whites. Three deaths occurred among Black residents with two women held for murder after a North Montgomery stabbing and a bartender in a Mobile Street saloon killing a man. A Black man lingered from a Christmas day assault.
Alabama Governor O Neal receives Christmas gifts including a mounted walking cane from Judge C. B. Thomas of Prattville and a gold-handled knife from Rep. J. B. Rylance of Dadeville. Additional items include cigars collars cravats scarf pins flowers a barrel of oysters and a live gobbler. The governor jokes about a domestic science dietetic lesson.
Governor O Neal receives notice that Calhoun Probate Judge J J Arnold is critically ill after an appendectomy in Birmingham. Arnold, a former 1911 legislator and trusted administration ally, faces possible replacement if he does not recover.
Jay Gould of New York and George F Covey of England will contest the open world championship racquet match at the Philadelphia Racquet Club next March. Gould is the world amateur champion while Covey holds the world professional title. A trophy awaits the winner if Gould triumphs, or prize money goes to Covey.
Hugh Mehegan Australian lightweight defeated American Pat Brown in a fast paced twenty round bout in Melbourne. Ten thousand spectators watched as Mehegan earned a decision to even the score after Brown beat him on points in a previous Sydney twenty round contest.
Carnotite ore yielding radium was found along Mount Pisgah near Mauch Chunk. Dr. Howard A. Kelly and Dr. Edgar T. Wherry inspected the site after tests by the U S Bureau of Mines confirmed radium producing minerals. Wherry noted the ore contains about 2 percent uranium oxide and one ton yields about 108 milligrams of radium.
A church festival at Central Presbyterian featured a Northern forest sleigh scene with Bethlehem star and staged stereopticon views. Rev D A Planck read scripture and gave an address after hymns and department performances including Away in a Manger and Saviour Like a Shepherd Lead Us.
East Lansing, Mich indicates Michigan Agricultural College seeks long tailed pigs for serum production to combat hog cholera. Pigs with long tails are needed for immune blood to create serum used to prevent the disease in hog herds. A joint campaign with the state livestock sanitary commission is planned to bolster the effort.
Twenty-foot breakers during the season's highest tide flooded the Ocean Park restaurant grill basement where 30 to 40 diners were breakfasting. Comics swept barriers, smashed windows, and water filled the grill while guests fled. Seven blocks of the cement shore line bulkhead were washed out.
New York Dec 37 Nathan Strauss Jr has bought Puck the weekly comic paper. Articles of incorporation for a new company to publish the paper have been filed in Albany. The incorporators are Mr Strauss ae Koier and H Grant Strauss. Capital stock stands at 40000 dollars. No changes in organization or policy expected. Puck was 4 in BSi6.
Lakewood New Jersey December 27 George J Gould Kingdon Gould and George J Gould Jr three new fire department members faced a hotel fire at Lillian Court. They arrived in a limousine and aided in water lines keeping guests calm. Firefighters contained the flames with minor damage. Lord Decies attended with Miss Vivian Gould.
General Nicholas Ivanovich Grodekoff, once Russian military chief in the Far East, died yesterday in St. Petersburg. He aided Skobeleff in Turkestan campaigns and led forces after Linevich. His career included actions along the Amur during the Boxer uprising and a golden sword awarded by Emperor Nicholas for 1900 North Manchuria victory. Born 1843.
Work on the 1914 American and National League schedules begins January 2 at French Lick Indiana. President Dreyfuss of the Pirates and Secretary Heydler of the NL will attend with AL President B B Johnson. Opening day is set for April 14 with a possible October 4 closing if 156 games fit. Last year ran April 10 to October 6.
Not Beyond Help at 87 Sleep-disturbing bladder weakness and rheumatic pains signal kidney trouble. Mrs Mary A Dean of Taunton Massachusetts reports Foley Kidney Pills helped her kidney and bladder condition after her 87th birthday. Elderly people may take Foley Kidney Pills as a tonic with no harmful drugs. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
Ithaca New York December 27 A strand of hair for 65 years embedded in an oak near Cayuga High was identified as belonging to Mrs Nancy A Reynolds 75 of Ferry by the owner of a local club after she recounted a tale of Indians and an herb doctor curing her asthma by driving hair pegs into the tree.
The first court tennis tournament the new national challenge cup begins at the Tuxedo Tennis and Racquet Club in Tuxedo Park New York. Top American amateurs are entered to compete for the trophy which replaces the gold racquet held by Jay Gould after a series of victories. Only amateurs may enter and it must be won three times for permanent ownership.
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