One-armed prisoner Barton escapes jail amid lax guards
George Barton, a one-armed inmate held as a witness in post office safe robberies, was confined in a jail with unusual privileges. He allegedly used a homemade key to escape from a cell and was found in another cell after lying ill and allowed access to the kitchen and outside areas. Local officials note the jail’s doors can be opened from inside and outside, unlike newer secure facilities.
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Bounty
George Arton
Ull
co _ Barton
Mobile
Atlanta
United States
Deans
Barton
Palmer
Pauley Jail Company
Robbery Report: Watch Taken From Carter Smith
Carter Smith, a Black resident of Plateau, was robbed of a Burlington watch at State and Conceptions streets Sunday afternoon by an unidentified Black man. Police report an accurate description was secured and efforts to locate the thief continue.
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Carter Smith
Plateau
State
Mitchell Wins Over Justices In Court Decision
In the case of B F Hardeman vs J W Chandler the Law and Equity Court ruled that waivers filed to bypass jurisdiction of justices of the peace are invalid. Judge Berney held a party may waive by not pleading but cannot contract in advance to avoid venue. Mitchell's victory protects debtors sued outside their precincts and voids notes attempting to confer JP jurisdiction.
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B. F. Hardeman
J. W. Chandler
Law and Equity Court
Mitchell
Messrs
Inge and
Kirkpatrick
Rght
Berney
Justices of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
Justices of “the Peace
Whistler
Toulminville
Eight Mile Creek
Satsuma Exhibit Plans In Washington Building
W Henderson seeks Mobile county grown Satsuma oranges for display in the Southern building at Washington and for permanent exhibits in the Railway’s North offices. He secured word from George A Maloney and A H Daves to supply the fruit, which will be selected in Irvington and shipped toWashington for formaldehyde preservation.
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Mobile County
Southern
Washington
Er Railway
North
W. Henderson
The
George A. Maloney
Maloney
A. H. Daves
Irvington
Daves
Henderson
Failure to Pay Taxfare Leads to Arrest
Harry Brown a singer at a local cafe is arrested for alleged failure to pay cab fare under public vehicle ordinance. Police report Brown jailed Sunday at 4 30 by Officer Ludlow with cab driver Archie McCall listed as compliant. An additional drunkenness charge is noted.
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Harry Brown
I. S. Ludlow
Archie McCall
Brown
Singletary Recaptured at Pulaski Tennessee
Corbett B Singletary, once a convict leader who escaped the county jail hospital and the convict camp, is recaptured in Pulaski Giles County Tennessee. He faces Transport to Mobile to serve the remainder of his sentence and new escape charges after attempting to pass a forged check. Sheriff J Roy Pittard of Pulaski detained him and a $50 reward was approved for his capture. An officer will depart Mobile Monday night to bring him back.
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Corbett B. Singletary
Pulaski
Giles County
Tenn
Mobile
Singletary
J. Roy Pittard
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Tennessee
Directors Hold Final Gathering at Chamber Meeting
The board of directors of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce will hold its last regular meeting of 1913 on Monday at 7:30 PM at the Chamber headquarters. Items include J J Cawthon s plan for a permanent fair site and race track for Mobile to be voted by directors. A note from Secretary Farnsworth urges attendance for important matters.
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Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Cawthon
Mobile
Farnsworth
Ala
Armbrecht
Chamber ‘of Commerce
City Bank
Thes
Dan Farnsworth
Exchange of Pretzels for Mobile Oranges
Don Farnsworth, Business Manager of the Chamber of Commerce, received a souvenir box of Reading pretzels. Reading Commercial Association uses the samples to advertise Reading, similar to Mobile Chamber sending Satsuma oranges in exchange.
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Don Farnsworth
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of
Reading
Farnaeworth
Reading Commercial Association
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
New U S Attorney Pitts Takes Oath in Mobile
Alexander D. Pitts of Selma arrived in Mobile and took the oath as United States district attorney succeeding James B. Sloan. Pitts a Democrat and former legislator will assume duties at once with Alex T. Howard assisting during the vacancy pending a federal appointment.
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Alexander D. Pitts
Selma
Mobile
United States
James B. Sloan
Pitts
Alabama
Ite
Sloan
Alex T. Howard
First Argentine corn imported into Mobile under tariff
The 80 000 bag cargo from Rosario arrived Sunday and was inspected at 12 45 by Customs Inspector E W Raff and Grain Inspector J T Pope aboard the Newlands under Captain Milne. The shipment to Mobile is part of 45 000 tons from Argentina to the United States distributed by Southern Railway. Health officials ordered precautions at the wharf due to bubonic plague in Rosario.
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E. W. Raff
Mobile
Rosario
J.T. Pope
Grain Dealers’ Association
Mobile Chamber of Commrce
Phillip Rothrock
Bureau of Grain Standardization
United States Department of Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce
United States
C. B. Fox
New Orleans
Southern Railway
Ernesto I. Bunge & G. Borne
E. T. Kimbrough & Company
Newlands
Milne
Gulf
Roy Williams
Board of Health
Four Vessels Lost Near Havana and Mantanzas
Four ships that sailed from Mobile recently are missing. The schooner Glenafton under Captain Eden headed to Havana on December 21 and has not been heard from. The schooner M. A. Achorn, Bodden master, sailed for Mantanzas and likewise sent no reports.
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Mobile
Glenafton
Eden
Havana
Cable
M. A. Achorn
Bodden
Mantanzas
British schooner Cheslie sinks 150 miles southwest of Pensacola
Wireless reports say the British schooner Cheslie is waterlogged and sinking 150 miles southwest of Pensacola. The naval tug Patuxent has departed to aid the vessel. A crew of seven is aboard Chestie, weather conditions unclear.
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Pensacola
Fla
Cheslie
Patuxent
Chestie
Plans for a better channel discussed by Joint Rivers
Mobility authorities convene at the Chamber of Commerce on December 30 at noon to plan a deeper Mobile channel. Chairman Horace Turner urges all members to attend. Expected topic includes campaigning for a thirty foot depth for Mobile’s harbor channel.
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Mobilé
Chamber of Commerce
Horace Turner
Mobile
Ala
Joint Rivers and Harbor Committee
City Bank
Maritime Activity Reports Busy Atlantic River Trade
The Newlands bound for Rosario cargoes 17 000 bushels of Argentine corn and ships in ballast to New Orleans. Comal arrives from New York with passengers and 10 000 packages of general merchandise. City of Mobile carries cotton and naval stores up the Alabama river while Bonifer sails for West Indian ports. Wyvisbrook returns from Gulfport to finish loading a part cargo.
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Newlands
Milnemaster
Southern Railway
Lipscomb Street
Rosario
Pier 3
Comal
Avery
Mallory Steamship Line
New York
George F. Scannell
Thorndike
Lower Bay
Echo
City
Porto Rico
Rayn
United Fruit Company
New Orleans
Vogesen
Charleston
Munson Steamship Line
Cardenas, Co
Havana
Mobile
Selma
Alabama River
Cross
Boniferm
McLaughlin
West Indian
Wyvisbrook
Gulf States Shipping Company
Gulfport
Sirdar Abandoned and Burned After Gulf Storm
The British bark Sirdar bound Mobile to Port of Spain with 400000 feet lumber was abandoned in the Gulf after storm damage on Christmas Eve and burned as a navigation peril. Captain McDade and crew reached Pensacola by a fishing schooner, reporting the vessel nearly sank and then burned.
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Cheslie
Sagua la Grande
Pascagoula
Miss
Pensacola
Fla
Gulf
Mobile
Port of Spain
New Foundland
McDade
Sirdar
Three Men Die as Gas Mine Blast Traps Five
An explosion of gas at the Indian Creek coal mine near Bicknell Indiana kills three workers and traps four others as the night shift of about 150 men ends. Rescue efforts followed the blast.
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Associated Press
Bicknell, Ind
Indian Creek
Remains of J. C. Root Interred in Omaha
Funeral services were held in Omaha for James Cullen Root founder and sovereign commander of the Woodmen of the World. Root died in Andersonville North Carolina and his body lay in state at City Hall in Omaha before burial.
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J. C. Root
Omaha
Associated Press
Neb
James Cullen Root
The
Woodmen of the World
Mr. Root
Inndersonville
N. C
City Hall
California mulberry grown near Mobile yields early crop
H Edwards, a carpenter from Maysville near Mobile, reported £6 from a mulberry he planted in his yard. The tree, fourteen feet tall after two years, bore several unmatured branches and a small yield this year. He said the original plant came from a California nursery two years ago and was lightly cared for with minimal fertilizer.
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E! H. Edwards
Maysville
Mobile
California
Edwards
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Ede
Pulaski, Tenn
County Roads
U. S
Alex D. Pitts
Inspector Pope
Federal Grain Man Board
Norther
Tug
Tuéson
Maritime Matters and River News
City Bank & ‘Trust Co
Mobile, Ula
MOBIL
DR. F. L. Tapia
Dauphin ST
Britton’s Shoe Store
Bank OF Mobile
National Banking Association
Bank OF Mobi
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