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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1913
Page
4
Charles W. Morse former banker whose sentence for banking-law violation was commuted by Taft will return to New York mid March. He left Florence for Genoa yesterday and will proceed to Paris for a brief stay. He denied seeking foreign capital for his American ventures, saying travel is for his health.
The 1912 annual report by the committee of four notes a drop in New York disorderly houses since Herman Rosenthal's murder. It cites increased police activity and says prior lax enforcement preceded the case. Charles Becker and four gunmen are in Sing Sing's death house awaiting justice.
An old promotion extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the safe laxative for kids, claiming it clears clogged bowels, relieves liver and stomach issues, and returns a well child. It emphasizes fig flavor, non-harmful ingredients, and directions on the package, urging customers to ask their druggist for the California Fig Syrup Co. product.
The Mobile grand jury continued its inquiry into bribery charges tied to County Highway Engineer Charles Dew as engineers Thurman, Duvalle, and Captain Nicol testified. Nashville Bridge Company’s Thomas I Robinson volunteered services to the county and testified earlier in the day. State Highway Engineer W S Keller and T Human Jr of Dauphin Island were summoned to testify.
Police Lieutenant Honest Dan Costigan testified before the aldermanic committee on vice in New York. He described crooked beatings against gambling houses and urged prison sentences over fines to curb gambling. He noted graft among some captains and inspectors while some officers remained untrustworthy.
Thomas W. Shelton of Norfolk, VA, chair of the ABA committee on uniform judicial procedure, writes Governor O Neal to pressure President elect Wilson to push urgent reform of federal pleadings and procedure. He notes broad endorsement of House bill No. 26 462 and urges citizens to contact Wilson and their congressmen.
Parisian Sage touted as a hair grower and dandruff remedy claiming to prevent falling hair grayness and baldness. The product promises clean scalp and thicker hair without poisonous lead, sold for fifty cents at drug stores and toilet counters. distributed by G. Van Antwerp & Son.
Cash bargain day at Wein acker's set for Wednesday February 12 with emphasis on special deals. The notice highlights savings and shopping event likely at the local store location.
Judge Holt awarded Hannay & Co a $7,120 judgment against the Guaranty Trust Co of New York on a bill of exchange drawn by Knight, Yancey & Co, bankrupt cotton merchants of Decatur Alabama. The ruling may guide about $4.5 million in similar forged-bill cases and could reach the U S Supreme Court.
Christine Kean Shelley widow of Capt J B E Shelley of the Eleventh United States Cavalry dies at Fort Oglethorpe. She was a Roosevelt cousin and daughter of W Emlen Roosevelt. Military honors will accompany her body to Washington for a funeral at St Johns Episcopal Church Arlington Cemetery.
Berlin reports the engagement of Princess Victoria Luise, daughter of the German emperor, to Prince Ernest August son of the Duke of Cumberland will be proclaimed today. The announcement follows the emperor's sudden departure for Karlsruhe with the empress and royal family. The match is seen as solving Brunswick succession issues and altering royal alliances.
London notes grief and pride as Captain Scott and his companions are mourned. The farewell message stresses courage and endurance and calls for support for families left behind. Proposals to distribute Antarctic expedition proceeds as a bonus to crew members are announced alongside government pensions and memorial plans.
Special dispatches detail Captain Oates’s lone march into the blizzard after the four Scott party members faltered. Oates left the tent to meet certain death, while the others, frostbitten and exhausted, struggled for nine days before retreating to camp on March 21.
Captain Scott wrote on March 25 that the catastrophe was due to misfortune not failure of organization. He noted temperatures and storms beyond endurance, that near One-Ton depot they had fuel for one hot meal and two days’ food, and urged care for dependents. The Terra Nova relief party buried the bodies in a simple cairn.
Memorial exercises were held by the Alabama supreme court for the late Judge Jonathan Haralson. Chief Justice Dowdell addressed the court as Mallory Craig and Fitts offered laudatory remarks. Haralson served sixteen years on the supreme court and sixteen years as Selma city judge, retiring in 1908 and dying last May in Montgomery.
Washington reports say Zacatecas and Oaxaca have proclaimed for Diaz. Diaz says delay harms his cause but seeks bloodshed avoidance through negotiations with General Huerta. Foreign guard organization advances and Huerta assigns uniformed police to the American residential district per Ambassador Wilson.
Associated Press reports ten women were injured when the Cabanne Methodist Church floor collapsed as a funeral party exited. The fall dumped victims eight feet into the basement due to dry rotted joists under the vestibule floor.
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