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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1913
Page
8
City officials move to enforce Section 1001 of the City Code targeting vagrants drunks and disorderly persons. The recorder may require bonds up to 500 for six months and penalties include hard labor or exile for noncompliance.
In New York on February 15 officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen voted unanimously to reject the amended arbitration plan submitted last night by fifty four Eastern railroads.
A brief reflection notes how a narrow-minded person believes he has captured most well known human virtues, presenting a critical view of moral certainty and self-satisfaction.
New York February 15 The executive committee of the women s industrial exposition invites Mrs Woodrow Wilson to be present on opening night at Grand Central Palace February 27 to March 8 The committee lists prominent hosts and states her interest in women s achievements suggests she may attend Exhibits include a model civic center milk station tuberculosis preventorium a day nursery and a group of little mothers
Washington leaders push to pass the Burnett Dillingham immigration bill over President Taft's veto. Senator Lodge heads the senate effort and plans to force a vote Monday after river dam actions. House leaders coordinate a parallel push, aiming for a narrow margin if vetoed.
Robert N. Harper of the Washington inaugural committee wrote Clark C. Doughty that a taft offense concern may bar an elephant in the Wilson inauguration parade. The Ohio delegation planned a donkey to lead the elephant, which the committee does not object to.
President Taft approves West Point authorities dismissal of Cadet Elmer Adler a second class man for getting married after eloping with a student from a Hudson area fashionable girls school. The incident drew much speculation as a rare case for the academy.
Tammany Hall plans to send 1500 marchers to Washington for Woodrow Wilson's inauguration on March 4. Arrangements were made to transport the delegates by special trains, each wearing the gleaming traditional Tammany tile hat.
In Manila on February 15 a draughtsman from the engineer corps and four from the bureau of lands were arrested for disclosing military secrets. Detailed plans of Corregidor fortifications were found in the possession of a Filipino aboard a steamer bound for Japan. Further incomplete plans were discovered among the prisoners' effects.
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Associated Press reports Chicago on Feb 15 sees fresh eggs selling at 19 cents, the lowest price in twenty years for the season. Markets flooded with thousands of cases yesterday forced an 8 cent drop. retailers often charged 21 cents while some asked 23 to 24 cents. Storage eggs ranged 12 to 13 cents wholesale.
The City Bank & Trust Co Mobile Alabama reports assets totaling 6 071 678 04 including loans demand overdrafts bonds and other securities and cash items. Liabilities total 6 071 678 04 with capital stock 500 000 surplus 500 000 and deposits 4 the public plus notes payable and other obligations, all sworn by cashier A C Tonsmeire Notary WM Bu INGE.
Chicago hosts trotting horse enthusiasts from Maine to California for a week of meetings. The American Trotting Association plans to revise rules on hopples heats and purse distribution. Great Western and Grand Circuit stewards assign the 1918 itineraries with auctions of 600 horses and international buyers at stock yards.
The Brotherhood of Enginemen and Firemen discuss a tentative Erdman act arbitration plan with six arbitrators, not three, amid wage and work condition disputes. Firemen favor three arbitrators and question the plan’s legal status, while railroads push for immediate resolution to avert strikes. The talks involve federal mediators and President Carter of the firemen.
Representative Berger of Wisconsin introduces a measure for federal seizure of fifty four Eastern railroads during a strike, to be operated by the government through the post office until a new rail department is created. The plan envisions an eight hour workday, fair wages, and financing by U S bonds with valuations by the commerce and labor and treasury secretaries. He argues private ownership risks collapse and cites potential shortages in major cities if a month long tie up occurs.
Forecast urges protection against 24 degree cold for 36 hour northbound shipments while routes east and west face 36 degree exposure. Authorities emphasize thermal insulation and ventilated containers to guard perishable cargo during transit.
The report describes a warm front in Chicago and Des Moines three degrees above Mobile, with a low pressure center over Iowa driving southerly winds in the Ohio valley and northerly freezing winds in the upper Great Lakes. Snow falls at Duluth as 40 mph winds pass, while high pressure brings fair cold weather from Texas to the Carolinas and from the Pacific to the Rockies. A rainy low pressure system sits over Florida peninsula. Mobile is forecast slightly warmer tonight and Sunday with generally fair skies.
Washington reports show Director John Barrett of the Pan American Union clashing with the state department over a proposed mediation commission to halt Mexican fighting. Barrett insists his plan seeks immediate cessation of hostilities through international cooperation and denies aiding intervention. The dispute follows a sharp state department memorandum criticizing the idea as amateur politics and sentimentality.
Taft and Secretary Knox, at an early conference, were hopeful that President Madero would resign. Officials cite confidences showing Mexican sentiment for peace and discuss de la Barra as a potential provisional leader if Madero steps down. The Pan American Union mediation proposal drew protests from the U S colony and Mexico City.
In Denver on February 14 the city and county residents approved charter amendment adopting a commission form of government by a two to one vote, rejecting the charter convention plan.
The speaker reports receiving an anonymous letter warning of attacks from two sources over his views on Mexican settlement. One source lobbies for intervention and criticizes the president and state department. the other, a department official, dislikes Pan American unity and South American outreach. He calls for silence to avoid harm.
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