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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1913
Page
2
Barton Cunninghams beat St Joseph Academy 60 to 16 to win the city scholastic small championship staged at the Y M C A. The contest featured a close first half and strong by Cunningham and Newsome for the YMCA Ramblers while St Joseph’s Athletic Club struggled against the high scoring pace.
John Layton of St. Louis in a match against C. Lawson in Decatur Illinois yesterday set a new world record in the pocket billiards style scoring with a high run of 78 surpassing Morton Phillips of Chicago who held the prior 74 record.
Police arrested several drivers tied to business firms for license lapses. In each case the driver was dismissed and the employer ordered arrested. The court imposed fines of 2.50 dollars on owners who appeared in court in the afternoon.
Dr. George F. McEwen of the Scripps Institution reports climate findings for California. He says coastal water is several degrees colder than mid ocean, and without this cooling heat in the valleys would be oppressive.
Roy Atwill known as comic opera comedian and Dorothy Young aged nineteen, stepdaughter of grand opera singer Mme Lillian Nordica, confirmed their marriage in Greenwich Connecticut yesterday. The groom kept the match secret from Dorothy's father George W Young, a New York banker, who approved the wedding after learning of it.
Washington's birthday was observed in Mobile with banks, public buildings, the courts and the post office closed or limited. The post office operated Sunday hours with one full delivery, and the courthouse remained nearly closed. Several public schools held Friday afternoon exercises due to the Saturday anniversary.
The Crown Theatre basketball squad, intermediate state champions, travels from Mobile to Pensacola today at 12 53 p m to face the Pensacola team. Manager Toomey plans the usual lineup Crawford Carlin Neely Phillips Townsend Williams Ollinger with Townsend captain. The team has dominated its class and an additional win is expected.
Dope lists 38 players for Clark Griffith with potential more Cubans to hear from. Brow fas wears plaster on knee. Reds spring plan. Phillies sell Horne Dit ter Mangus to Atlantic City Club. Hugh Jennings joins YMCA. Perrins of the American League ill at Berkeley. Del Howard to scout Cubs Coast League. Acosta a Cuban mayor’s son. contract celebrated in Miami. Athletics lease Jacksonville ball park for spring training. clubhouse to seat forty.
Several persons were seriously injured and others slightly hurt when two Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific Railroad passenger trains collided head on forty miles east of Shreveport. Mrs. D B Maxwell traveling to Houston was badly hurt. Engineer J H Mulder was trapped under wreckage with a broken leg and his fireman injured. Both engines were demolished and a dining car burned.
A legal battle over the 10 million dollar estate of Richard T. Crane was averted after family talks. He left sons Richard T. Jr and Charles R Crane to share control equally, but a stock sale by one son threatened the plan. Charles R Crane had been appointed minister to China by Taft but was recalled before sailing.
At the San Francisco Olympic Club annual open track meet Ralph Rose set a new world mark in the eighteen pound shot put with 45 feet 634 inches breaking the old 44 feet 118 inches. Pat Donovan improved the 56 pound weight throw distance to 16 feet T inches, beating his previous record by half an inch.
Mrs. Bruce Crawford of Niagra Missouri reports Dr King's New Discovery changed their sick boy into a healthy child. The elixir is recommended for coughs throat and lung troubles and is said to taste nice and be harmless. Buy it at all druggists.
King George and Queen Mary hosted their second London court of the season at Buckingham Palace. Among the American guests were Mrs. Irwin B. Laughlin, Mrs. Nathan K. Averill, Mrs. Wynn R. Sewell, Miss Harriet Sproul of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Frederick S. Pearson, Miss Natalie Pearson, Miss Le Brun Parsons of New York, Mrs. Walter H. Schoellkopf of Buffalo, and Mrs. William Radcliffe, formerly Catherine Perry of Whitney Point, N. Y.
Mobile umpire Ed Lauzon signs with Kitty League for this season after a strong showing in the Southeastern League. He will officiate Sunday’s game between Spring Hill College and the Mobile All Stars.
Count Francois von Detling, a Russian exile described as living in Chicago for months, died by suicide at St. Anthony's Hospital after shooting himself in a public park two days earlier. Police found his name and title in papers opened after his death. he left four letters including the remark I have found no honest person in the world.
Charles Jenkinson and Clinton Mac Bachran left Washington to reinforce the American embassy staff in Mexico City. They travel via Key West and Havana to support an embassy strained by heavy demands from the ongoing revolution.
Russia Ireland and Chile likely to be last to join the United States in the international rifle shooting event at Camp Perry Ohio this September. A letter from the National Rifle Association of France offered six silver cups as prizes for the tournament.
Barney Trimble a Livingst on County farmer was shot and killed near Smithland Kentucky by Claude McCandless who said he acted to protect his family honor. McCandless had earlier sued Trimble for fifty thousand dollars alleging criminal assault on his wife. He fired both shotgun barrels from a doorway while Trimble rode past. Coroner held McCandless and he was kept under guard at a local hotel.
The American Bridge Company in Trenton New Jersey granted a voluntary wage increase. Unskilled laborers previously at 1.50 dollars per day now receive 1.75. Higher paid workers also received increases, but not in proportion to the unskilled group.
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