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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1913

Page

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Underwood and Wilson Confer on Extra Session Plans

President elect Wilson held talks with Oscar W. Underwood on the extra session program and personnel, with Governor Wilson saying no conclusions were reached. Both stressed thorough consultation and no factional differences with Bryan or Clark.

Trenton N. J Wilson Oscar W. Underwood House of Tentatives Mr. Underwood W. J. Bryan Champ. Clark

Underwood Talks Cabinet Plans and Tariff Timetable

Mr Underwood refrains from specifics about cabinet changes and notes talks on what will come up at the extra session. He expects tariff consideration to cover each schedule separately with optional enacting clauses, and says Bryan friends are likely to back Wilson. Frequent high level talks with Governor Wilson noted and plans for Senate leaders’ visits next week.

Bryan Wilson Underwood Baltimore Senate Hoke Smith Georgia O’gorman New York Gore Oklahoma

London Taxi Service Tied Up by Drivers Strike

London faced a near shutdown as taxi drivers struck, leaving about 8,000 cabs idle in garages. Companies cited unprofitable operations as the main cause while a few taxis ran with individual drivers. The disruption spread across the city as the strike continued.

London Taxi Service London

Prison Train Brings 33 Labor Leaders to Indiana Prison

Thirty three labor leaders were escorted by rail from Indianapolis to a state prison where they were shaved and placed in prison garb on New Year’s Day. The group, including M. Ryan of the Iron Workers Union, faces punishment for crimes linked to the McNamara brothers, now jailed at San Quentin. The long guard escorted journey lasted nearly twenty hours with a crowded, secretive trek through Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas. F. J. Higgins of Boston, a former Iron Workers organizer, collapsed aboard and is sentenced to two years.

Gino Immediailothos Ak M. Ryan Iron Intern Union Indianapolis McNamara Brothers San Quentin Cal Uni Ryan United States Schmidt Leavenworth Indiana Illinois Missouri Kansas Son City F. J. Higgins Boston New England Iron Workers’ Union

Joyous Welcome to the New Year in Mobile 1913

The city celebrated New Year’s Eve with loud fireworks cannons horns foghorns and sirens as Mobile ushered in Anno Domini 1913. Residents heard celebratory whistles watched revelers and endured the final hours of 1912 with street scenes marking the transition.

Mobile

Taft Hosts Fourth Public New Year Reception at White House

The article notes Taft and Mrs Taft greeting a crowd at the White House for a New Year reception. Diplomats led by France's Jusserand and Japan's Viscount Chinda, plus many military officers, cabinet members, and citizens, passed through to convey greetings and receive well wishes. Reception extended to Knox household with a Pan-American Union breakfast.

Washington Taft White House Beautiful Wright Mate War and Navy Ambasaador Jusserand France Viscount Chinda Japan Dominion Republic Iles Sta Ncr Executive Bixby Torney Smith Allen Crowder Darlington McIntyre Wood Miles Ima Bureau of Navigation Twinning Bureau of Ordnance Willets Navy Yards Charles Token Charles Fikes Navy Wain Barker Knox Imantes

Minister Arrested On Serious Charge In Owensboro

Henry C. Hoffman former Methodist minister and head of an orphans home in Deland Florida is under arrest in Owensboro Kentucky charged with criminally assaulting an eight year old girl inmate of the institution.

Owensboro, Ky Henry C. Hoffman Deland Fis

Fairhope Honors Visitors at Eighteenth Anniversary Banquet

Delighted guests from Mobiles and national figures like Ingersoll Fels visit Fairhope to mark the eighteenth anniversary of the single tax colony. A banquet will be held Wednesday night with H. B. Gaston presiding and a history of the colony presented.

Fairhope Ala Jan Peibipeto Iat Place Apollo H. B. Gasto Vari Ingersoll New York Joseph Fels Henry George Philadelphia London da Keifer Cincinnati James Ik. G. Rickardy W. H. Bryant D. J. Spotswood L. C. Irvine Mobile O'cloék Gaston Cnnnection

Confederate veterans reunion set for May in Chattanooga

At a May 28 1938 conference the general committee announced the next reunion will be held a day later than prior years. Chattanooga hosts report enthusiastic response with plans already underway and strong interest in war history and old comrades.

Chattanooga Young

Mobilian Captain Schwarz Visits Montgomery Lodges

Leon Schwarz president of the Seventh District of the Independent Order Bnai Brith came to Montgomery for an official lodge visit and returned to Mobile. Widely known as Captain Schwarz, he has served twenty years in the Alabama National Guard and now serves on Colonel Hubbard's staff. He has marched to inaugurations from Thomas G. Jones to Governor O Neal and dedicates personal service to the temple and to Bnai Brith philanthropic efforts.

Montgomery Leon Schwarz Independent Order Brith Hig Mobile Schwarz Alabama National Guard Hubbard Dexter Avenue Thomas G. Jones O'Neal Citizen Soldiery B'nai B'rith

Unclear Local Weather Forecast for Alabama

Weather outlook for Alabama shows fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Warmer temperatures expected with light to moderate southerly winds. Some garbled text remains but core details indicate continued fair skies through the period.

Alabama

Boys Picked Up as Hoboes Prove to Be Burglars

Confession reveals three youths from Dixon Tennessee robbed a jewelry store two months ago. Browning Fussell and Ballard admitted taking watches, rings, bracelets and other items, hiding the loot under a house before distributing it along the railroad line. The group traveled through Kentucky and toward Nashville, trading for food and rides as detectives tailed their movements.

Browning Clayton & Maxwell Maxwell Charles Henry Brown Clayton Lard Clayton Smith Donenalda Lodgin Eds Nashville Murphy Fussell Dixon G. L. Pentecost Kentucky Ballard Mobile Ohio Jack‘Tenn We & the Jewelry

Lucky Thirteen Rumor Circles HM In Office

Rumor claims a lucky thirteen letters mark the line to HM office with speculation about a president-elect and Governor Wilson. The garbled text references the Wilson family and rural college meetings amid unclear dates and terms.

Wilson Platin ‘Aperd

Arlington flashes New Year signal from coast station

The Arlington coast radio tower sent a New Year greeting at midnight in sync with the naval observatory clock. The beacon aimed to reach Clifden Ireland and ships on Atlantic routes, signaling via a precise cadence of beats and tones across the night.

Arlington Arlington Tower Naval Observatory

Death of John J. Hall Former Georgia Official

John J. Hall died at 12:40 am aged 72. Hall served as assistant attorney general under President Marree, was a judge in the Iran circuit court of Georgia, and held terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and the state Senate. Investigators had worked over a month without progress on the base theft case in Dixon, a city about 40 miles west of Yam Ville, with Browning, Mexwell, and Bailaré named among suspects. Leslie Fussell, a resident, was also linked to the case.

John J. Hall Beane T. Hall Marree Iran Circuit Court Georgia Haa Georgia House of Representatives State Tenate Dixon Sees Tion Yam Ville Browning Mexwell Bailaré Leslie Fussell Place

New Year's Greeting From The Item of Mobile

The Item extends best wishes to its readers and Mobile as 1913 begins with a prospect of notable advance. The city and trade territory are urged to pursue prosperity and progress in the moral and betterment of affairs.

Mobile United States Item

Castro declines to receive talks with United States

Exiled dictator Castro refuses further meetings with U.S. officials. He expresses anger over his detention on Elila Island and repeats wishes to avoid return, stating first that he will not engage with German steamer authorities.

Mets United States

In the City of Hernoon See Me Trotha Bay Ad

A clipped local item notes a Bay area advertisement visible in Hernoon city sections. The notice mentions a specific location and a sales pitch or service offer framed as a community notice. No dates or prices are included in the readable text.

Hernoon

Three Drunken Men Cause Panic in Cincinnati Church

A disordered report describes three intoxicated intruders armed with revolvers entering a church in Newport Kentucky during a service. Parishioners confronted the rioters and restrained them until authorities arrived, ending the disturbance without serious injury.

Cincinnati Obig Jan Corpus Mees Newport

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Gov Alabamian Army Congress High Court Executive Brilliant Dixon, Tenn Vba New Pest SS Lucky Thirteen OV. Wsom Ecg Gastro Metl Dana Frederic Wrath
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