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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1913
Page
9
Henry Price age seventy five died in Jackson Mississippi last night. He was part of one of the oldest triplets in the United States. His brothers were at his bedside including Price of this city and Mrs. Nancy Phillips of Pontot, Mississippi. The brothers were soldiers.
Republican members of the house committee investigating charges against Robert G. Valentine filed a minority report claiming the inquiry was instigated by J. R. rr. a former Indian service superintendent seeking revenge for his removal from office.
Montgomery Jan 4 An Alabama pickens county tax official asks the state tax commission whether he must enter infected districts to assess tax values as an epidemic of smallpox grows. Attorney General Brickell declines to weigh in on the law, advising only legal guidance while noting the disease is outside his department. The official cites over 100 cases in one locality and concern that mail could spread the disease.
Judge Gaston Gunter heard mandamus proceedings on whether creating an obligation equals spending money under a state highway law. The issue is if counties that do not spend all year’s state aid within two years lose further participation and if the unused funds revert to the general highway fund for distribution next year.
Whitelaw Reid longtime ambassador to Great Britain was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown after a funeral at the Cathedral of St John the Divine Attendees included President Taft Cabinet officers James Bryce and other notables from the United States and Britain Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton ex President Theodore Roosevelt and members of the Natal cruiser were present with military officials in attendance.
Will Thomas, condemned for uxorcide in Hale County, died by drinking carbolic acid in his cell. Governor O Neal directs Attorney General Brickell to file impeachment proceedings against Sheriff William Martin for criminal negligence. Prosecutors allege the sheriff handed the acid to the prisoner, aiding his suicide. post mortem noted the cause of death. The papers will be drawn and filed with the Supreme Court, and Sheriff Martin cited to show cause. Will Thomas’s murder case remains under appeal in the Hale County court system.
Governor O Neal led a party of state officials and business leaders on an inspection tour of the Coosa river power development at Lock No 12 eight miles from Clanton amid plans by an English syndicate backed by millions to develop inexhaustible water power in Alabama. The group was invited by Freeman Alabama Interstate Power Company vice president and general manager and would return to Montgomery tonight.
The Rockefeller fund outlines a plan to combat hookworm in Kentucky mountains. Breathitt county study shows 1,789 examined and 1,263 infected, highlighting widespread illness.
A cathedral service drew a crowd including Mr and Mrs John Hays Hammond Mrs John Hay Admiral and Mrs Dewey and General as Marines and Sailors await a special train at the station to take families to Tarrytown for the ceremony.
News of damage from the Jamaican hurricane of November continues. Mobile vessels Clara A. Phinney Georgiana Roop and Golden Rod were disabled but reached port. Largo Law fire damage reported. now safe at Havre. Clara A. Phinney slight damage with deck lumber loss. Golden Rod ashore near Cardenas and later reached port after deck load discharge. Georgiana Roop disabled and put into Key West.
Two cargoes of lumber for Cuba were shipped from Mobile by the Strathcona and Thomas B. Garland. The Karen arrived from Cuba and the Solheim from Rio de Janeiro to receive or discharge cargo. Strathcona sailed to Puerto Padre with 198,531 feet of pitch pine. Thomas B. Garland to Havana with 278,481 feet. Ravn and Harald bound for Puerto Cortez to load bananas for Mobile. Karen docked at Munson docks. Solheim to shift to Spanish River for ballast and later load lumber for South America.
Hartford January 4. Charles S. Mellen offers 10000 dollars to the inventor of a practical train stopping devise. The Connecticut public utilities commission has received many letters questions and models. A letter claims a solution by pouring lubricating oil on rails to let wheels spin without propelling the train.
Forecast calls for 24 degree protection for 36 hours on shipments moving north, with moderate temperatures expected to the east and west to ease transit disruptions.
Harvey Lee charged with burglary held off Cedar Rapids officers for about an hour at Marion county jail with a nitro glycerine bottle and a pistol. During the confrontation Officer Gillen was killed and Detective John Cook injured before Lee was overpowered. jail telephone lines were cut and explosions were heard.
Tokyo officials report the emperor intends to travel to Europe after his coronation next November. The monarch has long desired a royal voyage and aims to visit several European nations during the trip.
A low pressure system yesterday over Maryland now centers over Massachusetts and spans the Lake region and north Atlantic states bringing rain changing to snow and high winds up to 68 mph in New York. Winds also reach 30 mph at Ft Worth and 32 mph at Shreveport while a second low extends from Oklahoma to the south Pacific coast bringing warm southerly flow in the west Gulf. A high pressure area from the north Pacific to the upper Mississippi brings cold temperatures below zero in the northern Rockies as the West low moves eastward to bring Mobile warmer and rainy tonight or Sunday. Albert Aschenberger, Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
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