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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1913
Page
9
Greenwich, January 13. John OHar a Cosgrove editor of the New York World and twice divorced wed Jessica Gar retson Finch head of the Finch school for young ladies in New York City.
Legal notice describes a mortgage sale starting at the northeast corner of Wilkinson and Conti streets. It details a 74 by 44 foot parcel to satisfy the indebtedness secured by the mortgage, with Eddie Lord as mortgagee and L H etc as attorneys. Auctioneer P J Doyle is listed. Date 1:6-13-20.
A terse adage notes that a man's misdeeds will not remain concealed as long as his wife’s. The phrase implies wife and husband moral scrutiny differ in perceived immediacy.
The Senate prepared to take final action on Judge Robert W. Archbald's thirteen impeachment charges. A two thirds vote on any count would remove him from office and ban future public service. The case dates back to investigations starting in 1912 into railroad favors and coal property deals.
Brown county Sheriff Peter Van Vergh was sentenced to thirty days in the house of correction by Federal Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger for contempt. The case centers on alleged permissive practices that allowed U S prisoners city freedom and to travel home while in Green Bay.
In the Law and Equity Court of Mobile the October Term 1912 order directs Charles W. Stacey to plead answer or demur by February 6, 1913 or be confessed. Notice to be published weekly for four weeks in The Mobile Item. CARL HOLZBORN, Ex-Officio Register. Also notice of license application to sell liquors at retail by William Edward Rodgers for 361 353 North Royal and Adams street corner building.
Secretary Stimson rejects Chicago sanitary district request to divert 10,000 cubic feet per second from Lake Michigan, citing risk to Great Lakes navigation and harbor levels. He notes congressional authorization needed and Canada’s interests, with potential 4.8 to 12 inch drop in water levels and billions in harbor expenditures at stake.
New York January 13 suffrage leaders outline plans for a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall on February 17 to survey the national movement. Dr Anna Howard Shaw predicts several state legislatures will act this year with Michigan a sure passage as voting reforms sweep the country. She notes strong directives in South Dakota Tennessee Maine Missouri Montana and optimism in Kentucky and Virginia.
The steamship Uranium ran aground ten miles below Halifax in fog. All passengers were saved and landed safely at Halifax overnight. Rescue came from Chebucto Head and the government steamer Lady Laurier. the bow is damaged and hold No 1 is flooded.
New York advices from the Uranium Steamship Company report the stranded vessel's holds are dry except hold No 1 with seven feet of water. Messages say the ship is not in danger if weather stays fair and winds moderate, with a potential to be pulled free at the hoon unless wind worsens.
Police probe Sunday postoffice burglary in Waco Texas after a small boy reports. About 200000 in draft and money orders found scattered in the lobby. An 18 year old youth is suspected of rifling mailboxes Saturday night. most paper interest recovered, little money secured.
A fragmented verse collage extols painting as life’s true arc. The speaker urges action now, valorizes art, and promotes Parkis paints as a moral force beyond war and fate in a broad, exhortative tone.
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