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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
1
Theodore Lacy surrenders after foiling officers for months. Montgomery judge refuses to reduce bail set at 92000 on three indictments. Lacy not yet ready to talk.
Lacy, absconding chief clerk of the Alabama convict element, surrendered and was denied bond reduction from 92000 to 25000 by Judge Armistead Brown. Four indictments charge embezzlement of 167000 of the state's funds. Lacy refused to unbosom himself, friends hint a statement after bond. Early trial urged, possibly next week.
Theodore Lacy, ex chief clerk of Alabama's convict bureau, surrendered to Montgomery authorities after facing more than $90,000 in embezzlement indictments. He arrived at the county jail with bondsmen and talked with reporters as Governor O Neal sent aides to monitor the case. He had disappeared from Montgomery in March amid a statewide search, and a $50,000 bond was posted with half a million dollars in sureties.
A Mobile booster cites Florida government data showing hillside county lands from $50 to $100 per acre and Mobile land at $10 to $25 per acre now, arguing the Mobile Fair will attract attention to pecan and citrus potential that could lift land values over $100 per acre. Central Committee members including M J McDermott and George Fearn Jr urge readers to read the fair story.
Jackson Mississippi January 30 The Hinds Rankin Medical Society almost all Jackson physicians join issues an edict banning druggists from prescribing for ailments over the counter. Patients with colds sore throats headaches tummy pains or other ills should not ask the druggist to provide remedies and will likely be refused.
At the state dairymen convention H J Credicott of Freeport said butter prices follow Chicago quotes not Elgin. He noted Argentina butter can enter the U S duty free for 28 1 2 cents a pound, so imports may rise when domestic prices exceed that. F F Rockwood of Danville won first in the butter contest with 94 83. Prizes in dairy cattle went to F J Karlen of Winslow and Carter & Sons of Freeport.
The battleships Virginia Rhode Island Nebraska and Georgia moved from Vera Cruz to Tampico while Connecticut and Kansas went to Vera Cruz. Rear Admiral Fletcher, in command, reported the changes to the navy department with no comment and officials called the moves insignificant.
The eight Central Coal and Coke Company mines at Hartford Huntington and Bonanza in Fort Smith Arkansas remain idle as a strike involving about one thousand miners continues with no negotiations seen. The strike has not caused disorders and both sides have not begun talks for a settlement.
Galveston Jan 30 efforts to float the Italian steamship Mongibello after it missed the harbor entrance began. The rudder was smashed during rough weather but no other damage was reported and officials believed the task would not be difficult.
A fire of unknown origin destroyed the Caldwell-Watson Machine and Foundry Plant in Birmingham, Alabama, causing extensive damage to the factory and surrounding area. No injuries reported as investigators begin assessment.
President Wilson nominated J Blocker Thornton to be postmaster at Mobile Alabama to succeed P D Barker. The report notes his Mobile bar career and prior roles, including vice chairman of Mobile county school board, with other nominations for Mississippi Louisiana Alabama Texas and Sylacauga.
In Peking on January 30 the American Red Cross was granted a year to raise 20 million dollars to fund a river Hwai control project. A formal agreement was signed by Paul S. Revisions, American minister to China, and Chinese officials. The plan envisions a five percent loan to raise funds for the work and to mitigate seasonal floods and property loss.
The state prison commission ordered an investigation of Fulton county convict camps after a grand jury hearing on misstatements of convicts. Clyde Thomason, head of the Adamsville camp, was suspended after being indicted on an assault with intent to murder charge.
William Clark of Columbus Mississippi, a noted local businessman, is in the city in the interest of Percy W Maer editor and publisher of the Columbus Dispatch, who is an applicant for an unspecified post.
The Senate voted 11 to 2 to ratify a group of twenty five arbitration treaties with Britain Japan and other nations. Four senators were absent. O Gorman and Alden Smith opposed. Affirmative votes came from Bacon Stone Shively Hitchcock Williams Swanson Pomerene SmithArizona Borah Sutherland and Burton had signaled support.
Memphis reports a 40 degree fall in 24 hours as sleet and heavy rain accompany a cold wave moving east. Low temperatures posted across North Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas with Fort Smith at 26 and other points in Oklahoma at 22. The city eased to 32 degrees today.
The foreign relations committee recommended renewal of all pending arbitration treaties. The House opened debate on the Burnett literacy test immigration bill. Senatorial testimony by Stanley before judiciary on trust bills. Louis D Brandeis urged uniform accounting for corporations before the commerce committee. Daniels continued testimony before the naval committee.
Dialog shows subscription status for circle contest entries. J K L notes advance payment still allows entry and extension. Jackson confirms local agent will continue home delivery. Jane W states no solution without cash. money with solution applies to subscription for The Item.
Duncan McDonald of Illinois charged Samuel Gompers with being gloriously drunk at the Seattle AFL convention. The provocation sparked uproar as Gompers denounced the claim as libel and left the hall before a Mines Council speaker could address the crowd.
United States Circuit Judge Elmer B. Adams approved Foreclosure of the Wabash railroad with a minimum bid of 34 million. Chester H. Krum was named special master to conduct the sale. Bidders must deposit 1.7 million in cash or 3.5 million in Wabash bonds. Equitable Trust Co. of New York, trustee for 41.9 million in bonds, supported the decree.
In Norfolk on January 30 a collision between the Merchant and Miners liner Nantucket and the Old Dominion liner Monroe caused 49 deaths, with 25 passengers and 24 crew lost while 85 aboard the two ships were saved or rescued. Survivors report rapid sinking within ten minutes after impact as alarms rang and passengers awoke to find the ship going down.
Norfolk reports ninety one aboard ships Monroe and Nantucket with eighty five survivors and forty nine dead. The Nantucket brings two bodies including Mrs. Thomas Harrington and Lieut Legrand B Curtis from the wreck, while husband Thomas Harrington recalls his rescue and his wife's D V.
In New York on January 30, Angelo Sylvestro 23 convicted as the leader of a blackhand gang that terrorized the East Side with bomb outrages. He was taken to the Tombs after verdict. a bystander taunted him and he vowed retaliation. Judge Rosalsky noted maximum possible punishment.
Captains Berry and Johnson steered through dense fog as both vessels neared a fatal collision. The Nantucket carried survivors to Norfolk aided by the Hamilton liner and the Onondaga cutter was to meet her. The Monroe was lost with repairs costing about 1 million dollars and one Norfolk passenger, Mrs Woods, aboard seeking her dying husband.
The Ma Theatrical Company, six members of which perished in the Monroe disaster, was sent out by William Wootton, now in Boston, as manager of the ton Theatre. It opened recently at Newport News.
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