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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1913

Page

3

Weather Forecast for Southern Baseball Nights

Sweltering weather and cloudless skies are promised for the Nashville Montgomery series and the Atlanta game. Fleharty and Brown start for Nashville Montgomery with Gibson and Donahue catching. Price Brenton Chapman Angermier are the battery for Smiths Crackers as they face Atlanta in New Orleans.

Brown Fleharty Montgomery Associated Press Ala Gibson Donahue

Turtles Aim For Eighth Victory In Chattanooga Series

Memphis team seeks a eighth straight win in the third game of the current series with Chattanooga. Merritt and SneH likely battery for Memphis. Sommers and Street to pace Chattanooga. Weather clear and warm.

Turtles Memphis Tenn Chattanooga Merritt Sneh Sommers Street

Horse Fright Triggers Rider Injury In City Streets

Clifford H. Stallworth’s horse bolted after a wheel came off a buggy Friday night. He was thrown and injured. The animal led riders past St. Louis and Royal to St. Francis Street and city sheds before being controlled. Police later investigated a gunfire incident near Cody Hotel with two men seen nearby.

Clifford H. Stallworth L. Demiert Crescent News and Hotel Company Charleston Street Cody Hotel Revn Tod

Jacob Hauser Paroled by Governor ONeal

News from Montgomery reports Jacob Hauser, a Plateau store keeper convicted of violating prohibition laws and sentenced to four months hard labor on the roads, has been paroled by Governor ONeal to be at his ailing wife’s bedside. Another prohibition charge remains on his docket.

Mobile Montgomery Jacob Hauser Plateau Interor Supreme Court O’neal Hauser

Indictments Allege Ballot Tampering in Cook County

A Chicago grand jury indicted precinct election officials David Rose Joseph Gordon Charles Baraney and Thomas Geary for altering ballots to favor Maclay Hoyne Peter Bartzen and Leland S Rapp as the election outcome was challenged in the Cook County fraud probe.

Associated Press Chicago Grand David Rose Joseph Gordon Charles Baraney Thomas Geary Maclay Hoyne Peter Bartzen Leland S. Rapp

Daubert Tops NL Batting Chances As At Bats Lead

Daubert of the Brooklyn Dodgers is hailed by friends as the premier NL batting candidate. They argue he has more at bats and more hits than leaders with higher averages, reflecting his heavy play and counting his prominence in the season. Mrs Colburn Captures Western Golf Title Over Miss Pearce In Beverly Final 2 1. Carrie Lee Reaches Semis From Evanston But Falls To Colburn 7 6

Jake Daubert Brooklyn Dodgers Daubert Brooklyn Colburn Associated Press Chicago Clem View Ernestine Pearce Calumet Beverly Carrie—Lee Vanston Chit Kansas City

Neal honors two Mobilian delegates to Good Roads event

Governor O Neal appointed twenty Alabama delegates to represent the state at the United States Good Roads Association convention in St Louis November 10 15. The list includes H K Milner Mobile Birmingham John Craft Mobile J A Rountree Birmingham N C Winn Birmingham M B Wellborn Anniston F N Gulledge Verbena W B Edmondson Anniston W E Skeggs Decatur George H Parker Cullah Dix(?) Deason Clanton D Bloch Mobile Vv Atkins Selma Judges Daniel Greene and W L Grubb Birmingham Hugh McGeever Birmingham W P G Harding Birmingham Robert Rawls Athens M P Campbel Florence and others.

Montgomery Ala Alabama United States Good Roads Association St. Louis O'Neal H. K. Milner Birmingham John Craft Mobile John W. O'Neil J. A. Rountree N. C. Winn M.B. Wellborn Anniston F. N. Gulledge Verbena W. B. Edmondson W. E. Skeggs Decatur George H. Parker Cullah Déason Clanton J. D. Bloch Vv. B. Atkins Selma Daniel Greene W. 1L. Grubb Hugh McGeever W. P. G. Harding Robert Rawls Athens M. P. Campbel Florence

Foley Kidney Pills Endorsement Sparks Price Concern

A reader from Sneffles California warns that substitutes offered for Foley Kidney Pills are for dealer profit not patient benefit. The letter claims Foley pills cost more but deliver better results than other kidney and bladder medicines citing rheumatism relief as proof.

Foley A. J. Walsh Sneffles Calif Foley Kidney Kantwerp- Drug Corporation

NOOGA PRISONER MAY BE DRISCOLL

A white man calling himself Albert L D Cammeyer is jailed in Chattanooga accused of robbing a Green Cove Florida post office. Police say description matches Albert Driscoll, a former Alabama safe blower jailed in Montgomery and later pardoned. If the Chattanooga prisoner is Driscoll, the revelation would be shocking.

Montgomery Ala Uly. N Albert Driscoll Alabama Chattanooga Albert LD. Cammeyer Green Cove Fla Taylor Driscoll Chet Taylor Cammeyer J. E. Russell Hirscher Brothers O'Neal Flat Top Florida Russell North

Eastern Poloists Open Series at Point Judith

The Point Judith polo club hosts a four week championship opening with senior junior and open events. Teams include Milburn Waterbury Wodehouse and Agasiza from international polo, plus Rockaway with Stoddard. Handicap matches start today ahead of Monday’s Overture cup openers.

Associated Press Nakaraganseay Pier Nat Point Judith Bast Uanited States Army Vevereaux Milburn J. M. Waterbury Lord Wodehouse Kaxgland K. L. Agasiza Isustun Paint Judith Rockaway L. Bk. Stoddard Lay

American aid story from Kiang-Si unfolds at Kuling pass

An extraordinary dispatch from Kiu-Kiang in Kiang-Si describes Mro Dutt, storekeeper at Kuling mission, seeking a pass to deliver provisions to foreign residents. The northern general’s secretary refused a British card, then an American introduction helped obtain the pass.

Associated Press Shanghai Kiu-Kiang Kiang-Si Mro Dutt Kuling Dult Duff

James Garrard White Dies At 67 Longtime KSU Faculty

James Garrard White vice president of Kentucky State University and last living founder faculty member died yesterday at age sixty seven. He served the university for forty five years shaping its early history.

Lexington James Garrard White Kentucky State University

Virginia and Southern Railway mortgage for rolling stock

Bristol records show the Virginia and Southern Railway Company mortgaged 500000 plus to Bankers' Trust Company of New York for rolling stock to handle growing traffic. The loan funded three Mikado locomotives and 445 hopper bottom coal cars, with 100 built by Lenoir Car Works and the rest by Pressed Steel Car Company.

Associated Press Bristol, Tenn Bristol Virginia and Southern Railway Company Bankers’ Trust Company New York Lenoir Car Works Lenoir Tenn Pressed Steel Car Company

Oysterman Fined for Illegal Dredging in Alabama

William Williams an oysterman was fined 100 and costs in city court after a jury found he dredged in prohibited territory in violation of Alabama oyster laws. Francis J Inge leading for the state with assist from N R Clarke. Also D H Jones fined 10 and costs for selling oysters without a license.

William Williams Alabama Francis J. Inge Alabama Oyster Commission N. R. Clarke Williams D. H. Jones Inferior Criminal Court

McCormick Declares Cook County Bankrupt

Chicago July 19 President McCormick of the Cook County board said the county is bankrupt. He put the county debt at 2,317,000 dollars with no assets to cover the deficit, noting annual appropriations based on tax levy estimates exceeded actual revenues for several years.

Chicago Cook County McCormick

New Syringe Used for Transfusion at Northwestern General

Philadelphia July 19 A new blood transfusion method was shown at Northwestern General Hospital. Dr J Thompson Schell performed a 6 ounce transfusion from husband to wife using a specially made syringe to control blood amount and prevent air entry. Both patients recovered and wife improved.

Associated Press Philadelphia Northwestern General Hospital J. Thompson Schell Schell

Confessed Jewelry Thief Sentenced to Thirteen Months

William Beck, a young repair clerk, pleaded guilty to stealing 98 000 dollars worth of gems from Udall and Ballou on Fifth Avenue. He was sentenced yesterday to Elmyra Reformatory for not less than thirteen months after confessing when the gems were found in a salt container he checked at a Pennsylvania Railroad station.

Associated Press New York William Beck Fifth Avenue Udall and Ballou Elmyra Reformatory Beck Pennsylvania

King Leopold's Daughters Appeal Congo Reach

Princesses Louise and Stephanie, daughters of King Leopold, said they would appeal to the court of cassation against the Court of Appeals ruling that dismissed their claim to the Congo estate valued at 14 million dollars. They rejected a compromise from the justice minister.

Leopold Associated Press Brussels Belgium Louise Stephanie Court of Appeals Congo Justice

Denver newspaper executives indicted by Citizens Protective League

Four of Denver's daily newspaper executives were indicted on charges of publishing certain medicine advertisements in violation of state law. The Citizens Protective League filed the charges after framing recent pictures of bathing girls and reproducing the painting September Morn. The July 19 report attributes the action to the Citizens League.

Associated Press Denver Citizens Protective League

Local Police Court Fines For Vagrancy And Traffic Violations

Frank Brudin fined 10 dollars and costs or ten days hard labor plus twenty more in the recorder's court. Willie Shaw fined 2 dollars or four days for a traffic ordinance violation. Hattie Shannon fined 10 dollars and costs of ten days hard labor plus three months more, in Recorder Edington's court. John Moore discharged after defense showed he was at home. Bettie Barrister had alleged a razor attack. Also report of Thomas M Hulings found dead from gas in Baltimore. coroner cites ill health.

Frank Brudin Mabry and Conniff Recorder’s Court Willie Shaw Shaw William Chandler Hattie Shannon Southal O’brien Edington John Moore Bettie Moore Associated Press Baltimore Thomas M. Hulings Continental Trust Company

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