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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1913
Page
8
Louis Newton was arrested by Birmingham detectives after a Thursday night chase. He confesses to seventeen burglaries tied to a series of East Lake robberies. Goods valued at about $1,000 were recovered from his home.
A reflective essay argues petty pilfering harms the thief more than the victim. It compares youthful fascination with stolen fruit to modern small thefts note paper hotel pins and toiletries. It warns self respect justice and moral soul are at stake and urges deep self examination.
At Hutchinson Kansas a depot dispute ended a planned transfer of field hands to St John for 2 50 a day. Farmers from nearby counties urged workers to Ellinwood offering better pay while a St John recruiter protested. A Barton county farmer raised the offer to three dollars and fried chicken but about thirty men chose Ellinwood.
Dr. John H. Cook of Laurel Mississippi died Friday night at 7 o clock in a local infirmary after several weeks illness. He was 59 and a native of Mississippi. He is survived by his wife and two daughters and other Mississippi relatives.
Atlanta July 19 Mrs D D McCall former head of Georgia Motor Company returns to husband after two years apart to nurse him through a grave illness at Wesley Memorial Hospital. She recounts separation over his attentions to a stenographer and says she still loves him and will stay if he recovers. She also explains finances suffered as she tended him and runs a real estate business.
Chicago financiers met to aid the American Waterworks and Guarantee Company after the Pittsburg Kuhn bank failure. Ralph Van Vechten said bankers hope to place the company on a solid basis and remove it from receivers, with Chicago men likely providing the necessary funds. The firm controls waterworks in over eighty cities.
The First National Bank of LaFayette Georgia failed due to a large funds shortage. Acting Comptroller Thomas P. Kane appointed Thomas C. Dunlap as temporary receiver. Losses are not yet known but the issue will be reported to the Justice Department. The bank's capital and surplus of 58 500 is entirely wiped out.
Reward offered for the cream mare described as having a black stripe down the back. Return to Wm. Evans, 204 agent. Also an illustrated Moler College catalogue claims to teach barber trade and hairdressing with free mail, New Orleans La.
International News Service reports artist Hopkinson Smith staying at the Hotel Crillon in London and sketching from a taxi. He plans Thackeray sketches for autumn book form and work on Dickens drawings this year before trips to Normandy Trouville Venice Rome and Florence to see Thomas Nelson Page new ambassador. He defends tipping as welcome and cheerful service and recalls White Hart Inn hospitality.
A tornado like storm moved through central Florida between Lakeland and Palatka. Wires were knocked down south of Palatka and small buildings and plate glass windows suffered damage. Communications were cut off and Palatka reports indicate heavier losses may follow.
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