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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1913
Page
10
General Orders No 16 from department headquarters require militia recruits to have 60 days of organized militia service and 14 instruction periods or prior service in the army navy marine corps or a recognized military institution before being paid at encampments. Encampments will not be open as vacations for new enlistments.
An ironic reflection on modern society notes that global demand seeks collective engagement yet offers limited personal reward, highlighting a tension between widespread interest and individual sacrifice. The piece underscores the paradox of shared ambitions and scarce recognition.
The Odd Fellows Building Association met Monday night to plan financing for improving Temperance Hall for use by the local lodge. Albert D. Bloch was re elected president and F H Thompson was elected vice president. J C Thompson was re elected treasurer and J W McCully secretary.
R. Be Daly local scout commissioner says a delegation of scouts will depart Mobile for Henderson Point on July 24 to stake off the grounds and arrange the encampment.
The prominent New York politician Big Tim Sullivan, once deemed hopeless after a European trip to regain health, has recovered and plans to reenter politics by November. The photo shows him amid renewed vigor after years of public charity to the poor.
A dispatch from Dothan reports Joe Hallstead a prominent young farmer was shot three times through the heart and killed by Bob Moon at Memphis Church six miles south of Dothan. Moon has been arrested. The brother Jasper Hallstead was involved in a prior dispute over a church escort. Deceased leaves a wife and one child.
Edward Horner a steeplejack from Granite City Indiana fell 110 feet from a smokestack to a steel roof. A bucket of tar followed the plunge and struck his head. He walked half a mile home despite badly bruised head and possible internal injuries. A physician said recovery possible if no internal damage develops. The rope broke while he was at the top preparing to paint.
General passenger agents and counsel of Western and Southwestern Railroads met in Chicago to revise interstate rates but adjourned without agreement. E. E. MacLeod, head of the Western Passenger Association, called another session for next week, noting daily meetings may be needed to finish tariff revisions by the May 1, 1914 deadline set by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Chief Crenshaw reported that H S Cohen, a negro, is under arrest in Meridian Mississippi and faces imminent sentence. Cohen is wanted in Mobile for stealing a typewriter from the Underwood Typewriter Company by posing as a doctor and buying the machine with 15 dollars cash and the rest on time.
Mulai Hafid, former sultan of Morocco who abdicated last year, visited the Vatican in Rome. He receives up to 0,000 yearly, and this marked a notable public appearance by the exiled monarch.
In Chicago Judge Sullivan rules that wives who insist on working after marriage burden their husbands and court life. Isabel Foley seeks divorce from Francis Foley claiming drunkenness while earning 18 dollars a week to his 24 dollars, with the judge granting alimony only when Foley works. Separately Judge McKinley considers Mary Burke’s separate maintenance case as Dennis Burke challenges custody of their two children.
Three people including a 17 year old girl were jailed or fined after petty thefts used to fund appearances. May Fitzgerald stole cosmetics from a store and was fined 50 dollars. George Odette admitted stealing clothing to secure future work and received a sentence. Stanley Wesschofski was sentenced to a year in the county jail for pocketing money from a hotel guest. Other suspects faced minor penalties or were released with warnings as police investigated missing items from a residence and a truckload of cigarettes.
Twenty copper mines in Calumet and nearby counties shut down as Western Federation of Miners declares a strike. Only 20 to 25 percent of workers belong to the union, yet operations halt due to demand for recognition, an eight hour day, abolition of the one man drill, and improved conditions.
The jury acquitted Louis Freeland of Grand Bay Alabama in the Mabee killing after about thirty minutes of deliberation. The defense argued self defense and said Freeland’s life had been threatened, a claim the jury reportedly believed after a day of argument.
Fire yesterday at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining New York destroyed the matron’s home the Pender carriage and tanker departments and the ice house causing an estimated loss of 150000. About 200 convicts aided in keeping flames from the prison proper while 1500 other inmates were moved to cells. The origin is unknown and no escapes occurred.
John X Thomas, state commander of the Knights of the Maccabees, will arrive in Mobile on Thursday morning to oversee initiation of a large class and to instruct the new degree team in ritual work. Local Sir Knights eagerly await his first visit as the organization expands.
George Lewis a 19 year old boy was severely injured when his bicycle was struck by Horace McGraws automobile on Conception between Dauphin and Conti streets. Lewis suffered two broken ribs and other injuries and was taken to Dr Winthrops office before being sent home. McGraw was arrested for reckless driving.
A clipped remark notes unusually warm conditions as a man repeatedly waives immunity, highlighting a political or legal protest context and tension over legal protections.
Starke July 23. Hersey Mitchell, a black man condemned for murder, was declared dead by the execution physicians and placed in his coffin. He revived and lived three hours after regaining consciousness, despite thirty eight minutes of apparent death. A Washington man who saved a girl from drowning last year is disappointed as she snubbed him, calling him foolish for the sentiment.
The text notes that suit work has expanded rapidly and continues to enlarge weekly, highlighting a trend of escalating legal or administrative tasks wthout specifying details.
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