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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1913

Page

11

Uncle Sam pays Canal Zone rent in partial sum

The Associated Press reports Washington paid 250000 dollars to Panama as the first installment of annual Canal Zone rent. The payment is in addition to 10000000 dollars previously cash to be allocated between Panama and Colombia. Funds were handed to a William Nelson Cromwell representative, Cromwell acting as financial agent for the Panamanian government.

Associated Press Washington Panama Canal’ Zone Colombia William Nelson Cromwell

American Refugees Arrive at Galveston

Associated Press reports 185 American refugees arrived in Galveston aboard the Norwegian steamship Texas from Vera Cruz and Tampico. A quarantine boat will be kept ready until July 29. no passengers will disembark before that date.

Associated Press Galveston Tex Exas Vera Cruz Tampico

Successful Summer School at Varsity

University of Alabama summer school for teachers closed after the largest session in history. Enrollment reached 562, up 82 from the previous record with 177 men and 385 women. Counties represented covered most of Alabama and Southeast states except South Carolina.

University Ala University Summer School Alabama Southeast South Carolina

Vagrant Habitual Drunkard Fined In Recorder Court

James O Bannon a white man was fined ten dollars or ten days in jail plus three months more after a vagrancy charge. He is described as an habitual drunkard and has prior records. Leon Dennis a Negro was sentenced to six months hard labor for securing clothing from a pressing club under false pretenses with appeal noted and bond set at two hundred fifty dollars. John Simonsen a white man labeled dangerous was ordered examined for his physical condition after being found asleep in a wagon. Anna Gatlin and Cleve Gatlin both Negroes faced disorderly conduct and drunkenness charges from a family fight and were fined five dollars or ten days each.

James O’bannon Edington O'Bannon Recorder Leon Dennis Hugh Rice Recorder’s Court John Simonsen Joseph Lacey Simonsen Theater Street Anna Gatlin Cleve Gatlin

Ministerial Crisis Threatens Peru After Arrests

Augusto Ligua former president of Peru and his son were arrested after a riot at the Ligua residence in Lima. Six people were wounded by shots from the house during the violence, and the crowd threatened to attack the residence. The incident likely to provoke a ministerial crisis.

Associated Press Lima Peru Augusto Ligua Ligua

Mass meeting planned to test Chicago school chief resignation

Chicago women organize a large rally at the Auditorium theater to challenge Mrs Elia F Young’s decision to quit as Chicago public schools superintendent. Jane Addams calls the resignation a calamity and urges removal of opposition. Young cites relief from indefiniteness in her resignation letter.

Associated Press Chicago Elia F. Young Young Board of Education Auditorium Theatre

Harland, Fjell and Belize Arrive With Banana Cargoes

Notes of port activity show Harald arriving from Puerto Cortez with 13 000 banana bunches and Fjell bringing 16 500 bunches for Hubbard Zemurray. Belize sails for Belize and Barrios with lumber and merchandise as Siam and others load or depart. River traffic on Tombigbee and Alabama rivers forecasts slight rise.

Harald Monsen The Fruit Dispatch Company Puerto Cortez Fijell Johannessen Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company Belize Hansen Puerto Barrios New Orleans Siam Turner- Hartwell Docks Clara C. Scott Isabella de Sagua Cuba Nor B. H. Nor Fort Gaines Knudsen Bocas del Toro Pan Aronsen Rio de Janeiro Braz Puerto Cortez Fjell Per Br. Schr Yellow Pine Y Nor

Weather Data Reports Warm Showers Across Regions

Showers and warm summer temperatures accompany a high pressure system over the East Gulf and South Atlantic states. A low barometer area brings showers to the North Atlantic coast and warm winds to the middle Atlantic coast, with Washington D C reaching 94. Abilene Texas tops 192 degrees. Calm to pleasant conditions persist in the Lake region and Ohio valley with cooler air moving in. Showers expected for Mobile tonight or Saturday. Albert Ashenberger Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.

East Gulf South Atlantic States Arizona Arkansas West Gulf States Abilene Tex North Atlantic Coast Middle Atlantic Coast Washington, D

Mrs Hudson Advocates Intervention Over 84 Killed Listed

The wife of the Mexican Herald owner in Mexico City says a list at the American embassy two months ago documented 84 Americans killed in the fighting, now reportedly over 100. She urges U S recognition or intervention and is staying in New York with her children.

Mexican Herald Mexico City Hudson Huerta New York

Would-Be death by own action resists rescuers in Alabama

Mitchell Morgan aged about 20 from Baldwin Georgia bought four cocaine bottles and two needles in Montgomery. He attempted suicide on a vacant Finley avenue lot, was found bleeding from needle punctures, resisted officers, and was taken to jail where sedatives were given. Doctors say he will recover after being released from the recorder's court prior to the incident.

Montgomery Ala Mitchell Morgan Baldwin Finley Avenue Morgan Recorder's Court

Deaths and Funerals for Howerton Lewis Barry

Burial notices report the funeral of Heziah Howerton on the east Marine Street residence with Rev Brown officiating and Pine Crest Cemetery interment. Thomas Kelly Lewis dies from a Mississippi City freight-train accident and is buried at Magnolia Cemetery with Rev Dunne presiding. Miss Ellen Barry’s funeral from her sister’s home and St. Vincent’s Church ends at Catholic Cemetery with pallbearers named.

Hezkiah Howerton Heziah Howerton Marine Street Florida Rev Br. Brown Crichton Pine Crest Cemetery Messrs A. A. Summers S. P. Summers W. M.jones M. Haley Jesse Milstead Charles Ligier Thomas Kelly Lewis Mississippi City Miss Bay Shell Road J. W. Dunne Magnolia Cemetery Robert Hagan Harry Hagan, Jr Ed Lee Arthur Wiaitters James Watters Miss Ellen Barry Margaret Burns South Jefferson Street St. Vincent's Catholic Church Father Hourican J. M. Moore W. E. Rogers V. Bride D. P. Burns T. J. Burns Pat J. Burns

Permanence of Bright's Disease Claims in Fulton’s Compound

Advertises Fulton’s Renal Compound for Bright's Disease claiming permanent recovery in many cases. Cites R. M. Wood case from San Francisco with 12 year follow up and notes widespread reported progress. Promotes purchase at Van Antwerp Drug and offers a pamphlet from John J. Fulton Co, San Francisco.

Bright Fulton R. M. Wood Wine and Spirit Review San Francisco Cal Santa Barbara van Antwerp John J. Fulton Co Adv

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