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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1913
Page
2
Mexico awards another contract to Yatsuji Company Limited for 65,000 carbines and 10,000,000 seven millimeter rounds. Weapons to be produced at a Tokyo factory for the Mexican army. General Aurelio Blanquet signs the deal with Yutaka Oguri.
Officer Noah Harris Jr. was injured when his motorcycle hit a buckled pavement on Government Street near Ann Street Saturday night. He suffered facial and hand bruises and cuts but remained on duty for the rest of the night. motorcycle was only lightly damaged.
Unknown burglars entered Hickey and Lyons men’s furnishing store on Dauphin Street Friday night and took shirts socks tiles and other men’s wear. Police were notified Saturday and an investigation is under way.
President Wilson acts as party leader in a letter released by Otto Wittpenn of Jersey City. Wilson favors Governor Fielder over Wittpenn, citing the risk to the Progressive movement and urging unity within the party.
The article notes improving U S trade in June with record exports and smaller imports. Steel mills and textiles show strong activity while collections lag and inventories rise. Monetary relief lowers loan rates to 6 percent with collateral. bankers push reform to avert a future crisis. In Europe militarism strains economies while gold movements and stock markets ease. Mexico’s unrest looms but rail and construction labor issues ease as grain and cotton yields promise wealth.
J B Turner of 513 Dauphin Street devised a bicycle mounted carriage for towing small children. The seat sits on a frame with bicycle wheels and a swivel hook keeps upright. Turner, Turner Supply Company employee, built it in spare time and also invented a rolling-vehicle speed register with a patent pending.
The Dairymen's Institute organized July 11 by City Health Officer Dr. Charles A. Mohr and Chief Milk Inspector Dr. F R Harsh reports progress after two Mobile meetings. The group promotes pure milk, explains the city milk ordinance, and demonstrates germ reduction between open and closed milk pails.
A clash over Paul Chabas’s September Morn inflames Chicago and Philadelphia as stores display the painting. Citizens and officials debate decency while anti vice groups, students, and cops react with mixed alarms and defense of art.
G. E. Glover was arrested at Mrs. Pope's home after posing as Uwanta Pressing Club representative. Three of five recovered suits were pawned goods. a gold watch and several checks tied to prior offenses are suspected in the case. Police note Glover's earlier New Orleans arrest and ongoing investigations by detective Warren Burch and Uwanta Club officials.
Willie Meyers, five, son of E. C. Meyer, was hit by an automobile owned by J. T. Schley at the Dauphin and Scott streets intersection on Friday afternoon. The front of the car struck him. his collar bone and an arm were broken. He was resting easily Saturday night. No arrest was made.
The Daly Brothers Grocery Company cake baking contest closed Friday with first prize to Miss Mildred Simpson, second to Mrs J P Weinacker, third to Mrs Dan Drago, and fourth to Agnes McGetrick. About two hundred attendees heard the winner names as Cr G Adcox praised the event noted for sixty six cakes entered.
The United States weighs action as European powers urge restraint in Mexico amid ongoing disorders. Secretary Bryan asks Congress not to repeal the March 14 1912 neutrality laws governing arms shipments while Ambassador Wilson is slated to brief committees on conditions in Mexico. President Wilson aims to use the neutrality law as leverage in the Mexican conflict.
Secretary Bryan refrains from comment while Senator Bacon questions the Wilson interview with irony. Rep Frank Clark denounces Huerta rule in Mexico, calling recognition criminal and citing murderer claims and reliable reports challenging Wilson’s view of Huerta’s ability to govern stably.
Brief item notes a location at the northeast corner of St Joseph and State Streets with two phones listed.
Assessments Nos. 320 321 are due by July 31 or suspension will occur. Harrison Mutual Burial Association offers one hundred dollars protection in case of death. Members urged to form personal committees and recruit new members.
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