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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
3
The New Jersey state board of health approved sale of four year old frozen eggs once deemed unfit. An expert testified they remain fit for food and the board tasted custard, cakes, and ice cream made from the eggs at the state laboratory.
Danville Alabama July 30 Former Speaker Joseph G Cannon and his daughter Mrs E X Lesevre were unharmed after their automobile ran off a ten foot embankment into a shallow lake at Springhill cemetery. The chauffeur failed to brake at a sharp turn and the car landed right side up. Both occupants waded to shore.
H W Sheridan vice president and general superintendent of the Louisiana lines of the Southern Pacific resigned by wire from Lafayette to W B Scott president of Sunset Central Lines Scott was in New Orleans on business Guy Hopkins was appointed acting general superintendent in place of Sheridan
Tobias Michael Carel Asser, a member of the permanent court of arbitration and the Dutch Council of State and Nobel Peace Prize recipient in 1911, died yesterday at the age of seventy five in The Hague.
Secretary McAdoo announced that wood pulp and paper from Russia will not be admitted free of duty under MFN, as the US Russia treaty was abrogated. The treasury will apply MFN to Norway, Austria-Hungary, and Germany for now, while considering Sweden Belgium Finland Newfoundland England and Denmark. The decision may cost the US about 3 million dollars in duties already collected.
A historical health ad touts Kickapoo Worm Killer candy lozenge to expel intestinal worms in children. It claims symptom relief and restored health, with a testimonial from Mrs. J. A. Brisbin of Elgin Illinois. The product is offered by Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. and Van Antwerp Drug Co. priced at 25 cents.
Dynamite was used in an early morning attempt to blow up the Quinndaro pumping station flow line carrying Kansas City Kan water. Mrs Katherine Burke claims the line crosses her property and has resisted the city for years. A 24 inch main remained intact after the blast, though nearby houses shook from the explosion.
Senator Johnston of Alabama introduced a bill in Washington offering a $100,000 reward for an effective practical remedy to end boll weevil ravages. The pest has attacked Western cotton states and now threatens Alabama and the Eastern states. From his own viewpoint the most unreasonable man is fair.
Washington officials announce a new policy granting a perpetual water power permit to International Power Manufacturing for a Pend Oreille river project with up to 350 million horsepower. A 6 cent per kilowatt hour minimum charge aims to protect consumers while promoting low rates for targeted uses and fair government compensation.
Creditors of Princess Louise of Belgium announce they will wait for settlement if one third of her debts are paid now. The eldest daughter of the late King Leopold reportedly travels to Brussels to seek royal intervention. Her alleged debts total about $3.2 million, while her estate is valued near $1 million.
The Duchess Anna Gould of New York writes the Giornale D Italia that the Rota Tribunal ruling annul ling her marriage to Count Bont de Castellan was issued without her opportunity to defend. She appeals to block his remarriage from affecting their two sons and notes a Rome postponement of the appeal ruling to November.
The True Source of Beauty claims good health is essential for beauty. It cites sallow skin and facial blemishes caused by impurities in food and links to headaches backache languor nervousness and depression. It advises use of a remedy when needed.
Bardwell Ky July 30 Miss May Copeland and Lucien Turk were held without bail for the alleged murder of Hugh Atchison a wealthy farmer killed last Saturday. Hostile feeling runs high and Turk will be jailed in Paducah while Copeland is to Wickliffe county. Copeland Turk fiancée and she says she ran Atchison because he wronged her.
Fifteen Hindus from Manila were arrested on the arrival of the steamship Persia at Angel Island San Francisco. They will be deported on the next outgoing steamer under a ruling by Commissioner General of Immigration Caminetti. The ruling states that entering aliens do not gain the right to stay in the United States and that aliens admitted to a possession but ineligible for admission may be excluded.
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