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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1913
Page
6
Miss Addie Forrest, a striking telephone operator, sues Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co for 10 000 in punitive damages over an alleged assault at the Cabany exchange. The incident followed a demonstration before the Bell company HQ in St. Louis with 150 striking girls reported out by union officials.
Panama reports the death today of Facundo Mutis Duran an eminent Panaman jurist who served as Panama’s governor at secession from Colombia and was the first chief justice of the canal zone supreme court He also held the post of secretary of foreign nations at one time.
W O Henry of Waco Texas met with Kirkman O Neal son of the governor while returning home from Annapolis. Henry graduates June 6 and will enter naval service in July for a long cruise. O Neal resigned due to eye trouble.
Thomas W. Walsh ex police captain died at his Harlem home after months of poor health. His public confession helped convict grafting inspectors Murtha Thompson Hussey and Sweeny, who are now imprisoned. He testified at trials but did not recover.
Ill health from a hunger strike led to the release of Laura Geral dine Lennox, former editor of the Suffragette, who had been sentenced to six months by the central criminal court on June 17 for conspiring to damage property.
Col G J Hubbard of Troy and Lieut Col J M Maddox of Mobile in conference with Adjutant General J B Scully. Maddox said we are waiting to catch Theo Lacy as summer encampments are discussed.
A. P. report from Washington notes South America has rapidly increased U S machinery purchases. Over the past decade the region's imports grew 440 percent while world growth was 173 percent. U S shipments rose from five million dollars in 1902 to twenty seven million last year.
The motorboat Tocsam, owned by William Mulford of Ocean City, New Jersey, finished first off Bay Ridge Brooklyn at 4 02 am earning the Crescent Athletic Club trophy for the Bermuda return race. Barbara II finished at 9 24 pm but could not win with less than an eleven hour margin. The two boats had competed in the Philadelphia Bermuda race and left Hamilton for the return at 6 27 Tuesday evening. The Dream, winner of the Bermuda race, did not take part in the return.
Venusiano Carranza chief of the Constitutionalist forces in Mexico telegraphed his agents that H Rippeteau and Henry Crompton two Americans held as Huerta spies would be released on American soil at Eagle Pass today.
Dr Hobson s Eczema Ointment relieves itching burning redness and rashes. Bath Illinois man claims twenty five years of eczema cured after trying the ointment. Formula of a physician used for years. Availability from druggists or by mail. Price 50 cents. Pfeiffer Chemical Co Philadelphia and St Louis Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
A party of about fifteen boys leaves Mobile Saturday for Palmetto Beach to join the Y M C A junior encampment for the second division. Parents accompany them for the weekend with four Citronelle campers joining Saturday afternoon. Educational Secretary F O Immler and daughter return from the camp. G W Staples of Birmingham also returns after teaching marksmanship. Visitation included a Bon Secour river moonlight launch ride.
Sewanee board of regents issues resolutions denying involvement in criticism of the Vanderbilt board of trust regarding the Carnegie gift to Vanderbilt University’s medical department. They state the gift gives Vanderbilt supreme control of medical education in Nashville and blocks Sewanee from establishing a local medical college as planned. The regents disavow any connection to adverse criticism.
Eleven injured when a sleeping car on Mobile and Ohio train No 2 jumped a broken rail at Laketon Kentucky noon Friday. The Pullman conductor and a negro porter not expected to survive. Named injured include Joseph Nixon and Mary Nixon of Mobile Alabama Mrs H R Hanson and daughter Merlin also hurt. Miss Mary Nixon described as most seriously injured with possible brain concussion.
Blue Ridge Springs in Botetourt County Virginia near the summit of the noble range of mountains opens on the Norfolk and Western Railroad line. Phil A Brown announces the new spring as a destination for travelers and visitors seeking the spa waters.
Quitman Mississippi witnesses a powerful wind storm last night unroofing several houses and felling trees and fences. No injuries reported though standing timber sustains substantial damage.
A waterspout was observed today in Panama Bay with no damage to shipping reported. The brief weather event caused no injuries or disruption to harbor activity.
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