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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1914
Page
6
On the death of A F Hooks, father in law of R G Gordon, Recorder Edington was absent from court Wednesday afternoon with Bart B Chamberlain presiding in his place.
Dave Sparks of the Negro Reform School at Mt. Meigs Alabama visited the city and took custody of Robert Cunningham embezzlement convict W B Fritz petit larceny convict and C Gordon grand larceny convict from the inferior criminal court. The youths will stay at the reform school until they reach 18.
The United States civil service commission announced an open competitive examination for a rural mail carrier position in Irvington Alabama. The salary ranges from 484 to 1000 dollars yearly depending on the length of the route.
An ad touts Ely's Cream Balm to relieve nasal congestion and headache from catarrh or cold. It claims instant nose and throat opening, improved breathing, and rapid symptom fade by morning, urging readers to buy a small bottle at any drug store.
Pietro Giambruno son of a Palermo noble family received the maximum nine years and six months in Sing Sing after his attorney argued he was a count. Judge Mulqueen wished for a heavier sentence upon learning his status. He is the second of six bomb plotters to be jailed.
The case of Thomas M. Walker an Atlanta architect arrested Tuesday afternoon by detectives Murphy and Lacey on a dangerous and suspicious charge was continued until Friday when he appeared before Recorder Chamberlain Wednesday afternoon. It is alleged Walker passed several bad checks in Mobile and Citronelle two of them to Mrs J J Hays and Mrs W B Wood.
Secretary Bryan will visit Santiago Chile in September for the Pan American conference. He plans to travel down the west coast visiting Peru and later the east coast including Argentina Uruguay and Brazil. President Wilson approved the plan and John Barrett is authorized to attend the conference in his stead.
An Associated Press report from St John s Quebec states that in St Johns Iberville and Labrevers county about 2000 of 7000 residents are ill with mild typhoid. Royal Canadian Dragoons affected militia investigates. Early diagnosis is hard with grippe often mistaken. Several deaths reported and isolation difficult. Water and milk supplies blamed. Factories short handed and business crippled.
In Chicago on March 5 Willie Hoppe defeated George Slosson 500 to 35 in the 18.2 balk line event. Hoppe ran seven innings with a high run of 216 and an average of 71 3-7 to Slosson’s 5. In the afternoon Koji Yamada beat C Demarest 500 to 414 in 28 innings with a high run of 50 while Demarest had 60.
The Peoples Bowling Alley at 162 Conti street has new management, with M. M. Letts taking over from Robert J. McCleery. A tenpin tournament is planned for March 12 with four teams of three men each and handsome prizes. A duckpin tournament will also be held and bowlers are urged to call for information.
Johnny Evers arrived in Macon and joined the Boston Nationals on the practice field along with Cuban players Luque Villazon and Gonzales and pitchers Hoge Spring Blood and System Cleanser. The report mixes sports note with an unrelated patent medicine pitch about Electric Bitters.
E Morris Fergusson of Philadelphia proposed diplomas for Sunday school study efficiency with graded levels and six year courses at the Religi ous Educational Association conference in New Haven. John L Alexander warned of excessive Sunday school organizations while a feather found in a smoker’s cigar hinted at unseen factory chickens.
Philadelphia women report relief from displacement inflammation and backache after six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonials from Mrs. Harry Fisher and Mrs Abril Lawson praise improved health, energy, and daily work capability.
Texas Governor O B Colquitt said he wired federal authorities in Nuevo Leon Mexico for the requisition of Apolonio Rodriguez and five Mexicans charged with the kidnapping of American Clemente Vergara. He said he will push to protect Americans in Texas amid alleged foreign acts. Officials have indicated Vergara may have been executed by Mexican federals after his disappearance weeks earlier.
New York on March 5 Devotees of the tango and other dances waited as police did not close bars at 1 AM. Mayor Mitchel clarified the action came from his office and there was a misunderstanding of orders. He said closings would not continue and he did not intend to pursue last adminstration measures.
This ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a harmless cure for headache biliousness sour stomach and constipation due to a torpid liver and sluggish bowels. It urges readers to buy the genuine 50 cent bottle and warns of counterfeit fig syrups in the city.
A resident announces candidacy for the Senate in Mobile County subject to Democratic primaries and asks all county citizens for their support.
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