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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
2
Advert reads Jacobs Liver Salt a pleasant tasting effervescent remedy to liven the liver cleanse the bowels and refresh the head. Claims to make the user feel well and fit with a large jar priced 25 cents and parcel post 7 cents. Made by Jacobs Pharmacy Co Atlanta and sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp and other druggists.
James Gayley former vice president of United States Steel testified in the government's suit to dissolve the company. He described Lake Superior ore ranges road access before and after the trust dissolution and the company’s stance toward property owners. He said he urged the Tennessee Steel and Iron Co purchase in 1906 prior to its 1907 acquisition, with H C Frick directing the deal and Roosevelt's sanction.
A tense Senate inquiry hears from a Sears Roebuck executive on wage scales and morality. A witness refuses to blame a low‑paid woman for crime or suicide, prompting Lt Gov Barrett O Hara to press the question amid a crowded committee room.
In Chicago on March 7 the trial of Charles Cramer the circus clown for the murder of Miss Sophia Singer of Baltimore was nearing its end with the jury likely to hear the case late today. The accused woman appeared to be on the verge of collapse as her lawyer pleaded for her life.
Aged labor leader Mother Jones and fifty others faced a military commission in Charleston on conspiracy charges tied to rioting in the Kanawha coal field. A separate accusation involves involvement in the killing of Fred O. Babbitt, a bookkeeper. Trial expected to run several days.
A Mobile Cotton Exchange and Chamber of Commerce and Business League committee held an unofficial conference with Alabama Railroad Commission members to discuss cotton rates and port receipts. The session focused on dock control and interstate powers, with no discrimination charges raised. Commissioner Julian left for Montgomery. Leon McCord stayed in Mobile for several days.
Mrs. Johanna McNamara died at 214 South Wilkinson after a weeklong illness. Born January 1 1830 in Limerick she came to Mobile in 1818 and aided the sick during yellow fever. Surviving are four children including Joseph, a jury commissioner, a daughter and many grandchildren. Funeral at St. Vincent's with large attendance and multiple fraternal delegations. Burial Magnolia Cemetery. Also burial of Mrs. Susie Byrne Nelson from 221 South Franklin with service at St. Vincent's and Catholic cemetery interment.
Demopolis Arkansas reports the death of Judge C K Abrahams at his mother's Asheville North Carolina home. He was 47, a Washington and Lee graduate, longtime Demopolis resident, and husband and father to Miss Katie Abrahams. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church and he is interred in City Cemetery.
Parkis the Painter enters a Royal Street eatery at noon and waits for seating. The head waitress negotiates a seat by the wall, and he remarks he is used to being near a wall.
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