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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1914
Page
1
A report notes a likely marriage between a prominent woman and an English Earl, after they traveled together across the Atlantic Ocean as close companions. The item emphasizes their constant companionship and the social implications of the match.
New York March 18 Friends of Elsie French Vanderbilt deny any engagement with Earl Sackville Har de la Warr after the Mauretania voyage He is described as her constant companion and escorted her from the ship to the pier He has been married twice and has two daughters and a son with ties to titled families.
An early Wednesday crash on Government Street near Mary's Lane injures six people four women and two men as their speeding automobile skids and overturns. Victims include Maud Levy with skull fracture and Whitey Hughes with broken collarbone. Though seriously hurt, none face life-threatening injuries.
Federal warrants were sworn out by Police Chief Taylor against John Williams Frank Moore and Harry Marx three of the alleged yegemen for robbery of the Alabama Great Southern passenger train near Bibbville and dynamiting the Southern Express Company safe at Bibbville in December. They will have a preliminary hearing before Commissioner Elmore on a date yet to be decided. J M Todd the fourth of the alleged yegemen was held on a warrant charging carrying a concealed pistol.
The House Judiciary Committee considers sub committee recommendations to censure Representative McDermott of Illinois and others from the National Manufacturers Association. Also urged is new legislation to curb lobbying activities. Findings due for full committee vote Friday.
A royal birth in Brunswick prompted a 10 gun artillery salute. The Duke and Duchess of Brunswick welcomed a son. The British embassy counselor in Berlin drafted the birth certificate for the newborn prince, a prince of Great Britain and Ireland.
The condition of J. J. Flynn cashier of the First National Bank of Louisville Kentucky who had an appendicitis operation at Providence Infirmary Tuesday night was slightly improved Wednesday morning according to hospital authorities. His condition is still regarded as critical.
The St Patrick Benevolent and Social Association held a lively hall program Tuesday led by J. C. O Connell editor of The Mobile Item who spoke on Ireland past and present. A highlight was a humorous monologue by William F Gass.
Lottie May Anderson was found guilty of petit larceny and sentenced by Judge Henry Chamberlain to twenty days in jail for stealing wearing apparel from Clara Williams. She had the shoes on at arrest. Charley Campbell and Mose Henderson faced vagrancy charges and were fined one dollar or ten days in jail.
The Chamber of Commerce board favors converting Temperance Hall at St. Michael and St Joseph streets into a $25 000 multi story complex with offices on ground floor an auditorium for 2000 on the second floor and a modern dining room on the third. The plan includes city funding and a dedicated Mobile site opposite the new post office with an active committee to push the project.
Friends in Scott City rally to support baseball umpire and Southern League figure Scott E Chestnutt who is running for lieutenant governor of Alabama and plan to organize a campaign committee.
F C Gordon, recently appointed a notary public, filed his bond in the probate court on Wednesday to commence business as a notary public.
Mexico City dispatch reports Jose Lopez Portillo y Rojas, minister of foreign affairs, leaving for Vera Cruz with his family. Rumors say he may meet John Lind, President Wilson's representative, before a brief stay in Vera Cruz. Meanwhile reports note two Americans held by federal authorities and one released as Carranza advances.
Secretary Garrison forwarded Governor Johnson's request for more troops to safeguard the Southern California border from possible Mexican depredations. He left the final decision to Major General Arthur Murray who commands the Western Department.
State department notes say no reference to the Torreon battle in latest dispatches. Alexander Hamilton among those arrested released. others to be sent to Mexico City under orders to Mexican officers. Monterey described as quiet. rebels destroy rail property at Monclova with fighting ongoing and three Americans reported among Carranzistas casualties.
Juarez Mexico March 18 General Carranza has crossed from Sonora into Chihuahua state and is expected to reach Juarez by early next week. The rebel commander in chief reportedly completed the overland ride from Agua Prieta near Douglas without incident and is said to be in good health.
Two Mexican bandits Pedro Chavez and Rafael Rascon were executed at Ojo de Agua after capture for bridge burning. They confessed implicating several Mexicans on both sides of the border.
The campaign to promote Go to Church Sunday March 29 begins with placards placed in stores and cigar counters. Tickets will be distributed in public places. J H Wienand, chair of the Federation of Churches Go to Church committee, says fifty letters have been sent to Mobile County churches seeking cooperation and many favorable replies have been received.
The women of Mobile are invited to the Cawthon Hotel on Wednesday at 4 p m to hear Cliff Williams manager of the Mobile Fair discuss the fair’s benefits and seek women’s cooperation He will explain canned fruit and other departments of interest to women in Mobile County.
In Alabama the feud between Governor O Neal and former Governor Comer escalates with O Neal planning a strong speech at the Grand Theatre. A special train from Union Station will bring supporters and seats on the stage are reserved for O Neal’s friends.
MONTGOMERY March 18 L G White a well known flagman for M and C was killed when struck by a fast moving Mobile and Ohio freight train near Duncanville 113 miles west of Montgomery early Wednesday morning He was found unconscious and died later in Blocton where he was taken for treatment The funeral will be in Blocton where White's father resides.
The Associated Press reports Philadelphia March 18 that a union of Presbyterian and Reformed branches was the main topic at the Reformed Church in America council meeting. The fourth bibonial session brings together Dutch Reformed, Northern and United Presbyterian, German Reformed, Associate Reformed, Cumberland, and United Presbyterian representatives to discuss home and foreign missions cooperation.
At a Mobile Bar Association meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, members discussed the Mobile Fair. Cliff Williams, the fair manager, spoke and the bar group endorsed and adopted a resolution in support of the fair.
Paris grapples with unrest after Gaston Caillaux is shot dead by Mme Caillaux. Police guard offices and residences of Caillaux and Figaro staff as crowds chant death to Caillaux and hail Mme Caillaux as heroine. Government ministers face pressure amid sensational newspaper coverage.
A Tuscaloosa blaze damaged three business houses and stock worth about 260000. Rosenal Company department store on Greensboro Avenue and Broad Street suffered the heaviest loss with a 50000 building and 100000 in stock. Other losses included Maxwell Raiford jewelers Soares Kardin baker and A Brown oral merchant with smaller estimates. Fire began around eight o clock in the Maxwell Raiford building and spread toward the Merchants Bank nearby.
The highest circle contest solution checked yesterday was 22 503. This outler was submitted. Mus Ane Hooge of 310 St Joseph Street Mobile Alabama.
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