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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1913
Page
6
The March 19 1913 Mobile Item reports city and school commissioners failing to agree on school bond funding. Proposals include $150,000 for a Jefferson street replacement gym and $350,000 for a new high school, with possible reductions of $25,000 to $50,000. A split bond election is proposed to let voters decide.
Controversy over a veto message ends as Taft, with General Bixby, reviews the river and harbor bill. Conference edits removed objectionable special provisions, and Taft signs the measure. Senator Knute Nelson lauds the bill as freer of objections than past years.
Washington dispatch notes President Wilson’s inaugural pledge to curb patronage, favoring merit over old methods. It describes how office seekers, lobbyists, and hotel lobbyists react, with reporters highlighting political shifts toward a merit based civil service and the uproar among traditional patronage supporters.
Town residents question stagnation as others grow while some locals travel to Chicago to earn and spend money elsewhere. The piece asks if circulating wealth locally could save the town, noting the issue lies with certain people, not the town itself.
A historical account lists prominent rulers and presidents slain by assassins from 1801 to early 1900s. It cites examples such as Paul I of Russia, Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, McKinley, and other monarchs and leaders, noting the pattern across nations and eras.
Mississippi's 1910 census shows a total population of 1 797 114 with 786 111 whites and 1 009 487 negroes. Whites accounted for 43.7 percent and negroes 56.3 percent of the racial mix, compared with 41.5 and 58.5 in 1900.
Insurers cover the risk of canceled or delayed performances for the Opera company on its Western trip. Policies guard against loss from fires earthquakes riots and railroad disruptions. Dippel and Hirsh arrange protection after earthquake losses at the Metropolitan Grand Opera. The plan includes refunds to subscribers and guarantees for sixty five performances with coverage for missed dates and transportation delays.
A Mobile reader thanks The Item for sympathy and a fund totaling 603.15 for Mrs. Joseph Serda and her children. She cannot replace her husband but expresses gratitude. the note is shared with the Elks after forwarding to their secretary.
In a remote mountain home a hungry stranger staying by a pot of potatoes poisons the meal after hidden salt signals fear. The husband, wife Julie, and their son Pierre confront the intruder as tension erupts into violence ending with the stranger shot dead during a countdown.
For over twenty years the writer known as Holland will join The Item staff March 24. A confidant of presidents and leaders since Civil War days, he influenced key events from Garfield to the Sugar Trust inquiry, with a noted Washington presence and long radio of editorial influence.
Two honored names are sullied by the Hawthorne mining trial outcome. The son of Nathanie Hawthorne and the son of Di ya ether in surgical operations are sentenced to a year in the penitentiary for related conduct.
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