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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1914
Page
2
Bishop Beckwith will conduct a mission at All Church on the corner of Main and Ann streets. Three classes will be given on Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7 30. The confirmation will be administered Tuesday evening.
A Sandsand stowaway from St Lucia aboard the steamship Alberts was seized by the United States immigration service in Washington and held in the Mobile county jail. He will be deported in a few days.
The Mobile health department will operate its own laboratory with a chemist and bacteriologist to handle milk inspection and related work. The city caps the annual cost at 2500 dollars. The commission also adopts a modified water rate for multi residence meters and refers a pool hall closing time amendment to the mayor.
A fragmented classified item lists mower value at 3.25 and screen wire 34x36 at 10 cents per foot, with other wire prices noted in obscure amounts. The garbled text mentions related garden items and price figures, indicating a miscellaneous sale or ad.
A pantry price sheet lists granulated sugar 24 lbs for 1.00, Octagon Soap 18 bars for a half dollar, Dutch Cleanser cans, Jersey Queen Flour 12 lb sacks, French Market Coffee, table salt sacks, tomato paste, canned and bulk olives, condensed wash blue, salmon cans, and assorted bulk items like 1 gallon syrup and 20 lb bucket. Prices shown are cents per unit or per unit bundles.
Senator John W. Weeks of Massachusetts has many supporters for a resolution demanding facts and opinions from the secretary of the navy on using the cruisers Columbia Minneapolis and the scout cruisers Salem Chester and Birmingham for service from New York Mobile and New Orleans via the Panama canal to West Coast South America. The aim is to have a ship with Stars and Stripes ready to carry mail passengers and freight at the canal’s Atlantic entrance as the first merchant ship to pass through.
Mobile city commissioners adopt a new water ordinance to bill multiple residences served by a single meter as one or more units, with rules for counting rooms and apartments. The measure aims for equal charges whether served by one or multiple meters, repealing conflicting ordinances and setting effective date. A separate note mentions a travel expense to Birmingham for Southern League opening.
Jerry Puckett a Birmingham iceman was cited for failure to appear in court to aid prosecution in a petit larceny case against Jim Page. The judge issued a $3.50 bond and the matter was set for Birmingham authorities to pursue.
The Mobile Gulf Tropical Exposition receives strong local backing as the Central Fair Committee urges a quick campaign to enlist subscribers. Shelton Sims confirms his stock subscription and praises the expo for benefiting Mobile city and county. The Item calls a 7:30 Chamber of Commerce meeting of the committee of one hundred to rally volunteers.
A committee led by City Commissioner Harry Pillans M T Judge and Michael O Rourke has raised 121 50 to cover Confederate Veterans reunion expenses in Jacksonville in May. Contributions totaled 44 00 by Sunday 38 50 Monday and 33 Tuesday morning with lists showing numerous donors and small payments totaling 108 plus several five dollar and two dollar entries.
In a deadly shooting, Rufus Pickens was killed while Dora Williams narrowly escaped death when a corset stay stopped a bullet fired by Wille Brown. The incident occurred as the three stood together, a dramatic moment noted in the report.
Reports from Juarez say Villa’s rebel army remains fighting in Torreon with hope of victory as federals rally at Gomez Palacio. Both sides suffered heavy losses, and observers note the main clash occurred last week at Gomez Palacio with brutal, less open fighting in Torreon.
In Chihuahua on March 31 rebels say Villa faces stubborn resistance at Torreon while official reports are lacking. Telegrams to Gomez 3 care General Villa are being accepted, but none to newspaper men has received replies yet.
The Mexican embassy in Washington transmitted a Mexico City foreign office message stating Torreon has not fallen and the government is confident it will not fall, based on the latest front reports received by the government.
Viscount Keigo Kiyoura former justice and finance minister today accepted the duty of forming a new cabinet to replace Count Yamamoto’s ministry which resigned amid naval scandals.
Ed McGrue reports a black suit valued at 30 dollars was stolen from his home last Thursday night. Police furnished with a sample garment and refer the case to detectives for investigation.
A Nashville Tennessee Nash ville Booster Club party will travel by rail covering 1300 miles in a week. They begin May 10 leaving Nashville and spend May 16 night in Mobile with stops in Montgomery New Orleans Jackson Greenwood and Memphis using the Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Central lines.
Chief Crenshaw of Mississippi police received a letter from Okolona city marshal W P Knox requesting efforts to locate Frank Kramer a white man wanted on a grand larceny charge. Detectives have been assigned and Kramer is described in the letter.
Last night at the Lyric Adele proved the season's most pleasing musical attraction. The beloved song Adele was hummed by hundreds of attendees, with a Columbia record of Agnes Kimball singing Adele also noted.
Mrs David Moor of Saginaw Alabama credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing her husband’s cough for years and her son's eight year struggle. The ad promises relief for hacking coughs and throat and lung ailments with a money back guarantee. 50 cents or 1.00 from H E Bucklen Co Philadelphia or St Louis. adv 1 $3.50 to Birmingham April 13 via Je N to see Southern League
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