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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
4
Berlin crowds await the council of ministers in Vienna for Montenegrin developments. Stock market activity signals a shift with a broad rise in securities and a calmer mood after recent uncertainty.
Henry M. Howell, a Gettysburg veteran of the 124th New York, announced a July fiftieth anniversary reenactment in Middletown to recreate the battle with handshakes replacing bullets. He aims to gather survivors, reconstruct opposing armies as they stood before combat, and have them cross the field and clasp hands.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, the militant suffragette leader, was moved from her London house to a sanatorium at Woking with authorities consent. She travelled by motor ambulance and was followed by a taxi cab with Scotland Yard detectives to deter any attempt to flee the country.
Andalusia dispatch reports John Dickens aged 60 was killed by a shotgun blast on a public highway. Bloodhounds led to Leslie Wilson aged 23 whose home had a freshly fired shell at the gate. Wilson is jailed amid prior disputes between the men.
Professor Paul Reinsch of the University of Wisconsin told the fourth American Peace Congress that American leadership depends on arbitration. He argued that resolving the Panama tolls dispute through arbitration or similar settlement protects open door policy and treatment of aliens, warning against refusing to arbitrate.
In Princeton Virginia beat Princeton 6 to 1 as Wood pitched for Princeton with poor support. Arkansas upset Mississippi 6 to 4 in Fayetteville. Florida topped Tennessee 4 to 0 in Gainesville. Mercer fell to Vanderbilt 6 to 5 in Macon. Harvard defeated Vermont 4 to 1 in Cambridge.
London May 2 Sold a pair of salt-cellars for 18375 dollars at an auction of the late J Malcolm medieval art collection. Two Limoges enamel salt-cellars with figures of Juno Mercury Diana Venus Apollo and the six muses fetched the high price.
Announcement from Dallas Texas on May 2 says Confederate veterans in Texas and other western states will pay one cent per mile to the Chattanooga reunion this year instead of one and one third cents. Several camps had warned they would skip the event due to the higher fare.
Eagle Pass Texas May 2 Last night's dispatches from Mexico City say Huerta generals Tracy Aubert and Rabago have joined the revolutionary movement in northern Mexico. Carranza headquarters reports active campaigning by Huerta troops has ceased. Aubert and Lopez were reported negotiating to join Carranza in Coahuila while Rabago fights a different constitutionalist faction.
A bottle filled with nitroglycerine wrapped in brown paper was found by a policeman today at Piccadilly Circus Tube station in London. Scotland Yard officials say it was undoubtedly left by a suffragette bomb squad.
Sanbury resident John Supsic praises Dr King’s New Life Pills for relieving constipation and improving digestion and liver health. The product, priced at 25 cents, is recommended by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
J T Sossaman publisher of News Cornelius North Carolina reports a box of Bucklen Arnica Salve helped his serious skin ailment after other remedies failed. The remedy is praised for healing burns bruises boils and reducing inflammation. Recommended by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
Otis B. Richardson Baldwin County sheriff reports three thoroughbred bloodhounds for county use to pursue suspects and escaped prisoners. The prior pack was killed by a train while escorting inmates. The new dogs were bought from O W Robbins formerly jailed in Sanford Alabama. Baldwins is one of few Alabama counties maintaining a bloodhound pack.
State's Attorney Hayne filed a circuit court petition seeking abolition of the Union Elevated Railway loop to clear traction routes. The suit argues the company operates without proper franchise or legal rights.
Sofia reports that the premier told power representatives that Bulgaria will send the same delegates to the London peace conference as at the first conference, cementing consistency in negotiation teams.
An advertisement touts Smith's Blood and Liver Syrup as permanently curing blood poison and diseases like rheumatism eczema and ulcers. It claims to purify blood, heal sores, and stop pains with a botanic formula, priced at $1 per large bottle or $5 for full treatment, available by mail or at Mobile, Alabama and Dauphin streets.
Washington reports the United States formally recognizes the new Chinese republic. Charge Williams at Peking cabled that he delivered the recognition upon complete organization of the new government.
New York May 2. Dr L Howard Moss of Orchard Avenue and Elim Street Richmond Hill contracted blood poisoning from an appendicitis operation. He quickly operated on his left hand to remove infection and is recovering. A second surgeon said the operation saved his life.
J Rob inson Yeatman files in probate court to contest the will of his brother D P Yeatman who died weeks earlier leaving an estate valued at 7000 to 10000 dollars to half brother William Watkins The challenger claims the testator was ill and mentally incapable when the will was drawn up a few days before death.
Henry Cartonberry, curfew officer of Middlebourne, quit after town council ordered him to kill roaming chickens by day and eat them. He cited harsh conditions and attempted to ignore the directive, saying the job became impossible to manage.
New York May 2 Contracts insured the late J P Morgan art collection for 3 000 000 with a premium of 102 800 All state fire insurers have filled their quota and about 4 000 000 has been placed abroad The Metropolitan Museum portion is valued at 15 000 000 and Morgan Library holdings at 8 000 000 in insured value and rates.
Associated Press reports Senator O Gorman introduced a bill to authorize the secretary of war to award a medal to each surviving Union and Confederate soldier of the Gettysburg battle. The measure would appropriate $30 000 for the purpose.
Chicago May 2 Michael McDermott of the Illinois Athletic Club won the national AAU breaststroke 220 yards in 2 55 2 5, about twenty seconds below the world mark. An 18 man IAC relay swam a mile in 18 46 4 5 to beat the prior club record of 18 52.
Coroner Spain docketed thirty five investigated cases in April. Nine were listed as homicides, twenty three as not violence, and three as accidental. Three or four more cases may be docketed though homicides are unlikely to rise.
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