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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1914

Page

3

Mexican Delegates Pleased With Reception at Peace Talks

Stedman Hanks of the state department said seven officials six ladies and three servants travel with the Mexican delegation to Washington after the Niagara Falls peace conference postponement. The delegates expressed gratitude for courtesy and accepted two private state cars but offered no arrival plans.

Associated Press Washington Stedman Hanks State Department Hanks Washington. Mr. Hanks

Scottish Contestant Wins St George's Cup in Sandwich

John Graham Jr a Scottish member of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club won the St George's Champion grand challenge cup with an aggregate score for 26 holes of 146 strokes. The report notes strikes and lockouts in Rhode Island in 1913 causing OSS losses and about 0 in value of production to seaplayers. It also states that one half of France's population is engaged in agriculture.

Sandwich Eng John Graham, Jr Royal Liverpool Golf Club Rhode Island Commissioner of Industrial Statistics France

Cardui Praised by Woman for Health Recovery

A Kansas neighbor reports Mrs. Hannah M. Turley improved after using Cardui the women's tonic. Turley says five years of weakness and monthly pains ended after a six bottle course, and she urges others to begin Cardui now and consult a druggist for purchase.

Mediators Prepare Getaway for Niagara Falls Peace Conference

Plans for assembling mediators delegates and officials at Niagara Falls advance after delays. Mexican delegates arrive today aboard an Atlantic Coast Line train with a special state department car. Spain resumes cotton production as talks begin with South American envoys and American diplomats present.

Justice Lamar Lehmann Mr. Lehmann H. Percival Dodge Senor Riano Pennsylvania Atlantic Coast Line Key West State Department

Dynamite Case Again Opened in Appeals Court

In Chicago on May 16 Associated Press report Charles W Miller former US attorney for Indiana reopened rehearing in the dynamite conspiracy case. Olaf A Treitmoe Richard H Houlihan and William Bernhardt seek new trials after the circuit court granted new hearings for three defendants. Miller argued substantial evidence supports the verdict and connection to the conspiracy. Elijah Zoline countered that Treitmoe Houlihan and Bernhardt were not convincingly tied to the plot.

Associated Press Chicago Charles W. Miller United States District Attorney Indiana United States District Court of Appeals Olaf A. Treitmoe San Francisco Richard H. Houlihan William Bernhardt Cincinnati United States Circuit Court of Appeals Treitmoe Houlihan Bernhardt Miller Elijah Zoline

Peace Sunday Observed by Churches Across America

The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America promotes Peace Sunday urging about fifty thousand pastors to dedicate prayers and a sermon to peace tomorrow. The observance marks the first Hague conference anniversary and includes an appeal from Swiss Evangelical Churches inviting a European peace church congress with American delegates encouraged to attend.

Associated Press New York Commission On Peace and Arbitration Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America Christian Churches Conference of the Evangelical Churches of Switzerland Europe Federal Council

Moderate Temps for 36 Hour Shipments North East and West

The report notes moderate temperatures expected during 36 hour shipments moving north east and west. Weather guidance indicates stable conditions aiding transit to multiple regions and reducing risk of spoilage.

Rivermen forecast river levels over next two days

The Tombighee river and its branches are expected to fall over the next two days while the Alabama river is not expected to change significantly.

Tombighee Alabama

Weather and Shipping Notes From The Region And A Cuke Bake Winner

Moderately cool and fair weather dominates the eastern U S as a high pressure area drifts eastward with crest over the lake region. A Pacific high maintains cool fair conditions while a low over the Rocky Mountains brings warm weather and scattered rain. Albert Ashenbergie, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau. The torpedo destroyer Noyvik, fastest steamship claim, reached 37 knots on a measured mile. Mrs Winfield Stoner of Quarrysville Pa aged 31 is mother of nine and won a cucumber cake contest among 250 competitors.

Lake United States Rocky Macuntaim Albert Ashenbergie Weather Bureau Noyvik Winfield Stoner Quarrysville

The Tragedy of Blindness Realized After Loss of Light

Laura Kingston recounts a blind man’s memories of vision and beauty after losing sight. He recalls twenty years of sight, the joy of memory, and his inability to share new images, finding stillness in sensory touch, wind, flowers, and seasons.

Laura Kingston

Standard Oil of New York Cuts Refined Petroleum Prices

The Standard Oil Company of New York announces a 15 point reduction in refined petroleum prices. Refined in some cases drops to 11.10 per gallon in tanks, 6.10 for standard white, and 8.60 cents. A Vermont resident, L. Johnson of St Albans, is shown driving two-year-old steer pairs he trained to respond to reins.

Hiv Associated Press New York Standard Oil Company of New York Today L. &. Johnson St. Albans

Deaths and Funerals Mention Alabama Figures and Events

Obituary notices report the death of Joseph T. Hawkins a Mobile druggist with ties to the Alabama Pharmaceutical Association and various fraternal orders. Also noted is Evan Bonneau a seven year old native of St Louis and the funeral of William A. Alexander with Masonic burial rites at Magnolia Cemetery.

Joseph T. Hawkins Monroe Dearborn Dauphin Cedar Hawkings Alabama Alabama Pharmaceutical Association Mobile Mobile Lodge No. 40 A. Ks A. M Ancient Order United Workmen Evan Bonneau St. Louis G. R Claudia Davis Bonneau Sutton Avenue South Catherine Street First Baptist Church William A. Alexander J. W. Phillips W. P. Hines J. D. Anderson Magnolia Cemetery Mobile Commandery No. 3 K. T A. F J. D. Bloch R. L. Douglass T. H. Frazer Andrew van Antwerp J. Leslie Taylor E. 0. Fowlkes J. W. Little George % Beauchamp Lawrence, Lee

Cotton Oil Plant Burned in West Point Fire

A fire last night destroyed the Clay County Cotton Oil Company plant in West Point Mississippi with estimated losses around 60 000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze but the building and contents were largely consumed leaving a wide area smoke blackened and utilities disrupted. Investigators began work to determine a cause.

Associated Press West Point Miss Clay County Cotton Oil Company

Mrs Maude Arnold Acquitted in Louisiana Murder Trial

Vidalia Louisiana May 16 Mrs Maude Arnold was acquitted yesterday of the murder of her husband J C Arnold at Ferriday Louisiana on November 15 1913. An ante mortem statement from Arnold exonerated the wife of all blame.

Associated Press Vidalia Maude Arnold J. ¢. Arnold Ferriday Arnold

Russian airman killed in Sevastopol aviation crash

Sevastopol reports military aviator Zmichkura perished after a plane fell during a flight yesterday. The accident occurred during routine operations as officials confirm the death with military authorities.

Associated Preas Seabastopol Zmichkura

Remarkable Thulin Flight From Malmoe To Stockholm

Swedish aviator Thulin completed a non stop flight from Malmoe to Stockholm covering 267 miles in four hours and twenty minutes. The voyage was made yesterday with no descent, setting a notable mark in aviation.

Associated Press Stockholm Thulin Malmoe

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