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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1913

Page

4

Ruling on Tax on Interest Bonds Clarified

Washington.Nov 7 The Commissioner of Internal Revenue Osborn announced that interest on U S and possession bonds and state or local bonds is not subject to the 1 percent normal tax and certificate of ownership is not required. He also said banks with deposits need not withhold the tax on interest from open accounts and certificates of deposit.

Washington Commissioner of Internal Revenue Osborn Internal Revenue United States

Lincoln Honored As Master of Modern British Eloquence

Lord Curzon, delivering Oxford University Rede lecture on parliamentary eloquence, awards the prize to American Abraham Lincoln, saying he would not decide a single masterpiece. The ceremony took place in Oxford on November 7.

Oxford Eng Lord Curzon Kedleston Oxford University Rede Abraham Lincoln

Yale Reveals Rejuvenated Football Team Surge

Yale's rejuvenated squad worked at full speed in a brisk scrimmage against a strong scrub side, scoring three touchdowns in fifteen minutes and protecting the ball cleanly. After practice, Yale ran through formations for the Princeton game with no more scrimmaging before the Brown clash.

Associated Press New Haven Yale Princeton

Garrison and Sec zmeRmeee clash over canal zone policy

Bryan rumored to back a different approach from Col. George Goethals on canal zone governance. The dispute pits war and state departments against Secretary Bryan and Governor Richard Metcalfe, risking a major rift.

Canal Zone Col George Goethals Bryan Richard Metcalfe

Pensacola Woman Pleads Guilty to Pension Fraud

Mrs. Martha A. Green of Pensacola age 70 pleaded guilty to defrauding the government by forging pension orders. She was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and fined $500, but the sentence was suspended due to age.

Associated Press Pensacola Fla Martha A. Green

Meat Diet Said To Harm Kidneys

An old warning claims daily meat can form uric acid that paralyzes kidney function, causing back pain, headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, and cloudy urine. It promotes Jad Salts as a cheap remedy to flush kidneys and neutralize urine acids with a lemon grape acid composition.

International Purity Congress Opens in Minneapolis

The Seventh Annual International Purity Congress opened in Minneapolis with social workers clergymen educators physicians and investigators among attendees. Speakers include Dr Ke shava Deva Shastri Paul G W Keller Vincent of Minnesota State University and Miss Virginia Brooks among many leaders from across the United States and Europe.

Minneapolis Minn International Purity Congress Eberhart Minnesota Nye Congress Keshava Deva Shastri India Paul G. W. Keller Appleton Wisconsin McKenny Michigan State Normal College Elizabeth Hamilton Muncie Brooklyn N. Y Department of Health Vincent Minnesota State University Charles K. Taylor Philadelphia Mayor Nye Virginia Brooks West Hammond Indiana Chicago Joan of Arc Stanley W. Finch United States Department of Justice Alice Stebbins Wells Los Angeles United States Richmond P. Hobson Alabama William S. Kenyon Iowa Catherine Booth Clibborn England General Booth Salvation Army Europe B. F. Carroll Des Moines The Iowa National Congress of Mothers C. M. Sheldon Topeka Kansas Edmond Beall Senate Illinois Barratt O'Hara Dunne Carrie Chapman Catt New York City International Suffrage Association Samuel G. Smith Sociology University of Minnesota Harry Olson Kate Waller Barrett Florence Crittenton Washington, D. Cc

Diaz Still in Cuban Capital After Escape

Felix Diaz, Mexican presidential candidate who fled Vera Cruz fearing for his life, remains in Havana and has not decided his next destination. Alex Williams, a newspaper correspondent, reports Diaz might go to New Orleans, Key West, or New York. A group of Mexicans claiming Constitutional allegiance have been in New Orleans negotiating a loan, though Díaz is not believed to align with them.

Associated Press New Orleans Felix Diaz Mexico Vera Cruz Havana Alex Williams Diaz

Yale Prom Week curtailed for shorter schedule

New Haven Conn November 7 Prom week at Yale will be shortened this year under orders from the committees in charge The events will start on Monday in February and end by 4 0 on Wednesday morning There will be no Saturday night or dawn entertainments and the length of the affair is considered excessive this season

Associated Press New Haven Conn Yale Bettie

Johnson Sees Bright Future For Progressive Rise

Chicago Nov 7 Governor Hiram W Johnson of California spoke at a Chicago Progressive Club dinner on Massachusetts politics. He said Bird the Progressive candidate for governor led a clear progressive line while Gardner represented old Republican opposition. He called Massachusetts the battleground where the Republican party became the third party and the Progressive party the second, noting clear choices over Roosevelt and party loyalty. Massachusetts settled the question of which party would survive, the Republican or the Progressive.

Associated Press Chicago Hiram W. Johnson California Chicago Progressive Club Massachusetts Bird Gardner Garrdner Republican Party Progressive Party New Jersey Roosevelt Massacchusetts

Kansas City Man Glad of War Upon Aigrettes

Mr and Mrs John J Glover of Kansas City Missouri arrived from Liverpool on the Franconia and customs inspectors confiscated a cherryon aigrette from the lady's hat. Mr Glover praised the law as beneficial and four other passengers surrendered their aigrettes.

Kansas City Associated Press Boston John J. Glover Liverpool Franconia Mr. Glover

Byrnes proposes war battle site to be mapped marked

Representative Byrnes of Tennessee introduced a bill to locate map and mark the Civil War battle near Nashville fought December 15 and 16 1864. He would build driveways and appropriate 10000 dollars for the work.

Washington Byrnes Tennessee Nashville

Father of wireless telegraphy dies in London

Sir William Henry Preece, known as the father of wireless telegraphy in England, died in London aged 80. He introduced both the telephone and telegraph to England and invented many devices related to telegraph and telephone systems.

Associated Press London Wihan Henry Price England William

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