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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1913
Page
8
In Mexico City the silver shortage caused a panic as foreign exchange tightened. Merchants issued vouchers to make change, banks refused state notes, and credit slips often passed as currency. Merchants stamped slips with firm names, but public premium on paper money had not developed.
Secretary Lane approved $15000 for a joint interstate water power study near The Dalles Oregon on the Columbia River. Oregon has provided a matching sum creating a board from the interior department Army engineers and Oregon officials to survey feasibility of a large power development and irrigation for thousands of acres in the Columbia valley.
Burglars smashed a rear brick wall of E A Dunham and Company's private bank in Montour Falls New York and stole about 12000 from the cash box. Fred J Dunham said business resumption plans were not yet decided. The Dunham Bank has operated since 1886.
Miss Russell appears tonight at the Lyric in Goldsmiths well loved comedy She Stoops to Conquer. She heads a splendid company and Mobile fans expect a large fashionable turnout as seats go on sale.
In Linn, West Virginia, Abbie Shackleford credits Cardui the woman’s tonic with saving her life. She recounts relief from nervous spells, headaches, and breathlessness after one third of a bottle, and notes her daughter’s recovery. Cardui urged for purchase at local drugstores and direct from Chattanooga Medicine Co. for guidance.
London reports progress in persuading the Liberal government to include women enfranchisement in its official program. Some constitutional suffragists now back a crackdown on militant methods, acknowledging that suppression of militant action may be essential to secure parliamentary suffrage. Municipal suffrage and civic roles are already available to women.
Frank Morrison, AFL secretary, denounces Taft veto of the immigration bill and warns of a 500 000 to 800 000 European arrivals via the Panama Canal. He predicts low wages if work is scarce and argues the policy harms both the United States and the sending nations. Samuel Gompers says AFL exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exposition should be strong and notes no 1915 convention plan yet, with a San Francisco meeting likely early next year.
Mrs Leon Alden was found guilty in federal court of using the mails to defraud and sentenced to 18 months in Leavenworth. The trial heard she promised marriage to defraud men in central western states by fake investments, operating since 1904 under several aliases including Mrs Anna B Taylor Frankie Morton Louise C Davis and Jessie C Halliaay.
Chicago police report Gertrude Hanson aged 16 confessed to setting fire in the cellar of O. W. Johns home after being found bound and gagged. She said the aim was to cause a little sensation though she was nearly suffocated by smoke and initially claimed an attack.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst says British suffragists oppose a policy to influence Liberals and Unionists after the general election. She asserts Liberal leaders will not grant women the vote and supports forcing a new parliament. She notes Ulster Unionists allow women to elect and be elected, predicting enfranchisement under their rule.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a safe candy tasting remedy to digest food in five minutes. It claims relief from sour stomach gas indigestion heartburn and stomach discomfort and suggests readers ask a pharmacist to show the formula printed on the box.
Ludwig III was sworn in as Bavaria's new king amid witnesses from the Wittelsbach family and Bavarian ministers. He pledged to rule per the constitution and imperial laws and cooperate with parliament to advance culture and economy as a 101 gun salute marked the ceremony.
Ben C Heinberg of Pensacola Florida appeared in federal court with his lawyers and asked for a continuance until Monday to enter his plea and file motions in the Mann white slave act case involving Nellie Wars transport for immoral purposes. The continuance was granted.
W A Vaughan aged 65 long time general passenger agent of the Atlanta Terminals Company and a leading railroad man in the South died in Atlanta after a brief illness. He previously served as general superintendent of the E T V G system with headquarters in Knoxville and was at one time connected with the Michigan Central railroad. His body will be taken to Detroit his former home for burial.
New York news reports Roland B Molineux 47 seeking a license to marry Miss Margaret Connell 28 in a bedside ceremony for his ill mother. He lacked a divorce copy, asked for waiver, later returned with the decree and was married by an alderman at City Hall. They then went to Brooklyn to his mother’s home.
Rev Murdock Murphy will preach at Broad Street Presbyterian Church corner Broad and Selma streets Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Subject, The Lord's Day Mark 1 27. All are cordially invited to attend.
Miles Cribb a Georgia farmer shot and killed his mother-in-law Mrs J G B Hancock fatally wounded his sister-in-law Miss Sallie Hancock and seriously wounded his wife. He allegedly estranged from his wife and surrendered to authorities after the incident as papers to gain possession of his grandchild were being pursued.
Nashville Tenn Nov 8 A 18 year old black driver named John Talley was arrested three days after an alleged attempted assault on Mrs Jowers. He was identified and lynched in the courthouse yard. A mob broke the jail door with a sledge hammer to reach him.
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended the 5 percent freight rate rise proposed by Eastern railroads until March 12, 1914. A hearing was set for November 24, 1913. About 21,000 tariffs are affected by the suspension.
Atoka Okla W A Borah a wealthy merchant was found guilty of murdering his wife and daughter and was sentenced to life imprisonment The victims bodies were found in the ruins of the Borah home after a fire on August 30 Borah escaped from the burning house in his tight clothes
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