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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1913
Page
2
Nashville closed every saloon for the first time as liquor stock disposition deadline expired under Criminal Judge Neill. To prevent drunkenness officers locked all drinking spots at 6 pm, following earlier closures in Chattanooga and Knoxville. Memphis remains the only Tennessee city with open saloons.
Denver, Nov. 15. About $150,000 will be paid by Stag Canyon Fuel Company to dependents of Italian workers who died in the Dawson mine district. Each widow receives $1,000 and each child $100. The agreement was reached between mine officials and Chevalier Devella Italian consul general in Denver. The company is owned by the Phelps-Dodge Syndicate of New York led by President Dr. L. Douglas.
Cleveland ship captains blame United States Weather Bureau forecasts for the Great Lakes hurricane disaster. They cite inadequate storm warnings and lack of dispatch signals as the storm swept the lakes causing over 300 deaths. Captain Pratt defends the bureau while others level blame at its warnings.
Philadelphia on November 15 Leo Houck outpointed George Chip of New Castle in a six round boxing match at the National A C. Houck used a sharp jab and steady aggression to win on points.
The Great Southern Lumber Company sold about 29 000 acres of Sandy Hook cutover pine lands in Marion and Lawrence counties Mississippi to the Hammond company. C J Hammond, secretary, will plan cultivation of a 640 acre farm and colonize the remaining tract.
Detectives led by Chief Long and Superintendent Reynolds expose Meyers as fabricator of a sensational robbery tale. He admits burying $4,600 at his Carondelet Street home amid fraud and embezzlement charges while claiming a patent plot with Martin Van Heuvel of Mobile backing an air powered machine.
Meyers, an 85 year old, told a wild tale of a kidnapping and robbery to police. He admitted crafting the story to cover a real $6000 loss buried under a mobile home. The purse with the cash was later found buried at his home site after a trip to New Orleans.
Construction work on roads from Telegraph road to the Southern Steel plant site on the Dickens tract will begin Monday morning with field surveyors. The main access will connect to the town's main street and traffic will be allowed as soon as surveys are cleared.
A promotional notice claims ORRINE cures drink habit victims and guarantees refunds if no benefit after a trial. The ad highlights a price of $1.00 per box and invites readers to request a free booklet from D. S. Bauer and partners at Mabile Alabama.
In St Louis on November 15 a circuit court jury awarded Albert J. Good 3500 dollars in damages in a case arising from an automobile matter. The report notes the verdict reached after deliberation by the panel.
Villa declares executions target traitors including Torres and Portillo and says Carranza will headquar ter in Juarez as fighting with Huerta’s forces ends. The battle leaves 60 killed and 95 wounded on both sides, with American troops on standby along the border and widespread damage in El Paso and Juarez.
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