River thief Nelson alias Pea Soup Char caught
Nelson alias Pea Soup Char, wanted for stealing 6172 chain and other items from Captain C. C. Olsen’s boat at the dry dock, was captured after detectives tracked him following a river pursuit. A Galveston police chief telegram aided the arrest. Mobile may bring him to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Nelson
C. C. Olsen
and Bruce Dry Dock
Burch, Pearson and I
W. H. Perrett
Galveston
Nelson
Olsen
Mobile
Hookworm Lecture Draws Large Crowd at Whistler
Dr Carl F Grote of the Rockefeller Commission spoke at Odd s Hall Whistler on Hookworm disease typhoid fever malaria and tuberculosis with illustrated can views. He and Dr E V Caldwell campaign in Mobile county and a free dispensary will be held Tuesday at Dr N S Gay s office for examination and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odds Hall
Whistler
Carl F. Grote
Rockefeller Commission
E. V. Caldwell
Mobile County
Grote
Oak Grove
N. S. Gay
Free trial remedies mailed to men for man weakness
Dr John S Howell offers free Enervita trial treatments by mail for men suffering from weakness due to youthful folly, lacking vitality or memory. No restrictions, samples and literature mailed in plain packages to Suite 1287 Auditorium Building Cincinnati Ohio upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Howell
John S. Howell
Auditorium
Cincinnati
Ohio
Delat
Seventeen Peonage Cases Set for November Term
The United States district court opened its session on Monday with seventeen peonage indictments listed for trial in November. An official indicated that cases have lingered for over two years awaiting Supreme Court decisions, and more indictments may follow from the current grand jury. Defendants are on bond awaiting disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States, District Court
United States Marshal’s Office
Supreme Court’ of the United States
United States
G. W. Broughton
J. A. Reynolds
J. R.alley
S. CC. Kreeman
R. P. Hudson
A. J. Petty
C. Castellon
W. P. Deer
T. L. Brantley
Joe Deen
Sam Dean
J. E. Dean
Tom McCrory
Steve Hanks
Luther Hanks
Marvin Hanks
Dave Kendricks
City probes tax delinquents in Mobile chancery cases
City Attorney B B Boone reports ongoing suits in Mobile chancery court to collect delinquent taxes. Defendants may still appear to settle before final decrees and sheriff sales. Decrees pro confesso issued in several cases, with motions to amend and notices to defend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Boone
Chancery Court
Mobile
City of Mobile
Mary Cerro
Angelo Arata
Columbia
Gertrude Barter
John Craft
Lizzie Perryman
D. E. Dunklin
Dr. P. J. Glass
John D. Hagan
Nettie Pope
Seesa B. Heubach
John Henry
Home Ice Factory
Local charity doubles Thanksgiving dinner support
Rev. A F Owens notes a prosperous year as Gordon Smith of Smiths Bakery donates 200 loaves and 200 pies to the Mobile county poor asylum city hospital and Hannan Home. The annual fund now covers Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year services totaling 800 dollars feeding about 300 people across three holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
County Poor Asylum
City Hospital
Hannan Home
A. F. Owens
Gordon Smith
Smith's Bakery
Rev. Owens
C. J. Gayfer& Company
Sir Lionel Smith-Gordon Wins Florida Senator’s Daughter
Sir Lionel Smith-Gordon of Dublin obtained a license to wed Ellen A. Fletcher daughter of a Florida Senator. He age 24 and she 25. The ceremony is scheduled in coming months per Associated Press report from Washington dated November 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel Smith-Gordon
Florida
Associated Press
Washington
Sir Lionel Smith-Gordon
Dublin
Ireland
Ellen A. Fletcher
Senator Fletcher
A M Normal Principal Speaks To Mobile Negro Teachers
Prof Walter S Buchannan colored principal of the Agricultural and Mechanical College Normal Ala spoke Monday night at the A F Owens School Broad street to a group of negro teachers and leading negroes of Mobile He noted 220 million dollars spent on negro education in the South over fifty years and urged higher appreciation and sacrifices for continued progress He spoke at negro public schools and was invited to address again Monday night by teachers of A I Owens Booker T Washington and W H Council schools
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Buchannan
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Normal
Ala
A. F. Owens
Broad Street
Mobile
E. T. Belshaw
James T. Peterson
Charles W. Peters
Charles W. Peters. In His Address Prof. Buchannan
South
Alabama
Texas
Buchannan
A. I. Owens
Booker T. Washington
W. H. Council
Pleads Guilty to Passing Fake Check in City Court
Ovid Ewald pleaded guilty to forgery in the second degree after passing a worthless $20 check on the City Bank and Trust Company. He was remanded for sentence. Several cases were reset or continued, including Dennis false, Stevens unlawfully interfering, and McCree vagrancy. The Wednesday call lists Emanuel Thomas, Charles Tyrrell, John Thomas, Jesse Williams for burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid Ewald
Ewald
City Bank and Trust Company
Dennis
Ana T. S. Stevens
Sylvester McCree
Emanuel Thomas
Charles Tyrrell
John Thomas
Jesse Williams
New Grain Inspector May Come Next Month
J. T. Pope of Nashville, likely chosen by Mobile grain dealers for the new local grain inspector post, may receive notice before December 1 and start duties soon after. Pope is highly recommended by the Nashville grain dealers' exchange and the Grain Dealers' National Association, with Farnsworth expecting a large meeting of interested dealers soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Pope
Nashville
Mobile
Pope
Nashville Grain Dealers’ Exchange
Grain Dealers’ National Association
Don Farnsworth
Chamber of Commerce
Jossen Named Trust Officer at City Bank and Trust
John F. Jossen, a popular young bank official, was named trust officer pro tem at City Bank and Trust Company to serve until a full appointment replaces A L Staples who resigned to join the Bank of Mobile. The resolution was filed Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Jossen
City Bank and Trust Company
A L. Staples
Bank of Mobile
Jossen
Delegates Sought for Cattlemen’s Meeting Memphis Visit
The Chamber of Commerce aims to name Mobile County representatives for the Southern Cattlemen’s Association annual convention to be held in Memphis on December 10 and 11. Wednesday night the directors will consider appointing a delegate or delegates, with Mobile County urged to take an active stake in stock raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Farnsworth
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile County
Southern Cattlemen’s Association
Memphis
Farnsworth
Filing of Briefs Closes Blackstrap Rate Case in New Orleans
The Blackstrap rate case hearing in New Orleans was discontinued at the suggestion of local interests. Briefs must be filed by December 1, after which the Interstate Commerce Commission will consider charges that the Mobile and Ohio railroad fixed a 15 cent rate on import blackstrap from Mobile to St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
S. R. Prince
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
M. and O
Mobile
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Remington Typewriter Manager to Leave Mobile
W H Stanford local manager of the Remington Typewriter Company will leave Mobile Saturday for Richmond Virginia where he will establish headquarters as state agent for the Empire Realty and Mortgage Company. Mr Schaedel will succeed him in Mobile, formerly of Mobile and now traveling out of Birmingham for Remington. Stanford has been local manager here for fifteen months and connected with the company for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Stanford
Remington Typewriter Company
Mobile
Richmond
Empire Realty and Mortgage Company
Stanford
Schaedel
Birmingham
Remington People
Remington Company
Typewriter Company
Alabama Church Home weighs site options for new Mobile home
The Alabama Church Home board met at John E. Mitchell’s office to consider a Mobile project. They debated two plans a city site for a two hundred child orphanage and a suburban ten to twenty acre site with industrial education and agriculture courses. Action was deferred to December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Church Home
Alabama Episcopal Diocese
John E. Mitchell
Mobile
Revival Continues at First Christian Church
Revival services are held every evening at 7 30 at the First Christian church on Government and Dearborn streets led by Rev 8 P Speigel state evangelist for Alabama Christians He is a Greenbloom University graduate from Lexington Ky Mrs Speigel assists her husband in the effort the note says
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Government and
Dearborn Streets
P. Speigel
The
Christian Churches of Alabama
Green Bdorrns' University
Lexington
Speigle
Settl
Ashland
Oeen Lucky
Ways and Means Eyes Three Civic Systems Work
The Ways and Means committee of the Chamber of Commerce will focus on three systems the fee system the convict lease system and the Somers system. A report from a special committee led by George J Sullivan will push placing the matter before the county as a business proposition. The committee plans regular meetings and seeks to address insurance rates and resignations while pressing for reforms against the convict lease and fee systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somers
Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means
Don Farnsworth
Southern Commercial Congress
Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
Ways and Means
W. A. Somers
Fairhope
George J. Sullivan
Farnsworth
Mobile
The
Comfort for the Jackies on New York Navy Ship
Secretary Daniels approved provisions for a reception and reading room for enlisted men aboard the battleship New York. He called the feature a departure in warship design intended to increase crew comfort for the sailors and their guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Daniels
New York
Tramps Suspected in Cotton Car Fire at Choctaw Point
A box car in the Choctaw Point yards of the Louisville & Nashville railroad holding fifty bales of cotton was damaged by fire about 6 am Tuesday. Top bales burned. yard crew freed the blaze before fire apparatus arrived. Police arrested eleven men as dangerous, suspicious characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choctaw Point
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile
Supreme Court Faces Heavy Docket in 1913 Sixth Division
The Supreme Court confronts its heaviest workload of 1913 as the sixth division, including Jefferson county, submits more than a hundred records. Lawyers crowd the capitol and a large batch of cases was filed, likely extending into next week. The sixth division covers Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickett, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Alabama
Court of Appeals
Blount
Cullman
Fayette
Jefferson
Lamar
Marion
Pickett
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Winston
Exchange of bonds without tax deduction by Mobile Light
The Mobile Light and Railroad Company plans to exchange its Consolidated bonds for First Mortgage bonds. The company pays coupons on the Consolidated bonds in full without any income tax deduction. Both bonds are equal in value and may be placed in trust for the sinking fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Light & Railroad Company
Soamien
Tebbetts Wins Hibernian Pie at Mobile Turkey Night
The Mobile division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians held a Thanksgiving turkey award night at the Y M C A Hall with 300 attendees. Forty seven turkeys were awarded along with a pig and a goose to officials and prominent Mobilians including former Port Collector Tebbetts and Chief Deputy Sheriff Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Hibernians
Y. M. B. A. Hall
W. F. Tebbetts
M. L. Campbell
Geo. H. Dacovich
Thomas J. Sullivan
J. R. Nelson
John Toomey
Father Eaton
J. W. Phelan
H. Johnson
William Rooney
Thomas Neagle
Sid Berry
Richard Fuller
M. J. Vickers
Father Henry
F. J. Cuillott
A. Prichard
John J. McPalland
Joseph Stone
Sig Sass
F. T. Koppersmith
Charles Green
Bernie Jennett
J. F. Holley
M. Desmond
T. J. Potter
John Murphy
Michael Judge
E. Hogan
F. J. Thompson
Peter Burke John R. Nelson
Hugo Proskauer
F. J. Natale
Birmingham
Hyman
Travel bureau man from Boston visits city Chamber
Ralph G. Wells of Boston representing the Bureau of University Travel called on Don Farnsworth, business manager of the Chamber of Commerce. Wells has not booked any Southerners for the European tour yet and supports the Rotary Club idea of business cooperation in cities. He is a member of the Boston Rotary Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph G. Wells
Boston
Bureau of University Travel
Don Farnsworth
Chamber of Commerce
Wells
Mr. Wells
Rotary Club
Visitors in Mobile from multiple states stay at local hotels
W H Hawks and wife and C W Lauderbuck of Jackson Michigan visit Mobile and stay at Cawthon hotel. Mr and Mrs M Frank and Mrs F H Fuller of Magnolia Springs Alabama spend several days in the city. Mr and Mrs W D Harrington of Fulton Alabama visit friends for days. Clem C Waechter of Louisville Kentucky, popular with Mobile friends, is at the Battle House. A S Benny returns from New York City with E J Page of Syracuse New York to spend time in Mobile on business. O B Kessiter superintendent Mobile division of Southern Railway from Selma Alabama, with M E Madden train master and O P Bradley and F C Williams, are in Mobile on a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hawks
C. W. Lauderbuck
Jackson, Michigan
City
Cawthon Hotel
M. Frank
F. H. Fuller
Magnolia Springs, Ala
Mrs. W. D. Harrington
Fulton, Ala
Clem C. Waechter
Louisville, Ky
Mobile
Battle House
Mr. A. S. Benny
New York City
E. J. Page
Syracuse
New York
O. B. Kessiter
Mobile Division
The
Southern Railway
Selma, Ala
M. E. Madden
O. P. Bradley
F. C. Williams
Wilson to attend Army Navy game in New York
President Wilson will travel to New York to watch the Army Navy football game next Saturday. He plans to view one half from the Army side and the other half from the Navy side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Army
Police Court Notices Tie Up Weekend Misdeeds
Jim Pappas faced recorder court after an open store incident on Sunday and paid a ten dollar fine or twenty days in jail. Robert Ruffian was arraigned on battery charges and fined ten dollars plus costs with ten days in jail and any extra days. A man named Smith, found with letters, was arrested on Saturday night for dangerous character suspected of other charges and his case was continued to next Monday for further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Pappas
Recorder’s Court
Robert Ruffian
Arbo An Drago
Annie Ruffian
Ediington
Smith
Fugitive Negro Suspect Sought for Murder
Sheriff H M Farrier of Chipley with Deputy A Harrell captured Hayward Horn in Mob after arriving from Bainbridge Ga. Horn had eluded authorities for fifteen years in a murder case linked to a hard labor sentence for assault and attempted escape. Morton Ni alias Albert Wilson was also in custody, sought for escaping prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.M. Farrier
Chiple
Morton Ni
Albert Wilson
Seco
Farrier
A. Harrell
Hayward Horn
Bainbridge, Ga
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Soup Charlie
Hookworm
Royal Street
Federal Grand Jury
Boone
Anvals
Miss Fletcher
Ayer
Blackstrap
Remington Typewriter
Christian Church
Jackies
Tebbetts
Hibernian
University
Phil. P. Cresap Company
Louisiana
Elgin
Waltham
Howard
Police Court News
Pirane Gotch
Humboldt
Lewis
Distillers
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