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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1913
Page
12
Reports from Mexico City say rebels captured Torreon and threaten to slaughter Spaniards, with 60 000 to 100 000 Spaniards in the city. Diplomats and the American charge in Mexico City pursue details as officials seek to limit public knowledge.
Washington the prospect of World Series games and autumn leisure has reduced House attendance. Speaker Clark plans drastic steps to secure a quorum through the present special session. The urgent deficiency bill tied to the conference is a Democratic concern, with a key provision creating a new Department of Labor.
Steadman of a Crosse, president of the World's Purity Federation, prepared the seventh annual congress program for Minneapolis starting November 7. Educators, ministers and social workers from the U S and abroad will speak. Governor Eberhart designates November 9 as Purity Sunday with church services nationwide.
E A Rentz a Gilbertown Choctaw county merchant filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court. He lists assets totaling more than three times his liabilities and is adjudicated in bankruptcy.
E L Davison renowned Spanish linguist and Mobile Chamber of Commerce booster will travel to the Panama Canal on a seventeen day cruise under Southern Commercial Congress auspices. He represents Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Southern Railway with Mobile District boosters Mrs C T Cox C C Huxford and C L Coleman joining the delegation.
Chairman Horace Turner announced the New Orleans Cotton Exchange will participate in the Mobile cotton case before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The ICC will halt evidence on October 20 in Mobile with about 210 railroads expected to appear. Diversion of cotton from gulf ports to Savannah and other Atlantic ports motivates the case, with the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League keenly involved. Attorneys Walter and Birchmore of Chicago will represent Mobile.
Sidney Lowenstein was fined $10 and ten days in jail by Recorder Edington for operating two cars under one license. Cunningham Hardware’s Charles A. Cunningham also faced a $10 fine and $100 bond on a similar charge and appealed.
An old medical ad claims that eating meat harms kidneys by producing uric acid. It advises taking four ounces of Rad Salts mixed in water before breakfast to stimulate kidney filtration and relieve rheumatism headaches and other ailments, citing lemon juice acids as the active ingredient.
Harry offers tiny shoes in job lots at prices below wholesale and invites customers to try. The ad promotes shoe repair services and claims to be better than expected, urging shoppers to visit Harry's Shoe Place at 60 Government Street and look for the street sign.
Special to The Item Charlie Harris, a longtime post office worker in Montgomery, dies aged about sixty after thirty years of service. A Republican trusted across political shifts, he knew mail dispatch details thoroughly and was widely known in central Alabama. Funeral set for today.
The Webb Kenyon and Hazel laws prohibiting intra state liquor shipments into local option areas were declared constitutional in two Sussex county decisions. William Drier was found guilty of violating the Hazel law by delivering Philadelphia liquor to Harley J. Conway. sentence postponed for a new trial motion. A supplemental ruling upheld the Webb Kenyon act as intended to regulate both sale and intersale transport of intoxicants.
William Martin of 161 N Franklin St Mobile Alabama praises Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney relief after years of use. He recalls relief after trying other remedies and notes the product is sold by Van Antwerp's Drug Store at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is sole US agent. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
An ad touts repair service with low prices for fixing shoes. SALLWEG is the brand name or contact mentioned with a promise to save customers money and provide quick repairs. The fragment hints at a local shop slogan and price focus.
The municipal waterfront steel sheds will be turned into an audience venue for President Woodrow Wilson Secretary Bryan and Secretary Daniels. Capacity 4000 seated and 10000 standing with tarpaulin enclosures and flags. Railroads will halt operations during talks as local homes are urged to open to delegates of the Commercial Congress.
The Alabama supreme court will hear Probate Judge A L Hasty impeachment on October 28 in Montgomery. Questions hinge on whether charges may pertain to former terms. Govorner O Neal and Examiner J T Gorman influenced the action. Rushton Williams and Crenshaw are retained as special prosecutors.
A Sykesville jury ruled that Ella L. Warfield died from poison self-administered. Dr. Daniel B. Sprecher testified he issued a death certificate stating acute indigestion, following coroner Orrie Millar's decision that no inquest was needed. Witnesses said Warfield had threatened self harm and Mrs Ward witnessed events at the Warfield home.
In Kiev on October 9 the Mendel Beiliss murder trial began before four judges with a crowd and police surround. Prosecutors uphold the ritual murder theory in the case tied to the 1911 killing of 18 year old Andrew Yushinsky whose body showed forty seven wounds. Beiliss, a brick factory worker, is charged with conspiracy and involvement in the boy’s death.
An apparent spike in fires at Dothan prompted an inquiry by Secretary of State Cyrus B. Brown and State Fire Marshal T. L. Austin. They questioned officials and returned to Montgomery without releasing details, as the investigation continues amid attention from the state insurance department.
New York reports a major police shake up with 500 recruits under 30 to replace retiring officers in the upper west side and tenderloin. The plan creates a model district around hotels, apartments, and amusements with transfers of current officers. Captain Kohler trained the recruits at West Point. Commissioner Waldo touts their clean, efficient service and independence from corruption.
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder issues including gravel diabetes and rheumatism in men and women. It asserts bladder regulation in children and offers mail delivery if not sold locally. One bottle provides two months of treatment and is said to almost always cure. Dr. E. W. Hall of St. Louis listed. testimonials from Alabama. Sold by drugs.
A witty line notes that even romantic young ladies see the pen that writes checks as stronger than the blade in dress parades. It hints at prudence and money shaping appearances.
Mrs. N A Richards of 1007 Government street was badly bruised when an automobile stalled on Michigan avenue intersected by a street car at Virginia street. Mrs. H P Hirshfield of 1014 Government street escaped unhurt though shaken. Motorman Gilchrist and Conductor J A Lucas were arrested after the incident.
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