10 Oct 1913
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
1
A dramatic game opens with scoring bursts and strong pitching as the Athletics win their fourth game to near clinch the World Series. The matchup features standout performances and notable runs with a final margin around the reported 320 to 5 mark and a prize tag of $49 645 in play.
A dramatic front page item claims a White House signal detonated the Gamboa dam in Panama, with mentions of President Wilson initiating a long distance blast. The piece also covers the impeachment trial of New York Governor Sulzer and Brackett’s closing remarks criticizing witnesses and testimony.
Senator Hoke Smith spoke at the White House about currency legislation amid debate on timing for passage. He stressed government supervision and predicted a mid November Senate push, noting the bill could pass this session or move to the December regular session. The piece also details dramatic Panama Canal opening developments and related canal measures.
Twenty thousand fans at Shibe Park watch the New York Giants oppose the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1913 World Series. Fletcher is fined fifty dollars for obscene language as the game unfolds with pitching by Demaree for the Giants and Bender for the Athletics, with early scoring by both sides and multiple fielding highlights.
Police report a revolver with exploded cartridges and bloody clothing found at the scene. Six Black men and one white man were arrested but no witness could identify details. Will Davis is missing and believed to be the wounded or dead man. Nick Peters faces bond, while detectives await a lead.
At the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York, the diocese of Los Angeles urged banning marriage after divorce. The diocese of Michigan proposed requiring a physician’s certificate confirming mental soundness and absence of disqualifying disease before clergy wed couples.
Chen, head of the Peking mounted police, was arrested during the Yuan Shi Kai inauguration ceremony after confessing Southern rebels bribed him to assassinate the president. Bombs were later found at Chen's residence.
Coastillo Brito governor of Campeche and figure in the Mexican constitutional movement is discharged by the United States court in New Orleans. The Huerta government’s extradition request is denied and he remains in U S custody.
A one time classified advertisement from The Item’s Home Edition offers a willing colored girl for general housework. Mrs. Mc Donald at No 3 Farmer street, 2 east of Catherine, placed the ad and found a servant within an hour after it ran. The notice cost thirty cents.
The weather page calls for fair conditions through Saturday with light variable winds. Alabama remains fair tonight with local showers in the northeast, Mississippi fair tonight then unsettled and cooler in the north. Temperatures at Royal and Dauphin show a progression from early morning mid 60s to low 80s by afternoon with ranges noted from 76 to 88.
Montgomery Ala Oct 10 Upon Captain W P Screws A S A Adjutant General Scully issued order mustering Company B of the First Infantry Sylacauga from service for inefficiency at reinspection. The company lacked the required men and showed general lack of interest among members.
Rice dealers in Houston estimate twenty percent damage to rice crops from recent floods in Texas and Louisiana. Cotton losses from the rains were reported smaller than anticipated.
Report from Vera Cruz says as Torreon fell rebels gained control after a mutiny by fed erales who shot officers and joined by mutineers. Americans reportedly escaped. foreign casualties cited include Spaniards and other foreigners killed during the uprising.
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