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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1912
Page
4
The Alabama railroad commission issues urgent suggestions to railroads, shippers, and industrial concerns to ease a historic car shortage during a record crop movement. It urges prompt loading, unloading, and careful coordination to keep cars in service and avoid delays.
Preliminary hearing for Johnny Smith charged with murder of Clarence Hood in a gambling debt dispute concluded with no bail. Witnesses at the inquest testified similarly about the fatal stabbing with shears.
The eight year old Crown Prince Grand Duke Alexia is seriously ill at the imperial hunting lodge in Russian Poland after an October 15 accident. He developed a groin injury and high fever rising to 103.6 and then 102.9 with several court physicians attending.
Governor Marshall of Indiana, during a campaign stop in San Francisco, selected a site for the Indiana building at the Panama Pacific Exhibition. He was escorted by cavalry and reviewed a parade of two U S regiments in his honor before planning to depart for Oregon to continue campaigning.
Offer for Pyramid Pile Remedy promising painless relief and rapid congestion reduction. Advertises free trial package with coupon and later purchase at 50 cents. Appeals to readers with distrust of surgery and claims proven results.
A reader solicits a free trial mailing of Py ramid Pile Remedy in plain wrap to assess its claimed splendid results. Includes name and address fields for Marshall Michigan with no verification of efficacy.
Indiana Governor and Democratic vice presidential hopeful Marshall attacked Governor Johnson of California and his campaign on stage in Sacramento. He argued Californians should decide their own votes without outside advice and defended Woodrow Wilson against compulsory electoral influence.
Princeton reports Governor Wilson dictated letters to his secretary then dictated again to himself in the library. He used shorthand since boyhood and later typed on a right handed typewriter before preparing envelopes, stamps, and mailing the notes. He then returned to the state house in Trenton for routine business.
Chairman Mc Combs of the Democratic National Committee met in Chicago with Charles Bryan and Senator James A Reed to review final campaign plans. The two hour conference focused on strategy and coordination with party leaders.
Campaign managers revise plans for the wind-up of the presidential fight as Roosevelt recovers and Wilson withdraws. Democrats rush speakers into Pennsylvania and New York, while Republicans mobilize in the east with Knox Lodge Nagel and Wilson on tour. Taft plans a final New York speech on November 2 as Democrats target legislatures in Colorado Idaho Nebraska Nevada and New Jersey.
Senate campaign contribution inquiry held in executive session. No witnesses were examined today and several subpoenas issued for tomorrow. Chairman Clapp forecast adjournment after tomorrow’s hearing until after the election.
H O Horton was arrested for piling lumber on a sidewalk and failing to place a red light at night. He stood before Recorder Edington yesterday afternoon, several witnesses testified, and Edington dismissed Horton with a warning.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a quick, harmless cure for indigestion gas sour stomach and sour belching. It promises dramatic relief within minutes and offers a money back guarantee for a fifty cent bottle. It urges keeping the remedy handy for day or night stomach upset.
Guatemalan consul general Adolfo Hoser reports the August assault on Dr. Luis Lazo Ariaga in Guatemala City had no political significance. The attacker was arrested and jailed awaiting trial after a quick police response. Lazo, a former Honduran minister to Washington, is a naturalized U.S. citizen.
The son of George R. Baker of Davis avenue near Lafayette street cut a deep gash in a foot while playing Sunday. He bled heavily until Dr. O H Harris advised temporary treatment by phone until the doctor could arrive, after which the bleeding was stopped.
In Farvis Mississippi on October 22 two 13 year old boys, George Perry and Ernest Wilkerson, obtained dynamite and caps to dynamite frogs at a nearby pond. An explosion severely burned Wilkerson’s face and cost Perry the fingers on his right hand, with Wilkerson facing possible loss of sight in one eye.
Recorder Edington presided over the first afternoon session as 66 cases were passed upon. The session ran late due to a murder charge assault to murder and a prohibition case prolonging the court's hearings.
Recorder Edington ordered the dismissal of the case against A. J. Paterson a Mobilian held for furious driving that led to the death of Mary Mc Andrew last Saturday. Only one witness testified stating Paterson tried to stop to avoid the collision. The arresting officer did not witness the accident and Paterson did not testify.
James Berry, a 70 year old former North Carolinian now living elsewhere, claims to be the youngest of 26 children and descendant of centenarian parents with his father said to have died at 140 and his mother at 120. He presents documents from his former NC home to support his tale.
William Taylor, a black restaurant keeper on South Water street, stood arraigned in the recorder's court after noon on liquor violation charges. He pled not guilty, was fined 250 dollars plus 90 days in jail, and posted 500 dollars bond after counsel announced an appeal. Police alleged two half pints of liquor were disposed of by Taylor last Sunday night.
A dispatch from Waynesboro Tennessee reports The People's Bank of Clifton a state institution with capital stock of 50000 made an assignment. Assets are 170000 and liabilities 100000. It will pay all debts and have a surplus. The cause is inability to secure money to carry crops.
An old promotional blurb urges women to use Syrup of Figs with Elixir of Senna to cure biliousness headaches and constipation. It asserts that diet and exercise help but the remedy moves waste gently without pain. It warns to demand the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product on the label.
Benjamin Peavey aged one year four months died at Mobile Infirmary from accidental lye ingestion at the family home in Atmore Alabama Saturday. The child drank from a can of lye while playing in the yard. Parents Mr and Mrs Charles Peavey are named residents of Atmore and burial arrangements were handled by Roche Burke Undertaking Company.
Denver Jay and Zarrine of Eastbrook stable won the $2,500 stake for 2:20 pacers and the $5,000 stake for 2:14 trotters at the Great Western Circuit meet in Dallas. Gus Macey drove the Eastbrook entries to decisive victories on a heavy track.
Miss Taku Takaji stars in a Thanhouser picture depicting Japanese patriotism and loyalty of a wife to husband and country. The all star troupe of Japanese actors and Thanhouser favorites perform in a story of devotion. A favorable impression is promised.
Commissioner Harry Pillans says the new stable rule does not require cement in stalls. Wooden floors may be laid over cement or used as blocks, but the stable as a whole must be cemented.
Forty members of Company F Third Indiana National Guard led by Major Freyer muth depart for the Mineral Springs track near Porter Indiana to enforce governor orders to halt gambling. Captain Kimball notes plans depend on arrival and attorney general supervision. Company M of Rensselaer is also ordered to the scene.
William Barnestaff, a life prisoner captured a week earlier after escaping the penitentiary by crawling through a sewer, was shot and killed early today in Columbus while attempting another wall escape.
Dispatch from Mexico City reports Diaz rebels losing strength while federal forces hold, with tensions rising near Veracruz. Defections seen in Tierra Blanca Santa Lucía Tuxpan Oaxaca and Jalisco. Rebel bands and Orozco followers threaten towns south of Torreón as Blanquet moves troops toward the capital and the Vicksburg gunboat visits Hermosillo.
Thirty federal officers including captains and lieutenants from several regiments deserted the army at Monterey on October 22. They fled eastward in automobiles with arms and ammunition, cheering for Felix Diaz.
The 16 month old daughter of Ed Mooney of Southwest Dearborn and Texas streets swallowed bichloride of mercury tablets. Dr. O H Harris treated with emetics and the child is reported much improved.
Revival services conducted by Rev I W Chalker at St Francis Street Methodist Church have drawn crowds with engaging sermons. Services run all week at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m with Chalker delivering the messages.
Ex health commissioner Dr Evans states skin diseases, including eczema, relate to the skin not blood. He cites wintergreen thymos wash as D D D Prescription, with Dr Holmes endorsing it as a eczema specific remedy. An ad offers a $1 bottle with a guaranteed refund if it fails to work.
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