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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1913
Page
7
A complete report of the work of all Mobile city departments will be supplied to the Fort Wayne public library under a letter from the city commissioners sent Friday.
A. B. Nadal of 207 South Hamilton street was fined ten dollars or twenty days for violating the city license ordinance. Charley Morrissette, described as a negro, faced a disorderly conduct charge that is expected to develop into larceny and was reset for September in the recorder's court.
The Lyric Theatre presents Mary's Lamb with extra musicians and three electricians to handle Carle score demands. Matinee at 3 15. Night 8 15. Saturday baseball night with Mobile and New Orleans clubs. Also Lyon Stock Company at the Lyric Theatre with My Uncle From India this week. In Bankruptcy United States District Court enters Mrs M M Paxton Bankrupt No 1258 creditors meeting Sept 20 1913 at 2 pm in Mobile Alabama.
Judge Maurice T. Dooling ordered a $2000 fine against Western Fuel Company and jailed secretary David C. Norcross for contempt for refusing to produce company books before the federal grand jury investigating alleged customs weighing frauds. The company sought delay citing prior examinations and workload to move books, while indictments accuse it of defrauding the government through false weights on coal for American vessels and illicit rebates.
Dispatches from Nanking say Northern armies sacked the city for three days. Mrs. Alvin W. Gilbert, acting during her husband’s absence, talked soldiers from the American consulate. Looters threatened missions but fled after discovering foreigners inside. The fall of Nanking ends the rebellion as provinces report calm. Gazette notes cabinet resignation.
Chancellor Smith names September 15 for the hearing on the motion to dissolve the injunction against striking ironworkers and the contempt motion against C. A. Smith. The contempt allegation claims Smith used persuasion and threats to deter Gulf City Boiler Works employees, and he allegedly urged boiler workers to quit. P. H. Saxon complaint leads to T. Jones arrest for trespassing at Mobile Ohio dock area.
An official telegram to Consul T G McGonigal announces the indefinite closure of all foreign commerce at four major Dominican ports Puerto Plata Sosua Semana and Sa nchez on San Domingo island. The message offers no reasons and McGonigal says he awaits a formal letter within about two weeks explaining the matter. Diarrhea remedy advertisement notes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cures many cases with one dose and is sold by dealers.
Taken up Sunday August 81 1913 at 6 30 a m on Conti near St E manual streets a small flea bitten grey mare branded Band Crescent on right hind quarter. Sold if not redeemed at city pound Tuesday September 9 1913 at 12 noon. Impounding Officer James Curran. 938 61. As a rule an aristocrat is a man who does not boast of his ancestors.
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