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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1913

Page

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ONeal Replies To Hobsons Attack In Caustic Address

Alabama Governor condemns Captain Hobson for a harsh public reply. He accuses Hobson of disloyalty and coarse language while defending his own actions and the Alabama people. He recalls Hobson’s approach about the senate vacancy and cites de Graffenried warnings.

Montgomery Ala Alabama R. P. Hobson Congress O'Neal Hobson Hob Peckeriff Billingsgate

Alabama Congressman Responds to Hobson Attack

The speaker denounces Captain Hobson for scurrilous language and defends his own dignity and the office he holds. He accuses Hobson of disloyalty to Democratic doctrines and urges the people of Alabama to view Hobson as unworthy of continued public service.

Alabama R. P. Hobson Congress Hobson Hich Captain Hobson Mr. Hobson Democratic Party People of Alabama Wilson Mr. Wilson

Fire devastates Hot Springs area with $2.25 million loss

J B Speed of Little Rock reports the recent Hot Springs fire caused $2,250,000 in property loss and $1,500,000 in insured damage. Thirty-two and a half blocks burned, 518 buildings destroyed. Blame falls on construction, water, and fire equipment amid high winds. State fair preparations proceed. tents from Fort Logan H Root arrive for the homeless. Cleanup and large scale rebuilding start immediately.

Associated Press Hot Springs Ark J. B. Speed Little Rock Arkansas Actuarial Bureau Fort Logan H. Root

Jerome Leaves Canadian Soil After Acquittal in Gambling Case

Jerome acquitted on gambling charges in Coaticook Quebec stirs mixed reactions among 3000 residents. Magistrate Mulvena denounces the verdict as unjust, Jerome heads to Albany en route to Montreal for Thaw habeas corpus hearing. Thaw remains detained in immigration pen as lawyers push a lengthy legal fight.

Associated Press Coaticook Que William Travers Jerome Mulvena Jerome Harry K. Traw Matteawan Albany N. Y Montreal Thaw King's Bench Vermont Tne

Return of Peary Records Again Revealed by Danes

General Thomas H. Hubbard of the Peary Arctic Club announced a second recovery of Peary records by Danish authorities. Danish officials retrieved a record Peary left at Navy Cliff in Green land in July 1892, found by Knud Rasmussen in June 1912 and delivered to Denmark. This mirrors a 1910-1912 cycle involving Peary’s Arctic journals and a prior 1900-1907 deposit.

Associated Press New York Thomas H. Hubbard Peary Arctic Club Admiral Peary Denmark United States Navy Cliff Greenland Knud Rasmussen Peary Hivind Astrup Rasmussen

State Officials Confer With Governor O NeaI In Montgomery

Officials and heads of departments met with Governor O Neal in Montgomery for about two hours in the regular executive monthly conference. The meeting inaugurated months ago has become a fixed institution, with discussions on state department matters and addresses by officials.

Montgomery Ala O'Neal

City adopts strict waterfront fire hazard ordinance in Mobile

Mobile city commissioners approved a stringent ordinance to reduce fire danger at the wharves modeled on Savannah rules. The vote also backed Bay Shell road improvements with a $565.50 city share and postponed final protests on eleventh paying venture assessments to Friday at 9 30 am. Mayor Schwarz and Commissioner Pillans attended the session.

Mobile Harry Pillans Savannah Bay Shell Road George Fearn, Jr Pine Dauphin Streets Schwarz Commissioner Pillans Acros Lyons

Alabama Good Roads to Host Southern Governors Meeting

Governor O Nea l announces the Alabama Good Roads Association meeting in Mobile November 20 21 and 22 inviting all Southern state governors. He aims to attract Vice President Marshall and cabinet members, senators, and Alabama congressmen to attend.

Montgomery Ala South Alabama Good Roads Association Mobile O'Neal John Craft G. N. Mitchell Auburn State Highway Commission Georgia Mississippi Florida North South Carolina Tennessee Louisiana Marshall Houston Burleson McAdoo Bankhead Clayton Alabama Captain Craft Washington Congress Good Roads

Tarpon Dragged Two Miles In Coden Waters Catch

Major I N Hanson of Atlanta landed the second tarpon in Coden waters on Monday after a two mile drag in a small launch with Captain J W Howard. The 125 pound six foot fish was displayed in Mobile and marked a local angling milestone for rod and reel.

Coden I. N. Hanson Atlanta Major Hanson Rolston Hotel J. W. Howard Aberdeen Miss

Tragedy Strikes Harrisburg Area Auto Faces Rail Collision

In Pennsylvania near Reading two women Mrs H J Forney and Mrs D M Beck of Harrisburg were killed when their car was struck by a Reading train. D M Beck and two family members were seriously injured in the wreck.

Associated Press H. J. Forney D. M. Beck Harrisburg Reading

Currency bill completed and sent to House

The Democratic led banking and currency committee reported the adminstration currency reform bill to the House. A lengthy report explained the bill’s aims to reform the banking system and address long standing evils while criticizing Aldrich central bank ideas.

Associated Press Washington House Today Committee On Banking and Currency Glass Hayes California United States National Monetary Commission

River Mystery Baffles Police in Hudson River Slaying

New York detectives focus on a second hand store on the upper west side after a pillow bearing parts of the victim is traced to a stout poorly dressed middle aged woman who bought it last April. The case widens as missing girl leads surface and investigations center on actress Jeannette Norman and Ella Sternemann’s father, with identification awaiting the head or pillow buyer.

Associated Press New York Hudson River George Sachs Upper West Side Sachs Ella Sternemann Sternemann Jeannette Norman Grandeville Miss Norman

Gasoline Blast Sparks Major Newburyport Fire

An explosion in a Merrimac street garage sparked a rapid fire that spread to several business blocks and almost a dozen homes. Edwin M. Ingalls, owner of the garage, was fatally burned and two employees were seriously injured. assistance came from four nearby cities.

Associated Press Newberryport Mants Merrimac Street Edwin M. Ingalls

Weather Summary and Temperatures Reported

Local showers possible tonight and Wednesday with light easterly winds. Alabama and Mississippi forecast similar showers. Temperature readings from Royal and Dauphin show highs around the low to mid 80s and morning readings near 80.

Alabama Mississippi

Americans by Birth: Harjes Family Racer Birth in New York

Mr and Mrs Herman H Harjes raced across the Atlantic to have their son born on American soil. Frederica Berwind of Philadelphia is the mother. They arrived in New York six hours before the baby was born at the Et. Regis Hotel.

New York Herman Harjes Atlantic Ocean United States Frederica Berwind Philadelphia France Thesa Aantae Kronprinzess Cecile

Senate Ready for Final Vote on Tariff Bill

The senate set a 4 PM deadline to vote on the tariff bill after a 16 hour session that disposed of free wool and free sugar while debating the income tax and cotton schedule. Senators Bristow McCumber Norris and La Follette prepared final amendments as an exodus to home and vacations loomed.

Senate Associated Press Washington la. Follette Bristow McCumber Norris Simmons House

Alabama Mississippi Waterways Pushed Before Engineers Board

A U S Army engineers meeting in Washington heard Mobile Alabama and Columbus Mississippi delegations urge improvements on the Tombigbee and regional waterways. Senator Bankhead and Senator Vardaman led Alabama and Mississippi representatives in arguing for locks and dams to boost Gulf Coast commerce and power developments.

Alabama and Mississippi Engineers’ Board Washington DL. C Board of Engineers United States Army Mobile Ala Columbus Miss Bankhead Alabama Vardaman Clayton and Taylor Candler Humphreys Collier Parently Tombigbee River Gulf States Black Warrior River

Big Tim Sullivan Eludes Guards In New York Escape

Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan known as Big Tim has vanished from his brother’s Williamsbridge home after slipping past sleeping guards. Police fear harm. Sullivan, born 1862, recently had a nervous breakdown and was declared incompetent in managing his affairs.

Associated Press New York Timothy LD Big Tim Sullivan Williamsbridge Congress Europe

Compiler Jones Suffers Big Loss in Fire

A fire in Columbia Tennessee destroyed the manuscript of the eleventh volume of the American Jack Register cataloging 1000 jacks and jennets pedigrees and data. Compiler John L. Jones had the volume ready for printers when the blaze hit, making reassembly very difficult.

Columbia Nashville Tenn John L. Jones United States

General Rodriguez fugitive after Venezuelan revolt

Willamstead Curacao September reports General Ascension Rodriguez a Castro ally is a fugitive with four followers at Buen Ayer on a Dutch island off the Venezuelan coast. He headed the revolt against Gomez in the Orient district.

Willamsteadt Curacao Ascension Rodriguez Castro Venezuela Buen Ayer Rodriguez Gomez Orient

Artists Mourn Death of Millar in Car Train Crash

A large circle of New York artists mourns the death of Adison T. Millar and Mia Millar after their automobile was struck by an express train near Norwalk Connecticut. Millar, famed painter and etcher, recently won top honors at a local exhibition. Mia Millar, formerly Miss Jesse Guthrie of Cleveland, survived, with Dorothy Millar injured but expected to recover.

Associated Press New York Adison T. Millar Mia Millar Norwalk Conn Millar Old Madrid Warren Ohio Paris Somenes Cleveland Jessie Guthrie South Dorothy Millar

Manifesto Calls Mexicans to Repel Northern Invasion

A document distributed in Piedras Negras urges Mexicans to rise and sweep back the invasion from the north amid Huerta government claims. Constitutionalists say it signals recruitment by the government and note a letter to Colonel Murguía inviting defections after a Saturday battle near San Buena Ventura.

Associated Press Piedras Negras Mex Huerta Mexico United States Murugia San Buena Ventura Antonio Escoto Monclova Mexica

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Gov. O’neal O’neal Peary Records Arctic Club Neal New York Force Pillow Tick Royal and Dauphin Yonn LA Micon Ee MR. Ccccavane Ip Herman H. Harjes Upese House Jones Gen Rodrigue Maniesto
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