Chief of Police Sued Over Diamond Dispute
Liszie R. Haas files suit in law and equity court against Police Chief F W Crenshaw seeking return of a diamond stud held by him. The action follows the arrest of H W Barnes on grand larceny charges after he allegedly sold the pin to a jeweler. Haas faces possible jury trial as the case moves toward the next grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liszie R. Haas
Law and Equity Court
F.W. Crenshaw
Trail of the
Aarnes
Haas
Berlain's Cough Remedy Cures Boy's Severe Cold
Mrs. Sarah Duncan of Tipton Iowa reports her son suffered a dreadful coughing fit last winter. She says one bottle of Berlain's Cough Remedy stopped his cough and his cold completely. For sale by all dealers. adv
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Duncan
Tipton
Iowa
Berlain
Plans for Mobile Theatre Delayed After Officials Review
Plans for the new Mobile Theatre were submitted to city commissioners the city engineer and the fire chief but were deemed unsatisfactory. The promoters must return with representatives including Jacob Pollock owner of the site and local architect George B Rogers. Construction on the site at Royal and Conti streets will begin after revised plans are approved, with no occupancy expected this theater season as Lyric Theatre handles bookings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwarz and Pillans
Wright Smith
Thomas F. Price
Henry Altmeyer
Jacob Pollock
George B. Rogers
Chicago
Lyric Theatre
Royal and Conti Streets
Exhibit car tour to start Friday in Alabama
Panama Canal celebration director general L C Irvine will lead a touring exhibit car across Alabama starting Friday from Opelika. He will visit Columbus Georgia and Mobile for fundraising canvass for the Southern Commercial Congress celebrations. The Mobile stop is September 19 20 and 21 with local committees in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
L. C. Irvine
Mobile
Irvine
Columbus
Opelika
Southern Commercial Congress
Sandesford Seeks Custody of Children in Habeas Case
C. E. Sandiford filed habeas corpus in circuit court before Judge Samuel H. Browne. He names Eugene Chadick at the Boys Industrial Home, Mrs. A. H. Malone at the Protestant Orphan Asylum, Sister Sarah Chapman of the Church Home, and others as holding Milton, Minnie C., John B., and Cora C. Sandiford against his will. He asserts his ability to provide for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Sandiford
Samuel H. Browne
Carl Irwin
Eugene Chadick
Fabian
Boys Industrial Home
A. H. Malone
Protestant Orphan Asylum
Sarah Chapman
Milton Sandiford
Minnie C. Sandiford
John B. Sandiford
Cora C. Sand
Harrington Grand Larceny Case Nolle Pressed
W L Harrington an optician with E O Zadek Jewelry Company was arrested on Tuesday on a grand larceny charge and the case was nolle pressed in the recorder's court on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae
W. L. Harrington
E. O. Zadek Jewelry Company
Nolle
Do You Fear Consumption And Seek Relief
A vintage drug advertisement claims Dr King’s New Discovery cures coughs colds throat and lung ailments including consumption. A user testimonial from Stillman Green of Malichite Col says two doctors predicted death but the remedy left him healthy. Money back if it fails and prices are 50c and 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Antwerp Drug Co
Adv
Blalack Fined for Contempt in Hyland Assault Case
W H Blalack, a witness in the Sam Hyland assault case, refused to answer questions in the inferior criminal court. Acting Judge Moses Kahn fined him ten dollars and sentenced him to twenty four hours in jail, later reduced to the fine. Hyland was discharged and Blalack remained jailed awaiting bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blalack
W. H. Blalack
Sam Hyland
Inferior Criminal Court
Moses Kahn
Hyland
Schooner G. Donahue Lost on Digby Gap Rocks
The G. Donahue, a well known sealing schooner from Halifax, sprang a leak in Monday night’s gale and went ashore on the Digby Gap rocks. The vessel is a total loss but all seven crew members reached shore safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
G. Donahue
Digby Gap
President Smith of L and N Responds to Comer's Ravings
Louisville September 6 1913 President Smith of Louisville and Nashville Rail Road defends the company against Comer's attacks in Alabama and against calls to influence or oppose his nomination. He argues railways have rights to participate in public matters and cites alleged expenditures to defeat Comer, noting broader impact on Alabama's rail and state development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Alabama
Sle
Attorney General
Theater Commerce Commission
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Louisville and Nashville 34 Company
Sisfuly
Railrdm
Comoin
Sinor
Counel
Asem
Ala
Comer
Lawsville and Nashville Railroad
Railroad Commission
Loulaville
Nashville
Board of Directors
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Penphar
Omer
Louisville and Nashville
Louisville and Neville Railroad Company
Aineet
Lodge plans advance for Panama Celebration floats
Plans for the lodge pageant of the Panama Celebration October 27 28 and 29 were outlined Tuesday night by the joint lodge committee at the Chamber of Commerce. Dr F A Dunster musical director said floats are contracted and under construction with prize for best showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Commercial Congress
Panama
Chamber of Commerce
F. A. Dunster
Lyric Theatre
Red Men
Tribe of Ben Hur
Maccabees
Knights and Ladies of Security
Woodmen of the World
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Beavers
Eagles
Moose
Modern Woodmen of America
United American Median- Fraternal Order of America
Ancient Order
United Workmen
Knights of Honor
Despondency and Indigestion Relief Tablets Ad
Despondency is often caused by indigestion and constipation and quickly disappears when Chamberlain's Tablets are taken. For sale by all dealers. adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Program of Sports at Detention Home Camp
A sports program will be held at the Boys Detention Home camp at Mertz station on the Mobile and Bay Shore road. under Superintendent L H Putman the Bush Memorial camp runs 2 to 6 PM with invitations to city officials and residents. refreshments will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mertz Station
Mobile and
Bay Shore Road
L. H. Putman
A. P. Bush
City Commission
Board of Revenue
August fire losses kept at a minimum
The Fire Department report by Chief Thomas F. Price to Commissioner P. J. Lyons records 23 alarms in August, 17 by telephone and 6 by tower. Total fire loss was $1,040 with only one fire spreading to a neighboring building. Fires occurred in 21 frame buildings, one brick building, and two trash piles. causes include sparks 11, electric wires 1, defective flues 5, and two each from carelessness, unknown, and trash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Price
P. J. Lyons
LIV-VER-LAX Ad From Sutton Bros
An advertisement promotes LIV-VER-LAX as a pure vegetable laxative from Sutton Bros. The copy uses playful doggerel inviting readers to avoid calomel and to ask Sutton Bros. for the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calomel Alomel
Sutton Bros
Sutton Bros. Adv
Legislators At State Capital Contemplate Senate or House Runs
Special to the Item reports at the Alabama Pardon Board meeting in Montgomery on September 10 that four lawmakers visited, including State Senator A. M. Tunstall of Greensboro and Representatives Alex Pitts Selma James E Horton Limestone and J B Rylance Dadeville. Tunstall likely seeks House re election while Horton ponders a move to the Senate from Limestone and Lauderdale counties. Rylance and Pitts have not decided on another term with Pitts hinted as a possible Senate bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
State Pardon Board
Alabama
Capitol
A. M. Tunstall
Greensboro
Alex Pitts
Selma
James E. Horton
J. B. Rylance
Dadeville
Tunstall
House
State Senate
Hale
Greene Counties
Greene County
James F. Horton
Limestone County
Alex D. Pitts
Pitts
Senate
Col. x K
Joseph J. Paxton Files for Bankruptcy
Joseph J. Paxton of Mobile petitions for bankruptcy in the federal court citing wage status as the sole asset of 625 dollars with no other assets listed. The filing presents a voluntary proceeding under the designated bankruptcy statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Paxton
Mobile
Tater Alesse
Beavers Outing to Mobile Planned for September
Mobile Dam No. 26 Beavers announce an annual outing at Monroe Park on September 16 to entertain up to 2000 people, though 800 to 1000 are expected. Orphanage children and poor women from Crichton and Prichard will be brought by special cars, with Salvation Army and city guests joining from Bienville Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Dam No
Order of Beavers
Monroe Park
Oliver H. Harris
Chrichton
Prichard
Crichton
Mike Doody
Gordon Hall
Salvation Army
Bienville Square
Charles Delhomme
Woman’s Auxiliary
Households of Beavers
Carpenter Ira Clements Seized on Grand Larceny Charge
Ira Clements of Galle and Tennessee streets, a carpenter, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Detective J. Murphy on a grand larceny warrant. He posted bond for appearance in the recorder's court Thursday. Louis Schettner of Yuille's Bakery alleges the bicycle theft occurred months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Clements
Galle
Tennesse Street
J. Murphy
Clements
Recorder’s Court
Louis Schettner
Yuille’s
Five Turkish Officers Killed in Quarrel
Vienna dispatch reports from Adrianople that five Turkish officers were killed and twenty wounded in a clash arising from a quarrel between Young Turks and Nazim Pasha partisans. Emir Bey, chief of the general staff, was among the wounded. Nazim Pasha had been killed during a Constantinople demonstration last January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Presa
Vienna
Neue Presse
Adrianople
Truks
Nazim Pasha
Constantinople
Emir Bey
Protest Against Banana Duty Draws Regional Ministers
Panamanian Costa Rican Nicaraguan and Guatemalan ministers joined by Honduras envoy urged President Wilson to oppose a tariff duty of one tenth of a cent per pound on bananas. The levy, part of a new tariff bill, would yield about $2.5 million yearly though not expected to reach consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Honduras
Wilson
Senate
Seeberg Line Publishes Distances Table for Atlantic Ports
The Seeberg Steamship Line Inc releases a large Table of Distances showing distances between major Atlantic and Gulf ports, plus distances to West Indies and Central and South American ports, valuable to shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seeberg Steamship Line, Inc
Atlantic and
Gulf
West Indies
South
Central America
King George Sponsors Roxburghe Heir In Dukedom Line
London reports King George will sponsor the heir of the Roxburghe dukedom. The child’s mother is Miss May Goelet of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
George
May Goelet
New York
Tax Equalization Urged by Cities Across State
Walter Sweeting of the Philadelphia Manufacturers' Association argues for the Somers System of tax assessment to Mobile audiences. He cites Birmingham Gadsden Des Moines and Texas cities as success cases and says the change can be adopted without legislation. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce hosts his second session at the Battle House Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Walter Sweeting
Philadelphia
Pany
Mobile
Sweeting
Chamber of
Battle House
Birmingham
Gadsden
Des Moines
Iowa
Texas
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Waco
Beaumont
County Board of Revenue and Trade Commissioners
Chamber of Commerce
Somers
Electric Bitters Promoted For Weak Kidneys and Liver
Suffering from weak kidneys? Electric Bitters is praised as a prompt relief remedy. A San Francisco writer claims it cured his wife after others failed, praising its liver benefits and relief from indigestion and biliousness. Available at Van Antwerp Drug Co. for 50 cents or $1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dowling
San Francisco
van Antwerp Drug Co
Court Fines and Jail Sentences Handed Down
Hattie Simmons received either a $2 fine or twenty days in jail for public drunkenness and resisting arrest, fined $50 or eighty days. Charles Davis and Bill Riley were each fined $20 or ten days for gaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nten Imp
Erferior Court
Hattie Simmons
Moses Kahn
Inferior Criminal Court
Charles Davis
Bill Riley
Special Ploughs Into Train Standing Still
President Ralph Peters of the Long Island Rail Road was badly shaken in a collision with a local train at Bridge-Hampton. The local train was stopped when the special train struck, injuring two rear-car passengers seriously. Mr. and Mrs. William Mann of Queque were among the injured but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad
Long Island Road
Bridge-Hampton
Peters
William Mann
Queque
Meteor flashes across city sky with blazing trail
A brilliant meteor darted from the northeast toward the southwest a few minutes after 8 on Tuesday night. It illuminated the sky with a fiery trail spanning the city, bursting at about 30 degrees above the horizon and scattering sparks in every direction as it sped rapidly.
Baymen's Benevolent Association Calls Urgent Meeting
Members are urged to attend a special called meeting tomorrow Thursday September 11 at 7 30 p m By order of the president J H Duff Local 331 secretary where business of importance will be discussed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baymen’s’ Benevolent Association
J. H. Duff
Three Stills Seized by Revenue Officers
Deputy United States Internal Revenue Agent W F Nabors and his team captured a five gallon tin still and a sixteen gallon pot still in Geneva county twelve miles southwest of Dothan and arrested Lewis Bass for violation. In Houston county four miles east of Crosby officers continued operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Internal Revenue
W. F. Nabors
Houston
Geneva
Geneva County
Dothan
Nabors
Lewis Bass
Houston County
Crosby
Prison action after raid on liquor operation
Federal authorities arrested Joe Clark after a raid that found and destroyed an eighteen gallon still and a large quantity of liquor. He was held to await the next federal grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Clark
Englishmen Uneasy Over U S Cotton Futures Tax
The Westminster Gazette reports unease in Manchester and Liverpool about a proposed U S tax on cotton futures. It warns the levy could apply to bargains here, causing brokers inconvenience and serious trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
United States
Westminster Gazette Today
Manchester
Liverpool
Danderine Hair Tonic Promises Soft Hair Growth
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming immediate hair beautification and dandruff elimination. It promises hair becomes light and fluffy and, after weeks, new fine hair grows across the scalp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
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