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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1912
Page
4
Dawn attack in the Cabin Creek area as Ohio Coal Company stables at Ohbley were burned and tipple targeted. State guardsmen, 1260 strong, defend the district while a connected arson and threats press workers to stay away. The governor’s commission resumes work after a pause.
New York dispatch reports Governor Wilson will meet William J Bryan in Lincoln Nebraska on October 5 to speak together on the same platform. The pair will address a national audience as Democratic leaders push for joint appearances on Wilson's Westward campaign trail.
A New York court under M Cornell ordered a midnight curfew for loiterers on Broadway. Those arrested after midnight must prove they have business in the district or face fines. Last night saw fifteen arrests in a roundup targeting well dressed men at hotel entrances.
About 12 000 railroad workers seek a 16 percent pay rise as talks with Southeastern lines fail. Railroads agree to mediation under the Erdman act after labor officials refuse arbitration, with Southern and Mobile and Ohio rails involved.
Fargo North Dakota announces a city dividend of six and a half percent to be paid in 1913. Mayor Sweet says about a thousand dollars has been saved and the rest will be refunded to taxpayers in proportion to last assessment.
Southern delegates from Georgia Florida Tennessee North and South Carolina Virginia and other states gather in Atlanta to attend the International Association of Fire Engineers meeting in Denver. The full Georgia Florida and Virginia contingents plan to depart tonight aboard a special train.
Detroit reporters note the American Bankers Association focus on agricultural betterment over currency reform at the closing sessions. Andrew M. Soule and Charles A. Conant present on development and land credits while plans for school agriculture funding rise. Officer slate seems largely fixed with Huttig poised to become president and Reynolds as vice president.
Applications for city offices flood in as Mayor Sehwars returns to business after the Jewish New Year. Captain Emile Madicus of the salvage corps seeks Chief of Fire, challenging Captain Thomas F. Price. R G Bell and Louis Barnett apply for License Officer against current holder Theodore G Horace Greely.
Dan G. Trawick of the state convict department travels to New York for two weeks to inspect the Bertillon system in use there. He aims to install the modern measurement method in Alabama prisons as soon as possible.
Willie Duff waives examination on a charge of assaulting his wife and is held on a grand jury warrant after Wednesday arrest by police.
Walter Jones condemned for the murder of Sloan Rowan at Montgomery railway station on June 17 remains in a steel cage at the county jail under tight guard as he appeals to the supreme court. The lower court sentence to death was set for Friday but the appeal delays the case to December with a decision not expected until after January.
The fortune of the late nonogenarian John B. Lyle Kant about 1,000,000 becomes a court fight as relatives contest the will. They accuse his widow Julia Gertrude Hannon a nurse and question alleged marriage links and abduction. Attorneys say church records show a Yonkers marriage name matters, while estate values and bequests to first wife’s kin and charities are disputed.
At Christiana Tennessee the Nashville Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church A and A adopted a report affirming its strong support for prohibition. The body urged opponents not to repeal or modify the policy unless to strengthen it, highlighting its prominence in the Southern church field.
Alabama governor O Neal weighs restoring civil rights to two young men who took a pie from a buggy picnic. A large petition from local citizens says the act was not a crime. If pardoned, they could register to vote in November.
In Ton Rouge Louisiana police pursue leads as hope rises for finding missing child Robert Dunbar. Partial messages and a traced route are under investigation to locate the boy and reunite him with his family.
Washington Sept 12 Presidential candidates in the pre convention fight have given to the senate campaign expenditures committee the names of their field managers. Hearings begin Sept 30 with witnesses instructed to appear. Some sessions may be held in New York to secure testimony from financiers and donors related to various funds.
The McMahon place at Daphne Alabama was destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon at 5 o clock from unknown causes. The adjacent cottage owned by J H Webb was saved by a bucket brigade. The family bed was moved out on Wednesday and returned to McPile.
In Boise Colonel Roosevelt with Senator Borah outlined plans if elected president to audit forest conservation and waterpower laws for fair administration. He pledged to investigate timber claims complaints from Oregon Washington and Idaho and to ensure laws serve the small man rather than large lumber companies.
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