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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1913
Page
3
The Louisiana legislature adjourned after a five day session during which a constitutional convention was provided for and a bill passed empowering the governor to appoint vacancies to the United States Senate until elections can be filled. The convention will largely address refunding the state debt.
Fire near Kalamazoo Michigan destroyed Cooper a lumber town twenty miles north of the city. A spark from a passing freight train is believed to have started the blaze which left every house but one burned and left several hundred homeless though no deaths were reported. Communications were cut off as reports came in last night.
London authorities report evidence tying postal workers to the July 16 pearl necklace disappearance between Paris and London. Five men were arrested Sept 2. three were seized at the British Museum tube station and two near Hatton Garden. A Paris broker testified that payments of 1000 each went to two postmen and that Lockett had earlier snatched jewelry in Regent Street in 1909.
Mayor Laz Schwarz recalls a postcard from Savannah joking about losing the pennant after seeming to clinch it. The piece ties in a boast by Atlanta business boosters claiming influence over Georgia's port status and a proposed pipeline to Savannah.
Judge William Jefferson Pollard of St Louis, famed for reforming tipplers, missed his steamer to Europe when he was stopped by a man he had once suspended for a warning to reform. The man claimed to be now prospering in Buenos Aires and urged the judge to start anew.
James O Connor, a real estate broker, is believed to have circulated up to 250000 in forged mortgage notes. Local lawyers report claims totaling 125000 and more from widows and laborers who invested small sums. O Connor is jailed awaiting grand jury. bail request denied amid fear of mob violence. Bankruptcy actions to be filed by his lawyers and creditors seek share of proceeds from earlier deals.
A vintage advertisement claims Electric Bitters relieve weak kidneys and improve energy. Testimonial from Mr John Dowling of San Francisco praises its effects on his wife, noting benefits for liver and digestion. Priced 60 cents and 1.00 at Van Antwerp Drug Co.
Fed eral troops occupied Suatra, burned parts of the town, and executed several alleged sympathizers with the revolution. Don Melision Thurra, a wealthy merchant and relative of rebel general Pablo Gonzalez, was among the dead. Reports from Constitutionalist HQ in Cuatro Cienegas. Coahuila notes the rebel defeat.
Three top British women golfers headed for Montreal on September 10 to begin a North American tour competing with leading players from the United States and Canada. Open champion Miss Muriel Dodd will lead with Miss Mary Harrison and Miss Gladys Ravenscroft. They will debut at the American Open in Philadelphia.
Peking report says China may hire one German lieutenant general with staff and an interpreter at Peking and 206 German officers dispersed nationwide. The plan would cost about 1 million dollars, with Krupp aiding 250,000. Officials and foreign legations consider the matter highly important and expect opposition.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as harmless candy tasting medicine that dissolves indigestion sour stomach gas and stomach aches in five minutes. The copy claims quick relief, improved appetite, and clean intestines, urging readers to ask at the drugstore and rid themselves of stomach trouble.
The state railroad commission ordered the Pullman Company to appear on November 1 to explain practices rules and regulations. Investigators seek details on tipping porters wages berth manipulation unoccupied upper berths and berth maintenance delays.
Captain Santa Ana Caraveo, a Mexican federal officer, was arrested in Juarez after the United States requested action. He had been charged with killing Edward Hayes in Madera, Chihuahua, last August, and along with his wife and eight soldiers allegedly roamed the town seeking Americans, killing Hayes and other locals including Henry Davis.
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