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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1912

Page

5

Wilson on Judicial Reform Passages Cited in Alabama

Alabama official notes the 1911 Kentucky Bar Association address by Woodrow Wilson on the lawyer in politics. Wilson urged bar groups to simplify procedure, remove technicalities, and reduce miscarriages of justice to restore public faith in the legal profession.

Momery Ala John Pelham Alabama Judicial Reform Commis Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Kentucky | Aed Association Lexington Pelham State Court of Appeals Wilson Alabama United States America American Society For

Parks Entered for Judgship in Alabama Race

Governor O Neal may appoint an associate supreme court justice to succeed the late R T Simpson. The field narrows to five candidates with W H Parks of Andalusia not included. A large Andalusia delegation urged Parks’s selection. others listed include C J Torrey, C C Nesmith, H Nathan, and EB Perry with Nesmith, Torrey, Nathan among leading contenders.

Montgomery Ala O’neal Supreme Court R. T. Simpson W. H. Parks Andalusia Parks C. Nesmith John Knox Anniston EB. Perry Eufaula C. J. Torrey C. C. Nesmith Birmingham H. Nathan Sheffield W. Parks

Man Found Slumbering in Front Yard in Rpmitence

A man identified as Al Schroeder thirty eight of New Orleans was found asleep in a front yard in the western city district. Recorder Hale recorded Schroeder’s claim of recent travel with references to Mobile and a stated age of thirty eight.

al Schroeder New Orleans Hale Schroeder Mobile

Funeral of Aged Mobile Merchant Manuel Forchheimer

The funeral for Manuel Forchheimer pioneer merchant of Mobile will be today at Temple Shaarai Shemayim at 4 PM. Interment follows in the Jewish cemetery. He lived in Mobile since 1844 and built Forchheimer & Co, a leading wholesale grocery. He leaves five children, twelve grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

Manuel Forchheimer Maurice Forchheimer Mobile Temple Shaarai Shemayim Alfred G. Moses Forchheimer Mr. Forchheimer Bavaria Hessdorf America New Orleans Isaac Forchheimer United States Central America M. Forchheimer & Co Weer Temple Shaarai Shomayitn B'nai B'rith Touro Infirmary Jewish Tuberculosis Hospital Denver Farming School Philadelphia Antoinette Koch Bertha Forcheimer Ferdinand Forcheimer Jacob Pollock Henry A. Forchheimer Louis Forchheimer Maurice C. Forchheimer B. 8. Greil Montgomery Léo Pollock Seymour Forchheimer Herbert Forchheimer New York Marvin Altmeyer Clara Pollock Blanche Pollock

Frontier War Threatens Mongolian Border Across 600 Miles

London dispatch reports open warfare along the Mongolian frontier from Kalgan to the Sungari and Nonni rivers. Some 600 miles of rich Chinese corn lands from Shantaikwan to Harbin lie undefended as 10,000 Chinese troops hold a defensive posture. The crisis grows more tangled by the day as Russia’s actions loom over the region.

London Kalgan Sungari Nonni Shantaikwan Harbin Mukden Russia

State troops ready to move on one day notice

Adjutant General J B Scully in Mobile said the Alabama forces could deploy within a day and send the entire infantry to the border. He noted Mobile batteries cost the U S government over 10 000 and could be moved quickly. He suggested transports from Mobile or New Orleans and rail to Mexico City if U S troops go to Mexico and hinted pottery may stay fifteen more days.

J. B. Scully Alabama Birmingham Montgomery Mexico United States Mobile Scully New Orleans Mexican Porta City of

Search for filibusters by Winona party ends without seizure

The U S revenue cutter Winona returned to port after probing a Bay St. Louis bound filibustering expedition likely operating between Mobile and New Orleans. Officers found only casks and fishing tackle on the three masted schooner Eilen Dantzler and made no seizure.

United States Revenue Winona Bay Fit. Louis Miss Mobile New Orleans Eilen Dantzler Bay St. Louis Guatemala Nicaragua Mexico Linard Moss Point Ran

Independent Democratic Convention in Tennessee Endorses Governor Hooper

The independent wing of the Democratic party in Tennessee meets in Nashville to organize the campaign and issue a platform in support of Wilson and Marshall. The event signals possible endorsement of Governor B W Hooper for re election amid strong sentiment in several counties. The convention is the sixth state political gathering this year and convened at noon.

Nashville Tenn Democratic Party Tennessee Wilson Marshall B. W. Hooper

Patent Goods Registration Rules for Food Drug Guarantees

Special notice explains sworn guarantees required for patent medicines and brands. Potent details cover state registration with blanks filled under oath, guarantor responsibilities, and the serial number system. No registration charges, but labels and forms must be properly completed and submitted to the state pure food department.

Montgomery Ala Pure Food Department Ecocompany Company Association Taariven

Governor Wes unshaken on renomination plans

Albany Sept. 194? The governor stated he has no present intention of withdrawing as a candidate for renomination and plans to stay in the race. He emphasized continued pursuit of reelection despite questions about his future.

Dix Albany Wes

Cook County Jurors Favor Women in Murder Trials

In Chicago on September 17 a Cook county crim inal court jury again spared a woman in a murder case. Elizabeth Buchanan, white wife of a Black man, was found not guilty of killing Josie Rice at Rice home May 12. Other female defendants, Jane Quinn Rene B Morrow and Florence Bernstein, were acquitted of murdering their husbands.

Chicago Criminal Court of Cook County Elizabeth Buchanan Josie Rice Jane Quinn Rene B. Morrow Florence Bernstein

Murderer Keeler Surrenders in Pennsylvania

John Keeler the teamster who killed John W. Rossner and wounded three Nessner clerks walked into Clearfield Pennsylvania surrendering after deputies and locals hunted him through Clearfield and Somerset counties since Sunday.

Clearfield Somerset John Keeler John W. Rossner Nessner

Dedication of St Marys Cathedral in Wichita Kansas

Cardinal Gibbons leads national church dignitaries at the Wichita dedication of St Marys Cathedral cited as the Southwests finest church edifice costing 280000 dollars excluding furnishings Bishop Allen attends among a roster of archbishops and bishops from New Orleans Dallas Alexandria Richmond Savannah Mobile and Oklahoma City per Associated Press report the Mobile bishop noted as among the dignitaries departed Wichita Sunday night for the ceremonies.

Wichita Kansas Cardinal Gibbons United States St. Mary’s Cathedral Bishop Allen John H. Blenk New Orleans Joseph P. Lynch Dallas Texas C. van de Ven Alexandria D. J. O'Connell Richmond B. J. Kelley Savannah Edward P. Allen Mobile Ala Theo Meerscheret Oklahoma City Okla Diocese of Associated Press

Antietam Battle 50th Anniversary Observed in Maryland

On September 17 in Hagerstown Maryland hundreds of Antietam survivors marked the fiftieth anniversary on the battlefield. Reunions were held by the Twentieth New York and the 120th 124th and 130th Pennsylvania regiments.

Hagerstown Antietam Twentieth New York Pennsylvania

Roosevelt itinerary weaves through Arizona and beyond

Roosevelt passes through eastern Arizona on his Progressive party tour and urges woman suffrage as he plans speeches in Albuquerque Lamy and Santa Fe. His physician monitors his throat as campaigns strain his voice and he shifts to a Denver Hastings Lincoln Omaha route then to Topeka and on to Oklahoma Arkansas Memphis Birmingham and beyond toward Baltimore and New York by October 2.

Winston Artiz New Mexico Progressive Party Colorado Col Roosevelt Arizona Albuquerque Lamy Santa Fe Col. Roosevelt Coll. Roosevelt Itinbrary Denver New York Nebraska Hastings Lincoln Omaha Kansas Topeka Oklahoma Arkansas Memphis New Orleans Montgomery Birmingham Allahta North Carolina Baltimore

Family Picnic and Excursion to Old Fort Steamer Beaver

Event overview lists a family picnic and excursion to the Old Fort aboard the Beaver steamer. Details include date, gathering point, fares, and schedule for departure and return. Participants are invited to bring picnics, games, and lasting memories.

Old Fort Beaver

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Gov. Wilson Judiciary Weeee Pelham of State Commission Jersey Castoria Independent Democratic Convention Hooper State Pythian Lodges Castle Hall Magnolia Springs The Knights of Pythias Baldwin County W'lmer Whistler Plateau Bay Minette Magnlia Springs W. H. H. Harding R. A. Levisohn Mobil L. P. George Wilmer H. H. Leavens L. G. Zepp Fairhope Henry Ledebur J.F. Franklin Kenry Simon Walter Yonge W. Aldridge Mobile Lodge No. 67 Magnolia Springs Lodge D. B. Dobbs Domain of Jacob D. Blach M. M. Marsh G. C. Tucker A. G. Moses Mobile’s Wichita, Kan St. Mary’s Mabel Herbert Urner Miss Urner Ane Mnae
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