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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
8
The plant will employ 1,800 to 2,000 men and begin first vessel by autumn. W M Clemens of Mobile Chamber of Commerce announced the eight ship unit after securing final plans in Washington. A resident engineer and contractor will arrive soon to lay out the yard.
Forty thousand textile workers struck today in New Bedford Massachusetts causing the closure of more than fifty four mills. The workers demand a twenty percent wage rise while mill owners offer fifteen percent and refuse to meet the demand.
A statement signed by Theodore K. Jackson, president of the Mobile Electric Company, says the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the city rate contract and the company will pay the difference between contract rates and charges since February 1, 1918. Checks are being mailed to consumers.
The Gulf States Portland Cement Company of Delaware with R C Lubeina as president and Harry Abbott as secretary now owns the Demopolis cement plant once owned by W G Mitchell. An increase of likely over a half million dollars is anticipated to expand output to 1500 barrels daily or more. The Mobile concrete ship plant will likely use much cement from the Demopolis facility, though the local plant will not depend on it for ship construction in Mobile.
Willie Preston aged 20, charged with attempting to interfere with legal process, jailed on the contempt charge and to face court tomorrow. Nearly all workers returned to Pinto Island shipyard as Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding reported pay at same window due to incomplete arrangements. Thirteen negroes held on unlawful assembly charges with $600 total bond.
London reports the British line advanced at two points with successful raids yielding 213 prisoners and several machine guns as stated by the war office.
Mobile Post No. 2 of the Grand Army of the Republic held ceremonies at the National Cemetery to honor Union soldiers buried there. Raphael Semmes Camp No. 11 of the United Confederate Veterans joined as flowers were placed on Union and Confederate graves. A U S guards squad and a bugler played taps and saluted the fallen.
Members of Local No 1028 Retail Clerks Association will meet in the Knights of Columbus hall tonight to perfect the organization and elect officers for the ensuing term. Leaders expect membership to reach 700 within a few weeks.
A full page Sun days Tribune ad announces Zimmern's Coal Company entering Mobile retail coal and launches a government campaign to buy coal in summer. Prices are said to be lower than expected, aiding winter readiness. Fuel Administrator AE Staples urges summer purchases to prevent a repeat of last winter's shortage.
Washington reports the casualty list shows four soldiers killed in action three died of wounds two accidental deaths and seven from disease. Charlie Morrow of Douglas Alabama is listed as severely wounded.
United States deputy marshals under Marshal C. C. Gewin arrested eleven negro roustabouts aboard the steamer John Quill as it docked at City Wharf on mutiny charges. A preliminary hearing is set for 4 p.m. before United States Commissioner Jere Austill. The prisoners include John Jones Sam Pettiway Scott McMillin Jim Watson George Senac Frank Warren Fred McMillan Boykin George George Reeves Tom Curtis and Nathan Pettiway.
Members of the Electra Semmes Colston chapter of the U D C celebrate Jefferson Davis national day in the Cawthon Hotel assembly room with a brief program and refreshments. Honor guests include Raphael Semmes Camp No 11 United Confederate Veterans and Mobile Post No 2 Grand Army of the Republic.
The Mobile Y M C A board of directors will meet Tuesday evening June 4 at 6 30 for the annual session. Officers will be elected and plans for the coming fiscal year outlined. Dr T H Frazer serves as president of the board.
The 99th episode of The Horrors of War debuted Saturday June 1, prompting chatter about ice cream at 15 cents a dish. The piece notes rising prices and mentions George with a playful call to affection while painting a tense, nearly comic scene.
Reported June 3 that the schooner Kad Cole was sunk seventy five miles off the Atlantic Highlands by German submarines. Eleven crewmen survived to say the attack involved two U boats and an orderly evacuation began with a ten minute clock. A second explosion sent the vessel to the sea while an American steamer fled the area pursued by a submarine. Maritime Exchange disputes the fifteen ships figure but confirms several vessels went down in the period.
Masters of vessels in the Mobile port were warned that enemy submarines have been sighted off the Atlantic coast. Capt J B Callaghan said Mobile had not been ordered closed, but the Navy Department could bar departures with naval patrols enforcing any order.
Washington reports suggest German U boats may have a base in Mexico. Sightings off the Gulf of Mexico bolster the claim that German naval reservists operated there to disrupt Allied shipping to France and hinder troop movements.
Four American planes patrolling near the lines engaged six German machines. One American aircraft was shot down, while the Americans managed to recover one of their planes.
The Newport naval station commandant ordered Narragansett Bay closed this morning fearing an attack on the training school. The bay was closed to outgoing vessels as well.
Washington officials warn German submarine activity off New Jersey signals the start of underwater warfare aimed at delaying U S troop movements to France. Officials say the subs pose a risk to ships transporting soldiers to Europe as the United States mobilizes against the Hun.
Washington reports American warships comb waters along the Atlantic for German U boats. Three submarines sunk per navy, with unofficial counts growing. Anti submarine craft ready to shield transports. An appropriation bill for new ships and a five million increase discussed.
International dispatch from N Vic notes June 3 that German submarines have drawn the conflict to American shores. The report claims at least one vessel has been sunk offshore and warns of ongoing peril along the coast.
The Navy confirms Marines operating off the coast sunk a dwarf vessel fifty miles southeast of Barnegat and mentions sinking the schooner Cole and the sailing vessel Haskell. The Cole's captain reports a vessel over 200 feet with large guns. New York Harbor remains restricted and navigational access is limited.
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