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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
11
Cleveland reports a $11 000 total in subscriptions for war relief with $6 000 raised for miscellaneous purposes and a $5 000 000 surplus for next year. Detroit also built a war chest near $8 000 as cities rally for a single combined drive. Combined campaigns ease giving and distribution among Red Cross Y M C A Y W C A Knights of Columbus and other charities.
A Montgomery Advertiser piece defends local self-government and Anglo-Saxon democracy against a proposed federal constitutional amendment. It rails at Anti-Saloon League lobbyists who allegedly suppress referendums, cites Woodrow Wilson and Bismarck as warnings, and urges readers to study Mr Johnston’s Marion address guarding state rights and local option.
The League for National Unity calls for a definition of loyalty as unreserved support for the government in wartime and unity with allies. Signers from various professions urge that loyalty means opposing antiwar attacks and preserving allied unity to secure victory and safeguard freedom.
The editor of The Tribune connected with this paper changed ownership leading to W M Clemens becoming general secretary of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. In twelve months he has driven growth and drawn commendation from out of town, with plans for dinners and new industries praising his dedication. A note from New Mobilian praises his work as government trains recruits by motion pictures in Y M C A camps.
A poem recounts a speaker’s regretful journey from his homeland after fleeing to avoid military service. The verses describe wandering through distant lands and seas while a burning ache and guilt persist, lamenting betrayal of country and lost purpose.
Probate Court of Mobile County Alabama sets June 17 1918 as the day for final settlement of the estate of Sarah Mann deceased. PD W Partridge and BE G Dreaper as sureties on Henry F Teel administrator cum testamento annexo filed accounts and vouchers for review. Judge Price Williams presiding. May 23 1918.
A Brooklyn court holds a car owner liable for injuries to passengers before a crash, affecting many in Bronx areas used to large car loads. The piece also cites Ren nold Wolf at a William Morris dinner and notes Middlesex collars and hotel chefs chasing a prize, with New York food experts rising in prominence.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr works fourteen hours a day in a YMCA canteen at Aix France supporting American troops during World War I.
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