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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
1
Washington reports no telegraph operator strike. President Wilson planned to unite telegraph companies and workers. Hoover warns food violators face punishment for short weighing misrepresentation and pure food violations.
The Lucas E Moore Stave Company received permission to drag Conception Street between the bridges over One Mile Creek and Three Mile Creek. The action was taken by the County Road and Revenue Commissioners at their regular meeting. Supervising official Ace Melain noted the drag will be overseen by county road crews and the $5 600 earmarked for eradication work will be added to the 1918 county budget.
John W Wagner aged 65, employee of Irwin Jackson sail maker at 118 South Commerce, suffered a fractured skull when an iron pipe fell from the second story and struck him. He lies at the Southern Infirmary not expected to live. Initial police reports blamed a fall. later reports say he was stretching wire when the pipe dropped.
G L Turner aged 36 surrendered to police this morning on a reckless driving charge. C E Rhodes is the complainant in the case.
Police federal and county officials launch a vice clean-up in Mobile to arrest and physically examine women deemed suspicious or vagabants. Arrested women await examination and possible hospital internment as part of a broader national effort to safeguard soldiers and sailors.
Police were told last night by an anonymous caller that a white man was held up at 8 o clock on St Michael street near Warren and robbed of 20 dollars by a negro described as five feet ten inches tall and about 150 pounds. The suspect wore overalls.
Paris reports the German 21 mile front thrust with 17 divisions and heavy gas shell usage. French defense held with fierce counterattacks as center gains by Germans were repelled. Paris says the German attack did not threaten the capital, marking an important French victory despite heavy losses.
An unconfirmed report claims two U boats were taken after they escaped all defense craft. Battles near the New Jersey and Delaware coast mention near misses and sinkings in a small offshore area. Navy officials at Virginia Capes say no capture is credited and would be reported immediately if true.
Correspondent reports German preparations near Montdidier while Americans in Cantigny endure bombardment with gas shells and high explosives. Despite pressure, U S forces escape overwhelm as fierce fighting continues further eastward.
Italian deserter Pedro Giovanni will be tried July 1 by the recorder after a federal authorities request led to a continuation. He has been jailed for several weeks. Nick Sufulas, detained for wandering on the wharf, is set for trial June 11.
Tommy McMillan shortstop for the Mobile Southern Legend in New Jersey answered the draft board request for examination. He joined the team in May and has played fine ball since then. He is the third Mobile Bears member called to arms, with Ashley Pope who volunteered and Guy Tutweiler who was drafted.
Burglars forced entry at Court House Cafe on 72 South Royal Street and robbed James Hi Nelson’s newsstand next door. The theft, between midnight Saturday and 6 am Sunday, drained cash from a register and vending machines, plus watches pipes and stamps. Police hunt suspects.
Police officers detained a man today for passing a street car while passengers were disembarking. He will be tried tomorrow.
June 10 reports a quiet Sunday for American forces in the Tourle and Luneville zones aside from artillery. The day centers on a calm front with no major engagements noted for the troops in France.
Washington June 10 International News Service reports a push to speed card indexing for June 5 registrants. Draft boards across states are ordered to organize the new cards, assign numbers by receipt, mail questionnaires, classify, and then select men to fill requisitions by the Provost Marshal General.
New York reports on June 10 that Paul Cise posted a 96.29 time at the Open meet. Details on event and competitors are sparse in the fragment.
Paris dispatch reports continued heavy assaults on the Noyon Montdidier front with violent fighting. French and African forces advance at Marne area and take prisoners as German attacks are repulsed along the center and right wing near Cuvilly Resson Shur Mars and the village lines. German losses are described as heavy with hundreds captured.
Washington dispatch says Germans fail to break the American line in another attial communication. Report notes heavy fighting and resilient defense as Allied forces repulse assaults near a critical front.
London June 10 British forces raided a German post to the northeast of Bethune. An attack near Aveluy Wood on the British front was repulsed last night.
Paris dispatch reports the German army pushing about a mile in their offensive toward Compiegne, a strategic target near the battle zone. Estimates place German forces around 250,000 men, with Bryssieres contested and prisoners taken as Allied lines hold.
International News Service reports sailors from two ships sunk by submarines off Cape Hatteras Sunday afternoon reached Elizabeth City North Carolina today.
At Atlantic Port on June 10 Ca McKenzie and sixteen crew members of the steamer Pinar del Rio were landed after German submarine activity. The crew arrived at Manteca tion North Carolina yesterday, marking the latest naval incident in the area.
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