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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
8
Washington June 10 There is to be no strike of telegraph operators this state message from circles near the White House says President Wilson has determined a plan to bring telegraph companies and operators together. Details of the nation were refused to reporters.
Washington June 10 Herbert C Hoover federal food administrator declares that retailers guilty of shortweighing misrepresentation of quality or violation of pure food laws are profiteering and will be punished accordingly when charges are proven.
Lucas E Moore Stave Company received permission from the County Road and Revenue Commissioners to drag the Conception Street road between bridges over One Mile Creek and Three Mile Creek. The brief session ordered the dragging under county supervision and directed the $5600 appropriation for eradication work to be added to the 1918 budget.
John W Wagner age 65, employed by Irwin Jackson sail maker at 118 South Commerce street, suffered a fractured skull when an iron pipe fell from the second story and struck him. He was taken to the Southern Infirmary and is not expected to live. Initial police reports cited a fall at work. later reports said he was stretching wire when the pipe dropped.
G. L. Turner, 36, turned himself in this morning on a reckless driving charge. C. E. Rhodes filed the complaint in the case.
Federal, county, and Mobile police launch a vice clean up to protect soldiers. They arrest women deemed suspicious or vagrants for physical examination by U S physicians, with some sent to hospitals or released. The campaign mirrors nationwide efforts to safeguard servicemen.
An unknown caller told police last night that a white man was robbed of $20 at 8 o clock on St Michael Street near Warren. The suspect, described as a 5 foot 10 inch, 150 pound black man wearing overalls, is being sought by officers.
Paris reports that on Sunday German forces hurled seventeen divisions into a 21 mile front between Montdidier and Noyon with heavy gas shells and artillery. The center and right sectors saw initial gains then countered, yielding a French victory with no reserves used, though enormous losses were noted and American troops held south of Montdidier-Lassigny.
Defense craft searched for two U boats with shots exchanged near New Jersey Delaware and Virginia capes. Officials doubted the claims and said no confirmed capture or sinking has been reported to the Navy Department.
Correspondent reports June action as German preparations expand north of Montdidier while fighting concentrates eastward. Americans at Cantigny sector endure gas shells and high explosives, with heavy assault failing to overwhelm them. Further east, fierce combat continues.
Italian deserter Pedro Giovanni, held in jail, will face trial July 1 before the recorder. Federal authorities moved the case forward. Also ordered to be tried June 1 was Nick Sufulas, arrested wandering on the wharf.
Tommy McMillan shortstop of Mobile Southern League team left Mobile today for Princeton New Jersey to report for army examination. He joined the club in May and has played fine ball since. He is the third Mobile Board player drafted after Ashley Pope and Guy Tutweiler.
Thieves forced entry into the Court House Cafe at 12 South Royal Street and robbed James Hi Nelson Newsstand at 74 South Royal Street. About $200 in watches, pipes, clothing, and cash stolen. Entry gained via skylight. breakage also hit a penny match and stamp vending machine. Police are investigating.
Police arrested George Kilmer and another man today for traffic offenses on a street car route. Officers stopped the pair after reports of illegal passing and reckless driving near Bauer and Senate avenues.
June 10 report from France says artillery fire continued on fronts in the Toulo and Luneville zones but otherwise American troops in Europe enjoyed a quiet Sunday.
Washington reports an order to draft boards to open card indexing for the June 5 registrants. Cards will be numbered by receipt, questionnaires mailed, classifications made, and selections to fill requisitions by the provost marshal general. The exact method of selection remains unsettled.
International News Service reports midyear market mentions low ons for June to July cotton and October cotton at 24 10. The fragment notes fluctuating quotes with no clear movement or totals beyond these figures.
From Paris June 10 assault actions on the Noyon Montdidier front intensify with heavy German reinforcements and French artillery fire. French and American forces gain ground on the Marne front taking prisoners as Germans press near Cuvilly and Resson Shur Mats northwest of Compe. The French claim five hundred prisoners. German losses described as possibly heavy but not substantiated.
German forces fail to breach American defenses after another day of fighting near Washington. General Pershing's official communique confirms Allied troops withstand pressure and maintain positions against the German assault.
British forces raided a German post northeast of Bethune on Sunday, the war office reported. A hostile action near the British front in Aveluy Wood was repulsed last night.
June 10 Paris reports indicate German forces advanced about a mile in the offensive. Coigne and nearby areas are cited as possible targets with Cotaphane under ten miles from the battle zone. Estimates put German troops at 250,000 with 2,600 taken prisoner near Brassieres.
International News Service reports that crews from two vessels torpedoed off Cape Hatteras reached Elizabeth City North Carolina after enemy submarine attacks Sunday afternoon.
The steamer Pinar del Rio reached Atlantic Port as German submarines were sighted in the area. The ship’s captain and sixteen crew members were landed at Mantees tion North Carolina yesterday wher e authorities began processing.
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