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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
3
Mobile launches a two day War Savings Stamp campaign in city and county areas with a quota of 1 650 000. Officials report 200 000 already pledged or subscribed as workers canvass from Royal to Warren and Dauphin to Government.
A northeast wind drove clouds over Mobile at 7 45 PM Wednesday as a severe electrical storm raged for minutes. Lightning lit the sky with thunderous claps and rain poured down. Three people escaped serious harm from lightning and property damage was reported in the city and surrounding areas. Telephone and electric lines suffered damage and streetcar service paused briefly. A rural report told of Laurence Pierce, a farmer on Moffatt road eight miles west, knocked unconscious by a nearby lightning strike while milking a cow. Two others were knocked down but not hurt. The storm followed a hot afternoon, with winds shifting from southeast to northeast and a forecast of further unsettled weather.
Extensive strikes erupted in Cologne and Muelheim on the Rhine as bread rations were cut. About 20 000 workers quit munitions plants while a 9000 strong street procession in Cologne protested. Dutch reports say smallpox rising at Krupp works in Essen. A Reichstag food official warned meat rations may be cut or meatless weeks imposed.
Cecil A Brannan and George Beach, held for federal investigation, were today turned over to United States authorities by the recorder. Both are described as young white men.
War correspondent Irvin S. Cobb, returning from the western front, says Wilson stands as a single world voice the Allies will heed. He notes American troops are courageous, buoyant, and ready, while French and British forces show weariness yet renewed resolve in the grim war.
The funeral for Ruby H Penny wife of G O Penny was held Wednesday at 2:30 PM from her grandmother Mrs FE Weidmann’s residence at 261 South Claiborne Street with interment at Magnolia Cemetery. The service followed a trip from San Antonio Texas with floral tributes including one from The Tribune office.
Graveside services led by Rev. Gardiner C. Tucker of St. John’s Episcopal Church with pallbearers F. C. Seabury, Thomas T. Palmer, Edward Osborne, and Capt. James Reed carrying the duties.
George J. Karl longtime Mobile resident and restaurant businessman died Wednesday evening at his home 701 South Jefferson Street after a brief illness. He was 52, born in Germany, and survived by his widow. He belonged to Odd Fellows Woodmen of the World and the Mobile Relief Association with relatives in Montgomery and Pensacola.
Van Martin, a shipbuilder from Vinegar Bend, Alabama, fell from a scaffold at the Alabama Dry Docks and Shipbuilding Co. He suffered a skull fracture and a broken hip and was taken to Inge-Bon Durant Sanitarium. By Thursday morning his condition was reported improved and recovery was hoped.
June 27 reports that the letter U once applied to submarines now designates the Independent Social Democrats in Germany. They are referred to as U-Socialists, reflecting a shift in political labeling.
Federal Manager R W Taylor of Mobile and Ohio announces resumption of Cedar Point line service linking to Dauphin Island. A schedule is arranged with Friday morning inaug uration at 9 15, Sunday departures at 9. The first train will depart the terminal station.
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