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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1916
Page
2
Paris reports a 13 mile Verdun front with German assaults west of the Meuse repulsed on Hill 295 and gains near Hill No 304. French troops seize 150 metres of trench southwest of Douamont as progress in trenches south of Verdun is noted. The Black Sea action includes a Russian destroyer ram and aTeutonic submarine sink.
Misses Florence and Alyson Levin from Philadelphia bring a petition from Hawaiian school children to Philadelphia mayor asking to send the Liberty Bell to Hawaii. The petition pleads for a chance to see the bell, noting disappointment at missing it last year and equal eagerness as other U S children.
Secretary Lansing said Ambassador Gerard would receive a German note on the Sussex case likely today. Count von Bernstorff plans a briefing with Lansing this afternoon as Berlin aims to avoid declaring responsibility. The U S still awaits official German disclaimer as evidence from Paris and the St Paul voyage nears New York.
County boards delayed Delta highway plans as Mobile and Baldwin engineers deem funding insufficient. A joint April 24 conference will seek cost bids from T W Nicol and from Fisher Garrett, with formal estimates totaling 235 thousand six hundred fifty dollars and route details outlined.
London April 10. Preparations are well under way for the next British attack to relieve the army surrounded by the Turks at Kut el Amara. The assault aims at Sannayat on the Tigris, just above Flahie, a position recently won from the Turks.
Dispatches from Rome via Paris report Austria preparing a major front assault along the Italian line after a conference between Archduke Eugene and Austrian commissioners. Troops and munitions shift from the Roumanian border as Italian commanders ready to resist and push Austrians back.
Paris reports the latest hammer stroke by Germany at Verdun failed to break French lines. The crown prince pressed two army corps on a ten mile front while Bethincourt’s evacuation is hailed as timely by observers and General Petain is praised for decisive judgment.
The Country Club of Mobile meets at 8 o clock tonight at the Battle House for its annual meeting. Officers will be elected and radical amendments to the constitution and by laws will be ratified by the board. A membership campaign is expected to follow, with plans to organize on the club grounds at Spring Hill.
Delegates arrive for the forty seventh Alabama Dental Association convention in Mobile. The four day program opens Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Battle House with sessions, lectures on dental education and orthodontia, and elections for officers and delegates to the National Dental Association.
The Senate met in the morning and afternoon with debate on repealing the tariff clause and continued discussions on the rivers and harbors bill. Investigations resumed into monopolistic claims while the judiciary committee weighed Ente D. Brandes's confirmation. United States Attorney Marshall testified before a select committee amid scrutiny of his criticism.
London reports four additional British steamers sunk, all unarmed. Silksworth Hall of 4777 tons and Glenalmond 2888 tons lost with crew landed and three missing. Gleénalmond crew saved. Yonne formerly Kastalia sunk without armed escort. crew rescued. Eastern City of 4342 tons gross also sunk. not armed.
Paris reports a night battle near Dead Man's Hill in Verdun on a 13 mile front north of the stronghold. French lines withstood savage German attacks while gains on the east bank were slight. British plan new Mesopotamian advance near Kut el Amara as relief forces close in.
Delegates from every state gather in Washington for the Navy League of the United States eleventh annual convention. Speakers urge adequate national defense, with emphasis on a strong fleet as best defense and calls to speed up men ships and guns while weighing costs.
The case against J C O Connell editor of the Motse Tribune for criminal libel of Frank Evans Birmingham was called Monday and reset for trial the following week in the public publication of March 25.
In Lawton Oklahoma on April 10 a mob overpowered the sheriff, seized Carl Dudley, a Black suspect accused of fatally wounding a police officer, and dragged his body behind a car before stringing it to a telegraph pole. An additional shooting in a nearby Black settlement raised race clash fears.
In Shreveport, Mrs. Jane Benefield aged 81 and John B. Riddle aged 66 eloped from Wills Point Texas to avoid the bride’s children. District Clerk 8. O. Williams arranged license. Rev Claude L. Jones tied their knot and they left by train for blessings from relatives.
Mobile fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday with moderate southeast and south winds. Washington April 10 forecast notes calmer conditions elsewhere and no significant precipitation expected in the Alabama and Mississippi region.
Army men in San Antonio fear Pershing’s rush southward may worsen the situation. Villa reportedly moves toward Durango with over 200 followers while Mexican forces pursue and the Américans weigh future chases. Continued on Page 2.
Representatives from fourteen Mobile district lodges gather at Temperance Hall for the semi annual Odd Fellows convention with Rebekah delegates also meeting. Grand Secretary H. of Huntaville will address the group as sessions run Monday into the evening.
Entered into rest April 10 1916 at 7 45 am Blua N wife of William D Taylor friends of the family are guested to attend her funeral from the family residence No 507 Souiston street Wednesday morning at 11 oclock Interment in Magnolia De LOS Lost Wednesday night government property notice on page a
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