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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
5
May tolls reached 368 023 79 delaying the canal closure by slides at Culebra. Over the prior year tolls averaged 443 128 43 monthly, while May expenses 659 578 85 far exceeded prior year costs and caused a loss for the tenth straight month.
Abe Martin Tipton receives a note from Bud's son who went to South Dakota about a year ago asking for a homeseeker's ticket. The talk is interrupted when a feller who brings lemonade is drowned out of the conversation.
The Swedish steamer Hudiksvall was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Baltic last night on a voyage from Sweden to Finland. The captain, twelve crewmen, and five women reached the Swedish coast after abandoning ship. a valuable cargo was aboard. Two other Swedish steamers and two Finnish steamers were also sunk in the same area. There are two Hudiksvall vessels listed, 1190 tons and 473 tons gross, both owned in Hudiksvall.
During the closure months, losses ranged from 546 759.83 to 643 945.21 dollars. The six month total from Tob er to March inclusive equaled 3 553 627.72 dollars, averaging 592 271.29 dollars per month.
Between 15 and 25 people drowned as a cloudburst along Blair's creek near Tazewell caused extensive damage. Nine bodies recovered. many unaccounted for as rescue teams search a rough, cut off area. Bridges washed out. rail service halted.
Mexico City on August 3 officially announced the selection of Luis Cabrera Ygnacio Bonillas and Alberto Pani as commissioners to negotiate with U S counterparts. The mission will be headed by Senor Cabrera with Juan B. Rogo serving as secretary.
In Dallas area Deer Park a clash between white and Black residents flared again over segregation orders. A charge of gun powder blew up near the home of William Connor, a Black buyer who moved in despite neighbor protests and a police promise to return his purchase money if he left.
Thirty minutes after onset considerable property damage occurred with some destruction. Of eight dead five remain unidentified: one boy and four girls. The known deceased are Robert Johnson, Mrs. Crockett Edto, and Mrs. Edmanson's in ant.
A cloudburst sent a wall of water through Ely Hollow mining district in Barboursville Kentucky causing extensive property damage. Houses and livestock were carried away but no lives reported by noon. The flood washed out a Louisville and Nashville trestle on the main line delaying south bound passenger service.
Robert Bolton of Wilmer, a noted planter and cattleman, was arrested by Deputy U.S. Marshal D. D. Horton on charges of violating the federal fever tick eradication law. A complaint by Dr. W. J. Selkins alleges Bolton moved 61 head of cattle from Mississippi to Alabama under quarantine. He posted a $300 bond and awaits a hearing before U.S. Commissioner Jere Austin on August 9. The enforcement effort aims to stop tick law violations immediately.
Refugees arriving in Toronto report a bush fire threatening Timko, 26 miles from Englehart, with Englehart itself at risk and residents ready to depart by train. Fires also rage at Os borne Bushell Otter and Boston Creek, all since the rain, forcing many to seek safety in North Bay.
Gertrude Howard, described as a negress, was fined $25 and ordered to pay costs plus 30 days in jail by Recorder Edington for assault and beating of Carl Washington. Testimony said she used a knife in the attack.
New Orleans August 3 new all time high in world consumption of American cotton for the year ending July 31 reached 14 813 000 bales up 979 000 from the prior season reflecting gains in U S and Southern mills while foreign mills fell. Secretary Hester notes total visible and invisible supply at 3 635 000 bales.
The Japanese steamship Hawaii Maru, from Oriental ports to Tacoma Washington, was indefinitely quarantined after cholera broke out on board. Fifteen steerage cases with four deaths were found. most passengers boarded at Manila and the disease’s port of origin remains uncertain.
Captain Lewis H. Morey, the sole surviving American officer of the Carrizal fight, resumed command at headquarters after returning from sick leave in Mexico on August 3.
President Wilson calls in L. Chambers of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to study a threatened rail strike involving 400,000 workers. The mediation board gathers facts as a vote on a walkout nears, with possible federal intervention under consideration before any formal action.
About 1,200 miners at Thetford Forest mines near Sherbrooke Quebec walked off for higher pay. Police reported 150 guards on duty as the strike could spread to the Black Lake and Robertson mines with no disorder observed.
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