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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1914
Page
10
London officials reassure citizens amid food supply concerns. The home office issued a statement detailing four months of wheat in country or pledged, plus large consignments near British shores. It pledges measures to control prices as far as possible.
At the Empire a two reel Edison feature The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of stars Gertrude McCoy and Gladys Hulette. The Man Who Paid by Biograph also plays. Mary Pickford appears tomorrow in a Biograph film with three other reels including Her Trip to New York featuring Ruth Stonehouse and E H Calvert.
The piece argues for deepening Mobile and Freeport harbors to unlock commerce, asserting government river and harbor spending yields high returns. It cites Freeport sulfur production surging toward 120,000 tons annually, with plans to ship paper from Great Northern Paper Company, and emphasizes strategic, nationwide benefits of improved Gulf coast waterways.
Returns show Senator William J. Stone nominated by a Democratic landslide at the direct primary. Republican winner T. J. Atkins over Pollitte Elvins. Arthur N. Sager unopposed on the Progressive ballot. Most Democratic incumbents re-nominated. W. P. Borland defeated by J. B. Pew in Kansas City. In the Tenth district Jacob Meeker defeated Charles A. Brunk.
Associated Press reports over a billion dollars made available to increase currency in circulation under the bank law amendment signed by President Wilson. The measure allows currency up to 125 percent of banks' capital and surplus within the federal reserve system as European war concerns loom. The news also notes Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 42 and the Kalem feature The Vampire's Trial with Alice Joyce and Tom Moore at the Empire.
The federation of cotton spinners asks spindle owners to speedily curtail production following a three weeks suspension agreed before September. The Manchester cotton exchange will close Wednesday and Thursday as dealers report it impossible to transact business.
Kansas newspaper update reports incomplete returns from August primaries. Democratic hopefuls Hugh P. Farrelly and George A. Neely lead a seven-candidate field for the U S Senate seat while speculation grows Bristow may lose to Charles Curtis for the Republican nomination. Victor Murdock runs unopposed as Progressive. Rep. Joseph A Taggart renominated in the Second District with U S Geyer winning the Republican nomination in the same district.
King George sends a formal message to Vice Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, newly named commander of the British fleets. He expresses confidence that under Jellicoe the navy will revive its former glories and serve as the shield of Britain and its empire in this hour of trial.
An old advertisement warns against constipation and promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a remedy. It asserts backed-up waste causes poisoning and urges one dose tonight, available at the druggist.
United Fruit Company announced plans to repatriate Americans stranded in Europe. The Montague will sail from Bristol today with 200 passengers, followed by the Rayamon on August 10 with 200 more, and the Chagres on August 15 with a new voyage every five days to New York.
Albert Hoggess, a Negro, was fined 50 dollars or ninety days for carrying a concealed weapon after being arrested on a disorderly conduct charge for dropping a pistol from his coat pocket. Virginia Hoggess, also arrested on a disorderly charge, was dismissed.
The third quarterly convention of Mobile county Sixth District Sunday School Association meets at Franklin Street Presbyterian Church Friday evening. Officials A. L. Bush, L. G. Curtis, and J. E B. Patterson lead as officers. Public invited.
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