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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
2
A public health conference recommends rapid action to prevent a potential infantile paralysis outbreak. The plan calls for health certificates to remove children under sixteen from epidemic areas, medical supervision of school openings, and interstate travel permits based on medical examinations rather than private physician certificates.
An old advertisement promotes GOLD Capsule Kidney Remedy as a world widely claimed tonic to relieve congestion and purify the system. It asserts fast action, cites government testing, and promises refunds if not satisfied, urging readers to ask their druggist for the product.
Gadsden Alabama August 18 large numbers of enlisted men from Company F Fourth regiment Alabama national guard have left Montgomery camp citing poor conditions and officer conduct others say they signed a statement denying widespread dissatisfaction and claim influence was used to obtain signatures.
The issue lists recommended responses to infantile paralysis epidemics. Immediate case reporting and weekly coord between state and federal authorities. Daily monitoring for two weeks of all children under sixteen leaving infected districts. Isolation of diseased persons and attendants for six weeks. Hospital treatment when possible. Private funerals for victims. Prohibition of public gatherings of children during an epidemic.
Suppression of flies and the common drinking cup as part of a sanitation education effort. The report notes a general educational retcon urging parents and children to improve personal hygiene, especially mouth and nose care, due to epidemic risks expected next year in less affected states.
Public health experts from thirty eight states met with the federal service in Washington to draft a code of interstate travel regulations for preventing further spread of infantile paralysis. They reported eleven thousand seven hundred cases nationwide since January first and outlined plans for uniform inspections health certificates case notifications and cooperation among federal state and railroad authorities.
About eighty seven cases of infantile paralysis have been received at Cook County and Durant hospitals in Chicago since July 1. An average of three patients a day is arriving, and emergency preparations are in place to handle more. Health authorities do not deem the illness an epidemic.
Health officials expect delays to the start of the New York school year with opening pushed past September 25 while teachers report Sept 6 to 8. The board of education aims to have schools ready at the earliest safe date amid an infantile paralysis epidemic and will require teachers to attend lectures during the interim.
An early 20th century health column advises hygienic living, fresh air, rest, and controlled diet for tuberculosis. It notes medication as a supplement and cites Eckman’s Alterative, claimed to build strength without narcotics, sold by R. L. Braswell and Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
The Imperial Government presents authentic wartime views shown on screen at Monroe Park tonight. A two hour program is free and open to the public.
Petrograd reports Austro German assaults in Galicia failed with heavy losses. Russians advance in multiple sectors. Troops hold positions at Lysiets on the Bysteritza Bolotvina river and seize heights near Ardzelitz and near Korosmezo in the Carpathians. Turkish offensive west of Lake Van repulsed. Skirmishes also in Kala Pasova, Persia.
Paris reports heavy French attacks on Verdun and Somme fronts. French forces recaptured part of Fleury east of the Meuse and Thiaumont area, routed several German counterattacks, and took about fifty prisoners along with a machine gun.
Austrian official statement dated August 15 reports heavy Italian attacks east and southeast of Gorizia and along the Saleano to Merna front. It says Austrian defenses held the entire line after violent hand to hand fighting with heavy losses for the attackers.
British official report notes increased German artillery activity last night on the Somme front. A small British gain is recorded northwest of Bazentin-le-Petit where British forces extended their positions as German trenches were found damaged and filled with enemy dead. A hostile attack from Martinquich was repulsed as completely as prior attempts.
Walter Thomas Woods of Mobile was re elected grand master of the Alabama Grand Lodge of Negro Masons along with other officers except endowment secretary A A Peters. James A Byrd of Birmingham deputy grand master J R Curtis of Dothan senior grand warden Joseph Phillips Pike Read junior grand warden J O Diffay of Birmingham grand treasurer Carson Nathaniel McDaniel of Hartselle grand secretary R B Hudson of Selma endowment treasurer Peters was not reelected. The meeting in Montgomery featured a flood of oratory.
A conference committee recommends uniform collection and dissemination of statistical paralysis information. Uniform forms and records will create a complete record of every paralysis case in each state and county since 1910. Reports will be available to the public health service and state officers to build a national database.
New York health officials report a slight shift in the epidemic as 126 new infantile paralysis cases and 32 deaths occurred in the last 24 hours, up from 121 cases and 32 deaths the day before.
News dispatches report expected pronouncements from Russia on Poland policy while Austria Hungary and Germany anticipate Polish autonomy. Other items note counterfeit arrest bail hearings in New York, Argentine cabinet changes, a West Virginia death inquiry, Northern Pacific founder dies, Havana death of a veteran congressman, Goethals' Panama Canal work, Redesdale death, Moreno killed in Chihuahua engagement, Bacon bids for New York Senate, Michigan eugenics marriage law recommendation, Portugal to join Allies, and William II sighting in Cologne.
President Wilson concentrates on railroad settlement as conferees line up for action. White House conference continues amid balloting and possible shifts in control of financial powers over the roads. Abandoned cabinet meeting signals focus on the eight hour day plan.
British and German combats in France intensify as torrential rains flood trenches. German gunners, bound by oath to never surrender, are reportedly chained to their guns to resist retreat, while machine gun crews replace traditional trench fighting.
The report describes machine guns dragged to shell craters under darkness and gunners exposed in hot sun or wet nights. British snipers lie in wait and some German captives endured days without food. The British consolidate gains on their right flank toward Guillemont after yesterday’s French assault.
A Belgian brigade has captured Karema on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika in German East Africa. The port lies about 125 miles south of Ujiji, according to an official Belgian bulletin.
Standard Oil Company announced a further one cent reduction in gasoline prices. The new price dropped to 17 cents per gallon. The move follows previous cuts and reflects ongoing pressure on fuel costs.
President Wilson outlines an eight hour workday with regular pay for overtime for rail workers. He suggests forming a three member commission to handle remaining issues while railroads may appeal directly to financiers if negotiations falter. Rails presidents meet at the White House with managers not present.
W. F. Chambers met with railroad brotherhood officials in executive session to discuss overtime concerns. Leaders argued Wilson’s plan could be seen as seeking higher pay rather than securing an eight hour day for workers.
Washington Aug 18 Presidents of railroad companies appear firm in pushing for arbitration in the ongoing dispute with labor leaders. The renewed demand signals a move to curb strikes and settle wage and work conditions through neutral mediation.
A well designed booklet titled A Southern Port Mobile will be distributed Monday by the Chamber of Commerce. The booklet contains valuable information on the Mobile area compiled for advertising purposes. This is the first local Chamber booklet since 1913.
Charles E. Hughes entered California from the north as a 30 person reception committee waited near the Oregon line to escort him to San Francisco. He will stay two days with events including a Union League Club reception and talks to San Francisco women at his hotel and at the civic auditorium.
Civilian volunteers serving as recruits in the naval training cruise on seven Atlantic fleet battleships gathered aboard the Rhode Island and the Louisiana at Fort Pond Bay to hear lectures by Rear Admiral Gleaves Captain Simms Niblack and Commander Vogelgesang. Recruits began formal training with division officers and drills on collision quarters and watertight door procedures. Six recruits including Junius S. Morgan were assigned to guard duty on the Maine as the ship carries no Marines.
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