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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1916
Page
5
New York officials say police could seize control of food and fuel if a general railroad strike disrupts supplies. Milk is given priority for babies and children as warehouses stock up and freight moves to prevent famine.
Berlin reports General Erich von Falkenhayn, removed as chief of the general staff, will serve in another capacity as Emperor Wilhelm II appoints Field Marshal von Hindenburg in his place. Separately, Celaya train explosion kills at least fifty Mexican soldiers, blamed on bandits.
A Nashville reader recounts relief from a large tumor during the Change of Life using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with curing the tumor and eliminating the need for further medical care, encouraging others to try it and write for guidance.
Mr Harris urges expansion of steamship lines to boost Mobile trade with the Caribbean and Gulf, arguing New Orleans lags in facilities. He predicts West Indies and North South American commerce will be steered from Gulf ports as lines form and grow, given their geographic advantage.
The Very Rev Gardiner C Tucker presided at the funeral of Captain John G Smith held yesterday at 5 pm from 59 Rapier Ave with pallbearers Benjamin Cody Charles Schimpf L Le Rio William Sadler Harry T Hartwell and T T Palmer. Rev Father Eaton led Neil H McAllister's service at his sister Mrs James Grooms home and St Mary's church with interment at Magnolia cemetery. Pallbearers were Edward Wright J L Moulton Lex Smith W W McGuire Henry Hamilton and John Shearer. Gladys Marion Sheffield, three years old, died last night.
Puss and the Doctor arrive at the Blackbird-pie Castle to mend the maid’s nose with salve after a misadventure. The Doctor jokes about paying and the maid laments wages as Puss covers the bills, adding a dash of humor to the rescue.
A funeral will be held at 4 30 o clock in the afternoon from the residence at 550 South Broad Street following a brief illness.
Four year old Annabelle Mason daughter of Mr and Mrs Felix Mason died at the family home 60 North Conception street at 730 last night from malarial fever. Funeral held at 2 PM on Wednesday.
London reports Swedish steamer Roslagen of 1394 tons from Stockholm and another Swedish vessel Tor were seized by German torpedo boat destroyers and towed southward. A Lloyds dispatch from Copenhagen notes three ships named Tor in registers, two small and one 1637 tons from Stockholm. An earthquake in southern Formosa near Mount Morrison on August 2 damaged 599 houses and caused thirty deaths.
A narrator notes a cat cries out to reward services and aid a distressed maid, illustrating the animal as a generous cat. The anecdote highlights the cat's benevolent behavior in a historical context.
Fairfax Harrison president of the Southern Railway Company declares adherence to a union of railway presidents in Washington. He says he did not act hastily and respects the loyal employees while warning against sacrificing principle for instant peace and risking delayed railway development.
The Knights of Pythias district convention will be in Mobile at Pythian Castle Hall on September 13. Sessions run 9:30 a.m. to noon, with lunch, an afternoon session, and an evening open meeting. Grand Chancellor Commander Benjamin Taylor of Montgomery will attend and speak.
Berlin Aug 30. Initial attacks by Romanian forces against Austro Hungarian positions on the Romanian border failed. Two Romanian battalions attacked Voerosturony pass as Transylvania towns Gransz Kronstadt Nagyszegen and Hermannstadt near the frontier faced the assault.
A speaker urges testing governance by law over force and asks for support from sound opinion in the South. He advocates patience during a temporary inconvenience while the test is made and says the decision should be crystallized in law and he will abide by it.
Washington Aug thirty. Twenty eight coastal artillery companies about 6000 men on border duty as provisional infantry attached to the mobile army were ordered back to their posts in the eastern and western departments. More than 10000 national guardsmen ordered to the border will take the artillery troops places.
Judge Willis E. Sears of Douglas County District Court issued an order restraining the general and local officials of the Order of Railway Conductors from calling or engaging in a strike on the Union Pacific lines. Edwin A. Hamilton, a Union Pacific conductor and O R C member, petitioned for the restraining order saying he and many employees want to stay at work.
Detroit dispatch reports August 30 that Senator Charles E. Townsend Republican increased his lead and his renomination was conceded. Albert E. Sleeper of Bad Axe led four opponents for the GOP governor nomination.
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