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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
8
Insurance agents warn households to avoid fire hazards during holidays. Bullets emphasize nonflammable decorations, safe tree handling, and checking insurance policies. Cautions include matches, electrical faults, and candles, urging vigilance to prevent January fire losses.
The Cathedral concluded the Forty Hours' Devotion with a 5 o'clock ceremony led by Rt. Rev. E. P. Allen bishop of the diocese. Fr. Divinney of Providence Infirmary served as deacon and Fr. Dunne of Oakdale as subdeacon, with many city priests present.
The Holy Name Society formed a luminous guard of honor with lit candles, creating a picturesque procession inside the church. The Cathedral male choir performed the classic hymn Pange Lingua by St. Thomas Aquinas, delivering stately music and flawless processional and recessional renditions.
A proposal to end the many ethos or minor championships within the United States National Lawn Tennis Association gains form. The executive committee recommends amending the constitution to keep only national sectional state and city events with other tournaments retired as trophies if won outright.
The International League opens its winter meetings in New York with major agendas including adopting a 112 game schedule and a 48 game series with the American Association. IL owners led by new president Thomas J. Hickey arrived, with NL session to follow and AL meeting in Chicago slated next.
The Players Fraternity led by President Fultz warns minor leaguers will refuse to sign contracts next spring unless traveling expenses are provided and the disability clause is dropped. Some club owners would welcome a strike, and possible park closures could follow. President Barrow and President Hickey met to discuss demands for a new minor league board of arbitration with the National and American Leagues.
A November report shows $66.75 added to the Jewish War Sufferers Fund of Congregation Ahavas Chesed, bringing the total to $569.36. Contributors include L. Gretsky 18.50 and numerous donors such as H. Cohen 5, J. Zucker man 1, Elmira Grocery Company, Union Grocery Company, and many others with varied small gifts totaling 66.76.
Forty young men selected by the British government as munitions experts arrived in New York on the steamship Orduna from Liverpool. They will be assigned to factories in the United States and Canada, where munitions for the Entente powers are made under contract and reviewed before shipment.
Berlin dispatch from the Oversea News Agency reports that Rumanians have lost about 112000 men in prisoners since entering the war and suffered about 300000 casualties, totaling a heavy toll on the army.
War reduces U S spinach acreage due to Holland's embargo on spinach seed exports. Virginia reports indicate planters can not obtain enough seed to plant, with the crop forecast at about 550 000 barrels and possibly 600 000 with good weather, down from 786 826 barrels last year.
The Rev Father J W Molloy spoke at Knights of Columbus hall on The Sculptor's Art outlining sculpture's role in Christian churches and its symbolic meaning. He contrasted material value with the person and ideas represented, noting the stir of Christian achievement and quoting the Roman ritual. Next speaker Rev Father E J Hackett is set for Sunday.
Premier Briand meets politicians and business leaders as he moves to dissolve the old administration. A five member war council is planned modeled on England, with ministers and under secretaries asked to resign and be granted broad new powers to reform the state. The new government will announce its full cabinet and powers after a confidence vote.
The Blue Ribbons won 7 to 2 against the Keystones then edged the Orioles 1 to 0 in a tight nine inning game featuring Gibson on the mound and a Liebert catch. The Orioles defeated the Keystones 3 to 1 in the day’s final contest.
Elizabeth Wallace aged twenty four of 550 St. Michael street Terre Haute Ind died early Monday morning at the city hospital from bichloride of mercury poisoning taken Sunday night. The body is in Roche & Burker care awaiting instructions.
A tentative Vanderbilt football schedule shows a switch from Auburn to Alabama for the next season. The slate lists October 20 as Chicago or Kentucky State, October 27 Kentucky State likely in Lexington, November 10 Alabama in Birmingham, and November 17 Virginia in Charlottesville, with other games penciled in in Nashville and Birmingham. The change stems from Auburn's adherence to a one year rule opposed by Vanderbilt Sewanee and Kentucky State.
Forty three male singers from the Chicago Grand Opera Company chorus mounted a strike before their second act entrance in Gotterdammerung, citing the high cost of living. The incident involved French Italian Russian and English chorus members at Chicago’s Grand Opera House on December 11.
Washington Des 11 Surgeon General Braisted reports the planned navy hospital ship will be the first of its kind built by any nation. It will house 800 patients in peace and 600 in war with stabilizers X ray labs ambulances and full shore hospital equipment. The project aims to set a model for future ships and honor designers. A minor rise in navy hospital admissions and deaths is noted in the year.
Frankfort Kentucky announces official canvass of the vote for President Wilson with a statewide plurality of 28 136. Socialists polled 4784 Prohibitionists 3036 Socialist Labor 333 and Progressives 129. Highest electors on major parties tickets were Democratic 269 990 and Republican 241 864.
San Juan del Sur Nicaragua Dec 11 The new cabinet of President Chamorro will include Jose Andres Utrecho as foreign minister Martin Benard as finance minister Thomas Masis as war minister Alfonso Solorzano as interior minister and Gutierrez Navas as public works minister.
The St Joseph's Catholic Association meets tonight to elect officers and conduct business. The annual breakfast and officer installation are set for January 7. The club plans a Mardi Gras Marathon team with several strong runners developed.
Historical note claims Bromo Quinine cures colds and headaches. The fragment mentions one product labeled Bromo Quinine and an unclear signature in an old box. The text is garbled with stray words and misformatted details.
Winter brings colds to children and mothers seek relief. The ad promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey to loosen phlegm ease congested lungs and stop coughs may aid croup sore throat and bronchial troubles. Available at drujgists for 25 cents.
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