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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1916

Page

7

Arbitration urged as rail wage dispute stirs nation

Washington February 11 The Chamber of Commerce of the United States adopted a resolution urging railroads and their workers to settle wage quarrels by arbitration. It warned that a traffic stoppage would be a national calamity harming public welfare and urged action to avoid service disruption. A second resolution asked the chamber to press President and Congress to study postwar economic conditions and seek legislation to curb abnormal foreign competition.

Washington Chamber of Commerce of United States Congress

Unfilled U S Steel Orders Rise From December

United States Steel Corporation reports unfilled orders on January 31 totaling 7,922,767 tons, an increase of 116,547 tons from December. The monthly statement was issued Thursday in New York.

New York United States Steel Corporation

Be Careful in Using Sap on Your Hair

Advice warns against soaps and shampoos that use alkali as it dries the scalp and saps hair. Recommends plain coconut oil as pure greaseless soap alternative. Instructions: moisten hair with water rub in a teaspoonful until lather forms, then rinse. Result is clean hair that dries evenly and looks soft and fluffy, removing dust dirt and dandruff.

Sage and Sulphur Compound Clears Gray Hair

Old remedy Sage Tea and Sulphur refined into Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound sold in drug stores for 50 cents a bottle. Apply with comb to darken gray hair and add lustre while preventing dandruff and itching.

Wryeth

Uncle Wiggily Aids Bo Peep And Nurse Jane In Toys And Cake

Uncle Wiggily visits a chocolate cake quest at his hollow stump bungalow with Nurse Jane. He helps Little Bo Peep by supplying toy wooly sheep and escorts her home, while Mother Goose laughs at the toy sheep. The tale shifts to a Prohibition violation arrest of B G Henry at Conception and Georgia streets after deputies found prohibited liquor.

Jane Uncle Wiggily Longears Fuzzy Wuzzy Uncle Sammie Susie Littletail Nurse Jane Hollow Stump Uncle Wiggily Bunny Uncle Nurse Old Gentleman Rabbit Little Bo Peep Bo Peep Mother Goose Crystal Lake Orange Mountains Shepardess Tommie Tucker B. G. Henry Conception Georgia Street

Secretary Lansing seeks explanation from Austria over tanker attack

Secretary Lansing announced he sent a dispatch to the Austro Hungarian government via Ambassador Penfield asking for an investigation and explanation of the Austrian submarine attack on the American tanker Petrolite. He said reports of demands were false but that such demands could be considered if warranted. A stray line notes that worry harms hay crops.

Washington Lansing Penfield Vienna

Continental Army Plan Not Favored By House Republicans

Republicans of the house military committee told President Wilson they opposed the continental army plan. They favored strengthening the national guard and drafting it into the regular army in war time. The White House left with the impression Wilson still favored the continental army plan but would not force adoption.

Washington Wilson House Military Committee War Department National Guard White House

Police Officer Resigns to Farm in Cottage Hill

John New a detail officer at the police station tendered his resignation to Chief G. M. Van Liew on Wednesday night. His move stems from city residency rules requiring officers to live within limits. He plans to take up farming at Cottage Hill.

John New G. M. van Liew New Cottage Hill

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