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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1915
Page
9
Nathan Beers, age 82, longtime principal of the Grammar School in York, died after a long illness. He served 53 years in education, retiring as principal eleven years ago after five years as a teacher, according to local reports.
President Wilson will nominate the five members of the federal trade commission within the next few days. Nominations have been delayed by the ship bill dispute. leading candidates include Joseph B Dee of Wisconsin E N Hurley of Illinois W H Parry of Washington George L Record of New Jersey and William J Harris of Georgia.
Sir Thomas Dewar's Winning Number captured the Waterloo cup defeating M. G. Hale's Happy Challenger in the final round. Both dogs were rank outsiders with bets 1,000 to 50 against them before the first courses.
The Journal of the American Medical Association notes debates on calcium loss in tuberculosis and the role of diet. Eckman’s Alterative is claimed to aid recovery due to lime salts and other ingredients, with no opiates or habit-forming drugs, available via druggists or directly from Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia. Sold by Braswell’s Drug Store in Mobile.
London reports a bi weekly official summary on British army operations in France. The enemy showed activity southeast of Ypres with severe fighting at times and some trench gains retaken by counter attacks. Our ground was strengthened and air reconnaissance and engagements with German aircraft noted.
G T Touchard and A M Lovibond advanced in the national indoor tennis championship defeating Pell and Prentice respectively. In doubles semi finals Behr and Pell were upset as Davis Cup player Pell helped Pell’s team to victory over Steinacher and Reimer. Touchard and Washburn beat Robinsons to reach the final rounds.
Secretary Garrison told a delegation led by Mrs. Robert M. La Follette that he opposes nationalizing armament manufacture. He argued differing national facilities require private production to avoid US disadvantage in war.
Rena Bowman of Ironton Ohio reports improved health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles. She says she could not sit up before and now works regularly, and credits the remedy for recovery in herself and her thirteen year old daughter who slept better and looks healthier.
The Southern Methodist Episcopal educational commission in Memphis meets to decide if the church will contest a Tennessee court decree ruling it does not control Vanderbilt University. The panel includes Bishops Candler Kilgo Murrah and McCoy with ministers and lay members. Emory University’s formation is linked to the decision.
Washington February 19 The senate took up the long delayed appropriation bills with the government ship purchase bill going to conference. Democrats and Republicans reached an understanding and Republicans urged no filibuster against appropriation measures though they warned they may block the ship bill at conference on February 27 if it remains unsatisfactory.
Beginning March 7 the third Sunday of Lent, two week mission will be preached overnight at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception by famed Dominican Fathers of Louisville Kentucky. The program, pending subject announcements, invites the entire city to attend.
A decree issued by General Obregon requires all food and grain dealers to deliver ten percent of their stocks within forty eight hours. The confiscated goods will be distributed free to the poor, with severe punishment for evaders. The government also threatens to seize and operate corn mills unless prices fall.
The New York Symphony Society led by Walter Damrosch may add a Mobile concert to its spring tour if sufficient interest is shown between Atlanta and New Orleans. Tour managers Haensel and Jones provided the notice to The Item. The lineup includes Maggié Teyte, Carl Flesch, Margaret Matzenauer, Leo Slezak, Jeanne Gerville-Reache, Paul Althouse, George Hamilton, Christine Miller, Arthur Middleton, Arthur Shattuck, Cecil Ayres, Isabel Hauser, and others.
Norfolk Va February 19 Reports of marine damage from a gale along Virginia and North Carolina coasts describe the three masted schooner Phineas W Sprague adrift and leaking off the coast. The tug Buccaneer limped into Hatteras Cove after losing its tow of two barges while coast guard cutters Semiole and Yamacraw sped to aid. Winds peaked at 42 mph at Cape Henry and 52 mph at Cape Hatteras.
Shippers forecast six to thirty six hour shipments northward with mixed river changes along the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers near Montgomery and Selma. Scattered rain trends and low barometer point to fair to warm conditions along the west gulf, Pacific coast low pressure brings rain in San Francisco, and freezing temperatures reach North Carolina as high winds batter the Atlantic. Albert Ashenberger.
Reports say Carranza forces are converging with other units for a general attack on Monterey. Zapatista positions near Mexico City and adjoining states suffer heavy damage as military actions intensify across central Mexico.
Services will be held next day at Broad Street and Franklin Street Presbyterian churches at 11 a m and 7 30 p m. Texts include Work Out Your Own Salvation and I Know That My Redeemer Liveth. Both sermons will be preached by the pastor Rev a Hensley.
The Seventh Day Adventists announce Sabbath school each Saturday at 9:45 a.m. in the Scottish Rite Cathedral at 355 St. Francis Street between Claiborne and Franklin. The regular pastor preaches at 11:15 a.m. All are welcome.
An advertisement touts Resinol Soap and Ointment for eczema and itching. It promises immediate relief after washing with hot water and applying the resinol preparation, claiming the urge to scratch disappears and healing follows quickly.
About one hundred Americans are stranded in Paris after sailings were canceled by the German war zone decree. Ambassador Page arranged with the American line to hold the steamer New York in Liverpool for an extra day to connect to crossings, delaying its Saturday departure.
Harry Boomer a grocery clerk pleaded guilty to murdering Miss Vinnie Becker a mission worker. He was sentenced to life imprisonment after admitting to hacking her to death with a hatchet during a store robbery. He claimed temporary insanity.
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