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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1917
Page
2
The appropriation bill moves forward with higher postage for newspapers over 300 miles and third class classification for catalogs. It sets rural carrier pay by route length and service time, with a $480 to $2,000 annual range, and enacts a post office fund guaranty. It tightens anti gambling laws and imposes penalties for mailing liquors.
The Mobile and Ohio railroad announces freight department appointments. H A Smith becomes general lumber agent in Meridian Mississippi after the abolition of his former office. J P McDonough is named commercial agent in Atlanta replacing C Patton who resigned. C O Ruden moves to traveling freight agent in Kansas City while F J Young and R F Wynne receive promotions in Atlanta and replace others.
A million dollar educational endowment fund formed by the United States branch of the Hilfsverein Deutscher Frauen aims to prevent thousands of German fatherless children from going into state institutions. The society plans endowment insurance policies maturing over ten years with about a thousand benefactors contributing $47.74 annually to cover premiums, distributing aid to needy German families during school years.
In a child susceptible to croup the first sign is hoarseness. Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as hoarseness appears to avert the attack and avoid danger.
A Mobile society page reports a Sunday session of the Psychological Society at the Cawthon Hotel with papers read and discussions. The Illinois Club prepares to install officers Tuesday at the same hotel with reports and a spelling match afterward.
Kitchener Ontario. After Citizens League won majorities to back a name restoration from Berlin to Kitchener, soldiers from the 117th battalion patrolled streets as martial law was declared. A riot erupted when a parade marched through town and a Union Jack bearer was targeted. two council members were hurt in a raid on a newspaper office. Galt units helped restore order.
Queenstown report says the Italian steamship Legano was badly damaged in a fog collision outside Cork harbor. It was towed to port with the forward hold flooded and the crew brought in. the captain and one seaman were drowned.
In Kinder Louisiana Ida Ryan, 19, was shot and fatally wounded when her three year old nephew picked up a discarded pistol and fired a cartridge. The incident occurred Monday.
The British steamer Amakura arrived in Savannah from St Johns after losing anchors and smashing her wheel in a severe gale. Departing December 22, she drifted for six hours before anchors failed and the vessel drifted until seas eased, with extreme cold affecting the crew and moonlight.
St. Paul Minnesota January 2 The Minnesota legislature convenes with plans to act on statewide prohibition Woman suffrage reorganization of state departments and repeal of the boxing bill ahead of April 19 adjournment Governor J A A Burnquist to be inaugurated tomorrow for a two year term.
New York January 2 A committee for the American Astronomical Society reports split views on daylight saving. Professors Harold Jacoby and Frank Schlessinger favor the plan while Edward Pickering Henry Norris Russell oppose it. John M Poor declines to break the tie.
The advertisement promotes Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic as a valuable general tonic. It highlights well known tonic properties of quinine and iron and lists a price of 50 cents.
Captain Robert Bush reported to police Monday that thieves stole a six inch hawser from the deck of the schooner M. A. Achorn while it was docked. The rope was removed sometime Sunday night.
Washington Jan 2 Work of drafting the large naval appropriation bill likely will be started by the house naval committee tomorrow Chairman Padgett plans to convene the committee to prepare the bill for house discussion by mid January If initial navy estimates of 379 million dollars rose further Padgett aims to keep the total under 400 6 million dollars
S Paulovich of the south west corner of Monterey and Dauphin streets told police that his residence was robbed Monday night at 6 30. The thief entered the ice box and took two dozen eggs.
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