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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1917
Page
3
London report says King Charles will visit Budapest to meet Hungarian party leaders for a special audience to form a cabinet and pursue reduced German influence. The dispatch notes regional hopes and political maneuvering amid war tensions.
Reports from Rome say Premier Briand and British and Russian representatives will attend a war council with Watt Officials, signaling closer Allied unity and renewed effort to pursue war aims. The meeting's significance is noted by the Corriere D'Italia as not escaping Berlin.
A three week old baby with watery blisters on hands and feet recovered after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment over two to three weeks. Pearl Dansly of Joy South Carolina endorses the product and suggests daily use plus occasional ointment for prevention. Free samples offered by Cuticura Department H. Sold everywhere.
Detroit January decision allows Henry Ford to proceed with a $13 million smelter on the Detroit river. Three circuit judges accepted a $10 million bond to secure the Dodge Brothers against potential losses in the injunction dispute.
Navy announces first promotions under the selective advancement plan. President Wilson approves list elevating eleven captains to rear admirals and more than a hundred lower officers in grade. The nine rear admirals on the board supervised merit exams before recommendations.
John T. McEvoy John Cross John L. Noble and Alex Dixons as Sylvester Andrews were fined 50 dollars or twenty days by Judge Henry Chamberlain of the inferior criminal court. Prohibition cases were continued and other charges adjourned with fines and penalties listed.
Sir Frederick William Borden longtime minister of militia and defense in Laurier’s government died in Nova Scotia. A physician by trade he served as army surgeon and helped organize Canadian troops in South Africa. His son Lieutenant Harold N. Borden was killed in action. born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia in 1847.
A Reuters dispatch quoted Berlin saying Romanian oil districts are so far repaired that some works may resume production within weeks. About two thousand carloads of petroleum were captured at Campina and vast stores at Constanza. The Standard refinery at Ploieşti is ready to resume, and Campina wells will produce again in about a week.
The Japanese foreign office states no knowledge of any rifle consignment to Mexico by the Kotohira Maru. The ship sailed from Yokohama January 2 to Salina Cruz with 2,500 rifles claimed by a Tokyo dispatch as cargo for General Catra, while three Catra representatives allegedly sought large arms and ammunition in Japan.
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