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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1917
Page
2
A months-old document mentions a special agent being dispatched. The note references an entitlement or title linked to the agent and its subsequent action or deployment. Further specifics remain unreadable in the source.
An historical fragment describes Vick's Vap-O-Rab salve used on a patient’s chest and throat with a warm cloth cover over several minutes. The note mentions repeated applications at night and the product as a remedy or treatment.
Four miners' federations telegraphed the war feeding department objecting to the weekly potato ration being reduced from five to three pounds. They state turnips are not a substitute and urge restoration of the former rations.
A large section of the Moldavian southwest front has endured heavy bombardment by German forces. The war office reports ongoing bombardments and patrols with limited actions along the Romanian front.
Berlin reports on January 19 that Russian assaults along the northern Romanian front north of the Suchitya valley failed with heavy losses. The day’s official notice says fighting slowed after a day of increased activity and that German operations were successful at several locations on other fronts.
A Greek envoy cites a note from the allies to Athens warning that military necessity could see troops landed at Itea and moved by rail to Salonik. The reported tactic suggests larger allied troop concentration in northern Greece for a potential push toward the Berlin Constantinople axis.
Fragmentary text indicates civilians may carry arms and mentions an allied message and a fourth day not in the initial announcement, sent by cable to the country.
An in port engagement in early November reports a U boat firing about fifty shots at a vessel in the English Channel. A boy was slightly injured before the ship escaped. The Palm Branch returned to Cardiff for repairs and the submarine was later reported captured or sunk.
Roane County official Frank Gambill, Roane Iron Co assistant superintendent, is held on $10,000 bail for the Brown’s Chamberlains mine office killing. Police say Gambill went to collect money on an ore digging contract when the shooting occurred.
H Stee Webb, arrested in Kansas City after recognition by a fellow student, left for West Virginia in the custody of post office inspectors. An indictment awaits his arrival, implicating him in a 1915 train robbery that yielded more than 106000 in unsigned currency.
Greek officials said a petition signed by more than 300 corporations and labor unions urged the United States to intervene to raise the allied blockade of Greek ports. They reported allied censorship may have kept dispatches from reaching the U S government via American Minister Droppers in Athens.
The Athens dispatch states that control in Greece will be exercised by delegates from four powers under Entente supervision. Russia is sending a special officer to participate in the governing process.
Former President Taft urged support for the League to Enforce Peace during a Pittsburgh dinner, rebutting Theodore Roosevelt’s criticisms and arguing for a world agreement to delay and decide on disputes before war. Judge Buffington presided. speakers included Henry Drinker and Charles C. Michener. messages from neutral European nations endorsed the league.
Hundreds of United Irish League council members and mourners traveled from eastern cities to New York for the funeral of Mrs. William T. Power, eldest daughter of John Redmond, the Irish leader in Parliament.
A man was shot in the right hip by a night watchman at the Southern yards and sent to the city hospital. Mc Creary faced assault with a pistol charge. he said two men fled between freight cars when hailed. Witness R Z Fisher testified. the case was continued to January 22.
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