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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1917

Page

3

Deportations and Suffering of Belgian Workers

A Belgian deportation report notes a German record of rationing for deported workers in Belgium. It states deported Belgians and their families are blocked from living conditions and that many workers from Ghent have died from exhaustion and harsh labor on the Triage front in France.

Juciel Postal Actin Toat Cublegram Re Ape Belgium Postal Service Theerman Army Ghent Trian France

Skin remedy advert claims cure for eczema and pimples

An advertisement from EB W Rose Co Cleveland promotes a skin treatment priced 25c to $1.00 claiming rapid removal of eczema pimples rash and blackheads. It asserts the product is dependable for all skin troubles and asks readers to consult druggists.

EB. W. Rose Co Cleveland

Sir Thomas Excited Over U. S. Warships

ST THOMAS D W II Jan 19 A fleet of United States warships visits the Danish West Indies as transfer of sovereignty awaits completion. The formal flag raising and island handover await a purchase price of 6 000 000 dollars within ninety days while the Danish governor retains jurisdiction. The Atlantic fleet maneuvers offshore bound for Guantanamo Cuba for drills and target practice.

Equal Suffrage Is Going's Plea in Social Question Address

Judge Judson F Going, a Chicago jurist, urged abolition of restricted districts and prosecution of prostitutes as vagrants in a talk at the Cawthon hotel. He contrasted Alabama's denial of women with Illinois where women win more, arguing for suffrage progress. The same paper notes steamship Avona reaching port after earlier reports of sinking.

Cawthon Hotel Judson F. Going Chicago Alex Howard United States District Going Alabama Illinois

Sunk Spanish and Norwegian ships reported

Madrid says the Manuel of Bilbao, 2419 tons, sunk by a submarine. crew rescued by the Karl. London reports the Valle sunk and the Bergenhus believed sunk, last at Gibraltar en route from Genoa to Baltimore. Various dispatches note unrelated wartime events and officials' actions.

Baltimore Avona Huelva Associated Press Madrid Manuel Bilbao Karl London Lloyd’s Bergenhus Gibraltar Genoa

Mobilians push canal route across Florida advocates

Charles A Cunningham and Ward F Horton of Mobile are in Washington representing the Mobile Water Route Company seeking a canal across Florida to connect gulf trade. They work to press the plan for a canal from the gulf to the Atlantic.

Esers Charles A. Cunningham Ward F. Horton Inington D. C Newe Florida Mobile Water Route Company Gulf

France Shows Interest in East Asia as Tokio Launches New Weekly

Paris indicates growing Far East interest with the Tokio debut of L Information Extreme Ori. The French government may back the bilingual weekly. Briand and Pichon send cables praising closer ties between France and Japan, amid Japonese officials’ responses.

Associated Press Tokio France Far East L'Information Extreme- Ori Arenehe Dueea Fren 8 Japan M. Briand M. Pichon Ormer Bar Xier Bergson Capus Leroy-Boieulieu Brieux Viscount Ishii M. Wakatsuki Finance Mpire

Politeness Pays for Electric Road Safety

In New York the Long Island section served by the New York and Queens County Electric railway reports fewer minor trolley accidents after a new Politeness School training program. An official said the program costing 2500 dollars would cover its expenses, with 650 employees receiving an average of three lessons each, focusing on conductors and finishing touches to courteous service.

Associated Press New York Long Island New York and Queens County Electric Railway Rauwiny ‘Company

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