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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1916
Page
2
The aged King Nicholas of Montenegro has arrived in Brindisi en route to Lyons to join the Montenegrin queen. Former Premier Voukoditch will command with Prince Ninsky as they plan to retire into Albania and join with the Serbs.
The Interstate Commerce Commission faces a key decision on differential rail rates favoring raw Cuban sugar shipments to interior markets via Mobile. Building on the precedent set in the Blackstrap case, Interior refiners seek lower rates from Gulf ports like Mobile to inland destinations, potentially expanding Gulf imports and boosting Mobile’s status as a major raw sugar gateway.
Prosperity brings about $100 000 in new contracts for Mobile yards as Italian steamer Livietta undergoes repairs at Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock. More than 500 skilled workers from Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock Company Gulf City Boiler Works Home Industry Iron Works Henderson Iron Works are employed locally with bids beating New York New Orleans and Galveston rivals. The Livietta cargo oil and gasoline fire damaged her after section requiring extensive rebuilding.
In Gulfport Mississippi on January 22 G W Tidwell alias Atwell waived examination before U S Commissioner Tyler in the Mann White Slave Act case. He was sent back to Gulfport awaiting a federal order to Pensacola where he will answer the charge. Tidwell posted a $5000 bond pending a South Carolina Supreme Court appeal on a manslaughter sentence for the killing of R E Walker of Greenville S C.
The forecast for Alabama calls for fair weather Sunday with cooler interior conditions and a fair Monday. Mississippiarni sunnier Sunday with fair weather, Monday turning cloudy.
Oklahoma City report says the flood deaths remain six after two days of heavy rain in southern Oklahoma. Rivers are receding, railroads report washouts, linemen restore wire service, and property plus crop damage run into several hundred thousand dollars.
German and French war offices report limited artillery activity and mine warfare on the western front. German mining east of Ypres claims sixty yards gained, while shells hit Moselle Vosges towns with no decisive result. Paris notes French artillery at Vosges and Champagne. British briefing cites bombardment around Hul luch Richebourg and Pilkem and a German mine near the Comines canal.
Berlin reports an utter lull on the Russian front except for artillery duels before Dvinsk as of this afternoon. The war office transmitted the update via wireless to Sayville.
Edison electrical expert Miller Reese Hutchison testified before the naval board of inquiry that he knew four Edison battery cells might cause trouble before the submarine E-2 explosion at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He said he did not warn the commander, believing it improper to divulge such information to a naval officer.
Leavenworth Washington January 22 five passengers swept to death when the dining car and day coach of the Spokane Owl train No 25 Great Northern Railroad were hurled into a ravine 300 feet below near Corea Washington forty miles from Leavenworth Rescue trains rushed to the scene as five severely injured were taken from the ill fated cars The disaster occurred near the Horse Shoe tunnel sixty people were aboard the train and the wreckage left the tracks and roadbed torn away with snow and rock blocking the line for days
Mrs. R. R. Gray of Whistler Alabama advertised the loss of her purse containing thirty dollars in The Item. The next day the purse and money were returned to her. Mrs. Gray is the daughter in law of J. M. Gray of Whistler.
The State Harbor Commission opened its first meeting at 11 o clock Saturday in the county courthouse with Dr A G Ward presiding as chair man. W H H Greenwood was elected secretary and treasurer Thomas P Norville became chief wharfinger. The panel agreed no term or salary was set pending a committee report within 30 days on rules and funding.
Investigation began after a blaze broke out in the forward hold of the Norwegian steamer Sygna just after she cleared New York for Russia with munitions. Fire tug crews and ship’s crew battled the flames for hours to prevent the explosives from catching.
Baldwin county votes 593 to 586 to approve a 550000 bond for Delta road and a steel bridge over the Spanish river linking Baldwin and Mobile counties. The win follows a close official count with Gasque precinct tipping the result in favor after an earlier unofficial tally had shown a defeat.
Sam P. Kennedy former secretary to the Alabama Public Service Commission announces his candidacy to succeed himself as president of the commission citing long service since 1907 and expertise in railroad rates and regulations. A Darnley of Elba also declares for the presidency, asserting independence from party or “collar” affiliations and noting his past as a prohibitionist.
J E Johnson a Coffeeville Alabama merchant faces mail fraud charges in federal court. The trial filled Saturday with adjournment to Monday for final arguments.
Lost feather boa to be returned to 205 Government or Bell phone No 8. Lost Airedale terrier puppy five months old long hair and tail with reward for return to 23 Catherine Bell phone 2515. Lost winter tourist ticket Paris II to New Orleans and return valid until June 1 issued A O Colson $5 no questions asked return Cawthon. Lost white fox terrier with brown ears reward at 1011 2 S Warren St. Other classified ads on page.
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