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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1915
Page
1
Senate clashes as Senator Root denounces the administration ship purchase bill and Democratic caucus tactics. Democrats push the measure as party policy while Republicans pledge continued opposition amid a potential extra session after March 4.
In Montgomery on January 25 the Alabama legislature nears two weeks with little passed except establishing a dry state. The Anti-Saloon League plans a two day convention, led by Rev. Brooks Lawrence, to push for perpetual prohibition. Hobson and other national figures will attend as lawmakers face sunken water power issues and looming anti shipping and anti advertising measures.
Delays in delivering supplies to the earthquake area trigger an inquiry into the Italian railway service. Signor Bianchi resigns as director general after deeming the inquiry a personal reflection. A Petrograd dispatch reports the steamship Georgios carrying 16 aircraft sunk near Sinope. An NY address urges a government employment agency and vocational schools to ease industrial unrest.
A Cairo dispatch reports Field Marshal Von Der Goltz was fired upon in the Caucasus with indications he was hit. Other officers were attacked at the same time.
Reports from Diamond Shoals say a schooner yacht stranded yesterday now has only one mast upright. The vessel is too far from shore to identify and rough seas prevent lifesavers from approaching.
The steamer El Valle from Galveston arrived in New York with Captain Dodge and nine crew members rescued from the schooner Mary L Baxter, which sailed from Tampa January 14 bound for Baltimore.
A radiogram from the hydrographic office reports the revenue cutter Itasca is assisting the Italian steamer Angelo Parodi, now helpless due to a coal shortage, about 184 miles east of Cape Henry.
The United States Supreme Court today set aside contempt sentences imposed on William L. Curtis and George Burdick of the New York Tribune. They refused to divulge sources for information used in a published story about grand jury investigations of customs frauds in New York.
The steamer Dacia is due to sail from Galveston to Rotterdam via Norfolk late today after clearing 111000 bales of cotton last Friday. Poor weather prevented a Saturday departure.
President Wilson today named Robert Emmett Jeffry of Newport Arkansas as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Uruguay.
New York January 25 Thaws lawyers moved to send him to Bellevue Hospital to determine his sanity amid a conspiracy charge over his 1913 Matteawan escape. Judge Davis reserved decision and Thaw remained in the Tombs awaiting next Wednesday’s ruling. Morgan O’Brien argued the move risks returning him to Matteawan if sane.
Joe Essier, clerk at Albright & Wood, left Sunday night for Deer Park Alabama to visit friends and will return in a few days. Judge Price Williams said state and county licenses become delinquent after January 41 with a 10 percent penalty possible. Businessmen with licenses should pay before that time.
Dr Anna Howard Shaw president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association will visit Alabama in February. She will speak in Mobile February 6 Tuscaloosa February 4 and Montgomery February 5 with Lavinia Ende and Pattie Ruffner Jacobs organizing Alabama efforts to boost suffrage.
Onofre Betbeder vice admiral of the Argentine navy and head of the Argentine naval commission in the United States since 1911 died in New York from heart disease at age 53. He was stricken Friday and ambassador Dr Romulo Naon arrived from Washington shortly before his death. The body likely will be sent to Buenos Aires. Betbeder helped supervise construction of two dreadnoughts for Argentina, the second nearing completion.
The Swiss federal council bans export of chocolate, varnish, and electric cables. The move affects Swiss chocolate shipments abroad amid changing trade controls and market conditions.
Berlin reports that during a three hour battle in the North Sea off Helgoland the German armored cruisers Seydlitz Derfflinger Moltke and Blucher along with torpedo boat flotillas engaged a British detachment. One British battle cruiser and the German cruiser Blucher were sunk according to the announcement signed by Von Behncke.
British forces under Vice Admiral Beatty frustrate a German cruiser squadron attempting a Scarborough style raid. The armored cruiser Blucher sinks after a running fight, with only 123 of 885 crew saved. German Derfflinger Seydlitz and Moltke damaged, British ships suffer light casualties.
Captain Coe of the Carrie W Babson from Grand Cayman brings a cargo of cocoanuts with a crew member described as a genuine freak. The Cayマン Island native has an enormous chin and nose forming a single nostril eye-catching facial deformity. The man is mild and skilled, not distressed by the attention.
Major Tait and Colonel Gregory of the Canadian naval reserve plan to present to General Hughes a scheme to guard the Canada United States boundary with reserve forces. The aim is to prevent hostile foreign citizens and deter reservists from enemy nations in Canada from crossing into the United States with U S officials to cooperate.
Elmer Siy and George A. Maloney of Mobile Chamber of Commerce left Monday afternoon to attend the cattlemen's convention at Selma. County delegates expected to join, with tick eradication laws and proposed legislation as top topics for the legislature.
Captain L C Fry president of the Merchants Bank Mobile and former cotton man lies in a critical state after inhaling gas from a stove in his room at 755 Government street Sunday morning. Ernest Ladd cashier confirms extreme condition as doctors battled to revive him.
Germany filed a protest through Ambassador Count Johann von Bernstorff with the U S State Department alleging that shipments of American seaplanes to European belligerents violate neutrality. The note cites Curtiss works in Hammondsport New York supplying planes to England and Russia, arguing seaplanes are war vessels under The Hague agreement of 1907 and thus prohibited to neutral nations.
A plate valued at 77000 dollars adjoining the Hispanic Society of America the American Geographical Society and the American Numismatic Society on Riverside Drive and Broadway at 156th Street has been offered to the American Academy of Arts and Letters by A W Huntington. The offer requires a suitable building for housing the society within five years and has been accepted.
Daniel J. Keefe and Hywell JF Davies federal strike conciliators met with eastern Ohio coal field operators as 15,000 miners remain on strike since April 1. They aimed to conclude the mine owners' side of the controversy before tonight's adjournment.
A wealthy Illinois reader asked for detailed data on Mobile County citrus farming. George A. Maloney reports inquiries on growing Satsumas and land along Dog River, reflecting interest sparked by the local cattle and hog improvement movement and citrus industry publicity.
The forecast calls for fair tonight with continued cold air across both regions. Lows near 25 degrees in Mobile and 26 along the Alabama coast. Tuesday should be fair and cold.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce event opened Saturday night with growing exhibits including hog displays. Despite bad weather Sunday and Monday morning crowds visited, with many praising the show and noting new industries. Exhibits rapidly fill space as suppliers rearrange setups. doors to open at 9 each morning for public visits.
Traffic Manager Cobb reports Mallory Steamship Company has granted Mobile grain merchants a ten cents per 100 pounds rate on grain and grain products to Tampa Florida. The rate will be published soon. Local dealers sought the cut to meet competition and received prompt approval from the line.
One of the Chamber of Commerce bulls is to be housed at Semmes on J M Jarvis farm. Expert Maloney will supervise building quarters for the animal and arrange handling details for public benefit. He will also plan a cattle dipping vat at the Jarvis place to aid tick eradication. Semmes residents show strong interest in the campaign.
Medical College leads the City Basketball League and has not lost this season. The Catholic Athletic Association five defeated Spring Hill College Friday night, signaling a strong season ahead in a fast Wednesday night matchup at Paay.
A joint report by James McAdoo and Redfield warns of extraordinary U S and European freight rate rises since August. New York to Rotterdam shows 900 percent increases for flour and cotton, while ships from Norfolk and Savannah face 300 to 900 percent surcharges on grains and cotton. They caution rates may cripple imports and exports, calling for government action or a ship purchase bill to counter escalating charges and protect balance of trade.
A temperature spread of 106 degrees is noted with extreme heat above Williston North Carolina and freezing readings near 74 degrees in Key West Florida. The weather map shows a high barometer region with generally low temperatures spanning the country from the Rockies to the Alleghenies, while a low pressure center shifts over New Jersey extending east of the Mississippi as far south as Birmingham and Tuscaloosa Alabama.
Weather note warns shippers to shield cargo for an hour northbound trips in eight degree conditions and to guard east and west routes at twenty five degrees. It urges protective packaging and speedier handling to prevent damage.
The Black Warrior is forecast to rise over the next two hours, Tombigbee over the next 48 hours, and the Alabama at Mentgonrie with a probable rise again in 12 to 24 hours. Celms expects continued rise into Tuesday.
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