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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1914
Page
4
A 1914 prospectus for the Mobile Item Company notes its Mobile Alabama base and Chicago office address. The publication aims to inform accurately about world events and humane movements, promote justice, and discuss public questions to serve public welfare through impartial discourse.
The article credits Oscar W. Underwood and the Alabama Good Roads Association for driving congressional support for federal road aid. It recalls decades of Alabama advocacy from Mobile to Birmingham, noting Underwood's push to fund post roads and subsidies to counties for road maintenance and mail delivery.
Fragmentary report notes I and Ship Island Railroad push agricultural development along the route. Cooperation with the Agricultural College involves running special efforts to reforest a large area for a battalion army hospital.
A recent maritime disaster by the sinking Monroe is described with emphasis on brave captains and sleeping passengers. The piece expresses sorrow for the victims and sympathy for bereaved families, noting no fault by the officers and the rapid onset of peril.
Public opinion overwhelmingly supports Col. Goethals as governor of the canal zone arguing for centralized plenary authority. The piece urges recognition for Col. Gorgas Siebert and others, and memorial consideration for the late David Du Bose Gaillard and provision for Mrs. Gaillard.
An analysis notes a January London report predicting a Mexican upheaval within a week as Porfiristas and Cientificos rise. Huerta allegedly holds conspirators, favoring restrained severity. The Cientificos rival radicals in zeal for common people, likening them to Barnes Penrose Archbold and Guggenheims.
The migratory bird protection law goes into immediate effect. The public is urged to respect it to boost future bird numbers and attract more sportsmen from the North during hunting seasons.
Congratulations to J. Blocker Thor ton nominated by President Wilson Friday to be postmaster at Mobile. He is expected to prove a credit to the administration in this office.
California opens coverage of the 1914 flood season as Congress weighs two major flood control proposals the Newlands waterways commission bill and the Ransdell-Humphreys levee bill. Supporters tout broad measures while critics warn of high costs and misplaced focus on levees.
A historical overview of U S government cost control efforts from the Dockery commission through Taft and Roosevelt, detailing reforms in auditing, printing, budgeting, and administrative methods, with claimed annual savings and the eventual dissolution of the commission in 1913.
Washington letter details NRA growth with state associations and new clubs totaling 78, plus 51 clubs joining nationally. Major General Wood warns Congress on Army armament shortages and lack of ammunition. The movement promotes matches at Camp Perry and Seagirt, plans for government ranges, and a team to Lima for Pan-American events.
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