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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1915
Page
3
Dispatches report General Pablo Gonzales and Carranzistas enter Vera Cruz amid Zapatista resistance and street fighting. Official cables from New York relay shaky confirmations of city status and casualties, with details still unclear.
Dispatches from Veracruz report General Pablo Gonzales leading First Chief Carranza’s main forces toward Mexico City. Telegrams claim Zapata’s faction is withdrawing about sixty miles from the capital, while messages describe shifting positions and movements as the conflict unfolds.
Secretary Ling will lay the Mexico situation before President Wilson at Cornish. Officials say no single leader recognition will solve the crisis. factions must be guided toward unity as Red Cross aids distress. Villa reports claim Triana killed and Obregon surrounded. Carrancistas initially gained early successes. Justice Department probes Huerta era financial connections in New York and beyond.
London reports show Britain's new war loan closing day subscriptions ranging from 2 to 5 billion dollars with some estimates up to 5 billion. Chancellor Reginald McKenna expected to announce the total in the House of Commons Monday as the Bank of England scrambles to recruit staff for the surge of applications.
Reports say United States Marines landed at Cape Haitien during revolutionary clashes to safeguard foreign interests. Communications indicate orders to support land forces and secure the radio station amid ongoing unrest.
A July report from Omaha Neb indicates a German editor warns of impeachment against President Wilson. The piece cites arrogance attributed to German governance and questions the U S leader's actions, suggesting he remove obstinacy to gain full honors.
Lord and Lady Gordon Lennox announce the engagement of Hon Ivy Gordon Lennox to the Marquis of Tichfield. Ivy, famed for beauty and wealth, is a niece of the Duke of Richmond and a prominent social figure who has long been linked to high-profile matches.
A survey of state governors expresses support for President Wilson and calls for an immediate congress of neutral nations. Governors Capper, Moorehead, Dunne, Ferguson, Spry, Stuart and others defend Wilson’s policy while urging action to protect American lives and rights under international law.
The mail car robbery near Greenville left detectives puzzled as Chief Clerk Mills testified that the bandits, masked and armed, demanded a Houston bound package worth $50,000. Mills said the robbers believed a valuable package lay on board, but they tackled the wrong train and fled after examining several mail sacks.
Rome reports renewed Italian success after a six day battle on the Carso plateau. General Cadorna’s front telegraph notes victories on all fronts including Tyrol and the Dolomites with Austrian positions reported as captured or driven off.
President Wilson had his first automobile collision in over two years while traveling from Windsor to Claremont. A Ford carrying five men struck his high powered car, causing partial destruction but no injuries.
Charles S. McDowell of Eufaula is unanimously chosen as president of the Alabama State Bar Association. W. C. Davis outlines sweeping reforms: 30 to 35 circuit judges, abolition of city and law and equity courts, Montgomery two judges, Jefferson eight, Mobile three, year round courts, governor appointed jury commissioners, nine man civil verdicts, and divine power for the supreme court to set rules.
London reports British chemists led by Sir William Ramsay urged the government to declare cotton absolute contraband of war. They argue cotton supplies German, Austrian and Turkish guns rely on guncotton for explosives, linking Allied blockade to German military capacity. They cite U S cotton shipped via Scandinavia and Manchester’s willingness to buy the crop.
Miss Janet Scudder famed sculptor plans a nomadic tour of Long Island and New England in a car, setting up a tent studio with a glass roof to work on busts of society women. Her party includes a chef and a maid, and she aims to carry both studio and sleeping tents on the trip.
Becker faces imminent execution after Supreme Court Justice Hughes declines a writ of error. Warden Osborne at Sing Sing specifies Becker’s July 28 morning date, alongside Sam Haynes and Harold Dranowity, with no order determined for the death march.
PHILADELPHIA July 10. Dr Anna Howard Shaw, gifted by New York suffragists, has had her automobile levied on by Delaware county tax collectors for a state tax of 126 dollars. She has refused payment for ten years and was told the car will be sold at public sale if payment is not made within five days.
Rome announces three clerical promotions. Thomas F. Cusack becomes bishop of Albany. Paul P. Rhode is named bishop of Green Bay. Michael J. Gallagher is named coadjutor to Bishop Henry Joseph Richter with right of succession.
London reports Russian war office says north of Krasnik Teutons pulled back further while fighting south of Wilkiase raises Austro German prisoner total to 16000. Austrian and German returns lack detail as battles rage along Ossowits Bukowina and cenester fronts with renewed Hindenburg outflanking activity.
Reports from the Western Front note heavy German losses since June with estimates around 100000. French forces are described as forcing wear on the German line in Souchez Champagne and Argonne while Belgian troops repels a night attack near Ypres. In Greece King Constantine’s return limits and Greece's possible entry with the Allies are discussed. Weather outlook predicts showers in Mobile and Alabama and Mississippi for Sunday.
London papers publish the German reply to the United States in full. Headlines mock the note as hypocritical and insolent with terms like amazing and audacious. The People mocks German statesmanship while Evening Standard and Westminster Gazette question U S acceptance.
The United States requires Germany to admit responsibility for sinking the Lusitania and disavow its submarine commander. It calls for reparations for injuries and steps to prevent future violations of wartime conduct. It also demands recognition of American rights to travel on belligerent ships and guarantees safe passage on all vessels.
Germany states it will not attack neutral vessels not guilty of hostile acts and places blame on Britain and Cunard for the Lusitania sinking. It favors allowing American flagged steamers in passenger service and suggests four enemy vessels may sail under the American flag if conditions are observed.
President Wilson dispatches instructions for Secretary Lansing to deliver the official text of Germany’s reply to the Lusitania notes from Cornish New Hampshire. Officials note Germany accepts no responsibility for American deaths and continues to justify sinking.
Died Saturday July 10 1918 Hermann aged about 50. Funeral from residence Houston Street to St Marys Church at 4:30 and 5 o'clock with interment Magnolia Cemetery. Hofheins Louis died Friday July 9 1915 aged about 70. Funeral from residence to St Xavier's church then Catholic Cemetery.
A fragment notes Ellen Fleming linked to a Bayshore property at St Stephens. The text mentions securing the item by identifying ownership with Fleming as the proprietor.
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