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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1915
Page
2
Washington reports Red Cross says Mexican misery is growing as relief lags and vaccination and food distribution struggle amid shortages. Officials note villa victory reports, shifting aid routes, ad governance friction with diplomats, and alarming infant mortality and adulteration issues in Mexico.
The Mobile and Ohio railroad plans to cooperate with Mississippi grain growers to publish new rates that will let them compete with major grain centers. Officials met with farmers to set favorable terms as a committee organized rates beyond expectations. George Bessie Dickinson noted the line aims to route farmers to better markets. A carriage license was issued to residents of Citronelle.
Chicago aviatrix Katherine Stinson, age 19, nearly dies looping the loop at Cicero when a gasoline feedpipe bursts. Gasoline showers her face and vapor risks suffocation, but she completes a 300 foot diameter loop and lands safely as the engine dies.
Eastern front tension rises as Teutons push Russian lines everywhere. Allies weigh Danube corridor action to aid Russia while Italy reports progress near Trentino as coal strike in South Wales deepens, prompting talk of government operation during the war.
An Austro German ultimatum to Roumania is being prepared, says the Moscow Russkoye levee, quoted in dispatches received here. It is added that large bodies of Teutonic troops are massing on the Roumanian frontier to give emphasis to the ultimatum, which it is declared will demand unimpeded transit for war munitions.
Rome reports two Austrian submarines on a coast reconnaissance mission have not returned and are believed missing. One crew of 20 and the other 40, with four days’ fuel. A separate report says an Austrian aeroplane bombarding Bari was shot down near Barletta and captured by locals. The era includes notes on Sweden neutrality, Bulgaria Turkey rail suspensions, Gallipoli fighting, and Greek gloom over Asia Minor movements.
At Chicago hearing the Federal Trade Commission and the National Lumber Manufacturers Association hear that overproduction uncontrolled price cutting and other ruinous practices demoralize the lumber market. Downman cites eight years of demoralization with losses and waste while urging promotion of foreign trade.
July 19 at Sing Sing the Mutual Welfare League adopts a system to suspend prisoners from league privileges as punishment for rule violations. Five days or more yields a yellow circle on the breast. ten days adds a yellow back stripe. twenty days adds yellow stripe on the legs. Two intoxicated prisoners will be first to wear the stripes.
Secretary Redfield sent letters of reproach to Cleveland Automatic Machinery Co and the American Machinist for publishing an advertisement of poison acid loaded shells. President Wilson approved the action. The inquiry found the Cleveland firm offered a machine that could be used to produce such shells.
R. D. Boyce a 57 year old North Carolina farmer was arrested Sunday on a masher charge. Judge Edington ordered him to leave town immediately after Monday arraignment in the recorder's court. Evidence showed he followed Buchanan’s daughter and another girl home. Boyce denied following the women.
Mobile County group pushes a bill to bar seining in all fresh water streams and empower sheriffs to confiscate nets on water or in boats. Grayson of Mobile introduced the measure, which faces House game and fish committee action Tuesday, with possible confiscation modifications. Also notes civil service exam for an oiler at Fort Morgan and ongoing lawsuits in equity court including rent and labor claims and a fatal shooting near Laurel, Mississippi.
The fragment hints at business in large timber areas weathering a drop better than older merchants with dwindling supplies. It notes a surplus and a lack of courts, suggesting economic strain and judicial gaps affecting trade.
Biloxi, Miss. Hundreds greet Mississippi National Guard troops as 1,200 men disembark at Camp McFarland. Bands Ennis of Jackson and Booneville parade, Governor Brewer arrives to speak, with Provost Marshal Captain Scales coordinating with local police and sheriff to maintain order.
Kansas City authorities brace for rising flood as heavy rains swell the Kansas and Missouri rivers. The Kansas River reading reached 24.8 feet with another surge expected. Missouri River at Kansas City stood around 28.1 feet amid reports of minor damages and record rainfall in Topeka and nearby areas.
London July 19 Premier Asquith told the house of commons that total Allied casualties in the Dardanelles exit force to date are 42,434, including both naval and military branches. Of 8,048 officer casualties, the casualties include killed and missing among officers.
Special venire was drawn in city court on Monday to serve in the Theresa McBroom murder case. The list includes Perry Bosarge Edward Enderle Martin Van Heuvel Aimee Smee Ernest Planck and many others for a Thursday trial.
Friends organize support for a soldier married by proxy to his French fiancée. The event occurs amid a summer gathering at a seaside resort, highlighting communal aid and celebratory plans.
John F. Hardy alias L A, pleaded guilty before Recorder 1 to three counts of obtaining money by false pretenses and received two months hard labor on each count, totaling six months. He claimed to be 18 and said he had a mother and sister in San Antonio. Warranted by Emile Herpin and mobile auto and Hillman Taxi firms, his scams included buying a launch from O Stuardi, selling it back, and cashing checks with altered signatures. He used letters and fake endorsements to obtain rings, supplies, and small cash amounts from several victims.
The Danish steamship Europa from Progreso Mexico arrives and discharges 4300 bales of sisal for James Gibboney & Co at Pier 3. The Norwegian steamship Karen arrives from New Orleans to load for Havana Cuba. The Mallory liner Lampassas from New York to Mobile via Tampa arrives with passengers and general merchandise and sails Tuesday morning. The British schooner Zeta clears ballast for Gulf Port to load for Colon Panama. The Norwegian steamship Bluefields arrives from Porto Cortez to load bananas for United Fruit, and the Fort Gaines from Porto Barrios is expected to join. The Sorknes shifts to unload ballast at K. C. docks.
An appeal invites readers who have found new uses for liquid Vitalites to report them. The note argues Vitalitas has aided thousands daily for two years and claims it helps strengthen and cure ailments of the liver kidneys bowels and blood.
Dispatches detail widespread destruction between Vera Cruz and Puebla with destroyed railway stations on the Interoceanic line, killings of station staff, and bandit fire affecting trains. Zapata forces grow bolder on the British railroad while Mexico City severs links, drivers deterred, and food supplies strained amid factional fighting. Oaxaca reports independence and local currency amid rising resistance.
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