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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1916
Page
2
In York on July 28 the epidemic of male paralysia showed a sharp rise with 39 child deaths in five boroughs since 10 am yesterday and 135 new cases. The outbreak spread to Manhattan and other areas, with a marked rise in deaths and a widening surface under damp conditions.
The House approved a bill to fund 135000 for Surgeon W. J. Pettus of Charleston and five Health Service surgeons sent to aid New York in preventing the spread of the infantile paralysis epidemic. Twenty more service surgeons were already slated.
An advertisement touts nberlain's Colic Cholera and Hoea Remedy as unsurpassed. It argues two doses nearly always stop attacks, notes the remedy is unpleasant to take, contains no astringent, and leaves the bowels natural. Available everywhere.
Puss Junior and Yankee Doodle Dandy ride to the tavern for noon meal then part ways to seek Babylon where Puss hopes to find his father. He travels a broad level road, notes bright boots and owl feather, and presses on toward dusk hoping to reach the city before night.
Major William L. Little led the final rounds of screening for National Guard members at the mobilization camp in Montgomery. Only two groups remain to be checked before the physical test and oath requirements, with General Bricken set to inspect all troops by month’s end.
Applications pour in at headquarters as families depend on enlisted men earnings. General Bricken reviews each case and forwards eligible requests to the war department for final disposition. Yesterday he considered a case involving four sons of Mrs. E. B. Finch.
Captain Paul Koenig and fourteen Deutschland crew members were feted by thousands of Baltimoreans at Canstatter Park under German Red Cross auspices. An official said Count von Bernstorff and Prince Hatzfeld will inspect the Deutschland next Wednesday.
Mrs. Finch asked General Bricken to permit one son to leave the army. Sergeant J. Henry McGehee returned home with an honorable discharge after many years in Company H Fourth Infantry. A fifty year old defect noted by surgeons. Incorporation filings: Headland Realty and Farm Corpora tion at Headland Henry county with 20000 capital. Lewis Pecan Company Inc Mobile with 20000 capital and 5000 paid in. Incorporators Frank Hewis G S Leatherbury J M Luce G M Luce.
Kansas City July 22 The new speedway here will be dedicated today with a See mile Derby prize 5000 and a mile dash purse of 1500. A speedway has an oiled soil track. Thirteen cars are entered in the derby and fourteen in the dash.
Secretary Daniels and his family accompanied by Herbert W Jackson and family of Richmond sailed this morning on the naval yacht Sylph for a weekend cruise on the James river and Chesapeake Bay.
Thousands of British women paraded through central London to showcase their war work. The march featured tableaux in lorries with women in factory overalls, nurses, chauffeurs, streetcar conductors, railroad workers, and agricultural laborers. Floats memorialized Earl Kitchener and fallen soldiers, with impersonations of dominion and allied troops. Wreaths were laid on Wellington and Nelson statues at the end.
Acting Secretary Polk said he asked France and Great Britain for replies to the last American note on interference with neutral mails and urged a response at once. Ambassadors report a British memorandum to the British foreign office, with France said to have sent a draft note to London delaying dispatch of a joint reply.
More than 250 recruits reported for a new civilian training course opened Friday near Philadelphia. The program aims to prepare civilians in basic military skills and discipline at the camp established to boost readiness.
W M Doyle pleaded guilty in the recorder s court Saturday to violating the prohibition law and paid a fifty dollar fine. D F Petty faced trial, fined fifty dollars or fifty days, appealed to the city court, with bond set at two hundred dollars. Petty was re arrested on the state charge and released on bond. Prohibition cases against B Berger G Heubach and J E Cox continued to July 29. Several raids found beer and whiskey at Bat Ardoyne s on Government Street and at multiple other locations including Scott Canal streets and Madison Conti corners. Harry Brown and Bruce Etheridge Cassidy faced violations. bonds posted by local officers. Several small quantities of liquor were found in other residences and shops during Friday and Saturday searches. The inferior criminal court continued the case against Harry Brown to July 29.
Whistler residents await a strong show as "The Man from Maine" is staged at Odd Fellows Hall on Friday July 28 with top local talent and high expectations. Also noted are visits, illness concerns for a child in East St. Louis and multiple regional travels among residents. A dye factory project in Quincy is slated to start within ten days and operate by October 1 producing standard colors.
Helaire Carriere, accused of killing Sheriff Swords, evades a six mile square manhunt around Savoy between Opelousas and Eunice. For six days he has eluded hundreds of armed pursuers in cane brakes swamps and thickets, declaring he will not be taken alive and intends to attack members of the posse.
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