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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
3
A 9,000 strong strike of longshoremen at Pacific coast ports began at 6 a.m. in San Francisco. Seattle sees potential trouble with strike breakers. Vessels may be tied up for days while owners push to keep passenger ships operating with freight trade at stake. Strikers demand 55 cents an hour plus overtime at one dollar.
Today the Knights of Whistle Lodge in Whistler, Knights of Maccabees Mobil Tent No 10 at Dauphin and St Emanuel, Loyal Order of Moose Mobile Lodge No 321 at 203 Government Street, Masonic-Athelstan Lodge No 369 A F and A M at the Masonic Temple, L O o O F Gulf City Rebekah Lodge No 40 at Odd Fellows Hall, and Young Men's Benevolent Association at 273 Dauphin Street upstairs are noted.
General meetings scheduled for Rotary Club at 1 p.m. in the Rotary Room of the Cawthon Hotel. The event invites members to attend and discuss club activities and community service plans.
A period listing notes multiple productions including Royal A Stony Deal with Max Figman Lottice Robertson and Burr McIntosh, Thanhouser master works featuring Audrey Munson in Inspiration in five acts, Gloria's Romance with Billie Burke, Childhood's Happy Days with Sidney Drew, Empire The Heroic with Gladys Hanson Lewis S. Stone Bryant Washburn, Crescent A Romance of Mobile with local players, and Columbia The Con victs Daughter and Madame.
Chancery Court with several cases set for June 5 and 6 on demurrers and motions. Decrees pro confesso issued in several State Ex Rel. actions. Law and Equity Court reports a $150.14 damages judgment on Mobile Coal Co. vs Brick & Coal Co. Circuit Court actions include State cases against Osie Grimes and Ed Doss, with a Friday call.
Charles Baumhauer Sr., long ill at his Conti Street home, remained in grave condition this afternoon. Relatives describe his illness as extremely serious and unchanged.
The Alabama attorney general seeks a mandamus to compel the Atlantic Coast Line to transport confiscated Girard liquor to Pittsview, setting a precedent for removing liquor from dry areas for easier guarding as the case proceeds toward hearing in Opelika.
Tennessee railroad commission ruled the Illinois Central Railroad intercity passenger rate of 3 cents per mile is too high and ordered a reduction to two and a half cents a mile within thirty days.
Crowds gathered Wednesday night for a moonlight ride and dance aboard the pleasure boat Charles E. Cessna under McInnis Lodge No. 71 of the Odd Fellows. Attendees included various locals and visitors from nearby towns, with hotel stays at the Battle House.
Jack Thornton was arraigned in the inferior criminal court and pled guilty to burglary. He is held in jail under a $500 bond to await the next grand jury's action. He admitted entering Robert Westleys home and taking articles of wearing apparel.
A week of services at the Baptist Tabernacle is well attended with Rev. D. Monroe preaching last evening. The message series is titled Inspiration and is drawing interest from attendees.
The Republican national committee met at the Coliseum in Chicago to hear and decide forty contests involving sixty two delegates for seats at the national convention next Wednesday. Chairman Charles D Hilles led the session as plans were made to allocate three days for argument though two days may suffice. Four years ago the committee spent over three weeks on contests amid bitter confrontations. this time interest is modest since the outcome is unlikely to alter any presidential candidate's fortunes.
State Harbor Commission secretary W H H Greenwood urges members to attend the Harbor Board meeting set for Tuesday June 13. Harbor front property matters and other business will be discussed.
New York June 1 eight London joint stock banks issued a notice that the $50,000,000 credit they obtained last December for exchange operations in the United States will be extended for one year. The original loan expires June 20 on this year.
Pittsburgh report quotes Theodore Roosevelt on the way from New York saying he will not attend the Republican National Convention in Chicago. He answered firmly that he will not go to Chicago.
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