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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1916
Page
6
The report describes British Admiral Beatty leading a numerically inferior force against a German armada near the Danish coast. The fleets maneuvered under changing weather as Germans pressed coastal tactics, while British gunnery faced visibility limits and strategic risks in a collision near Jutland.
A Lexington man claims Tanlac gave him new life energy and cured long standing stomach trouble rheumatism and neuralgia. He credits Tanlac with restoring mobility and vitality after two years of difficulty and says he began feeling better soon after starting use. Tanlac is marketed across the United States with rapid sales, including over twenty thousand bottles in Lexington in a few months.
A playful Abe Martin quip notes one chance for an ugly girl of amiability while a woman is praised for excelling at everything except the strength to hold a shirt neckband, hinting at comic social mores.
British battle cruisers Invincible Indomitable and Inflexible arrive to aid Vice Admiral Beatty as German panzerschiffe engage from a mined shoreline. Invincible sinks after gallant action while Lion Queen Mary Tiger Princess Royal and Indefatigable press the fight amid heavy gunfire and rising water columns.
From fifteen miles the range fell to ten then five as a fierce duel raged between opposing battle squadrons. A German cruiser took a direct hit and sank amid flames while Kaiser class ships joined, giving the Germans overwhelming firepower. British losses included a deadly German minefield and submarine threats.
Philadelphia June 5 delegates from Pennsylvania and New Jersey head to the Republican national convention in Chicago. Unpledged Pennsylvania delegates who backed Penrose travel on a special train, while Brumbaugh supporters ride a private car attached to a regular train. New Jersey's delegation travels on an eleven car special train with about two hundred in the party.
Four members of the Hungarian Czech party are convicted of high treason and espionage in Vienna. Dr Kramarsch and Dr Rosenhain receive death sentences for treason while Herr Zam Asol and Herr Cervinka face espionage charges. The case centered on a movement toward reapprochement between Bohemia and Russia.
In Chicago on June 4 the Progressive national committee plans routine business for the June 7 convention at the Auditorium. Despite calls for Colonel Roosevelt to attend, his secretary says he will stay at Oyster Bay. Indiana and Illinois committeemen weigh joint nominations with Republicans and Oregon shows cross endorsements between parties.
Delegates on the Progressive floor include thirty three women with twelve from Washington the largest feminine delegation. Leaders expect Wal ter Brown of Ohio to be permanent chairman and favor delaying nominations until after Republicans act. Gifford Pinchot questions Hughes designation urging the party to avoid a grab bag approach. The plan is to recess to await Republican choices and align with Roosevelt if he backs Hughes or oppose him otherwise.
In North Carolina on June 4, with 62 of 100 counties reporting, Attorney General Bickett led Governor Daughtridge by about 25,000 votes. Claude Kitchin carried every county in his district, with a large majority. Second primaries likely in sixth and seventh districts. Weaver nominated to oppose Britt in the tenth. Secretary of State and Commissioner of Agriculture races may require runoffs. Wilson Roosevelt and Hughes drew heavy preferential votes.
Pittsburgh June 5 The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is organizing a regiment of troops from among its employees as part of a broad preparedness push. Two companies are now enlisted at the Monongahela division and another unit has already been formed.
Gov. Philipp suffers a sudden appendicitis attack and will undergo an operation today, as reported by his son Cyrus Philipp. Philipp is a Republican national convention delegate.
Judge Henry Chamberlain warned that future warrants for prohibition law violators would require sufficient evidence to convict. In the Frank Flinn case the building occupant could not be sworn, a defense that led to Flinn's discharge. D. J. McBride pleaded guilty and paid 50 dollars plus costs, while John M. Clark Frank Allen and John Jackson were convicted and fined 50 dollars plus costs, with appeals bonds posted. Separate raids yielded two sacks of whiskey at Joe Brooks' place and smaller quantities at several others, with more arrests forthcoming.
Canadian troops in France fight off a heavy German bombardment around Hill 60 and Sanctuary Wood. They hold the front with stiff counter attacks and reclaim most ground taken, aided by British artillery. The drive stretched over about 3000 yards from the Ypres Comines Railway to Point, with Hooge sector attacks halted with heavy losses.
Emperor William sent a telegram responding to congratulations on the grand victory of the high seas fleet over a larger English battle fleet. Count Schwerin read the message at the Prussian diet in Amsterdam on June 5.
Jacob H. Schiff told the Kehillah convention he would abandon Jewish politics and work as a private individual for his race. He cited criticism over misquotation of remarks at the Centennial Jewish Institute and defended minority protections for Jews in Russia and Poland amid rising persecution.
The article recounts a speaker claiming twenty five years of single handedly opposing Russian money market influence and urges abrogation of the Russia treaty. He says Russia would open doors to Jews and remove restrictions affecting Jews here and abroad. Accusers include refugees unable to return home.
Mr Schiff says he supplied ten Jewish papers with his address and munition to bolster the Russian government, claiming the plan would undermine the man who stood between anti Semitism and the Russian regime. He contends malignment would occur regardless of his statements.
Berlin reports Emperor William left for Wilhelmshaven to inspect the fleet this evening. He was engaged with the British off Denmark last Wednesday.
London report lists Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot and Midshipman Taian Scott among the missing from the Defense. Scott, 16, is identified as the eldest son of Rear Admiral Sir Percy Scott, former aerial defense commander.
In a tightly contested address, Mr. Schiff denounces Zionism and the congress movement while pledging to aid Jewish brethren in Poland, Russia, Romania, and Palestine. Leon J. Sanders moved a confidence resolution in Schiff, supported by all but one vote. Motions to endorse the American Jewish Congress and to separate Kehillah from the American Jewish Committee were tabled.
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