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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
7
From Kiel dispatches via Overseas News Agency persist the battleship Warspite was sunk in the North Sea last week after damage and a large explosion. Survivors from the cruiser Elbing say German submarines helped in the battle as shells rained and bodies floated. The German fleet allegedly could not flee if the British had pursued.
A vintage advertisement promises quick relief from colds and catarrh. It touts Ely's Cream Balm applied intranasally to soothe inflamed mucous membranes and clear air passages, claiming immediate comfort and nightly breathing ease.
Mr Charles F Evans field secretary of the Christian Endeavor movement in the South will lecture at the First Christian Church tonight at 8 oclock under the Mobile County Christian Endeavor Union. The public is invited to attend and Evans will discuss Christian Endeavor methods in an 8:30 pm session. The note mentions sailors in good condition after a long conflict with limited food.
The British Admiralty rebutted Berlin claims that the War Spite, Princess Royal, Birmingham and the Acasta were lost in the May 31 action. The London notice says the official Berlin communication is false and the complete list of British losses has been made public.
London reports an official statement from the German admiralty claiming a British submarine was sunk in the North sea battle on May 31. The British fleet confirms all British submarines at sea have returned, implying the sunk vessel was an enemy submarine per June 2 and June 4 communications.
A tornado swept through Poplar Bluff Missouri and surrounding areas last night killing fourteen people. Seven died at Stoddard twenty miles east and four at Moorehouse thirty miles east. Three died at Dexter with two at Stoddard and nine at Moorehouse seriously hurt.
Gardiner Montana June 7 two Chalmers Six 30 touring cars official pathfinders for the Yellowstone sociability tour arrived at Gardiner Gateway to Yellowstone Park after eight days on the road covering 1238 miles at an average of 154 miles daily. Observers included Chief Engineer C Hinkley W H Brooke Homer George and Charles Harrington.
Paris June 7 Through the fortunes of war one of the chefs highly valued by the Kaiser fed the Allied conference delegates in Paris. Loaned from Berlin by Jules Cambon he returned to Paris from Berlin where he often cooked for the emperor. The president insisted on no mobilizable men at the Elysee, including the chef, yet the allied banquet was prepared by this famed cook.
Major General Goethals governor of the canal zone reiterated his wish to retire to private life after a conference with Secretary Baker. Baker declined to discuss the retirement feature. He will likely present the request to President Wilson within a short time.
Virtually complete unofficial returns show the constitutional amendment for women suffrage failed in Iowa. At 9 pm ninety three of ninety nine counties reported 137,760 for the measure and 143,669 against, a margin of 6,909 votes.
J. J. Culberson of Paris Texas, president of the Interstate Cottonseed Crushers Association, assailed the diversification movement at the opening session of the association's twentieth annual convention in Memphis. More than 500 members attended.
Washington June 7 Secretary Lansing cabled Ambassador Gerard in Berlin seeking confirmation whether he gave interviews on peace topics that German papers credited him with sending to the United States in press dispatches.
The Rev W H Venters officiated Beulah De Fieron s funeral from 6 Centre Street to Magnolia Cemetery with pallbearers Robert Diard Frank Imland Louis Imland E Diard G Reed and James Skally. Daniel Harris Adams was buried in Magnolia Cemetery after a St Mary s Catholic Church service officiated by Rev Father Thomas Eaton with pallbearers Thomas O Hara Frank Burns Oscar Switzer John Wilkerson William Johnson N Mathias W A Maxwell and R L Maxwell.
An Atlanta era car column notes Chalmers plant running three shifts day and night turning out about 125 cars daily while dealers sell about 425 each day across the United States. Winter output kept stocks high, but looming demand raises questions on when supply will run out and promises may be reduced. Price remains $1090 in Detroit.
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