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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1916
Page
8
New owner Patsy O Rourke has taken over the team and will honor Ladies Day as the game starts at 4 PM. A new third baseman is slated to replace the late Johnny Dodge who died from a line drive injury.
The manager says O Rourke will make Mobile a good club. The new third baseman is expected to join the Gulls in Memphis before the week ends if today’s game is played.
Field Marshal Viscount French paid tribute to Earl Kitchener in the House of Lords amid sorrow over the war secretary’s death. He recalled Kitchener’s unyielding effort to supply troops and materiel, noting the global reach of Britain’s armed forces and the debt owed to him.
The Machine Gun Company of Mobile, new to the field, will be fully equipped soon. First regiment officers report that complete gear has been sent to Montgomery and will be delivered to the company on arrival. Captain Albert L. Quinn awaits word to load gear. Mr. George R. Vaughan praised the regiment and pledged public support.
Colonel Maddox and staff express gratitude for Mr Vaughan's words and urge strong civilian moral backing. They highlight employers providing material support as soldiers leave for the front, enabling home business to aid patriotism without sending men to battle. A soldier asks what lies ahead. Captain Schwarz retorts that officials in Washington are paid to think.
The Mobile club weighs a benefit game with proceeds for Johnny Dodge relatives. Cavet is likely to pitch with Hollingsworth in right field, Wilcox at third, Ledbetter in left if Cavet starts, and no date yet set. Secretary Frank Parker says arrangements are being finalized to ensure success.
Southern cities show cloudy conditions for Chattanooga at Birmingham and Nashville at Atlanta. Other matchups include Little Rock at New Orleans and Memphis at Mobile with clear skies. National games feature Boston at New York and New York at Boston under varying cloud cover and rain in St Louis versus Pittsburgh and Cleveland versus Detroit.
Across games in Atlanta Birmingham Brooklyn New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia St Louis Chicago Boston Detroit and other venues teams posted a mix of wins and losses. The records include pitchers batters and doubleheaders with multiple players named for each contest.
The Whistler lawn party and ice cream festival drew a good crowd with proceeds for painting the parsonage. David Halliwell resigned as a machinist and took a Rock Island job in Springfield Missouri. Bert Chastang resigned to join the Kentwood and Eastern Railroad in Kentwood Louisiana. Ross Morgan and wife completed a honeymoon trip through the East and Canada. Cemetery trustees accepted Stephen J. McCarty’s resignation and elected Julius C. Wicke as board member. J. Henry Thomas was elected treasurer.
Joint memorial services will be held by the several lodges of Odd Fellows tonight in Odd Fellows hall at St Joseph and St Michaels streets. James Sharpe of Tampa Florida past grand in that city will deliver the eulogy to the dead of the order. Members from out of town lodges are invited to take part.
Free sewing machine demonstration at Hammels tomorrow between 3 and 4 p.m. One machine will be given away to a attendee present. Be on hand for a chance to win.
The trial of Hans Tauscher, alleged American Krupp agent, was adjourned in federal court as Tauscher’s attorney cited witnesses arriving from Mexico and set to appear Monday. The Montreal Times reports other wartime items across the country including cabinet nominations and labor actions.
Reports describe a player carried from the court in severe pain during a mixed doubles tennis match at the Queen's Club. Other items note inquiries from American National Guard officers, a murder arrest in Kentucky, election of a Presbyterian auxiliary chair in Norfolk, a New York Life foreclosure, Nova Scotia election results, and Denver railroad men salary increases.
John D. Rockefeller protested the Pocantico Hills estate assessment in Tarrytown New York where the value is set at 1 324 300 dollars an increase of 375 000 from last year. The board of assessors fixed August 10 to hear the complaint.
Officers of Mobile’s First Infantry Alabama National Guard entertained Mr Martin Lindsey at the Cawthon Hotel in a social dinner. Attendees included Colonel F. M. Maddox Captains Leon Schwarz Ves ter J Thompson A L Quinn Ira W Thompson of the Bay Minette company and Lt Elmo Davidson of the machine gun company. The event was an informal social gathering.
Official estimates reported in Insurance Press show Canadian and U S life firms paid 733.7 million dollars in 1915. About 451.3 million went to death claims and policy benefits while 282.4 million covered premium savings and cash value of surrendered policies. European policy mortality remained near normal. In Duluth Minnesota, results from a wet and dry vote show about four hundred majority for the drys among roughly 15 000 voters.
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