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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
2
An Allied expeditionary force member is reported hospitalized in Alexandria Egypt with paralysis of the right leg and a gunshot wound to the right wrist. He is receiving medical care as the campaign continues.
Reports from Monterey to Villa indicate three days of heavy fighting between Villa and Carranza forces at Villa Garcia, with 5,000 to 15,000 on each side. The clash aimed to block a Carranza push toward Torreon amid disputed Saltillo food reports and Red Cross shipments.
About a month ago a carload of beans was imported from Mexico through Eagle Pass Texas. The beans were shipped here and purchased for the Red Cross and distributed free in Mexico.
Rabbi Moses Gries of Cleveland addressed the Central Conference of American Rabbis in Voix Michigan on June 29 urging unity to aid Jews in eastern Europe. He warned of ongoing persecution, called for a single representative relief committee, and urged America to press for peace and neutrality.
Miss Net Slosson entertained Miss Clara Hall of Bayon Monday and then spent the week in Crichton with her sister Mrs Reuben. Mrs Nowell and children arrived at Murray Hotel for an extended stay. A large Sunday turnout at Murray Hotel despite poor weather. Miss Winnetta Patterson, ill for months, will visit Mrs H D Wetmore near Chicago after recovery. Arthur Parez and Miss Dunning of Mobile visited Dr and Mrs E C Slosson Sunday. Mrs Katherine B Steele left for St Louis for a serious operation and slow recovery after a Swit protenie. Socialists held a meeting at Shippers Hall with debate on July 3 and 4, Mrs R Riley opening the discussion on war policy. Frank Milefchik and others participated. A large attendance, especially local youths from the surrounding countryside.
Captain Joseph Pose reports the Daphne, a small gasoline steamer of the Daphne Transportation Company, in excellent condition after a trial run on Mobile River. He says the vessel will be ready to enter service on July 1.
A correspondent describes how shells and other explosives move from base depots to the front in France. Factories, trains, and ships coordinate a vast supply chain as officers note gunners' demands, color coded shells, and the grim math of bullets feeding the line.
The Interstate Commerce Commission held that Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley failed to readjust grain shipment rules to advantage Memphis Tennessee in Southwestern markets. Memphis grain dealers had sought relief since 1912. the commission did not include the two carriers in the order and left the record open with expected voluntary relief.
The Mobile Baptist Pastors' Conference met Monday and decided to suspend weekly meetings for the summer starting July 1. Activities will resume the first week of October with full attendance anticipated.
An old advertisement extols Sweet Dreams as a universal cure for mosquitoes and a guaranteed peaceful summer. The copy emphasizes wide availability and yearly use with grand, persuasive claims. It targets readers seeking relief from biting insects and associates the product with happiness and long seasons.
Margaret Drier Robins, president of the Women's Trade Unions, issued a call to 7,000,000 women workers to organize for better conditions and affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. The league has eight local groups in as many cities, with 8,000,000 workers under 21 years old noted.
In Udine Italy on June 9 the ongoing bombardment of Malborghetto proceeds as Italian artillery, moved by a rugged mountain route and aided by signallers, fires from hidden positions behind peaks. King Victor Emmanuel and British officers witnessed the first shot and lauded the Italian gunners.
Washington reports six days without definite word on Mexico City as Zapata forces attack and Carranza delays further assault. American refugees arrive near Gonzales camp. Veracruz guards prepare for possible relief efforts amid isolated capital.
Biloxi hosts the Mississippi National Guard encampment July 18 to 25 with Adjutant General E C Scales relocating state militia headquarters and vowing to make Military Heights the cleanest sanest camp in the history of the guard. Also reports of a Beauvoir home robbed of valuables, a Biloxi ice pick incident injuring Andrew Taylor, Rev Allen Hoben lectures, a mass meeting on Back Bay channel deepening, and Laura Stapleton jailed for vagrancy.
Eight thousand men in Mexican states bordering Guatemala were recruited for a new revolution allegedly led by General Victoriano Huerta. The proposed party reportedly has a large New York credit and would pay soldiers one dollar a day in gold.
General Jose C Delgado Huerta's private secretary General Huertas ally General Carlos Aguilar and Jose Maria Lozano arrived from Havana then left for San Antonio. They met with nearly 100 former Huerta officers in New Orleans amid two weeks of activity by Mexican exiles, fueling talk of a counter revolution. It is claimed Diaz, not Huerta, would lead the movement though Huerta backs it.
An article advises using little cream powder or rouge in hot weather. It promotes ordinary metcolized wax to keep pores clean and remove scarf skin daily. One ounce of mer Sarena is suggested to renovate the worst complexion as a night cream washed off in the morning.
A beauty editor promotes Mrs. Osgood's Wonder as a quick cure for unwanted hair on the face neck and arms. The ad claims it kills blemishes and is widely endorsed by society and professional women. Available from Van Antwerp Drug Co and other druggists with a money back guarantee.
A serialized tale follows Celestia raised as heaven’s goddess who ventures into the secular world to redeem sinners. She confronts hypocrisy with innocence and power, prompting fear and awe before crowds bow to her. Meanwhile a Triumvirate of Millionaires seeks to profit from her rising fame.
MILAN Italy June 28 The appeal of the German Socialists in favor of peace is seen as a key symptom of a shift in public opinion after one year of the great war. The report notes the emergence of support for peace among a broad section of citizens.
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