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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1916

Page

2

Gulf & Ship Island Trainmen End Strike Settlement

Gulfport Mississippi March 17 The Gulf and Ship Island Railway trainmen strike ended last night after a wage increase and a shortened workday were granted. An arbitration conference will include a committee of conductors, elected by the strikers, to represent them. The settlement did not grant recognition of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.

Gul Port Miss Gulf & Ship Island Redgad Sterhood of

St Patrick's Day Parade Draws Large Crowds

The St Patrick's Day celebration here is hailed as the best ever by locals. City officials Lyons Pillans Schwarz and Fort Morgan Barrancas officers led an invited guest list. Bands played Irish tunes along the march route as crowds gathered to view the parade near St Patrick's Catholic church.

Lyons Pillans Schwarz Forts Morigan Barrancas St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Asylum Pensacola Hibern Battle House Hibernians P. J. Lyons J. E. McHugh Peyton Norville Cawthon Hotel Vineyard St. Patrick’s Day Rowley Orchestra Old Erin Tara’s Hall Mary Holliday Miss Stannard Holliday Eighth Regiment, Sea Coast Artillery Fort Barrancas Fla Bienville Square

Sermon Recalls Irish Perseverance at St Patrick’s Day

Rev Father D J McGowan led a Mass at Providence Infirmary with Frs B C Kennedy FE B Kennedy and E J Hackett assisting. Rev P A Ryan of Spring Hill College preached a Panegyric linking St Patrick’s Day to Irish exile and endurance, citing Hoard and O Connell on noble Irish roots and the sufferings under English rule.

Tabernacles Israel Erin Joshua Moses Dolorona

Scott's Emulsion Advertises Throat Relief

Watch sore throats with Scott's Emulsion cod liver oil touted as nature's corrector for throat troubles. The ad claims rapid tissue strengthening to resist tubercular germs and warns physicians prescribe it to avert throat issues bronchial disorders and strengthen lungs with no alcohol or drugs.

Scott's Scott & Bowne Bloomfeld I. J

Gull Team Stars Arrive for Practice Ahead of Season

Star players of the Gull team have arrived in Mobile for practice. Pug Cavet, sensational 1913 Mobile pitcher, went to Detroit then Frisco Tex Covington, last season’s pitcher. Mike Burke and Whalen joined Thursday, reporting to Wager Schmidt at Monroe Park for drills. Townsend remains a holdout. Waldron at short shows solid form, and Elmer Miller may return to Mobile soon amid reports he is drawing Yankees interest though his hitting lags.

Teller “Pug” Cavet Detroit Frisco Tex” Covington Mike Burke Batseman Whalen Mobile Schmidt Monroe Park Townsend Waldron Elmer Miller New York Globe Prin Miller

Irish Pride and St Patrick Center Faith in America

A religious and cultural tribute to Ireland and Patrick’s faith, praising the Irish as a priest-loving people who enriched America. Senator Hearst lauds Irish Americans for building the nation, while warnings urge loyalty to faith and family to sustain national preparedness. A parade, mass, and banquet accompany St Patrick’s Day events in Pensacola and New York with Irish bands and civic gatherings.

Patrick Senate Senator Hoard Massachusetts America Ireland God England Father Ryan St. Patrick Seven Seas Priest of God Hear United States Cardinal Baltimore Church of Christ Barney Knights of Columbus Hall

Weather bulletin forecasts cold fronts and river changes

Weather forecaster Albert Ashenburger reports shipping conditions for the next 24 to 86 hours with temperature protections and moderate readings east and west. river forecasts show Tombigbee and Black Warrior levels dipping slightly while Alabama stays steady. a high barometer stretches from the Mississippi Valley to the gulf states with frost and freezing in several areas.

Wesiher North Alabama Mississippi Valley Lake Region Gulf and South Atlantic States Sault Ste. Marie East Gulf States Tampa Fla Rocky Mountains

Luckenbach Plans Record South American Freight Line

The Luckenbach Steamship Company of New York plans a larger freight line to South America connecting New York with Rio de Janeiro Montevideo Buenos Aires Rosario and La Plata. Freight rates rose due to ship scarcity while Lamport Holt and Brazil consider trans Atlantic moves.

London Luckenbeach Steamship Company New York South America Rio Janeiro Brazil Montevideo Uruguay Buenos Aires Rosario la Plata Argentina Luckenbach Company United States Lamport & Holt Company North

Motano Tanker Grounds on Southwest Pass Mud Lump

The American tank steamer Motano, en route from Tampico to New Orleans, is aground on a mud lump in Southwest Pass. The ship and crew are reported not in danger, and salvage efforts to float her in a short time are expected to succeed.

New Orleans Tampico Southwest Pass

Fiora Wrecked Off Pensacola in Gale

The Italian bark Fiora, sailing from Pensacola and Charleston bound for Genoa, was wrecked in a gale near Oran. The crew was saved and the cargo is washing ashore.

Oran Fiora Pensacola Charleston Genoa

Gallieni resigns as French minister of war

Paris reports General Joseph Simeon Gallieni resigns due to ill health and General Charles Roque is named his successor. In other news, the city court grants a St Patrick's Day adjournment request as many members attend the AOH celebration. The Northwestern, Port Arthur Texas, arrives at Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks for repairs and will depart Friday for Tampico to load crude oil for New York.

New York Brooklyn Paris Joseph Simeon Gallieni Charles Roque O. J. Semmes Semmes Northwestern American Steamship Port Arthur Tex Ollinger-Bruce Louisville & Nashville Tampico

German Navy Chief Tirpitz Retired

A Copenhagen dispatch reports Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz has retired as German minister of the navy and that Admiral Von Capelle, head of the admiralty administration, has been appointed his successor.

von Tirpitz Admiral von Capelle Kaiser Marine London Exchange Telegraph Company Copenhagen Wolff Bureau Alfred von Tirpitz The Admiralty

German cabinet reshuffle keeps submarine policy unchanged

Berlin reports a change at the head of the marine ministry but asserts no shift in the February foreign office memorandum policy to destroy armed enemy merchant ships. No expansion of submarine warfare against neutral shipping is expected. Gulfport note reports the death of P H M Tippin 54, Bank of Commerce organizer and past president, buried there.

Berlin London Ministry of Marine Foreign Office

Mourner Connected with Masonry and Pythians Passes

Thursday obituary notes a thirty third degree Mason and a Pythian who died. He is survived by his wife and two sons residing here.

Denison Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy

Mrs G O Lowry of Denison Texas says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her chronic female trouble after doctors failed. She reports quick relief from chills hot flashes and weakness and urges others to start the treatment.

Denison Izzy Lydia E. Pinkham G. O. Lowry Monterey Street Texas Lydis E. Pinkham

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