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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1916
Page
2
City forces under Sheriff orders have crippled blind tiger operations in Mobile. Police patrols now cover every city avenue, with suspensions for officers found lax. Mayor Lyons seeks full reports from Chief Van Liew on enforcement progress.
A Worcester letter touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restoring health and enabling childbirth. The testimonial claims avoidance of surgery and a healthy baby boy, urging other women to seek confidential advice from the company.
President Wilson replied to a May 14 request for an investigation into a dispute between Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Admiral Fiske over a letter the admiral said he personally delivered to the secretary. Daniels says the letter went to the department chief clerk and was not seen by him. Wilson declines to comment, noting the matter is a recollection dispute.
President cites memorandum from Secretary of the Navy regarding a 1914 communication by Rear Admiral Fiske. He notes differences in recollection and accepts the admiral's statement that the letter was shown to him before filing. No further comment is deemed necessary.
A mayoral letter to Mobile police orders urgent action against illegal liquor sales. It directs officers to patrol, report violations, and suspend any officer who fails to enforce the prohibition ordinance, warning that failure will trigger investigation and discipline.
Captain Malachi Yates recounts a tale of a British schooner wreck near lower Bahama reefs. A lifeboat drifted two hundred feet from the ship before oars were found and an old leaky umbrella served as a makeshift sail. The crew struggled to reach shore in rough currents and coral hazards.
About 150 delegates from St. Francis Street and Government Street Methodist Churches North Side Tabernacle First Baptist First Christian and Government Street Presbyterian gathered at St. Francis Street Methodist Church for a Tuesday night convention. The program featured a song service led by J. H. Wienand and several talks on junior work cooperation in organizing and training standard efficiency and boy development from local leaders and visiting educators.
Federal Judge Henry D. Clayton, from Montgomery Alabama, will preside in the Panama Canal Zone for six weeks while Judge William H. Jackson is on leave. The assignment follows a case in the district court there for which Jackson is disqualified.
Former Secretary Bryan expressed hope that the United States would soon ask the European belligerents for a statement of their peace terms. He noted President Wilsons Charlotte speech hinted at peace efforts and urged the government to request terms to begin negotiations. Secretary Daniels and several congressmen attended the dinner.
George Krogsgard recalls surviving two weeks on a Caicos passage island after his vessel wrecked. He describes scarce provisions, friendly natives, and bartering the ship’s barometer for conchs, then being rescued by a large schooner bound for Turks Island and the States.
In Memphis Tennessee hundreds of grocers and manufacturers attended the opening session of the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association convention. The organizers expect total attendance to reach about 1000.
A renowned authority links most indigestion to excess stomach acid rather than lack of digestive juices. He advises taking four ounces of Jad Salts dissolved in water each morning for a week to neutralize acidity and relieve symptoms like belching heartburn and gas.
President Ison and Mrs Ison depart Washington at eight this morning for New York to attend the wedding of Dr Cary T Grayson naval aide and physician to Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon. Secretary and Mrs McAdoo and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones accompany them. They take a White House cake and plan to return tonight.
A Daily Mirror cable from Cairo reports eighty thousand dead in Lebanon due to famine. The message, signed by a Cairo-based writer, is vouched for by the Daily Mirror publishers but they do not confirm its accuracy. The report refers to widespread starvation with no independent corroboration.
A coroner's jury in Pittsburgh recommended holding seventeen alleged labor leaders for grand jury action on an accessory to murder charge linked to May 2 Bradock Edgar Thomson works riot at Carnegie Steel. Defendants ordered held include F. H. Merrick former editor of a socialist paper J. H. Hall and Anna Ky Bell.
Dublin May 24. Representatives of the press visited detention barracks holding prisoners taken since the outbreak. Authorities stressed they do not mistreat inmates. There are 400 prisoners in Irish barracks and 2,500 in English prisons. Correspondents heard no complaints.
Advice on using pure roasted coconut oil as a shampoo alternative. It warns soaps and shampoos contain alkali that dries the scalp and hair, promoting cocoanut oil as a greaseless cleaner that lathers with water and removes dust oil and dandruff. It notes availability at drug stores and low cost.
For your child’s cough or cold use Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey. A pleasant syrup that soothes the cough helps the cold and lets children sleep better. Insist on Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey. 25c at your druggist.
Panama Railroad Company requests bids from Mobile dealers for commissary supplies mainly foodstuffs. W M Clemens will provide more details. Lexington Kentucky Democrats meet to choose delegates and alternates from eleven districts, four at large and four alternates to the national convention.
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