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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1914
Page
4
Surgeon General William Crawford Gorgas visits Mobile at the University of Alabama Medical School as a home coming native son. The Panama Canal sanitation expert participates in public functions over two days, reflecting national pride in his achievements.
A New York Post correspondent close to the Constitutionalists argues Pan American intervention could stabilize Mexico via mediation at Niagara Falls. He suggests Argentina Brazil Chile and the United States with England France and Germany backing a pan American concert to aid Carranza and quell internal disorder, using the Monroe doctrine ethically to preserve Western Hemisphere peace.
Federal regulators publish the net weight law rules signed in May by treasury agriculture and commerce secretaries. The regulations apply to foods shipped in interstate commerce and take effect immediately with penalties deferred until September. The law dates back to 1913 as an amendment to the drugs act.
The Interstate Commerce Commission upheld Mobile’s rate adjustments, confirming Gulf port advantages over New Orleans and other ports. The Mobile Item urges Chamber of Commerce publicity to attract mills and factories, noting the decision aids Mobile’s commercial future and counters prior discriminatory rate claims.
In Washington a price drop from 1.05 to 50 cents a barrel in Oklahoma oil provokes producer protests. Ferris introduces a House resolution for a congressional probe into Standard Oil pricing and Indian lands. Senate and Interior inquiries follow, with calls for government ownership of pipelines and a common carrier rule.
An American compares U S and British party machinery noting how British MPs are selected, funded, and backed by informal, aristocratic influence. The piece describes candidate adoption, wealth requirements, whip influence, and the prime minister's informal rise without primaries or national conventions.
City Health Officer Dr. Charles A. Mohr reports Mobile county death rate for whites at 14.31 per 1000, with total rate 20.08 including colored deaths. The April figures also note 55,509 population and a new city bacteriologist appointment, H. B. Warren of Trenton NJ.
The New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company to begin monthly sailings from Mobile via New Orleans to Puerto Rico on June 20. shipments will reach San Juan Maguadilla Mayaguez Pena Arroyo and Fajardo. lumber trade to West Indies expected to rebound. A winter passenger service and increased Mobile New York sailings with two ships weekly are planned as business grows.
More than fifty thousand Africans have entered the United States since 1901 according to the report. The figure reflects ongoing migration patterns and demographic shifts noted by historians and officials documenting immigration trends.
William Rockefeller, back from Fairfield, Conn, says he is physically unable to testify before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He suggests auditors and bookkeepers from the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad face subpoenas. Judge Ben B Lindsey of Denver says he plans to arrange an interview with John D Rockefeller Jr about preventing Colorado coal mine strikes. The report notes France’s tobacco industry controls production and retail rights.
It is estimated that there are approximately one million automobiles in use in this country and that they consume $100,000,000 worth of gasoline in a year.
An ancient relic unearthed in Mexico is described as a prehistoric damsel more husky than beautiful. The figure, titled the Goddess of Water, now adorns the National Museum in Mexico City and highlights the country’s intriguing history and politics.
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