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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1916
Page
1
London dispatch reports the first day of Italy's new offensive costs the Austrians about 15,000 casualties. In Buzée valley Austrian positions at Mount Jariet and Taturumio were occupied as Austro German forces push into Rumania and Russo-German fronts amid continued fighting near Lemberg.
Paris dispatch reports British troops after success against Bulgarians on the Struma left bank in Greek Macedonia captured the village of Alitsa by assault, according to the official French war department statement issued today.
The war office announced that portions of Sailly Sailise on the Somme were taken by the Allies. Allied attempts to advance before Guedecourt and against the northern part of St Pierre Vastcourt failed.
Paris November 3 The Fort Vaux now rests in French hands after German troops evacuated and yielded the fort following a lull in heavy shelling. The war office reports continued Allied control and a shift in the Verdun front as reads.
Subscription books for the $300,000,000 United Kingdom and Ireland 5 1 2 per cent secured gold bonds will close at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. J P Morgan and Company as syndicate managers announced late last night that subscriptions had been received to relieve underwriters of liability.
Demurrers to the pleas in Erick Robertson's cattle tick eradication case were argued in city court Friday afternoon. State attorneys Mahomer and Arnold spoke for the state, Gail lard and Hamilton for the defendants. The case will be heard on its merits Saturday.
Harold William Ifman of Minneapolis visited Mobile and the Cawthon hotel. The expert golfer inspected the course and said the finished layout would be equal to any in the country.
John M. Clerk was fined 50 dollars and costs in city court on a prohibition violation charge. The case was disposed of and a liaison was reset for November 9. The report notes the proceeding occurred on a Friday and references a November 4 date.
Paris reports Fort Vaux is back in French hands after evacuations by the Germans. French officials say explosions inside the fort ceased before French troops advanced unopposed. Berlin admits some losses at Illy-Saillisel and reports repulsed British attacks near Guedecourt as fighting continues on multiple fronts.
Associated Press reports detectives uncovered a planned series of bombings targeting a 110th Street station and other sites in New York City. An alleged confession ties the plot to a Harlem union district with funds raised for explosives and arrests include former guards and drivers linked to the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees.
Amsterdam dispatch reports the foreign office representative in the Reichstag announced that proposals to release civilian prisoners of all ages in belligerent nations have failed due to enemy opposition. The spokesman said negotiations stalled and that those returned would not be incorporated into the army.
The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, based in Dunfermline, announces a major program to support struggling British composers. The initiative will publish works at its own expense and ensure authors receive proceeds from their music.
Democratic western manager Senator Thomas J. Walsh said prospects are brighter with final reports showing western states safely backing Wilson or doubtful for Republicans. Republican chief Alvin T. Hert claimed states in his area are more favorable than ever, with Wisconsin Indiana Illinois Ohio North and South Dakota Minnesota Idaho and possibly Missouri and Kentucky all leaning Hughes.
The Democratic campaign ends in Chicago with a mass meeting for business men. Republicans plan nationwide events at factories and rallies for women in each congressional district plus a torch light parade at night.
Police press license enforcement with numerous docketed cases. In recorder's court Friday L. J. Rowell A. V. Driver and George Smith faced charges for lacking state licenses and paid fines of 7.50 plus costs. Wright Thomas was fined 20 dollars plus costs.
Blotters at Mobile hotels and notices from fair managers show a growing out of town attendance at Mobile's Gulf Coast Fair. Mississippi visitors appear in larger numbers, with many travelers arriving on the Louisville and Nashville passenger train from Bay St. Louis and nearby points around 10 o clock Friday morning. The same train is scheduled to depart tonight at nine.
At a Lauderdale County dairymen meeting the retail price of milk is raised from 10 to 12 and 12 cents a quart and butter milk from 15 cents a gallon to 25 cents. Increased feed costs cited as reason. The new schedule takes effect Monday.
Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo told the Woodrow Wilson Club at Princeton University that Democrats hold the ideas ideals and arguments while Republicans rely on money. He predicted a November 7 verdict and spoke after a campus demonstration by students and professors.
J H Nightingale West Virginia commissioner of labor announced that beginning January 1 all employees of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway Huntington will be paid on a semi monthly basis.
More than 200 Coast residents traveled to Mobile by special train to boost the Mississippi Centennial Exposition opening December 10 1917 in Gulfport. Governor Bilbo joined the group as Katherine Stinson promised a final aeroplane flight before her Japan trip.
Motorcycle races are billed as the big feature at Pair Grounds Sunday afternoon. Indian and Harley Davidson agencies brought factory motor parts, with six riders entered. Two five mile contests and one ten mile race will be run, then a mile track record attempt. Local riders in Mobile expected to push a new mark despite dusty track conditions. The program starts at 2 o clock and horse racing closes Saturday afternoon.
The city commission reports a Ford seven seat enclosed patrol wagon purchased for police use and to be in service within two weeks. Details on cost and arrangement are incomplete due to damaged text.
John C. McAleer and J V Wood were fined ten dollars each by the recorder for exhibiting gaming permits. The incident occurred in Seantent.
The speaker contends Democrats failed to lower living costs and misled voters with promised tariff advances and booming enterprise. He cites a revenue tariff that cut revenue, rising imports, and war funding to cover deficits, claiming American enterprise slowed and job opportunities diminished.
Clarence J. Owens secretary of the Southern Commercial Congress asks Mayor Steens to appoint 250 delegates from Mobile for the congress at Norfolk Virginia from December 11 through 14 1916. The mayor will name the committee later.
Two voluntary petitions in bankruptcy were filed in the United States district court Friday. Dr R A Hall of Robertsdale Baldwin County Alabama listed liabilities of 1459.10 and assets of 662. A second petition was filed by the Wilson Boarding House of Selma Dallas County. Petitioners were C W Wilson and Lizzie Wilson with memories of 1241.41 and assets of 49.
Louis Simon, a white man, arrested at the Gulf Coast Fair on grounds of being dangerous and suspicious, was ordered by the recorder to post a $100 bond or spend ten days in the police jail. Detectives Satter and Murphy made the arrest.
Grounds open at 9. Travelers parade departs from Cawthon Hotel at 9 and moves to the fair grounds via main streets. Free attractions at 1 30 before harness and running races at 2. Night horse show at 8 followed by fireworks.
Record crowds of school children and teachers joined crowds from Mississippi coast and other regions for School Day at the Gulf Coast Fair. Traveling men and editors plan a large parade Saturday with about one hundred cars and a banquet at the Cawthon Hotel as the Gulf Coast Press Association holds its annual meeting. A Sunday closeout includes excursions and a lecture by Edwin Leon Hughes on Christ the Greatest Cosmopolitan.
A misunderstanding of the word Fight heard during a street brawl led officers Frank Curry and a partner to misinterpret cries as Fire. The alarm box response brought fire apparatus and workers to St Anthony and Dearborn, but the crew soon learned there was no fire after a few minutes of search.
The Jackson Alabama community display in the Agricultural Building attracts large crowds as a potter shapes plastic clay into jugs and open-mouthed vessels and baskets are shown being woven from oak splits.
Thefts continue in Toulminville with reports to Sheriff Holcombe. Julia Williams reports a loss of a large amount of clothing from her home. Police note a single party may be responsible for the recent break-ins.
A fragmented weather note indicates a temperature update and moderate northern wind from a Fairto area. Details are unclear but point to a brief forecast change tonight.
A fragmented report describes aerial stunts with a figure eight loop, a double loop in flight, and a line about smoke, with continuation noted. The readable portion suggests a display involving a flying machine and looping maneuvers.
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