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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1916
Page
3
In Minnesota the race tightens as 19 counties plus Hennepin push Hughes to within 94 votes of Wilson. Wilson 182,152 and Hughes 182,246 amid ongoing official tallies. The state canvassing board will meet next Tuesday as Democrats cling to hope of late-count changes.
At the Southern Medical Association convention in Atlanta on November 17 1930 officers were elected Dr Duncan Eve Sr Nashville as president Dr Stewart Roberts Atlanta as first vice president Dr Bransford Lewis St Louis as second vice president Dr Seale Harris Birmingham as secretary treasurer and editor of the Southern Medical Journal Dr Robert Wilson Jr Charleston former president moved to the board of trustees replacing Dr B L Wyman Birmingham Memphis chosen as next meeting place The ceremony included a gold medal for research in surgery awarded to Dr J Shelton Horsely Richmond Va
Amsterdam, Nov. 17. Deputy Niestrasz accused members of the food control commission of using their positions for personal profit. The confrontation grew intense as deputies crowded the chamber and shouted at the accuser. The Socialist leader Troelstra clashed with Niestrasz and the president suspended the sitting.
Charley Schmidt, manager of the Mobile Southern League club, has been sold to Memphis. Dr. Harry T. Inge announced the deal during a meeting of magnates in New Orleans. Schmidt had joined Vernon after Mobile season end and may face a fight over his services.
Southern University's football eleven arrives in Mobile for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff at Monroe Park Field to face Spring Hill College in what is billed as one of the season's best games. The Spring Hill squad has practiced hard all week with new plays and formations planned, while the Roots Club pledges spirited support.
The Presbyterian board of foreign missions announced plans to raise 1,000,000 in ten or more major cities. Authorized by the May Atlantic City assembly, funds will expand missions in Siam and Latin America and support higher education at Silliman Institute in the Philippines, Federated Peking University in China, and proposed colleges in Japan and Persia.
Victor Herbert's latest comic opera The Princess Pat is offered at the Lyric Theatre with matinee at 1 3 o'clock and night show at 8 15. Principal cast includes Dorothy South Carl Stowe Helen Fitzpatrick Lou Powers Charles Meyers Victoria Gorman Augustus Buell Stanley Ridges and others.
A Mobile dog show planned for March aims to attract top bred dogs from across the country. Organizer H C Hollister says preparations began last July and the event may be held under the American Kennel Club. Officials anticipate one of the Souths largest shows and possible ties to a winter stock and poultry show.
Louis Brown paid a $50 fine or 50 days after pleading guilty to prohibited liquor possession in a long standing case. Herbert Calloway, captain of the launch Anona, was found not guilty of prohibition violations after arguing the liquor was in transit to New Orleans and the ship in distress at Mobile. Police raids reported across several streets yielded small quantities of whiskey and evidence from multiple locations including Karl Brothers and M. Goldberg. Sheriff’s office noted raids at Congress and Calhoun, Joachim Street, South Water Street, and other sites.
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