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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1916
Page
5
At the Baltimore convention, AFL leaders and four railroad brotherhood chiefs signaled planned alliance. W. G. Lee urged unity while Gompers praised eventual integration, noting co operation without formal affiliation and the eight hour day as a shared goal.
Mrs M D Mc Pherson of Chadbourn North Carolina testifies Cardui relieved years of monthly misery headaches backaches and fainting spells. She says the vegetable tonic strengthened her before childbirth and saved her life praising Cardui as a safe medicine worth trying with a bottle from your druggist today.
London November 21 Robert P Houston Liverpool MP and Houston line head urges the British mercantile marine to ignore government restrictions and arm ships against submarines He offers two thousand pounds to the master of any British vessel for sinking a German submarine up to fifty between now and May 31 Last April he warned of shipping scarcity and urged neutrals to use interned German ships.
Lee urged opposition to arbitration legislation viewed as unfair to labor and called for alliance to defeat it. He praised President Wilson and urged Congress to keep promises to labor. He noted labor power gained by recent election and stated brotherhoods would live up to the Adamson bill.
David King, former official of the Broad and Market Street National Bank in Newark, was sentenced to five years in Atlanta by Federal Judge Rellstab for misappropriation of funds. The report spans several other items from around the country including wage advances in Fulton County glove industry and other assorted notices.
An advertisement advises that fullness and weight after a meal signal overeating and recommends taking Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion. The ad emphasizes quick relief and practical digestion aid.
An alleged discrepancy of about forty five thousand dollars in the accounts of Lee Montgomery and escaped convicts Louis King and James Coleman was reported. other items note trustees delaying the Alabama archives meeting to January 28 and ICC suspending rate increases, plus Atlantic Coast Line declaring a semi annual dividend of 3.12 percent.
London reports the Furness liner Rappahannock sunk by a German submarine with forty crew aboard under Captain Garrett. The ship sailed from Rappahannock Port for Liverpool October 19 and had been missing for ten days. A Norwegian steamer Joachim Brinch Lund is also noted in dispatches.
The Siamese Prince returning to Britain after delivering horses to Brest was fired on without warning by an unseen submarine about 200 miles offshore amid heavy seas. Three shots hit water astern as lifeboats were deployed. 42 crew and 54 horses were aboard with no passengers. A lifeboat bearing the name Joachim Brinch Lund was found in Falmouth Bay with a seaman's body. The attack occurred at 7 am. the vessel, 1603 tons, owned by Furness Withy & Co., fled at full speed.
In Washington Navy 21 the joint congressional committee on transportation starts hearings Tuesday with preliminary sessions held yesterday. An executive session decided to hear railroad men first as most attendees were not ready to testify, while railroad representatives appeared more prepared to present their case.
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