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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1916
Page
3
British forces push toward Bapaume and reach within two miles of the Allied line near Le Sars and Eaucourt l Abbaye. Cavalry patrols scout ahead after fighting shifts as peasants evacuate and sugar beet fields mark the new front in a largely ordinary French countryside.
El Paso Texas October 3 With the arrival Monday of the Second and Third infantry regiments North Carolina National Guard the contingent here from that state is complete the cavalry ambulance and hospital commands having arrived last week The First Third and Tenth Infantry Pennsylvania National Guard will leave for Mt Gretna Pa soon to be mustered out The tenth provisional division making a practice hike to Fort Selden New Mexico sixty miles north of here started on its second day’s march at sunrise The march will take fifteen days and is being made by about 18 000 troops from South Carolina Kentucky Ohio and Michigan
William J. Riordan, merchant near Flora, Mississippi, was found dead from shotgun wounds in a cotton field near his store. Robbery is suspected as pockets were torn. Three Negro suspects were arrested as bloodhounds tracked to a cabin linked to Felix Manning who had prior arrest records.
Washington Oct 3 The department of commerce acts on adulterated gasoline complaints. Secretary Redfield and Dr. W S Stratton agree to form a standards committee to define specifications for a standard gasoline and later develop methods to enforce it.
United States officials say General Chamorro’s election as Nicaragua’s president will be recognized as valid. Liberal and Progressive parties did not register or vote, but no disorders were reported and protests from other Central American nations are viewed as instigated by politicians and revolutionaries.
In wartime France Private Bailey endures rain and mud in the trenches. He credits his mother with Sloan's Liniment which his letter requested. A large bottle was sent and applications eased his rheumatic pains, enabling him to stand the exposure. The muscle-soother is sold by druggists at 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle.
Chicago reports record seasonal prices with creamery butter at 38 to 40 cents per pound up from 27 cents last year. Eggs sell around 7 cents a dozen, vs 23 to 24 cents a year ago. American cheese at 20 to 21.5 cents per pound, and potatoes at 1.45 dollars a bushel, rising sharply from 48 cents a year prior.
In Pensacola Florida the Roberts Gonzalez Agricultural High School has opened with five teachers and a larger than expected enrollment. The curriculum blends high school work with agriculture and dairying and sewing. a domestic science course may be added. A $10,000 building will boost offerings and draw students countywide. Principal O D Albritten, a Florida A and M graduate, leads the staff.
New York Oct 3 A statement on the contract for the Siems Carey Railway and Canal Company to build a Chinese government railroad cites the American International Corporation financing. An American chief engineer will survey and direct construction and later serve as chief engineer. Americans will also serve as auditor and traffic manager as 1100 miles of line are planned. Preliminary dredging contracts for the Grand Canal were signed.
Captain David Holt of the Alabama National Guard recruiting branch is in Mobile to enlist more men. He operates from the Cawthon hotel with free room from manager C. B. Hervey. Transportation will be provided for enlistment, and the recruiting office will be open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Holt notes increased enlistments after the border deployment announcement for two batteries and three infantry regiments.
United States civil service officials in this district announce demand for more than one hundred stenographers and typewriters at entrance salaries of 906 to 1000 dollars annually. Applicants may receive blanks at the local post office from the civil service representative.
Plateau Lodge Knights of Pythias will host an entertainment Tuesday night for the Mobile lodges get-together committee. The committee will meet at Pythian Castle hall at 6 45 then ride a special car to Plateau.
Sixty four thousand sheep were marketed Monday at the Denver stock yards, nearly double the prior daily record of 32919 from 1914. Dealers report stronger demand fueling the shipments and a robust market.
President Wilson's campaign plan outlines speaking engagements from October 5 in Omaha to October 26 in Cincinnati with Shadow Lawn events and a final Autumn stop. The schedule includes Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, and Farmers' Day at Shadow Lawn. Ford backed Wilson but said he would not contribute to the campaign fund.
Galveston Texas October 3 Two German Bremen merchant submarines have fallen into Entente hands with a third Bremen en route to the United States Captain H Van Schoonbeck of the Belgian steamer Elizabeth Van Belgie reports one submarine captured by the British and the other by the French He cites French authorities but declines to name the capture ports
Washington dispatches report Captain Burrage of the battleship Nebraska at Vera Cruz forwarding a rumor that a Vera Cruz to Mexico City train was blown up by bandits. Earlier reports cited similar rumors with no positive confirmation from Burrage.
In Chicago on October 3 a news service tied to Mont Tennes, alleged head of a gambling trust, supplied race information to handbook operators for 15 to 456 dollars weekly. Judge Landis questioned B. E. Sunny of the Chicago Telephone Co and S. W. Tracy of the Automatic Telephone Co seeking subscriber names tied to gambling schemes.
Mrs. Lillie Carden of Etowah Tennessee says five years of ulceration cramps and weakness improved after using Cardui the womans tonic. She reports reduced pain shorter cramps and regained ability to work without bed rest proving Cardui built up her health and kept her going.
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