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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1916
Page
2
Ton Oct 7 Alabama reports leading the South in cattle dipping during August with fewer ticks found. sixteen counties released from quarantine and more counties added. The report shows broad progress, with public interest rising as dipping vats expand and other states show similar eradication status.
Colonel Maddox of the First Infantry regiment of Alabama arrives in Mobile on business and interviews recruits at the City Bank building. He states the command needs about twenty men at once, with later moves to Nogales Arizona and fort Jancas Florida for equipment.
In Bessemer Alabama four year old Norman Scott son of Mr and Mrs James T Scott was fatally injured when crossing the street on a velocipede. He was struck by a car driven by sixteen year old David Stone and died two hours later at the hospital.
Coll Gregg McIntosh Maryland lawyer and Confederate veteran dies at Towson. Fred Williams Elk editor dies in Detroit. Maximilian Harden editor of Die Zukunft faces suppression in Berlin. Cigar workers strike settlement reached in Tampa with wage raises. Mexico fixes coin values at 90 cents per peso. Brig. Gen Delavin-Viele dies in Los Angeles after long service. George W. Allen chosen as Progressive gubernatorial nominee in Florida. Louisiana electors named by Lily White wing to appear on November ballot. D A R outlines Monticello purchase plan. Dixie auxiliary cruiser refloated at Newport News. Shackleton thanks Uruguay for aiding Elephant Island救援. Mexican decree threatens death for robbers and bandits. Hughes visits boyhood home in Montclair. S H Bush and Lovelle Etheridge clash in Baker County. Walter Freckles O'Brien dies in New Orleans. William F Kirby nominated for U S Senate by Arkansas Democrats.
Choctaw county fair exhibits will travel from Gilbertown to Mobile for the Gulf Coast Fair. E. J. Randall will oversee the exhibit, stressing livestock development as key to county prosperity. The Alabama Tennessee and Northern railroad offers special low rates from Means to the Gulf Coast Fair.
A Washington dispatch reports Alabama senators may confirm a Democratic successor to Judge Toulmin as December 1 resignation takes effect. Supporters from Mobile and Birmingham urge William B. Inge, with others backing Palmer Pillans, Chambliss Keith, and R. F. Ligon. George W. Taylor may apply.
The British steamer Hawkhead was run down and sunk by the Chesapeake Steamship Company’s City of Norfolk off Sewell’s Point in heavy fog. No lives were reported lost. passengers were rescued by nearby boats and ferries, with most taken to Baltimore aboard other vessels. The City of Norfolk returned to Norfolk for docking and repairs after the incident.
The notices report the funeral arrangements for Mrs. Ann Hyde at 3 and 3:30 from 405 Charleston Street and St. Vincent's Church with burial in Catholic cemetery. It notes Mrs Hyde 76, Irish-born, and survived by son John and others. Also reported are funeral services for Mr Thomas C Broadus at Cottage Hill with Wheelerville Cemetery burial and pallbearers listed. Mr Joseph E Field, 69, of Spring Hill, died Friday afternoon after long illness. survivors include relatives in Spring Hill.
CHICAGO Oct. 6 Gov. Charles A. Brough of Arkansas speaking for President Wilson at Western Democratic HQ said about 40 percent of New York State Progressives will vote for Wilson. He added Missouri could yield 40 000 to 60 000 votes and Kentucky 20 000 to 40 000 for the Democratic ticket.
Representative Claude Kitchin, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, told a Durham audience that he had swallowed past differences with President Wilson and would enthusiastically back Wilson and the Democratic Party. He emphasized unity within the party and urged support for Wilson.
A steamer from the New Hebrides reports six killed by cannibals near Australia. Victims include a British trader named R. J and a missing child believed carried off for cannibal feast. Attacks linked to Malekula island tribes. expeditions failed to punish offenders, seen as emboldening cannibals.
Roanoke Alabama reports that Simeon Estes shot and killed J. W. Ponder and his son Hugh near New Hope church in Chambers County between 9 and midnight. Estes claims the Ponders attacked him after spreading slander. J. W. Ponder died within thirty minutes, Hugh died hours later. Estes surrendered to authorities.
EL PASO Oct 7 The Fifth Sixth and Ninth Massachusetts infantry Second brigade headquarters three cavalry troops and a signal corps battalion will leave for home as soon as Georgia national guard troops arrive to relieve them It is expected the First and Third battalions of Massachusetts artillery will leave Tuesday.
In Chicago on October 7, a planned soap box gathering near a Jewish synagogue sparked a riot as about a thousand residents hurled bricks and eggs at speakers. Police reserves had to intervene to protect the speakers.
Sergeant Major H H Brickell resigns due to ill health and plans to return to Mobile. Color Sergeant John D Nelson is promoted. Private R H Gaines becomes color sergeant. Several Mobile residents and visitors appear at the Cawthon hotel as Illinois Club meets. Military recruiters visit Mobile and local families travel for business and funerals as a variety of residents depart for New York Columbus Baltimore and other destinations.
Mrs Pattie Ruffner Jacobs headlined a women’s equal rights stump speech near Birmingham’s fairgrounds. She argued the ballot offers women a chance to serve their children and homes, highlighting support from many Western states while noting Southern states lag. Upcoming speakers include Mrs Nixon Norris and Mrs Sidney Ullman with multiple sessions through the week.
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