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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1912
Page
4
A fragmented OCR item shows telephone numbers and exchange references for Mobile, including Bell and Home lines. The date October 19, 1912 appears with various numbers such as 53 and 1523. Details are incomplete but indicate local telephony listings or ads.
A University of Berlin professor’s letter led to renewed calls for international supervision of ocean traffic. Aimed at safer shipping, the plan envisions patrol ships under a universal log keeping system that could deter war use, aid distressed vessels, and enable scientific research while promoting a neutral international ocean.
The Louisville Evening Post favors Roosevelt while Democrats celebrate Wilson’s possible win by the people, criticizing Taft and the Herald’s claims. It notes third term debates and predicts a Democrat in the White House, with discussion of diamond and bread production figures and wheat consumption in 1911.
Mobile and other U S cities will mark Tuberculosis Day Sunday week at the urging of the national organization. Churches and Sabbath schools will urge the public to join the anti tuberculosis crusade, stressing prevention and the need for widespread effort to combat the White Plague and its suffering.
Houston sees the William M. Rice Institute begin operations with a 10 million endowment devoted to teaching and maintenance. Dr. Edgar Lovett leads as president after studying global higher education, as trustees planned a 300 acre campus and a European inspired architectural plan for a planned, symmetric growth.
The 1912 calendar year trade with noncontiguous U S territories is projected to exceed 250 million dollars. Eight months ending August 1912 show exports rising to 74 million and imports at 97.5 million, up from last year, signaling continued strong growth. A St. Louis rag picker earned 64000 dollars. Auctioneer David Burnett is forecast as London’s next Lord Mayor.
The Worcester Telegram lauds Justice Goff for not tolerating tricks and delay pleas in murder trials. The Syracuse Journal mentions Reginald De Koven’s practical shift toward writing operettas in England following Squeers’ method.
Albany Argus questions whether aviator deaths are martyrs to science or victims of exploiting undeveloped aviation for profit. The text also cites 1907 American food outlay at $875, compares to ten years earlier near $800, and notes current figures around $410 per family.
Rear Admiral A. T. Mamon argues that economies of scale favor single large ships over multiple vessels. He notes three ships require more crews and higher costs, while concentrated firepower from four ships can overwhelm a single target though concentration risks exposing others to counterfire. He distinguishes military needs from merchant concerns and emphasizes efficiency and national policy aims.
A Western journey from hunger to success unfolds as a former locomotive engineer, fallen on hard times, reunites with a grateful patron who had once saved him. The patron, now a millionaire film innovator, funds a new life for the engineer, who later prospers with a chain of movie theaters. The tale underscores kindness as its own reward.
An editorial from the New York Herald argues Germany is the dominant power in Europe, with England sidelined. It cites Germany’s mastery of world politics, diplomacy, and finance, and notes Italy’s support against Austria becoming a rival naval power. Russia’s stance toward Servia is labeled intolerant of conquest.
After a selling career of over ten years, Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch has reached edition forty seven. More than half a million copies have been sold in America and England. The Swedish city of Gottenborg offers electric energy for heating at eight hours nightly for 6.70 dollars per maximum kilowatt year plus charge per consumed kilowatt hour. Consumers report satisfaction with the system and results.
Beatrice, widow to Jean, visits Helen Robbins in Pleasanton Lake area and weighs a possible romance with Dr. Haynes while confronting her uneasy regard for aging suitor Henry Blanchard. Helen doubts Beatrice’s restraint as luncheon looms and tensions rise over expectations and motives.
Nashville Banner reports Dr. Howard D. King in Scientific American warns of bubonic plague danger to the United States. He flags South American ports and Gulf coast cities as high risk, cites Panama and the green fruit trade, and urges urgent sanitary measures though some claims about race and class are disputed.
A London Chronicle excerpt compares Dublin to a grand old French town with antiquity and history, noting its sombre mood, past national ardor, and wartime echoes. Cork is praised for beauty and French spirit, while Dublin’s once brilIiant social life fades amid drab prosperity and night sounds of drums and marching troops.
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