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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
9
A short aphorism notes that choosing steadiness over striving for greatness reduces competition and temptation, suggesting moderation yields reliability and less pressure. The phrase contrasts easy virtue with harder excellence.
The Times parliamentary correspondent reports fourfold overall munitions production and thirtyfold growth in a key branch under Lloyd George. The ministry is credited with supporting the war effort in heavy fighting on the western front with no ammunition stoppages for advances.
Allied diplomats fear Greece cannot sustain its neutral stand as Britain offers to cede Cyprus if Greece joins the Allies. Sazonoff backs measures to block neutral leverage, while Aegean blockade tightens on Bulgaria. Russian and German actions shift fronts across the eastern theater with limited western front news.
Dispatches from Bucharest report a violent campaign over Roumania's role in the war. A Bucharest opposition newspaper threatens the king with a popular rising. Austrian authorities arrest former Roumanian minister Michael Cantecuzene on a letter tied to M. Felipescu.
The Cologne Gazette reports Japan will supply Russia with munitions in exchange for a full cession of Sakhalin Island. The island lies between Asia and Japan, with Russia holding the northern end and Japan the southern. It stretches about 570 miles long and up to 19 miles wide.
Paris dispatch reports Bulgarian forces advancing rapidly on key Serbian positions. Battles rage in the heights of Vlassona and Kotchana as two Bulgarian attacks in Negolin are repulsed. Serbian communications to Saloniki are threatened and Uskub populations flee after Islip Kotchana occupation. Quadruple Entente ministers depart Nish for Krajevo.
The Daily Chronicle reports Britain has proposed Cyprus to Greece as a goodwill gesture to sway Athens. It notes the Greek nation backs Venizelos over Zaimis and urges allies to show tangible support for Hellenic aims by accepting the offer, implying a broader shift against German influence.
Berlin reports the German army under Field Marshal Von Hindenburg has advanced to the Dvira river area northeast of Mitau as the Riga battle continues. Russian lines on the central and southern sectors showed success, while German forces on the Styr retreated and lost a cannon.
Berlin reports Austro German forces continue to push Serbians along the front in Serbia. Strongholds near Ripanj are evacuated as Bulgarians also gain ground.
Jackson Highway Pathfinders reach Pass Christian at 4 pm and stay overnight before continuing to Biloxi and Pascagoula. Delegation leader W H Crim reported coastal Mississippi roads as best segments. The group tours to assess inland route merits with executives to follow.
Boston marked improvements in southern weather noted as cotton prices slipped in early trading. Reports of long liquidation and heavy spot selling by farmers spurred bearish sentiment with prices down across December January and March futures. Spot cotton steady with moderate activity.
Pathfinders from the Jackson Memorial road are due at the Hancock County line at 3 30 this afternoon. An automobile delegation will greet them and accompany the group along the coast between Pause Christian and Biloxi through tomorrow afternoon. W H Pousley formerly Gulfport mayor leads the entertainment committee.
The probate court issued licenses on Thursday to White Zack FE and Margaret Orr, Thomas J. McGill and Minnie Olive Thompson, Philip Leland and Gladys Perez, and Major Scott Jr. and Margaret Austin. An obituary note remarks on the health risks of inactivity and the need for exercise. NOTICE BY ADMINISTRATOR In Estate of Jeanie Stevenson Hunter the administrator is Thomas Shannon Hunter Read notice for claims within law period or barred.
The Automobile Blue Book predicts a future where improved southern roads and hotels in Mobile Montgomery and Birmingham boost southern tourism. Mobiles hotels along the gulf coast receive high praise while leaders credit farmers and counties for faster road improvements. Five days from Mobile to New York is cited as a possible future travel time.
Liverpool cotton prices steady with good middling at 7.60 and receipts 15 000 bales. Savannah reports turpentine firm and rosin steady with minor ad rates. Cotton seed oil in New York closes strong with total spot and futures activity totaling 22 900 barrels across months.
New York trading session shows Bethlehem Steel surging to 599 7-8 and later 580, with General Motors reaching 370 and Studebaker at 184 1-2. United States Steel led gains late in the day while a broad rally in fertilizers and allied issues supported several shares.
Grain and provisions quotes show mixed moves with wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley prices listed. Open and close figures appear for December deliveries along with nearby pork, lard, ribs, and hog and cattle prices in Chicago livestock trading.
The Alabama division United Confederate Veterans closes its fifteenth annual session in Selma after C. W. Hooper is elected major general commanding. A parade of over two hundred autos, three bands, and twelve hundred school children led the event, described as the grandest parade for the division.
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