21 Oct 1916
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1916
Page
1
More than fifty automobiles left Mobile for Wilmer Alabama for Mobile Day events on the fair’s closing day. Cars traveled individually rather than in a parade, with booster parties representing the Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Welcome Bureau sharing information about Mobile.
Secretary S M Le Baron reports the Wilmer Fair opening exhibits were creditable in all elements. Judges for livestock poultry and women’s departments named, with trains run from Mobile for Mobile Day. Cars promised for today include banks companies and local businesses with 1 2 vehicles each listed.
Claude A. Grayson an attorney in this city was appointed special relief judge for the city court by the governor. He assumed duty immediately replacing ill Judge O J Semmes. Grayson then presided in the law and equity court on the case Travis Stacey vs J Street for damages. He is a native of Alabama and formerly represented Kilbey county in the state house.
Frost is expected again tonight with a low around 42 in Mobile. Sunday should bring fair skies and slightly warmer temperatures, with gentle west winds becoming variable on the Sabbath. Yesterday's high reached 63 and the low dropped to 42, with 44 degrees at 8 this morning.
The coast guard cutter Tallapoosa left at noon to search for and tow the three masted schooner M. A. Achorn, reported dismasted off Pensacola. Commander Brockaway said the Tallapoosa would head to Mobile with the vessel, last heard 70 miles south of Pensacola.
The Syrian Rose Charity Association held Tag Day in Mobile to aid Syrian sufferers of the European war. Early hours showed the collection would be substantial. Goods for the Syrians will be transported free by the navy department, per A. G. Howie, the local association president.
Mr. Palmer Pillans, an attorney and son of Mayor Pillans, was fined five dollars or five days by the recorder Saturday for violating city traffic laws. He paid the fine.
A court ruling orders the removal of directors and designates Walsh as winner in the case titled Damus versus Walsh Pope. The decision impacts corporate governance and succession as the court enforces the plaintiff’s claims.
A Alabama court issued a peremptory writ mandamus against J M Walsh R P Pope John A Dorgan Thomas R Murray and Claude Kimball directing them to convene a stockholders meeting of the Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company to elect officers and decide other business. Walsh et al must notify each stockholder within thirty days.
The article reports a man named Dave Hamilton, a porter for the Mobile and Ohio, married Bertha Davis after purchasing a county marriage license. Neighbors fear confusion because another Dave Hamilton had promised to buy flour at ten dollars a barrel, leaving the couple to deny any erroneous ties.
George Neckerman Fred Horn kamp and Albert Schoenberger three young business men of Chago Lil sail from Nashville to Mobile then drive to Fairhope Alabama on a 1917 Ford. They report good roads south of Montgomery despite a near wreck as storm approached the northern coast.
Seven crew members of the four masted schooner Fannie C Bowen were rescued by the Norwegian steamer Avon after the ship capsized in a hurricane like storm off Pensacola bound from Bordeaux to Genoa. Captain Carter and the first mate were lost. the cook was injured. The Avon crew provided aid and the ship had left Pensacola on September 9 with pine timber and a heavy deck cargo en route to Mobile.
The United States begins nationwide fundraising for Armenian and Syrian relief under President Wilson's proclamation. Sun day school children are urged to contribute as Armenians and Syrians in America fast to donate funds. The committee seeks about 5 million dollars for Armenians and at least 1 million for Syrians.
Petitions filed with the government seek changing the names of river packets J. H. Menge and Alma. Burke Packet Company requests the Menge be renamed Maggie A. Burke and the Alma renamed Henry B. Burke, honoring family members. Both vessels are set to depart Mobile Tuesday night, Menge up the Tombigbee and Alma on the Alabama River.
Ira Landrith, prohibition candidate, declares in OL CITY Pa that Woodrow Wilson is a minority president and the congress he controls ignores the will of the majority. He argues only 40 percent live in wet areas and calls for a president and congress to respect dry territory and local self government.
News from Beloit Wisconsin confirms the death of A R Ball Sr aged 76 a longtime Mobile resident with many local friends. Surviving is A R Ball Jr a well known Mobile resident.
Through permission of Colonel F. M. Maddox of the First regiment A N G Guy Cain of the Mobile Cadets was allowed to remain over the funeral of his father Gain Cain at Bayou la Batre Friday after his unit passed through Mobile.
The German emperor William II told troops on the western front that the living will fight on until no one honors or reveres a people. He expressed hope that God would be with Germany in the fighting, as reported by Associated Press from London.
London reports Serbians push toward Monastir on the Macedonian front with gains near Veluselo and along the Cerna bend. Entente dispatches claim French assistance and attempted flank on the Florina Monastir railway. German statements say Ceсna Valley campaign checked. Haig reports gains toward Bapaume and advance near Butte de Warlencourt.
Do prudja saw attack by Field Marshal von Mackensen’s troops yesterday. The war office reported heavy losses for the defenders at Kokardja and said later assaults on Entente lines in the region were repulsed.
German army headquarters reports continued heavy fighting on the Somme with English attacks between Le Seurs and Eaucourt l'Abaye repelled. The dated dispatch from Berlin via London notes the day’s action and German positions holding under fire.
The case of M. Ingersoll charged with burglary of T. L. Cooper's North Mobile residence was postponed in inferior criminal court due to missing witnesses, reset for October 27. Other defendants faced fines or jail terms for public drunkenness vagrancy abuse and assault charges with various reset dates.
At Barracksville West Virginia on October 21 preparations are completed to resume the search for the bodies of at least a dozen men killed in the Jamison Mine No. 7 explosion. Repairs to the shaft and a cage have been installed to move workers into entries now believed cleared of after damp.
Berlin reports Russian assaults on the west bank of the Stokhod in Volhynia failed yesterday under Prince Leopold of Bavaria with heavy attacker losses. In Galicia near Narayovka German forces captured Russian positions northwest of Skmorochy taking 150 prisoners and seven machine guns.
Panama Canal authorities opened No 1 dry dock at Balboa on the Pacific end of the waterway. The 1000 by 119 foot facility with 25 feet water depth can accommodate the largest ships of the era as super dreadnoughts and battle cruisers are built.
Scoutmaster R E Daly Sr invites the sons of Mobile to gather at the northwest corner of Royal and St Francis streets at 3 PM. The event includes a Scout Day explanation and a roll of scouts to be taken at the Gulf Coast Fair.
The Broad Street Presbyterian church was selected for the sixth district Mobile County Sunday School Association meeting at Oakdale Baptist church. The date will be announced later. Speakers included J. L. Cawthon Miss Aline Whitehead and L. F. Grube.
Forecast from Washington on October 1 calls for fair to mostly clear conditions. Mississippi region expected to see fair skies with gentle southerly winds. Temperatures unspecified due to damaged text.
The case against Robert Schwarz charged with assault with a pistol on Emile Bell was called in court on Wednesday and postponed. Bell, identified as a Black man, remains the key witness in the proceeding.
Desperate fighting rages in the Kenali sector south of Monastir with Allied forces and local troops engaged along the front. Reports from the region describe heavy exchanges and movement along the lines, as both sides push for advantage amid unclear gains.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, in a Flint address, charged Charles E. Hughes with a campaign of suppression and irrelevancies. He argued Hughes has said nothing vital or helpful, and pointed to alleged comparisons between Revolutionary War soldiers and Mexicans.
Berlin reports mortality in Germany climbed from 14 per thousand in 1913 to 16.1 in 1914 and 19.7 in 1915, with 1916 seven month total at 16. These figures cover civilians and soldiers and reflect wartime conditions.
The steamer Cape Girardeau struck piling in the Mississippi River south of Chester, Til, and sank. Fifty passengers were saved.
London dispatch reports fear of renewed violence near Pering as French forces seize a mile strip at a door area. Public reaction labels the action as aggression surpassing prior tactics, provoking strong editorial criticism. The chaos comes amid reports of Austria’s premier being shot and political realignments dating back to 1915.
In Peking on October 8 a Chinese district near the French concession was forcibly seized by the consul with troops. Chinese residents were arrested and French officials cheered by locals. The Chinese foreign office protested and the French legation in Peking said it assumed responsibility for the action.
Chinese residents resist annexation as the French extend control over the eastern Ho river area in Tientsin. The action risks removing native inhabitants from the remaining foreign district, with tensions and violence feared amid international concerns.
Crown Prince Alexandria of Serbia awards Mrs. Charles Farnam the order of St. Sava for Serbian relief work. Farnam, the first American woman to enter the territory, accompanied the prince during the cross of the Cerna river and the storming of Brod.
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