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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
14
Farm Demonstrator Al Maloney urged the county to publish bulletins on road conditions during bridge repairs. He warned that frequent detours and impassable routes waste time and cause inconvenience to motorists and farmers, urging timely cautions for automobilists.
Representative Deitrick of Massachusetts introduced a resolution directing the naval committee to report a bill for an immediate government squadron of four additional battleships to be built, aiming to strengthen naval power and readiness.
The article notes a tense moment in U S politics as Mexico moves toward a critical phase. Senator Lacon discussed Anglo Mexican policy with the State Department and White House while Felix Diaz possibly seeks refuge in Vera Cruz, raising diplomatic stakes. Nine Atlantic fleet battleships prepare a Mediterranean voyage from Hampton Roads, with no orders beyond the voyage. Washington contemplates options to reestablish order and hold elections as in Cuba, amid varied predictions on U S action.
A health warning argues meat forms uric acid that harms kidney function. It claims symptoms include back pain, headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, rheumatic twinges, cloudy urine, and frequent nocturnal urination. It advises four ounces of a tonic to cleanse kidneys and flush waste.
Engine trouble halted the Texas during standardization tests at Rockland Maine, with a broken valve stem in the forward low pressure cylinder. Repairs will take at least two days, but officials called the tests satisfactory and expect trials to resume next Sunday. The Texas is the most powerful ship afloat, armed with 14 inch guns in five turrets, and can pass through the Panama canal with its 956 foot beam.
In Stag Canon Mine No 2 the four man crew split at the eighteenth room. James Lordi and William Poisa, helmet men, were missing after being overcome by gas. Rescue teams recovered three bodies as hopes fade for remaining entombed workers. The death toll rose to 268 with 23 rescued alive.
Chief of Police F W Crenshaw announced an invitation to Chief George W Bodecker of Birmingham and Superintendent James W Reynolds of New Orleans to visit Mobile during the Southern Commercial Congress. They will be joined by one aide from each department to assist in protecting President Woodrow Wilson.
The D. D. D. prescription for eczema is promoted as a soothing, healing fluid. The advertisement claims dramatic improvements, urges readers to try D. D. D. Skin Soap, and offers a refund if the first full size bottle fails. It cites doctors and druggists and lists several distributors.
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