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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1914
Page
9
Paris under wartime rules shows calm streets and subdued news vendors. Soldiers patrol crossroads and rail switches, offering brief conversations for tobacco and news. Singing soldiers march along dusty roads as detachments drill, lightening the mood of daily duty.
A young Fleet Street journalist recounts entering Army life in London by trading civilian clothes for khaki. He describes becoming a number, experiencing drill, singing Tippertary, and feeling the thrill of marching as one. He admires the sergeant and imagines future ranks while acknowledging he has yet to prove himself.
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard cases on a busy Thursday led by Special Examiner Gerry. The Kern Company of New Orleans challenged the Louisville and Nashville railroad over lumber rates from Evergreen Louisiana to Gulfport. A compromise was reached in one case while hearings concluded on two others.
Washington dispatch notes Lieutenant R L G Marix British naval aviator who bombed a Zeppelin in a Dusseldorf shed is the son of a naturalized American. He is nephew of Rear Admiral Adolph Marix and cousin of Captain Arthur T. Marix. His father James Marix lived in England.
Paris reports wildly circulating figures of German losses and prisoner counts while censor and rumor mix. A Belgian autopsy claim and Admiral Marix raid details surface with cautious acceptance, but many reports remain unverified and treated as uncertain.
Nashville through its attorney B D Mohr offered to cut the rate to 11 1 2 cents per 100 pounds and the lumber firm, appearing satisfied, the compromise was effected and the suit stricken from the docket. L Palmer represented the lumber company in the hearing.
A columnist likens the Franco British and German front in France to a vast gridiron game. Lines, flank maneuvers, and reinforcements resemble football positions from New York to Pennsylvania. The piece ends by stressing these men are not players.
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