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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1916
Page
3
Verdun reports the fighting has ended with French lines holding after months of bombardment and a French offensive recapturing Fleury. An Associated Press correspondent toured Verdun under escort to assess destruction and the present strength of fortifications.
Reports from ranking officers at various strategic points say the Verdun fight is effectively over for the Germans, but on the ground German forces remain active with diminishing intensity. Losses are cited around a half million French losses about half that, and analysts predict a gradual German retreat before winter. Some officers expect Romania's entry to hasten a German withdrawal, while others warn Germany may endure longer despite Allied superiority.
In Atlanta on Labor Day, the ceremony featured the laying of a new labor temple cornerstone and a parade of union workers including railway brotherhood representatives. Women suffragists were given a designated place in the procession.
Funeral notice for Charles Dudley Henderson who died September 3 1916 at 10 457 p m. Friends invited to attend from Government Street Loop residence tomorrow Tuesday morning at 11 o clock. Interment Pine Crest cemetery.
Federal agents confronted Herbert Sauer in jail and charged him with stealing eight secret U S military maps from coast guard officers. The maps showed waters around the Aleutian islands and were found in a Baltimore rooming house where Sauer lived. A coast guard code book stolen when the maps disappeared was also recovered.
The British steamship Swiftwing and the French barkentine General Archinard, both small vessels, have been sunk.
Dwight P. Dilworth a 40 year old lawyer from Montclair New Jersey was shot and killed in a car in Van Courtlandt Park as two men with caps fired three times at close range. His 19 year old companion Miss May McNiff escaped and led police to the scene and to the Kingsbridge station. No suspects are yet found.
Cedar Point Ohio September 4. Despite assurances from both Johnny Kilbane and George Chaney that they had made 122 pounds the fighters faced doubt ahead of the world featherweight title bout. Chaney backers grew suspicious as the hour neared the ring.
Notice of mortgage sale issued under a 1914 mortgage by John J. Farris and Hatlie Farris to Mamie E. Demeranville. Sale set for September 18, 1916 in Mobile Court House yard, describing Lot 15, Square 11 on St Medar Street, with chain of title and related deeds. includes executor notice for Irene Hudson estate and crew debt disclaimer for schooner William H Davenport.
Wm. J. Koral, contractor, offers ideas for home repairs with gratis estimates. Located at Rores and Con gress, both phones 3:27-tf.
Baron von Schenk, chief director of German propaganda in Greece, has been arrested and taken aboard an Entente cruiser. Sixteen Entente warships have arrived at Piraeus as diplomats demand expulsion of von Schenk and sixty associates from Greece. He reportedly barricaded his Athens home with armed guards and supporters.
Paris dispatch reports bad weather delaying Somme operations while French forces seize fourteen guns and take 400 prisoners east of the Meuse on the Verdun front. Over 800 Germans reported captured as prisoners.
A major clash between Austrian and Romanian forces has raged for forty eight hours near Ursova, with the town reportedly evacuated per a Zurich based dispatch to the Matin.
In Corinth Mississippi a man held by police is not Robert Fay, according to Warden Fred Zerbst who said photographs and measurements do not match Fay. Fay and co prisoner Willian Knobloch escaped August 29 by forged passes while serving eight year terms for a bomb plot related to munition ships in New York.
City Health Officer Charles A Mohr reported a case of infantile paralysis Monday at 509 South Lawrence Street. The child is doing well after parental care and treatment by Dr. Mohr. This marks the seventh case in the city with most patients recovering.
City Commissioner Laz Schwarz announced the purchase of two fire horses for $500. The team was bought from the Bishop stable in this city for use by the fire department.
Nathan Smiley a Black man was struck in a public safety incident near Mertz's station during a gambling game dispute. John Ervin, another Black man, fled the scene after injuring Smiley in the stomach. Deputies led by Chief Deputy W. H. Holcombe Jr investigated the case.
The chancery court met Monday for the fall term but adjourned until Tuesday morning at 7 PM due to Labor Day observance.
Mr and Mrs Charles B Powell have returned to 64 Kilmarnock street after traveling to Atlanta Montgomery and several other southern cities.
The Swedish bark Barden sailed from Cardiff after origin in Cardenas and arrived in Mobile with a lumber cargo. The American schooner Three Marys lies under fumigation at Fort Morgan before moving to the city, en route from Genoa Italy under Captain McIver. The Tarpon steamship of Pensacola line arrived from Pensacola and other points with general cargo, and will depart later today on the return trip.
The American Steamer Lumpasas of the Mallory Steamship Line arrived Saturday and sailed Monday at daylight on her return trip to New York via Key West and Tampa. The steadier carried a large number of passengers and a general cargo.
The British steamer Norwegian, consigned to Mobile Liners, arrived Sunday after a day in quarantine on Saturday. She came from Liverpool, England, and will load a general cargo for the return voyage.
The American schooner Georgia Gilkey towed by the tug A J Hudson departed Mobile Sunday afternoon for Havana Cuba. The schooner carries a large lumber cargo and will be towed reef way from Mobile to Havana.
The funeral for Amelia Lyons widow of Mark Lyons will take place Tuesday morning from 161 St Anthony street. Interment is private at Magnolia cemetery. She was 72, lifelong Mobile resident, Catholic, active in charity and the Daughters of the Confederacy. Survived by seven children, fifteen grandchildren, five great grandchildren.
The newspaper records several funeral services including Mrs. J. Kburial at Mount Olive with Rev. Mather i Kearns officiating and pallbearers listed. Rev. B P Martin of Leakesville buried after a hotel fire in Vinegar Bend Alabama with service at Government Street Presbyterian Church and pallbearers named. Mrs. Mary J Bruce laid to rest at Pleasant Valley Cemetery with services at Hall's Mill road home. Ada M Robertson funeral held at Dixon & McKay parlors and Trinity Church with Rev. A G Richards. Magnolia Cemetery burial followed with Sunday school volunteers named as pallbearers.
The funeral for former deputy sheriff Lee Soles was held Monday at 8:30 a.m. from the family home 505 Texas Street and 9 a.m. from St. Vincent's Catholic Church with a requiem Mass. Burial followed at Pine Crest Cemetery. Rev. Father Cassidy conducted the Mass, and pallbearers were W. T. Holcombe Sr., Thomas Murray, W. T. Holcombe Jr., A. Z. Oberhaus, B. F. Cody, and James Donaghue.
A testimonial from Anamosa Iowa details relief from displacement and general debility after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs. L. J. Hannan recounts long headaches and back pain improving after two bottles, aided by sister’s prior improvement.
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Bulgarian cabinet detains G. C. Derrusi the Romanian minister at Sofia and his staff until Raden the Bulgarian minister at Bucharest returns, per Budapest dispatch.
Senator Reed of Missouri introduces a resolution asking the Interstate Commerce Commission to study how the eight hour day law impacts railroad operating costs and report findings to Congress in December. The measure will be considered tomorrow.
Richard C. Kerens, of St Louis, former ambassador to Austria, died at his daughter's home in Philadelphia, a dispatch from St Louis reported.
Judge D. F. Edington fines Ernest Taylor sixteen dollars for delivering meat in a downtown restaurant with a filthy unscreened wagon. Dr. Woolf of the city health board testifies meat was uncovered and flies filled the wagon. Another negro, R. P. Bumpus, with Lipscombe and Roya streets restaurant, is warned to screen and given time to comply.
An informal reception for Mrs Jas F Phimmer will be held in the ambulatory of All Saints Church on Wednesday evening at 8 oclock. Parish members are invited to attend.
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