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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1916
Page
2
Washington dispatch reports U S Department of Agriculture predicts widespread tick eradication across the southern tick belt within years. Virginia and South Carolina show rapid progress with quarantine lifted soon. Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana also advancing toward statewide freedom from fever by 1918 or 1919.
The report projects Oklahoma will be free of ticks within three years. Arkansas builds dipping vats in most counties and will widely deploy them soon. Tick eradication in Texas, Georgia, Florida faces the longest timeline, with completion expected near the end of the five year period. Northwest states anticipate earlier success.
The tablet promotes relief for acute and chronic rheumatism claiming excess uric acid in blood as a cause though no single remedy fits all cases. It notes universal use of nervous system soothing measures and favors anti kamma tablets for pain relief in rheumatism and related headaches neuralgias and allosin.
A Copenhagen dispatch cites signs the Danish West Indies sale crisis may collapse with possible coalition negotiations. The conservative leader proposed reopening talks, suggesting an election might be avoided, as parties anticipate calamity from an electoral vote.
The Foreign Relations Committee unanimously favors the purchase of the Danish West Indies for $25,000,000. The measure will be reported to the Senate and efforts will be made to ratify before adjournment.
The Mobile Tribune reports Mr O Connell was vindicated at a Chamber of Commerce hearing regarding charges tied to an attack on the creamery project. A committee led by W E P Wilson investigated Irvine’s accusation and found the creamery plan practicable and advantageous to farmers.
Mr Irvine states his only role was to ensure cows and facilities were placed with farmers. He says he will not operate a creamery and that his farm prosperity aims continue. others may pursue the venture using contracts already held.
The report notes Texas has more quarantined counties and vast quarantined area than any other state. It predicts eradication work there will take longer, delaying a white area designation until 1921 with federal agents freeing in other states first. Local cooperation could hasten tick eradication and declare U S. territory free from the pest.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports cattle in the southern states have increased 50 to 100 percent after ten years of tick eradication. Native cattle now gain weight and dairy cows produce more, with better breeds entering the stock. By July 1 1916 about 284 621 square miles were tick free and by next December 60 000 more are expected, shrinking the quarantined area to 384 022 square miles.
Examination of passengers arriving from Vera Crag on the steamer Monterey and quarantined here concluded on Monday.
Notice to friends and former patrons announcing a new plumbing office at 606 Conti Street. The note invites inquiries for any plumbing needs and promises special attention to repair work.
Bulgarian war office reports on the Dobruja frontier action says Bulgarian forces crossed the frontier and occupied Kurtburnar after heavy fighting, taking 165 prisoners and leaving hundreds of enemy dead on the field. Macedonian front saw little activity with repulsed attacks north of Lake Ostrovo.
In Paris on September 5 a high profile funeral honored the Duke of Rohan killed at the Somme. The ceremony symbolized aristocratic support for the French Republic, reflecting a long noble lineage that fought for kings and now backs republican institutions. The Rohans’ historic military and political roles underline the era’s shift in loyalty.
The young Duke of Rohan, a deputy for L Aube, traded politics for action at the front. He famously rode to a drunken Prussian outpost, ordered surrender in German, and, with his orderly, captured about a hundred soldiers before a French patrol arrived. His feat earned government recognition and the Legion of Honor.
The Mexican and American Joint Commission on Mayflower border difficulties left for New London after today’s departure. The first conference will be held there tomorrow to begin settlement efforts.
An Italian airship reportedly bombarded Austrian military works at Lussinpiccolo in Istria on a night in September, returning undamaged. The report notes a successful raid with no damage to the airship. Also included is an advertisement claiming Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy provides rapid relief, with a testimonial from W. C. Jones.
A group of Birmingham businessmen led by Mr J W Hunter and Mrs J W Hunter stay at the Cawthon hotel in Mobile. Others include Mr J Youngblood, Mr B K Richardson, Mr Charles S Bidgood, and Messrs R C Shackleford O Cobb and John Gabrine visiting Mobile by car.
A native of Mobile, A. Firman Hurtel, longtime resident of Chunchula, died Monday at 3 p.m. after a brief illness. He was known in the city and survived by his widow and five children, with other relatives residing in Chunchula.
Mr. Fred W. Poole a Mobile native and longtime New Orleans resident died Wednesday August 30 after a months long illness. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Mamie Maurath Poole and three sisters Mrs. Sylvester Steiner Mrs. Costa Alexander of Mobile and Mrs. D. C. Culver of Cleveland Ohio.
The funeral for Mrs. Amelia Lyons widow of Mr Mark Lyons occurred Tuesday at 9 AM from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with requiem mass. Rev Father Rh O Gerow celebrated. Interment was private in Magnolia cemetery. Pallbearers were A B Lyons, Mark Lyons, Joseph Lyons, Le Baron Lyons Sr, Le Baron Lyons Jr, H H Lyons Sr, and Lister Hill.
The funeral for Charles Dudley Henderson former chief deputy United States marshal of the district and prominent Brewton citizen was held Tuesday at 11 am from his Government street home. Mrs. Turner of the Christian Science Association conducted the service, with Knights of Pythias burial rites at Pine Crest Cemetery. Pallbearers included J.E. Sherman CC A. Denning Richard Jones N. R. Leigh Mat Padgett and J. Turner.
State Superintendent William F. Feagin addressed Mobile county school board urging voters to support the educational amendment on the November 7 ballot. The meeting planned a coordinated campaign with Superintendents Murphy and Vigor coordinating efforts with faculty and board members.
Dr Feagin criticized focusing on Mobile and urged an amendment to grant all counties equal educational rights. He argued Alabama ranks low in illiteracy and that improving schools and roads would raise prosperity for city and country, with educated farmers benefiting from public schools.
Colorado Springs reports eighty people confined in local hospitals after a grandstand collapse at the Welsh-White boat event. About as many more were released to their homes with minor injuries as investigators probe the accident’s cause.
Boston schools opened later due to infantile paralysis concerns. On September 5 the start was moved from next Monday to September 25. Since July 15, sixty nine cases appeared in Boston and total state cases reached 280.
The Danish postmaster general reports that Britain confiscated mail on the steamships Ceres and Bonia of the Copenhagen Iceland Line, despite assurances. Berlin dispatch.
Alvin Taft Vromartie aged seven died Tuesday morning in a local infirmary after a brief illness. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Vromartie of Wilmer Alabama. The body will be sent to Wilmer for burial Wednesday morning.
The Day in Congress notes the Senate opening at 10 a.m. with continued debate on the revenue bill while the House met at noon. An advertisement promotes Grove's Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron, priced at 60 cents.
Paris reports Solecourt and Chilly captured by the French yesterday, bringing total villages taken since the Somme offensive to 28. Barleux resisted six German counterattacks as French forces carried out a turning movement to the southwest.
In Recorder Edington court Peter Lepackus ice wagon driver and Nick Starvo restaurant keeper faced a street brawl on Waters and Government streets. The argument over ice delivery led to blows. Lepackus said Starvo threw ice tickets at him and he retaliated. Both were fined five dollars. others charged with complicity were discharged.
Dispatches from Paris note Rumanians advanced up to eighty kilometres in five days of fighting. Despite hard ground on the eastern Hungarian frontier, they crossed the river and occupied valleys. The war surprised Austria, with Hun officers reportedly drinking with Rumanians moments before hostilities.
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