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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
1
Report from Mobile Bay claims Pittsburgh investors will spend about 1.5 million dollars to build steel terminals, piers, and warehouses on sand islands south of Choc taw Point. Harbor board not advised and names are withheld. Joseph Rich of the harbor board says he has not been apprised.
Thomas M. Owen director of the Alabama department of archives and history asks for all literature about Mobile. He acknowledges a Chamber of Commerce folder titled A Southern Port Mobile and requests materials published about Alabama since the chamber’s organization be sent to his office for preservation.
Birmingham police reported Chief G M Van Liew that J W Hardeman and J D Davis were under arrest. Hardeman bought a second hand car from P D Beville of the Postoffice Garage and left town with it without paying off a mortgage. The auto broke down a mile out of Birmingham and had 600 pounds of wire inside.
Harry Chisholm driving an auto collided with a horse and buggy driven by Earl Jakson at Savannah and Wilkinson streets Wednesday night. No injuries reported and the vehicle sustained minor damage according to police.
Dr. T. J. Liddell, recently appointed surgeon in charge of Fort Morgan quarantine station, arrived in Mobile with his wife. They are staying at the Cawthon hotel and will proceed to Fort Morgan on Friday morning.
George Brincat, driver for Lime-Cola, arraigned in recorder's court on reckless driving. His case was continued after he allegedly struck 13 year old William Gilchrist at Texas and Wilkinson streets. Gilchrist could not attend court.
The report describes French and British positions around the Somme and Struma fronts with Serbian pressure along the Seine and Ostrovo engagements turning in favor of the allies. Bulgarian trenches near Lake Ostrovo are said to be captured while Romanian Dobrudja fronts show heavy activity and a general engagement appears imminent.
A Wednesday mass meeting of farmers appointed four Mobile men to secure financial support for a proposed local creamery. J B Lawrence Dyas T W Gilmer Ray Minette and L A Riley plus Gulf Coast Produce Exchange manager Trankh Davis were tasked to report back at a September 27 meeting. Gilmer offered a $25 000 target if Mobile merchants take on half the risk.
A trunk from the bay steamer James A. Carney, sunk in a July 5 storm, was recovered from the ship’s hold by a diver and will be returned to its owner if he calls at the wharf. The ship is being raised with huge chains and jacks, progressing toward the surface.
Detectives Burch and Pearson recovered a $250 brass fixtures box stolen from Scotch Lumber Company in Fulton Alabama. The wagon loaded with the box was spotted near the Southern Railway freight depot and identified by mill company officers in Mobile. Police anticipate arrests by Washington county authorities.
The dwelling at 109 Dexter Avenue owned by James Y. Shaw was badly damaged by a Thursday morning fire at 1 10 o clock. Fire started in a second floor closet and spread to the roof before extinguished. Insurance coverage is noted.
About 300 operatives will be employed as firms forming the U K Knitting Mills of New Orleans occupy two floors in Mobile and other firms take remaining floors in the building at 11 St Emanuel Street. The Mobile Item and the Peerless Laundry formerly occupied the building.
A realty company will remodel a building at about 7500 dollars and lease all floors to manufacturers. The O. K. Knitting Mills on floors three and four, led by president Mr. Orsher, will join second and first floor tenants from out of town. About 300 people will be employed once ready in sixty days.
The knitting mills will start operations in Mobile around November 15, expanding from New Orleans. They will manufacture knit goods including sweater coats bathing suits jerseys caps scarves and related items. The plant is set in a building owned by Captain C M Marriott and backed by the First National Bank for National City Bank.
The Rotary Club of Mobile adopted a resolution favoring censorship of motion pictures by a national board. A committee will report on methods to achieve this censorship. J. J. McMahon was named associate editor of International Rotary, Ed Wright chairs the entertainment committee, and J. H. Andrews of the Southern Railway was elected a member.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Mahle left this morning on an extended automobile tour. They will visit Montgomery, Birmingham, Chattanooga and Atlanta. They will return home about October 1.
In the inferior criminal court on Thursday Chaney McHappy was fined $1 or ten days for vagrancy and appealed to the city court. Bond was set at $100. Bessie Smallwood Sarah Bass also faced the same fine. Doodie Pope Elijah Lewis Mary Low Morgan Gaines Iris Harris Isaac Ivory and Floyd Wheeler were fined $1 or ten days.
A fragment from a 19th century issue notes Charles iceman and others involved in a chaotic scene. It mentions a bicycle incident, a broken leg, near death experience in quicksand, a collision with a motorcycle, and Murphy winning 1 800 prizes on the Long Nada train rails.
The report notes exports for July this year at 445,472,467 dollars versus 268,468,702 dollars the previous year. Imports plus exports for July total 628,195,405 dollars, compared with 411,713,439 dollars last July, indicating strong trade activity and year over year growth.
Imports for seven months ending July 31 totaled 1 467 819 574 dollars, exports 2 926 221 372 dollars, against last year's 1 009 054 558 and 1 970 277 207. The combined trade reached 4 394 040 946 dollars, vs 2 979 331 765 a year earlier, implying year 1916 could reach about 7.5 billion dollars in foreign commerce.
Greek statesman M Dimitrocopulos asks King Constantine for 48 hours to consult allies before deciding on forming a new cabinet. He demands full power to set national policy and to decide steps needed in the crisis, including possible Greece entry into the war.
President Wilson reviews reports from political leaders in Asbury Park and Spring Lake New Jersey and discusses emphasis on Oregon Washington Utah and California. He plans to vote in the Democratic primaries in Princeton on September 26.
The three masted vessel Europe of 356 tons gross, formerly in the Newfoundland fisheries, trade has been sunk near Fecamp France. Eleven crew members were landed and rescued from the wreck.
The United States received formal assurances from Japan and Russia that the Russo Japanese treaty does not repeal or modify the 1907 1910 agreements. Officials said the notes confirm adherence to China’s territorial integrity and open door principles, easing concerns over the new convention.
The State Department reports that the Imperial Russian minister for foreign affairs assured the American ambassador that Russia did not withdraw from the 1907 and 1910 conventions and will uphold their provisions, even though the 1916 convention did not mention them.
The Tennessee poscen Guard, encamped at Nashville, was ordered to the Mexican border today by the War Department. Tennessee mobilized two infantry regiments a cavalry troop an ambulance company and a field hospital for border duty before muster out under federal policy.
General Funston plans moving Tennessee national guard troops to Fort Clark north of Eagle Pass and several miles inland from the border to bolster border security.
In Indianapolis on September 14 Thomas R. Marshall will be notified of his renomination to the Democratic ticket. Prominent Democratic leaders including National Chairman Vance McCormick were arriving to attend and plan events surrounding the nomination ceremony.
London reports fighting in the Macedonian front with Serbs capturing trenches and a key height at Lake Ostrovo as bloody combat continues. German advices claim Teutons pause to counter and hold gains at Verdun and in the Somme while Greeks surrender to Bulgars and Kavale port remains at risk.
Montgomery, Sept 14. Attorney General Martin to investigate liquor violations in Montgomery and Mobile. He cites open violations and plans to act soon after conference with Solicitor Seibles and after Girard cases conclude, citing gasoline launches delivering liquor to the city.
Representatives of Southern and Western railways will meet at the Trunk Lines Association in New York next week to discuss changes required by recent federal bills on bills of lading and railroad tariffs. The issue, long before the Interstate Commerce Commission, may influence briefs due by October 10 with hearings set for October 20.
Mrs Anna Howe sister of President Wilson, gravely ill in New London Connecticut, was reported weaker today. The attending physician said Howe had a comfortable night but showed more weakness in the last twenty four hours.
The war office reports heavy fighting as Serbians capture Bulgarian trenches near Vetrenik and a height northwest of Lake Ostrogo. An engagement south of the lake favors the Allies.
Paris reports renewed German efforts last night to drive French from territory near the Somme Verdun fronts. The war office says several attacks north and south of the Somme and east of the Meuse at Vault Chapitre wood were repulsed.
The British legation informed American minister Garrett Croppers that Greece has surrendered the last Kavala forts to Bulgaria. Entente warships evacuated about 1,500 Greek soldiers to Thasos amid reported Kavala rioting and looting. American interests and tobacco company property valued over $2,000 are at risk. no ships may remain in Kavala harbor.
British forces report further progress on the Somme front north of Ginchy with artillery bombardments south of the Ancre and activity near Pozieres windmill. A night raid north of Souchez yielded captured sections, signaling continued advances in the sector.
AP dispatches from San Antonio report General Bell in El Paso saying Carranzistas fear Villa attack on Chihuahua City. De facto governments are being rushed from the south as Pershing places Villa near Guerrero about eighty miles west of Chihuahua City. Weather: Mobile area cloudy tonight into Friday with moderate north winds.
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