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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
2
Citizens urge Governor Henderson to appoint a mayor and aldermen to replace the commission form in Huntsville after a recent vote against the system. Thomas T. Terry, leading the opposition, is poised to become mayor as Sylacauga also rejects the commission this month.
Attorney General William J L Martin hailed Girard election results showing officials elected for full terms after a probe of city conditions. W C Whitaker named mayor for the long term and the mass meeting pledged to enforce prohibition laws.
The American Iron and Steel Institute reports 1915 pig iron output of 29,916,213 tons, up 28 percent. Steel ingots and castings total 32,151,036 tons, a 36 percent rise, with rails and other products also increasing across categories. There are 449 blast furnaces with a combined capacity of 45,716,325 tons annually.
Captain George Biernie of the Lucia Porter reports his schooner abandoned six hundred miles west of the Azores after a voyage that began on Friday. He vows never to sail on Friday again, citing repeated misfortune across three trips. The Lucia Porter had storms off Maine, a Swampscott beaching, and a return to Gibraltar aboard Knight of the Garter.
Chattanooga Tenn September 21 delegates at the 93rd session of the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows hear reports and discuss secret matters after officer elections. Rebekah assembly also meets as cantons drill for visitors and a militant degree contest is slated for the evening. Friday's military ball will crown parade canton winners.
Alberta Va Sept 21 Joe Browder engineman W A Thomas master mechanic and R Dan Thomb roundhouse foreman were killed in a wreck four miles west of Alberta on the Virginia Railway. Fireman T W Stepp was seriously injured as the damaged engine was moved from Adsit to Victoria. The blast from a steam pipe likely killed the three men in the cab.
A report shows 174 people were killed while trespassing on Southern Railway property in the year ending June 26. The tally for prior years was 155 in 1913, 126 in 1914, and 146 in 1915, totaling 601 lives lost since 1913.
The New York prison system faces tighter controls after 35 escapes since March, with 20 inmates still at large. Auburn prison accounts for 16 escapes and Sing Sing for 10 as Superintendent James M. Carter warns wardens to brace for decisive action and possible curtailment of honor system liberties.
Lieutenant Colonel Earl Faversham aged 37 was killed in action on September 15 while leading his battalion the Twenty first battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was an Oxford graduate landowner and former MP who led the unit he raised and served as assistant private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty earlier. He married Lady Marjorie Greville and leaves two sons and a daughter.
In Cincinnati on Sept 21 delegates at the American Institute of Banking convention heard the first annual debate on closing charge accounts. The question favored closing over open book accounts. Syracuse team William A. Boyd Albert B. Merrill and Arthur A. White spoke for the affirmative while Chattanooga team G A Rice J H McDowell and N J Simmons spoke for the negative. Charles N Coffee of Philadelphia presided.
London report says a committee will recruit additional soldiers by selecting fit young men from exempted occupations. The London Daily Mail estimated the UK has about 1,250,000 physically fit men not yet drafted.
North Carolina national guard units moving toward the border will be delayed several days due to missing clothing for the troops. The movement was to begin tomorrow, but indications say the first units will not depart before Sunday.
Napoleon Lajoie is weighing a Salt Lake City Pacific Coast League offer to become playing manager with stock options, a move that could end his major league career. He is in Cleveland with his 1924 season ended by a leg injury as he contemplates the proposal.
Official dispatch from Constantinople via London states a Russian surprise attack on Turkish Armenia failed, with the attempt thwarted and no gains reported.
Today schedule lists s of Pythias Percivale Lodge No 102 at 8 o clock Castle Hall Loyal Order of Moose Mobile Lodge No 321 203 Government street Masonic Athelstan Lodge No 369 A F and A M at 730 o clock Masonic Temple Rotary meets at 1 pm Assembly Room Cawthon Hotel Sales Ladies meets at 6 o clock Y M B A Hall
A coroner's jury in Quebec ruled the September 11 collapse of the central Quebec bridge span caused thirteen deaths as an accident. The inquiry did not address responsibility or construction reliability. experts said hoisting jacks were not to blame and the span buckled only after tilting and overstrain beyond its design.
Bert Dudley, charged with murdering Henry Muller and his wife, was seized by a masked mob from Johnson County Jail in Olathe and hanged from a telephone pole. Deputies resisted, jail doors were battered in, shots fired without injuries, as the mob moved from Stilwell area to the jail.
The Automobile Club of Mobile formed a committee led by Wyndham Lyons to study oil and gasoline costs in Mobile. They aim to match prices seen in New Orleans and Birmingham and seek lower license rates for gasoline sales, coordinating with local dealers.
A delegation from the Auto Club will request the board of revenue and road commissioners provide for maintenance of county roadways. Mr James FP Maury urged attention to road value and upkeep. A large club delegation will be organized to appear before county authorities at a forthcoming meeting.
American Red Cross officials weighed an appeal for funds after dispatches from the state department described nearly a million homeless and thousands destitute from flooding in Anhui province. The Nanking consul said autumn crops were ruined and relief requests rose from many districts. A Chinese government loan for reclamation was halted by the European war.
A plan to move fuel and lubricants to Mobile aims to extend city residents the same low prices seen in other markets. Club members would benefit from coordinated deliveries and bulk pricing, enhancing local affordability.
Gulf Coast Fair secretary Mort L. Bixler urged naming days to advertise the fair. The club will promote Mobile's fair while traveling through Mobile and nearby counties by auto. Twelve new members joined the club. President L. G. Adams urged auto tourist travel after a Texas trip noting Dallas welcomed tourists.
The League of Parents Associations representing 16 000 public school pupils appeals to the mayor to delay the opening to keep students safe from infantile paralysis. The board rejected postponement while physicians were split on the risk. Health Commissioner Emerson took full responsibility for any outcome.
Melbourne report says the bill for a referendum on conscription passed the house of representatives on its third reading with a 47 to 11 vote. The measure seeks to settle the conscription question by public vote.
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