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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
1
In Washington on August 2 Associated Press reports national prohibition by constitutional amendment stalled in the House. The Senate passed submission to the states but action is deferred to December. Democratic caucus plans to reverse war legislation focus were abandoned to aid the prohibition cause.
James W. Reynolds, six years New Orleans police superintendent, was killed at his desk by Patrolman Terrence J. Mullen. Captain Garry O. Mullen was wounded in the chest, and secretary George Vandervoort was shot in the head as he attempted to enter. Mullen was captured after armed escape attempts.
Weather report notes heavy rain and thunderstorms breaking a heat wave in Mobile. Forecasters expect generally fair tonight with thundershowers Friday, light variable winds, and little change from Tombigbee to branches. The Alabama temperature likely rises Friday.
Washington plans to take over operation of all American ocean going merchant ships under a new act. The Shipping Board will requisition charters to control rates and direct trans Atlantic service, aligning with a future Anglo American pact on world shipping. Operators risk losing charters if they do not follow regulations.
Senate Commerce Committee reconsidered two consular nominees after they changed German names to more American forms. Walter H Schulz of Oklahoma became Sholes and Gaston Schmutz of Louisiana became Smith. Both were reported favorably.
Berlin finance minister told the Württemberg chamber of deputies that Germany should export much and import little after the war. The report cites war expenditure of 94,000,900 marks plus interest and pensions, totaling about 7,000,000 marks yearly, on top of 600,000 marks prewar.
Washington Aug 2 The federal trade commission will start next week a meral food inquiry as part of faultory of inventors under Dr E O Merehant of commission. It will refer Winnie to vite five few ye. Oe commission will a her to Chienon.
Captain Ralph L. Taylor in command of the aviation signal corps training section lost control of his airplane and plunged 500 feet to his death in Mineola. Sergeant Thomas Pell suffered a broken jaw and internal injuries.
Willie McCoe Arthur Pope and W Irby three Negroes were fined 25 dollars or 50 days in jail for interfering with workers at Republic Creosoting Works. Judge Edington warned that similar acts would bring county road duty. Willie Amos testified he was beaten en route to work after opposing a strike.
Fisher Brooks, a colored taxi driver, is scheduled for execution by hanging in Mobile County Jail for the murder of Mrs. Hess near Fulton, Alabama. A minister has kept vigil with him as deputies prepare the gallows and arrange last details before the dawn execution.
A large group of American staff officers, including intelligence and operation heads, is expected to return to American headquarters today after observing the Franco British offensive from the Flanders front. The officers watched operational aspects at the front for some time.
Forecast from Ashington on August 2 calls for generally fair conditions tonight. Friday will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms across Alabama and Mississippi.
The Allied Anglo French attack presses in Flanders amid poor weather that hinders German observation and fire. German counterattacks in the Verdun and Rheims regions fail to gain, while on the Russian front the Waskull bridgehead is evacuated as German forces move in.
Paris August 2 Telegraphs between Sir Douglas Haig and General Petain, leaders of the British and French forces, praised the Franco-British success in Flanders. Haig lauded French troops under General Antoine for bold action and holding losses, while Petain thanked the British commander and affirmed the joint victory and unity of the allied armies.
At the battle front in France and Belgium American surgical teams, moved from the base hospital by the director general of the medical service, worked alongside British units to treat the wounded, marking a notable contribution to the allied effort.
Six wooden shipbuilding plants in Washington state have shut down after strikes. Officials say the government might intervene to prevent spread to other yards. Workers at Gray's Harbor yards refuse lumber from mills on a ten hour basis, while Olympia plants strike for higher wages.
Paris bulletin reports Rear Admiral La Case resigning as minister of marine, presenting his letter to Premier Ribot. The move comes amid cabinet changes in the French government.
The schooner John Twohy of 1019 tons gross, owned in Philadelphia, was torpedoed on July 27 and sunk. Under Captain Forsyth, she had earlier docked at Mobile for repairs and returned toward a gulf port. nine crewmen aboard.
In Butte Montana citizens faced four restless nights amid rumors of wholesale lynchings linked to Frank Little of the Industrial Workers of the World. District Attorney Wheeler sought federal guidance on Little’s status while deputies and guards were considered or deployed to restore order.
Washington Aug 2 The conference on the administration food control bill was reported to the house today. It contains none of the senate amendments creating a congressional war expenditures committee or a three member food board. Both proposals were stricken out by the conferees. The house is expected to adopt the conference report tomorrow with Senate action in the coming week amid debate over the removals.
Married applicants qualified for enlistment as cooks or bakers in the army quartermaster corps will be accepted at the local recruiting station. Secretary Baker authorized the move by circular, with the condition that recruits must agree to support their families without expectation of government aid during service.
Washington August 2 Bainbridge Colby of New York nominated to the shipping board faced opposition from one objector as the commerce committee voted against favorable action.
Heavy rain at Monroe Park forces postponement of baseball activity. Secretary said one game moved to tomorrow after the noon delay.
An official notice states the Murnan Shipbuilding Corporation won a contract to build four cargo vessels for the United States government, at about 450000 dollars each. The Kelly-Atkinson Construction Company will construct eighteen wooden and steel ships at Mobile, with work expected to employ about 600 men for 16 to 24 months. The Greatbin Sea Son Company will hire about 1600 workers, with eighteen ships to be finished by November 1, 1918. Chief Engineer McLaughlin of Kelly-Atkinson is due in Mobile late this week. James Coleman offered no public statement and said no plans could be revealed without authority.
Weather bulletin says the eastern heat spell persists but temperatures fall slightly within 36 hours and rebound in a few days. Scattered showers likely Friday in gulf states and Florida with generally fair weather elsewhere.
New York City endures a brutal heat wave with a high of 98 degrees. Hospitals brace for a busy day as prostrations rise overnight, though officials hope the worst has passed and a gradual decline may begin by Saturday.
New Orleans reports Southern mills consumed 4,358,000 bales of cotton in the year ended July 31, a record, up from 4,047,000 last year and 3,163,000 two years ago. The total commercial cotton crop reached 12,941,000 bales, vs 12,938,000 the prior year and 15,108,000 two years earlier. War orders and peacetime trade shifts drove the high usage.
Fort Wayne Indiana August 2 Local officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad announced that the company shops in this city are now open to the employment of women. Arrangements provide for accommodation for 400 women workers with wages equal to men for the same classes of work and eligibility to all benefits of the Pennsylvania relief department.
London report from the American consulate states twenty four crew members of the American steamship Motano were killed when the vessel was sunk by a German submarine on July 31.
The W. B. Paterson Company reported a continuous gas flow at its oil well ten miles from Mobile. The drill depth is about 1,300 feet under J. A. Joullian with officials rushing to the site. Paterson away in North Carolina.
Twenty men from Mobile's second city district have completed verial examinations and, with no exemptions claimed, are approved for service in the national army. Chairman E. G. Rickardy says they are among the first 150 named for further examinations. Names listed include Emanuel Antony, Robert Brown, E. J. King, Governor Charles Carter, Nathaniel Jacob, and others.
Brigadier General Hubbard directs stricter rules for those summoned for examination. Those who fail or refuse to report will not be certified to district boards. District chairmen will hold cases awaiting additional forms. Rickardy says this changes the state draft board system. The county board mails notices to 54 of 160 to appear next Tuesday, with 54 more Wednesday and the rest on the following day.
The patrolman exchanged gunfire with police and detectives who arrived at the scene. He was shot and taken to a hospital charged with murder. Chief Reynolds, born August 29 1868 in Louisiana, joined the department in 1893 and rose to chief of detectives before becoming superintendent of police in 1911. He is survived by his widow and five children.
News of the killing of Chief James W. Reynolds in New Orleans reached Mobile with regret. He was well known here and had cooperated with Mobile police on cases affecting both cities during his years with the Crescent City force.
The American schooner John Hays Hammond, 132 tons gross, built at Essex Massachusetts in 1907, was sunk by gunfire from a German submarine. All crew members were saved.
Judge Muse dismissed an injunction suit in Dallas that sought to bar D Garza and others from employing and shipping Black workers to northern points. The case hinged on claims the defendants were denying Black laborers by bond to the Pennsylvania River, impacting workers bonded through Swift and associates.
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