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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
1
Federal officers under F C Pendleton act with Mobile authorities to stop liquor shipments. The crackdown follows the seizure of the schooner Estelle in New Orleans and the arrest of four men, including Peter Venturini, who faces a preliminary hearing today. The others are bonded for trial in New Orleans.
The Weather Bureau warns of a disturbance over the extreme southwest moving eastward. It will reach the west gulf states by Thursday night and Friday, cover the east gulf states Friday and Saturday, and reach the south Atlantic states Saturday night and Sunday.
Washington reports on wartime manpower detailing training at home for about 1.5 million soldiers. Officials describe subsistence, clothing, and supply programs and note preparations for modern warfare, with projections of U S forces in France in 1918. The secretary outlines the work of wartime bureaus and provides 1917 strength figures for the army national guard and reserves.
Rumors say liquor cargoes arriving for Mobile have halted under strict federal orders. Whiskey fetches unheard of prices due to scarcity and difficulty moving past authorities. The schooner Estelle was seized at New Orleans with captain Millard Nelson his son Walter and brother Elisha under bone dry law charges. cargo valued at $20,000 believed destined for Mobile. Justice officials expect to press Venturini case letters while court absence delays proceedings.
Washington Jan 16 Steps to make effective a nation wide campaign for clearing railroad terminals during next week designated as freight moving week were taken today by Director General McAdoo. Boards of trade shippers organizations and state and local officials were urged to do their utmost to stir up agitation for prompt unloading of cars.
In New Orleans on January 10, Tulane University announces all students must receive military training hereafter by unanimous student body vote. The decision binds the university and reflects its student‑covered status.
An attempted arson at the Augusta Hotel in Stanton Virginia was thwarted when flames were extinguished in an oil straw in a guest chamber. Police seek a man registered at the hotel from Beckley West Virginia in connection with the inquiry. Damage details are incomplete.
A carload of coal consigned to E M Moore, a millionaire, was seized at his Lake Forest residence after complaints that wealthy Lake Forest residents are hoarding fuel while poorer residents lack supplies. The action was carried out by officers following public discontent over the fuel shortage.
The News Item publishes a Saturday four page color comic section with Polly and Her Pals Buster Brown That Son-in-Law of Pa s and Dimples drawn by top artists. It features the New York Evening World's service Wheeler Adams McClure Newspaper syndicates and other providers. The paper touts exclusive access to the Associated Press news gathering and emphasizes popular child friendly titles and strong syndicate content.
The Firemen's Union was organized at a meeting in Central Trades Council Hall to campaign for higher wages better working conditions and equipment upgrades. Felix E Wainwright elected president though he said he was not at the meeting. Claude A Johnson Lyman O King J K Fox Eli Merrill Harry Lyndall and Thomas Brown named officers and trustees. The group says it has 90 percent of department members and plans no immediate action. The union will affiliate with the American Federation of Labor.
Joseph was fined 51 dollars and costs after a robbery charge for carrying concealed weapons. Gus Anderson served as the complainant in the case, with twenty days hard labor noted.
The Mobile post office took in 23 320.22 for December, up about 3000 from a year earlier. Christmas receipts reached 5 513.80, an increase of 2902 over the prior season.
The forecast from Washington by Associates Press indicates rain in the southern part of Alabama with rain or snow in the northern portion tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight.
Intercepted communications and evidence from about 30 arrested aliens show a coordinated effort to reorganize German sabotage and anti war propaganda in the United States. Officials say the network operated without a central headquarters and involved Germans and Scandinavians aimed at coordinated actions across eastern ports and industrial centers.
Officials say hundreds of self appointed spies are at work in the United States but there is no fear of a revived spy network. Fires and explosions attributed to lone cranks with pro German sympathies are noted without revealing details of recent discoveries.
Mark L. Requa of Oakland California, assistant to Food Administrator Hoover, will be placed in charge of the oil industry as government control is to be taken over soon.
Four children died when a fire destroyed the east wing of the Catholic General Hospital in Water Street Ottawa Ontario. Damage estimated at 12000. One woman died from shock after being carried out.
The will of Mrs Mirte Whitin is filed for probate naming Hampton Institute and other institutions as beneficiaries. The document directs bequests totaling 25000 dollars to colleges and related funds.
Labor adjuster A J Cummins arrived in Mobile to mediate wage disputes between shipyard workers including carpenters, caulkers, and laborers seeking increases from January 15. He will arbitrate with shipyard operators and unions, with possible travel to New Orleans as officials consider a uniform wage scale amid rising food costs.
Daily meetings of the Mobile county committee of the State Council of Defense are held to perfect plans for the canvas opening January 15 for funds to provide comforts to Alabama soldiers in camps and on the front. Chairman Joseph Expalla Jr selected captains for Mobile city and county.
Steve Cross a 17 year old resident of Oakdale had his right arm crushed off and his left arm broken in three places in an accident at the Mobile Store and Pully Works. He was caught in a machine at the plant on Michigan avenue and Virginia streets. He was treated by the city ambulance and taken to the Inge Bondurant Sanitarium with a hope of recovery if no complications arise.
The river boat Seminole went out last night on a regular trip up the Warrior river to load coal at mines near Lock 17. She carried four barges with a capacity of 2,000 tons. The trip to the coal field takes about ten days and returned Saturday with a similar load for the Mobile Coal Company.
Five new deacons were elected at the annual church meeting. Names given include Luke Phillips fee of the pastor Rev. John W. 1 L. D. Dix, James RK, J. O. Acree and Mel, with details incomplete.
Samuel Sel Brooke is reported dead in Roanoke Virginia with Associated Press noting the death on January 10. The notice identifies Brooke as a notable local figure and records the basic fact of his passing.
A Bulgarian Bund report says Russia and Bulgaria signed a separate peace at Brest-Litovsk. Premier Radoviloff read a dispatch in parliament noting Russia ceases hostilities, resumes diplomatic and economic relations, and Bulgaria may appoint a delegate to an international Danube commission. Discussions at Brest focus on neutral-city venue for further talks.
Submarine chaser 8333 built by Henderson Ship Building Co for the federal government has been officially transferred to the navy department. A receipt for the vessel built at the Henderson plant on Pinto Island Mobile was given to Frank Henderson. The chaser has been assigned a Mobile Fort Morgan round trip voyage. The second chaser of four being built at Henderson will be ready for a trial spin in about ten days after engine arrival.
Matt Turk was arrested by Detectives Scheverman and Dawson on grand larceny for allegedly stealing $195 from Joe Penige. In recorder's court, it emerged the two men gamed for the money, both were docketed on gain and fined thirty days. Turk’s larceny charge was dismissed and he, an Austrian, faces federal detention.
Fred Fulton of Rochester Minnesota and Harry Tate of Nowata Oklahoma are announced ready for a 12 round second meeting in Joplin Missouri. The bout follows their first encounter in Little Rock and will decide the outcome.
Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson selects Admiral Lima to replace Admiral William Pletcher as head of the U S convoy squadron. Pletcher was recalled after the sinking of the vessel Antilles. Wilson previously commanded the U S S Pennsylvania.
A wartime order will discontinue certain trains on the L. and N. lines, with Sunday service reduced and some routes between Louisville and Asheville canceled. Trains between Birmingham and Montgomery face daily reductions while Mobile to New Orleans operations may be affected. officials say Nos. 9 and 10 will run as scheduled between Mobile and New Orleans.
A Mobile meeting of delegates from many unions, including caulkers, ship carpenters, garment workers, cigarmakers, barbers, printers, and painters, admitted numerous new delegates. An appeal from U. S. Treasury McAdoo urged war savings stamps, and a committee was named to boost wartime saving efforts. The council announced the International Association of Structural Iron Workers and the International Marine Engineers’ Association readmitted to memory by the American Federation of Labor. Officers to be elected at the next gathering.
A powder and dynamite plant at Patterson Oklahoma 18 miles east of McAlester was blown up at 12:30 PM today. The Associated Press report says there may have been loss of life but details are unclear.
The spot cotton market closed at high figures, gaining about 12 points. Prices were pushed up by renewed demand as traders noted tightening supplies and ongoing market strength.
The food administration plans to release 90,000,000 bushels of wheat despite exports meeting December targets. Allied demand increases pressure to save flour, with a shortage feared in the U S by May if consumption is not reduced ahead of the June new wheat crop.
The United States Steel Corporation reports orders on the books as of November 30 totaling 9,381,718 tons and 484,462 shipments. The Associated Press notes the figures in today’s release from New York.
Mississippi officers detain a labor agent charged with acting as an unlicensed employment agent. Authorities report the arrest followed an investigation into licensing compliance and suspected illicit recruitment practices.
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