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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1918
Page
1
A clash in Odessa pits Ukrainian forces against Bolsheviki with the Ukrainian held theater and machine guns in streets while a battleship fires on the city. Reports say the Bolsheviks may have failed to seize the arsenal as a wounded commander dies.
Six sailors were killed and three injured aboard the U S Michigan when a heavy gale caused a cage mast to fall. The dead include Gc Belyeu and F J Prinz among others. all victims and the injured were seamen.
Reports from Kiel and Pola describe mutinies among submarine crews and clashes with officers. A Geneva dispatch cites casualties and widespread unrest within the German navy, with mutinous actions spreading through various bases and ships.
Congress reacts as the fuel administration proposes a five day shutdown of industrial activity east of the Mississippi and declaring Mondays fuel conservation days. Republicans and Democrats push resolutions to block it before midnight while Garfield faces Senate inquiries into the order and the White House receives widespread protests. Senator Gal linger sponsors a move to suspend the action pending investigation.
Mobile business men were startled by a New U. S. fuel order calling five day five day heatless periods beginning January 21 through March 25. The measure shuts most industries except shipbuilding and requires Monday operations on a Sunday schedule for trolleys and theaters.
Delegates to the United Mine Workers of America session in Indianapolis adjourned at noon to committees after a fuel shortage shuttered theaters, moving picture houses, saloons, churches, and other venues. The loss of coal disrupted house business and rail moves, with officials blaming coal shortages as the main cause.
A Havana dispatch reports the American sailing vessel Monitor sunk near Pearl Islands, with all crew saved. The ship, built in 1991, carried a cargo and was attacked by a submarine off a Severie coast.
The News Item emphasizes features for women readers including Beauty Chats by Edna Kent Forbes and a modern page with a weekly letters column. Other items cover fashion hints and women’s doings, drawn from Wheeler Syndicate and McClure News Service sources. The paper also holds exclusive day reports from the Associated Press.
A conference of House leaders and committee chairmen agreed to speed up appropriations by avoiding unnecessary hearings and delays so all business could be concluded by May 15 and Congress adjourn by June 1.
The Argentine transport Pampa and the Old Dominion liner Princess Anne were floated today after two weeks aground near the Atlantic port. Wreckers expect British Norwegian and Italian ships stranded in the outer harbor to be floated tomorrow after ice blockades last week. The Pampa, badly leaking, is towed for docking and repairs. the Princess Anne is only slightly damaged.
The Mobile navy recruiting office will send Malcom Cornelius Crawford to Montgomery tonight for final examination and assignment as an apprentice seaman. Crawford has worked at the Mobile post office.
Sacerter will be observed as a legal holiday in Alabama with Robert E. Lee's birthday noted. Banks, federal offices, and other city businesses will close in observance of the day.
County Treasurer George E. Stone told Mobile County officials that 1917 deficits in the general fund and road and bridge fund total $179,746.48 as expenditures far exceed receipts. He warned 1918 revenues will fall with property valuations down and fines in courts down, urging a county budget and noting reduced hire of convicts and higher road demands. The report was referred to the finance committee for review.
Cac Williams, described as a negro shoe worker in the Battle House basement, was fined 100 dollars plus 100 days and 30 days hard labor for violating the prohibition law. Detective Scheuerman testified he arranged a liquor purchase, Williams claimed innocence, and the court sentenced him accordingly.
Washington reports Camp Pike Arkansas sees a rise in measles and pneumonia filling the camp hospital to full capacity. Several patients are moved to Camp Logan Roots four miles away and more nurses are ordered for nearby stations. Officers say the situation is not entirely satisfactory but no immediate danger is cited. A heating plant breakdown is noted as a risk factor.
Violent snow storms reach Holland after disrupting telegraph and telephone links with northern Germany. Rail and streetcar traffic is heavily disorganized. Three hospital ships bound for England and the Holland-American Line ship Nieuw Amsterdam are held up at Rotterdam.
The report notes Joe Brooks Willie Brooks and Viola involved in an affray in Plateau. They were charged by the inferior criminal court after a tow incident, but the result of the case was not fully stated.
The fuel administration caused a sharp opening drop in cotton with prices down 11½ to 2 cents a pound, about $10 per bale, as January contracts fell to 30 cents and March to 29. A brisk rally later lifted March from 20 to 30.40 cents. Officials said closing the exchange would require a state legal holiday declaration.
An official Brest-Litovsk reply from Berlin states Austria and Germany do not intend to annex lands now under occupation. The note says peoples may vote on borders, with a referendum as a possible basis, while rulers reserve freedom to shape treaties for each region. The aim remains to seek peace, not force territorial changes.
Reports from Mobile church workers indicate a drive at Fort Morgan to raise 1250 dollars for a church and recreation house for the soldiers. Captains will notify teams and ensure complete reports. volunteers are urged to contribute promptly.
A fragmented notice records an Alabama infantry death with Pershing era context. Names, places, and dates are unclear but reference to a service member and a likely wartime memorial or casualty record.
Fragmentary OCR text references futures hours and a person named Alles Coning with partial phrases about cotton and time. No coherent event or entities fully readable to identify a clear news item.
Atlantic Port officials announced that a tube found at the navy yard yesterday mistaken for a bomb was identified today as a giant firecracker.
The New Orleans market for cotton opened with prices dropping five to six dollars, as traders adjusted to a government holiday order. Long holders sold heavily, citing sharply reduced mill demand. early contract prices fell about 99 to 117 points.
Mr Frank Mulholland former president of the International Club was to speak at the Battle House auditorium on the sale of Our Soldiers in the King but is called to Shelby and cannot fill the engagement. He is in the city today and will not attend the club meeting.
Bad weather and high winds cripple coal transport with fewer empty cars and snowburied rails in Pennsylvania mountains. Eastern seaboard conditions improve and coal resumes movement while western railroads hold back staff, delaying repair work across the disrupted network.
A central council urges union members to attend five union meetings to hear speeches on buying Thrift Stamps. Secretary McAdoo asks tradesmen to help the government encourage stamp purchases by their members.
In the House of Commons Ian Bonar Law the chancellor of the exchequer said the government had not considered taxing capital and has no plan to propose such a tax. He added a full statement on the subject would follow at an early date.
Washington datelined report shows November wage gains across thirteen industries with increases from October and November 1916. Cotton manufacturing led with a 13.2 percent rise in total pay to employees.
The colored food conservation committee meets Friday at 6 p.m. at Dr. H Roger Williams's office to hear committee reports. Colored restaurant keepers will also meet at the same time.
James Glass, arrested days earlier on a charge of being a dangerous and suspicious character after a telegram from Police Chief R. M. Collins in Miami, Fla, was dismissed by the recorder as Attorney F. J. Inge argued there was no warrant against the defendant.
The Red Cross will send Simmons to France as part of a touring committee. Simmons, manager of the Southwestern chapter, was named to advance understanding of Red Cross activities in the units and to gain a clearer view of the work there.
Conflicting reports emerge on the decade of conferences with claims of definite changes in quarters. Frontline actions focus on artillery duels near East Piave as Austro-German positions shift. British shipping losses dip while French casualties rise. weekly totals show notable variances in vessel tonnage and submarine activity.
The treasury department estimates the continental U S population on January 1 at 105,006,000, up 1,719,000 from last year. Per capita money circulation is placed at $43.76, an increase of $5.76.
Mr Evans assumes control of Camp Gordon and organizes Y M C A presence with 70 secretaries under him. S A Ackley, executive secretary of the War Work Council, Southeast, arrives from Mobile to supervise the setup and report on the Fort Morgan building.
A. Moog alleged to be involved in a disturbance at the Battle House pool hall. Joe Renee station reports a state cin of snow play pool. Stephen Touart is noted in connection with the arrest and appearance.
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