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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1918
Page
1
Between 500 and 1,500 gas shells strike American positions daily on the Chemin des Dames front but there are no serious gas casualties. Soldiers are trained to wear gas masks and report working and fighting like divers. A brigadier general and a major were gassed slightly near their car, with headaches and nausea but no lasting effects.
Fragmentary text appears to be an intro note by George Randolph Chester and Lillian Chester about France Today for Daily-ews and Newspaper Enterprise Association. It mentions the thirteenth article and that the story is produced for Mobile newspaper.
The Internal Revenue Bureau issued an informal ruling that poker winnings are taxable income while poker losses cannot be deducted. The guidance followed a letter inquiry asking if losses could reduce net income for tax purposes, noting a taxpayer’s large past losses and contrasting with potential profits.
AP dispatch from Washington states Russians begun destroying bridges on the Trans Siberian road between Lake Baikal and the Chinese frontier after new peace terms with Germany. John F. Stevens, head of the American way mission, told the state department officials that the Russians aim to hinder Japanese troop advances to Vladivostok.
The March term grand jury of Mobile County Circuit Court was selected with members including Clancy J. Baker bookkeeper Thomas B Willisson bookkeeper Henry W Shields bookkeeper T F O Rourke retired Louis F Grube salesman George E Barnes bookkeeper Mark Lyons McGowin Lyons Co R J Brannan Wilmer John A Lamey agent K N Geron railroad man John E Kane inspector Clifton A Berney clerk William M Rota collector Charles Lartigue farmer G W Unruh real estate T B Etheridge contractor Hunter O Rourke bookkeeper and Rina H Tanner farmer.
Judge Norville R. Leigh urged the March grand jury to align with national policy and enforce prohibition, noting liquor laws are state law and must be respected. He called attention to offenses the court must address, as the two week session began.
Norway faced heavy losses from German submarine actions in February. Twelve vessels totaling 16 238 gross tons were sunk, with about 3 000 000 dollars in value. Nineteen seamen were killed, twenty are missing.
In Erwin, Tennessee, a late night blaze killed three children of Dillard Love aged 8 to 11. Passerby Rose Wohlford and Thomas Caldwell two brave responders dragged out the unconscious mother and two children before firefighters arrived. The burned bodies were recovered after heroic efforts amid flames and smoke.
Brigadier General David Sentees, until recently the quartermaster general in the national army, has been detailed as military attache to the American legation in Lisbon Portugal.
An explosion of a boiler in Providence killed three people and injured four others today. Responders rushed to the scene as investigators began assessing the cause and securing the area.
A Russian official dispatch signed by Lenin and Trotsky states the Bolshevik delegation will travel to Petrograd to publish the peace text. Ratification of the treaty is set for Thursday, contingent on the All Russian Congress of Soviets. Delegates will assemble in Moscow.
An official Austrian war office statement from Podolia in southwestern Russia says operations are progressing successfully. It reports capture of more than 770 Russian guns and over 1,100 machine guns along with large stocks of war material. the Italian front is reported quiet.
An official German general staff statement says Russian operations halted yesterday. On the western front Belgian troops were captured in the Yser area and 27 prisoners were taken in minor raids against sectors guarded by Duke Albrecht.
London reports an official war office statement showing 1 482 German bombs dropped in areas held by British troops in France during January. British air forces answered with 49 653 bombs in enemy territory while Germans dropped 221 bombs in other areas.
The Exemption Board No 2 of Class 1 men will hold examinations starting this evening at 6 30 in the circuit court room. Chairman Elliott G Rickardy announced the schedule. Examinations will occur on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.
An American brigadier general said he requested American divisional citations for every member of the raiding party of twenty six Americans who aided the French in the February 23 raid. Two German officers and twenty one men were captured. Two officers and twenty men already decorated by the French with the war cross. The German officers lured ten Americans and a few French prisoners. The French report two enemy columns thrown back with heavy losses.
In Rome on March 4, the Italian war loan surpassed five billion lire. Senator Ruffini urged attracting American capital to Italy while Finance Ministry official Nitti said the United States is lending freely at 8 percent and may raise to 5. He noted the U.S. approach treats Italy as she treats herself, with mutual interests expected from debt to America.
Associated Press report from Washington notes paper manufacturers were summoned by the medical trade commission to provide data on investment and production costs used to set the news print price starting April 1. Seay cited as a continuation of prior hearings, with manufacturers seeking more time for figures.
Deputy sheriffs Masterling and Donahue raided a roadhouse on the Aneedale Road, arresting two white women at 1 o clock for vagrancy. Officers reported no intoxicating liquors found after checking all nearby roadhouses.
The administration bill to form a 4.5 billion dollar War Finance Corporation faced opposition and debate but was continued in the Senate with indications of final enactment without major changes.
The Aland Islands were occupied at noon Saturday by German forces as part of a preliminary move toward occupying Finland. Sweden protested Germany’s plans to occupy Finland and against placing Aland in the war zone, while Germany said the Finland move was temporary to restore order and not a permanent possession. The dispatches note Aland would serve as a base to support the Finnish occupation.
American troops in the Chemin des Dames sector live in underground billets deep under ground in cave quarters named The Pantheon. The 72 foot deep caverns house about a thousand men with air pumped fresh supply lines and partial electric lighting. Visitors note the harmony between French and American troops and the preference of soldiers for trench duty over training camps.
The Supreme Court ruled in effect for Arkansas in a dispute over the Mississippi River boundary with Tennessee. The line, at low water, follows the river bed defined by the 1873 British treaty. A commission will set the final boundary, after the Devil's Elbow change in 1876 shifted land from Arkansas to Tennessee.
The Associated Press reports a campaign by the aviation committee of a national special society in New York City has raised about $40,000 since September through jewelry donations. Trinkets will be sold at an Easter sale after being sent to the U S assay office for disposition.
Spot middling cotton rose twelve points on the Mobile exchange to close at 32.25. The market tone was steady with business activity limited to around 50 bales traded.
In a dim hospital room Bresnac lies in a white cot as shellfire rattles outside. Mourning detachment members including Coulon, Jamet, and Maupeta struggle with fatigue and danger. The scene shifts with a machine gun volley before Coulon collapses, the page continuing on Page Two.
The plan to bring the British tank Britannia through Mobile has been abandoned per information from the British and Canadian recruiting office in New York. The itinerary had aroused interest as Mobile awaited the arrival of the war instrument.
Mr. G Cobb traffic manager of the Nena B Pember of Commerce left yesterday for Montgomery to attend the opening of the hearing on the rate petition before the Alabama Public Service Commission. The petition filed months ago by Alabama railroads seeks a general revision of rates. the Alabama Shippers Association opposes the proposed increase and backs the fight for shippers statewide.
J A Holifield of 136 4300 Church street reports to police a crash yesterday at 5 pm on Pre-game Street Road three miles from the city. He says he swerved into a swamp to avoid hitting an unidentified person driving a Reo with four or five girls aboard, narrowly escaping harm to Mrs Holifield.
Senator Pletcher of Florida chairing the commerce committee has set March 12 as the date for hearing statements from representatives of the Southern Pine Association on timber for the wooden program. The Associated Press reports the inquiry into the shipping situation continues.
Conferees on the administration railroad bill agree on compensation for railroads based on three year net income ending June 30. The House accepts an amendment barring recovery for recent improvement spending, cutting annual compensation by about 6.5 million dollars. Final Senate approval pending. two disputes remain rate making and government control period.
Judge Killets of Toledo says contempt proceedings sought by the Department of Justice are unwarranted. He suspended a sentence in a criminal case with the department’s acquiescence, claiming good faith misread the court’s mandate and that the action was taken under a misconception.
A week long war bond drive began in London to raise 100 million pounds. The two largest subscriptions were 1,600,600 pounds each. Newspapers banner the effort with headlines like Help to Pound the Germans and King George urged public support for victory.
Two real estate transactions were logged in Mobile. Gustave B Thames and wife sold a three story brick building at the northwest corner of Francis and Joachim streets to Mrs Marion Hunter for 24. The second transfer involves Mrs Henrietta Spencer’s Government Street residence, sold to Mr Edward Metzger for 13 500.
Murphy of the Maly Y public schools returned yesterday from Atlantic City New Jersey where he attended the National Educational Association annual convention. Alabama delegates included State Superintendent Spright Dowell N R Baker Jefferson county and W R Harrison Montgomery county.
Mobile officials report the income tax week as a success with several hundred residents filing returns through federal agents in charge. The effort appears to run smoothly at the office location amid steady activity.
Fragmentary note cites Mr Stevens claiming distr from Yokohama and Japanese intelligence on destroyed bridges near Chita east of Baikal. Text references plans to prevent war supplies reaching Germany and mentions mining and ambass other coats, with garbled details and names.
Descriptions from Petrograd report British and French legations and allied missions facing ongoing obstacles last Thursday. Belgian Serbian Greek legations similarly affected as delays and impediments hinder contacts with local authorities.
Washington report notes 10,000 channel chauffeurs and workmen sought by UNC for the signal corps. Induction may follow for registrants, with non registrants urged to visit recruiting offices. Positions include machinists electricians blacksmiths tinsmiths carpenters and more across multiple technical fields.
The War Risk Insurance Bureau announced that February and March pay and government allowances for soldiers and sailors dependents are being mailed. Delays arose from irregular applications and scattered addresses requiring processing by several clerks, with about two weeks left to complete distribution.
Ambiguous report notes the death of Prince Mirko, second son of King Nicholas I, during a siege in Montenegro. The text references attempts at separate peace talks and a plan for a royal state, with his wife and three sons mentioned amid royal flight from invaders.
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