29 Sep 1919
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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1919
Page
1
Robert H. Smith announces resignation to challenge the city government act as unconstitutional. He confirms filing proceedings to test the Craft bill and says the Mobile legislature delegation and capitol attorneys view the measure as sound and defensible in court.
A committee gathered in Mobile to invite suggestions on changes to navigation and steamboat inspection laws. The effort aims to revise ship laws since the Revolutionary era and the Seaman's Act, with many betterments proposed for the American merchant marine.
Ames Ander, foreman, aged 46, Warren County, sues States shipping board and others for $10000 in an out of court claim filed yesterday. He alleges injury aboard the steamer Chetopa at the municipal wharf from a piece of timber, crushing both legs. Dr. Henderson treated him. bond is expected.
The first fall rehearsal of the Girls’ Glee Club will be held here this winter. Mrs Clinge directs the group. The club invites members to attend the rehearsal tomorrow.
Washington weather forecast shows Alabama fair tonight and Tuesday with Mississippi fair tonight and Tuesday. Wallace big in weather outlook for the region.
Ernest Ladd of Mobile, president of Merchants Bank, says he is not the man in Associated Press reports from Paris. An AP dispatch states Ladd, an American banker, shot a young woman during dinner and then killed himself, leaving the woman lightly wounded.
Mobile club president John D. Logan denies W H Rowe of Shreveport holds an option on Mobile’s Southern Association franchise. He says Mobile’s franchise is not for sale and no proposals will be entertained. A Fort Worth dispatch suggested Rowe purchased the Shreveport franchise and planned to move on Mobile, but Logan calls the report erroneous.
Foreign trade reports indicate daily arrivals and new text books. A class is starting Monday at 7 o clock in the Carnegie rooms, with a focus on preparing the school for the term.
A fragmentary report notes Tallapoosa crew to be paid off at this port for the first time, with mention of Warren Jeft and Atlantic coast routing. The readable text suggests sailors on the northern CW.
The report lists officers including C. Joe Springer and Rhett G. Kearny for the Springre Kes ness organization amid an allocation of $1,500.
Avery Gibson faced bond of $1,200 after burglary charges tied to incidents at three Plateau stores. Court records indicate he was held under bond as the case proceeds.
Despite proclaimed test of the 40000 Bethlehem Steel workers, leaders on both sides report contradictory results. Company officials say few strikers joined and mills run normally, while union chiefs claim Bethlehem’s plant is crippled and the powerhouse closed. Other steel centers show mixed operation and dock congestion persists in Cleveland from a walkout of ore and coal handlers.
Report from Pittsburgh district outlets shows no substantial change in the steel workers strike as it enters its second week. Knee-deep confusion surrounds worker counts at key plants including Jones & Laughlin in Pittsburgh and Bethlehem, with conflicting claims from union sources and management on March activity and staffing.
Fragmentary AP copy from Bethlehem Pennsylvania describes internal unrest at a plant, with references to different departments and a chaotic scene. The text is incomplete, but indicates ongoing disturbances and signals continuation on page three.
Incomplete OCR text references a gaming draw and related terms like fasterling and raided wag coi latin. however the fragmented lines provide no clear entities, dates, locations, or outcomes to establish a concrete news item. The readable content points to a draws or gaming context without verifiable specifics.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a court case with unclear defendant and plea references. No identifiable names, dates, or locations are readable to establish a coherent summary.
President Wilson spent a restless night but woke feeling refreshed this morning, according to Rear Admiral Grayson. He will remain in seclusion at the White House as the October 6 industrial conference looms, with attendance subject to his recovery progress.
Three U S Shipping Board steamers the Chetopa Mojave and Morane loaded for Great Britain were ordered to cancel sailings due to the London railway strike. Vessels in port will be allocated to other trades while Britain’s coal bunker shortage raises supply concerns.
Four sailors were badly burned aboard the destroyer Greene in Key West Florida after an incident at sea. The crew reported the blaze at 1 o clock yesterday and expect the damaged ship to be towed into port by noon.
The nationwide accord with the Shop Crafts union is finalized for 600000 workers. President Wilson’s reply to a wage demand is expected by October 26 and holds through the end of government controls. The settlement ends disputes between unions including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Railway Employes.
A. W. Brisco of Montgomery named to a visiting role by Governor as Captain L. Dean resigns from the office. The move follows an official succession and reflects state leadership changes.
Police report a robbery at a Standard Oil location in Toledo around midnight. The suspects bound and gagged a man during the incident, with the thieves escaping after taking $65.
A report from Coblenz indicates a rumor of an independent republic established in Alsace. Paris dispatches note nothing confirmed by officials, with no public announcement heard in Alsace or Coblenz as of Sunday.
In Buffalo New York on September 29 soft coal operators and miners converged for a joint conference to consider a 60 percent wage rise and shorter hours. The leaders also addressed the memorial resolutions for John Mitchell former miners president and John P Reece operator, noted figures at prior conferences.
Thousands of Greek refugees in Thrace sign an appeal to President Wilson urging support for their claim to unite Thrace with Greece. The message will be circulated for two days in sixteen districts of the region.
A Serbian frontier has been ordered closed for a period of fifteen days, according to a Tempo dispatch from Trieste carried via London. The report dates to September 29.
Bowler warehouse and 12 Raise of cotton burned last night in SuperTox Georgia. Loss estimated at 200000 dollars insured. Fire reported by Associated Press. Names not fully legible in copy.
More than 44 000 gallons of gasoline and 13 000 gallons of rape teating it was consumed by army airplanes for the transcontinental endurance test flight on October 9 from New York to San Francisco. Officers and enlisted men are assigned to each section with stop watches and log books to record motor adjustments. Weather limits stay time at stations to under 48 hours. French German and American planes will be observed with Liberty motors in many aircraft.
Railway workers in Britain remain on the verge of a broad strike with skeleton schedules in effect and negotiations ongoing. Union leaders warn of wider disruption if talks fail while Scotland reports heavy idle time and ministers urge rationing of fuel and food.
London reports 100000 miners idle as South Wales coalfields halt work amid a railroad strike. Swansea commerce stalls and rail service to the continent ceases, while Paris notes a new aerial mail link Paris to London starts today, joining thrice weekly airline mail.
President Wilson was advised by the United States sugar control board that continuation of government sugar control for next year is too late to consider. The board will end December 31. About 1,000,000 tons of the Cuban sugar crop has been sold mainly to foreign buyers at about 6.125 cents a pound, with last year’s purchase of over 3 million tons at 5.125 cents. American refiners face foreign demand and domestic retirements as the market remains unsettled.
Paris reports the Italian chamber of deputies debated Fiume’s status as martial law spreads in Rome. Troops concentrate in the city and major streets, while officials vote confidence in Premier Giolitti with ten abstentions as unrest grows after the session adjourns.
A parliamentary session features socialist deputies criticizing government war policy and a raid on Fiume. They warn of clashes with Jugoslavs and call for restraint while contrasting militarism with Bolshevism, with Count Soderinis urging caution over new ventures.
Ohio National Guard mobilized at state armories as Governor Dix ordered readiness amid reports of a planned march by Steubenville and Mingo steel workers toward Weirton West Virginia to halt steel production. Steubenville rumors said not materialize.
Associated Press report from Duluth Minnesota notes tugmen respond to a sympathy strike with a city harbor mostly idle. The move halts harbor operations as crews abstain in solidarity, affecting lake traffic and port activity.
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