New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady After Liverpool Decline
New Orleans cotton markets opened steady with a 1 to 2 point gain, then slipped as short selling mounted amid favorable weather and war rumors from Liverpool. By noon prices showed mixed movement with old crop futures modestly higher and new crop under pressure, closing the session with declines of 2 to 6 points. Spot cotton remained quiet with middling at 123 16 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Liverpool
Cesees SF
Cnt
Vada Hoo Darby
Cecadescesecs
GUY Ceived Cossaces
Aubube
Thew CC Awnes
Eaves Aaele
New York Cotton Futures Open Mixed On Nervous Trading
Cotton futures opened steady to higher after a nervous morning as Liverpool cables and May notices suggested shipments to Liverpool. Prices fluctuated with old crop offerings light and new crop slipping, later trading unevenly before midday with 11.28 to 11.45 seen on several contracts and overall near steady at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
Pate Coves
Auruse
Police bar licenses for two egg peddlers over false freshness claims
Chief Crenshaw ordered no licenses issued to Charles Whitner and a partner named Johnson and Reed after numerous complaints about the egg sellers. They advertised their product as strictly fresh yard eggs despite quality concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W.W. Crenshaw
Charles Whitner
Johnson and Reed
Wall Street Ends Weak Amid International Market Pressures
New York April 29 The market closed weak after wholesale liquidation spurred by disturbances in foreign markets. Bear operators raided listings and steel and railroad stocks fell to day lows while Amalgamated Copper and Union Pacific touched bottom. Prices of major issues such as United States Steel, General Electric, and Canadian Pacific showed declines as investors weighed European political developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Iisued
Harrimans
Steel
Amalgamated Copper
Union Pacific
Uropean
Smith and Ring
Sugar Ring
Am, Tel and Tel
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago and Northwestern
Chi. Mil. and
St. Paul
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Colorado and Southern
Delaware and Hudson
Denver and Rio Grande
Qile
General Electric
Great Northern
Great Northerfn
Illinois Central
Interborough-Met
Inter Harvester
Louisville and Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Kaw
Texas
Lehigh Valley
National Lead
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
People’s Gas
Pullman
Reading
Rock Island Co
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
United States Steel
Wabash
Western Union
Turpentine and Rosin Market Report from Savannah
Turpentine firm sales are none with receipts at 1 150 casks while Rosin firm shows receipts at 8 840 barrels. Price quotes list grades B through N and WG WW with values from 4 50 to 6 50 per unit.
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Savannah
Rosin
Postponed Games Across Leagues
American League games Washington at Philadelphia and Boston at New York were postponed due to wet grounds. National League postponements include Boston at Philadelphia for the same reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Wilson to Hear Intermountain Senators on Tariff Schedules
President Wilson agreed to three hours Thursday to meet Senator Newlands and other intermountain senators to discuss the effect of tariff schedules including free wool and free sugar on their communities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Newlands
Inter-Mountain
Paul Thomson Triggers Gossip In Montgomery Case
A woman identified as Lucy Anderson of South Carolina, claiming to be the mother of a child identified as Robert Dunbar, spent two hours in Montgomery with Paul Jones Thomson of The New Orleans Item. They traveled to New Orleans after visiting Montgomery, with Thomson offering no statement and planning a publicity stunt. The New Orleans paper is funding the trip and may seek to have Anderson identify the Mississippi boy in the peddler Walters custody as her child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Lucy Anderson
South Carolina
Robert Dunbar
New Orleans
Paul Jones Thomson
Bank cashier disappears with four thousand dollars
In Stanhope New Jersey on April 29 Dr H H Nelson president of Citizens National Bank of Netcong said J Frank Best cashier left with four thousand dollars after saying he was going to lunch. Authorities found no falsification of books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stanhope
N. J
J. Frank Best
Citizens National Bank of
Hatchet Attack Ends in Man's Death in Chicago
Anthony Morasco killed in Chicago after seeking marriage from Anna Forte. Anna's brother Pasquale reportedly used a hatchet. Anna and her mother were arrested. A stray shot from the mother’s revolver injured Frank Alfona, mortally wounded. Suspect sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Anthony Morasco
Anna Forte
Anna
Anthony
Frank Alfona
Pasquale
Alabama Oyster Commission Books Found Correct
Montgomery April 29 The books and accounts of J A Joullian secretary treasurer of the Alabama Oyster Commission for the period Dec 1 1911 to Dec 3 1912 were correct according to a report filed with Governor O Neal by Examiner J T Gorman Receipts during the period were 10171 and disbursements 8562 leaving a balance of 1609.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J. A. Joullian
Cohen
Alabama Oyster Commission
O'Neal
J. T. Gorman
Deed Of Demented Mother Shocks Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on April 29 officers found a six week old baby in Robinson's Inn after Mrs Joseph Semer told her husband she threw the child from a bridge. She was arrested and is believed to be mentally defective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Joseph Semer
Robinson's Inn
Here
Temporary lull in flood rise below St. Louis
Flood water presses toward Lottie as river levels ease briefly below St. Louis. Officials project inundation of the town within 48 hours while government engineers lease boats for relief work in the Atchafalaya district.
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ST. Louis
Lottie
Atchafalaya
Refugees Reach Vicksburg as Sunflower River Flood Relief Underway
Refugees from the Sunflower river country arrive at Vicksburg aboard the Alice B. Miller and are sheltered at Camp Hayes by the army relief corps. Captain W B Baker orders 100000 rations sent upriver to relief stations between Vicksburg and Rolling Fork, with floodwaters expected to recede by May 6. A ration boat from Vicksburg to Rolling Fork was forced ashore near the crevasse and tugged back to safety. North Louisiana levees hold and 750 refugees from Tensas and Concordia parishes are cared for at Camp Erwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
Sunflower River
Alice B. Miller
Camp Hayes
United States Army Corps
Levee Gap
Mayersville
W. B. Baker
Rolling Fork
Baker
Issaquena
Sharkey Counties
Sunflower Basin
C. R. Hull
Louisiana
Camp Erwin
Delta
Army Relief Corps
Bigger and Better Fair Plans Advance at County Meeting
Mobile and Gulf Tropical Exposition stockholders elected sixteen directors for the 1913 fair and set next Thursday as the annual meeting date for officer election and start of preparations. Directors named include A G Quinn Aubrey Boyles M W Glover J Bestor Robertson William Flynn J L Cawthon A D Bloch M J Vickers George Fern Jr N J Stallworth A J Parsons Ed Warley W H Reynolds William C McAfee Herbert Turner and George W Threefoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Quinn
Aubrey Boyles
M. W. Glover
J. Bestor Robertson
William Flynn
J. L. Cawthon
A. D. Bloch
M J. Vickers
George Fern, Jr
N. J. Stallworth
A. J.parsons
Ed Warley
W. H. Reynolds
William C. McAfee
Herbert Turner
George W. Threefoot
Panama Canal Tolls Question Delayed to December Session
The senate canal committee voted 13 to 1 to table the Panama canal tolls issue including the Root amendment. Democrats face extra session workload on tariff and currency laws. No tolls action expected for months unless President Wilson intervenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Canal Committee Today
Congress
Root
Panama
Brendegee
Wilson
State Department
Weather Map Shows Cool, Fair Conditions Across Regions
Fair and cool weather prevails from the great plains to the Alleghenies as a cool air wave crests over the upper lake region and drifts slowly eastward. Rain returns to the north and middle Atlantic states due to a low pressure area, while another low pressure zone in the west brings warmth to some locations. Mobile remains fair and cool tonight with Wednesday outlook sunny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains
Allegheny Mountains
Upper Lake Region
North
Middle Atlantic States
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Church Home Lawn Party Promises Attractive Features
Interest grows for the Episcopal Church Home lawn party on Warren Street. A full rigged ship exhibit will display useful and pretty articles and a Queen of the May pageant will end with a May Pole dance. The event funds the Orphanage and aims to attract many attendees.
Vessels Sail and Arrive as Waterfront Trade Proceeds
The American steamer Comal sails for New York via Tampa and Key West carrying lumber crossties cotton resin and merchandise. The British barkentine St Paul heads to Havana with yellow pine. The Norwegian Ravn arrives from Puerto Cortez with 10882 banana bunches for United Fruit. Several other ships dock or shift for repairs and loading as river steamers prepare for long river voyages and the James A Carney undergoes repairs ahead of the season.
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Wate Front
Comal
Mallory Line
New York
Tampa
Key West
St. Paul
Havana
Cuba
Puerto Cortez
United Fruit Company
Pier 1
Cundall
Sansma
Savannah
J. M. Welsh
Turner-Hartwell Docks
European Lumber Company
Continent
Motley
Markley-Miller
Gulf Dry Dock
Selma
Mary
Blees
John Quill
Demopolis
Apollo
Pleasure Bay
Mobile
James A. Carney
Hazards Reported From Steam Ship Wreckage and Log Sightings
Hydrographic reports dated April 21 note a broken mast protruding about six feet from water near a submerged wreckage aboard the Manchester Spinner. April 14 sighted a large log, roughly 50 feet long and two feet square, encrusted with marine growth near F A Tampin. Notices announce sale availability for H O Nos 731 and 1743 chart sheets.
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Manchester
British Steamship
Mitchell
F. A. Tampin
H. O
Dr Summers Charged in Wife Death at Selma
A coroner's jury ruled that Mrs. J D Summers died from violence by her husband Dr J D Summers an East Selma druggist. Evidence said her spine was broken as the cause of death while friends claim the couple were intoxicated and she fell from the second floor in their apartments above the drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Selma
Ala
J. D. Summers
Great Britain Presses Guatemala for Debt Payment
London reports the British government has not issued an ultimatum to Guatemala. A renewed presentation of Britain’s urgent demand for Guatemala’s long‑standing indebtedness was made, with no date for Guatemala’s reply and no threats of reprisals. The Foreign Office says action date has not arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Guatemala
Foreign Office
Great Britain
British Ambassador to Meet Wilson Soon
Washington April 29 Sir Cecil Spring-Rice the newly appointed British ambassador is expected to notify Acting Secretary Moore of his arrival in a day or two and will be formally introduced to President Wilson next week. Alfred Mitchell Innes may be transferred from Washington as part of staff changes. Panama canal tolls will be a top early issue for the new envoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Cecil Spring-Rice
Moore
State Department
Wilson
Alfred Mitchell Innes
Panama Canal
Trade leaders meet in New Orleans with United Fruit chief
Nine Mobile business men and leaders from the Mobile Chamber of Commerce met with C. H. Ellis manager of United Fruit Company in New Orleans to discuss Mobile Latin American trade and a new Colon service. The Mobile Trade Commission's May tour plans were to be reviewed for Ellis approval. Participants included E. O. Fowlkes and G. R. Vaughn and others from local firms.
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Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
New Orleans
C. H. Ellis
United Fruit Company
Latin America
Colon
Mobile Trade Commission
Central American
Tropics
E. O. Fowlkes
Dunlap Mercantile Company
G. R. Vaughn
Barney-Cavanagh Hardware Company
L. J. Davis
The
Mobile Gas Company
Darry Majerski
St. John & Co
C. A. Naylor
American Tie and Timber Company
A. J. Parsons
Th Mobile Stove and Pulley Works
C. A. Cunningham
Cunningham Hardware Company
H. A. Forcheimer
M. Forcheimer & Co
W. T. Kelly
Kelly-Brady Hardware Company
Deaths and Funerals Bransom Jackson
John W. Bransom aged 50 native of Choctaw County Ala died after lingering illness at Prichard. Survived by wife two sons Louis Bransom Floyd Bransom three daughters Mrs L N Richardson Mrs M Pearson Mrs Theodosia Moulyet and other relatives. Funeral Tuesday at 2 30 Interment Magnolia Cemetery. Lizzie A Jackson interred Zion Baptist Church Cemetery at Mertz Station Monday at 3. Service at home 200 South Dearborn Street at 2 officiated by Rev W P Wilks assisted by Rev Gilbert. Pallbearers Lee Moore Walker Smith Dominick Gimson William Rowell Matthew Rowell J L Rowell.
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John W. Bransom
Choctaw County
Ala
Prichard
Louis Bransom
Floyd Bransom
L. N. Richardson
Lizzie A. Jackson
Zion Baptist Church
Mertz’s Station
South Dearborn Street
W. P. Wilks
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Iulbert
Lee Moore
Walker Smith
Dominick Gimson
William Rowell
Matthew Rowell
J. L. Rowell
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York
E Wens
Fernewnnee
U. S
Wall Street
Paul Thomson
Orleans
Dunbar
Sister
Mother
Pedestrian
Oyster Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Mobile, Ala
Nan
S.m
Conrad Teotherins
BIG
DR. Summers
Otel Gregorian
New York City
Fifth Ave
Broadway
D. P. Ritchey
United Fruit CO
Carter
North Royal ST
United Fruit
Superior Passe Steamers
Bocas del Toro
Limon
Bocas
Belize
Barrios
Cortez
Ceiba
Tela
Central
South America
Linon
Costa Rica
Honduras
Nettles
J. J. Kelleher
North Joachim Street
Quality Printing House
Co. L. Powers
Ira T. Powers
Powers Printing Co
F. Walter & CO
Peters
Re-Peter
Panter
Kreptor
A. F. Rockwell Optometrist
ST. Upstairs
Cedar ST
B. Luscher & Son
Dauphin St
BALL
DeBriere
Debriere’s Cafe
South Royal ST
Imost
Moile
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