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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1915
Page
3
The report notes improving conditions in yellow pine mills amid steady demand for lumber and rising activity in railcar repair and car shipments. It highlights strong interior demand for poplar, ash and gum and steady prices with higher items, while exterior and interior dealers report better business than last month.
The Norwegian steamship Alm arrived in quarantine on Sunday with a sisal cargo from Progreso to the Caribbean & Southern Steamship Company and will be released on Wednesday. Fort Gaines bananas from Porto Barrios are slated for United Fruit, while Corinto from Porto Cortez is expected later this week. The American bark Paolina, registered in Mobile, cleared Pensacola for Montevideo with 927 227 feet of lumber after recent registry change. Obstructions and wreckage reports follow from various ships in Atlantic waters with several sightings of sparms, masts, and icebergs in recent days.
Weather rains weighed on Monday trading as short cotton eased 8 points early. Spot cotton remained quiet with middling around 8.69 in New Orleans while New York futures closed steady after a weather report and government data lifted some contracts.
Turpentine firm reports 28 3-4 receipts 55 casks while Rosing firm lists 414 barrels. Prices quoted across grades B through M and WG WW show varied ranges from 2.90 to 5.90 dollars per unit with several midpoints.
New York records four heat related deaths as 82 degree temperatures and high humidity grip the city. Prostrations are reported, with the weather bureau noting an 82 degree temperature in the early afternoon.
A northeast storm moves along the coast from Savannah to Fort Monroe with warnings for Jacksonville and strong northeast winds likely to reach gale force. Reports show Jacksonville winds at 44 mph early morning and heavy rain in Tampa. high temperatures noted across the region as barometric readings shift. Albert Ashenberger reports from the weather advisory amid storm conditions.
ALLENTOWN Pa Aug 2 The International Motor Car Company announced it would pay its employees a war bonus totaling 20 percent of their wages. The firm says metal trades demand created an unprecedented condition due to munition manufacture. The company employs 1 000 men.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports a German submarine on a Kiel Fehmarn voyage wrecked days ago with twelve crew drowned. Coastal fishing vessels returning from Lübeck confirmed the loss. Other items note race cancellations in Kalamazoo due to rain and a mixed Wall Street session with notable stock movements and near steady trading.
A Atchison woman woke with a nighttime burglary. her spouse drew his weapon and ordered the intruder to back off. The dash for safety followed as the couple defended their home and belongings.
In New York the deadlock between 60,000 garment workers and manufacturers nears a final ballot on delegating to labor leaders the power to call a general strike tomorrow if needed. About 20,000 were voting today, 40,000 had voted earlier. Most workers are women and girls. Negotiations have dragged on over three weeks under Mayor Mitchel's conciliation council. A week earlier a settlement seemed close, but a disputed statement by labor leaders sparked a new crisis. Counts were to be completed late tonight with results likely known tomorrow.
Dr L M Walker of Burnsville visited Pineapple Monday afternoon. Mrs Bennett Bell of Selma and her daughter were guests of her mother Fannie Crawford. Several local young ladies hosted dinners and gatherings for Miss Lillian Roberson of Birmingham with numerous attendees.
The British steamer Fulgens of 2,601 tons gross has been sunk off London. The crew have been landed. Built at Newcastle in 1912, owned by the Gas Light Coke Company, the 305 foot vessel measured 42 feet in beam and 19 feet deep.
A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam reports several forty two centimeter guns passed through Berlin last week en route to the eastern front for use in bombardment of Russian forts.
Aug 2 reports say Emperor William will propose a large Polish state including Russian Polish provinces Galician Austrian lands and parts of Prussia with Danzig as a free port. Other dispatches note obscured eastern front movements and continued heavy fighting near Lublin Ivangorod and Chelm with Austrian losses reported.
The steamship Dictator has moved to the docks for overhaul and repairs with significant spending in port. L Hammel Dry Goods Co won the contract to outfit the cabins including linoleums and draperies for the vessel, creating local employment opportunities.
Madison August 2 governors from forty eight states plan to discuss civil defense and national guard expansion at the annual Governors Conference in Boston August 24 to 36. Topics include budget efficiency state duties and prisoner responsibilities with emphasis on uniform defense readiness and training programs.
Plans to build six cruisers authorized by the last Congress have been approved in Washington. The vessels will displace 1 126 tons, measure 310 feet overall, and carry four torpedo tubes and a main battery of 4 inch guns. Bids will be opened October 6.
Norfolk Va Aug Harahan president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway denied Savannas report that earnings would fall this year. He said there would be no decrease and predicted a slight increase citing efficiency offsetting a general railroad downturn tied to the war.
The sulfur laden steamer Frieda from Texas to Searsport Maine ran aground in dense fog at Seguin near the Kennebec river mouth. About thirty men were aboard and reported safe though chances of afloat rescue were slight as efforts continued.
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