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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
12
Futures in New Orleans and New York show Cotton prices fluctuating as weather forecasts predict moderate rain across the belt. Early gains temper and later declines emerge with to 5 point net drops. spot sales remain minimal while months trade near yesterday’s close.
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Washington August 22 conferees from the house and senate agree on a parcels post system in this year's postal appropriation bill. The plan is a modification of the Bourne senate bill and the senate amendment raising second class mail rates was eliminated.
An old style ad promotes affordable shoe restoration at Ballweg The Shoe Repair Man located at 465 Dauphin St. It promises to revive old shoes while keeping comfort and notes a focus on ladies shoes.
The New York market opened with a 2 point drop and broad weakness across major groups. Anthracite shares, Hillworths, Bethlehem Steel and other prominent stocks fell, while Amalgamated, Anaconda and Smelting held up. Trading remained narrow and professional with pressure in rails and coal stocks, copper strength in focus, and a steady close after noon volatility. Union Pacific and Reading showed late weakness as the market ended lower before turning steady.
Mobile registered 1.85 inches of rain in the 24 hours ending 4 am, leading the cotton region. Okolona topped 99 degrees, Aberdeen and Mobile were coolest, and hot conditions persisted across the belt with showers in Montgomery Memphis Little Rock and scattered elsewhere except Augusta district.
Money on call remains steady at 2 3 percent with a 2 percent ruling, time loans at 60 3% and 90 days around 4 percent, six months 4 5 percent. Prime mercantile paper sits near 5 percent. sterling exchange steady at 4 84 50 for 60 day bills and 4 87 25 on demand. Bar silver at 62 2. Mexican dollars 48 2. government bonds steady, railroad bonds weak.
Macon Ga August 22 Congress man C L Bartlett was re elected congressman from the sixth district by a plurality of 92 votes in yesterday's Democratic primary according to late returns today.
Gus Geralus attacked Nick Resisis a 16 year old bootblack at 3 North Royal Street after a dispute over 75 cents from a nearby pool game. Geralus weighed about 184 pounds while Resisis tipped the scales near 90. Police arrested Geralus who claimed 33 years old and gave a nearby North Street address.
Washington August 22 The House and Senate conferees removed a rider from the army appropriation bill affecting General Wood chief of staff after President Taft signaled a veto if such tenure provisions remained. The conference report carried no features upon which the president based his first veto.
Inferior Criminal Court on Thursday schedules cases including Hartis burglary for $250 fine to city, vagrancy by gaming with several defendants fined or jailed ten days, and continuing Virginia Stringer abusive language to August 23. Mary Anderson alias Pevee faces two cases at $2.50 or ten days each.
The District of Columbia reports a dramatic cat purge by the capital police. Officials claim a growing cat problem endangers songbirds and squirrels and disrupts street life, with rate claimed at fifty cats killed daily across Washington.
The House passed the Senate bill to authorize building a dam across the Coosa River in Wetumpka Alabama after a hard fought debate led by Representative Heflin. The bill became a central issue in the discussion on government grants of water power rights.
Two large traction engines arrived in Lafayette for road construction demonstration with a third due soon. The police jury will select the best machine. The good roads committee led by Thomas O. Mouton conducts the campaign for better roads and permanent shell or gravel roadbeds with a preliminary survey by Acting State Highway Engineer Lombard.
Alfred Harris was held to the grand jury on a burglary charge after being found in jail with stolen pants linked to Henry Robinson's pressing club on St. Michael Street near Jackson. He was arraigned in the Inferior criminal court and bound over to the city court under a 250 dollar bond.
Ken dall B. Cressey of Philadelphia, longtime Philadelphia Record advertising manager, has accepted the advertising manager post at the Birmingham News. He and Mrs Cressey have arrived in Birmingham and will begin duties immediately.
Walter H. Inge was arrested on a speeding complaint by Tony Antrople, who faced a charge of driving without a state license from Dr. Harry T. Inge. Recorder Hale dismissed both cases after Inge proved no speeding and Antrople argued the car was his own and lacked a chauffeur license.
Captain Marshall Jackson becomes deputy harbor master amid farewell to John O. Lindstrom while ships John Wilson and Fort Gaines arrive with 10 000 and 13 000 banana bunches for United Fruit. River forecasts predict continued fall on Tombigbee and Alabama rivers as Signe returns from Havana and Tyrm heads to the Windward Islands. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
Krenk Wutnam of Houston Texas, traveling to Europe to study municipal conditions for his city, called on Governor Wilson in Sea Girt New Jersey on August 22.
Police rounded up four youths for railroad car thefts and prowling. Walter Clair, 16, of 4546 Constance, Norman Gouthez, 18, of 1308 Monroe, and Thomas Barker, 15, of 2529 Phillip were accused of grabbing from trains while Charles Cantona, 18, of 2615 Phillip, and another 15 year old were linked to prowling houses.
Leon Adams a well known figure in political and business circles died at Hotel Dieu after a year of illness. He had long served in city departments including City Electrician Olroyd's office and is survived by his wife Louise D Aquin three children and several siblings.
Advertisement seeks a competent stenographer with office experience. Apply to Box F, care Iter.
Joseph Kramer, 16, helper for architect C C Hartwell, fell forty five feet from a ladder at the Immaculate Conception Asylum grounds on North Rampart Street. He sustained only a broken right arm.
J J White Lumber's J W Johnson E J Martin and William B McKenna left for Liberty Miss to attend a revival service. On return the car ran dry of gasoline and they walked pushing the vehicle until fatigue forced one to ride, arriving at South McComb at 4 am.
Rev Father Adam Hiebel of Ala is in the city visiting friends. Rev Father A Phillips formerly of Wheeling now resides at Venetia and presides at St Peter's Catholic Church on Fulton road. Morris Gardner and family are in st woden Ala for the heated term. Zeke Sass a noted commercial traveler is in the city after several weeks away. J L Meyers and wife of West Point Miss are visiting relatives and friends. H B Klein and wife of y are among today’s visitors.
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