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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
7
The census-bureau report on November cotton consumption sparks heavy buying in New Orleans with 26 to 31 point gains early trading. By midday the market sat 16 to 19 points higher, spot cotton quiet, Middling at 18.00, December futures at about 17.77 to 18.16, and overall steady to firm.
Bullish overnight spot advices and firm cables lift New York cotton with January at 128.33 and May at 18.89, later retreating on Wall Street selling. Spot quiet at 18.30 with fluctuating intraday ranges as trades adjust to stock market uncertainty. Liverpool futures show weakness with good middling around 11.05 and ongoing speculation.
Fragmented OCR readable text mentions a railway and station context with unclear phrasing about a dime and names. The fragment hints at a railroad song or notice linked to Unier Station but lacks full details to determine a clear event or outcome.
The opening stock market mixed gains in specialties faded as broad selling hit many issues. Rails held by losses while United States Steel and allieds fell, and a feeble late rally formed among some gains in select names.
Chicago notes mixed grain prices with No 3 red at 1.62 and No 3 hard at 1.67 while corn No 2 yellow sits near 91 1 2 cents. St Louis reports hogs at 9.40 to 9.90 per cwt for lights to 9.90 and cattle receipts at 5,000 with markets steady. Sheep data incomplete.
The House of Lords rejected the appeal in the Slingsby legitimacy case, confirming the child born in 1910 San Francisco was the son of Lilian Anderson and had been handed to Mrs Slingsby. The Yorkshire estate valued at about 500000 dollars went to the first male Slingsby heir.
In the inferior criminal court Edward Lindsey Charles Williams and Andrew Heliing were each fined 50 dollars and costs of twenty days hard labor for violating the prohibition law. Similar cases against Robert Thomas and M Webb were continued.
Acting judge Grayson presides as business Thursday schedules Charles Sims for murder with case continued to next term. Tomorrow Friday calls Tobe Sayles for murder in the first degree.
Naval stores news from Savannah on December 14 shows turpentine firm with no sales, receipts 150 casks, shipments 3 casks, stocks 23 346 casks. rosin firm reports no sales, receipts 493 barrels, shipments 5 799 barrels, stocks 91 748 barrels. Price quotes listed from 6.20 to 7.28.
The cotton seed market on the New York exchange closes irregular with spot and futures mixed. Notable bids include 12.10 for spot, Dec 12.20 and 12.35 for Jan, and higher July futures at 12.39. Total sales reach 22,400 units.
The Spanish steamer Arpilao sank early this morning after loading in port then continued to New Orleans to finish loading. It was bound for Spain. The British steamer Boniface, also loading, was ready to sail and expected to depart this day after cargo loading by Elder-Dempster Company.
The Kron Princes san Victoria moved from Pier 5 to Pier 2 on Wednesday afternoon after completing cargo and awaits orders.
The schooner Beatrice has finished loading in port and is expected to sail down the channel today. She carries a lumber cargo bound for Cuban ports and has been at port undergoing cargo handling.
Biloxi Mississippi after Tuesday’s municipal vote the 1917 city council will include Edward Aleman as mayor R M Randolph city police chief M Marshall Michel city clerk John Swanzy street commissioner and several ward aldermen. Beauvoir Soldiers Home dormitories to be named for Civil War generals including a Winnie Davis tribute chosen by Confederate veterans and wives with voting on the names.
Local Harrison Jackson Naval Stores Company members claim the labor agent lured many turpentine workers northward from the south Mississippi industry. The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad area is noted as a destination with numerous disappearances reported. An effort to address the issue is implied.
The Rotary Club plans the third annual Big Brother dinner for city newsboys and messenger boys on Thursday night December 28 in the Cawthon hotel assembly room. Members contributed $1 each to cover expenses. W H Monk Jr is chairman with W H Armbrecht J H Bancroft James H Glennon and C B Hervey as committee members. A menu and vaudeville are planned, with prior dinners receiving enthusiastic local praise.
Berlin reports German submarines between November 28 and December 8 sank off the French Atlantic coast multiple vessels. The losses include steamships carrying coal and cargoes totaling about 17,000 tons bound for France, and a six thousand ton English steamship laden with war material traveling from New York to France.
Dec 14 London report notes Premier David Lloyd George has taken a turn for the worse due to a severe chlild illness contracted earlier in the week. Physicians order him to stay in bed several more days while friends hope he can appear in the House of Commons next Tuesday.
The Bachelors' Club will stage its annual ball in the city on New Year's night drawing attendees from along the gulf coast. Mrs Eva Korndorffer, 66, wife of Edward St. Amant, a New Orleans native and city resident for six years, died late yesterday. Funeral set for Thursday at 3 PM.
Frank Dobson elevator boy survived a seven story plunge at the St. Carlos Hotel in Pensacola. He landed on a steel elevator car and suffered only a cut hand and facial injuries with no broken bones. He turned 28 yesterday. He fell after looking down the shaft from the seventh floor and unlocking a door from the outside. He was treated at Pensacola Hospital and sent home after examination.
In a dense fog, United States submarine H-2 under Lt Cmdr H R Bogusch ran ashore on a shoal in Humboldt Bay. The craft listed at a 45 degree angle as watchers heard the submarine whistle three blasts signaling all safe, despite the heavy rolling.
In Newport News James Browder former Richmond and Petersburg police detective killed Mrs Maggie Boulton after she spurned him and then shot himself. A Reuters report also notes the torpedo sinking of the steamer Bjor near Christiania with crew saved.
United States Customs Service notes a name change for a vessel burden 70 net tons previously Str. HH. C. WHITEMAN to CLIO under Chapter 107 laws of 881 and regulations of 1914. The vessel registration number 209384 remains. change authorized by Commissioner of Navigation. Percy W. Maer, Collector of Customs. Dec. 11-12-18-14.
A jumble of classified lines lists job inquiries for a barber college in New Orleans and several immediate openings including a handyman cook and a house-currant. Lost items include a sable and white dog, rubber boot, red and cow dog, and several tickets with contact details. Also appears a sale notice for clothing, mattresses, and furniture, with contractor ads and business college scholarships.
Advertisement seeking students for an 80 day short hand course with guaranteed results for five dollars if enrolled January 1. Mobile enrollment and monthly payments offered. Also features French German typewriting spelling and free scripts. Boarding available at Riley Academy of Shorthand 168 St Anthony Street.
For sale two to three million feet saw log timber virgin short leaf within distance of railroad and river. Apply P O Box 785 Mobile Alabama or Bell phone 449 1. depls for sale Overland roads self starter good running order single lights Bush magneto 200 dollars cash 324 or 95 Bell phone. decl4 3t
Funeral notice for Arthur Wallace died Wednesday December 18 1916 at 5 60 in his year. Friends of the family requested to attend his funeral Friday morning at Apalooks Interment in Magnolia cemetery.
Southbound trains depart at 2:42 am from Cincinnati and 6:40 am from Pensacola. The Louisville and Western routes show connections to New Orleans, Montgomery, and Birmingham. Timetables include limited and daily services with arrival times listed for key hubs and junctions.
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