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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
7
The New Orleans cotton market opened quiet but steady with better cables and bullish interior reports. Early trading lifted prices 11 to 17 points, active months gain 36 to 44 points by 1 30, with spot sales 206 bales to arrive 100. Middling at 17.25 and overall cotton closed steady with advances of 51 to 53 points.
The cotton market opened steady with gains of 7 to 16 points as Liverpool cables suggested improved demand. Active months climbed 10 to 16 points, January reached 16.92 and May 17.51, with trade buying and Wall Street cover pushing prices higher before midday. Spot middling upland held at 17.35 with no sales.
Liverpool December 27 spot firm with good middling at 10.47 and middling 10.37 while low middling stands at 9.21. Sales total 5 000 bales with 800 for speculation and export. Receipts 35 000 bales. Futures irregular with calendar spread quotes across December to August.
Today's New York market closed with irregular action led by special stocks and rails. United States Steel gained then lost ground while Crucible and Lackawanna steel, Utah and Inspiration copper, International Paper and Industrial Alcohol posted early advances before later prices eased.
Chicago report lists cash grain quotes for wheat corn oats and barley with various grades and prices for No 2 red No 3 interim and No 2 hard. Provisions quote lard ribs with cents per unit and hay ranges for timothy and clover.
Carter of the Indianapolis club topped the American Association pitchers with a 15–4–2 (.789) record and 1.65 earned runs per game. Middleton of Louisville was 21–9 (.700), Yingling of Minneapolis 24–13 (.649). Louisville led team fielding at .966. Toledo and Columbus followed. Beall led outfield at .994, La Longe caught .959, with multiple players handling the most chances at each infield and outfield positions.
Recorder Edington dismissed prohib tion law charges against T J Goulding John L Nobles Fred Shaffer I Baerman and T A Harwell. Mrs Mary Nichols was fined 100 or 100 days for operating a pawnshop without a license and 50 for lacking a pawnbroker permit or bond. She appealed and posted 300 bond, denying pawnbroker operation at her South Hamilton Street home. William Foster's charge of selling uninspected meat was continued to January 3.
Caesar Scott George Smith Robert Fields R J Case Jim Dennis Jim Purnell Pat Ramsey and Roy Tallon pleaded guilty Wednesday for violating prohibition law. They were fined 50 dollars and costs. Other prohibition cases were dismissed reset or nolle pressed with dates listed for January hearings.
Law Side Berney, judge rules on a Wednesday session in the suit of Emile Fritz administrator against Mobile Electric Co. The motion to set aside ver appears on the docket as the primary action in this equity matter.
Hogs receipts 8,000, higher. Lights 10.25 to 10.60, pigs 7.75 to 9.50, good heavy 10.60 to 10.75, bulk 10.40 to 10.65. Cattle receipts 3,500 head, steady. Native beef steers 7.59 to 11.50, yearling steers and heifers 8.50 to 11.50, cows and heifers 5.50 to 8.50, stockers 5.30 to 7.75, calves 6.00 to 12.00. Sheep receipts 2,500, steady. ewes 6.00 to 9.50, yearlings 9.00 to 13.50.
In Savannah on December 27 the turpentine firm reports 150 casks sold and 300 casks received while the rosin firm shows no sales and 2 914 barrels received. Price quotes include B through I at 6.10 to 6.45 and WG WW at 7.09 to 7.25.
The cotton seed market in New York on December 27 closed easier with bids and offers around 12.10 to 12.25 for several months. January at 12.20 bid, February 12.12 12.26, March 12.09 12.12, April 12.10 12.12, May 12.19 12.14, June 12.12 12.18, July 12.16 12.17. Total sales 22,000.
Berlin reports a four week lull on the Somme allows Germany to complete a front spanning trench system. The article argues the July 1 to December fighting ended and entente losses were for nothing if renewed. The critic notes the defenses are now perfected along the front.
The docket includes rulings on several cases with trial by jury granted in Marvin Elliott versus Lerio Patent Cup Co and demurrers to the fourth count in Laurendine versus Mobile County overruled. Dismissals occur in Glennon cases against Aetna Insurance Home Searentry and Hamburg Bremen Fire Ins. Co. All remaining motions and demurrers will be heard on Tuesday January 2.
In Chancery Court, Judge Smith reviews motions on Wednesday before noon. The J R Barron case against Fittsburgh Southern Land Company et al is submitted on motion to dismiss and overruled. Malcolm H Oates versus W H Oates et al has testimony ordered published. Thomas L Cook et al versus J W Walsh et al is submitted on motion to dissolve injunction.
The riverfront presents a crowded scene as eight sailing vessels anchor from Church Street foot to Pier 4 awaiting loading or berths. Seven schooners and one small bark anchor in the stream ready to load cargo out of Mobile.
The schooner Waltham, loading cargo at the Bahamas Timber Company wharf, was moved to the stream Tuesday afternoon. The vessel is ready for sea and awaits sailing orders.
Three sailing vessels named Springfield Edna and Joseph P Cooper arrived in port on Tuesday afternoon and night. The Springfield is a four masted ship while Edna and Joseph P Cooper are three masted. All are in the stream awaiting loaeling berths.
The schooners Lizzie E. Dennison and Oscar G. were moved late Tuesday afternoon into loading berths with the Dennison going to Turner- Hartwelle and the Oscar G. to the game dock.
The report notes barbed wire protection for trenches and troops occupying deep dugouts with protected communicating trenches. It says new defensive lines are stronger than July 1, with first line trenches built under artillery fire and backed by over a dozen additional defensive lines built without interference and with care.
The article notes mounting fatigue in the offensive with an air setup by the Entente, while German squadrons press raids toward the west.
Washington reports a plan to train up to 10 000 civilians next year under navy department programs. Camps would open in San Francisco Chicago Norfolk Newport and possibly Pensacola with a July 2 to August 4 course and September mobilization of private motor boat squads. The program mirrors last year’s John Paul Jones cruise and pools civilian reserves for a summer naval game.
Classified notices seek a capable nurse for immediate employment on Government Street Loop and a boy with a wheel at 158 Bt. Michael Bt. Dec 26 71. Readers are advised to respond to the listed addresses.
Advertises a short hand course promising full learning in 30 days for $5 if enrolled before January 1. Claims many students in Mobile writing 80 words per minute after today’s instruction. Also offers book keeping, art, languages at $5 per month, and board for pupils at 158 St. Anthony St. with spelling and penmanship tutoring.
An OCR fragment lists train times and routing notes for Senn and Northern Railway Calvert York Heform and other lines. It mentions departures around 9:15 am 4:00 pm daily and services to New Orleans Mobile Pensacola and Montgomery with various express and local connections and numbered trains and times.
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