Special Counsel for Peonage Case Returns to Hear Dockets
Judge Harry T. Toulmin, recovering from a severe cold, will resume court to call the admiralty and equity dockets and restart jury trials on January 12. Oliver D. Street has been designated to try the peonage cases in Mobile, with a test trial likely and dates to be set after counsel agreement.
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Harry T. Toulmin
United States District Court
Admiralty
Equity
Oliver D. Street
United States
Birmingham
McReynolds
Mobile
Street
British schooner Cheslie waterlogged near Pensacola
Commander L Beach of the tender VesTal reports the Cheslie waterlogged at 27 25 N 87 32 W and sent the tug Patuxent for aid. A British steamer Hornby Castle says it spoke an unknown schooner in distress at 10 o’clock Saturday near Bocas Grande.
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Cheslie
Washington
L. Beach
Vestal
Pensacola
Fla
Navy Department
Beach
Associated Press
Tampa
Fila
Hornby Castle
Bocas Grande
Siegel Stores Placed in Hands of Receivers
Receivers appointed for Simpson Crawford Company Fourteenth Street Store and Henry Siegel Company of Boston. bank credit contraction blamed. operations to continue under court orders while plans for reorganization are prepared. Siegel Cooper Company of Chicago remains independent and prosperous with no involvement in the Eastern receivership.
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Ich
Simpson, Crawford Company
Fourteenth Street
Henry Siegel Company
Boston
Simpson, Crawford & Co
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Chicago
Siegel Stores Receivers Named as Reorganization Sought
The Siegel Stores Corporation and related entities face receivership after efforts to preserve business credit amid heavy obligations. Figures include Henry Siegel and Frank A. Vogel, with Siegel, Cooper & Co. of Chicago not a party, while challenges threaten the Crawford Company and Fourteenth Street Stores.
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Associated Press
New York
Siegel Stores Corporation
Delaware
Henry Siegel
Vogel
Frank A. Vogel
Siegel
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Chicago
Crawford Company
Fourteenth Street
Merchants’ Express Company
Frank E. Vogel
Henry Siegel & Co
Ee Kek
Simpson Realians
New York Corporation
Tonight If You Feel Dull and Stupid
A brief note urges readers to take action this evening when mental dullness hits seeking quick sharp focus or relief. It suggests practical steps or reminders to refresh attention and energy in the moment.
Bumper Year in Cash Values for American Crops
The 1913 crop year produced $6.1 billion in farm value and $2.396 billion in cereals, with $3.65 billion in animal products. Despite drouth and more farms, consumer costs may stay high as middlemen take profit. 62 percent of crops stay on farms, 20 percent of animal products stay, and exports reach $1.124 billion with a favorable trade balance.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Mobile Cotton Market Steady As Sales Reach 225 Bales
Mobile cotton market reports steady prices with sales of 225 bales. Receipts for the day 5,151 with week total 16,873 and season-to-date 903,588. Exports to Britain and the Continent listed, stock and port receipts shown for the United States ports.
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TASTA
United States
Britain
Porius
New Orleans Cotton Market Opens Mixed Amid Large Notices
The January position drew full attention as 50,000 bales were reportedly tagged for January deliveries but notices were quickly halted. Early gains faded into selling, with bulls optimistic about March while liquidation in long cotton persisted. Spot cotton held at 12.18 sixteenth with 728 sales and 590 bales arriving.
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New Orleans
New York
Alabama
Dee Srscevres
Jan Sveveoese
C Ovens
Complainant to be Arrested on Perjury Charge
After new evidence in the Joe Hunter case Judge S. B. Brown ordered the release on $800 bond and directed the solicitor to swear out a warrant for Nick Andrews for perjury. It is alleged Andrews claimed Hunter shot at his wife and then him, but new evidence shows Andrews did the shooting.
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Joe Hunter
Recorder’s Court
B. Brown
Circuit Cout
Nick Andrews
Andrews
Hunter
Cleeve
Subtropical fruit crops and cotton values in early 20th century
The report outlines Florida and California fruit production as percentages of a full crop, noting 1912 and 1913 variations for oranges, lemons, grapefruits, and limes. It also compares state incomes by farm and per capita, and cites cotton’s record value in 1918 at $798,006,000 with estimated bale and seed values totaling about $945,000,000.
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California
Florida
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
North Central
West Division
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Wall Street Opening: Canadian Pacific Leads Early Gains
Canadian Pacific rises 1.34 and Texas Company up 3-3 as stocks advance after initial selling. Market shows small fluctuations with bears nervous amid gains in Union Pacific Reading and others. Siegal stores receivership setback briefly, bonds steady, afternoon pressure cites bearish accumulation.
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New York
Canadian Pacific
Texas Company
Union Pacific
Reading
Bears
Siegal Stores Corporation
London
Amalgamated Copper
American Beet Sugar
American Cotton Oil
American Smelting & Befing
American Sugar Refining
American Tel. & Tel
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
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Chicago & North Western
Chicago
Mil. & St. Paul
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Colorado & Southern
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
Erie
General Electric
Great Northern
Pfd
Great Northern Ore Ctss
Illinois Central
Interborough Met
Inter Harvester
Loulaville & Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Lehigh Valley
National Lead
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Pullman Pacine
People’s Gas
Rock Island .Co
Rock Island Co
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
United States Steel
Wabash
Western Union
New Haven
Texas Old
New York Cotton Futures Open Nervous and Unsettled
Cotton futures opened steady then fluctuated, with December about 11 points above yesterday’s close and midday prices 6 to 7 points lower. Market remained nervous, influenced by liquidation and reports of department store receiverships, while spot prices held at middling upland 12.60 and middling gulf 12.85 with no sales.
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New York
Eee
Liverpool
Wnder
Uplands
Gulf
Clore
UZAL
Ssesee
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Trading Figures From December
Liverpool cotton market reports moderate business and steady prices with sales of 7 000 bales including 6 000 American and 500 for speculation. Receipts total 41 000 bales, futures close firm across various month pairs with mixed cross summaries.
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Liverpool
Cash Grain and Prices in Chicago Markets
Cash WHEAT No 2 red bids 89 1 2 90 with No 2 hard and spring figures. CORN No 2 bid 66 68. No 2 yellow 65 69. OATS Standard 39 1 40. RYE No 2 61 cents. HAY Timothy seed 4.00 5.40. clover 12.25 16.25. PROVISIONS Pork 20.60 10 50 10 67 1 2. Ribs 10.25 10.75. 80 cash: ST LOSS No 2 red 94 06, No 2 hard 86 92. Corn No 2 66 68. No 2 white 40 12. No 2 white 41)
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Cash Grain
Chicago
Ene J Northern
Wiley
ST. Loss
Naval Stores Market Report From Savannah
In Savannah on December 30 the naval stores market shows no sales. Receipts and cask movements are listed with rosin and pitch quotes. prices include B D B at 3.72 12 and F at 8.70 to 3.72 12, M at 6.36, N at 6.45.
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Naval Stores
Savannah
el i Rosin
Recelgill
Money Market Prices Hold Steady Amid Shifts in Rates
New York money markets show call money strong at 3 6 percent with a close at 2 2 1 3. Time loans ease for sixty and ninety days at 4 3 4 percent. Six months at 4 1 2 percent. mercantile paper 5 1 2 to 6 percent. Exchange steady with various bid figures. commercial bills around 4 80 1 3. Bar silver quoted near 87 1 4. Mexican peso around 44 8G.
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New York
Mercantile
Ling Exchange
Dairy Prices and Receipts Update in Chicago
In Chicago dairy news for December, butter prices rose with receipts totaling 3,306 cases at the mark, including 2,833 ordinary firsts. Cheese prices unchanged. Potatoes show 26 carloads received. market prices steady.
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Chicago
Dog Bite Injures Girl on St. Emanuel Street
A girl identified as Miss Miller, living at 552 St. Street, was badly bitten by a dog near St. Emanuel Street around midnight Sunday. The dog was killed and sent to Dr. Moss at the Pasteur Institute, Montgomery, for rabies testing. Miss Miller rested easy Monday morning.
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St. Emanuel Street
Miller
St. Street
J. C
Moss
Pasteur S
Montgomery
Eleven Year Old Boy Dies In Hunting Accident
Special to The Item. Bay Misuit Ala Dec 30 A hunter shot an eleven year old boy, son of B K Garrett, by accident about two o clock yesterday. He died a few hours later.
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Bay Misui'tb
Ala
BK. Garrett
London and Paris Cash Aid Bank Stabilization Report
Report confirms negotiations to furnish four million dollars to the bank as a bridge loan. Paris and London banking houses participate in the transaction to tide the institution over its difficulties.
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London
Paris
It. Ca
Paria Banking Houses
Robbery at Oroville Vault Yields Eight Thousand Seven Hundred
In San Francisco on a winter weekend, a gang tunneled 150 feet into the National Bank of Oroville vault between Saturday and Sunday. They obtained 8700 dollars in cash before escaping. Officials probe the heist as investigators trace the method and suspects.
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San Francisco
Bank of Oroville
British steamer and freight movement in harbor notes
A British steamer alr master consigned to the Donald Steamship Company arrived Tuesday morning from the airport Misa after a days trip to Mobil cargo to be loaded The Wyvisbrook docked mid afternoon at the American stea Mallory line scheduled to sail at 7 on the day for New York with passengers and merchandise A British steamer Co loading rum cargo at Turner Hart and proceeded to Antwerp Belgi and Rotterdam The Norwegian also noted in harbor activity
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Alr
Donald Steamship Company
Air Port
Misa
Mobile
Tonecargo
Wyvisbrook
Ear i
Stea Mallory Line
York
British Steamer Co
Turner-Hart
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