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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1914
Page
9
Former Cubs star pitcher, heading St Louis in the Federal league this year, expects to lead effectively as manager in the new organization and make a strong showing.
Art Hofman, former outfielder for Chicago and Pittsburgh, signed a 1914 contract with the St. Louis Nationals. After health issues, he was traded to Nashville in a deal making him a free agent at contract end. the arrangement expired last fall.
The Danish steamer Nordstjernen arrives from Havana and shifts to pier 8. British steamer Isse from Hamburg brings 4,700 tons of kainit for Van Heynigen Brokerage, docked at pier 2. Hessian from Pensacola proceeds to load for Liverpool, docked at A. T. & N. wharf. Swedish August Lefler sails to Pensacola to load kainit. Norwegian Harald Monsen bound to Puerto Cortez with general merchandise. Fort Gaines sails to Port Barrios in ballast for bananas. Fridland heads to Galveston with 10,600 bales of cotton for Bremen, with 6,400 more to load at Galveston. Edward H. Drake completes pine lumber cargo and will sail to West Indian ports. A. H. Barteaux and Georgia D. Jenkins arrive from quarantine to load for Cuban ports. Isle of Mull and Nessian listed among arrivals. Cleared vessels include Lady of Avon and Fort Morgan.
The revised bond list shows Mobile County issues with interest rates and prices. Notable items include Gulf Coast Gas First 6 per cent bonds at 102, Battle House 4 per cent bonds at 86, and Meridian Light and Railway Co Consolidated bonds, plus several mortgage and street bonds with varied quotes. A mix of five and six percent notes appear alongside the Consolidated and First Extension series.
C Hunter Raine president of the defunct Merchantile Bank faces a plea of not guilty in criminal court after the bank closed following alleged defalcations estimated at 788000 dollars. Raine had earlier pled guilty to embezzlement charges while security measures were heightened due to threats to his life. Bond remains 250000 dollars. Raine retains attorneys Marion Evang and T K Riddick as the bank audit proceeds for new resources.
James H. Nunnelee, former Selma journalist and secretary of state hopeful, is in the city for his April primary campaign. He receives strong encouragement across the county and is related to Superintendent S S Murphy of Mobile County public schools.
Southbound Mobile and Chistrain No.1 arrived in Molise four hours late Thursday after a wreck at Sinov, Miss. Several boxcars jumped the track but no injuries were reported.
The report lists cotton receipts for railroads including New Orleans Mobile and Chicago 100 bales Southern Railway 241 bales Mobile and Montgomery 3 bales Mobile and Ohio 472 bales. Train 182-Davis Wilson Gaillard carries 3 bales.
Special to The Item from Montgomery notes a Supreme Court opinion by Associate Justice A D Sayre in J. Barton et al vs Fitzpatrick et al. The case concerns a Talladega county Negro Baptist congregation dispute. Sayre treats the church as a pure democracy where the majority governs and a pastor’s spiritual office lies beyond civil court review.
Maggie Donaghey a former Government street rooming house keeper resisted service of legal papers by Deputy Sheriff Moses Bernstein and allegedly slapped him with a stick. Judge Henry Chamberlain fined her $50 or twenty days in Inferior Criminal Court, with bond set at $250 and an appeal noted. An assault and battery charge was nolle pressed. Lee Hutchinson faced chicken theft charges and was released on $200 bond. George Lane was fined $25 for public drunkenness.
An old health ad claims a lemon juice and lithia based Jad-Salta mixture cleanses and activates kidneys. It urges high water intake, daily use before breakfast, and notes kidneys filter wastes, advising a harmless salts drink for bladder support.
New Orleans cotton opened steady with a 2 to 4 point rise as favorable cables supported a good early tone. Gains extended to 4 points after half an hour, but Texas rains limited buying. The market closed quiet and steady with a net advance of 6 to 11 points.
In Liverpool on February 12 cotton prices held steady amid fair demand. Middling fair 7.64d, good middling 7.344, middling 7.00d, low middling 6.68d, good ordinary 5.86d, ordinary 5.424. Sales 8,000 bales, including 7,100 American and 500 for speculation and export, receipts 1,000 bales. Futures closed steady with various near term differentials listed.
In New York on February 12 Promoters of the Federal Baseball League said they would not bid for Johnny Evers former Chicago manager The stance aligns with NL contracts and a policy against raiding National League players Charles Weeghman Gilmore and Joseph Tinker discussed potential 1916 bases and signing other players while Evers remains under NL contract Evers failed to attend the magnates meeting as officials delayed the commission session to a late afternoon start.
In Dallas at the National Corn Exposition Congress Prof E Davenport of Champaign Illinois argued that national welfare depends on compulsory education laws and limiting family size to sustain living standards He predicted the era of cheap meat is over and that America has furnished abundant food only while free land lasted.
In Savannah on February 12 quiet trading shows 46c rosin and no sales. Reported quotes include B type rosin at 4.05, FP 4.07-4.12, H 8.95, M 5.25, N 6.25, WG 6.40 and 6.80 with 46 casks of Rosin and 1 229 barrels rebi.
Chicago market update notes potato receipts 4 cars and a dip in poultry prices. Alive poultry near in price with springs and bey's folws, while dressed turkeys trend at 23 cents.
Seeberg Steamship Line offers Mobile Alabama to Leeward Islands itineraries with 8 scheduled sailings from Mobile in 1914. Ships Crathens and Hilding visit Jamaica Haiti Martinique Barbados Trinidad and Guadeloupe with cargo and 20 to 25 first class passenger accommodations. The line reserves right to alter routes and calls at western ports as cargo demands. Freight and passenger rates available through Seeberg Steamship Line Mobile and New York offices.
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