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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
2
Adolph LaGrave and J P Kouns arraigned in police court on fighting in the street charges. A suspended sentence until March 15 was given. Recorder Edington warned they may lose taxi stands in front of Bienville Square if disturbances continue.
The New Orleans cotton market reports heavy selling ahead of a bullish private forecast for 107000 bales, sending prices down 14 to 15 points. New York futures open weaker, Egypt crop prospects weigh, and Liverpool sentiment shifts while spot cotton remains quiet.
The dismasted schooner Oscar G a 210 ton vessel at Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks Pinto island was sold Wednesday by Captain J M Scott to Russell Thompson secretary of the dry dock company who represents outside interests. Thompson plans a $10000 rebuild to a three master for the lumber trade between Cuba and Mobile. The Oscar G was wrecked in the gulf during the October hurricane while sailing from this city to Bluefields Nicaragua. It was built at Pascagoula Miss for Captain H Green and later owned by Captain Scott.
A playful weather note mocks a forecaster predicting fair, then warmer Thursday. It notes temperatures from Havre 12 below zero to Pensacola missing figures, and ends with a humorous tale of a Mobile man and a Florida postcard misadventure.
Shares listed include American Sugar, United States Steel, General Electric, Bethlehem Steel, Anaconda Copper and more with declines ranging from 3 to 10 points. Several rails and utilities also slip while aerospace and tobacco names hold or dip modestly.
John F. Carlin age 54, longtime Central of Georgia Railroad employee in Savannah, dies at home after illness. Survived by three sisters and a brother in New Orleans. Burial in Savannah. Mrs. Kate Carney dies at 809 Charleston st after lingering illness. Native of Mobile, survivor Rt Rev Bishop John W. Shaw. Funeral from home to St Vincent's Church with requiem mass. Burial in Catholic Cemetery.
Mobile county aims to declare tick free before 1917. At a Mobile County Tick Eradication Association meeting at the Cawthon Hotel it was decided to complete a petition for a special election by month end. Petitions circulated to members and to be placed in banks and downtown stores for voter access. Remember the Children's Dancing Contest at the Columbia Friday night. Ady.
George T. Barnes of Montgomery was elected president of the Association of Southern Fairs at the annual meeting in Birmingham. Officers include Rob Roy Nashville and Frank Fuller Memphis as vice presidents with S. H. Fowlkes Birmingham as secretary. The dates set span Louisville Nashville Memphis Birmingham Jackson Meridian Montgomery Mobile Macon from September to November.
The state faces a large floating debt exceeding 2 million dollars with no clear plan to repay. Librarian reports say warrants held by Eastern and state banks have been floated but liquidation has been slow. Governor Henderson plans no special session and may seek to have Eastern banks carry the warrants, possibly prompting a New York trip to secure financing.
The official tally in Butler county shows 303 votes for the bond issue and 701 against it. The turnout was just over half the county's registered voters.
The port lists steamships and schooners at Pier 3 and Dock facilities. Vessels include Rosegg Itasca Livietta Karen and Oscar G with various destinations in the Americas and Europe. Carriers Olinger Bruce Ling Load and Tidewater lines are noted among river packets and harbor tonnage.
A 158 foot schooner with 150 horsepower engine is to be built at St Helens Ore for Captain Walter Wrightson of Mobile. The vessel will carry 500000 feet of lumber and may sail to Atlantic coast ports before Gulf voyages. Wrightson plans further orders if this ship succeeds. The river packet John Quill delays due to weather. Several ships including Crathens Dictator Kylemhor Fort Gaines Fort Morgan and others are active in river and port traffic with cargoes to Belize Honduras and international routes. The City of Baltimore and Carradale are also noted along with upcoming Warrior river traffic.
Farm Demonstrator George A. Maloney relocates from Shore Acres on Dog River to a Louisell Avenue residence near Spring Hill to reduce travel time due to frequent dog cholera treatments. A telephone will be installed at the new home.
Samuel Armstrong captain of the coal barge Harry More of Pratt Consolidated Coal was arrested on embezzlement charges involving rope canvass and other ship supplies valued over 250. Peter Bush, who fled a police station, was held in connection. Additional arrests expected. One step two step dances advertised for children.
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