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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1915
Page
3
Schutz & Coan dissolved by mutual consent at 72 Dauphin Street. W. H. Coan retires. William Schutz to continue as Schutz & Co, assuming all liabilities and authorized to collect all accounts due the old firm.
The funeral for Captain James H. Stimpson, retired federal naval commander, who died in Daphne on Thursday, was held Friday at 2:20 p.m. from Roche & Burke undertaking parlors. Rev. T. H. Johnstone of All Saints Episcopal Church officiated, and interment followed at Pine Crest Cemetery.
Liverpool cotton market reports fair demand with steady prices for good middling and middling. Sales totaled 8 000 bales including 6 800 American and 1 000 for speculation and export, receipts 3 000. Futures closed quiet and steady with multiple spread prices listed.
Trading opened with St Paul shares down slightly then slipping to 82 1 2 before a partial recovery to 83 1 2. Other issues moved mixed with United States Rubber, Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific and Erie among notable with declines. Naval stores and commodities prices follow steady quotes in Savannah and wholesale markets with banana and citrus listings and varied farm values.
The grocery and butcher shop of R. A. Myles in Prichard Alabama was robbed and set ablaze in the early hours of Saturday. Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lynch investigated as fire crews found no clear arson suspect. An attempt to ignite nearby Fred Yost’s store failed before the blaze was detected.
The Belgian four masted sailing vessel L'Avenir, once used to train officers, sits in New York bay awaiting cargo bound for Australia. With forty apprentices aboard, the ship reflects wartime shifts in Belgian merchant marine policy. Captain Cornellie, twenty eight, commands the vessel as it sails on completion of loading.
Weather hindered but riverfront activity surged as four ships arrived and several departed. The British steamer Clan Mackellar, 3062 tons, docked upriver to load lumber for London under Elder-Dempster, with origin Genoa to New York. Additional arrivals included the Norwegian bark Buland, 1743 tons, consigned to her master from Cardiff via Tampa, and the Danish steamer Kotonla bound for Progreso with sisal. The Munson steamer Isertha and the Danish Karen moved in and out, while the Peerless and John Quill prepared to sail this afternoon. The Itasca clearance to Pensacola carried 254,382 feet of lumber. Albert D Mills cleared for Cardenas with lumber cargo.
The forecast calls for 92 degree heat affecting shipments north east and west for 36 hours. The Tombigbee river and tributaries are expected to rise over the next two days while the Alabama rises rapidly in 24 to 36 hours. Scattered showers, low barometer over the Dakotas and upper Great Lakes, heavy rains in the gulf states, and cool nights with 38 degree low in Sheridan Wyoming. Albert Aschenberger local forecaster.
A list of guests registered at the Bradshaw Hotel includes F. J. Beard H. C. Lister W. C. Turner and others from Mississippi Alabama Louisiana and Tennessee. Several couples and individuals from New Orleans Birmingham Montgomery and Greenville are noted among arrivals and visitors at the Cawthon Hotel on Saturday.
Judge Price Williams, presiding, announced Saturday that no business would be transacted on Monday July 6 in the probate department. Williams will spend the fifth out of town on business.
Jane reports that Severn Railway will offer round trip excursion fares on July 8 4 6 with final ticket limit July 8. For more details contact your heat ticket agent G C Robson T P A Mobile AlabamaAdv
Miss Mildred Akenhead visits Dawes while Gale Lathrop stays for the Fourth. Families like Ollinger and Fonde enjoy Anchorage and visits from relatives. A lightning strike damages the Sweet home but causes no injuries. Episcopal services proceed at Captain Gettes home due to town church absence. Community life slows as clubs disband and summer routines settle in with ice cream and comfort.
The court continued the Delbert Brown assault case due to the wounded man’s condition. Williams was wounded in the stomach and hospitalized. Alice Pace and Louis Henry were fined $800 or 90 days for assaulting Reuben Smith. George Warren was fined $10 or 10 days for skipping a witness summons. Leona Rochon was fined $5 or ten days for abusive language. Judge Chamberlain warned longer sentences for such offenses.
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