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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1913

Page

9

Mobile ordinance permits Snyder company iron pipe line

Notice of application to Mobile's Board of Commissioners for an ordinance authorizing C A Snyder and Company to lay and operate an iron pipe under Commerce Street for twenty years. Pipe up to ten inches, three feet beneath surface, to convey Black Strap from ships to a plant near Commerce and Beauregard. Sectioned terms cover route, supervision, annual payment, and immediate effect upon publication.

Board of Commissioners of City of Mobile C. A. Snyder and Company Commerce Street City of Mobiles Board of Commissioners Commerce and Beauregard Streets

Stockholders Meeting of Mobile Fish and Oyster Co

A special meeting of Mobile Fish and Oyster Co stockholders will be held at its Mobile office on Monday August 11 1913 at 12 noon to authorize a mortgage on real estate to pay debts and to amend the by laws. George Schambeau secretary.

Mobile Fish and Oyster Company Mobile Alabama Mobile Fish and Oyster CO George Schambeau

Farrell Mary Catherine funeral notice and burial plan

Funeral notice for Mary Catherine Farrell aged 70 indicates death on July 24 1912 with funeral from 403 Augusta Street to St Vincent's Church at 3 30 pm interment Catholic Cemetery. Ellen Barry funeral announced for July 23 1913 8 45 pm with services from 161 South Jefferson Street at 9 30 am and 10 am at St Vincent's Church interment Catholic Cemetery.

Hundred to Attend the Flagler Farewell Dinner

A farewell dinner for Lieutenant C A F Flagler U S engineer will be held at the Cawthon hotel Thursday night with plates set for a hundred guests. Captain R T Ward will take over as engineer in charge of the local office, transferring from Colonel Flagler on Monday per Major F A Happer.

C. A. F. Flagler United States Cawthon Hotel R. T. Ward Colonel Flagler F. A. Happer

Cotton Market Quiet in Mobile With 50 Bales Sold

The Mobile market closed quiet Thursday with total sales of 50 bales. Exports for the day reached 25 bales, compared with 74 bales on the same day last year.

New Orleans Cotton Market Closes Steady Lower

New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with small daily fluctuations and ended the session showing a net decline. July through March contracts moved within a narrow range as weather reports and rains in Texas influenced selling by profit takers and hedge sellers.

New Orleans Texas

New York Cotton Opens Lower on Foreign Selling

Old crop positions declined 3 to 8 points as selling dominated. New crop futures rose early on a bullish crop report and lack of rain in Texas and Oklahoma, then pared gains amid rain rumors. Spot cotton eased, with middling upland at 12.15 and middling gulf at 12.49. August futures steady after a volatile session.

New York Texas Oklahoma Gulf Aurugl

Liverpool Cotton Market Report

Cotton spot in fair demand and easier with middling at 7.24 pence. Sales 8 000 bales including 7 100 American and 500 for speculation and export. Receipts 1 000 bales, no American. Futures closed quiet and steady with various month spreads from July to June-July.

Liverpool

Wheat grain futures drift on weather and demand signals

Northwest weather improved conditions for wheat while corn and oats rose on demand. In Chicago September wheat opened near unchanged, slipped to mid 80s, and corn traded around 62 cents. Pork and lard futures softened. first sales settled near prior night levels. In St Louis cash grain prices ranged facing No 2 red wheat at around 84 to 86 cents and corn around 66 cents. A new Hawaii governor nominee, L E Pinkholm, was named by President Wilson.

Chicago Northwest Commission House ST. Louis

Market price list for grains and feed components

C OFC REPORTS prices for corn oats hay bran meal and corn meal. Corn 80 1 2 88 yellow or mixed 79 1 2 83 8 oats rust proof Maghel 50 1 2 5 8 white 60 1 2 63 clipped 51 1 2 64 Timothy hay 23.00 25.00 Alfalfa hay 21.00 23.50 Bran cwt ev ae Ce 1 17 1 2 1 0 8 Meal ton 34.00 36.00 Corn meal bu 490 % Chops cwt 1.45 1.50 Shorts cwt 1.35 1.40 Bulk corn 4c bushel less Bulk oats 3c bushel less.

Mobile Bond List Revised by Macartney and Schley

Alabama refunding four percent bonds and new issue details listed with serial numbers and prices. Includes Mobile County bonds five percent, four percent issues, Gulf Coast Gas First six percent bonds, Bank stocks, and local properties such as Battle House and Meridian Light and Railway first mortgage bonds with price quotations.

Macartney & Schley Alabama Mobile County Cceseesene Mobile & Ohio R. R. Co GR i Yueatne Cevett Cavesvale Ais General Mortgage Montgomery Division St. Louis Cairo Colateral Trust Gulf Coast Gas First National Bank of Mobile City Bank & Trust Co Uhawes urner-Hartwell Docks Ec Wottie Saar van Antwerp Battle House Meridian Light & Ry Co Consolidated Eoes

Wall Street Opening Slumps Amid Broad Declines

New Haven slips to a fresh low before recovering while Baltimore and Ohio and Colorado Fuel weaken. Can amd Pacific and Canada Pacific drop early. Biscuit and American Tobacco gain as several leaders drift lower. Trading dull, bonds fall to new lows, noon buys lift some issues, then prices steady with mixed gains across major names.

New York Canadian Pacific Can New Haven Biscuit American Tobacco Baltimore Ohio Colorado Steel Union Pacific Reading Coppers Amalgamated Copper American Cotton Oi Amn Rmng American Sugar Refining American Tel and Tel Co Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Chesapeake Aml Chicago and North Western Chi. Mil and St. Paul Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern Delaware and Hudson Erie General Electric Great Northern Illinois Central Interborough-Met Inter Harvester Louisville and Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas Texas Lehigh Valley National New York Central Norfolk and Western Nothern Pacific Pennsylvania People’s Gas Puillman Palace Rock Island Co Southern Pacific Southern Railway United States Steel States Steel Wabash Western U Texas Oil

May Release Great Painting to France

Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney may relinquish her option on the Frieseke painting Before the Performance. The French government offered a larger sum to place the work in the Luxembourg, while Whitney hoped to keep the piece in America to support Frieseke’s rising artistic fame.

New York Harry Payne Whitney America Frederick Frieseke Luxembourg Whitney Frieseke

Murder charge for man accused of killing stepfather

Deputy Sheriff Mose Bernstein arrested Robert Rosa about twenty at Whatler and jailed on murder charges in Whistler case. Investigators say Rosa helped shoot John Ross after a quarrel with his wife Rachel Ross who was later charged. the Inferior court will hear the case this week.

Mose Bernstein Robert Rosa Whatler John Ross Whistler Palmer Rachel Ross

Hays Wins Arkansas Governor Race by Large Plurality

Early returns from all sections show George W. Hays Democrat leading for governor with about 34 000 votes in a statewide tally. Meyers Republican Murphy Progressive and Webber Socialist trailed in that order with the Socialist totaling around 2100 votes. The Democratic turnout was lighter than expected.

Associated Press Little Rock Ark George W. Hays Meyers Murphy Webber

San Juan Shaken Up But No Damage Reported

An earthquake shock was felt in San Juan Puerto Rico this morning but no damage has been reported. The report notes the tremor occurred July 24 and caused no injuries or structural harm.

San Juan Associated Press P. R

Turpentine and Rosin Market Report from Savannah

Turpentine firm reports 353 to 4 cents sales, 250 receipts, 1 040 casks, 20 shipments, and stock of 25 304 casks. Rosin firm shows 1 432 barrels receipts, 62 barrels shipments, stock 158 720 barrels with no sales. Prices listed for various grades with multiple figures including 4.00 to 6.40 per unit.

Savannah Rosin

Vagrancy and assault cases heard in Semmes court

In City Court Judge Semmes continued Vagrancy case Mattle Bell to July 29. David Flynn received a fifteen day sentence for knife assault on John Moran. The docket Friday lists include Alice Battiste harboring a girl under 18 for prostitution Frank Young assault and battery Hyman Epstein forgery first degree Mary Joshaw false pretenses and embezzlement James Harris Dick Shaw George Davis petit larceny. Chancery matters show several decrees pro confesso and resets for July 12 24 and 25, with petitions to remove disabilities of nonage and to revoke disabilities awaiting action.

Mattle Bell David Flynn John Moran Sandy Plenty Frank Morang Thomas Fincher Alice Battiste Frank Young Hyman Epstein Mary Joshaw James Harris Dick Shaw George Davis Chancery Court Smith Charles A. Alston Steve Spates May D. Spates Phil L. Muscat Als J. H. Bruce William K. Syson Jane M. McVoy James Richardson Jennie Finch W. J. Berry L R. Hedges Jessie EK. McMillan Alleta McMillan Jessie E. McMillan Oscar J. McMillan

Gardiner G Deering Returns To Port In Distress

The five masted schooner Gardiner G Deering from Mobile to Boston, bow stove in and head gear gone, with canvas over bow and steam pump active, entered Highland Light Massachusetts from the southeast. She carried 30 000 cross ties and was reported in distress after a reported collision with the Sloterdyk earlier in the week.

Associated Press Highland Light Mass Gardiner G Deering Mobile Boston Providencetown Sloterdyk Gardiner G. Deering Nash Turner-Hartwell Docks G. 8 S. Baxter Company

Personalities Visit Mobile From Nearby States and Cities

Miss Blalack formerly of Mobile returns to the city after weeks on the eastern shore. State Senator Samuel C. Jenkins of Baldwin county visits from Bay Minette en route to the gulf coast. Mr and Mrs H M Puckett of Nashville Tenn are in Mobile visiting friends. Edward L Hurlburt a former Memphis Southern league player and now commercial traveler stays at the Battle House. Mrs Ellen L Morrow Paducah Ky Mrs F L Cade Catherine Ala Mrs Cobey D Cammack and Edward W Cammack Columbus Tenn travel via Mobile toward the gulf. L Y McLeod Grove Hill Ala has moved to Mobile and formed a law partnership with H U Felberman of Mobile.

Samuel C. Jenkins Baldwin District Bay Minette Bullwick H. M. Puckett Nashville, Tenn Edward L. Hurlburt Memphis Battle House Ellen L. Morrow Paducah, Ky F. L. Cade Catherine, Ala Cobey D. Cammack Edward W. Cammack Columbus, Tenn Mobile Mississippi Gulf Coast L. Y. McLeod Grove Hit Ala H. U. Felberman

Disappearance Of Rufus Martin Baffles Family In Mobile

Mrs H L Martin of Carrollton Ga seeks information on her son Rufus R Martin a 27 year old graduate of the University of Georgia and chief engineer for Bell Telephone who vanished after leaving a construction camp near Birmingham two months ago Family officials have contacted the company and police while friends at the camp report his departure about the time of his last letter to his mother The young man is six feet one inch tall and weighs 175 pounds. Meanwhile Louisville and Nashville agent H C Geron reports 285 passengers rode a Thursday excursion from Mobile to Mississippi coast points with most disembarking at Biloxi.

H. L. Martin Carrollton Rufus R. Martin University of Georgia Southern, Bell Telephone, and Telegranh Company Mobile M.R. Russell East Air Street Atlanta Telephone Company Birmingham Young Martin H. C. Geron Louisville and Nashville Mississippi Biloxi

Deaths and Funerals In Local Community

Miss Ellen Barry a longtime resident of Mobile county died after a long illness at home. She leaves a sister Mia Burns three nephews Patrick J Thomas J and David P Burns and three nieces Katie Ella Burns and Mrs W F Gass. Funeral from No 161 South Jefferson street to St Vincent s Catholic Church Friday morning. Interment in Catholic cemetery. Mrs Mary Catherine Farrell longtime Mobile resident aged seventy died at her home after a lingering illness. Survived by two sons Joseph I and Robert J and two daughters Mary C and Jessie G Farrell. Burial of John Fagerstrom Sr held at Whistler with rites at St Bridget s Church. Interment in Whistler cemetery. Pallbearers listed as G M Lampford W Rier G Goldman J Rennager J Raney J Malon.

Ellen Barry Ireland Losa Mia Margaret Burns Patrick J Thomas J David P. Burns Katie Ella Burns W. F. Gass South Jefferson Street St. Vincent's Catholic Church Mary C. Farrell Mary Catherine Farrell Mobile County Aaususttt Street Whistler

Burial of Madame Heutchel

The funeral for Madame Josephine An nette Heutchel was held Thursday morning at 4 30 from her residence at the southeast corner Conti and Claiborne streets and at 9 from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with requiem mass celebrated by Rev Father E J Hackett. Interment followed in the Catholic cemetery with pallbearers John Hollenbarter Jacob Fermier Charles Heubach and H M Friedman.

Madame Heutchel Madame Josephine Annette Heutchel Conti and Claiborne Streets Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Father E. J. Hackett John Hollenbarter Jacob Fermier Charles Heubach M. Friedman

Explosion at Canadian Explosive plant kills seven men

Seven men were blown to pieces at Beloiel, Montreal, when a ton of gunpowder exploded at the Canadian Explosive Company plant. The cause remains unknown.

Associated Press Montreal Quebec Canadian Explosive Company Beloiel

Bryan Returns to Washington From Chicago Meeting

Secretary of State Bryan spent twenty minutes in Chicago en route from Iowa to Washington He stated he is hurrying back to Washington to confer with Ambassador Wilson on Mexican affairs and will proceed to Washington immediately.

Bryan Chicago Iowa Washington Wilson

Notes of the Waterfront Fort Gaines Delivers Bananas and Ships Sail

The Norwegian steamer Fort Gaines arrives from Bocas del Toro with 10 750 bunches of bananas for Air Fruit Company. The Viator sails for Puerto Cortes and a Fjell is expected from Puerto Cortez. John Quill to be repaired six weeks. Apollo to take Mechanic Helpers to Montrose on July 28. Echo arrives with 6000 barrels of oil. Marjorie A Spencer sails to Havana with 362 868 feet of yellow pine lumber. Exports include 684 000 ft sawn pitch pine timber to Madeira and England. imports 12 000 bananas from Bocas del Toro.

Fort Gaines Knudson Bocas del Oro Air Fruit Company Viator Eriksen Puerto Cortez Honduras Fjell Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company John Quill Apollo Mechanic Helpers Montrose Echo Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company Port Arthur Texas Texas Oil Company Marjorie A. Spencer Randell Havana Cuba

British Isles Found Vulnerable in Morning Naval Exercise

British waters were raided by German forces using the Red fleet in annual maneuvers. Four transports landed troops near the Humber after defeating the escorting ships, occupying Grimsby Cleethorpes and Immingham. Plans remain shrouded as press access is restricted and naval attaches gain limited details.

Associated Press London Great Britain The Humber British Isles John B. Jellicoe Grimsby Cleethorpes Immingham Territorials Germany

Umpire McNulty Sues Federal League Club and OConnor

Umpire Jack McNulty of St Louis files a $35,000 damages suit against the Federal League Baseball Club and manager Jack OConnor over an alleged June attack on club grounds. He says injuries prevent him from earning income as an umpire.

ST. Louis Jack” McNulty Federal League Baseball Club of Jack” O'Connor O’conor McNulty O'Connor

Shippers’ Forecast Warns of 4 Degree Drop for 36 Hour Shipments

Temperatures at 7:00 a m and weather data indicate a 4 degree protection threshold for the next 36 hours. North east and west routes face potential cold-related delays.

River forecasts show modest rise on Tombigbtt system

The Tombigbtt river and branches are expected to rise slightly over the next two days while the Alabama river remains near current levels.

Tombigbtt Alabama

Weather conditions and temperature patterns in the east gulf and southwest

Showers and moderate summer temperatures accompany a high and a low pressure system across the east gulf south atlantic states and the northeast. The mean Texas high is near 100 degrees while Durango records 44 as cool conditions prevail in the upper Mississippi valley and Rockies.

East Gulf

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