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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1913

Page

10

Grain report shows last year’s crops on farms March 1

Washington March 11 grain stocks on farms from last year were outlined by the agriculture department. Wheat 156,483,000 bushels on farms 21.4 percent of 1912 crop. corn 1,289,655,000 bushels 41.3 percent. oats 604,216,000 bushels 42.6 percent. barley 62,283,000 bushels 27.8 percent. Proportions shipped vary by crop and year.

Associated Press Washington Department of Agriculture Department Bureau of Statistics

Commerce Notes From City Exchange Board Meeting

Record indicates discussions on commercial property exchanges including parcels at 8244 and 7i dis sites, with references to Orlean and Orleans districts and a 4.82 percent measure. Officials reviewed sight lines, par terms, and potential commercial opportunities.

Zere Commercial Ork Orleans

New Orleans Cotton Market Opens Steady With Early Gain

New Orleans March 11 Cotton opened steady with an 8 to 4 point advance on good cables as professionals bought on oversold theory while weather and farm progress spurred fresh selling. By mid-morning prices rose to 3 points above yesterday, then shorts covered and the market firmed with May and other months closing higher from the prior session.

New Orleans CROER Odecesysnd Cocoa Ssews

Market Resume Shows Lemons In Luxury Class And High Supply

Market notes report lemons remain costly yet abundant with wholesale 2 cent each and potential 5 cent retail. Turnips shipments surge while butter sees force selling. Cotton receipts list multiple rail lines and totals, reflecting busy trade and ongoing export activity.

Florida New Orleans Mobile Chicago Southern Railway Company Bevill-Phillips Co F. M. Ladd Touart & Quinn Louisville and Nashville

Probate Court Displays Standard Measures for Public Use

Judge Price Williams Jr leads the probate court in making dry and wet standard measures available at his office for public use. The standards mirror those adopted by the U.S. government and were sourced from the state office in Montgomery. Death notice: Nettie M. Pine, a Mobile resident and former pianist, died at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at 2 St Joseph Street after a brief illness. She was 48, survived by Mrs Nellie Pine and D Frank B Pine. Funeral details to follow in another column.

Probate Court Price Williams, Jr Mipies Tole The of State Montgomery Nettie M. Pine Shale Ieee Theatre St. Joseph Street Ar Higan Mobile Oakdale Nellie Pine Frank B. Pine

New York Stock List Update for Major Shares

The market report lists prices for Amalgamated Copper to Texas Oil Co. across a wide range of listings. Notable figures include American Sugar Refining at 118 1 2, American Tel at 182 1 2, United States Steel at 60, and Union Pacific at 148 1 2, with numerous other names and closing marks.

Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Otton Oil Amer. Smelting & Refining American Sugar Refining American Tel. & Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul Colorado Fuel & Iron Colorado & Southern Delaware & Hudson Denver & Rio Grande Erie General Electric Great Northern Pfd Great Northern Ore Ctfs Illinois Central Interborough-Met International Harvester Louisville & Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri, Kansas & Texas Lehigh Valley New York Central Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania S. People’s Gas Pullman Palace Reading Rock Island Co Southern Pacific Union Pacific United States Steel Wabash Western Union Texas Oil Co

Gulf Steamship to operate Dora Allison from Mobile to Vera Cruz

The American schooner Dora Allison, after seven months in the West Indies lumber trade, is secured by Gulf Steamship Company for regular Mobile to Vera Cruz service. Repairs near completion after a January grounding off Key Francis. Captain Coban notes Mexican unrest delayed inauguration. ship to load lumber for Vera Cruz and depart soon.

Dora M. Allison West Indies Gulf Steamship Company Mobile Vera Cruz John R. Coban Allison Mexico Dora Allison Key Francis Cuba Puerto Padre Horace Turner Coban Five Seas Pendelton Brothers New York Indies Senor Y. de la, Miyar

Cotton futures open steady then ease in New York

New York cotton futures opened steady with an initial 4 to 7 point advance on firm Liverpool cables and foreign buying. Demand came from local and Southern sellers, market quieted after a strong start with prices easing 2 to 8 points from the best as reports cited better Southern weather and expectations of buying slackening after the English market close.

New York Liverpool

Prisoners Sentenced by Judge Semmes in City Court

The city court on Tuesday afternoon sentenced Paul Nettles to two years for assault to murder. Naeve McCoy also received a related sentence.

Semmes Paul Nettles Naeve McCoy

Big Britisher in for cargo at Mobile port call

The British steamship Meltonian loading cargo for Europe under charter to Mobile Liners Inc arrived from New Orleans and berthed at Mobile & Ohio Pier 6. Also arriving Monday afternoon was the Munson line steamship Karen from Carbarien with cargo for unloading at Pier 8. Additional vessels including the Fjell with 16 000 banana bunches from Puerto Cortes and two schooners, Henry Crosby and Harry W Haynes, anchored in the stream. The Lampasas sailed for New York via Tampa and Key West. The Evadne, a British schooner, prepared to sail for Banes Cuba with 354 808 superficial feet of lumber.

Meltonian Parker New Orleans Europe Mobile Liners, Inc Mobile & Ohio Munson Line Karen Pedersen Carbarien Munson Uba Lampasas New York Tampa Key West Evadne Banes Cuba

Mobile executive backs tourist hotel for coastal resort

President J. Howard Wilson of the Mobile Light and Railroad Co. and his wife returned from a California trip praising the gulf coast climate and urging Mobile to build a winter and summer tourist hotel with golf links. He visited San Antonio, El Paso, Juarez, Los Angeles, Pasadena, and San Francisco and argued a west Mobile Bay resort would draw more visitors than an auditorium.

J. Howard Wilson Mobile Light and Railroad Co Mornday California New Mexico Arizona Texas Mr. Wilson San Antonio J. Ff. Carter, Jr Chamber of Commerce el Paso Juarez Mexico Rio Grande River Los Angeles Cal Pasadena San Francisco Wilson Gulf Coast Pacific Coast Mobile Mobile Bay

J Leroy Tope to Speak as Mobile South Tour Moves On

Industrial counsel J Leroy Tope touring the South and expected in Mobile soon aims to address local business boards. He is currently in Pensacola with headquarters in Cleveland and will likely speak during his southern visit. Mobile Bayview Growers Association forms to promote fig and Satsuma trees near Fowl River with officers from Chicago and New York. Jett Brothers Contracting invites revenue and road commissioners to inspect Hall's Mill road Thursday at 3 p.m.

J. Leroy Tope South Mobile Pensacola Fla Cleveland Ohio Mobile Bayview Growers’ Association of Alabama Chicago Fowl River J. H. Stansfield A. 5. Johnson Fowlriver R. J. Binford Chicago, IL W. K. Harvey Charles Line Theo, Weil New York Jett Brothers Contracting Company Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners Hall's Mill Road

Semmes Visits Pensacola and Pensacola Charter Adoption

2 O J Semmes Jr of Pensacola visits relatives in the city. A former Mobile resident now in Florida, he serves on the Pensacola city council and saw his Semmes charter, tied to the new commission government, adopted. A St Patrick's Benevolent and Social Association meeting is set tonight at Beau Regard and Franklin to finalize plans for the St Patrick's Day parade.

J Semmes, Jr Pensacolla J. Semmes Mobile Florida City Semmes Pensacola St. Patrick’s Benevolent and Social Association Beauregard and Franklin

Fire at Mobile Register building caused by smokestack blaze

Fire Company No. 4 was summoned to the Mobile Register building Monday night about 11 35 by a blaze in a defective smokestack. The fire in the stack was extinguished without damage.

Fire Company No. 4 Mobile Register

Voters League Meeting Invites City Commissioners

City commissioners were formally invited to join the Voters' League meeting of the Russell school district scheduled for Tuesday night. A three member committee led by Chairman Joseph H. Norville delivered the invitation at the weed office and extended the inquiry.

Voters’ League Russell Joseph H. Norville Weede Inow

Toulmin Convicted In High Profile Trial

Alex Toulmin was convicted after a jury returned a verdict following the indictment. The case drew significant local attention as officials described the proceedings and outcome.

Wisconsin Legislature Eyes Lake Superior Gulf Canal

Madison Wis March 11 The Wisconsin legislature will be asked to endorse a project to canalize waterways from Lake Superior to the Mississippi at Prescott Wis for steamboat traffic and heavy draft navigation. Assemblyman John Chinnock estimates the plan could yield 3 300 000 annually in federal power revenue and a joint resolution is being prepared to urge Congress to fund the project.

Associated Press Madison Wis Wisconsin Lake Superior Gulf of Mexico Mississippi River Prescott John Chinnock Hudson Congress

Shippers' Forecast Warns of Cold Northbound 36 Hour Route

Weather bulletin cautions against 34 degree lows for 36 hour shipments heading north with moderate temperatures to the east and west.

Weather Review Shows System Shifts Across Regions

A low pressure moved from the middle Gulf region to the north Atlantic coast bringing rain to most stations east of the Mississippi. A following high pressure sits over the middle Mississippi Valley with cool, fair conditions across the eastern half. Warmth persists in Utah and Colorado under a broad high, while Mobile expects fair weather with little temperature change tonight and Wednesday. Albert Ashenberger.

Middle Gulf North Atlantic Mississippi River Mississippi Valley United States Utah Colorado Mobile Albert Ashenberger Weather Bureau

No Verdict Reached in Lavene Prohibition Case

The Lavene case, arrested November 20 by Officer John New, was tried in city court Tuesday afternoon and at 2 15 had no verdict. Lavene previously faced the inferior criminal court, was fined $500 and costs, and appealed. Julia Noyd was found not guilty of vagrancy in city court after a conviction in the inferior court.

Frank Lavene John New Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association Lavene Julia Noyd

Pearl bead cross found at Springhill and Gilbert streets

Found pearl beads with a cross at the corner of Springhill and Gilbert streets. Applicants are directed to apply at 167 Ryland's Lane, head of Basil Street.

Springhill Gilbert Streets Ryland’s Lane Basil Street

Lost Card Prize for Missing Package Returns Reward

A lost item notice seeks a return to Miss J. W. McCully and N. W. Joachim and Congress for a light lilac and gray satin package lost Tuesday morning. A reward is offered for recovery.

J. W. McCully N. W. Joachim Congress

F. Walter & Co. Promote Peters' Re Peter Alfalfa Mix

F Walter and Company advertise Peters Re Peter Alfalfa mixed feed as best on the market, positioned as agents for the product.

Peters

Springfield Reported By Karen Near Sand Island

The American schooner Springfield bound from San Juan Puerto Rico to Gulfport was spoken about 10 miles southwest of Sand Island by the Norwegian steamship Karen. The Springfield was wind-bound and the master asked to be reported. Captain Pedersen filed the report at Mobile customs.

Springfield San Juan Porto Rico Gulfport Sand Island Karen Mobile Pedersen Custom House

Millville Schooner Kieled by Shore Near Sand Island

The three masted schooner Millville remains high and dry on land near Sand Island after going ashore weeks ago. Captain Pedersen of the Norwegian steamship Karen, which reached port Monday, says recovery seems unlikely. Karen sighted the stranded vessel as she passed the wreck site.

Millville Sand Island Pedersen Karen

Bucket shop operators fined in federal conspiracy case

In Washington on March 11 Joseph Gatins of New York and Virgil Randolph of Keene Virginia were fined 9000 dollars each. William B. Price of Baltimore 1000 dollars Edward Everett Taylor of Washington 50 dollars and Edward Weldon and James A. Anderson 250 dollars each were fined after pleading guilty to conspiracy indictments. The case closes the government bucket shop crusade started in 1910 with total fines of 78100 dollars. Indictments against Randolph Moorehead Kemble Altberger were nolle pressed.

Associated Press Washington Joseph Gatins New York Virgil P. Randolph Keene William B. Price Baltimore Edward Everett Taylor Edward Weldon James A. Anderson District Supreme Court United States Henry M. Randolph Charles T. Moorehead Tho H. Kemble John P. Altberger Nolle

Pine Died at Home. Funeral Wednesday in Magnolia Cemetery

Nellie Pine mother Edward J. Pine father mourn Neltje M Pine aged 48 died Tuesday morning March 11 1913 at 1130 oclock The family invites friends to attend the funeral from 151 1 2 St Joseph Street tomorrow Wednesday morning at 11 Interment Magnolia cemetery

Pine Neltie M Nellie Edward J. Pine St. Joseph Street Magnolia’ Cemetery

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