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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1915
Page
2
Edward P. Allen, Bishop of Mobile, issues Lent guidance outlining abstinence from meat on Wednesdays and Lent days, permissible meals, and exemptions. It notes Paschal time, annual confession, and a special indult for working people to dispense from abstinence with conditions.
Delegates registering for the Presbyterian lay missionaries convention in Charlotte reached one thousand by 4 pm Saturday and are expected to double before Tuesday. The four day gathering will feature noted speakers including Dr. John R. Mott of New York with the address The Message of the Hour.
D. J. McDonald and J. E. Balthres white barbers at the Battle House were cited for violating Sunday laws. Others arrested for gaming included Thomas Reese and several associates. Joe Green faces liquor violations, and Corrinne Nicholas awaits jail after a prior violence case. William Sibley visits for carnival while Capt. William Clarke nears surgery. Judge Webb travels to Jackson for a case. Horticultural efforts seek city approval to plant two nursery live oaks along Hill and Scott streets. A burglary report targets Palmes store and E. A. Pincus’s shop on Mae Street remains under investigation.
Receipts reported for today and the week with totals since August 1. Export figures listed for today and since August 1.
Cotton futures opened steady in New York with March at 8.38 and December 9.23, and in New Orleans with March at 8.07 and December 8.91. Declines or gains were modest across listed months.
Cotton futures opened lower after the census bureau reported January mill consumption at 468 877 bales, below expectations though up from December. Spot cotton steady with 485 bales sold and 2 240 arriving. Futures closed higher by 2 to 3 points.
New York cotton prices open lower by 5 to 8 points amid general liquidation and nervous talk of shipping problems and upcoming plantings. Spot cotton quiet with Middling 8.65. futures end firm after early declines, with March 8.42 and July around 8.90.
Chicago grain prices for February 15 show Wheat No 2 at 1 55 Rye No 2 around 1 26 Barley 79 8 3 4c Clover between 17 00 and 18 50 and Lard listed with non figures The OCR is unclear on some entries but indicates commodity prices in cents and dollars for wheat rye barley and agricultural products.
New York report says German guns within three kilometers of Rheims and able to flatten the city within thirty minutes. Joseph Ringwalt, American visitor, describes cathedral inspection and bombardment patterns while noting 15,000 residents sheltering fifty feet underground in wine cellars.
New York signals easing international tension as stocks open higher in London and New York. Notable gains in Canadian Pacific Reading and Smelting plus steel and railroad issues. United States Steel and other major issues move upward amid cautious professional trading.
Spot steady at good middling 5.24 pence per pound with 6,000 bales sold and 1,000 bales for speculation. Receipts 38,976 bales. Futures ease with May-June 4.8212, July-August 4.91, October-November 5.03, January 6.10.
At the Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners meeting the finance committee recommendation to allocate 450 for the county's share of Citronelle school construction was adopted. The full board planned to purchase a road inspection automobile and sanction jail and road improvements, with various reports referred to committees.
Naval Stores Today reports Savannnah Georgia on February 15 shows turpentine quiet at 42 1 2 cents with receipts of 55 casks and basin firm receipts of 768 barrels. Quotations list grades B through N with varied prices ranging from 2.95 to 5.55 per unit and WG WW at 5.40 and 5.55 respectively.
The American schooner Zeta sails for New York likely under charter to a lumber firm. Three schooners Clara A Donnelly Lembit and Bruce Hawkins sail from the outer bar as a northwester rises. City of Mobile arrives with a full river passenger list and will stay until Tuesday midnight. Van Lear Black loads lumber at pier 2 after moving from Gulf Docks. Customs imports include Joseph P Cooper Anna Maria D Abundo Santa Ballantino Sabine Mary E H G Dow with cargos and ballast for various firms.
Testimony before congressional investigators accused Judge A G Dayton of prejudice against non union miners and tampering with court orders during contempt hearings involving United Mine Workers. Witnesses claimed deputies removed miners from court and sent contempt cases to Philippi at miners expense.
E B Steen of New Orleans and actress Mrs Grube filmed multiple cattle horses and chickens at the dust Coase show and allied displays including Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad stock Jer sey hogs Creola farm Shorthorn cattle at the Commerce show.
Testimony alleges Judge Dayton called United Mine Workers criminal conspirators and rebuked miners officials for lavish living. Witnesses say Dayton sentenced an agent to sixty days as principle, and struck records from miners cases. He reportedly insulted Fannie Sellins and condemned her link to the UMW. Framed as part of West Virginia coal conflict.
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