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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1915
Page
2
Census Bureau figures show February cotton use at 463,176 bales, down from 1,? last year, with seven months ending February totaling 3,045,256 bales. Manufacturing establishments held fewer bales than a year ago while warehouses showed higher on hand, and imports rose modestly.
In Montgomery on March 16 the Alabama state board of assessments agreed to keep property valuations for railroads telegraph and telephone lines unchanged from last year. Officials noted rolling stock rails and lines totaling several million dollars remain set despite hard times. Governor Henderson led a brief session with most board members present minus Attorney General Martin who was in Mobile.
Marine insurance rates to French and British ports rose sharply as the Indian Prince was sunk with $750,000 cargo of cotton. The disaster is blamed for wiping out profits from war risk insurance on cotton shipments to England and France since the war began.
In Tarrytown New York March 16 armed guards stand vigil over the body of Mrs John D Rockefeller in the Mausoleum of John D Archbald at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. They will remain on duty until permanent burial arrangements are finished.
This ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, harmless remedy for indigestion gas sour stomach and dyspepsia. It claims millions of cures worldwide and urges readers to obtain a large cent can from drug stores for instant relief when meals disagree and cause heaviness.
Undertakers Roche and Burke operate from the northeast corner at St. Joseph Street and nearby avenue. The entry notes their business location and services in this historic city directory snippet.
The Fencers Club of Washington D C led by Henry Breckinridge defender its national senior team falls title by defeating the New York Athletic Fencers Club and West Point Officers Club in a final held in New York City. West Point could not win a bout.
The federal industrial relations commission opened a Dallas hearing on farm lands in the South. It examined Northern capital’s creation of large Southern farms, tenant poverty, credit systems, and potential rural reorganization through land banks cooperatives and farm product markets. Charles W. Holman outlined aims.
Dr. William H. Oates reports Mobile county convict camp meets US army standards better than any he has inspected in Alabama. Ninetys even convicts, fourteen whites and sixty-three blacks, with supervision by Mobile county officials. Food water sanitary, but water dispensed from open barrels. platforms and spigots urged. Also notes Selma Dallas county jail lacking in conditions, with needed repairs and new jail room recommended.
A 74 year old man, six feet four, named John W. Walker of Louisville says he served with the Second Michigan Cavalry and hopes to find a missing Davis in Michigan. He wandered years looking for him, plans to join Confederate Soldiers' Home in Louisville, and was sent home at county expense after appeals to Detroit physicians.
San Francisco dispatch reports Christopher Copolous a San Mateo bootblack plans to use his vacation time to practice penmanship and spend his three years of savings during an extended break. The unusual pledge accompanies his three year voyage plan and aims to keep him busy.
Mrs Angle described Ballou visiting her home on June 23 and returning with wine. She found him later at the foot of the stairs and carried him outside, noting a bloodstained hat and a discarded bottle, as she recalled their strained relationship and gifts.
City commission approved lease authorization for Mayor Pillans to sign with Mobile City and County Tuberculosis Sanitarium for three lots in Spring Hill section 13 township 4 south range 2 west for 25 years. Funds from operation to be used for building and service improvements. sanatorium to be erected soon. Also amended dead animal removal ordinance restricting removal to official designated workers with fines up to 100 dollars. Removal charges set at 1.60 for horse or cow and 0.50 for goat, sheep, or hog.
In the Law and Equity Court judge Berney presided. Alexander Smith vs Home Dredging Co. costs paid and case dismissed. Mobile Auto Co. vs William F Tebbetts, default judgment and damages set at 104.80. Swift & Co. vs J M Kroner, court judgment for plaintiff 96.66. Gunston Hall vs J J Blocksher, order to furnish itemized accounts granted. Holley demurrers sustained. Gaines Wilson vs City Bank & Trust Co. on trial. Wednesday call includes A Buerger vs Sarah Mabry and others.
A high pressure area covers the western to central United States with freezing temperatures reaching southern Texas. A low pressure center over North Carolina drives a widespread storm east of the Mississippi with snow reaching Nashville and cold northerly winds affecting Gulf states. Forecaster Albert Ashenberger urges 26 to 34 degree protections for shipments and notes river levels on Tombigbee and Black Warrior.
In Lakeland Philadelphia Americans beat Louisville in a 4 to 3 exhibition. Notables for Philadelphia included Shawkey Harper Schang and Clemons among others. In Tampa Chicago Nationals defeated Havana Reds 3 to 2 with Bresnahan Stanridge Archer and Farrar contributing.
M W McClaughry of Leavenworth Kansas, former chief of the U S criminal identification bureau, United States Department of Justice, guests of Mobile for a few days. He is regarded as a leading Bertillon system authority and early advocate of fingerprint identification as the reliable method for criminal ID. His father, Major Robert W McClaughry, served as warden of the United States penitentiary from 1899 to ???
Cotton futures rose 8 to 11 points in early New Orleans trading amid strong Liverpool pricing and February domestic mill consumption figures. Spot cotton edged up 6 points to 8.50 middling, with 460 bales sold for immediate delivery and 875 bales for later arrival, market closing steady.
Early trading shows specialties outpacing leaders with gains in Alaska Gold Central Leather and Motor shares. Bethlehem Steel and Texas Company rise later, while Reading drifts on dividend chatter amid broad declines in American stocks listed in London and a broad slate of blue chips with mixed results.
Liverpool cotton closes with spot firm quotes for Good Middling 5.55 and Middling 5.21 while Low Middling sits at 4.81. Sales reach 8,000 bales with 16,000 bales received. futures show mixed, unsettled activity with May-June at 5.16 1-2 and other forward months quoted notably.
Naval Stores report from Savannah dated March 3 shows turpentine firm receipts at 7.00, connected prices around 3.05 to 8.95 for various grades and lots. Market listings include multiple initials and price points such as 42c and 4.95 among others.
Chicago markets show cash grain and provisions with No 2 red and No 2 hard wheat quoted nominally and corn values around 71 72 cents per bushel. Rye and white wheat prices listed with miscellaneous ranges for pork lard ribs and related provisions around 17.45 and 9.35 to 9.75 per unit.
Up to 2 p.m. Tuesday, one vessel, the Waiwrenthe Geanieias Siemaier tree ener, arrived for Orr Leubenheimer Co with 20 000 banana bunches 1 bunches plain tains 13 boxes grapefruit 1 box crude rubber 23 bales mangrove bark and 111
The article describes German night attacks around Warsaw with heavy bombardments, noting daylight illumination by white neons to reveal Russian batteries and disrupt operations. It mentions German pilots likely to stay at altitudes above 2000 feet to avoid anti aircraft fire as bombardments proceed.
The article reports that Progreso in Mexico has its blockade lifted as Carranza promises a more secure situation for foreigners. American Consul Silliman notes progress and the Mexican president asserts those responsible for John B. Mc Manus death will be punished and indemnity paid, likely ending the incident.
James H. Baird editor of a lumber journal and long associated with the Hoo Hoo order was fatally injured in Nashville when struck by a switch engine in the terminal yards. He suffered broken arm and three ribs and internal injuries after alighting from a sleeper in transit from Birmingham. He died at 1:30.
District Grand Lodge No. 5 of Bnai B’rith in Norfolk elected officers: President Dr. A Marcuson Charleston SC First Vice President H S Bloom berg Richmond VA Second Vice President Klein Atlanta GA Secretary Dr. George Soloman Savannah GA Treasurer H Sternberger Greensboro NC Sergeant at Arms B Wildauer Atlanta GA Representatives to the Constitutional Grand Lodge Simon Wolf HB F Calisch John Jay Cohen Lionel Weil Julian I Piser, San Francisco soon.
The county board abolishes the road inspector office held by M. M. Bolton to cut expenses, effective immediately. Judge Semmes postponed sentencing for Staley Dixon Ollie Barney and Corinne Nicholas with March 20 reserved for others to present reasons against judgment.
Attorneys Gordon and Edington filed a suit in the law and equity court on Tuesday afternoon for Lilly Strouse against J. B. Courtney seeking 55 dollars claimed due on two promissory notes.
John Lyon 50, foreman on the All Saints Episcopal church project at Ann and Government streets, died at a local infirmary after a week of illness. His remains go to Ensley, Alabama. Also noted is T. F. Reredich, about 66, in Roche Burke care, sent to Pascagoula, Mississippi, for interment after the death of his wife and other relatives.
Russian consul general calls Northwest reservists to active service marking the first mobilization action since the war began. Officials say a group of men from the Pedhe region near Alaska have been summoned and ordered to report for duty.
In New York federal court, Richard Madden and John Cook face separate trials for alleged false American passport use. Judge Cushman unblocked separate hearings with Stegler expected to plead guilty and testify. the jury panel, largely American born with two foreign-born members, professed neutrality despite differing war sympathies.
Secretary Josephus Daniels told a Newport News luncheon that the United States Navy is more powerful, better trained, and ready than ever as the Pennsylvania launches. He praised Congress for boosting submarines and emphasized training as the navy's core, hoping for peaceful world leadership if war comes. He cited President Wilson as guiding the nation with Lincoln’s patience during peril.
E Burton Steen of Pathe News reports Gulf Coast dog show on St Michael street Tuesday afternoon. Dogs awarded blue ribbons in various classes were photographed standing on a platform. Pathe weekly pictures will be shown in many moving picture theatres nationwide.
William Murray of Plateau faced the same offense as a co defendant. The jury was sent out on Tuesday afternoon at 1 o clock and had not reached a verdict by 2 15 o clock.
An advertisement proclaims D. D. D. as a breakthrough remedy for skin diseases including psoriasis eczema and crusts. It targets long-suffering sufferers and claims rapid soothing action and instant relief after application.
War dispatches report growing violence around Ossowetz with scouts penetrating enemy positions and taking prisoners. Front lines along Przasnysz and the Orzyc river show strong resistance, heavy snow hindering movement, and ongoing artillery and infantry battles amid attempts to relieve Przemyśl.
Paris reports that care for the wounded will be a major war expense. French Red Cross records show about 700,000 wounded cared for by February 1. Estimated costs suggest about 1 000 dollars daily, totaling around 80 million dollars for three months per patient, with American hospitals at Juilly and Neuilly partially funded by U S subscriptions.
A Greenville Sunday school delegation led by Assistant Superintendent Porter King arrived in Evergreen to inspect welfare of the Baptist Orphanage. Teachers Mary Lou Orr Mary Stout and Marguerite King accompanied volunteers to push a state effort to boost donations after recent shortfalls. Also noted is President Wilson's recess appointment of C J Lyon as U S marshal for the Western District of South Carolina.
A New Orleans pharmacist testifies to steady demand for Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder troubles and notes many customers rely on recommendations from others who used it. The testimonial was sworn before a notary on July 10 1909 by Chas G Peter pharmacist.
Fragmented ad copy touts sending ten cents to Kilmer & Co for a bottle and claims health benefits. Mentions The Mobile Regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles for sale at all druggists.
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