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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1916

Page

9

Cotton Market Reports from Mobile and Liverpool

Market notes show Mobile cotton receipts totaling 614 bales from L&N RR Ladd Co and M&O exports at 817 bales. Liverpool quotes good middling 8.60d and middling 8.44 with 14,000 bales traded, while New York and Chicago futures move modestly with May to October ranges and steady closes. Prices reflect quiet trading and slight weekly adjustments.

L & N. R. R—Ladd & Company Daphne—Ladd & Co Liverpool

Week’s Cotton Figures Reported by Liverpool Market

Liverpool data for the week shows total cotton forwarded to mills at 64 000 bales with American share 51 000. Stock stands at 732 000 bales, including 572 000 American. Smart exports listed at 32 000 bales with 25 000 American.

Liverpool

Turpentine and Rosin Market Report from Savannah

Turpentine firm reports 37 sales and 529 receipts with 358 shipments and stock 7 046. Rosin firm shows no sales, 1 145 receipts and 1 269 shipments with stock 56 636. Quotations list B D and E at 4.15, F at 4.30, G at 4.35, H and I at 4.40, K at 4.50, M at 4.55, N at 4.85, WG at 5.10, WW at 5.35.

Savannah

Chicago Livestock Markets Report May 12

Chicago livestock market summary with hogs totaling 11 000 head and a strong tone. Hogs priced at 9.50 to 10.06 for various weights. pigs 7.25 to 9.25. Cattle receipts 1 000 head. native beef steers 7.90 to 10.10. cows 4.35 to 9.50. calves up to 7.00. Sheep receipts 9 000 head. wethers 7.20 to 9.60. lambs 8.25 to 12.15. springs 11.00 to 13.50.

Chicago wNo Boots Cbs Ips UF Sa Oss EES Ooo Eas le Eee

Irregular Cotton Market Opens With Shifting Tone

In New Orleans May 12 the cotton market showed an irregular tone at the open. Prices fluctuated 2 to 5 points on active months before trimming losses and attempting a small recovery amid reports of buying interest.

New Orleans

How to Reduce Your Weight A Simple Safe Reliable Way

Overweight individuals know the discomfort of excess fat. A simple method promises safe results without starvation or heavy exercise. Take oil of kerein capsules after meals and before bed, weigh weekly, and continue until at normal weight. Benefits include easier work and buoyant energy.

Market Rebound Edges Higher After Mixed Opening

Favorites show strength as Mercantile Marine gains lead with over two points on large transactions. United Fruit advances while Willys-Overland climbs and Canadian Pacific posts an overnight gain of about two points. Mexicans ease on border conference setback but recover with the broader list as activity renews mid session.

Mercantile Marine United Fruit Willys-Overland Canadian Pacific New Haven

Mutiny Breaks Out On Three Dutch Battleships

Dispatches from Batavia report a mutiny aboard three Dutch battleships with soldiers of the garrison capturing none of the mutineers who have since been punished. Five Barton Academy students were left at Fort Morgan when the steamer General Holabird carried the high school baseball team to the fort. they are due back when the ship returns.

Amsterdam Vir Lonton Thres Dulen Patlesi Batavia Telegraaf Thearrison Fort Barton Academy Fort Morgan General Holabird Holabird

Dolcoath's Crew Lands After Sinking Report

London reports twenty members of the Dolcoath crew have landed at Ramsgate after the steamer was said sunk. One crewman is missing. The incident follows a day of strong market closes with notable price gains across numerous industrials and utilities.

Dolcoath London

Cotton Seed Oil Market Closes Firm In New York

The cotton seed oil market in New York ends firm with spot bids at 10.80 and futures for May to December quoted between 9.19 and 11.10. Total sales reach 15 600 barrels as traders note steady demand across months.

New York

Prices Rise at Local Fruits and Vegetables Market

The Friday market showed firm prices with several changes. Bermuda onions arrived by bay boats from Baldwin county at 1.90 per crate. other items include California oranges 2.50 to 4.00 per box, potatoes Western 2.25 to 3.60 per 150 pound sack, and garlic Mobile per string 12.1.

Bermuda Baldwin County California Mobile Sicily Texas Sivceeccec Florida

Loch Tay and Vera Arrive In Port With Cargoes

The Loch Tay from Rotterdam arrived at Mobile and Ohio docks for Italy after quarantine. The Vera of United Fruit from Tela Honduras delivered a load of bananas at Pier 1 with Captain Rynning reporting fair weather.

Loch Tay Nor Italy Mundale Cuba Viking West Indies Nelson Vera Honduras Skoda Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks Camela Mex Henderson Iron Co Joseph P. Cooper Laguna Bahamas Timber Co Clara C. Scott Hon Magda Span Oscar G Explorer Mobile Ohio Southern Rotterdam Will Lond Anderson Bahamas United Fruit Company Tela Rynning

Nelson brings 128000 gallons of black strap to Cuban Molasses

The American tank steamer Nelson arrived this morning from Cienfuegos Cuba with 128000 gallons of black strap. It is being discharged into the big tank of the Cuban Molasses Company and docked at the north side of pier 6.

Nelson Cienfuegos Cuba Cuban Molasses Company Pier 6

Will Take Wife on Trip Aboard Laguna

Captain Sherman of the American schooner Laguna will depart Monday on a voyage accompanied by his wife Mrs Sherman. She travels from Moss Point to join the trip as skippers from the Gulf report ideal weather and Captain Sherman anticipates a pleasant voyage for his wife.

Sherman Laguna Moss Point Gulf

Viking inspection completes on two Caribbean steamships

Inspectors Lueders and Bean finish examining the Norwegian steamship Viking of the Caribbean and Southern line and the Pleasure Bay of the Bay Steamship Company. The Viking is now loaded with general cargo for the Windward Islands and the Pleasure Bay will soon resume bay trade on a summer schedule.

Viking Lueders and Bean Caribbean and Southern Line Pleasure Bay of the Bay Steamship Company Windward Islands Pleasure Bay

Machinery Salvaged From Sunken River Steamer Sunny South

Salvagers returned to Mobile bay with the engines boilers and paddle wheel of the river steamer Sunny South which turned turtle weeks ago. Two derrick barges aided the salvage but no other wreckage could be saved.

Turtle Mobile Bay

New Jersey Republicans Vote Strong in Presidential Primary

Complete returns show Democrats with 28 000 votes and Republicans with 41 000 in New Jersey. President Wilson was listed on Democratic ballots receiving 25 000 of 28 000. Republican ballots had no presidential names. voters wrote in Roosevelt 1066 Root 67 Hughes 38 84 Ford 84.

Trenton N. J New Jersey Wilson Roosevelt Root Hughes Ford

Quarantine for Mobile County Cattle Tick Eradication Ordered

The State Live Stock Sanitary Board issues a quarantine on Mobile County effective May 18 1916 to carry out cattle tick eradication. Cattle may move only under board rules and must be dipped every two weeks until released or quarantine raised. Also notices a probate sale for Aloysius J Schimpf estate with June 2 1916 hearing set.

State. Livestock Sanitary Board OF Alabama Mobile State Live Stock Sanitary Board Live Stock Sanitary Board State United States Co. A. Cary Aloysius J. Schimpf State of Alabama Mobile County Frank A. Schimpf Price Williams Webb McAlpine & Grove, Attys

Negro thief buried. watchman blameless in shooting

The unidentified black thief killed by McAlpine Satsuma orchard watchman David Newsom was buried Friday with no identification. Newsom, released on bond, faces a Saturday hearing in inferior criminal court after sheriff evidence supported his claim he acted within the law as the thief was armed. Deputy sheriffs and police could not identify the man. President Wilson begins a Potomac cruise aboard the Mayflower, returning by late Sunday or early Monday.

David Newsom McAlpine Satsuma Cottage Hill Newsom Inferior Criminal Court Washington Wilson Potomac Capital

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