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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
3
Mobile market figures show cotton grades with ordinary and middling values amid quiet trade. The report lists receipts for the day and week, port totals, exports to Great Britain and Continent, and year over year comparisons across U S ports for four days.
May 15 New Orleans cotton opened easy with 8 to 10 point declines then recovered. By 1:30 the market posted a 4 point net rise with spot quiet. Futures closed steady with October at about 9.57 to 9.84 and December near 9.73 to 9.84.
New York May 13 Steamships of the American line operating between New York and Liverpool will not accept contraband of war as freight. The decision, announced here, cites no influence from German submarine activity or a Washington order, and the ships continue to fly the American flag.
Liverpool spot cotton shows easier prices with good middling at 6.68. Lega 5.82, low middling 4.88. Futures steady with May-June 5.18 and June-July 5.25. July-August 5.81 1-2. August-September 5.39 1-2. October-November 5.62 1-2. January-February 5.65 1-2. March-April 6.78. May-June 5.80. Receipts 14,500 bales. 6 bales on hand for speculation. 1,000 bales on offer.
Turpentine firm sells 829 casks at 42 cents and rosins post 2,516 receipts in Savannah. Quotations show B through N grades with varied bid figures from 3.00 to 5.50 dollars and mixed quality grades WG to WW in the market update.
Butter lower creamery 20 26. Potatoes unchanged 81 cars received.
The record lists railway receipts for cotton on Thursday. The Gulf Coast lines show R. Co. Train 287 with 5 bales and Tarpon transit. L. & N. R. R. Co. Train 238 reports 93 bales total from Planters Cotton, Touart & Quina, and F. M. Ladd & Co. in transit or delivered.
New York May 13 cotton opened steady to down and active months fell 6 to 10 points from last night as Liverpool and New Orleans buyers showed some activity. Scattered liquidation and Wall Street exits kept buying limited while new crop nerves persisted amid uncertain international politics and improving crop estimates.
Wall Street ends show varied action with war shares fluctuating. Westinghouse up nearly 2 points while rotor and copper groups slip amid thin volume and heavy bond selling. Major rails and key names register mixed losses and small gains as buyers reemerge late in the session.
Woodburn Oregon May 13 The grand jury refused to indict Charles Johnson on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon after he fired a shotgun at a man who visited his daughter despite being told to stop The jurors ruled the father had the right to object by such means and found no crime in the act.
A Shanghai dispatch reported by the Post claims a leading Chinese newspaper says China agreed to Japan's ultimatum because of mediation by Britain. The piece notes London mediated discussions and influence in the crisis.
In DGUGLAS Arizona on May 13 Frederick Simpich United States consul opened an inquiry into a report that Clarence Fisher foreman at a ranch near Saric Sonora was tortured to death by troops under Governor Jose Maytorena. The allegations state Fisher was hanged from a tree and jerked until he pleaded to be shot.
London May 13 The board of trade has purchased the cotton cargoes on the detained American steamers Southerner and Carolina. The Danish steamers Orion and Oscar II bound for Copenhagen, held at Kirkwall, have been released.
Petrograd reports a second internal loan totaling 1,060,000,000 rubies, equivalent to 500,000,000, was authorized. The move is routed via London and marks a major finance step for the Russian economy.
Detroit on May 13 saw no street cars running after a strike by Detroit United Railway conductors and motormen over a dismissed motorman. Thousands of workers were late, extra police were deployed, and rail officials refused to state plans while the trade group cited arbitration delays.
Frank Fuzia a New York tailor was held without bail for examination on a charge related to the murder of Leonore Cohn age five and Charles Murray age four and for the assault on Helen Manning 14 identified him as her attacker in the hallway of her home last Sunday night detectives said the Manning sisters corroborated the identification.
Sheriff Holcombe arrested Joe Patterson on Wednesday night in connection with a fatal shooting on Franklin and Manassas streets. Patterson was present at the Tuesday night crap game where Jake Williams was shot through the head. Williams, gravely injured, crawled toward help and spoke briefly before dying without naming his attacker or others present. The shooter remains at large.
London women hosted a reception for Jane Addams American delegate to the Hague conference. Pacifists and suffragettes attended as she prepared to travel to Holland and possibly Germany after leaving Saturday.
Evan Lavinghouse and his associate John A. Lavinghouse filed suit in the law and equity court against Lott Produce Company seeking 500 damages for injuries from a collision with a car. The plaintiff states he was bicycling and the bicycle was struck by the defendant's automobile.
William F Miller and Miss Mary Reinke, residents of the city, united in marriage Thursday at noon in the probate court by Judge Price Williams with a few friends present.
Directors declare a 4 percent dividend on preferred stock payable in scrip May 31 1916 bearing 6 percent interest from June 1 this year The quarterly January dividend on this stock was deferred due to cotton industry conditions in New York May 13.
The Austrian government orders all Austrian ships in Italian waters to proceed to Trieste or Pola. Residents in Switzerland and Italy warn against speaking German publicly in Milan or Turin as crowds grow tense. Reports say several Germans have been mishandled, with two nearly lynched at Brescia.
Ben Tarver sues Walter Williams in No 4384 and obtains an attachment against Williams estate on May 8 1915. The non resident defendant is notified of the levy on a black mare and a cab as the attached property. The court clerk signs May 6 1920.
Multiple late 1915 bankruptcy notices in U S District Court for the Southern District of Alabama for G L Brantley John C Brincat and Emmet L Gentry with meeting dates in April May 1915. Also marriage licenses issued by the probate court listing Hubert Nicholas Agnes Cash William F Miller and Mary Reinke.
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