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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1916
Page
7
Market figures indicate steady demand with low ordinary to good middling grades. daily sales reported and receipts for the day and week detailed. U S ports and foreign shipments listed with year over year comparisons. stock levels shown for the day and for the period since August 1.
Overnight buying sent prices higher at the open but gains faded as selling pressure grew. January falls from 19.25 to 19.03 while May slides from 19.44 to 19.28. July and other months also weaken. market closes easy with irregular movement and prices around 18.60 for January and 18.92 for May. Savannah reports firm turpentine at 4.34 and rosin steady with no bids among receipts, listing various grade quotes from B through WW.
Opening drift eased as Crucible and Republic Steels plus Pressed Steel Car and Central Leather rose. Coal shares lift the railway group with Reading and Norfolk and Western up two points, United States Steel strengthens with shipping and munitions sectors, and numerous industrials close strong.
Memphis presented claims for the location of a federal farm loan bank to serve Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana. About twenty witnesses urged Memphis as the center of a vast farm business with unmatched railroad and transportation facilities.
Large forces of men worked to load the British steamer Nubian of the Leyland line with cotton naval stores lumber and other cargo at the municipal docks Wednesday morning.
The Norwegian steamship Fort Gaines of the Orr Laubenheimer Company is due at the port with a cargo of bananas and chicle from Livingston Guatemala and Belize British Honduras.
The steamer Keltier cleared from Naples for the Mobile customs district and is understood to be bringing a cargo of iron ore.
The ship Avenger is being rapidly prepared and will be ready to enter the European lumber trade in the next few months.
Reports from Cuba indicate that oral lumber charters have been completed there recently for Mobile schooners. The message suggests several ships are on the way to Mobile to carry timber, signaling renewed trade activity with the Caribbean port.
The local weather bureau releases a 24 to 48 hour forecast urging protections for shipments. The Tombigbee river and branches are expected to show little change, with minor shifts over the next two days. The Alabama river similarly is not expected to change significantly.
Associated Press reports in Montgomery Alabama that deliberations start after morning testimony undermined McKee alibi. The defendant faces charges of robbing a fast mail train last year of $20,000 as government witnesses described the crime and defense sought to cast doubt on the alibi.
Car No. 2 of the Government street ring and an auto driven by W A Bozene of Salco Alabama collided Wednesday morning at 10 30 near St Emanuel. The automobile was damaged and Kk A Shipps who was in the auto was slightly hurt.
John C. McAleer owner of a Battle House news stand and L V Wood of Albright Wood firm were arrested on complaint. The two face recorder's court on Thursday as police filed the case concerning exhi devices and related matters.
Photographs show members of the Hughes special giving earnest speeches to large far western crowds during a national tour. The women appear just as earnest as Roosevelt era campaigners, illustrating strong female participation in the political effort.
In the Law and Equity Court session Judge Sside-Berney presided. Demurrers by W J Selkins and Jeminson were overruled with ten days to plead. Howard C Rush versus City of Mobile demurrers overruled. Wetzell versus Wrightson nonsuit. Bailey versus Byrne motion granted gar nish dis charged. Meurman & Co v Ethridge judgment by default on verified account 331 dollars. Knadler & Lucas v Gewerry Company default on verified account 140.15 dollars. Securities Company et al. judgement by default on promissory note. Adjourned to morrow. Chancery Court Judge H Smith. Burden v Grant Burden testimony ordered published. Corcoran cases submitted. Carroll cases taken from call.
Charlotte dispatch reports North Carolina's registration near record levels with Mecklenburg County showing a rise from 7,700 in 1912 to over 10,000. If statewide turnout matches this trend, more than 300,000 votes may be cast next Tuesday.
On Wednesday morning Mobile saw a bustling move in real estate, with many movers active as residents relocated. For rent signs were torn down and often replaced, signaling a churn in the local housing market.
Train service from Juarez to Chihuahua City is annulled as the border region experiences a halt in rail and wire service. The state capital remains isolated with tracks north south and west of Chihuahua City destroyed.
A Wireless Press dispatch quotes Munich's Neueste Nachrichten that Lieutenant Generals von Chrott and Emil Heniger, who held high commands on the western front, have been placed on the retired list.
The Seattle Construction and Drydock Company was the sole firm to submit a direct proposal for a swift sea cruiser under the 1817 naval building program. The cap on cost for hull and machinery is 5 million dollars, with Seattle offering one ship in thirty months for 4,976,000. Fore River Shipbuilding of Quincy proposed two ships at about 4,900,000 each, delivery in 33 and 36 months, but tied to price fluctuations in materials and labor per navy plan.
Funeral services were held for Lula P Job es at 3 30 PM Tuesday from 461 South G C Tuck Church with burial in Macemex. A second service for Adel was held at Shaarat Shomeyim temple in the Hebrew rite with pallbearers including many named community members.
Funeral services conducted by Rev D A Planetor of the Central Presbyterian observed in a ritual noting decline and respect. Masonic pallbearers led honor with pallbearers named Scott, E B Spencer, Edward Hale, Gallagher, John Turner and MacLure. Burial followed at Pine Cemetery.
Notice states the schooner Albert D Mills has been seized by the District Court in Ada Oklahoma for admiralty and civil proceedings. It notes returnable on the 6th day of 1916 with custody in the court and invites all owners or claimants to appear and show cause why final process should not pass.
Public notice seeks the return of a male pointer dog described as having a lenin cole head and spot near tall, with a chain six feet long. The reward is offered by an individual named Tobe Bell in 1980.
Fragmentary railway timetable lists arrivals and departures with times like 442 am and 3 pm. It mentions Cincinnati and routes to towns, with partial company names and unclear destinations.
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