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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1916
Page
7
The New Orleans cotton market opened with prices up six to twelve points on strong cables but profits on long positions caused a quick one dollar per bale drop. By noon months showed a 25 to 30 point decline from previous close and by 1 30 pm losses deepened to 39 to 1s points with spot trading quiet at 25 points off.
The New York cotton market opened steady with an advance of 5 to 15 points as firm cables supported prices. Wall Street selling pressure and overnight liquidations pushed active months down 10 to 14 points, with January slipping to about 20.26 and May to 20.92 earlier, while December and other futures drifted lower amid ongoing liquidation and a quiet spot market at 20.30 middling.
Chicago market prices list cash grain including Wheat No 2 red No 3 red and hard varieties with bids around 1.84 to 1.89 per bushel. Corn blends range from 93 1 2 to 95 1 2. Oats bid 57 5 8 to 58 1 4. Rye 1 50 to 1 51. Barley 90 to 1 28. Timothy hay 3.25 5.25, clover 11.00 15.00. Provisions Pork 28.50 lard 16.80 ribs 14.25 15.00.
Railway timetables show arrivals and departures across multiple routes including Louisville and Nashville to Cincinnati, New Orleans Local, Pensacola Accommodation, Mobile and Ohio connections, and Chicago bound trains. Various times list daily, weekly, and weekend services with noted southbound and northbound trains and limiteds.
New York stocks opened irregularly as traders speculated on forest and interior demand. Copper and rails led declines with Bethlehem Steel dropping sharply. U S Steel gained on higher wages, while other major issues fluctuated through midday selling and a partial rally before renewed liquidation.
Spot 12.75 pid and futures for November at 12.75 13.00, December 12.74 12.75, January 12.70 12.74, February 12.70 12.75, March 12.72 12.74, April 12.72 12.78, May 12.75 12.76, June 12.75 12.82. Total sales 29,000.
Livestock receipts total 17 000 hogs with market higher. Lights 9 25 to 9 90 pigs 700 to 9 00 good heavy 9 90 to 10 10 bulk 9 40 to 9 95. Cattle receipts 6 500 market steady native beef steers 7 50 to 11 50 yearling steers and heifers 8 50 to 11 50 cows 5 50 to 7 75 stockers 5 30 to 7 50 calves 6 00 to 11 25. Sheep receipts 2 500 market steady lambs 7 50 to 11 85 ewes 3 75 to 7 60 yearlings 7 50 to 10 00.
Turpentine firm reports 48 sold with receipts 290 while rosin firm shows no sales and total receipts 1 017. Market quotes include various barrels and grades from B to WG with ranges from 6.27 to 7.10 dollars, reflecting steady activity in Savannah on November 22.
Liverpool traders report spot cotton weak with good middling at 12.49 and sales of 7 000 bales including 500 for speculation and export. Receipts total 26 000 bales. Futures steady with near terms at 12.14 for both November December and December January, 12.21 January February, 12.26 February March, and 12.32 March April.
Chicago reports butter higher with creamery at 36 41 2. Eyes receipts 2 844 cases. Market unchanged. Potatoes receipts 35 cars. Poultry alive firm with fowls 14, springs 15.
An old advertisement urges maintaining health with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules sold by reliable druggists. It warns pain in kidneys stomach joints and headaches may signal serious illness and offers money back if no help. The copy promotes the product as the only pure imported Haarlem Capsules despite substitutes warnings.
The German commercial submarine Deutschland moved eastward through Block Island Sound on a return voyage from New London to Bremen. Without a convoy ten miles off shore, it passed Watch Hill around sunset and was not to be sighted again until daybreak as coast guard stations observed quiet, following Washington orders.
Captain Koenig describes westward course near Martha's Vineyard with safety routes along the 20 fathom curve. The Deutschland remains in neutral waters, may submerge beyond Point Judith after passing behind it, and is watched by reports of British warships off shore. The ship covered twenty miles from New London in two hours at a ten mile per hour average despite Race hazards and favorable weather.
The German merchant submarine Deutschland, docked in New London, sails toward Bremen with a $2,000,000 cargo and mail for Emperor William. After damage from an earlier incident in which it sank a tug, skipper Paul Koenig shifts tactics for the voyage.
New York reports say a majority of the 200 nurses and surgeons aboard the Britannic, sunk in the Aegean, were Americans. British consulate officials confirmed the claim as ships moved through crowded waters amid ongoing naval activity.
Mr. J H Kirksey a merchant from Escatawpa Mississippi died Tuesday at a local infirmary after a three week illness. He is survived by a large family network in Escatawpa. The body was sent to Escatawpa Wednesday morning via the Mobile and Ohio by Roche Burke for burial.
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a gentle laxative to remove impurities from the system. It links accumulated waste to dizziness biliousness and a muddy complexion and promises a full bowel movement by morning after a 25 cent dose at the druggist.
The probate court issued licenses to White Louis P. Jones of Kreele Mississippi and Elizabeth Lammas of Mobile, to Leo Henry McKeough and Ellen Arnitu Witt, and to Edward Benn Grigg and Dorothy Thelma Farnell.
Dr. J B Gambrell Baptist secretary rebuts a purported Funston interview. He says Baptists protest Funston attitude toward preaching to soldiers along the Rio Grande and notes his own visit to San Antonio for permission to hold revivals at border camps. He asserts he bears responsibility for Baptist objections.
The speaker argues President Wilson would face impeachment for prescribing army preaching and says General Funston erred by mixing militarism with religion. He asserts General Winston violated Baptist religious rights and warns protests will escalate while promising fair treatment in the interim.
Mobile police report bogus money orders in circulation including a 24.25 order cashed by RK Kamil after a purchase. The orders allegedly payable to J H Jacobs by R F Jacobs and forged with the Little Rock postmaster’s name. Geologists find minerals in Spitzbergen but no large deposits.
The schooner Fannie Prescott loaded with lumber for Cuban ports went down the channel Tuesday while in tow of the tug Mary Wittiche. The vessel appears a total loss and authorities assess salvage options for the remaining cargo.
The Munson line steamer Munplace departed this morning at 6:30 en route to Cuban ports with a general merchandise cargo aboard. The Mallory line steamer Sabine followed, entering Mobile behind schedule due to heavy fogs and is headed to New York with a return cargo to Newark after arriving Monday.
The schooner Birdsall was released from dry dock this morning and moved to a stream berth. It will depart soon for Sabine Texas to load cargo for a Philadelphia firm. The schooner Francis has arrived at the lower bay station and will dock in the city this afternoon with a cargo of coconuts bound for a Philadelphia company.
Astoria resident Mrs. Joan A. Koenig reports two years of illness with chills head pain and back and stomach pain. She refused surgery and crediting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with rapid improvement after two weeks and says she is now in good health.
A group aged 20 to 4 starts a training program in rubber manufacturing with initial weeks focused on fundamentals. The effort aims to build skills in material production and trades related to the rubber industry.
Employment notice from The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Akron Ohio seeking steady eight hour day laborers. Applicants offered physical examination at the employment office with in person apply on Thursdays or Fridays.
A crew on the coal barge hoisted loads onto a steamer following signaling cues. The operation emphasized safe handling and proper machine function during the transfer. Address Box 1 is noted for item care and record keeping.
Wanted men and women to qualify for government positions with forthcoming appointments. Free booklet CG581 by Earl Hop Washington Specks explains openings and preparation. Also want yard boy 18 to 20 at Government street and an experienced worker at Ford Cafe 126 Royal St. A young man about 1 years old needed to assist in a real estate office. Moler College advertises barbering training at 1238 Ram Orleans.
Lost liver and white pointer tail with new collar no name on plate in excellent hunting condition. Reward. Bell telephone 103 or 9028. W. T. Nas. mov2l-81 Lost Bar pin containing a and pearls in downtown district. Reward. Bell 1061. Lost A child's necklace to Saal district will value of if returned. Call Home 1750.
Classified notice items include a large six room raised tag for exchange with 140 feet front on a two block from Springhill Ave in a new city area. Also a request to return a small poodie puppy seen near St Charles and Davis Ave. and an ad by contractor R E Brightman offering repair and building services on Dauphin Street.
Educational ad seeks 100 more students for a short hand course with a 30 day guarantee for $5 if enrolled before January first. Mentions Mobile pupils reaching 80 words per minute after days of instruction and lists bookkeeping aroma French and German at $1 per month. Typewriting and penmanship free. Board for pupils Riley Andee dhorthead 158 St Anthony St.
In Mobile County Alabama on a writ of fieri facias the court will sell for cash to the highest bidder on a January date in 1917 in front of the Mobile courthouse. The sale conveys all rights of John P. Lathrop to Lot nine in Home Subdivision containing 15 acres as per plat recorded October 26 in Deed Page 15. W H Sheriff of Mobile.
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