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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1915

Page

5

Notice of Chancery Sale of Odd Fellows Property

Public sale scheduled for November 1 1915 at 12 o'clock noon in Mobile Alabama. Union Lodge No 13 seeks cash for a one fifth undivided interest in a block at the northwest corner of St Joseph and St Michael streets Mobile. Property known as Temperance Hall with buildings and improvements.

Alabama Lodge No. 1 Independent Order of Odd Fellows Odd Fellows’ Building Association of Mobile Mobile Alabama Register's Office Court of Chancery Southwestern Court House Mobile County St. Joseph and St. Michael Streets St. Joseph Street St. Michael Street Collins O. J. Semmes F. T. Perkins A. C. Ward C. Fef. Sims Independent Order of Odd Fellows Union Lodge Mobile Lodge Mt. Ararat Mobile Temperance Hall Association Temperance Hall Carl Holzborn Union Lodge No. 13 Register’s Office Thirteenth Chancery State of C. Semmes C. E. Sims Lodge No

Investment tide shifts as Northern settlers eye Mobile land

Illinois and Indiana investors travel to Mobile for pine land opportunities along the Southern Railway. Cravath of Chicago urges cheaper southern lands vs costly Pacific coast sites. Railroad agents report 40 to 50 inquiries and a busy winter ahead as northerners seek development potential in Mobile County and nearby areas.

Pacific Coast Transcontinental Railroad California Gulf Coast Homer A. Cravath Chicago Bienville Hotel Mobile Southern Railway W. L. Henderson St. Louis Cravath Golden California Cinrath Mississippi River Rocky Mountains Illinois Missouri Iowa Wisconsin Indiana Mobile County

Congressmen urge youth military training in schools

A debate on militarism and youth training dominates page one. Representatives Randall Anderson Johnson Dit and M Lennon push varied plans including high school programs militia expansion and defense councils. The discussion calls for officer involvement in colleges and schools to teach rudiments of warfare.

Randall California Army Navy Sydney Anderson Minnesota Council of Defense Representative Johnson Washington C. C. Dit M’lennon Texas Regular Army

Voices for and against military buildup across states

A collection of quotes from U S lawmakers debating defense in the wake of tension. McLemore backs a 250000 standing army rising to 500000 with stronger navy and air service. Sutherland urges militia training. Doughton sees moderate risk and arbitration. Small Murray Burnett oppose broad increases. Davis condemns finance of wars by banks and munitions firms.

Konop Wisconsin Dillon South Dakota Stone Illinois United States Sutherland West Virginia Cyclone) Davis Texas Jeff McLemore Congress Howard Sutherland Europe Robert L. Doughton North Carolina J. H. Small Wm. H. Murray Fourth District Oklahoma Steel Trust Armor Plate Trust Seventh District Alabama J H

Japan Sends Munitions to Russia at Twenty Trainloads a Day

Cyrus Robinsonan engineer from London arrived in New York aboard the California reporting that Russia has been receiving munitions from Japan at an average rate of twenty trainloads daily for over three months.

Japan Russia New York Cyrus Robinson London California Liverpool

Wednesday Markets Cotton Receipts and New Orleans Prices

Cotton receipts reported from New Orleans Mobile and Chicago railways and steamers total 245 bales with small shipments. New Orleans opened lower then firmed on outside buying, weather and politics news. New York opened firm but futures eased on hedge selling and a court ruling. Spot cotton remained quiet with middling at 12.12 in New Orleans and 12.50 in New York, with 700 bales sold.

New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago R. P. Pope & Co Louisville and Nashville Baker, Lyons & Co Clarke, Davis & Co Bashinsky & Co Mobile and Ohio Railroad Cotton Company Barney- Cavanagh Co Beaver—Lott Produce Co Daphne—Baker, Lyons & Co Swift & Co New Orleans New York Liverpool United States District Court Commission House

Liverpool Cotton and Grain Markets See Mixed Activity

Liverpool spot cotton held steady with good middling at 7.65 and futures around 7.10 to 7.16 for various spreads. Chicago cash grain showed mixed values with wheat around 1.15 to 1.18 and corn near 63 to 64 cents, while naval stores in Savannah reported firmer turpentine and rosin prices. Wall Street opened with renewed buying orders after a holiday lull, led by a broad market rebound.

Liverpool Chicago Bae NS Foss Jamuety Scccces Tiedasnes Podslreta's Savannah Turpentine Wall Street Review New York New

Market Rally and Various Stocks End Mixed as Bellwethers Rise

Stock market closes irregular after gains in United States Steel Bethlehem Steel and Studebaker with a broad list of rails and utilities steady to higher. Chicago commodities and livestock report follow with hogs cattle and lambs trading pattern and prices. London note reports Captain G S Robertson killed in France, a former Oxford relay team member.

Baldwin Studebaker Westinghouse Maxwell Group United States Steel Bethlehem Steel Steel Allis-Chalmers American American Can American Car and Foundry American Locomotive American Cities Pfda American Cotton Oil American Smelting American Sugar Amer. Tel. & Tel American Tobacco Anaconda Copper Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago Mil St. Paul Consolidated Gas Crucible Steel Erie General Electric General Motors Great Northern Pid Illinois Central Interborough Consol. Corp Kansas City Southern Louisville and Nashville Liggett & Myers Lorillard Co Mexican Petroleum Missouri, Kaw, & Texas Pfd National Lead New York Central Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Rep. Iron & Steel Seaboard Air Line Sloss-Shef, Steel & Iron Studebaker Corporation Southern Pacific Southern Railway Jfd Tennessee Copper Texas Co Union Pacific United States Rubber Virginia-Cato, Chem Western Union Westinghouse Electric Great Northern Ore London G. S. Robertson France Robertson Oxford University of Pennsylvania

Car sale notice fronts Conception Street Prichard Mo

Ten acres of land in Prichard Missouri Mobile County with frontage on Conception Street road priced at $800. Apply Joseph Espalla Jr. & Co real estate and fire insurance agents.

Prichard Mobile County Conception St.road Joseph Espalla JR. & CO

Teutons in Galicia Driven Toward Lemberg

The French resume the offensive as Austria and Germany push toward Constantinople. Italy may supply troops while Bulgaria is a rising power with an army capable of massing around 300,000 for heavy operations.

Teutons Galicia Lembe Viviant Ber Tente Serbia Constantinople Italy Bulgaria

Bulgaria Declares War on Serbia Amid Diplomatic Ties

Bulgaria joins Germany Austria and Turkey in the conflict after months of diplomatic bargaining. Paris dispatch says Sofia chose the central powers over the Quadruple Entente as the stronger bid for alliance.

Bulgaria London Serbia Paris Germany Austria Turkey

Russian Forces to Fight Alongside Allies in Balkans

Paris dispatch reports Premier Viviani telling the chamber of deputies that Russia would be fighting alongside French and British troops in the Balkans. He said France Great Britain and Russia were in complete accord and ample troops were available without weakening any front.

Balkan Paris Th c Nhamber Mier Viviant Balans France Great Britain Russia

Venizelos Moves to Tolerant Attitude on New Cabinet

Paris dispatch reports premier Venizelos after the Greek chamber meeting told supporters, who hold a chamber majority, that a tolerant line toward the new cabinet would be adopted to avoid a crisis and prevent dissolution of parliament.

Venizelos Paris Athens

Balkan issue muddled treaty notes Greek response

The Athens correspondent to Matin reports Serbia asks Greece for support under the alliance treaty. Greece replies that current hostilities have not a purely Balkan character and thus do not fall under the Greece Serbia accord terms.

Balkan Paris Athens Greece

Greece and Serbia Face Balkan Dilemma After Bulgarian Attack

Editorials report Greece and Serbia weighing immediate alliance action as Bulgaria deploys 60,000 troops against Serbia. Questions rise about King Constantine's stance and Greece's neutrality, while French editors fault the Balkan policy and scrutiny grows over Russia France and Britain aid prospects.

Greece Paris Serbia Bulgaria Kit Constantine Balkan Stephen Pichon Russia Great Britain France Balkans Italy Italy, Heaffira Viviani Pariament Roumania

Pine land sale prospect in Mobile Alabama area

Mobile and Ohio R R land in Ala and Miss totaling 480 acres seven miles west of Mobile County best pine land soil suitable for general farming stock raising and fruits priced at 11.50 per acre Also 40 to 10 000 acre lots at 4 000 per acre Address Geo President Ala Land & Dev Co N Royal St Mobile Alabama Phone 967 J

Marine New Jersey Sts Duggan & Taylor Realty Company N. Royal St Best Shoe Store Government Street Rapier Avenue Southern Realty Company Lower Fat St. Louis Street New Hamill St Gladys Ave J. CO. Payne Mobile & Ohio R. R. Landa Ala Miss Mobile County Alabama Ala, Land & Dev. Co Mobile

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