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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1916
Page
7
Mobile market data show receipts 828 today, exports 609, spot cotton steady at middling 15.40. December 15.47 at 2 pm, general list 15 to 20 points higher earlier. Liverpool futures steady with September-October around 9.30.
New Orleans and New York cotton markets opened firm as better cables and weather forecasts encouraged buying. Prices climbed 15 to 23 points from the prior close before another round of profit taking and local selling trimmed gains.
Prices edged higher at the opening but broad gains were uneven amid irregular undercurrents. Shipping shares were active and Atlantic Gulf and West Indies hit a new high, Pacific Mail rose, and American Smelting led copper with gains. United States Steel moved modestly. rails stayed barely steady while favorites gained late. The session closed strong.
New York stock list shows prices for Allis-Chalmers American Can American Sugar American Tel and Tel Anaconda Copper Bethlehem Steel Canadian Pacific Erie General Electric Great Northern Interstate etc. Stocks include Union Pacific United Fruit Studebaker and Wabash with varied quotes across many industries and sectors.
Naval stores in Savannah on September 12 show dull turpentine at 45 1/2 cents. Receipts and sales are listed as none for several grades. firm business noted. Quotations include B and D at 5.85, E at 35.90, F at 6.15, H and I at 6.25, E and at 6.36, N at 8.40, WG at 46.50, WW at 6.75.
The cotton seed oil market in New York closed strong with spot trading around 10.10 to 10.50. For futures, January quote near 10.15 to 10.18, February 10.39 to 10.37, March 10.48 to 10.52, and April around 10.55 to 16.70 with September noted.
Ambassador Guthrie in Tokyo cabled the State Department that Japan’s foreign minister said Japan’s demands on China regarding the Cheng Shiatun incident do not infringe Chinese sovereignty or impair the Root-Takahira agreement. The report shows Washington was troubled by American fears that the published demands were true.
Guthrie notes show the demands mirror the state department inquiry while Japan and China offer divergent interpretations. Officials decline comment beyond stating that more information will be sought before the U.S. attitude is set. The Root Takahira accord reaffirms China’s integrity and mutual updates on changes to the status quo. The department’s September 6 announcement signals ongoing review.
Fragmentary OCR notes show date ranges in October and November with numeric codes and a line declaring total sales as 25,200 barrels. Details are incomplete and values may be misread.
The weather bureau issues a shippers forecast urging protection of shipments in the next 24 to 36 hours as temperatures across the north east and west fall to 40 degrees. River forecasts predict minimal changes for the Tombigbee and its branches over the next two days with the Alabama also staying steady.
An editorial in the North China Daily News urges Britain and Japan to avoid further injustice after the Chong Chiatun clash. It states China is not military yet remains proud and warns of a possible boycott of Japanese goods if Japan persists with demands. It calls for a China Japanese commission to resolve the dispute.
The American ambassador at Tokyo was instructed to seek a Chinese Beijing statement on reports of Japan demanding measures after the Cheng Chiatun clash. Tokyo replied some items were true while others were exaggerated, denying sovereignty infringement or breach of the Hoot Takahira pact. The plan included apologies and compensation plus Japanese instructors and advisers in Manchuria and Mongolia and policing rights in towns with Japanese settlements. The issue remains tense as diplomats seek clarity.
Arthur Waltenen alias John Lind, a barber in Ironwood Michigan, confessed to the murder of New York widow Elisabeth Nichols and theft of 28000 in jewelry and money. Servant Orort Talus was convicted and sentenced to the electric chair but later commuted to life imprisonment. Waltenen will be taken to New York for action.
The Japanese government has demanded stationing of Japanese police in towns where Japanese reside and the appointment of Japanese advisers to the Chinese police. It also seeks Japanese military instructors and demands indemnities and apologies.
The article argues that concern rises not from the terms but the aim of Japanese demands. It notes Mongolian banditry and a monarchist upheaval creating a state of outlawry, with officials reportedly willing to admit Japan justifies troops in regions where Japanese lives are at risk, similar to U.S. troops in Mexico.
The Cratheus of the Caribbean-Southern line cleared the channel at six o'clock this morning carrying cargo for the Windward islands. Load began at Fier 3 and proceeded toward the sea.
The Norwegian bark Nordsjertsen departed this morning and proceeded to New Orleans where she will immediately commence loading.
The Norwegian steamer Vika, loaded with a banana cargo, was ready to sail for the return trip but the pilots were later informed the vessel would not depart today.
The Norwegian steamer Vera is due in port as the next fruit ship. It will bring 16,000 bunches of bananas from Puerto Cortez and is consigned to the United Fruit Company.
The U. S. steamer W. J. Twining, just launched, was moved from the wharf after the July 5 storm and taken to Twelve Mile Island this morning for laying up and repairs.
River steamers J. H. Menge and Peerless, Alabama river packets, departed the city wharf Tuesday night carrying good freights.
Classified note seeks private family housing close to Kansas City area with two people needing room and board. Includes care for a young person and expects September 12 to October 3 terms.
WANTED To buy aged horse 9 plows needed must be bargain price 1682 or 1289. See WANTDED Pfipila to coach in school work during September. Bell on 449-3. AO 24-11 FUNERAL NOTICE. LEVY Died Wednesday morning September 13 1916 at 11:20 o'clock Celina wife of the late Emanuel Levy in the eighty fourth year of her age. The Grete family are requested to attend its feneral from the residence of Mr Dave Bauer No 11 North Franklin street tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock with interment in Hebrew cemetery.
Multiple recruitment notices seek day laborers and skilled workers aged 18 to 45 with pay around $2 per 10 hours and benefits. Listings include pressers at Gulf City Dye Works, Army recruiting for men under 35, piling crews, a colored grocery driver, and a dressmaking forewoman. Also lost item: a child’s rubber-tired tricycle with a contact phone.
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