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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1912
Page
10
Washington report details the cotton year 1912 ending August 31 with total supply at 97,673,294 bales. Distribution shows 5,367,671 bales consumed in the United States, exports of 10,681,758 bales, and varied stock holdings among mills, warehouses, and independent facilities across states.
Three men died and several were hurt in a head-on collision between a northbound Kansas City Southern train and a switch engine on the outskirts of Kansas City today.
Cotton futures opened steady then slid with a slight decline in early trading as frost remained limited to the western belt. Prices showed a muted response amid cautious selling and pressure from Oklahoma and North Texas weather outlooks.
Stocks resumed an upward move at the opening with gains of a point or more for Canadian Pacific Great Northern Ore Consolidated Gas and Re Public Tron. Other active list and specialty issues advanced fractions amid broad gains.
The Cotton Region Bulletin notes three Mobile district stations had no rain in 24 hours ending at noon. Okeona Mississippi and Livingston Alabama reported no measurable precipitation. Temperatures ranged from 64 to 83 with abnormal cooling in Oklahoma Houston and Little Rock districts and generally normal or warmer elsewhere.
Inspectors Taylor and O'Brien clash over requirements for the new Wayfarer gasoline pilot boat. The vessel did not sail to the lower bay until Supervising Inspector Cotter in New Orleans ruled it must be inspected. The Mobile Bar Pilots Association owns the Wayfarer and operates for profit.
Montgomery Alabama September 26 The Southern League baseball franchise in Montgomery is for sale owner Richard Tillis says after talks on a guarantee fund with the Montgomery Business Men's League collapsed The league had raised the guarantee to keep baseball in Montgomery for three years but the contract could not be signed Tillis refused a prior offer of 20000 from Little Rock and declined to say if he would accept it again He added I guess somebody will buy it.
P M Sigechter, a white man, was arraigned in the Inferior Henry Chamberlain court before Judge Henry, and after evidence, fined 500 dollars or 140 days in jail for violating the prohibition law. A notice of appeal was given.
The show stars Elsie St. Leon as Polly in a circus romance with a village pastor. Five reels running about seventy-five hundred feet, with the St. Leon company and a notable supporting cast. Performances Friday matinee and night with afternoon and evening showings. Box office for ticket information.
Florence Webber, named by Hammerstein Herbert and Young, will star as Marietta in Naughty Marietta at Mobile Theatre with sixty voices and a special orchestra. Seats go on sale Friday for the Saturday matinee and night performances.
Sunday show at the Lyric Theatre features a motion picture version of Charles Dickens Oliver Twist with Nat C. Goodwin in the role of Fagin. Local audiences express disappointment over news of an accident that threatened his public appearance, though the production is expected to receive strong support.
A high barometer area with low temperature covers much of the nation from the Alleghenies to the Pacific coast. Temperatures drop to 20 degrees at Sheridan Wyoming with frost reaching northern Texas. Showers occurred in the west gulf region and lower Mississippi valley, and over the lake region. The South Atlantic states enjoy generally fair and relatively warm weather.
The Norwegian steamship Bertha chartered by Munson will be repaired in port before moving to Munson piers. Previously active in the fruit trade between Central American ports Mobile and New Orleans, she is a large banana carrier. The Isertha will shift to a loading berth next Tuesday. The British steamer Tinhow, also chartered by Munson, arrives this afternoon from Honduran ports with bananas.
Discharging at the Mobile and Ohio docks the Tinhow will shift to the Mun son line to load general merchandise and lumber for Cuban ports. A September 21 1912 transition relights Louisiana Lake Borgne Pearl River light after a 6 p m to 8 p m outage. Telegraphs from New York list tranatlantic lane tracks to be operative September 21 1912 and a port list for September 26 1912 shows vessels destinations and dock statuses including Laid Up Repairs and wrecks at various ports in Cuba Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
Sofia reports Turkey and Bulgaria facing tensions as Bulgarian officials notify the Turkish government of ongoing frontier clashes. The confrontation centers on border areas prompting diplomatic attention from Ankara and Sofia.
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