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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1914
Page
7
Forecast dated Saturday April 11 1914 for San Antonio and vicinity and East Texas calls for unsettled weather with probable showers. Temperatures drop Sunday with colder conditions expected in the region. extended outlook includes Saturday night and Sunday unsettled conditions.
New York April 11 Heavy selling of United States Steel occurred at market open after its monthly report showed a sharp drop in unfilled orders. A 5000 share block traded at 61 1/2 to 61 3/4, down from 62, with most declines across steel related issues. The market closed weak amid slack demand and poor trade conditions reflected in tonnage figures. New Haven also fell after the February quarterly statement. Bonds remained steady.
On April 11 the mercantile paper market shows 8 percent and 4 percent rates. Sterling exchange sits steady with 60 days at 4.85 and demand 4.86 85. Commercial bills stand at 4.84 85. Raw silver trades at 58 4 cents. Mexican dollars quoted at 45 4 cents. Government bonds are heavy while railroad bonds hold steady.
New York April 11 The statement of actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows they hold 18,732,000 reserve in excess of legal requirements an increase of 8,279,450 from last week.
Metal markets were dull and nominal in New York. Lake copper quoted at 15 dollars. electrolytic copper at 14.75 with cost around 14.50. Iron prices unchanged.
Charles Frederick Seyferlich, chief of the Chicago department since 1910, is laid to rest with a funeral march led by nearly 2000 firefighters. An old hose cart from Engine Company No 98 carried his body to the cemetery, followed by a procession including city officials and department members.
Women government employees may participate in the May ninth suffrage parade as individuals without violating civil service rules, according to a letter from Attorney General Mc Treynolds to Mrs Mary William Kent. About a thousand women workers wished to march but feared prohibition.
Washington April 11. Representatives Moore and Alexander introduced bills to promote safety at sea. Moore would add to international regulations an answering signal for signals blown during fog and storm. Alexander is the chairman of the House committee on merchant marine.
Galveston reporting arrivals and departures on April 11 include the Concho from New York and sailings of El Dia and Colorado from New York, Nl Piemonte Italian from Genoa via New Orleans, Breslau and Bremen. Baltimore notes arrival of Cassel. New York reports Kaiser Joseph I from Trieste and Valia from Genoa.
Samuel P. Cochran of Dallas will arrive Friday morning April 17 to preside over permanent charter ceremonies for Bexar Lodge of Perfection No. 9 and officers installation at the Masonic Temple on Losoya Street. Pilgrim Chapter No. 6 will receive its charter Saturday night. fraternal delegates from other Texas lodges expected. over 400 Scottish Rite Masons in San Antonio area.
F M Maddox, former Austin mayor, was struck and dragged about 20 feet by a car at Sixth and Colorado streets near the post office. He sustained bruises but no serious injuries. The driver, a young woman, faced no blame due to compliance with local driving ordinances. State Senator C W Taylor of Rogers, Bell County, will not enter the race for lieutenant governor, after considering a bid. he spent the day in Austin on personal business.
Walter J. Travis of the Garden City Club New York and Robert Hunter of the Weburn Club Connecticut advance to the final round of the mid April golf tournament at Pinehurst N C. Travis defeated J W Hurd Pittsburg 4 up 2 to play and J D Standish Jr of Detroit 4 up 3 to play. Armstrong of Buffalo pressured Hunter to 19 holes but Hunter led 6 up 6 to play in the afternoon.
The fourteenth annual convention of the Southern supply and machinery men ended this morning after adopting committee reports and resolutions. An excursion to Galveston served as the main entertainment feature.
The attorney general's department approved bonds for Borque County common school district No. 52 totaling 2000 dollars in Richardson. An independent school district, 15500 dollars, Clyde independent school district 1000 dollars.
A bulletin from Austin lists new incorporations including Fort Worth Wagon Manufacturing Company, Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Emanuel Church of Bishop, Texas Star Flour Mills, Moreish Company, El Paso Heights Investment Company, Pilarczyk Mercantile Company, and amendments to Texas Clay Products, Burge Manufacturing, First State Bank of Robstown, North Texas Creamery, and Bay City and Matagorda Telephone Company changing capital stock or business location.
News notes a quiet market with little variation in week-end quotation cards. Eggs rise slightly due to Easter demand but likely not to last amid broad market movement. cold storage demand supports stability for the week. Poultry remains plentiful with a $1 per dozen drop versus last Saturday, groceries steady, and sugar coffee watched for possible advance. Meat list reported steady by packers.
A detailed price booklet lists prices to retailers for eggs, poultry, dairy, vegetables, fruits, canned goods, flour, meats, dried fruits, beans, grains, seeds, hides, and wool. It covers country candled eggs 16c a dozen, Hens 4.60 to 5.50 per dozen, turkeys 17c per pound, potatoes Oregon 1.65 to 1.75 per 100 weight, oranges California navels 2.50 to 3, lemons 4.59 per box, and assorted canned fruit and vegetables with varying can sizes and grades.
Quotations from Chicago markets show eggs higher with receipts 28 762 cases, firsts 16 to 17 cents. butter steady. cheese unchanged. potatoes irregular with 35 car receipts. Minnesota and Michigan red potatoes 60 to 65 cents, white 65 to 72 cents. poultry alive lower with spring hens at 18 cents.
Kansas City market notes show Butter Creamery 24c firsts 28c seconds 22c packing stock 11c. Eggs Firsts 17c seconds 15c. Poultry Hens 15c springs 15c.
Fort Worth Texas April 11 Receipts in all departments were small today Cattle receipts 1860 head Hog market showed strength with top at 8 70 for select hogs and most hogs sold 8 25 to 8 55 About 1000 head arrived 500 head of sheep goats averaging 60 pounds sold around 2 75 as steady prices maintained.
ST LOUIS April 11 Receipts and quotations today show hogs 3300 with higher market levels. Pigs and lights 7.00 7.90, good heavy 8.00 8.85. Battle receipts 100 market steady native beef steers 7.50 9.25 cows and heifers 4.25 8.75 stockers 5.00 8.00 Texas and Oklahoma steers 5.50 8.00 cows sarees 4.50 9.65 native calves 4.6 11.00 Sheep receipts 2.70 market steady payee muttons 5.75 6.50 lambs 7.00 8.25.
Receipts and quotations for hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago show strong hog demand with bulk sales around 8.80 to 8.92 for lights and 7.50 to 8.60 for pigs. Cattle and calves listed with varied bids from 3.75 to 10.25 for calves and 5.60 to 9.50 for beef cattle. Steers and stockers steady with lambs at 6.30 to 8.15.
Receipts and quotations from Kansas City show hogs with strong market demand and prices ranging from 7.75 to 8.70. Cattle receipts include 100 southern steers with values up to 9.25 for prime fed steers and cows at 4.60 to 7.70. Sheep receipts near 2000 with steady market. lambs quoted 6.25 to 8.15, yearlings 6.00 to 7.15.
In New York on April 11 the cotton goods market remained quiet and steady. Duplicate orders arrived for fine overcoatings and suitings for fall as advances of 2 to 5 percent were reported on some staple dress goods.
In Memphis on April 11 prime batch prices posted at 6.64 for boi, meal at 27.26, 27.50 for sin ters, with the 24 percent and 3 percent figures noted as part of the price listing.
Burial permits issued for multiple local residents including Mrs. Tennessee Hill 69 Miss Mary Hill 28 Louise Cowie 22 W G Anderson 47 Thomas J Collins 66 Etta Keating 25 and Hattie W Hagg 37 with death dates in April and locations in Mornadale Summerset Mato and South Flores Street listings.
Chicago and Kansas City report wheat gains due to seeding delays and cold in the northwest while a sharp corn selloff follows rumors of Argentine corn in Oklahoma. Prices close steady to modestly higher for wheat, with corn soft and oats declining as buying remains sparse.
Grain futures in Kansas City closed steady with May wheat at 8 84 and July at 8 14. Corn quotes show 68 cents per bushel and oats unavailable.
Chicago markets report prices for wheat varieties with No 2 red at 93 to 94 cents, No 2 hard around 91 to 93 cents, No 2 northern about 93 to 94 cents, No 2 spring near 98 to 94 1 2 cents, and barley at 48 to 68 cents.
On April 11 the coffee and cotton exchanges and the sugar markets in New York observe a holiday.
Warner Newby won the intermediate running high kick event with eight feet, setting a junior division mark for the local YMCA. Charles Sherrill and Norman Anderson earned credit for pushing Newby. Sherrill seven feet ten inches and Anderson seven feet nine inches. Amos Alley posted seven feet seven inches. Newby also led the point standings with five. The next event is the fence vault next Tuesday evening.
Major league officials in Chicago planned a Sunday meeting in St. Louis to decide possible measures against Earl Hamilton who jumped his contract from the St. Louis Americans to join the Kansas City Federals. B B Johnson and Hedges would confer after Johnson met with August Herrmann in Cincinnati.
The Maneto team of Philadelphia won with 2709 points at the seventh annual National Bowling Congress tournament in Atlantic City. West Philadelphia finished second and the Casino Colts third as 114 five man, 304 two man teams and 612 individuals from cities across the east and Canada enter the event running to April 29. The two man teams and individuals begin championship rounds Saturday night.
Joseph W. Folk expects to begin next week in the supreme court of the District of Columbia a move to force witnesses connected to the Billard company to answer questions about operations in the New Haven railroad hearing. If needed, a second proceeding will seek production of books and records at New Haven. The Billard company and several recalcitrant witnesses will be defendants, though the railroad and navigation units seek cooperation. Rev. J. H. Collard will preside and Rev. T. V. Neal will baptize converts after the sermon.
In Rogers Bell county six cotton gins are named in an anti trust suit filed by the Texas attorney general on behalf of the state. Ashcrott Son Leahy & Thomas T P Whittington P L Woods S S Clary J Clary and W H Neal are charged with conspiring to fix prices for cotton seed during the 1913 season. Penalties of 50 to 1500 dollars per day are sought.
The railway issues a new timetable effective Sunday noting changes to trains 1 4 8 9 and 11. It lists revised arrival and departure times for northbound and southbound services including connections at Hearne Milano and Taylor with routes to St Louis Chicago Little Rock Memphis and Laredo.
The Rev Mr Friar who has led a revival at Prospect Hill Baptist will give an Old Man Booze lecture at 3 pm Sunday at Travis Park Methodist with a large crowd anticipated. Main floor for men. attendees’ wives and daughters to the gallery. Closing revival sermon on The Resurrection follows Sunday night.
A sprawling list details numerous 1914 deed transfers in San Antonio area, with buyers and sellers including R. A. Kinsel to Lee W. Wilson, Ferdinand H. Grobe to George C. Saur, Palm Heights Development Co to various heirs, and many other exchanges. Values range from small cash amounts to substantial sums like 30,000 for a lot, with notes and monthly payments common.
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