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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1913
Page
7
Chicago marked a mixed day with May wheat fluctuating and closing modestly down as pressures from Liverpool and domestic gains faded. Corn and oats showed strength, while May pork and lard moved higher before retreating, and cash grain quotes reflected varied demand across No. 2 and higher categories.
Quotation report from St Louis dated January 20 shows cash and close prices for wheat corn and oats. Cash wheat No 2 red 1.10 1.14 and No 2 corn 49 cents No 2 white 52 1 2 cents. Oats No 2 38 34 percent 34 cents. May and July futures for wheat corn and oats listed with fractional cents.
Attorney E B Elfers filed habeas corpus applications to fix bonds for ten men once part of the rebel command of Inez Salazar now held by military authorities at Fort Bliss El Paso under section 14. Judge Maxey signaled a hearing in the Austin federal term. The detainees include Rodrigo Quevedo Manuel Calderon Modesto Rodriguez Felix Lugo Albino Viscaya Geronimo Azcarete Jr Emeterio Rivera Eleuterio Nunez Victoriano Gomez Isadoro Para. The case names Col C A P Hatfield commander of the El Paso patrol district as defendant in absence of Gen E Z Steever now in Washington. Both sides waive personal appearance. counsel to argue.
Deputies under Constable Trainer raided Leon's Place at 504 East Houston Street late Saturday night and arrested five young men on gaming charges. Three fled. those detained were released on bond. Complaints will be filed in Justice Campbell's court this afternoon.
Seven men are under arrest charged with recent burglaries in Palestine Texas. Police allege the gang also burned the courthouse and is connected with other incendiary fires. Burglary motive is cited and investigations continue.
Edward Lamb reports from New Orleans where the Western Fruit Jobbers convention drew nearly 2000 fruit men. The group condemned tramp or peddler cars as harmful to trade and urged Congress to ban fruit selling on rail rights of way. They endorsed the uniform apple box law and elected new officers with Samuel Laux as president and Charles Bills as second vice president. California chose San Francisco for the 1915 convention.
New orders entered by steel mills since the year’s start are only about equal to current shipments. Railroads boosted purchases with 6090 cars, 163 locomotives, 53 00 tons of rails and 3000 tons of bridge work. Orders for 18000 tons of fabricated steel and 15000 tons of bridge bids followed, with four to five month delivery lags for fabricators and three months for structural mills. Transmission towers totaling 4500 tons to Utah and 3600 tons for export to Spain highlighted active contracts. Wrought iron and steel pipe sales rose, pig iron stayed active but uneven.
Quotations show potatoes steady with Wisconsin 45 650c, Michigan 48 50c, Minnesota 47 650c. Poultry steady with turkeys and fowls quoted. Butter firm at creameries 24433%c. Eggs firm with receipts 5994 cases and fresh shipments 20 28c. Potatoes show receipts of 112 cars.
The listing shows butter creamery averages for firsts seconds and extras with various cents per pound and packing stock figures. Poultry bids include hens roosters young turkeys and ducks with multiple price points, reflecting regional market activity.
The notice lists chicken at 12 cents, turkey at 19 cents, duck at 115 cents, goose at 19 cents, butter and creamery at 27 36 cents, and eggs at 22 cents.
Eggs steady in New York with 8395 cases received. Fresh gathered extras bring 26 27 cents per dozen, dirties 17 18 cents, checks 15 18 cents.
On January 20 in New York raw sugar remained steady with Muscovado 89 test at 2.98 cents per pound and Centrifuges 96 test at 3.48 cents. Molasses sugar 89 test 2.73 cents. Refined products quiet. Petroleum molasses and hides steady. Leather firm.
Burial permits issued for Heron Morales age 85 who died January 18 at 113 Division Street. Mike Derr age 20 died January 19 at the intersection of San Saba and San Luis streets. William Luther Coleman age 35 died January 15 at 206 McKinley Avenue. Mrs L EB Hobran age 78 died January 18 at 2124 Monterey Street. Jose Chavez age one month died January 18 at 411 Matamoras Street.
A girl was born January 15 to Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Schuder at 113 Dakota Street. A boy was born January 17 to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Folbre at 502 West Huisache Street.
aN qpager 8 room dwelling on Post avenue 220 Hedekineon 2 room dwelling on Jones avenue 260.
Real estate transfers list B. Martinez transferring half lot 36 in city block 2373 for 400 dollars to O. H. Cummings with other deeds: Alamo Home Builders selling lot 8 block 2 Tampico street for 125 dollars to J. Fuentes Jr. and lot 18 block 2 Vera Cruz street for 466 dollars to Juan and Tiburcia Ramos.
Observations recorded at 8 a.m. January 20 1913 show temperatures below zero. Licensees include R Emrie S Moore Carroll J Jackel and J F Jackel with addresses R F D No 6 Leland hotel 626 North Laredo street Atascosa county. Local forecaster Allen Buell notes the frigid conditions.
The Weather Bureau reports yesterday's precipitation at .01 inch with a normal day .04 inch. Total since January 1 shows a .08 inch deficiency. Forecast extends until 7 p.m. Tuesday. Willis L. Moore is chief. San Antonio, Texas.
The second carload of eggs for the season left San Antonio for northern markets today as fresh country receipts rise. Prices hold around 20 cents per dozen for shippers, retailers pay 20 cents, and consumers see a 5 cent drop to 25 cents per dozen. Northern and New York markets are in line with local quotes. Poultry demand remains strong with hens up to $6 and turkeys at 12 cents per pound. Prices for lemons and celery surge with California freezes and Sicily fruit entering local trade. forecast may push lemon boxes to $9 this week. Additional items include figs, raisins, sugar, coffee, canned vegetables, hides, flour, meal, corn, and oats with varied regional pricing.
A long price sheet details fresh eggs, poultry, butter, cheese, vegetables, fruits, syrup, nuts, rice, canned meats and fish, dried fruits, and sundry items with unit prices. Entries cover eggs 21–22c per dozen. turkeys 12–13c per lb. fruits like apples up to 1.86 per lb and grapes at 6 per barrel. meats including dry salt and bacon. canned goods such as beef, sardines, and salmon. and staples like rice and corn syrup.
A California fruit agency says virtually every orange in the state was damaged by the recent freeze and that railroads have granted a special emergency rate to move the crop. The plan calls for loading fruit on consignment to markets nationwide as quickly as possible, with frost damaged boxes branded Frosted Fruit and priced near 60 cents per box f.o.b. coast.
Demetrio Salazar of Mexico City, a wealthy landowner and former Mexican senator, travels from San Antonio to Austin for Governor Colquitt’s inauguration and inaugural ball. He says conditions in Mexico are improving slowly under President Madero, with minor disturbances remaining. He plans irrigation projects in Tamaulipas and colonization of 15 000 more acres, and will visit Matamoros before returning home. He is not kin to General Inez Salazar.
Christy Mathewson, star pitcher, was fined ten dollars for speeding on a Long Island boulevard. A policeman timed him at 30 miles per hour while admirers had given him a car last year. Also noted, R G Buford spent Sunday in San Antonio and Swift and Company reported beef sales in San Antonio averaging 9.26 cents per pound for the week ending January 8.
Union Stock Yards reports January 20 receipts totaling 1226 head, including 620 cattle 583 calves 15 horses 87 hogs and 25 sheep. Local buyers took 165 cattle 104 calves 87 hogs and 35 sheep as bids held steady with several cows near 5 dollars and calves at 6 dollars. hogs show better porker quality with trades around 7.25 dollars.
Fort Worth cattle market reports steady prices across beef steers stockers cows and bulls with 2600 cattle receipts and 2700 hogs. Best beef steers traded around 5.75 to 7.00 per hundredweight while top hogs reached 7.70 with most hogs 7.20 to 7.60.
Receipts today include 6000 cattle 200 Texas and Oklahoma steers steady with natives from 6.50 to 9.35 and cows 3.65 to 6.00. Hogs at 10,000 head quoted 5.10 higher with pigs 6.75 to 7.65 and good heavy 7.50 to 7.65. Sheep 5500 head steady with native wethers 5.00 to 6.50 and lambs 7.00 to 9.16.
Receipts today include cattle 14000 with 1500 southerns and steady to ten cents lower values. Hogs 7000 with market up slightly and sales mostly 7.25 to 7.50. Sheep 12000 markets steady with muttons 4.00 to 5.75 and lambs 7.25 to 8.80.
Chicago stockyard receipts and quotes show cattle receipts at 27 000 with market steady to shade lower and steer prices ranging 4 707 20 to 7 15. hogs receipts 44 000 with market slow to strong and prices from 6 00 to 7 70. sheep receipts 27 000 with prices up to 9 15 for lambs and 6 25 for western yearlings.
H Moore is in City Hospital with a 12 inch gash in the right side after a clash with Carlos Balderas and his brother along the Southern Pacific tracks near Delaware Street. Both Moore and Balderas are charged with affray and the Moores with insulting women as police affidavits allege.
New York January 20 Cotton opened easy with a 13 to 17 point decline and sold 21 to 23 points lower after the call as renewed liquidation pushed prices to new movement lows. Bear sentiment faded briefly on short covering but heavy southern selling resumed causing another drop before noon. Prices hovered near the day’s lows and later recovered slightly with continued light covering and spot middling uplands remaining quiet.
New York on January 20 reports cotton futures opening easy with values across the curve. January 12.40 March 11.88 May 11.81 June 11.69 July 11.72 August 11.58 September 11.20 October 11.18 December 11.16.
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady to lower with losses of 12 to 15 points as bearish floor gossip and abundant offerings pushed May to 11.87, a new low for the current downward movement. Short-sellers booked profits then intensified selling pressures, leaving prices down at noon.
New Orleans reports cotton futures opening steady with January at 12.02 03, February 11.96 98, March 11.95 bid, May 11.98 11.97 98, August 11.68 61, October 11.5.
Spot cotton in fair demand with prices easing. American middling fair 7.224, good middling 6.88d, middling 6.68d, low middling 6.60d, good ordinary 6.10d, ordinary 5.76d. Sales 8000 bales, including 7300 American. receipts 19000 bales, 18500 American.
Liverpool reports futures opening and closing easy with a sequence of quarterly spreads. Key figures show January at 6.44 and consecutive contracts sliding through the year with multiple dashes and decimals indicating softer tones across months.
New York reports cotton spot markets at January 20 with middling uplands at 12.90 and middling Gulf at 13.15. Sales reached 5900 bales while activity remained subdued.
Memphis spot cotton prices in Memphis Tennessee on January 20 show steadier tones with middling grade at 12.5 cents. Traders note limited price movement as market eyes broader demand signals and input costs.
Cottonseed products in Memphis show prices as of January 20 with prime basis. Meal trades at 25.60 to 25.76 dollars per hundredweight while linters bid at 14 percent.
The Ward Two auxiliary to the Board of Health divides precincts into sections and appoints section chairmen to work with a representative committee from each block. Precinct 10 led by Mrs. T C James and Precinct 11 led by Mrs E A Christian with several others prepare for a ward meeting at Crockett School Tuesday afternoon. City prisoners have aided the ward work. Precinct 10 women push fence removal street grading sewer construction Arbor Day tree planting ideas are discussed and the group may ask the city to adopt the Austin plan supplying trees and a plant man at 50 cents per tree.
The 1913 parish calendar by St Marys Catholic Parish lists saints and fast days with red numbers. It shows mass hours for Sundays and weekdays and evening prayers. A San Antonio picture decorates the calendar as the ornamental feature.
A long list of visitors arrives in San Antonio staying at major hotels. Names include P. T. Norton Calvert and John W. Watts Range, with ties to Dallas Victoria Kerrville Beaumont and Houston, staying at St Anthony Gunter Menger Crockett Bowie Savoy Bexar.
Jake the old cavalry horse once led President Cleveland’s 1893 procession was found guilty of frightening Mrs. Sheldon’s horse, causing her to fall from a carriage. A Mineola jury awarded 665 dollars to Mrs. Sheldon to be paid by owner Thomas Willis, not the horse.
New York stocks opened with copper shares weakest. Amalgamated and Utah Copper fell a point each while American Tobacco rose over seven points. General Electric opened lower and then slipped toward 141 after a brief rally as rumors of a Minnesota rate decision influenced trading.
New York report shows prime mercantile paper 4 to 5 percent, exchange strong with bankers bills at 4 83.35 for today bills and 4 87.50 for demand. Commercial bills at 4.82 percent. Bar silver at 63.40, Mexican dollars 49 cents. Government bonds steady while railroad bonds remain heavy.
New York copper trends show unsettled spot with bids and varied futures for January through April. Tin futures ease while lead and spelter hold ranges. antimony and iron show subdued activity. Louis report notes lead and spelter prices on January 20.
County Tax Collector Bitter reported a noon tally predicting 700 poll taxes issued by day’s end as a statewide voter surge continues. By noon the county’s qualified voters reached 7142 with exemptions, while the city tally stood at 4318.
A riot erupted in the Wyoming House of Representatives as Speaker Pratt and Speaker Pro tem Wood clashed over who had authority to preside. The dispute led to a violent altercation interrupted by lawmakers.
Nashville Tenn Jan 20 The regular Democrats in the Tennessee legislature supported Chancellor John Allison of Nashville for the long term United States Senate seat. There was no election held in the session.
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