Weather Summary: Precipitation and Deficiency Report
The Weather Bureau notes Friday precipitation none, normal for the day at .04 of an inch. Daily deficiency .04, total since January 1 at 7.95 inches, and deficiency since January 1 at 1.88 inches.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1918
Page
8
Liquidation Drives Cotton Quotation Decline in Markets
Cotton futures extended losses as rumors of price fixes surfaced and selling pressure increased after the opening of the short session. May and October slid, while New York and New Orleans quotes weakened, with overall declines of 28 to 33 points by close. Reports of export tonnage limits and anticipated higher ginnage added to the tone of caution.
New Orleans Cotton Market Dips After Price Fix Rumors
After a morning rise on dry Texas weather the New Orleans cotton market fell sharply on rumors of a plan to fix prices at 30 cents per pound. By midmorn, contracts were 25 to 32 points below yesterday, with slight recoveries as buying reemerged on expected fair Texas weather. Close showed a net loss of 70 to 32 points, with futures quotes and forward activity listed for March May July October December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
BO Center
New Orleans
Antonio
Texas
Mar
Vicenes
New York Cotton Opens With Scattering Liquidation
New York March 9 there was a weak opening as liquidation hit the cotton market. Overnight selling pressed old crop months while covering and trade buying steadied the market. May contracts rose from 31.5 to 21.60 after the fall, and October climbed to 30 cents from last night’s 29.98. The Southwest drought relief muted new crop concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Farmland For Sale in Bexar County Offer
15 acres of farms and ranch land in Bexar County priced at 75 dollars per acre. Half cash and balance in 16 years at 8 percent with no trade. Contact W. B. Whitaker by phone at Crockett 5121.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bex
W. B. Whitaker
Crockett
Cotton Wires From U S Cotton Exchange Floor
Messages from today’s U S cotton exchange session note steadier rules favor sales of new crop and optimistic views from New Orleans brokers. Report gives fed ginnings projections around eleven million bales and mixed sentiment on market decline due to rumors. dealers see some liquidation but expect support if prices hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uo Legal Cotton Exchanges
L. E. Mounger
FH. Veer
New Orleans
Wf. S. O'Mealy
Mourger Hinda
Hayward Howard & CO
Cotton Statistics and Port Stocks Report
The report shows receipts at major ports including Galveston New Orleans Savannah and Charleston with totals for domestic and foreign ports. It covers stocks at the U S ports inland movement including shifting figures in Augusta Memphis St Louis and Houston and notes on visible supply declines versus last year and contrasting estimates for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Tia
Memphis
Tenn
St. Louis Houston
Taal
Serd Om
NEW Vor
Cotton
Ware Daly
Northern hog market holds firm on weekend
Northern market for hogs remained firm over the weekend with prices up 10 to 25 cents at Fort Worth and 20 to 25 cents at St Louis. Cattle and sheep mostly steady except Chicago where tone was weak. limited San Antonio trading and mostly unchanged receipts. Fort Worth quoted cattle and hog values with mixed regional variations, while Chicago hogs stayed firm and cattle weak amid varied receipts across major markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
UNION
St. Louia
Chicago
San Antonio
Marteh
MTA
Weather Observations from March 1918 in Various Locations
Weather report from the Department of Agriculture noting observations at 7 am in San Antonio and other U.S. cities including Amarillo Dallas Houston and New York. Entries list wind direction velocity rain and cloud cover with several cities showing cloudy or clear conditions. Note excludes winds under 1 mile per hour and precipitation under a tenth of an inch from publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarilla
Tex
Atlanta
Brownaville
Ballas
del Nin
Galveston
Claudy Houston
Pechly
Tacksonville
Kansne City
Taylor
Washington
Jess Nant
Allen Buell
Southern Expoeure
Haynes Ave
Weather Buoys Corn Market In Local Trade
Unsettled weather in local markets is a bullish factor for corn with reports from Chicago and Kansas City showing May and March prices holding firm. Prices for flour and cornmeal shift slightly while overall wholesale grain and grocery prices reflect mixed moves and strong supply signals.
Market Quotations From Chicago and City MO March
Quoted prices cover dairy eggs poultry and potatoes with varying grades. Creamery butter ranges around 34 to 40 cents per pound, eggs in firsts and seconds noted, roosters and hens priced, potatoes lower with Minnesota and Michigan bulk at about 1.10 a bushel. Trade receipts include 18 cars of potatoes and mixed goods in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Uulter
Texas Creamery
Emall Springs
Chicago
Tansin
Minnesota
Michigan
City
Creanmery
Yi Roosters
Provision Markets Open With Local Packing House Offers
Local packing house lists Saturday quotations for dry salt extras bacon bellies and hams with prices around 27 percent, fancy breakfast bacon at 46 cents per pound, and 14 to 16 pound bacon bellies. Other items include American cheese and margarine with assorted price marks. Market figures show opening, high, low, and close data for the trading day.
Fish and oysters pace wholesale market receipts steady
Fish and oysters report a modest trout supply at the wholesale markets with moderate receipts. Oysters remain plentiful with larger California shipments expected Sunday or Manila. Prices shown for San Antonio trade list wholesale and retail rates for oysters and fish by category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Manila
San Antonio
HVB
Labor Protest in New York Over Mooney Sentence
Organized labor in New York City plans a mass meeting at Union Square to protest the death sentence of Thomas J. Mooney for his alleged role in a preparedness day bombing. The report also notes Germany's petroleum access and grain shipment figures to the central powers, plus U S Steel unfilled orders for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Wartime Truck Build Gathers Pace and Orders Rise
Washington reports 90 factories are at capacity producing standardized parts for the Hofberty truck program. Delivery schedule shows 500 A trucks this month, 1500 in April, 2500 in May, 3000 in June, with remaining units in July. Further orders expected before midsummer to meet anticipated needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Baker
War Department
Motor Triport Division
Stock reactions as profits taken inNew York stocks March 3
Stocks gave up part of intraday gains in a dull session as profits were realized causing sharp reactions of 1 to 1 1/2 points. Reading and Pacific under pressure with rails, shipping, steel and most war stocks. Few gains among American Sugar and minor metals. Volume around 275,0000 shares. Bonds sold at 97.38 to 97.62. First 45 year bonds at 60.4S to 86.95 and second 4s at 96.50 to 96.44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reading
Pacifics
York
American Bert Sugar
American Ae & Foundry
American Smelt. & Refining
American Sugar Refining
Anaconda Vopper
Atchison Vereeenes
Baldwin Locomotite
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Suas
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Chesaneake & Ohio
Chicago
Mil
St. Paul
R. J. & Pacific
Colorado
Iran
Columbia Gas and Electric
Cuba
General Motors
Aeeseeed
Great Northern Pla
Inspiration Copper Sons
Marine Pio
Ken
Northern Pacific
Ohio Cities Gas
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Bi Bit Ray Consolidated Copper
Eretrainsee
Republic Iron & Reate
Sat Sinctair
Southern Pacific
Studebaker Co
Tenarssee Copperhh Tex Ch
Tohacen Products
Westinghouse
Bicetric
Yyerhine
Ates
American
Tel & Tel
Hnois Central
Atlantic Coast Line
Gyggulf States Steel
Seshoard Air Line
Money Markets in Mexico and London Rates Recorded
Trading in Mexican money at San Antonio on Saturday shows quotes for National and state bank notes, mercantile and commercial bills, with 4 and 6 day terms. In London, silver and money markets report war-time silver at per ounce and treasury bill rates for short and three month periods around two and a half percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonis
Ankey
National Bank
London
New York Bank Statement Reports Weekly Reserves
The New York clearing houses and trust banks weekly statement shows total reserves in excess of requirements at 103,163,290 dollars, up from last week. It lists discounts and holdings across various facilities, with federal reserve bank deposits and member bank reserves rising modestly, and aggregate reserve figures noted for state and other banking repositories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Reserve Banks
Sis
Aml
Ucase
United States
Iit Vom Pabtes de Gromeec
Deere
Tod
Gold to America moves from exports to imports in 1930s shift
The gold movement in the United States has turned outward since July, with exports totaling 2,977,000 chiefly to Mexico and Central America while imports run 3,100,000 mainly from Canada and parts of the Americas. Federal Reserve guidance aims to conserve gold by discouraging foreign shipments as the balance shifts. Also reported: 47 state institutions admitted to the Federal Reserve system in February with aggregate capital 245,333,800 and total resources 7,110,000. A Dallas branch of a local bank was approved and New York futures stood steady as of March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
United States
Siast
Moderad Henervy Guard
Mexico
Venezuela
Central America
Canada
Central
South Ameri
Urey
Federal Reserve Board
Ashington
Federal Reserve System
City Bank and Tras. Company of
New Orleans
Stutenank
Oklahoma City
Guests and Visitors Stay at Hotels Listed
A string of personal mentions notes Mrs Clara Fleckenstein from Cleveland and A P Wycott of Dallas guesting at the Gunter while Drake of Milwaukee and Miss Peggy Newson of Goliad stay at the St Anthony Lanier. George Edgerton of St Paul and J T Kelly of Waco register at the Menger and M W O Donnell of Chicago at the Lanier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Fleckenstein
Cleveland
Gunter
W. ©. Drake
Milwaukee
St. Anthony
H. Schenthal
New York
Menger
F. D. Wright
Lanter
A. P. Wycott
Dallas
M. AW. O'Donnell
Chicago
George Edgerton
St. Paul
San Antonio factory owners tour Fort Sam repair shops
One hundred San Antonio manufacturers toured mechanical repair shop No. 304 at Fort Sam Houston on Friday. The visit, arranged by J A Patterson and C Lees of the Manufacturers' Association, revealed the extensive work, rapid expansions, and the shop’s capacity to repair all wheeled vehicles and many military supplies from American soil to the front lines in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Manufacturers’ Association
Fort Sam Houston
J. A. Patterson
C. Lees
Manufacturers’Association
Uncle Sam
Humber
Iit Homnn
Avenches
France
Spinach growers seek more refrigerator cars in Texas
Spinach growers in Travis and adjacent counties appealed to the railroad Commission for more refrigerator cars to ship their crop. The drive seeks a weekly flow of cars. about 490 cars are needed. Over three thousand acres were grown in Travis County. much of the crop has already moved to Northern and Eastern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Travis
Ailroad Commission
Travis County
Express
McAdoo
SINK TROOP SHIP SUNK AFTER FIGHT SOUTH OF ALAND ISLANDS
Two Kus sitn transports were attacked and sunk by German destroyers after a battle south of the Aland Islands, per a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. Also reports Paris honors Lt. G. Garros for a gun-fire through a propeller and Halifax notes the death of Capt. Oscar Henderson aboard the Berwick Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aland Islands
Yhur
Copenhilsen
Eschange Telegraph Company
Powers Taken Near Hachita After Arizona Sheriff Deaths
Douglas ariz March 9 4 Thomas Powers John Powers and Thomas Sisson who killed Sheriff R J McBride Under sheriff M R B Kempton and Deputy Sheriff D E Wooton of Graham County on February 10 when officers tried to arrest the Powers brothers as alleged draft evaders were captured today by a United States cavalry patrol 35 miles south of Hachita New Mexico according to a report received by the Douglas police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Ariz
Thomas Powers
John Powers
Thomas Sisson
R. J. McBride
M. RB. Kempton
D. E. Wooton
Graham County
Powers Brothers
United States
Hachita
N.x
Douglas Police Department
Vatican alarm over Brest-Litovsk peace and Armenian fate
Washington March 9 Vatican circles report an article on the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty suggesting Armenian lands held by Russia may return to Turkey. An official Rome dispatch says the papal secretary of state directed the apostolic delegate at Constantinople to seek formal assurances on the fate of Christians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Vatican
Brest-Litovsk
Turkey
Russia
Rome
Constantinople
Waiter shoots wife then kills himself in Dallas street
Julius Murphy shot and lightly wounded his wife Bertha Murphy before fatally shooting himself on a Dallas residential street. The shooting was witnessed by the couple’s six year old daughter, police reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Julius , Murphy
Bertha Murphy
Sinn Fein Arrests Echo Ireland Pig War Link
London report says Sinn Fein food controller Diarmid Lynch was arrested Thursday over Ireland pig commandeering. A Dallas era dispatch notes group plan achievements at a city BY. meeting at Central Baptist Church with speeches by Snowke Smith Applewhite and others. Socials at Kelly Field Camp travid set for March fields, with trips in army trucks. Gasoline explosion damages Frank Lightfoot shop at 138 South Flores. First Presbyterian men plan a Tuesday social at church parlors March 12 at 8 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Diarmid Lynch
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Team Exchange
Dublin
BY. Pp, LLC
B. Y
Central Baptist Church
Snowke Smith
Applewhite
Mm. Schiefelbeinwind Walter Board
Kelly Field
Camp Travid
Rw, MetCwain
Ivellyield
J. (. Mverett
Mareh
Welly
Llouston Institute
Houston
San Antonio
Frank Lightfoot
South Flores Street
First Presbyterian Church
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Weather Bureau
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bos
Uae
Shipping Control
NEW York Futures
ORLE
Liverpool Statistics
Liverpool
Thorman
Wome
Navarro ST
Rou
Ban Antonio
Canaldo Trust CO
Pravin
Lowing City
Alamont
Roosevelt, Ave
SAN Antonio Loan & Trust CO
Iansas
Central Offica
He. Travis
Butler
River Avenue
Rey
Tucker
the House OF Security
Scobby Fireproof Storage CO. Storage, Packing & Removals
Dallas Times-Herald
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
el Paso Herald
Houston Chronicle
San Antonio Light
Pan Antonio Light
Ramor National Ginners
H. & B, Beer
O'Mealy
J.T Clark & CO
Tad. S O'Mealy
Langs
Cotton Statistics
Bales
Houtton
Mahily
Ala
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
U. S
Great Britain
Como
B. Beers
J. EB
Sto Fe
United
Ronning Belos
We& T. Bre
Kansas City
St. Louis
E. S
Stowkers
Wells Suvsa GP
Eevee Slo Fogle
Chicago Livestock
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas
St, Louis
Ain
Prine Southern
Sheen
Ever
Marcel
J. A. O'Reilly
Camp Bowie
Harr R. Stray
Houstania
J. H. Provter
Toston, Mane
Alka
Turpentine
Rosin
Department OF Agriculture
San Antonio, Tex
Jose
City Futures
So-Grain Futures Board
ST. Ais
Marl
Merrin
Shippers’ Market
Tousa
Huutslana Peart
LABOR
Mooney
Germany
Amsterdam
Mareni
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Vienna Wremdenblatt
United States Steel Corporation
Boston
Gurebed T. K Ciragosian
Secretary of the Interior
Bible Students
Toronto
Ont
International Bible Students’ Association
Britain
Cdates
New Party
David C. Coates
Socialist Party
League
National Pa
Fils
Hite
Hamlet
Money Markets
N. Y
America
Brest
Pime
EL Paso
Maren
EF Paso
Loyntics
Washdurton
WF Ramsey
Balak Bank
the Central Trust CO
Bank and Trust Company
Our Land Department
O. Terrell
Besse U Oppenheimer Otte Wirhrntiugg
Dohn Fostred
W. Cook Albert Steves Se
Sam C. Bell
Juin
Stevens CT
John W. Warren RK
Russell Adolphe Wagner
Alfred Duerier
Dick OQ
Serrei
Charles Schreiner
M. OW. Terren
Etain Loelil Attee
John E
G. Bechtel
Army
Aland Isles
Garros
Paris
Ttoland G. Garros
Frrance
Aero Club of America
Henderson
Halifax
Karlsruhe
Osear H. Henderson
Berwick Law
Mediterranean
Southern Cotton
Grain & Stock Exchange
Gunter Ridg
Houston &I
L. B. Mounger
Alert
Walter ‘Turner
Sec
American Insurance Company
Newark
N. J
Nave
Armenia
Waiter
Wife
Self
Lynch
Lacaud & Son
Bankers
Avenue C
Texas Bankers’ Association, American Bankers
Asa’s
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