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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1914

Page

7

Ernst Secures Good Trainer for Coleman Bout

Adolph Ernst engages John Coleman as trainer for his light heavyweight bout with Charles Challender at the Travis Club roof next Tuesday night. The move is seen as boosting Coleman's chances, given his familiarity with the Chicago challenger’s jiujitsu style and quickness. There is anticipation of a high-stakes clash amid talk of recent Mexican and Tampico developments affecting international trade and arms shipments in the region.

Adolph Ernst John Coleman Chicago Charles Challender Conductor Travis Club Coleman Ernst G. A. C. Halff Tampico Niagara Falls Huerta Vera Cruz Gonzales Carranza Mexico Zaragosa

Tampico Evacuation Fuels Oil Field Rescue Hopes

Reported talks on Tampico oil protections as United States and Constitutionalist leaders plan to resume operations under guaranties. Huerta's forces evacuated Tampico after naval clashes with Federal gunboats. First rear Admiral Mayo noted Federals withdrew as firing ceased.

Connecticut Admiral Mayo Panuco River Huerta United States Tampico Thomas A. O'Donnell Los Angeles Mexican Petroleum Company State Department Havana Silliman Saltillo Mexico City Ital General Huerta Lobos Island Navy Department Mayo Vera Cruz

Constitutionalists win Tampico after heavy shelling

The fall of Tampico was confirmed in a Matamoros dispatch. Constitutionalist forces under Col J Ricaut chased retreating Federal troops led by General Zarabza amid rain and heavy machine gun fire. About 300 soldiers were killed on both sides, with one Constitutionalist officer and 33 men wounded.

Brownsville Tex Tampico J. Ricaut Matamoros Zaragbza Pablo Gonzales Luis Cabalero Gonzales Constitutionalists

Prayers Requested for South American Mediation Efforts

Earl Cranston senior bishop urges all Methodist Episcopal churches to pray on May 17 for the success of South American mediating powers in the Mexican situation. Bishops meeting in Philadelphia praised the president for accepting mediation proposals and urged faith and good will as a Master’s way.

Washington D. C Methodist Episcopal Earl Cranston Philadelphia

Aviators Drop Bombs On Mazatlan Fortifications

May 13 reports from Mazatlan say General Obregon's aviators resumed bombing, an aeroplane circling Federal entrenchments dropped bombs with accuracy into the fortifications though casualty details were not released.

California Mazatlan Mex San Diego Cal Obregon

Texas Building Gains in Nine Cities in April

Texas Business Men's Association reports April construction licenses in the nine major cities total $2,393,135, the year’s best month aside from March. Dallas leads with $565,335, Houston $387,692, San Antonio $327,955, El Paso $229,335, Fort Worth $214,060, Galveston $148,700, Beaumont $51,799, Austin $38,612, with four months totaling $9,060,997, up $497,138 from 1913.

Texas Texas Business Men's Association Dallas Houston San Antonio el Paso Fort Worth Galveston Beaumont Austin

Cotton goods markets report steady trading in New York

New York on May 14 reported wet and steady cotton goods markets. Yarns especially worsted yarns were quiet, burlaps irregular with old qualities, laces fair, embroidery quiet, and robbers reported quiet trading.

New York

New York Coffee Exchange Considers ByLaw Amendment

The board of managers approved a proposed bylaw change setting grade and growth differentials. A vote is set for June 3 and, if approved, will affect all contracts after July 1, 1915.

New York The New York Coffee Exchange Exchange

Weather summary for San Antonio and East Texas

Forecast calls for Thursday night and Friday cloudy and warmer in San Antonio area and East Texas. Precipitation yesterday measured 1.80 inches. today’s excess 1.69 inches. total since January 1 stands at 9.74 inches with .18 inch above normal.

San Antonio Ban East Texas Januay

Apple Shortage Affects Markets Cited Across Regions

A regional apple shortage hits markets with little supply expected until summer. Christmas demand and a 1913-style crop pattern reduce availability. Coffee strengthens with Brazil crop issues. sugar remains firm. Canned tomatoes and peas show firmness as packers and refiners ride limited stocks and steady demand.

Wisconsin

Imports of Cotton Gain While Exports Fall Off

Census Bureau April 1930 statistics show cotton consumption rising to 499,772 running bales while imports reach 32,971 and exports fall to 398,215. Data cover state and national totals for manufacturing stocks, warehouses, linters, and active spindles, with distribution between cotton states and all other states.

Washington Census Bureau

Chicago Dairy Prices and Receipts Report May 14

Chicago market notes show butter lower and creamery values around 18 to 25 cents. Receipts total 22 457 cases with irregular wholesale data for THOT Seorch ery and Longhorns. Car counts include 40 cars red and 55 potatoes. poultry prices mixed with higher live fowls.

Chicago

Quotations for butter and eggs in Kansas City market

Kansas City on May 14 reports butter prices at 23 cents for creamery, 21 for firsts, 18 for seconds, packing stock 15 and aierets 18. Eggs listed with rounds of 15 to 18 cents per dozen.

Kansas City Hensido Springs

Beefe Cattle Weak at Market Centers

Union Stock Yards reports May 14 cattle slow and draggy across centers with Texas market down about a quarter from week earlier. Calves steady while hogs and sheep firm. best cows $5.65, calves $7.60, hogs $7.50. local yard prices mostly $4.50-$5.00 for cattle and calves near $7.00. No sheep or goats offered.

Union Stock Yards Fort Worth Texas

Sugar Prices Hold Firm Across Markets May 14

New York reports firm raw sugar with molasses at 2.55 and centrifugal 8.20. Refined sugar shows little change to gains with multiple grades listed from leaf 5.05 to powdered 4.10 and cube 4.25, confectioners 3.90, No 1 3.80.

New York

Rice market notes amid mixed quotes and receipts

New Orleans May 14 rice trading opened with Honduras and Japan firmer while clean Honduras held steady. Quotations show rough Honduras at 1.50 to 4.50 per cwt and clean Honduras around 27.00. Bran and other byproducts also listed with receipts totaling rough 690 millers 950 and clean 1578 with sales 1146 pockets.

New Orleans Honduras Japan Panie Abe

Coffee futures steady with July and December contracts

New York markets report 4-Coffee No. 17 8c firmness. July contract trades around 8.66 with December futures cited, reflecting stable demand. This brief note records price action and ongoing market tone for coffee futures.

New York

Weather Bulletin May 14 1914 Observations at a.m.

General weather bulletin notes observations taken on Thursday May 14 1914 morning. Details are limited in readable text but indicate standard meteorological entries and conditions for the period.

Market Report Cites Strong Sale Across Livestock

Receipts total about 4000 head with a strong market. Bulls bring 5.50 to 7.00, calves 6.60 to 10.50, lambs 6.50 to 9.16, yearlings 56.75 to 6.75, wethers 5.25 to 6.00, ewes 4.75 to 5.60.

Chicago Livestock Receipts and Quotations May 14

Hog receipts 20 000 market steady with bulk sales 8.85 to 8.45 and lighter weights around 8.20 to 8.10. Cattle receipts 4 500 market weak with beeves 7.36 to 9.35 and cows 3.75 to 8.70. Sheep receipts 20 000 market alow with sheep 5.36 to 6.20 and lambs 6.25 to 8.36.

Chicago

Livestock Market Receipts and Prices at St Louis

Hog receipts 6500, market steady with pigs and lights 7.00 to 8.50 heavy 8.40 to 8.60. Cattle receipts 2000 including 900 Texans, market steady with native beef steers 7.50 to 9.25, cows and heifers 7.25 to 9.00, stockers 8.00, Texas and Oklahoma steers 5.75 to 8.00, cows and heifers 4.50 to 6.66, native calves 6.00 to 10.75. Sheep receipts 2300, market strong with sheared muttons 4.76 to 5.60, sheared lambs 7.00 to 8.10, spring lambs 9.00 to 9.75.

Louis Texas Oklahoma

Cotton rises on bullish census signals and firm start

New York opened steady to higher as census figures and firm cables buoy sentiment. Liverpool buyers remained active, selling pressure limited, with May and other months posting 10 to 16 point gains while spot prices advanced about 20 points in early trading.

New York Liverpool

Cotton futures open steady as markets show gains

New York May 14 cot ton futures opened steady with May at 12.69 July 12.87 and October 11.73. For the day quotes ranged high to low with May closing higher at 12.94, July near 12.46 and October around 11.88.

New York

New Orleans Cotton Market Opens Higher

The New Orleans cotton market opened with gains of one point on November, two on October and three on other months. Early trade was moderate, prices holding near the open, then strengthened in forenoon with 4 to 6 point advances on old crop and 6 to 8 on new. Afternoon trading pushed further gains with net increases up to ten points on old crop and thirteen to fourteen on new.

New Orleans

Futures rise at New Orleans opening with May to October quotes

Futures opened higher by 3 to 6 points with May at 12.98 and October 11.81. For the day May 16 closed at 12.97 after intraday 12.70 to 18.11 ranges. July 12.81 and October 11.81. Final closes showed gains of 11 to 16 points across contracts.

New Orleans

Cotton Prices and Market Report at Liverpool May 14

Spot cotton eased with good and middling grades quoted around 8.04 pence per pound for good middling, 7.424 for middling and 6.9 for low middling. Sales totaled 10 bales at the door including 600 for export and speculation. Receipts reached 23,500 bales.

Leverpool

Futures Quiet In Liverpool May Market Report

Futures trading in Liverpool on May 7 shows May at 7.044, May-June 7.044, July-August 6.874, August-September 6.71444, October-November 6.384, December-January 6.29, January-February 6.294%.

Liverpool

Cotton spot markets mixed across major ports

Reports from Houston Galveston New York and New Orleans show spot cotton mostly unchanged with middling prices around 13 to 13 and a rise to 13 40 in New York. Sales figures vary by port with Houston and New Orleans reporting several hundred to over a thousand bales traded.

New Orleans Houston Galveston Liverpool New York

Pryor Oversees Cattle Cars and Honey Shipments

Col. Ike T. Pryor of San Antonio supervises loading 25 cattle cars at La Pryor for market, bringing his total to 48 cars in ten days. Honey shipments have begun and beekeepers foresee a strong season with an estimated $100,000 in value from Zavala County.

LA Pryor Tex Ike T. Pryor San Antonio

Fort Worth cattle market steep slide hits buyers hard

Cattle prices dropped Thursday with three quarters of the run in beef steers and bids well below Wednesday’s close. Receipts neared 4400 cattle and 2200 hogs as buyers hesitated while shippers bought modestly. Calves steady and sheep and lambs mixed with wethers at 6.40 and lambs 6.50 to 7.75.

Fort Worth

Fort Worth Market Receives Nearly 100000 Sheep April

Fort Worth market handled 238010 head of livestock in April, down from 1918 due to heavy rains and transport issues. For four months in 1919 receipts totaled 785576, up 240604 from 1918. Sheep and goats led arrivals, cattle were next, hogs third, with calves and horses also recorded.

Fort Worth Tex

Kansas City Market Receipts May 14 Beef and Hog Prices

Kansas City reports today receipts for hogs about 6000 with a steady market. Bulk hog prices range from 8.20 to 8.32, heavy hogs at 8.30, sows and pigs in a similar band. Cattle receipts near 1000 with no southern cattle and a steady market. prime fed steers 8.50 to 9.10, dressed beef 7.65 to 8.50, cows 4.50 to 7.50, heifers 7.00 to 9.00, stockers 6.50 to 8.25.

Kansas City

Cotton seed oil prices steady in New York market

Cotton seed oil prices in New York closed steady on May 14 with spot at 7.10 to 7.20 and futures ranging from 7.10 to 7.61 for the listed months. Total sales reached 4100 units while Memphis showed prime basis oil at 6 336.34 and meal at 27.00 with linters at 214 2x.

Esseeerenee Ae New Orleans Memphis Tenn New York

Marriage Licenses for Hans F Schurk and Jennie Lopez

City records show Hans F Schurk and Jennie Lopez obtaining a marriage license. Ed F Ear Sr and Marietta Hub bar pending completion of formalities.

Hans F. Schurk Jennie Lopez Ed F. Ear! Sr Marietta Hubbar

Maritime arrivals and sailings galveston and new york

Marine intelligence lists arrivals at Galveston on May 14 including the Kelsemer Rosario and Mary E. H. G. Dow. sailing vessels include Brighton Limon El Norte for New York. New York reports arrivals from Southampton New York on May 14 and ships reaching Naples Genoa from San Giovanni Koenig Albert.

Galveston Tex Kelsemer Rosario Mary E. H. G. Dow Norfolk Brighton Limon el Norte New York San Giovinni Naples Koenig Albert Genoa

Automobile Licenses List Shows Ford and Grant Holdings

No. 6153 Ford R. L. Edwards at 610 Montana Street is licensed. No. 6154 Little Grant G. A. Cristi Manufacturing Company at 124 Cameron Street also licensed.

Ford R. L. Edwards Montana Setreet Little Grant G. A. Cristi Manufacturing Company Cameron St

Mexican Petroleum Leads Substantial Advance in Stocks

A vigorous buying movement lifted the market with Reading and Steel leading gains. Mexican Petroleum jumped three points on reports of Tampico oil property developments, as traders returned to the long side amid an oversold condition. Bonds remained firm and the market closed strong.

New York Reading and Steel Tampico Mexican Petronm

Call money steady at New York rates

New York money markets report call money steady at 14 percent 2 per cent with ruling rates 1 percent to 2 percent. Time loans show 60 to 90 days at 2 percent and six months at 3 percent, reflecting a stable short term credit environment.

New York

Mercantile and Bond Market Update for New York May 14

Mercantile paper 3 to 4 percent and sterling exchange strong with 60 day bills at 4.84 35, demand at 4.885 16. Bar silver at 58 1 2 cents. Mexican dollars at 45 cents. Government bonds strong and railroad bonds firm.

New York Mercantile Paper Sterling Exchange

Metal Markets New York Early May Report

Lead quiet at 8.85 in New York with London lead at 18 7 64. Spelter steady between 5.10 and 5.20, London prices 21 7 64. Copper steady with spot around 14.00 and 33 to 34 in related markets. Iron quiet and unchanged. London copper quiet with spot 63 and futures 68 128 6d. London tin easy spot 153 158 futures 165 10s. Cleveland warrants 51s.

London Cleveland

San Antonio Academy to Hold Closing Exercises May 21

The San Antonio Academy will stage closing exercises at the Gunter Hotel on Thursday evening May 21 at 8 oclock. The graduates include Gay Hugo F W Shide Thomas W Cox Jay E Adams Jr Henry Easterwood A Y Glizondo Galan Alex George Alfred Haas T B Jones Jr Lucius M Lamar Jr Roe L Montgomery tor I Pierce Alexander M Richard E Swess and Jack W dert. Post graduates are Long and Albert H Powers. Furniture for sale disposed of profitably through a Light want.

San Antonio Academy Gunter Hotel Gay Hugo F. W. Shide Thomas W. Cox Jay E. Adams Jr Henry Easterwood A. Y. Glizondo Galan Alex George Alfred Haas T. B. Jones Jr Lucius M. Lamar Jr Roe L. Montgomery Tor I. Pierce Alexander M. Richard E. Swess Jack

Wheat and corn prices ease on improved crop outlook

Chicago quotations show cash wheat drifting to 95 to 97 cents for No. 3 hard and No. 2 red around 96 to 97 cents while corn holds around 69 to 70 cents for No. 2 and yellow corn about 71 cents. Oats 39 to 40 cents and barley 48 to 63 cents.

Chicago

Agricultural grain quotations from Kansas City market

On May 14 in Kansas City, cash wheat prices were No. 2 hard at 88 and 90 cents, No. 2 red at 87 to 88, corn No. 2 mixed at 73 cents, No. 2 white at 74 cents, oats No. 2 white at 40 cents, and No. 2 mixed at 39 to 39 1/2 cents.

Kansas City

Grain futures close steady with mixed May and July quotes

Kansas City grain markets closed steady with Wheat May at 87 cents, July 80 3/4 cents, Corn May 70 4 cents, July 69 1/2 cents, Oats May 38 cents, July 37 4 cents.

Kansas City

Grain Prices Reported in Midwestern Markets

In St Louis on May 14 quotations show oats at No 2 39 to 41 and No 2 white 41 per bushel. No 2 red wheat quotes range 95 96 cents while No 2 hard and No 2 white vary around 72 to 82 cents.

ST. Louis

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