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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1913
Page
11
Excerpts from Bird Lagless recounts of clashes with bandits as Constitutionalist soldiers roam inland. He describes firing at approaching fighters to defend himself and notes a neighbor’s tale of bandits breaking into a plantation home, tying a man to a bed post, and killing his wife.
Provisional President Huerta sends instructions to Gen. Felix Diaz in Europe to sail back within days. Huerta is expected to back Diaz’s presidential bid, with Diaz loyalists claiming 3000 clubs nationwide. Catholic leaders favor Huerta, while Lerdo and San Pedro de las Colónias change hands amid heavy fighting. constitutionalists report 75 deaths, federals 30.
Great activity in military circles after discovery of a plot to recapture Piedras Negras. American authorities search for a load of munitions hidden in Eagle Pass for Federal use, but the search has not yet succeeded. A Federal column under Captain Emilio Acosta is reported up the river with a detachment sent to engage it.
The first organized landing by any part of the American navy occurred yesterday afternoon, due to Mrs. Lind, wife of President Wilsons personal representative. The Louisiana battleship band played at a reception for American women and ship officers. Permission to bring the band ashore came from General Maas, Vera Cruz commandant.
Constitutionalist leaders in Douglas Arizona said yesterday the Mexican protest to Washington and Phoenix over the sentence for tearing down a Mexican flag at Pirtleville has been withdrawn. They stated they do not want to worsen U S Mexican relations. The protest was dropped.
New York traders sought a market reaction amid late session buoyancy led by Reading and other names. Union Pacific lagged, Rock Island slid to new lows, and bonds weakened as closing prices drifted near session lows with limited rebound.
Lead holds at 4.70 with London prices listed. spelter quiet at 5.75 8.50. copper options vary from 15.70 16.45 to 16.87 17.00. tin steady with spot 41.75 42.25 and futures 41.90 42.20. antimony dull at 8.30. iron steady. London copper and tin prices cited. Cleveland warrants 558 noted.
Money on call firm 2 to 3 percent with 8 percent ruling rate 3 percent closing. Time loans firmer at 60 days 4 to 4.5 percent 90 days 4.4 to 4.5 percent six months 6 5 percent. Prime mercantile paper 5 to 8 percent. Sterling exchange firm at 4 dollars 82 cents for six days 4 dollars 85.70 for demand. Commercial bills 4 dollars 81.86. Bar silver 61 4 cents Mexican dollars 46 0 cents. Government bonds weak railroad bonds easy.
Hogs received 14000 head with a slow market and prices from 7.85 to 9.10 for various categories. Cattle receipts reached 15000 with a slow but firm trend and beef prices from 6.85 to 9.30, Texas steers to 6.90 5.00, calves to 11.75. Sheep receipts 7000 with steady to higher bids, native and western lambs 4.75 to 7.40 and 5.35 to 7.45 respectively.
In Adelaide on September 19 the first wool sale of the season drew a record offering exceeding 27,000 bales. Buyers showed strong demand and prices averaged about five percent above the previous rates.
The final forecast shows a great shortage of jute, causing a feverish condition in burlap markets. Cotton goods remain firm though some restraint in trade appears from scarce supplies. Yarns are weak, Japan raw silks are slightly higher in price.
Dairy markets in Texas and the north push butter and egg prices higher amid milk shortages and hot dry weather. Pickle brands gain as cucumber supplies shrink. cotton seed movement to mills stalls, lifting prices and tightening supply for crushing plants.
Prices across eggs poultry butter cheese vegetables and fruits listed by type and origin. Includes eggs candled 20c per dozen, turkeys 12 13c per lb, Texas and California produce, crates and per hundredweight rates, coffee and rice pricing.
Quotations listed today in St. Louis show chickens 12c, springs 16c, turkeys 18c, ducks 12c, geese 10%4c, butter creamery 31c, eggs 22c.
Quotations today show butter and eggs unchanged while potatoes hold. Receipts listed 5938 cases for eggs and 35 cars for potatoes. Poultry alive fell with springers at 16 and fowls at 15.
The belt is fair with rain in Georgia and South Carolina. Temperatures near normal. Rainfall of an inch or more reported at Charlestown St Matthews Cheraw Florence Lumberton Griffin Monticello Eufaula Camak Batesburg Columbia Greensboro Greenwood Washington Americus Eastman Gainesville.
Observation notes dated 8 am Thursday September 19 1918 discuss Chicago's incorporation roughly eighty years earlier and mark the time as a historical reference to the city’s founding.
At Union Stock Yards on Sept 19 hog prices slipped while cattle sold steady. Hog supply remained tight but demand drew consignments, with hogs mostly for packers. Cattle, calves, and goats moved, led by high native cows at 6.25 and calves near 6. Goats not quoted at noon. Some ranchers plan to ship cattle to the Pacific coast after rains reduced Texas range movement.
Cattle receipts 2200 head plus 700 calves at Fort Worth. Beef steers 5.50 to 6.90, feeder steers 5.50 to 6.60, butcher cows 4.00 to 5.65, heifers 5.00 to 7.26, bulls 4.00 to 4.20, calves 4.26 to 7.50. Hog receipts around 1200 head, Friday prices 8.50 to 8.65 with top 8.75. About 700 sheep lambs and goats, no quote change from Thursday.
ST LOUIS Sept 19 Receipts and quotations today show cattle receipts around 1500 with 400 Texans and steady market. Native beef steers 5.50 to 9.30, cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.75, Texas steers 6.00 to 7.76, Texas cows and heifers 4.25 to 6.60, calves 5.00 to 6.00. Hog receipts 5900 with a ten cent drop. pigs and lights 6.26 to 9.10, good heavy 8.50 to 8.90. Sheep receipts 300 and steady. native muttons 3.25 to 4.00, lambs 5.50 to 7.25.
Kansas City reports today’s market as hog receipts 8000 with prices 5 cents lower. bulk 8.00 to 8.50, heavy 7.90 to 8.20, lights 8.00 to 8.50, pigs 6.00 to 7.25. Cattle receipts 800 including 300 southern. prime fed steers 8.75 to 9.30, dressed 7.75 to 8.75, southern 7.55 to 8.00, cows 4.25 to 7.00, heifers 5.00 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 8000 with lambs 6.50 to 7.25, yearlings 4.60 to 6.20, wethers 4.25 to 4.75, ewes 3.75 to 4.25.
New Orleans market data shows rough Honduras rice active at $2.50 to $4.00, clean Honduras $4% tc, and Japan values steady with new 3% 8 1 2 c. Receipts total 1 0 4 4 rough and 3 0 0 millers. sales include 961 sacks rough Honduras at $2.65 to $4 0 0 and 4 4 8 4 pockets clean at 1% 5 c, plus 428 pockets clean Japan at 23-16 3%e.
New York and Liverpool reports spark renewed selling in the cotton market amid better weather and crop complaints. Spinners fixing prices push active months up 10 to 11 points after midday, with late realties causing minor pullbacks as prices fluctuated around unchanged to slightly higher.
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with a 4 point drop on weak cables and dry western belt weather. Trading rose to 11–12 points above yesterday's close by midafternoon as bullish weekly statistics and private crop reports influenced longs.
Cotton futures opened steady with September at 13.02 and October 13.08 bid. December 13.10, March 13.24, May near 13.29. By close the May contract showed a modest net gain of around 10 to 123 points amid mixed intraday moves in the Open High Low Close data from the New Orleans session.
Liverpool cotton market sees moderate activity with prices easing. Middling fair at 8.07 pence and other grades down to 6.35 pence. Sales reach 14,000 bales, including 700 American and 4,000 for speculation and export. receipts 1,000, no American.
Cotton futures in Liverpool closed very steady on September contracts with values ranging from 7.28d for September to 6.82d for August-September. The table shows September 7.28½d and July-August 6.96d with several nearby spreads quoted.
Leading spot markets show varied quotes with New York at 13 40, New Orleans 133 16, Houston 123, Galveston 137 16, Liverpool 7 574, Memphis 13c. Trade activity appears tepid in several hubs with currency notation suggesting inconsistent reporting.
New Orleans on September 19 reported firm spot cotton with gains of 11 16 cents. Middling prices ranged from 133 16 to 137 16 cents with various classifications and receipts noted at 1804 bales while stock stood at 33 811 bales.
New York spot cotton steady at 12 35 for middling uplands and 12 65 for gulf with 126 bales sold. Memphis reports unchanged spot cotton at 13c for middling. Kansas City quotes Butter creamer 30c firsts 29c seconds 27c, Eggs firsts 24c seconds 16c, Poultry hens 12c roosters 9c ducks 10c springs 14c.
A brief note asserts that advertising value lies in truthful concise wording. It emphasizes a newspaper reaching nearly every reading home in San Antonio and the paper's role in delivering such ads.
Weekly cotton figures from Liverpool list imports of 20 000 bales across all kinds with American stocks at 461 000 and forwardings 63 000. Exports total 2 400 with American allocations at 281 000 and 16 0 stock in the period.
In Memphis on September 19 prime hulls based at 7.56 dollars, meal quoted at 31.50 to 32.00, linters 24.3 percent. This brief market note lists current values for key cotton byproducts and offerings from Cotton Seed Products.
Chicago reports show wheat and flour prices easing as markets fear free list status. Traders cited expectations of free Russian shipments and Argentine crops weighing on futures while corn and hog declines pulled provisions down. Early losses narrowed later with a steady close, down modestly from day’s lows.
Wheat prices for No 2 red 94 95 cents, No 2 hard 83 84 cents, corn No 2 78 cents, No 2 white quoted, oats No 2 48 cents, No 2 white 44 cents. September wheat 90 3/4 cents, May 90 1/2 cents. September corn 74 cents, May 75 cents. Receipts yesterday: wheat 48,000 bushels, corn 57,000, oats 5,000. Shipments: flour 21,000 barrels, wheat 18,008 bushels, corn 26,000 bushels, 29,000 bushels.
The cotton seed oil market ends firm with spot bids at 7.50 to 8.00 and monthly ranges from 6.98 to 7.30. Vendors report 22 200 total sales across September to March including 1700 at 7.20 and 1000 at 6.95, indicating active trading and varied lots on call dates.
Galveston reports arrivals including Inkum and Baltimore with ships El Dia and others sailing via Sabine. New York notes arrivals of Them istoclea from Piraeus. New Orleans lists Cedric from Liverpool. Port Aransas logs Waneta sailing with barge Hainaut bound for Tampico.
New York prices show raw sugar steady to easy with Muscovado at 8 238, centrifugal 3.73, molasses sugar 2.98, refined sugar quiet. Petroleum and molasses steady. Hides firm with Bogota 31s 32 1 2 c and Central American 81 1 4 c. Leather firm. In Atlanta a Jersey cow owned by John Clarke on Peachtree Street grazes in a neighbor's lot valued at 60 000 dollars.
Kansas City reports mixed grain quotes with No 2 hard at 6.90 6.93, No 2 red 93 to 96, No 2 mixed corn 16. October and December wheat futures noted, with September corn and December positions cited, all showing steady markets and typical bid offers.
Quotations were listed for No 2 red corn No 2 spring durum velvet and oats in Chicago markets. Prices shown include No 2 red 83 s 89 3 e and No 2 yellow 74 Oats No 2 white 43 cents.
Fragmentary item cites Rio and March with a $9.23 figure. The readable text is incomplete and does not establish a clear event or person.
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