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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1918
Page
7
Spot market notes show cotton prices at Savannah and Laurenton with 34.00 unit values. The entries include gyimington and Normal savannah spots with 82 e808 and similar figures.
New York cotton prices slide at the open amid renewed selling and war anxiety. July contracts fall to 30.30 while October dips to 28.80 as big Southern long lines liquidate. spot demand eases and week end crop outlooks remain favorable. Cotton closes barely steady on light turnover.
The New York market reported spot cotton steady with middling grade at 32.20 cents per pound. Trading activity was light as buyers awaited further market cues from the textile sector.
In New Orleans on April 13 trading extended yesterday's down move with widespread selling and few buyers. May through January contracts posted declines with close for May at 29.88, July 26.01, October 27.70, December 27.35 and January 27.15 in a barely steady session.
New Orleans spot cotton remained quiet and unchanged on April 13. Reported sales total 193 bales with arrivals at 167 bales, and prices listed for low middling 2 dollars, middling 34, good middling 35.25 dollars per cwt.
New York April 13. Cotton seed oil market reports no quotations for today.
Reports say the Turkish government plans a labor battalion inviting women aged 18 and over to volunteer. The unit will be used behind the front in eight hour shifts. Danish women lack suffrage but may run for parliament.
Mary Lincoln Beckwith great granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln plans to work the family farm in Vermont this spring to carry on the farming tradition and honor her ancestor.
Rome reports the Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy plans a visit to the United States once the war is over. In Albany Oregon Mrs. Alice Cockerline is re elected and given a salary raise as manager of the Albany Commercial Club. One hundred women physicians will travel to France under the American Women's Hospitals. Women from about one third of New York State savings and loan association shareholders are noted.
Mount Sinai Hospital the largest Jewish institution of its kind in New York City has elected two women to its board of trustees.
New York trading opened amid renewed war anxiety with major issues falling. Specialties and rail stocks declined while equipment and minor issues also weakened before some losses partially recovered. Trading was light beyond leading shares with about 150000 shares changing hands and a heavy close indicated by varied price moves across numerous corporations and bonds.
The Lumberton Robesonian reports that Robeson Republicans and Democrats prefer national unity over local political fights. The Republican county chairman says war goals trump party issues, and the convention reflects a united stance to focus on defeating Germany and aiding the war effort.
Mrs Myrtle R Hazard of Baltimore is identified as the only woman electrician in the United States Coast Guard service.
Col. F H Fries urges War Savings units to coordinate with Liberty Loan officials as Secretary McAdoo directs focus on selling Liberty bonds first while offering War Savings stamps to those unable to buy Liberty bonds. He stresses strengthening organizations, especially in schools and among children, to ensure post drive support.
Mr Andrew Allison president of the James Sprunt Academy of Kiang Yin China visits Mr B F Hall of 819 Princess Street He will speak at the First Presbyterian church at 7 30 PM His gifts as a linguist and speaker are highlighted and audiences are invited to hear him.
Johnny Kilbane the featherweight king serves as boxing instructor at Camp Custer located in Cattle Creek Mica guiding trainees and sharing ring craft with soldiers.
The Yankee Braves exhibition tour drew over 3,000 Southern fans daily as the two teams performed across the region.
Hallsboro North Carolina reports strong wartime activity with lumber production for military use, a Liberty Bond campaign led by Joe Brown of Chadbourn, and local efforts including Thrift Stamp sales, Red Cross work, and food conservation. A patriotic play by school children entertained residents as Hon. William Gibbs McAdoo passed through town but did not speak due to early train arrival. Dipping vats for cattle tick eradication are being built under government supervision to lift quarantine.
Miss Laura Lesh, a Raleigh former teacher now in Brunswick County, was arrested by Officer Applebury on a nuisance charge and is held at the request of U S District Attorney J O Carr to determine her sanity. She sought to influence A F Staffin to marry him before his internment as an enemy alien and allegedly asked Special Agent Phillips for poison.
Showers the first of the week with normal temperatures, warming by midweek and well above normal toward week end. A second period of rain is probable for the South Atlantic and East Gulf States beginning Sunday.
Detroit Tigers manager weighs options among eleven pitchers including Hughes Jennings as trade talks begin to stock the rotation. The club looks for market interest before the market widens in coming days.
Edith Roberts, age sixteen a year ago, resumes stage work lured by Flo Ziegfeld Jr and Lyons and Moran. The screen star is praised as a top comedienne partner for the Twins and may headline their new star comedies.
The Universal film company disputes a title choice astra plans to use Hands Up for a new serial. Fox previously secured the title for a Dusty Farnum picture, while Herbert Rawlinson’s project released as Come Through. Stuart Paton, formerly with Universal, directs Hands Up.
William A. Brady shifts from stage royalties to cinema planning a huge Way Down East movie exhibition. He aims to match or surpass his past film reductions and wonders how much revenue the 20 year run has earned.
New York April 12 The article argues the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago are strong NL pennant contenders with the White Sox favored in the American. It credits Christy Mathewson for shaping a deep pitching staff and a powerful lineup featuring Hal Chase Heinie Groh Tom Clarke Ivy Wingo and budding stars Bressler Conley and Reuther to push bases and runs.
The Johnny Dundee Lew Tendler light weight bout planned for Boston was called off after the two fighters could not agree on a referee.
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