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Newspaper

Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1918

Page

10

New York Stock Market Mixed as Industrials Rally

June 13 report shows gains of one to two points in Industrials and related sectors led by United States Steel and Bethlehem. Shippers and tobacco issues mixed while readings on Reading, Union Pacific, Liberty bonds marked steady. numerous copper, steel, and railroad stocks listed with bid and close figures.

United States Steel The Bethlehem, Crucible Are Steels Sumatra United Cigars Union Pacific Liberty Awisie de Pabiehem Steel Sans Mer Smelt Refi Iran Sugar Fan Pacific Antral Leather Caeoet Eae Nesapeake & Ohio W. Mil. & St. Paul Bid Pate Bette Nino Copper Giorado Fuel & Irom Cuba Minois Inter. Marine Pfd International Paper Kennecott Copper Ewes Louisville & Nashville Maxwell Motors Pitschurch Coal Jay Consolidated Copper Reading Senveeee Eviseeees Rep. Iron & Steel Inelair Oil & Refining Tuthern Pacific Sathern Railway Pote Edwin, Ee Ae Gudebaker Corporation Teymnessee Ntese Bee Tiecea Products Er Ee Fed States Steel Sinde Vatash Pfd Istinghouse Electric Wss-Overland American Tobacco Atlantic Coast Line Fill States Steel Seaboard Air Line Stoss, Shef, Steel & Iron

New York Cotton Opens Steady Then Sags on Weather News

The New York cotton market opened steady with a two point gain on July but fell 8 to 11 points as selling pressure and favorable weather weighed. Liverpool sold new crop while buying July keeping rallies, with July up to 25.68 and October to 23.88. Rain hit Vicksburg and showers touched Alabama and Mississippi as prices closed firm.

New York Liverpool Vicksburg Alabama Mississippi

Chicago market report for cattle pigs and sheep sales

Chicago market data shows receipts: hogs 4000 with prices 16.20 to 16.65, cattle 13000 with beef range 16.60 to 17.90 and feeders 11.50 to 16.50, veal 5.25 to 16.25. sheep receipts 9000 with spring lambs at 20.30 to 20.75 and ewes 14.25 to 14.50.

Chicago

Regular Monthly Meeting of Y W A at First Baptist

The regular monthly meeting of the Y W A of the First Baptist Church will be held tomorrow night at 7 30 at the church. All members are expected to attend.

The First Baptist Church

Weather and river stage report for Wilmington vicinity

Fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures and fresh north winds. Stage of water in the Cape Fear river at Fayetteville at 8 am yesterday was 5.0 feet. FRIDAY JUNE 14 1918. Weather Bureau reports and listings of civic events follow.

Wilmington Cape Fear River Payetteville N. C Tn Reenter Weather Bureau

New York Spot Cotton Steady at 30.00 Middling

The New York spot market opened steady with middling cotton priced at 30.00. Buyers and sellers await market direction as traders monitor demand and global prices.

New Orleans Cotton Rises After Rain Fueled Gains

New Orleans cotton edges higher after rainfall in the belt. Futures end steady to net up 21 to 48 points with nearby months showing gains. January to December quotes range from 22.60 to 26.95 cents per pound across the board.

New Orleans

Liverpool Cotton Prices and Sales Report

Liverpool notes steady spot prices for good middling to low middling grades with 2,000 bales sold, including 1,600 American. Receipts reach 9,000 bales, mostly American, while futures close quiet with new contracts listed for June through October.

Liverpool

New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices and Receipts

Spot cotton in New Orleans on June 13 remained steady with a rise of 25 points. Sales on the spot numbered 813 with no arrivals. low middling 28.25 cents, middling 30.75 cents, good middling 32.00. Receipts totaled 3,138 bales and stock stood at 397,814 bales.

New Orleans

Bears Gain Ground as Corn Slips in Chicago Grain

Fine weather and forecasts for two days favor bears in corn with July at 1.43 1/2 and August 1.45 1/4 closing heavy. Provisions moved lower with grain, hog receipts adding to downward pressure. Cash quotes list No. 2 yellow corn at 1.68–1.71, Oats 78 1/2–79, Pork at 41.60, Lard 24.27, Ribs 22.85 for September.

Chicago Bears

Local Markets and Naval Stores Prices Listed

Receipts show cotton and various naval stores with prices for spirits rosin tar and crude oil. Prices recorded include spirits at 51 cents, rosin 7.00 and 6.75, tar 3.50 plus 16 cents, and crude 4.90 4.90 3.90 amid receipts.

Naval Stores

Cotton seed oil market closes quiet in New York

The cotton seed oil market in New York closes quiet with no spot trading and no sales in June July or August 2000. No bids or asks reported for the period.

New York

German Raid by Americans Kills Three in Trenches

Washington reports a continued Pershing bulletin noting a Sunday raid into German trenches by an American patrol. Three Germans were killed while the patrol sustained no casualties.

Washington General Pershing

Byrd to Remain Virginia Federal Fuel Administrator

Washington June 13 The fuel administration announced that H F Byrd will continue as federal fuel administrator for Virginia. Byrd had resigned to join military service but withdrew his resignation at the solicitation of chambers of commerce across the state.

Byrd Washington H. F. Byrd Virginia Fuel Administration Chambers of Commerce

Heavy Weight Imposed Upon the German Poor

Private letters from Germany in allied hands describe severe deprivation and rising anger at militarists and junkers. Workers plead for peace as food shortages worsen, noting riots loom if the wealthy continue to prosper. Correspondents from Berlin central Germany and Stettin fault pan German leadership for the prolonged war.

London British Admiralty Wireless Germany Berlin Junkers Stettin

Eight year old drowned in clinker pit at Smith creek yards

Frank Saunders aged eight, son of Mr and Mrs James C Saunders of 315 North Seventh street, drowned today in a clinker pit inside Atlantic Coast Line yard at Smith creek. His father, a car repair worker, fished the body from about nine feet of water as Coroner Alex S Holden arrived. The boy had carried his father's dinner and fell into the pit while walking near the rails. the discovery came after his dinner pail floated to the surface and was hooked from the water by his father.

Frank Saunders James C. Saunders North Seventh Street Smith Creek Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company Alex S. Holden Joe Lane Mr. Saunders

French forces halt Boer advances near Matz River amid local clashes

French troops repulsed enemy assaults north of Cutry and south of Dommiers as American patrols took German prisoners in Picardy. On the Clignon near Montcourt and Busserais the sector, west of the front, saw no American activity. Berlin notes heavy losses for French left wing, while Belleau Wood near Chateau Thierry yields over 300 prisoners per Berlin.

Teau Dommiers Cutry Villers- Cotterets Clignon Montcourt Bussaires Flanders Lucre Picardy Toul Belleau Wood Chateau Thierry Berlin

Wilson speech seen as path to world peace by Mercurio

The Mercurio of Santiago praises President Wilson for his address to Mexican editors, saying his declarations will lead the world to an era of peace and raise prestige for American nations. It notes his pledge to devote millions of American lives to universal principles and to seek security without frontier changes.

Santiago Chile Wilson Mercurio

Bolshevik Minister Borovsky-Odovsky Heads to Washington

A Daily Mail dispatch from Copenhagen reports Bolshevik minister to Sweden M Borovsky-Odovsky will travel to Washington as minister to the United States. The note adds he will be in Berlin.

Berlin London Copenhagen Daily Mail M. Borovsky-Odovsky Sweden Washington United States

Nation Plans For Long Bitter War

The war department plans to bring back experienced officers from the front for training, while replacing them with untried officers. Draft policy favors married men with nondependent wives and special-service picks from the card index. Officials vow to sustain the war effort against Germany to a decisive victory, no matter the duration.

War Department United States Crowder Hurley Shipping Board South Bend Lansing Schenectady Germany

Allies Excel in Gas Warfare Advantage, Alsberg Testifies

June 13 report to the senate agricultural committee states that the Allies outpace Germany in gas supply and deployment and possess more effective defensive gas masks, according to Carl L. Alsberg, head of the bureau of chemistry.

Washington Carl L. Alsberg Bureau of Chemistry Senate Agricultural Committee

Here With Relatives Miss Myrtie Cole Visits

Miss Myrtie Cole of Jacksonville North Carolina visits with friends and relatives during a stay with her brother Private Benford S Cole at Camp Jackson Columbia while he is stationed there.

Myrtie Cole Jacksonville N. C Benford S. Cole Camp Jackson Columbia

Parisian Sage Hair Treatment Promises Dandruff Cure

An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a guaranteed quick and safe remedy for dandruff itchy scalp and falling or gray hair. It claims a first application improves hair and scalp and promises new growth with continued use. Purchase through R R Belamy or a druggist.

R. Belamy

More Injurious Than Enemy Gas Attacks

Amsterdam June 13 Deputy Mueller of Meiningen told the freichstag that the tobacco substitute supplied to the German army harmed soldiers more than gas attacks. Other deputies blamed the army administration for providing the substitute which is made of beech leaves. General von Oven said it was adopted reluctantly after tests and deliveries were halted due to harmful health effects.

Amsterdam Mueller Meiningen Koenische Zeitung von Oven

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