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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1917
Page
3
New York and New Orleans cot ton prices show a weaker open with selling pressure easing later as buyers cover. Reports cite light activity amid unsettled weather forecasts for the eastern belt and renewed wall street liquidity supporting some rallies in late trading.
Spot cotton in New York on March 31 remained quiet with middling uplands at 19.20 cents per pound and nobales reported.
New Orleans spot cotton steady with prices listed for grades from good ordinary to strict good middling. Spot sales totaled 1,248 bales to arrive 114. receipts of 8,438 bales, stock at 384,259.
The market shows a strong close with spot buying at 14.00 and April to November futures trading between 13.70 and 14.44. Total sales reach 18,500 barrels across contracts from April to November.
The New York sugar market opened active with firmer near positions due to Cuban buying and covering. May 505, July 513, September 6522, December 487. Raw sugar steady. molasses 501, centrifugal 589, refined 725 to 800.
Chicago trading closes unsettled as rains fail to materialize boosting wheat bulls while showers in Kansas temper gains. May and July contracts show small fluctuations with corn and oats following wheat trends and demand from the East and South remaining strong. Oklahoma crop report later cited as dampening wheat values before a tentative close.
Fragmentary weather note records sunrise and sunset times with garbled text. No clear dates locations or entities are readable.
In Pinehurst North Carolina the seventh annual amateur professional matches open the week at Pinehurst Country Club. Tomorrow follows the seventeenth annual United North and South open championship. Next week climaxes with the United North and South amateur championship opening Monday and running all week.
Paris reports daylight saving will begin tomorrow as clocks in France and Italy are moved forward one hour at midnight. The change aims to save coal and oil, reduce labor needs, and extend daylight until early October.
The Second Regiment 8 at Camp Royster received a barbecue dinner hosted by Goldsboro residents. Governor Thomas W Bickett reviewed a grand street parade from Kennon hotel balcony with General Young General Royster Mayor Higgins and Aldermen present. He urged soldiers to bear their part in the nation’s greatest drama if called to action. The march to the camp grounds followed, described as Goldsboro’s greatest military demonstration.
Open skepticism on breaking Britain by submarine campaign and starvation pressure. Captain Persius argues ongoing loss of shipping could force Britain to realizing war is unprofitable, with professor Harms providing the supply-based timeline up to July. German press notes possible extension, not reduction, of submarine zones.
The piece notes Joe Jackson challenging Ty Cobb and Ted Speaker for the American League batting title, with Cobb and Speaker also aiming for the top. It mentions the likelihood of a heated race as Ban Johnson’s circuit and a dust-up in the National League prepare for leadership. Jack Daubert vows to push Hal Chase Roger Hornsby Lew McCarthy and others in Tener’s league for the NL batting crown.
The National Woman's Party kicks off a Dixie Drive to rally support for a political alliance between the South and West. Led by Maud Young, a caravan of women will tour Virginia to Maryland, with mass meetings and state conventions planned in major towns including Charlotte, N C, as the campaign gains momentum.
A Los Angeles social figure known for hospitality urges stopping entertaining to curb expenses. The remark, dated March 31, presents a practical reply to rising living costs amid a broader cost of living discussion.
Die Dog Day was celebrated in Baylor Montana on March 31 as the village took the afternoon off to execute the death penalty on hobo dogs. The event highlighted a numerical canine presence threatening local peace.
French troops press forward on a broad front northeast of the St Quentin Canal reaching four kilometres depth. German positions are pushed back to Seraucourt le Grand as fighting continues near Tergnier and along the Aillette river crossing.
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