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GALVESTON TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1917.
BAND CONCERTS
“The Supply House of Galveston.”
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
BEGIN TOMORROW
PORT FACILITIES
Black Hardware Co
To Kill Rats and Mice
FORMERLY
Blum Hardware Co.
Strand, Between 22d and 23d Sts.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
concert
GALVESTON
MARKETS
week during the season.
The concert
Strict good ordinary ..20.30
Low middling . .
20.65
Strict low middling . .21.10
Overture—"Norma"
. . . .Bellini
Middling . . .
. . . .21.35
Strict middling ......21.60
21.85
Good middling
Be a Soldier”
Tierney
Feet.
0.5
Selection—"Katinka" .
Feet.
Total
2,641
28.
e )9
“So Long, ! etiy". ... Carroll
29..... 4:04
For Great Britain...... 26,532
Finale—“America, I Love You”. .Gottler
DAILY BUDGETS OF
206,405
MAINLAND EVENTS
handling of
operate in the
port and the
shipments reaching th’s
Totals
WELL-PLANNED TOUR.
be made and
sun-
MORTUARY REPORT.
TO OPEN BUREAU
Births.
summer
Docks Centrally Located.
VISIT CONVENTION.
Mallory Line
chymatous nephritis; Josephine
GALVESTONIANS!
BUYS FIRST BOND.
one
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
in
in New Or-
URGED TO BUY BONDS.
D
0)5
19.20
19.85
1,100
6,000
concert program which will be given
by. Conway R. Shaw’s pandin Menard
tomorrow night will begin at 7 o'clock.
Rehearsals have been under way this
0.8
08.
New Orleans, May 26.—The market
for opst cottno closed steady.
26..... 1:33
27.....’ 2121
May
years,
17,579
15,451
10,750
162,625
May
May
May
May
Yesday.
21.36-40
21.56-59
21.48-50
21.61-64
21.40-45
21.37b
21.27-28
21.29b
21.36-37
Waltz—“
Selection
Augusta . ,
Memphis ..
St. Louis ..
Houston ..
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.5
0.6
or
paren-
, Wil-
For other foreign....
For coastwise .......
Ordinary .....
Good ordinary
Yes’day.
20.81-83
20.87-90
20.92-93
21.27-35
21.17-19
21.12-15
20.76-78
20.61-63
20.65-67
20.72-74
No soup is good enough to warrant
making a meal of it.
6:51
6:42
7:04
7:32
below
500.
GALVESTON COTTON
LOW WATER.
Time. Height. Time.Height.
.... 208
... 2,029
... 1,055
... 2,186
RAILROADS PLAN
FOR CO-OPERATION
. . . .Fillmore
............
GRAIN CHOPS
ARE LARGER
Goethals’ Proposals For Wood-
en Ships Alone Were
Hopeless.
TELLS WHY STEEL
WAS ALSO NEEDED
Feet. P. M.
—0.1 .....
Sixteen Numbers on Program
Which Will Open Summer
Season.
. . . .20.53
. . . .21.38
22.00
22.38
22.78
RECEIPTS.
Bales.
........' 372
........ 281
........ 745
........ 644
........ 599
will open the season for music on the
beach, m '” .....
0.4
0.3
0.1
—0.1
mean
Ordinary ........
Good ordinary ...
LAW middling .. .
Middling .........
Good middling . ..
Middling fair . . .
closed steady, 10 points up.
Today.
Low ordinary ........18.70-
Sales: Spots, 2193 bales; f. o. b., 528.
NEW ORLEANS PUTURES.
Futures closed steady.
Mallory Line
EXPRESS SERVICE.
Wall Street.
By Associated Press.
New York, May 26,—Business at the
beginning of the week-end session was
Perry A. Davis, 14,’ Has This Honor at
Texas City.
Special to The Tribune.
Texas City, May 26.—Perry A Davis,
a lad of 14, from his savings, bought
the first liberty bond sold in this city,
today.
Exchanges Closed.
By Associated Press.
London, May 26.—The stock and Bal-
tic exchanges here and the cotton ex-
change in Liverpool are closed today.
All exchanges in both cities will be
closed Monday.
BRANAN UNDERTAKING
COMPANY
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
LICENSED EMBALMERS
Telephone 852—Day or Night.
2111 Church St.
Today.
. . . .21.34-35
.....21.52-55
.. . .21:46b ’
. . . .21.56-57
. . . .21.41-45
.. .-.21.32-36
. . . .21.22-24
. . . .21.22-24
. . . .21.29-32
January . . . .
March ......
June.......
July ........
August .. ..
September .
October ....
November . .
December . .
Today.
. . . .20.74-75
. . . .20.76-80
. . . .20.86-87
. . . .21.24-28
.. . .21.14-16
.. .'.21.09-12
.. . .20.70-72
. . . .20.54-57
. . . .20.60-62
. . . .20.64-67
Middling .....................
Good middling ............... ..
Middling fair ..................
Sales, none.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Futures closed steady.
DRELIABLE ’ ’
NEW YORK SPOTS.
New York, May 26.—The market , for
spot cotton closed steady, 5 points up.
J. LEVY (& BRO.
Established 1888,
Funeral Directors
We Can Furnish Horse-Drawn or Auto
Funeral Equipment.
AUTO AMBUIANCE SERVICE.
Lung Motor Equipment.
PHONE 321. DAY OR NIGHT.
2216 Church Street.
. . . .18.56
.. . .19.31
. . . .19.81
. . . .20.81
. . . .21.19
. , . .21.56
One Handling of your Ship-
ments in Galveston, a
DAILY MOVEMENTS AT INTERIOR
TOWNS,
Receipts. Shipments. Stock
female, married; negro,
Cairo to Chicago; breakfast
whereby the railroads can
“MORGAN LINE"
offers you Steamship Express
Service
NEW YORK-GALVESTON
(Direct—No Stops)
Three Times a Week—Every Week.
Route Your Freight Via'
“Morgan Line”
son, aged 22 years, female, married,
negro, chronic general .peritonitis.
Deaths occurring within the city lim-
its and reported for the week ending
5 p. m. Friday, May 25, 1917: Negroes,
5; other races, 7; total, 12. Stillbirths,
nonviable premature births, and bodies
shipped here for interment are not in-
cluded.
shortage crisis
they need from
Barometer and Sun.
The following data regarding ba-
rometer and sun are furnished by the
local United States weather bureau:’
BAROMETER (SEA LEVEL).
At 7 a. m. today, 29.9 0 inches, which
corresponds to 759.1 millimeters.
SUN TOMORROW.*
Houston to Memphis;
Memphis to Cairo; one
Continued From First Page,
by trade and the problem which con-
fronts us now is to keep business on
a normal basis and do no hysterical
hoarding.
In speaking of the subject of the
presert high prices, he stated that to
his belief the housewives of America
were the unintentional causes of the
Yes’day.
18.60
19.10
19.75
20.20
20.55
21.00
21.25
21.50
21.75
22.00
22.25-
. b., 300.
f. o. b.,
GALVESTON MARKET.
Galveston market for .spot cotton
Sextette from “Lucia di Lammer-
moor" ...............Donizetti
Grand Selection—“Songs From the
Old Folks”....................Lake
intermission.
Overture—“La Burlesque’/.......Suppe
GALVESTON STOCK.
This day
• This day. Last year.
Good ordinary .....
• Low middling .....
better co-
cars and
in New
New Or-
to Chicago, ' return
Medley Overture—‘‘Bits f Remick's
• 1917 Hits” . .. .... . ........ .Lampe
Novelty—"Pahson’s Trombone”.. ..
Strict good middling. .22.10
Middling- fair'........22.35
Sales: Spots, 2066 bales; f. o.
Yesterday: Spots, 2769 bales; :
The Public Comfort bureau will be
opened tonight at the Union .station
for the summer and will continue to
remain open every Saturday and Sun-
day during the summer months, and
perhaps during the days when .there
are conventions in the city. A tele-
phone has been installed, and the su-
pervisor, William Boiler, Jr., will be
assisted by uniformed messenger?.
This bureau is being conducted by
the Galveston Commercial Association
and is under the direction of William
T. Smith, who is assisted by William
J. Knapp, Ed. Salzman, J. E. Haviland,
William Boiler, Jr., and T. B. Lemoine.
week. Mr. Shaw has been putting his
men through some hard work and will
have them in proper trim for the open-
ing of the season. He says that he has
the. best band he has ever had for the
beach season.
The program arranged for tomorrow
follows: ,
March—“U. S. A. National"... Panella
Gran Goes Down.
London, May 26,—The Norwegian
foreign office announces that the
steamer Gran (a Norwegian vessel of
1,152 tons gross) has been destroyed by
a mine, says a Central News dispatch
from Chris'tiania.
Orleans; French dinner
leans; sightseeing trip
Chimney fires occurred last night in
the following places:. 1424 Avenue M,
1309 Avenue L, and 927 Avenue 1. The
fires were all quickly extinguished
by the fire department.
Announcement has been made that
both Marion Douglas, quartermaster,
and J. E. Lowe, adjutant, of the Gal-
veston Citizens’ Training corps, have
the titles of “captain,” and not “lieu-
tenant,” as heretofore announced, a
One round trip
limit October 31;
choice refreshments. Mrs. Murray won summer
the high score. She will also be the ' Chicago.
5,478 • 8,574 457,204
increase. Upon the unfavorable reports
received from the bureau of agricul-
There will be five concerts each i ture and the later bad reports from
nrino +ha eanenn mha concar Argentina, the housewives started a
f campaign of hysterical buying. Fami-
James A. Baker, receiver for the In-
ternational and Great Northern rail-
road, has written a circular letter to
all the employees Qf the road, urging
them to subscribe to the liberty bond
issue. The men received the letter with
considerable favor and quite a few
having signified their intention to buy
some of these bonds
low water, 2 which is the datum of
soundings on coast and geodetic sur-
vey charts. Add the tabular heights to
the soundings on the chart or Subtract
if a minus sign is before it. Time is
plus 3h. 16m. for high water and 90
degrees meridian or central time.
Reduction in time for Morgan’s Point
plus 3h. 24m. for low water. Average
rise and fall on range of time at Mor-
gan’s point.
by taking what cars
the other railroads.
By I. and G. N.......
By G„ H. and H.....
By M„ K. and T. ...
By Q„ C. and S. F.. ..
By G., H. and S. A. ...
school of the University of
Deaths Occurring for Week Ending
Friday, May 25.
The following reports of deaths was
filed with B. E. Bedell, chief inspector
in the office of Dr. Walter Kleberg,
city health officer, during the week
ending Friday, May 25, 1917:
May 17—Charles J. Wolff, aged 57
years, male, married, white, carcinoma
of liver.
May 18—Mrs. Emeline Busch, aged
69 years, female, widow, white, chronic
nephritis.
May 19—Mrs. Elizabeth Davidson,
aged 57 years, female, widow, white,
angina pectoris.
May 20—E. T. I. Erickson, aged 43
years, male, married, white, gunshot
wound (homicidal); J. T. Haslett, aged
65 years, mate, married, acute nephritis.
May 21—Georgia Rogers, aged 35
years, female, single, negro, chronic
diffuse nephritis; John : Wegner, Jr.,
aged 43 years, male, married, white,
diabetes;. Mrs. Mary Wiley, aged 45
years, female, married, negro, ulcer-
ative enteritis (dysenteric).
May 22—Mrs. Caroline Maurer, aged
68 years, female, widow, white; gas-
tris carcinoma’.
May 23—Georgia Edward Phillips,
aged 2% months, male, negro, gastro
enteritis.
New Orleans Cotton. -
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, May 26.—On a contin-
uation of yesterday’s buying movement
the price of cotton advanced nine to
ten points around the opening of the
market here today rising to the high-
est levels on records for several posi-
tions. The improvement was met by.
moderately heavy week-end realizing
by holders of long co.ntracts and a re-
action followed prices standing four to
seven points under yesterday’s close at
the end of the first half hour of busi-
ness.
ALWAYS USE
Stearns’ Electric Paste
Full directions in 15 languages.
Sold everywhere. 25c and $1.00
U. S. Government buys it.
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
The time and height of high and low
water under normal conditions of
weather at Galveston at the foot of
Twentieth street for the coming week
is given by the United States coast
and geodetic survey as follows:
HIGH WATER.
Time. Height. Time.Height.
REMEDYFORMEN.
A7 YOUR DRUGGIST.
LumberCommission to Be
- 6
Guests 'Of City Tomorrow.
To Arrive Tonight.
Special to The Tribune.
Texas City, May 26.— Mrs. C. Ross
entertained a few friends with a fare-
well party, given in honr of Mrs. A.
H. Reaves. Mrs. Reaves andgchildren
will visit first with North Texas
friends, afterward going to Oklahoma
to join Mr. Reaves, who is in business
at one of the small towns now boom-
ing with financial prosperity.
Mrs. E. Nash, the chief operator at
the local telephone exchange, is en-
joying a vacation of several weeks
with friends in Houston, leaving Miss
E. McGinnis in charge, for the present.
The city commissioners have ar-
ranged for the purchase of a new safe
for the preservation of Texas City rec-
ords, etc.
Mrs. H. Cook of Houston spent a few
hours on Friday examining her local
property. She will visit with Galveston
friends for a few days before returning
home.
Prof. Levi Fry ahs been selected to
take the place of principal at .the Wol-
vin school, Miss Libbie Breuer,. the
former principal having accepted a po-
sition' elsewhere. Mr. Fry has had ex-
perience: in our state university and is
a graduate from the John Tarleton
school.
•Master Doyle Yarbrough won the first
prize of $10, offered by Franz Koh-
feldt ofe Denison, Texas, for the scholar
having the best scholastic standing in
the West End school. Miss Ruth Crisp
received the second prize of $5. The
remaining $10 • was - divided among
Date— A. M.
‘Tout Paris”. A .. .. . Waldteufel
The following births were recorded
by B. E. Bedell, chief health inspector
in the city health office, during the
week:
May 15—To James Richard O’Rourke
and Wife, 1225 Avenue B, a girl.
May 19—To Daniel Buckley Mac-
Irney and wife, 3307 Avenue R, a girl,
May 20—To Savalia Cole and wife,
1312 Thirty-second street, a girl.
May 21—To Herman Tilitzki and
wife, 1816 Avenue N, a girl.
May 22—To Chas. Roberts and wife,
1718 Avenue M%, a boy.
May 24—To Arch R. Campbell and
wife, 1515 Avenue J, a boy. .
May 24—To John B. Calking and
wife, 3606 Avenue R, a boy.
May 24—To Michael Kearney and
wife, 708 Fourteenth street, a boy.
Cotton Region Weather Summary.
New Orleans, May 26.—The temper-
ature has risen throughout the cotton
region, except in western and central
Oklahoma and North Carolina. There
is an excess in temperature, of six to
ten degrees in western and three to
six degrees in central portion of the
cotton region, and there is a .slight de-
ficiency in the eastern portion. Pre-
cipitation occurred in Tennessee, west-
ern South Carolina, northern portions
of Georgia and Alabama, extreme nor-
thern Mississippi and northeastern Ar-
kansas, and very light amounts in a
few other widely scattered localities.
Heavy rains: Tennessee, Brownsville,
1.92; Covington, 1.10.
Feltria. Sent Down.
By Associated Press.
New York,. May 26.—The British
steamship’ Feltria, a 5,254-ton freighter
belonging to the Cunard line, was sunk
May 5 off the Irish coast and her cap-
tain and 52 of her crew, including two
Americans, are missing, the Cunard line
announced.
Reports were also received here of
the sinking by a submarine of the
British steamship Confield, with the
loss of three of her crew, one of them
an. American seaman. *
Arriving at New Orleans, one of the
oldest and most historical cities in the
United States, a famous New Orleans
breakfast Will be served, a sightseeing
trip will be taken through the old
French quarters, and most wonderful
parks, then ample time will be given
to do as you please. In the evening
before departing for Memphis, at One
of New Orleans’ characteristic restau-
rants, “a much-talked of” French din-
ner will be served. These things alone
Will help start the trip off pleasantly,
and pave the way for numerous other
sights en route. /
Thirty-six hours will be spent on the
Mississippi river, making the trip on
the grand steamer Georgia Lee, of the
most well known Lee Line. While on
steamer, all meals and sleeping accom-
modations will be furnished, as well as
entertaining features. This part of the
tour is entirely different from any trip
you have made on the ocean, and is
well worth your while.
Arriving in Chicago the train will
stop at Sixty-third street for those who
wish to attend the University of Chi-
cago, also at Fifty-third, and Forty-
third, and the Central station.
Young ladies traveling alone in the
party will be well cared for and prop-
erly chaperoned.
The very reasonable fate includes:
for the various ■ grades, the amount
of the different species and grades
available for export, and the prin-
cipal shipping port for this lumber.
Matters of particular interest to local
associations will also be brought up
for discussion.
The principal object of the visit will
be to secure information for the benefit
of the commission, and to serve as an
opportunity for a mutual interchange
of ideas on export trade.
It is the general sense of the com-
mission that the scope of the investi-
gation should be limited to the follow-
ing' products: Saw and planing mill
products, including all forms of lumber
and timbers, ties, shingles, lath, box
shooks, paving blocks and logs used
in the round. Wherever information
on other products can be secured
abroad, without undue, effort, it will
be made available for the various lum-
ber association? of this country. It is
felt, however, that if information is
to be secured .on all forms of forest
products, the main object of the study,
that is the investigation of possible
lumber markets abroad, will not be
given sufficient attention.
Fort Worth Livestock.
By Associated Press.
Fort Worth, May 2 6.—Cattle—Re-
ceipts 2,500; market slow and lower;
beeves, $7.50012.50; stockers, $6.00@
8.50; heifers, $6.00010.0.0; cows, $5.00@
8.50; bulls, $6.00 08.50; calves, $5.50@
13.50.
Hogs—Receipts 1,200; market steady;
heavy, $15.50015.60; light, • $15.40@15.-
50; medium, $15.30015.40; mixed, $15.25
@15.40; common, $14.00 @ 14.50; pigs,
$8.50011.75.
Sheep—Receipts 1,000; market low-
'er; lambs, $ 16.0 0 @ 18.0 0; yearlings,
$14.00@14.75; wethers, $13.00013.75;
ewes, $12.00013.00; culls, $8.0009.00;
goats, $8.50@10.75.
lies who had formerly bought flour by
the sack now bought ten sacks, and
. instead Of buying canned goods by the
“three for a quarter” plan they bought
by the case, and the increase in prices
was due to the extraordinary demand,
There is comparatively no speculation
in grain on the present market, he said,
because the speculator is afraid of
grain at the present prices. The big
' speculators at rhe present time are
representatives from our allies who are
trying to make a killing. The new
crop of what was sold immediately and
went into flour, with comparatively
little held for speculative purposes.
The problems of the shipper and the
exporter were discussed at the after-
noon meeting also.. Up until a very re-
cent date the manner of inspection has
caused a great deal of dissension be-
tween the two. The exporters here be-
come so swamped at times that they
are unable to care for the grain ship-
ments as they arrive and sometimes
the shipments are delayed on the track
for several days before it is inspected.
The grain will naturally depreciate
, during the time it is exposed to the
weather, and as the old plan went it
New York Cotton.
By Associated Press.
New York, May 26.—There was a
good deal of realizing in the cotton
market today. Prices opened steady at
an advance of to 10 points with July
selling at 21.70 and October at 21.38
or at new high records for the sea-
son. This seemed the result of over-
night buying orders and local support
brought in by the strength of yester-
day and reports of an easier tone in
marine war risks. Offerings soon in-
creased, however,‘with July selling off
to 21.56. and October to 21.20 before the
end of the first hour, making a net de-
cline of some five to seven points.
Weekly crop reviews indicated im-
proved weather, but a great many un-
favorable reports still seemed to be
reaching the ring and the early buy-
ing was also encouraged by bullish
goods trade advices.
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.
Runs Aground.
(The Honduras, with a cargo of sul-
phur from Freeport, ran ashore on the
Bolivar side of the roads last night
while trying to enter the harbor with-
out a pilot. No damages were sus-
tained. At noon today tugs were still
attempting to pull the vessel clear.
Greek Steamer Sunk.
New York, May 26.—The Greek
freight steamer Odysseus, 3.463 tons,
which left New Orleans in March for
Marseilles, was torpedoed and sunk by
a German submarine April 13, accord-
ing to two American members of her
crew, who arrived here on a Norwegian
vessel.
Begin Work Monday.
/ Special to The Tribune.
• Houston, May 26.—Having secured a
lease from the city for 18 acres of land
on the ship channel, Horton & Horton
expect to begin Monday actual con-
struction work on their shipyard, in
which they expect to build five; and
perhaps more, wooden steamers for the '
government. Keels of the first five
ships will.be laid simultaneously, and
park tomorrow .light. The
May 30..... 5:22
May 31..... 7:02
Heights are above
A meeting is being held today at the
general offices of the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe of division agents of the
various railroads running into Galves-
ton. They plan to evolve methods
Melody—“Simplicity”......Dorothy Lee
Selection—“Robin Hood ’.....De Koven
Patrol—“American” ........ Meacham
Intermission.
March—“It’s Time for Every Boy to
work on their construction is expected
to be under way within 30 days.
The Horton shipyard will be on the
north side of the channel at the Turn-
ing Basin. It includes what is com-
monly known as the Baldwin Rice
slips, lying next to the city’s cotton
sheds, and has 700 feet of water front-
age. The city placed a valuation’of
$2,000 an acre on the.18 acres, or $36,-
000 for the tract, and will charge as
annual rental 8 per cent of valuation
thus fixed, the City; in other words,
getting 8 per cent on its money.
George Horton, in an interview, said
negotiations with lumber concerns for
building material are under way. The
government will also assist in collect-
ing the needed material for the hulls.
The ships completed will cost about
$400,000, equally divided between hulls
sand machinery; and the contractor iwal
operate on the cost plus reasonable
profit basis.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT.
Net receipts of cotton at all United
States ports thus far this week were
6950 bales; thus far last week, 4615;
thus far this week last year, 9041; thus
season far this season, 6,758,296; thus
far last season, 6,967,384; difference,
209,088.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
The range of prices on the Chicago
Board of Trade for July wheat and
corn were as follows:
Wheat —Opening, $2.17; high, $2.19;
low, $2.11; close, 2.11 bid; yesterday,
$2.17%.
Corn—Opening, $1.53; high, $1.53%;
low, $1.46%; close, $1.46% @1.46%; yes-
terday, $1.5201.51%.
FINANCIAL. •
London.—Holiday.
New York: Sterling exchange, de-
mand, $4.75%; commercial 60s, $4.71%;
commercial 90s, $4.69%; francs, sight,
$5.72%; 3 days francs, $5.73%.
NET RECEIPTS AT ALL U. S. PORTS
Galveston, 2641 bales; New Orleans,
1162; Mobile, 166; Savannah, 977;
Charleston, 163; Wilmington, 2; Nor-
folk, 1789; Boston, 50. Total, 6950.
Same, day last week, 4615; same day
last year, 9041.
Sunrise tomorrow, 5:22 a. m.;
set, 7:10 p. m.
AT UNION DEPOT
Railroad Men Call Upon Texas Grain
Dealers.
Railroad men who are visitors in
the.city today to attend the convention
of the Grain Dealers’ association and
on business include: C. H. Pugh, dis-
trict freight and passenger agent of
■ the St., L. I. M. and S., of Hduston; E.
A. Morris, district passenger and
freight agent of the St. L., I. M. and
S., of Fort Worth; George E. Raycroft,
traveling freight agent of the M. O.
and G., of Fort Worth; W. R. Daniels,
traveling freight agen of the T. and
P., or Dallas; G. C. Whitley, commercial
agent of the Southern Railway of
Houston; J. W. Daniel, commercial
agent of the M. O. and G., of Houston;
John C. Ryan, .general agent of the
N. C. and St. L., of Memphis; J. R.
Shisman, traveling freight agent of the
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient, of
Fort Worth, and others.
Later a settlement - can I
neither will be the loser.
handling of empty cars from here.
Representatives of the roads inter-
ested came to Galveston this morning,
and it is very prbbable that no decision
will be reached before next week.
The “pooling” of the equipments,
cars and the like will aid each railway
in doing their bit toward - helping the
government when called on. Often-
times, declared an official this morn-
ing, one of the roads will have all the
business they can handle with their
equipments. Should this be the case
when the government called upon them
they would be found unprepared and
unable to help. By co-operating, one
road will help the other in the car
lower berth,
steamer trip,
lower berth,
twenty-one pupils having a perfect rec-
ord in attendance for the scholastic
year. The Parents-Teachers association
added enough to the $10 to enable each,
of the above pupils to receive a 50-cen't
prize. le
Mrs. E. Westengren entertained the
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid at her West End
residence. Four’ visitors were pres-
ent— Mesdames O. P. Locey, C. Ran-
dow, A. Axe and Miss Emilie Orth, re-
cently from New Orleans. No society
business on hand, several piano selec-
tions were rendered by Miss Orth, sev-
eral of the guests sang religious as
well as popular melodies, the hostess
serving a buffet luncheon, and a pleas-
ant afternoon was spent with .conver-
sation, needlework, society plans, etc.
Miss. Delma Speed of Freeport, Texas,
and Mrs. Addie Wiley of Oakwoods,
Texas, were guests this week of Mr.
and Mrs. B.-B. Hardin. Mrs. Wiley is
the mother of Mrs. Hardin. Miss Speed,
a former resident of Texas City, will
• attend the state summer normal and
increase her efficiency , as a school-
teacher.
Mrs. P. D. Harloy entertained a few
of her society club friends at the fam-
ily residence with a quiet game of
cards, serving an elegant tea service of
compresses and depots.164,486
Total stock . ........198,118
NEW ORLEANS SrOTS.
1,000 71,171
2,832 286,207
1,022 21,858
3,720 77,968
less active because of ’the absence of
many traders. The market yielded
little of its recent gains, however,
United States Steel again claiming
leadership at the maximum of 134%,
an overnight gain of %. Independent
steels and the prominent equipments
and coppers also advanced . from frac-
tions to over a point, equal gains be-
ing registered by shippers. Texas Com-
pany advanced three points and Gen-
eral Motors 2%. Rails moved within
narrow limits on very small dealings.
Specialties were featured by corn
products, which rose a point on heavy
accumulation.
FOR RENT—Two south furnished
rooms with kitchenette; also small
southwest room. 1910 K. (ea)
Marine Licenses Granted.
'Licenses have been granted the past
week to the following by the inspector
of steam vessels:
Mate for ocean-going vessel: Wil-
liam Allan,. San Francisco, Cal.
Engineers: Benjamin Barcelo, Har-
risburg; Lester Hebert, Port Arthur;
Emil Doreck, Galveston. ' \
Operators of motor vessels: Frank
B. Crawford, .Dickinson; , Chas. H.
Hull, Orange; Herman Platzer, Galves-
ton; Clophes E. Lstre, Marmentau, La.;
Peter A. Sylvesten, Beaumont; James
Pon, Corpus Christi.
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FOR R\NT—Six-room modern two-
story house; southern exposure.
Phone 6549. (6-r)
. There are sixteen numbers on the
WILL INSPECT
hostess at the next entertainment of
club friends.
At the local W. C. T. U. meeting Mrs.
F. W Hoecker of Galveston, the presi-
dent of the Eighth district of the state
W. C. T. U., delivered a interesting
fraternity address. Mrs. C. F. South-
wick also addressed the meeting, elu-
cidating financial problems and plans
relative to home and state work.
Mrs. J. D. Reagan Ws a business
visitor to Galveston this week.
Mrs. M. Abriams and daughter, Miss
Enid, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Seth
Mabry this week. Mrs. O. F. Allen,
also of Temple, Texas, the mother of
Mrs Mabry, was also a guest, as well as
C. H. Allen, a brother of Mrs. Mabry.
Mrs. Charles Nelson entertained the
First Methodist Ladies’ Aid. Mrs. A.
Collier joined the society at this meet-
ing.
Due to the liberality of Capt. John
Jacobson, the Wolvin school building
is now flying the best-made and hand-
somest U. S. flag in Texas City.
A contract has been let for the in-
stallation of another Webb high-den-
sity press . on the Texas City water-
front. The Texas Compress and Trans-
portation company, with headquarters
at Waco, are the promoters, the cost
of the installation being in the neigh-
borhood 'of $50,000, and is to be com-
pleted this coming August. This third
press will afford operation facilities
for loading six or more vessels at one
time. Warehouses 2, 3, 4, 5 are re-
ported leased for several years for con-
centration purposes.
Rev. J. D. Pointer, the superintend-
ent of Limpopo district, in Portuguese
East Africa, will lecture in the local
First M E. church next Tuesday eve-
ning. Interesting incidents that came
under his personal observation during
his missionary work abroad will be
supplemented by illustrations. No
charges to the public, who are cordially
invited to attend.
Mrs. G. Y. Scogin is entertaining
Mrs. A F King and Miss Fay King, both
of’Lufkin. Texas
leans; breakfast, Chisa hotel, Memphis;
sightseeing trip in Memphis; breakfast
on dining car into Chicago.
The sooner you make your reserva-
tions the better we can care for you.
The ticket will have a return limit of
October 31, and liberal stopovers On
the return trip will be allowed.
For full particulars, rates, in fact
anything you might want to know
about the tour, call at the Southern
Pacific ticket office, or phone 4600.
New York Reserves.
By Associated Press, .
New York, May 26.— The statement
of the actual condition of clearing
house banks and trust companies for
the week shows that they hold $176,-
429,670 reserve in excess of legal re-
quirements. This is an increase of $29,-
675,250 over last week.
■ The statenent follovs:
ACTUAL CONDITION.
Loans, discounts, etc., $3,708,201,000,
increase, $5.8,473,000.
Reserve in own vault (b), $430,538,-
000; decrease, $32,367,000.
Reserve in federal reserve bank,
$315,985,000; increase, $69,058,000.
Reserve in other depositaries (x),
$61,556,000; increase, $937,000.
Net demanddeposits, $3,660,678,000;
increase, $43,391,000.
Net time deposits, $203,519,000; in-
crease, $4,754,000.
Circulation, $27,516,000; decrease.
$1,110,000.
(b) Of which 8391,392,000 is specie.
(x) United States deposits deducted,
$96,370,000.
Aggregate reserve, $808,709,000.
Excess reserves, $176,429,670; in-
crease, $29,675,250.
Summary of state banks and trust
companies in Greater New. York not in-
cluded in clearing house statement:
Loans, discounts, etc., $839,927,400;
decrease, $1,548,600.
Specie, $67,786,900; decrease, $159,000.
Legal tenders, $10,807,400; increase,
$78,700.
Total deposits, $1,952,464,100; de-
crease, $2,909,700.
Banks’ cash in vault, $14,899,000.
Trust companies’ ca'sh in vault, $3,695,-
300.
By Associated Press.
New York, May 26.—The . ships that
the American government will build to
beat the German submarine and carry
supplies to our European allies will be
constructed of steel instead of wood,'
and the men who control the output of
iron and steel in this country have
given their pledge to Maj. Gen. George
W. Goethals to furnish the necessary
materials. Informal conferences were
expected to be held here today by the
iron and steel manufacturers.
Gen. Goethals’ appeal for the co-
operation of the iron and steel manu-
facturers found an enthusiastic and
patriotic response at the annual dinner
of the American Iron and Steel Insti-
tute last night, after he had told them
that the proposal to build one thousand
3,000-ton wooden ships in eighteen
" months “is simply hopeless.” .
’ • Gen. Goethals emphasized the fact
that no small task, had been under-
taken. He informed the steel men with
emphasis that the job would require
the rapid manufacture of tremendous
• quantities of structural forms, as well
as the material going to make the hulls
of the, vessels. There would be plenty
of work for the fabricating /mills, too,
he stated, and it was at this point that
the members of the institute leaped to
their feet to pledge the full resources
of their plants to the work of the ship-
ping board.
“I found that contracts for wooden
ships had been let in all directions,”
he said, "but was unable to find plans
or specifications. When you consider
that the birds are now nesting in the
trees that will go to build these ships—
ships that must attain a speed of 10%
knots and several additional knots to
escape submarines—why the proposi-
tion is simply'hopeless.
“I called on Mr. Farrell of the United
States Steel corporation and asked him
if it was not possible to turn to steel.
He assured me it would be possible. I
announced it and I asked permission to
turn to steel as well as wood. I finally
got permission. Fifty million dollars
were appropriated for these ships from
the sale of Panama bonds, but no ef-
fort has yet • been made to sell those
bonds. Money is as necessary as any-
thing else. I began a campaign for
money. •
“This is now being discussed in the
house commitee on apropriations and I
have been promised the money in ten
days or two weeks.
“I had a second conference with Mr.
Farrell and he promised to help the
program if we turned to steel, and he
promised also to turn out three million
tons of steel ships in eighteen months.
“As the shipping built will ultimately
go to the merchant marine if they es-
cape the submarine, they should be as
far as possible of steel construction. I
want the institute to get back of Mr.
Farrell and to carry out the promise.
“The shipyards are full. I have asked
for legislation to prevent the laying
down of ships for any one but for us.
I want to enlist the co-operation and
asistance of the structural steel people.
I have got to have the co-operation of
manufacturers, makers of machinery,
chains; Wire- -cables, in fact everything .
that goes to make the complete ship,
and if what Lloyd-George said is true,
that ships are going to win the war,
everybody who helps build ships will
help win the war.”
Galveston is 'to be the host tomorrow
for the Federal Lumber Trade commis-
sion and visiting lumber men from
Houston, who will arrive to make an
inspection Of the port and other fa-
cilities for handling lumber, and to
study the lumber question in this sec-
tion of the state. The party will ar-
rive on the yacht Russara, which has
been tendered to the commissioners by
John S. Bonner of Houston.
The committee apopinted by the Gal-
veston Commercial Association to meet
the party and escort them over the
city and harbor is composed of J. H-
Keefe, chairman; W. R. Phipps, J. H.
Langben, J. J? Davis, C. G. Moore,' and
Steve Sgitcovich. The commission is
composed of John W. Walker, A. A.
Oxholm, R. E. Simmons, and Nelson
C. Brown, and is arranged and being
conducted by the Southern Pine asso-
ciation.
.After making inspections of the lum-
ber belts of .the South and inspecting
all the ports, the commission will go
abroad Aug. 1. Mr. Walker will go
to Great Britain, France and the Neth-
erlands, Mr. Oxholm to Norway, Swed-
en, Denmark and Finland, Mr. Sim-
mons to Russia and Siberia and Mr.
Brown to Southern Europe and the
Mediterranean • countries, including
Spain, Portugal, "Italy, Greece and the
Northern African section.’
The commission is especially desir-
ous of securing information, before its
departure for Europe, on the follow-
ing subjects, which it is hoped will be
discussed at the conferences: Export
trade methods, export grading, com-
plaints of importers abroad in the past,
obstacles to greater export trade, cur-
rent prices, f. o. b. port of shipment
Date— A. M.
May. 26..... 9:48
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May 29.....11:18
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May 31..... 2:18
yards; . the loss of which was to the
shipper, but recently a compromise was
reached wherein the grain had to be
inspected immediately upon delivery
and 'taken at that grading regardless
of the depreciation while it was in the
yards. Now the convention is trying
to come to some amicable understand-
ing on the matter, and the problem
was brought up for general discussion
on the floor of the house yesterday.
L. P. Cobb of Plainview suggested a
plan which sounded as if it would sim-
plify the matter to a great extent. He
suggested that a system of underwrit-
ing be installed wherein both parties
paid half the insurance on the grain.
If the grain was not damaged, the
money would go into a sinking fund,
and if it was the insurance should be
paid to the person who lost the grain.
; In this manner, he said, he saw no
reason why the shipper could not be
protected and still have a nice sinking
fund in the coffers at the end of each
fiscal year.
The final outcome of the affair is
not as yet known, but a committee was
formed to investigate both sides of the
matter and to suggest some remedy
before the end of the present conven-
tion. This committee consists of the
following: J. F. Weiser, Hico; J. E.
Bishop, Houston; J. F. Lillard, Temple;
B. F. Smith, Celina, and E. W. Crouch,
McGregor.
The committee on arbitration re-
turned its report at the session and
they stated that firty-five cases in-
volving $7,500 had been disposed of.
The report was received with pro-
longed applause.
Only one of the many proposed
changes in the trade rules was adopted
and this one was in regard to the ar-
bitration of disputes. In the future
arbitration will be limited to the mem-
bers of the association, unless both
parties agreed to the arbitration. In
the past nonmembers hav been al-
lowed to participate and had the ad-
vantage in that they could force the
member to arbitration, while the mem-
ber was helpless in forcing the non-
member into a position of this kind.
This was brought to light very forcibly
in the case between the shipper and the
exporter.
Visiting Many Points of Interest.
Just at this trying time when all our
energy. will be taxed to the utmost,
there has been arranged an early vaca-
tion tour, giving you a restful, won-
derful trip, combining water and rail;
all mapped out without worry and fuss
to the traveler. So many save for just
such tours, but when the time ap-
proaches for the trip, inability to know
just where and how to go, results in
loss of money, and ofttimes much val-
uable time.
This vacation touring party will
leave Houston Wednesday, June 13th,
at 8:25 p. m. The trip will not only
be for pleasure, but for historical value
as well, and is to be arranged so as
to accommodate teachers attending the
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