Bank of England Guarantees Amid Trade Resumption Efforts
The report covers British measures to end the monetary deadlock and resume normal trade. It notes the Bank of England discount rate held at 5 percent, discussions on currency reserves, and proposed schemes to ease exchange between London and New York. It mentions Khan Loeb & Co negotiations and J. P. Morgan plans to settle cross-Atlantic obligations, plus copper and silver quotation gaps and market reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Bank of Eng
Khan, Loeb & Co
London
Great Britain
New York
England
J. P. Morgan & Co
Paris
Central Mississippi Valley Electric Properties and Iowa Preferred Dividend No. 3
Quarterly dividend of 1.50 per share on the preferred shares declared for Central Mississippi Valley Electric Properties and Iowa. Record date August 15, 1914. payable September 1, 1914. Stone & Webster, transfer agents.
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Mississippi Valley
iMinors
Iowa
Mississippi Valley Electric
Stone & Webster
Money Markets in Boston Butchers Markets and Loans
In Boston money markets brokers figures show customers loans prior to stock exchange close at 73.10 percent outside brokers loans 8 percent. Loans negotiated since the exchange close 9? percent. Customers commercial loans 6 percent and upwards. Outside commercial paper 7 percent and upwards. Year money 6 percent and upwards.
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Boston
Stock Exchange
Bank Reserve Tie Up Debate Divides Bankers
New York August 13 Bankers remain split over amending the national bank act to permit bank notes as reserves The clearing house committee has not pursued the idea by today lenders fear gold shortages with Europe debt due within 90 days J P Morgan Co leads discussions on large French loan while Federal Reserve Board denies power or support for such reserve changes The market shows easing London rates and reduced emergency currency transfers as alarm subsides
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New York
Boston
London
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
Treasury Department
Washington
United States
England
Europe
Cemeda
Government Guarantees Bank of
National Bank
Clearing House Committee
A. Barton Hepburn
Chase National Bank
Hepburn
Congress
Gresham
Bank B
Representative Glass
House Banking and Currency Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Paul M. Warburg
J. P. Morgan & Co
France
Austria
British treasury indemnity relieves London bill market
London reports relief as the British treasury agrees to indemnify the Bank of England for losses from bills discounted before August 4. Capel Court expected to reopen. German bank holdings in London near £15,000,000. Call money 3.5 to 4 percent. Bank of England reserve rises to £15,530,000 with strong gains in government securities and private deposits.
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London
Treasury Department
Bank of England
Capel Court
South America
Heinze Wins Control Of Stewart Mining Company
F A Heinze again takes control by buying 550000 Stewart shares from the Assets Realization Company and is elected president. John Lucas Co of Philadelphia sues in equity against Associated Trust trustees seeking accounting and a receiver. Canadian Pacific calls stockholders meeting for Oct 7 to approve a 75 million dollar capital increase, books close Aug 21 reopen Oct 16.
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F. A. Heinze
Stewart Mining Company
Stewart
Assets Realization Company
Mr. Heinze
John Lucas & Co
Philadelphia
Associated Trust
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Middlesex County borrows to finance projects
Middlesex County Massachusetts has borrowed $100,000 from N. W. Harris & Co at 6 percent discount. Wellesley Massachusetts sold a temporary loan of $40,000 maturing November 10, 1914 to the Wellesley National Bank at 5 1/2 percent discount.
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Middlesex County
Mass
N. W. Harris & Co
Wellesley
Wellesley National Bank
Gifford Pinchot Announces Engagement to Miss Cornelia Bryce
In a telegram from San Francisco dated August 13 Gifford Pinchot Progressive leader announces engagement to Cornelia Bryce daughter of General Lloyd Bryce of Flushing New York formerly minister to The Netherlands The notice names Cornelia Bryce as the fiancée and notes her father's status.
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San Francisco
Fremont
Gifford Pinchot
Cornelia Bryce
Lloyd Bryce
Flushing
L. L
Netherlands
Case of a Female Party Highlights Shorty as Philanthropist
In Sewell Ford's feature for Sun Day Post Magazine, the character Shorty is portrayed as a generous benefactor. The narrative centers on his philanthropic activities within the social circle.
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Sewell Ford
Next Sunday Post
Shorty
Baby killed by heavy dray in Somerville street accident
Paul Zoza aged two was run over and killed by a two horse dray carrying crushed stone at Hunting and South streets Somerville. His mother, who witnessed the tragedy, had to have three toes amputated after their attempted rescue.
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Paul Zoza
Jacob Zoza
Hunting Street
Somerville
Hunting and
South Streets
City Colector to Dock Wages for Unpaid Poll Taxes
City Collector John J. Curley will dock the wages of 2400 city employees next week unless they pay their poll taxes. He says that many workers have not paid this year and will soon receive departmental lists of defaulters.
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John J. Curley
Portrayal of Cotton Picking at Pageant
Colored students from Hampton Institute of West Virginia staged a portrayal of cotton gathering in the South at a pageant on the Charles E. Mason estate lawn in Wingham yesterday. A crowd of over 50 prominent society members attended and patronesses included Mrs. John D. Long and several other notable locals.
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Hampton Institute of
West Virginia
Charles E. Mason
Wingham
John D. Long
Long
Charles I. Mason
Joseph F. Biglow
P. B. Bradley
Louis C. Cornish
A. H. Hersey
Joseph Lee
Herbert Lyman
Dora P. Ware
Ralph B. Williams
R. S. Bolles
Boy crushed by moving engine loses leg at East Boston
Louis Ilbanese, 17, attempted to board a moving Boston Sanitary Development Co engine in East Boston last night. He slipped, the wheels passed over his right leg, severing it a few inches below the knee.
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Boston Sanitary Development Company
East Boston
Louis Ilbanese
Man Falls to Death in Factory Elevator Accident
Epaminonda Forte of 194 Shirley Street Roxbury died after being caught in an elevator well at the Massachusetts Chocolate Factory on Norfolk Street Roxbury. Forte was operating the elevator and fell about 30 feet before passing away en route to hospital.
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Forte
Shirley Street
Roxbury
Massachusetts Chocolate Factory
Norfolk Street
Fore River Shipyard to Dismiss 1000 Workers If Bill Passes
The Fore River Ship Building Company of Quincy plans to discharge 1000 workers Saturday night if the emergency shipping bill becomes law. The bill includes a conference amendment admitting foreign built ships to the American registry for coastwise traffic for two years and is seen as substantially assured by conferees for both House and Senate.
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Fore River Ship Building Company
Quincy
New England
House
Senate
Fore River President Warns on Shipbuilding Cuts
Joseph W. Powell of the Fore River company told the Post that passage of the amendment would reduce shipbuilding by one third. He cautioned there would be no merchant ships built if the legislation passes and criticized the Jones and Williams amendments as worsening the bill.
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Joseph W. Powell
Fore River Company
Cape Ann Day Observed in Gloucester at Stage Fort Park
About 30 000 residents attended Cape Ann Day celebration in Gloucester under the Winagensheek Tribe of Red Men at Stage Fort Park. Highlights included aviator Clifford Webster’s flight, a sprawling fair with booths and rides, a fireworks display, and a 7 30 tableau by Red Men and women workers. a child was injured by a passing car during the festivities.
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Gloucester
Cape Ann
Stage Fort Park
Eli Whitten
Bass Avenue
Harry G. Foster
Clifford Webster
Marblehead
Suffolk Halts for Citizens Coal H M S Suffolk
Halifax citizens join in coal gathering for the British cruiser Suffolk after its port arrival. The Mauretania crew and 200 men from the Sixty third Regiment volunteers assist, aiming for about ten hours of work. Waterfront crowds cheer as the ship rests in port under a white ensign.
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Halifax
Suffolk
Sixty-third Regiment
Page Orders Ship to Take Americans Home
London Aug 13 Walter Hines Page the American ambassador authorized the American Transportation committee to charter a vessel in England to take American refugees home.
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Page
London
Walter Hines Page
American Transportation Committee
England
Graceful Dancers Highlight New England Art Advance
Photographs from a New England girls camp showcase modern art progress in cultivating pose and poise among the campers. The images feature graceful dancers and reflect the era's emphasis on refined movement.
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New England
Battle Scene Paintings of French and German Cavalry Charge
The color section of the next Sunday Post offers two paintings by De taille and Neuville reproducing a French infantry charge and the German cuirassier attack on an enemy convoy. Each picture occupies a half page.
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Detaille
Neuville
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Powell Tells
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Citizens Coal
H. M. S. Suffolk
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Liverpool
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Lucy
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Craven
Lydia
Cele
Her
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Ra Som Engy Ag
Story
Sunday Post
Hugh S. Fullerton
Catterson
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Nat Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
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Anna Steele Richardson
Maine
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