Market Review and Outlook for Copper and Steel Stocks
Market sentiment points to a copper merger curbing price-cutting and lifting copper securities. Iron and steel mills end the year with strong demand, full capacity, and rising bookings for 1910, especially in the East, with Western and Southern plants in good shape. Banking interests reportedly plan price advances, supported by easy year end financing and expected forward orders.
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Southern
Eastern
London
Market strength persists amid Rock Island episode and copper gains
The past week shows stocks in strong hands with brokers absorbing declines while preserving gains. The Rock Island episode sparked a 30 point swing, now under investigation by a special committee. Copper shares, including Miami and Granby Consolidated, hit new records as industry expects higher metal prices.
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Boston
Arizona
Butte Coalition
Alumet
GSO
East Butte
Franklin
Giroux
Reese
Iz Greene Cananea Ce
Hancock
See
Helvetia
Isle Royale
Kerr Lake Ee
Lake Copper
la Salle
Miami
Michigan
Nevada
Superior
Pittsburg
Utah
Utah Copper
Utah Apex
Rock Island
Northern Pacific
New York Stock Exchange
Francis L. Eames
Wicks Atterbury
Ernest Groesbeck
Tee
Exchange
Arizona Commercial
Boston & Corbin
Granby Consolidated
Copper World
Dividend Schedule Highlights Various Stocks
A calendar listing today’s declared dividends shows multiple issues with percentages. Notable entries include Allegheny & Western Ltd 3 per cent, Am Sugar common 13 4, Am Am Sugar preferred 13 4, Am Tobacco preferred 11 2, Chicago Junction common 2, Southern Pacific 11 2, Union Pacific common 21 2, Sloss Sheffield preferred 13 4, and Interboro R T 21 4.
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Car Foundry
Rene
Atchison Oe
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn
Canadian Pacific
Iss
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago Northwest
Delaware & Hudson
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk & Western Secs veGe
Rock Island
U S Steel
Eo Peayes Dod
Tnion Pacific Eee
Western Union
Allegheny & Western Ltd
American Express
Tobacco
Beech Creek Ltd
Boston & Lowell
Boston & Maine Com
Central Leather Ptd
Chicago Junction Com
Chicago Junction Ptd
Chi
Northwest Com
Northwest Pfd
Det. & Macinae Pfd
Dominion Coal Com
General Chem. Pfd
Interboro R. T
Inter. Silver
Mackay Cos. Com
Mackay Cos
Maine Central
Manhattan Ry
N. Y
Lack & West
North American
Old Com
Morse Bitter On Way To Prison In 1908 Case
Mr Morse 55 is transported to Atlanta federal prison after a Jersey City departure. His sons bid farewell at the station as Mrs Morse plans to seek a pardon. He faces three years commutation for good behavior and a potential release at age 67.
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Morse
Mr. Morse
Federal
Atlanta
Morse Says He Faces Brutal Penal Servitude in Atlanta
Charles W. Morse issues a statement before leaving for Atlanta claiming he will begin penal servitude under a brutal sentence. He protests innocence and demands a new trial, alleging jury corruption and alcohol use by jurors influenced the outcome.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
Engines Crash in North Station Yard Kills One Man
The collision between outbound engine No 1128 and inbound freight engine No 911 in freight yard No 1 near draw No 4 at North Station killed Harmon and injured three others. Harmon likely sat where Currier usually did. Currier escaped serious harm. Officials investigate switch operation as yard workers rush victims to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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North Station
Harmon
Currier
Newburypoort
Somerville Roundhouse
Draw No
Boston & Maine Railroad
Dennis Coughlin
Otis Street
East Cambridge
Coughlin
Post
Gilpatrick
Massachusetts General Hospital
Morse denounces government over his wartime sentence
In a letter signed C. W. Morse, the imprisoned figure rails against the custodianship of justice by private detectives as a permanent institution. He predicts ruin from the sentence and cites the case as a dangerous example of a government gone mad in pursuit of a victim.
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Washington
C. W. Morse
Morse Silent in Washington Before Atlanta Prison Start
Charles W. Morse the convicted New York banker on his way to Atlanta to begin a 15 year sentence paused in Washington for 15 minutes. He refused to see anyone and issued no statement. Marshal Henkel left the train, deputy marshals Steebling and Linkus continued with him to Atlanta.
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Washington
Charles W. Morse
New York
Atlanta
Marshal Henkel
Steebling
Linkus
Gaynor Praises Murphy and Names New City Appointees
The article reviews Gaynor's praise for Murphy and details Mayor Gaynor's new appointments. It lists officers such as Corporation Counsel Archibald Watson, City Chamberlain Charles Hyde, Commissioner of Docks Calvin Tomkins, Commissioner of Charities Michael Drummond, Water Commissioner Henry Thompson with Deputy Edward Bemis, and Hire Commissioner Rheinland Waldo, noting ages, marriages, and party ties.
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Archibald R. Watson
Bench and Bar
Southern Society of New York
Charles H. Hyde
Gaynor
Calvin Tomkins
Cornell
New York
Charities
Michael J. Drummond
Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
Henry S. Thompson
Thompson Starrett Company
Edward Bemis
Water Department
Cleveland
Rhinelander Waldo
City reform plan hints at new leadership for key posts
A statement outlines early appointments for Park Commissioner and Chief bridges official with salaries of 5000 and 500 respectively. It names Kingsley Martin 32 and Thomas J Higgins 45 as new appointees and suggests seven tax commissioners and three Board of Assessors will follow. The Mayor seeks high quality appointees to root out graft and reshuffle civil service.
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Kingsley Martin
Martin
Thomas J. Higgins
Board of Education
Board of Assessors
Civil Service Commission
Elope Pair Vanishes After False Leads In Philadelphia
Roberta B de Janon a 16 year old heiress and Frederick Cohen Bellevue-Stratford waiter vanish after follow up clues prove elusive A detective rushed to Lancaster where two people matching the descriptions were seen but trace ends with the couple unseen The girl’s father Ferdinand de Janon and her grandfather William Buist depart for Lancaster seeking answers.
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Philadelphia
Roberta B. de Janon
Frederick Cohen
Bellevue-Stratford
Cohen
Lancaster
Penn
Central Office
Elopers
Ferdinand de Janon
William Buist
Riot at Havana Plaza Hotel After Refusal of Drinks
Two black congressmen visited the Plaza Hotel bar in Havana and were refused service. They left, returned with a crowd of hundreds, sparking a riot quelled by police. Several injured and two Americans arrested.
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Havana
Plaza Hotel
Lying Helpless Sees His Wife Die in Boston Home
Mrs. Robbins died after collapsing at the foot of a bed as her husband, George Robbins, lay incapacitated nearby. Doctors delayed due to on call duties. funeral planned at Forest Hills Cemetery with niece Mrs. Hermann S. Hewitt of Brockton listed as survivor.
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John H. Peak
Dorchester Street
Boston
Leary
Magrath
North End
Robbins
Harwich
Hermann S. Hewitt
Brockton
Cerematory
Forest Hills Cemetery
Wage demands presented by rail workers today
The New York New Haven Hartford and Boston Albany conductors and trainmen will present detailed wage increase and hours reduction proposals to managements. A typewritten copy of last month’s voters’ proposition will be handed to railroads. The union seeks about a 10 percent pay raise and a reduction of the official workday from 11 to 10 hours.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Albany
Harvard Law Students Eye Easier Injunction Law
Vice President Michael A. Collins and Chairman John Weaver Sherman met with Henry Sterling and others from the Harvard legislative committee. The Harvard group seeks a measure for a more equitable injunction law and trial by jury in injunction cases. The Massachusetts State branch already frames a bill combining both goals.
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Wells Memorial Building
Michael A. Collins
John Weaver Sherman
Henry Sterling
Legislative Committee
Massachusetts State Branch
A. F
Harvard Legislative Committee
Harvard Committee
Labor notes from Eastern New England unions push 20 percent raise
The Machinists District Council of Eastern New England moved for a district wide 20 percent wage increase on May 1 with Boston Lodge already backing the plan. Boston City labor observances committee elected leaders, while multiple unions held meetings, elections, and upcoming events at Faneuil Hall and other venues. Sidney M. Rose of Milwaukee to speak at a Cigarmakers' Union event. Tobin visits Boston for holidays before Indianapolis meeting. car workers and carmen unions to merge under AF of L.
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Machinists’ District Council
New England
Washington Street
Boston Lodge
M. Thompson
Hyde Park
Boston
M. A. Murphy
William H. O’brien
Philip H. Sweet
Harry Jennings
William Gitlin
John Perotti
P. J. Jordan
William Kobs
D. D. Driscoll
John J. O’hare
Joseph P. Kilday
G. Harry Dunderdale
Central Labor Union
Sidney M. Rose
Milwaukee
Faneuil Hall
Union 97
Rose
K. of L
Patrick I. Doherty
Daniel S. Doyle
Walter A. Hanley
Frank A. Taylor
Jeremiah Brennen
John J. Larkin
District Assembly
SO. K. of L
Knights of
Pythias Hall
Main Street
Charlestown
Charles A. Caleb
Thomas Devane
William Woodill
John J. Craney
James Burns
Thomas O’brien
Heffernan
Caleb
Devane
Woodill
O’brien
Edward J. Byrnes
Frank Moran
Edward J. Murray
Daniel
Washington
International Car Workers
Carmen
A. F. of L
Gashed Over Eye in Fight at Broad Street Restaurant
In Lynn on January 3 Phillipo Cetti and Dorinic Rinaldo clashed in a Broad Street restaurant. A plate was hurled striking Cetti on the head, requiring eight stitches. Rinaldo was seized by locals and handed to police and faces arraignment in court.
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Lynn
Broad Street
Phillipo Cetti
Dorinic Rinaldo
Cetti
Rinaldo
Death in Roxbury Room By Open Gas Valve
Charles F. Papkey of 2554 Washington Street Roxbury was found dead in his room yesterday with a gas valve left open. The incident appears linked to gas poisoning. Police are investigating the death as a possible accident or suicide.
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Burroughs’ Burns
Charles F. Papkey
Washington Street
Roxbury
Strike May Reopen Big Union War
Jan 2 report forecast a renewed union conflict as the United Shoe Workers of America and the Boot and Shoe Workers Union order lasters machinists stitchers and levellers at A M Creighton Shoe Co to join other workers already on strike. About 400 operatives affected as docked pay spurs action. Creighton vows to fight and may hire strike-breakers from the rival union.
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Lynn
United Shoe Workers of America
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Joint Council of the United Shoe Workers
McKay
A. M. Creighton Shoe Company
A. M. Creighton
Women and Wages Stirring Changes in the American Home
A speaker argues that large numbers of New York women support their husbands and urges practical equality in marriage. She says educated, self supporting women warrant shared decision making and household duties, predicting a revolutionary shift in the American home.
Mrs Catt predicts more NY wives wage earning shift
In a New York interview Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt cites census figures and argues that 25,000 New York wives supported husbands, a number likely doubled as conditions changed. She advocates women trained for self supporting work, men sharing duties, and pooling finances for equality and freedom in marriage.
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New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
Publc
New Pastor in Roxbury At First Free Baptist Church
The Rev. Horace Hartley Hayes began his new pastorate at the First Free Baptist Church in Roxbury with large audiences at morning and evening services. His sermons were titled The Eternal Gospel and Tears of Gold.
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Horace Hartley Hayes
First Free Baptist Church
Roxbury
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Leach & CO
Manchester
N. H
Providence Coal
Alfred E. Long & CO
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Cumber and Mansfield Coal
James Shay & Co
Joseph Elwell & Co
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Auburn, ME
Muerket
Leach
Albany & Susquehanna Ry. Am
Chicago Telephone Mergenthaler Linotype
Old Dominion
U. S. Utah Consolidated
Am. Shipbuilding Pfd
Somerville
Murphy
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Herman Ridder
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Staats-Zeitung
Manhattan
Richmond
Ridder
Harvard
LABOR
Mrs. Catt
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