Dividends Declared by Major Firms This Quarter
American Smelting Refines pays 1 percent common June 15 with books May 29 to reopen June 6. Preferred 13-4 percent with books May 15 reopen May 25. American Tobacco 5 percent common payable June 1 to record May 15. Associated Merchants 13-4 percent and 1-2 percent extra on common payable May 3. Canadian Car & Foundry 2 percent semiannual payable June 2 to record May 11. Fidelity Trust Company initial 1 percent payable June 1 to record May 15. Galena Signal Oil 3 percent common June 30 to record May 29. 2 percent preferred same date. Peterson Lake Mining 13-4 percent payable June 1 to May 15. Savoy Oil monthly 2 per wrt May 2% to record oil. Silversmiths 1 percent May 15 to May 8. Solar Refining semiannual of 5 a share payable June 20. Six months ago 5 and 30 extra were declared. Studebaker 13-4 percent on preferred payable June 1 to May 20. United Dry Goods 1 3-4 percent on preferred payable June 1. Diamond Match 1 1-2 percent payable June 15 to May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Smelting & Refining Company
American Tobacco Company
Associated Merchants
Canadian Car & Foundry Company, Ltd
Fidelity Trust Company
Galena Signal Oil Company
Peterson Lake Mining Company
Savoy Oil Company
Silversmiths Company
Solar Refining Company
Studebaker Corporation
United Dry Goods Company
Diamond Match Company
Metal markets steady on New York Exchange
Copper prices were steady with spot and July at 13.37 to 14.37 per some unit, electrolytic at 14.37, casting at 14.00 to 14.12. Tin remained firm with spot 23.00 to 33.95 and June at 33.05 to 33.30. Lead and spelter were quiet with prices around 2.85 to 3.95 and 5.05 to 5.10 respectively. Antimony quiet at Cookson's 7.13 to 7.25, iron unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Metal Exchange
Cookson’s
Alaska
Eearetoses
Tees
Am Cities Co
Smelt & R
Ans
Smelt & R Pi
Sasreges
Am Steel Fury
Tel & Tel
Anaconda Aeeereee
At&sf
Atl C Line Ee Anwee
East
Ohio
Beth Steel
Bklyn R Touereee
Brown Shoe m
Butterick
Cal Pet Corp
Cal Pet Corp Pf
Can Pacific
Ches & O
Gai
Liggett & Meyer
Liggett & M Pf
Lorillard C Pi
Louis Nasheeaeeee
May Dept Store
Mer Marine Saeree
Pet Co
Miami
Nh& H
Nor Pac
Nor & Wes
Penn
Studebaker
The
Texas Co
Texas Paci
Union
U & Rubber
Union Pacific
U5 Steel Steel
US Steel
Wabash of
Utah Copper
West Union
Westinghouse
Woolworth
York
Boston
New York
Peete Ete
Booth Fisheries
Treasury
Sb Ta
Canal & Doc
Chicago City Railways
Eee
Selesia Dbe
Edison Eae
Chicago
Chicago Title & Trust Bet
Akers
Chicago Railways
Hart S & Marx
Illinois Brick
Kansas City Light
Etree
Mont Ward
Pacific Gas
Sida E
Sears-Roebuck
Powsee
Osee
Union Carbides
West Stone
Armour
Chicago City & County
Eels
Edison
Met
Gola AG S.c Sdb
Seeeeeene de
Morris
S . Pee Per
Eee Ee Ene
Ogden Gas
Teesee
People’s Gas Ref
Trend of Prices Is Reactionary
News wire summary of stock market activity across New York and Boston for the period Jan 1 1914 to date. Total shares traded in New York and Boston, comparisons with last year, notable gains and losses in Woolworth Liggett & Myers Boston & Providence Northern R. A. call and time money rates in both cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Reading
Alaska
Woolworth
Liggett & Myer
Providence
R. A
Market Mixed as Trading Stagnates in New York
The New York market moved toward a standstill with indecision and tepid activity in both domestic and foreign markets. Reading showed brief strength while Northern Pacific and Chesapeake & Ohio weakened. copper and pig iron data appeared steadier, and sterling demand rose with expectations of more European gold purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Northern Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Europe
Rock Island
U. S
Local Market May 6 Shows Hayden-Stone Interest Amid Mixed Moves
Boston traders focus on Hayden-Stone issues with United States Shoe Machinery and Greene Cananea rising slightly while most other stocks drift or show weakness. Alaska Gold, Butte & Superior, New Arcadian advance modestly as market sentiment remains uncertain. Shoe Machinery hits a new high on hopes of government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hayden- Stone
United States Shoe Machinery
Island Creek
Hayden-Stone
Alaska Gold
Butte & Superior
Greene Cananea
New Arcadian
STATE STREET TOPICS Market drifts near top as volumes stay slim
The recent sharp rally seems spent with dull market moves and small price changes. Trading totals around 180,000 shares show little strength outside New York traction issues Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Interborough Metropolitan, while Union Pacific and Reading hold near highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated and
Steel
Union Pacific
Reading
New York Traction
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Interborough Metropolitan
Brooklyn
Interborough
New York Curb Gasolene Gas Fare In Next Sunday Post
New York readers will see a weighty fare in the upcoming Sunday Post featuring color comics and a humorous color strip. The feature promises lively drawings and a lighthearted tone.
Bond Market Notes Across New England and Beyond
Newport Rhode Island awards a temporary loan of sixty thousand dollars to Livingston Davis due September 4, 1914 with several bidders listed. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad seeks NYSE listing for seventy million dollars in J P Morgan Co certificates of deposit backed bonds. Cambridge Harvard Trust wins a two hundred fifty thousand dollar loan due October 11, 1914 with multiple Cambridge and Boston lenders among the bidders. Winthrop Mass grants a twenty thousand dollar loan due November 15, 1914 with several bidders. North Andover Mass invites bids by May 7 for a sixty thousand dollar temporary loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, R. I
Livington Davis
Blake Bros. & Co
Bond & Goodwin
Curtis & Sanger
Aquindneck National Bank of
Newport
New York Central
Hudson River R. R. Company
New York Stock Exchange
J. P. Morgan & Co
Lake Shore
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Trust Company of Cambridge
First National Bank of Boston
Charles River National Bank of Cambridge
Central Trust Company of Cambridge
Eastbrook & Co
Livingston Davis
Moseley & Co
Winthrop
Massachusetts Trust Company
Loring
Tolman Tupper
R. L. Day & Co
Bond Market Shows Moderate Strength Across Key Issues
The market was moderately strong in tone with principal features including Rock Island collateral 4s Southern Pacific convertible 53 and local traction issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
City Planning Talk Sparks Boston Civic Reform Drive
At a meeting of the United Improvement Association Boston leaders were urged to build a larger, better funded central office with experts and a speakers bureau to advance city planning. Rastall of New York warned Boston risks a small influence unless a vigorous campaign, broader membership, and stronger publicity are pursued. He urged listing potential supporters and hosting a luncheon to enlist four or five volunteers. The legislative committee voiced concern over the 1914 city charter and political maneuvering in the Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
Lnter
Maya
Manger
Congressman Gallivan
Washington
Benjamin C. Lane
Roxbury
William J. Drew
Harvard Street
Robert A. Woods
South End
William H. Thayer
Faneuil
Edward M. Hartwell
Jamaica Plain
Joseph Yendley
Rastall
Municipal Service Bureau of
New York
State House
Boston
United Improvement Association
Bostol
Legislative Committee
Finance Commission
Terrible-Dunderberg Mining elects Wells treasurer in Boston
At a Terrible-Dunderberg Mining & Power Co meeting in Boston Henry F. Wells was elected treasurer. The company mines at Silver Plume Colorado are on a producing basis with one ore body over 500 tons of $50 ore. The annual stockholders meeting will be held in Georgetown on May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrible-Dunderberg Mining & Power Company
Boston
Henry F. Wells
Silver Plume
Col
Georgetown
Copper Range Annual Report Highlights 1913 Earnings Decline
The Copper Range Consolidated Company reports 1913 net income of 490 536 dollars, down from 1 692 566 the prior year and 804 560 in 1911. earnings per share were 1 25, with production at 18 767 359 pounds, copper price 14.85 cents, average cost 11.71 cents, and ore yield per ton 2.24 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copper Range Consolidated Company
Trimountain
Champion
Boosting of Boston Pledges Support for City Progress
Delegates to the United Improvement Association pledged wholehearted support for boosting Boston after a stirring speech by B M Rastall, a city planning expert. They criticized the Legislature as perhaps the least competent in years and condemned Boston for letting the Boston Development and Sanitation Company dump remain in Orient Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Improvement Association
Boston
B. M. Rastall
Boston Development & Sanitation Company
Orient Heights
Untermyer Discusses Trust Bill Before Senate Panel
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the House money trust investigating committee, dissected the pending anti trust bill before the Senate interstate commerce committee. He approved the general ideas to curb trusts, calling it the best bill so far this session, while suggesting changes in phraseology and criticizing some provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel Untermyer
House Money Trust
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Untermyer
Untermyer Urges Tight Bill To End Uncertainty
In a blunt session Mr. Untermyer pressed for a tightly drawn anti trust bill to pass without delay, warning Democrats the issue could affect November votes. He warned of regulated monopoly via future mergers and urged narrowing scope to firms with at least 1 million in capital or 2 million in assets and forbidding dummy directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Untermyer
Congress
Interstate Trade Commission
Mr. Untermyer
Commission
Fresh groundfish prices and vessel arrivals at Boston pier
A Boston shipping brief notes fresh groundfish prices with haddock at 41-2 to 41-4 cents a pound and various cod and hake rates as 12 schooners fish at the pier. Vessel tables list earnings for Louisa R Sylva, LCRA, Washakie, and others. the steamer Howard reports a submerged obstruction near Gay Head in Vineyard Sound, prompting warnings to passing ships. Additional reports cover Glenroy’s mast sightings, gale damage, and Simon Bolivar era uprisings in Macoris with a dangerous fort confrontation. Halifax shelter for Alden, Cunarder Franconia near Boston, and Arabic sailing from Queenstown with passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddock
Cod
Pollock. Hake
Vaelenie
Louisa R. Sylva
Matthew S. Greer
Frances Grueby
Helen B. Thomas
Ao Evelyn Thompson
Rose Standish
Watsinim
Ste Lucinda
Lowell
Howard
Page
Battery Wharf
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Gay Head
Vineyard Sound
Nashawena
Glenroy
Huelva
Spain
San
Svendsen
Norwegan
Nora
Macoris
San Domingo
Boston
Sydney
Co. B
Halifax
N. S
Queenstown
Star Players Highlighted In Sun Day Post Diamond Gallery
A full page features photographs of baseball stars from the diamond with a note that readers will recognize favorites among the showcased figures. The collection promises a glimpse of top performers and fan-favorite figures in the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Next Sunday Post
Shipping News Arrived With Numerous Steamers and Tugs
A list of arriving vessels includes Steamers Glenroy Hunter Huelva Nora Svendsen Macoris 8 D Boston Simms Yarmouth Grecian Hudgins Howard Page Newport News Nor folk Katahdin Macbeth Jacksonville Charleston Whitney Crowell Coastwise Chase Norfolk Charles F Mayer Machen Portsmouth Melrose Frostad Herbert Rickes Ipswich schooners Ravola William H Davenport Mc Intyre Governor Brooks Wade tugs Fulton Brophy Hobo ken Musconetcong Pocono Tunkhannock Confidence Kemp from Lynn for New York also steamers Bygland J H Devereaux Norfolk H F Dimock Dorchester Newport News Balti more Herbert Ipswich tugs Greenough Pittston Hack ensack Hiwater Gwalis Nor folk Bedford Ivie Biwabik Emelie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenroy
Hunter
Huelva
Spain
Nora
Svendsen
Macoris
Boston
Simms
Yarmouth
Grecian
Hudgins
Philadelphia
Howard
Page
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Katahdin
Macbeth
Jacksonville
Charleston
James
Whitney
Crowell
New York
Coastwise
Chase
Charles F. Mayer
Machen
Portsmouth
Melrose
Frostad
Herbert
Rickes
Ipswich
Ravola
Lewis
Port Wade
N.S
William H. Davenport
McIntyre
Hantsport
N. C
Brooks
Wade
Fulton
Brophy
Hoboken
Pocono
Tunkhannock
Confidence
Kemp
Lynn
Bygland (Br
J. H. Devereaux
H. F. Dimock
Dorchester
Mass
Charles P. Greenough
Pittston
Hackensack
Ay. Hiwater
Gwalis
v _Bedford
Ivie
Biwabik
Emelie
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Canada
Montreal
N. B. Stark & CO
Congress St
Toronto
Our
Halsey & Co., Inc
Congress Street
Metal Markets
Inpissing
Jones & Baker Stock Brokers
Broad St
Robert Gair Company
Lawrence Beattie, Jr
Treas
Me Pee Tauiye
Pari
Massachusetts Corporation
Adress Post
Massachusetts
Corporation
Northern Texas Electric Company
Fort Worth
Texas
Texan Electric Company
P of Business
Webster
Hayden Stone
New York Market
Boston Stocks
T&t
West
Gomah
Allouez O
Tel & el
Arizona Com
Bos Elevated
Bos & Albany
Maine
Bos & Maine
Bos & Prov
Butte Ballak
Butte & Sup
al & Arizona
Cal & Heeda
Eastennial
Gopper
East Butte
Edison Elec
Franklin
Greene
Kerr Lake
Keweenaw
Lake Copper
McElwain
Miss Riv Pow Co
Old Dominion
Old Colony
R R
Consol
Shattuck-Aris
Steno
Sup & Swift & Co Teeee
Tamarack Peewee
Sreee
Tuolumne Torrington
U S Steel +e
Utah Conso
Utah Cop Co
West End
Rteene
J Winona Oe
Divid Fotal
Te & Lonana
Bingham Mines
Alaveras Estates
Cal & Corbin Teense
Cons Arizona
Crown Reserve
Davis Daly
Hollinger
Huraboldit
la Rose
Majestic
Nevada Douglas
Stewart
South Lake
UN Cig
State Street
United Shoe
United Shoe Machinery Company
Mexico
Braden Co
Brit Am Tois
Nevada
Miner of Am. Steer
Viva Wes Es Verem
Unig
Ene
Liverpool
Ahildren
Cchildren
Iew
North Andover
Pere Cer Esesenes
BMAB
Ceive Tuanpatee
Eereses
Seth Se Pwees
Wrens
Bss
United States
Apne Gov
Bisidues
City of Tokyo
Brown
Bros & Co Effs
Power
Nyc
Steede
Hide & L
Norf & W
Reno North Pacific
Om & RG
Eene Distillers
Se & O
Bale &O
el San An& A
Btva
Gomse Couse
Seab Air Lady
Bet Steel
Sorel
Erie
al So Pacific
Pacific
Eklyn
Indiana Steel
Io Texas Co
Texas & P
Martie
Union Pac
Rennes
Toses
Louis
Sis
Eae
Ease
Liggett & Senees
Is & Mindiy
Rillard Co
L & N-At
Knoxy
Anhattan
Sasa
Banking Commissioners
Washington and
Essex Streets
John H. H. McNamee
Bay State Insulated Wire & Cable Company
American Trust Company
Texas Southern Electric Company
George E. Roosevelt
G. M. Hecksher
Oil Fields of Mexico Company
H. W. Weekes
Frank Furber
Mass Consolidated
F. W. Woolworth Company
Copper Range Annual Report
Money Markets
Ieee
Prey
New Voc Paos
Oeereares
Chicago Market
United Improvement
Wesbter & Atlas Nat Ach
Cordis Mills
Tremont & Suffolk Mills
Bigelow Rpet Co
Farr
Central Fyermont R
Bay State St Ryp Os
Francis Henshaw & Co
Boston Duck Co
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