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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1915
Page
14
Signs of a booming economy spark expectations of a freight car shortage as idle cars shrink from 327000 in April to a 26239 surplus by November. Steel expansion, textile revival, and market reforms also shape a busy industrial landscape with dividends and new trading methods under consideration.
Total sales in New York were 934 300 and Boston 74 230. The most active New York issue was Steel at 139 800 shares and Boston issue U S Smelting at 16 585 shares. For Jan 1 1915 to date New York totals 151 154 700 shares and Boston 10 321 401 shares. Compared to last year New York 46 500 900 and Boston 3 268 807 shares. Largest gain in New York Willys Overland rising 10 to 243 while Brown Shoe fell 2 to 43. In Boston Greene Cananea fractions gained 3 to 41, Atlantic Gulf fell 114 to 3034.
Market sessions featured dull trading with professional activity and pockets of strength in war shares and base metals. Notable advances included Willys-Overland, Studebaker, Baldwin Locomotive, United States Steel, and Anaconda, while overall volume showed 977000 shares traded and U. S. bonds unchanged.
New high marks for copper stocks on the local exchange with Anaconda at a yearly peak and expected gains ahead for Steel common. Reports cite booming steel prices, strong producer earnings, and a tightening metal market including Nichols refinery shutdowns and rising London lead quotes. Copper Range, Quincy Mining, and East Butte show strong earnings, while United States Smelting grows earnings across copper, lead, and zinc.
Trading was active with an optimistic spirit as investors focused on Baltimore & Ohio New York Central and Pennsylvania issues. The day featured varied prices on rail and industrial bonds with totals showing $6,027,000 in sales compared with $7,717,000 yesterday and $7,020,000 last week.
The Boston Stock Exchange lists the day’s high, low and last prices with comparison to the previous close. The report outlines securities traded and notable movements across sectors.
The money markets report a fairly steady exchange scene with actual business among bankers. Sterling-Cables quoted at 4.6614 dollars with demand 4.652. francs 5.99. marks 8 119. guilders 4 11 9%. lire 6.45.
Copper, spelter, and lead face unusually brisk demand with thin supplies. London prices buoyant at 19 1 4 cents per pound. U S delivers may carry 18 3 4 cents for early 1916. Straits tin around 40 cents. other metals quoted in New York market.
Norfolk Va November 12 The escape of a fireman named Thiery from the interned German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich was reported to Rear Admiral Beatty. The man is believed to have eluded the marine guard by sliding down the ship’s anchor chain and swimming to shore beyond the yard limits.
John Wesley de Kay of New York was remanded in Bow Street police court on a charge of fraud in France connected with rifle supplies to the Belgian government. Bail denied. An agent, Charlier, arrested in France. De Kay born near New Hampton Iowa. author and club member. He previously led the Mexican National Packing Company and went to Europe in 1914 to buy arms for Huerta's government.
The Rev Francis H Leslie a Northport Michigan missionary at Corfu in Asiatic Turkey is dead from poison. Ambassador Morgenthau reports a full State Department probe will determine responsibility while he awaits the inquiry results. Leslie had led the Corfu mission since 1912 and his wife left for Aintab after Armenian massacres. a child was born later whom he never met.
A woman staged a romance by pretending to marry Dr. Alleyne Hensley. She bought a body at a Chicago morgue, wired family of his death, and later confessed that the man was fictional. The real body found in a plain pine coffin, bruised head, and unsolved identity. The girl lies ill under police investigation.
A broken trolley wire on Tremont street beside the Hotel Touraine halted traffic for over an hour yesterday afternoon. The wire snapped, pulling down others. police blocked pedestrians from the live pile while an elevated crew repaired the damage, pleasing the gathered crowd.
In Dorchester Theresa B Glancy beloved daughter of the late Bernard and Katherine Glancy and sister of Joseph P Glancy of Police Div 1. Funeral from 15 Santuit St Monday Nov 15 at 830 am Requiem at St Marks Church at 9 Relatives invited. Timothy J Murphy druggist beloved husband of Mary F Murphy nee Jordan funeral from 87 Thetford Ave Monday Nov 15 815 am High mass at 9 St Matthew s Church Relatives invited Late Elm Hill Council K of C Natick notice interment Natick Carl Stromblad 45 in Los Angeles Calif Nov 11
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