Wall Street Stocks Rally and Sell Off Amid Nervous Trading
New York stock market opened irregular with steel and railroad issues fluctuating. Early losses gave way to slight afternoon gains as Union Pacific and HIN stocks showed strength, but closes remained feeble with broad declines and heavy selling pressure.
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Scripps McRae Press Association
New York
Steel
Great Northern
Colorado
Reading
Erie
Northern Pacific
Southern Railway
Canadian Pacific
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Europe
Stock Exchange
HIN
Market Report from New York March Prices and Grain Quotes
Scripps McRae Press Association lists Park Mexs at 17 75 18.5 and Lard Western steams spot. Dressed poultry includes turkeys and chickens with various prices. Butter receipts firm at 20 81c, cheese full cream 15c, eggs fancy 22 cents. Wheat No 2 red around 6c, various No 2 red through billing 6 1/4c, No 3 red 73c, and other futures quoted. Corn steady with multiple white and yellow grades at 40s to 47c, through billing. Oats firmer with No 2 white around 4 1/2c. Hay steady with Timothy prices listed. Inspections receipts show carloads by grade and grade distribution for corn, oats, rye, and hay.
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Scripps-McRaee Press Association
New York
Park
Western Steam Spot
Gorge
C. Hay
Timothy
Bilinue
Timochy
Cdire
Rye
Bovar
Pittsburg Live Stock Prices Report
Pittsburg Pa March 25 cattle supply 149 loads with lower and better grades priced from 5.40 to 5.85 for prime cattle. sheep supply 14 loads steady with prime wethers 6.20 to 7.05, lambs 6.00 to 6.50. hogs receipts 49 with prime heavy hogs around 6.70 and rough grades near 6.10.
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Pittsburg
Scripps-Wefise Presse Association
Indianaapolis Produce Retail Prices (Markets List)
A dense list of produce and seafood prices from Indianapolis markets. Florida beans and tomatoes priced per peck or quart. onions various types. greens like cabbage spinach and lettuce. tropicals such as pineapples and bananas. citrus oranges lemons and limes. berries including strawberries. numerous root vegetables. fish with per pound rates. beef veal lamb and poultry items with per pound or per dozen figures.
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Florida
Bermuda
Louisiana
California
Malaga
Stock market notes show Capital National Bank at new high
Local securities report records Capital National Bank stock advancing to 1 percent for a fresh high. Union Traction and Street Railway show mixed bids with some failures to bid, while many utility and bank stocks appear at varied prices. The list includes Indiana Hotel Co., Central Trust, Merchants National Bank, and several traction and railroad issues with prices on 100 shares.
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Local Stock Exchange
Capital National Bank
Union Traction Common
Traction & Terminal
Lst
Rosses
American Central Life Ins. Co
American National Bank
Atlas Engine Works
Belt Railroad Common
Peng
Felt Railroad
Brown-Wetcham Iron Wks
Central Trust Co
Ceseeeee
Ind. Hotel Co
Indiana National Bank
Inet
Title Guard & Loan Co
Peoples Light and Heat
Eb Ranh Vertifizer, Pte
Indiana Union Traction Co
Indianapolis Abattoir
Indianapolis Fire Ins
Merchants’ National Bank
I New Telephone Co
New Telephone Co
Seopie’s State Bank
Ngons ‘Viana
Rust Cou
Cisscscccces Reeves & Co
F Security Trust Company
Haute Traction & Light
TY. Haute Waterwork Com
Nian National Bank
Oop Union Traction
Vinion Traction
I Mion Trust Co
Beensss
An Camp Hardware Co
Vandalla Coal
Vandalla Coal Co
Wasson
Bread Ripple
Citizens’ Street Railways
Indiana Hotel Co
Indiana Union Traction
Adpls
Colum. & Southern
Indianapolis & Fastern
Indianapolis Gas
Caees
Indpls
Greenfield R. R. Be
Martinsville
R. T. Ds
Indianapolis Northern Trac
Indianapolis Street Railway
Indianapolis Trac
Ter
Indianapolis Water Co
Ko, AP. & W. Trac
Merchants’ A. & L. Co
Lww
Union Traction of
Indiana
Livestock Receipts and Market Report from Indianapolis
Receipts: hogs 1,500 cattle 400 sheep light. Hogs ruled a shade easier with top at 6.50 and most trades 6.40 to 6.45. Cattle: choice butcher stock steady, common and medium dull with slight concessions. overall market weak. Sheep steady with good demand for first grade. Prices and entries listed for steers, heifers, cows, calves, sheep and lambs, with various weight categories and ranges.
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Indianapolis
IBM
Chicago Live Stock Prices Reported by Scripps McRae
Chicago market notes show cattle receipts steady with prime beeves from 5.70 to 6.85, cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.00, hogs 5.70 to 6.45, pigs 5.70 to 6.20, and sheep receipts at steady levels with native and western categories listed. Texans priced around 4.00, canners 1.75 to 2.65, stockers and feeders 2.75 to 4.74, and western lambs 5.78 to 8.10.
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Scripps-McRae
Chicago
Cincinnati Market Summary Delivers Mixed Livestock News
Cincinnati Ohio market recap shows cattle receipts at 1851 head with prices around 5.25 to 5.55 for extra steers and calves near 38.00. Hog arrivals near 6700 down about 15 cents with good to choice at 6.55 and lower packs at 4.45 to 4.30. Sheep receipts 24 head strong with extra at 5.56 and lambs at 8.10 to 8.25.
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Cincinnati. O
Meats and Lard Prices from Kingan & Co Corrected
Corrected price list from Kingan and Company detailing sugar cured hams, boiled hams, bone less roulette, picnic hams, breakfast bacon, sugar cured bacon, smoked bacon, salt bacon, English style shoulders, dried beef, lard, pickled pork, fresh pork loins, fresh shoulders, tenderloins, fresh beef carcass, veal, mutton lambs with per unit costs and per barrel figures in old currency.
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Kingan & Co
Chicago Grain Market Summary From March Wheat Prices
Wheat sold off about 3 cents with May at 74 and July around 75. Corn firmer with May near 4.43 and July 4.42. Oats declined about 0.25, May 40.25 to 40.40, July 38.54. Provisions fell with May pork around 15.70, lard 8.83, ribs 8.65. Local receipts: wheat 502, corn 589 cars. May wheat closed 75.5 cents, July 75.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Prices Prompt Quick Readout
In Chicago on March 25 the day’s market notices list eyes extra at 20 cents and Butter-Creamery extra at 29 and a quarter cents. Poultry prices show turkeys at 12 cents, chickens 12 cents, ducks 12 cents, geese 11 cents, with a flock value around 7.00 dollars per dozen.
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Chicago
Six Students Killed in Train Crash Near Claremon
Special to The Sun reports six students dead and 17 injured when a Santa Fe special train carrying intercollegiate meet riders collided with an outbound limited near Claremon. The dead include C. G. Franklin of California University A. H. Edwards Major Gall and Fred Hodgson of Occidental College. The railroad company believes the engineer's disregard of orders caused the wreck.
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Santa Fe
Claremon
Neal of Noblesville Likely Appointed to Insurance Dept
Everett K H Neal of Noblesville met with Auditor of State John C. Billheimer on Monday and is understood to have accepted a post in the insurance department. His hesitation stemmed from his seriously ill daughter. Miss Ethel Pitts, previously a stenographer in the land department, is promoted to a clerical position in the insurance department with a higher salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett K H. Neal
Noblesville
John C. Billheimer
Insurance Department
Neal
Ethel Pitts
Land Department
Race for Big Battleships by Arthur H. Dutton
The article notes a global rush to dreadnoughts led by Britain with rival nations including Japan, Russia, Germany, and the United States planning large gun battleships. It highlights 12 inch guns, speeds around 19 to 20 knots, and 19,000 ton classes, anticipating the Constitution as America’s first American dreadnought.
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Great Britain
United States
Congress
Russia
Germany
Brazil
England
Ieak
Cleveland Defends Railroads and Urges Tariff Reform
Ex President Grover Cleveland criticizes anti railroad protests as largely groundless and urges calm governmental supervision. He says tariff reform will clarify the political atmosphere, unite Democrats, and secure victory, stressing the railroads' link to national prosperity. He calls for timely, focused attention on tariff reform at the county level.
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Whett
Friends of Democracy
Wait for Decision in the Thaw Case
Justice Fitzgerald postponed the Starry Thaw hearing to study affidavits from both sides. If he rules against the lunacy commission, the case may end this week. a commission could suspend the trial for two to three weeks. Jurors were excused until Wednesday morning.
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Hartridge
Jérome
Justice Fitzgerald
Saloon Fire Damages Grobey Bar on Washington Street
A fire at Mike Grobey’s saloon 701 W Washington St Sunday night near 11 o clock caused about 700 in damages. Officials believe an incendiary device started the blaze in a rear room by a stairway while no lights were visible. Firemen suspect arson as the only plausible cause.
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Mike Grobey
Washington St
Reconciling Emma Eames and Julian Story Considered
New York reports a possible reconciliation between opera star Emma Eames and painter Julian Story. Story may seek a personal interview while Eames resides at the Hotel Aster. Mutual friends push for settlement. the couple’s separation follows a Philadelphia masked-ball episode and alleged revelations from two women about Eames.
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New York
Emma Eames
Julian Story
Story
Mme
Eames
Aster
Philadelphia
Mme. Eames
Maine Woods
Europe
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Mama
Saloon Shooting Fatally Wounds 20-Year-Old Man in Wisconsin
At a Lacrosse saloon after midnight a bartender, Frank McAdams, shot and killed Mike Hettsinger, 20. McAdams helped carry Hettsinger to bed and waited for police, the Meredh Press reports.
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Scripps-McRae-Press Association
Lacrosse
Wis
Frank McAdams
Mike Hettsinger
McAdams
Hettsinger
Snow slides hamper Canadian Pacific in British Columbia
Four men were killed on a snow slide near How Sound in British Columbia as heavy snow disrupts Canadian Pacific Railway operations in the mountains. Civilian and railway crews work to clear lines and assess ongoing weather risks across the route.
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Secripps-McRare Press Association
Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific Railroad
British Columbia Mountains
How Sound
B. C
Brownsville Shooting Findings Backed by Army Major General
Washington March 25 Brig Gen McCaskey approved the Penrose court martial findings exonerating Penrose but holding the Twenty fifth Infantry responsible for the shooting up of Brownsville. A telegram announcing this was read at the Brownsville investigation session of the senate committee.
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Washington
MecCaskey
Department of Texas
Penrose
Brownsville
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Senate
Wealthy man dies by own action at Brooklyn hotel
In New York, Wilous FE Benson of 7 Dunham Place Brooklyn died by his own action at Vincents hotel. Benson, a rich resident, registered yesterday and was found by an attendant after a gas leak led to his room where he suffocated.
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Scripps-MecRae Preas Association
New York
Wilous FE Benson
Vinesnt
Dunham Place
Brooklyn
Imi, QC
Benson
Suit Seeks 80000 From Ex-Insurer Officers
Attorneys for State Life Insurance file suit against A. M. Sweeney and Samuel Quinn, former officers, to recover about 8000 allegedly misappropriated from company funds. Case tied to inflated Stevenson building sale and concealed profits shared by Sweeney Quinn Churchman and others. University? (Note: The source mentions W. F. Churchman and W. E. Mick & Son, with details of distributions and property liens.)
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Quinn
W. F. Churchman
W. E. Mick & Son
Messrs
Sweeney
Garney
Wubi
Mick & Son
Stat. Life
Samuel Quinn
Auditor of State
Fishermen Fined by Deputies in Lake Violations
Fish and Game Commission deputies enforcement catches include Charles Wacher of Indianapolis fined 89.0 with costs and confiscation. J A Rigney at Goshen arrested a former deputy and a former county clerk along with another man. The trio faced fines of 32.50 each plus 48 for fishing in a lake. Deputies Flemming and Sailor Laporte fined two men 58.25 each for spear fishing at Fine lake and their spears were confiscated.
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Fish and Game Commission
Charles Wacher
Indianapolis
J. 4’. Rigney
Goshen
Flemming
Sailor Laporte
Fine Lake
Benton Divorce Suit Filed by Hotel Owner George Benton
George R. Benton a hotel man sues for divorce from Zeda W. Benton alleging her infidelity. The filing names the couple and notes the grounds of desertion or adultery as the basis for the action.
City Record of births and obituaries in mixed city lists
A dense listing of birth announcements and multiple obituaries or health notices. Names include Roman Wilhelm, Anna Wilhelm, and many others with addresses across the city. Also lists patients at city hospital with illnesses and line items for building and dwelling permits and proposed improvements.
No More Hope Mining Venture Parody Dialogue
A terse exchange frames a struggling mining venture. One asks about the new company, the other bluntly notes losses everywhere except on their claim, hinting at financial strain and stubborn optimism amid hardship.
Paris Cabwomen Gain Respect In Paris Taxis
Paris March 25. Six women have become cab drivers amid criticism. Travelers and foreign residents patronize them, finding them pleasant, prompt, and good drivers who charge the lawful fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Civil Service Examinations Announced for April
The Civil Service announces April exams to fill vacancies in scientific assistant roles at the Department of Agriculture with salaries up to $2,000 a year including an assist ant to farm management option. An April 4 geologist vacancy in the Philippine service pays $1,590 yearly. April 24 sees openings for an interpreter in San Francisco at $600 yearly and a similar post in Vancouver at $40 monthly. Also listed are assistant geologist and geologic aid openings in the Geological Survey with salaries from $1,000 to $1,000 a year.
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Department of Agriculture
Philippine Service
Flindro
San Francico
Cal
Vancouver
B. C
Geological Survey
Picnic Plans Set At Statehouse Office
A Monday meeting of the custodian of the statehouse discussed preliminary arrangements for an annual picnic and the organization of baseball teams. The event will be more elaborate this year with possible orchestra and dancing.
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Statehouse
Alimony Request Details in Domestic Dispute
Mrs. Laura Bell Mugge seeks $5,000 alimony alleging her husband John D. Mugge was abusive at home, throwing dishes, furniture, and utensils during disputes. The filing notes the pattern of household disorder and requests financial support as alimony.
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Laura Bell Mugee
John D. Mugge
Incorporations Filed in Indiana Secretary of State Office
Several new companies are listed with capital stock figures and directors. Mutual Savings and Loan Association Evansville with 209 dollars in stock. Jefferson Theater Company Goshen with 19 thousand. Southern Fleetrical Construction South Bend with an unknown figure. Davis Off Company Terre Haute with 50 thousand. Directors named include James Parker Wi Busse W W Ross H R Femmers M J Compton H M Sarders Juonis Leidner Hay D M Beehtel J W Synert F P Abbott J B Nowell Ora D Davis L D Bledson Fran Cormack M S Wells F W Davis.
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Mutual Savings and Loan Association
Evansville
James ©. Parker
Wi. B. Busse
W. W. Ross
H. R. Femmers
M. J. Compton
Jefferson Theater Company
Goshen
H. M. Sarders
Juonis Leidner
W. Hay
D. M. Beehtel
J. W. Synert
F. P. Abbott
J. B. Nowell
Southern Fleetrical Construction Company
South Bend
Capital Stock
Tha.com
T. Nemoon
O. H. Gabel
J. &. Noel
W. H. Curiae
Davis
Terre Hate
Capital
Ora D. Davis
L. D. Bledson
Fran Cormack
M. 8. Wells
F. W. Davis
Stocks Fall Sharply on Rail Strike Fears and Metal Decline
New York traders faced another demoralizing session as stocks tumbled, with American Smelting sliding to 1064 from 11242, Steel preferred down to 9273, and copper shares hit by a drop in the London metal market. Railroad shares fell on strike fears, while early rallies faded and losses pressed 2 to 4 points across many issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aim
Steel
London
Concert at School by Schaffer Symphony
The Schaffer Symphony orchestra performed for students in the Shortridge High School auditorium on Monday evening, delivering a varied program that showcased local musical talent and school spirit.
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Schaffer Symphony Orchestra
Oat Shortridge High Srchosl
Shawnee Fire Insurance Co Statement of Capital and Assets
Indiana audit records show Shawnee Fire Insurance Company balance sheet as of December 31, 19 percent with capital paid up and assets including cash real estate bonds and stocks loans on mortgages and other securities. The report, signed by Auditor J. C. Billheimer on February 26 1917, confirms condition details and that the original statement is on file.
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Shawnee Fire Insurance Company
No. Tobanda
Athpeka
Kansas
Joab Mulvare
James W. Going
Pii Hans
Office of Auditor of State
State of
Indiana
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Arthur H. Dutton
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Grace Taylor
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Jacob Firestine
Francis Stipzer
Bates St
Albert H. Hoy
Indiana Ave
Sarah A. Johnson
Columbia Ave
Orville Engle
Sheffield Ave
Carolyn Mansler
Capitolare
Grace Lavonia Wryger
Gale St
John Wilson Gregory
Avon, Ind
Sarah Ellen Sulgrove
W. Jackson St
Virginia
Joseph Tarrants
Ethel Battes
Richard R. Lawders
Gertrude du Base
John P. Rogers
Alice Miller
John Parnell
Charlotte Thoms
John Jacob Snyder
Lila Bell Davis
John Hollan
Lora Heney
John D. Hancock
Adda May Melton
Coral H. Gilmore
Bessie G. Rice
Flora Alice Bowers
Robert Edmund Fultz
Mara J. Allison
Sutherland
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Sheffield
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Ransdell
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Bethel
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Jackson
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