Mining Merger to Absorb Two Mexican Gold Properties
Companies merge to form a larger mining conglomerate with Mines Company of America absorbing Con Limited and El Rayo assets in Dolores and Sonora Mexico. Exchange terms set 10 shares for 7 and par value raised. executive control linked to United States land Improvement figures.
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Company of America
Con Limited
el Rayo
Pepuabos
Mexico
Om Je
Mercer
Treasury
Aeock
Pest
Wines Company of America
Dolores
Diviers
Mines Company of America
Sonora
United States Land Improvement Corporation
John Meert
Isaac L. Elwood
William Flemme
E. Reis
el Ra
W. B. Thompsont
Hinkle Smith
Gery
New York Stock Exchange
Textile Trade Faces Short Summer Policy in New England
Boston reports about fifty thousand textile workers greeted with a short time policy for summer months across New England. The policy may double in July and August as mills run with idled machinery and low spirits persist in the woollen sector. The American Woolen Company operates thirty mills and employs thirty thousand, with substantial machine idle. Other woollen firms show similar idle capacity amid economic strain and a downturn in thread industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
United States
American Woolen Company
Gosinest
New Haven Opposes Grand Trunk Line Plan
Boston June 16 The New Haven railroad company objects to the Grand Trunk proposal for a Palmer to Rhode Island line citing a prior New Haven petition from Palmer to Southbridge. The hearing before the Railroad Commission adjourned to June 29 for joint consideration of both petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Counse
New York, New Fever & Hartford Railroad Company
Railroad Commission
Grand Truck
Massachusetts
New Haven
Palmer
Southbridge
James Jackson
Grand Trunk Railways Company
Stich
Rhode Island
Providence
Ater
New Haven Reliread
Com Mu
Mellen
Jackson
New York
New Feven & Hertford
Grand Trunk
Railroad Commission of Massachuets
San Francisco Line Abandons Projected BMI Increase
Unt Angeles June 16 projected BMI improvements costing 51 000 000 by the Santa Fe in California have been abandoned. The reason given by the company is that government holding up the proposed increase in freight rates made it impossible to obtain the necessary money on equitable terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unt Angeles
Santa Fe
California
Pacific Power and Light Co Forms in Maine Under New Control
The Pacific Power and Light Company is incorporated in Maine with fixed 5 per cent cumulative preferred and common stock. The firm is controlled by the American Power and Light Company which has acquired gas and electric properties across Washington Oregon and Idaho and trolley lines in Walla Walla Milton and nearby routes including water systems in Yakima valleys.
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Te Pacific Power and Light Company
Maine
Sch
American Power 2 Light Company
Walla Mila
North Yakima
Wash
Lewiston
Lo Ang Astoria
Pendleton
Ore
Walla Walla
A5ieton
Athens
Athens; Trolleys In “Tm and Walla Walla and An Inteline
Milton
Biraheen
Electe Light
Set Yakima
Sbiemius
Yakima
Fulton Trust Declares Semiannual and Extra Dividend
Fulton Trust Company announces a 5 percent semiannual dividend and an additional 2 percent extra dividend on July 1 to stockholders of record on June date. The declaration reflects the company’s ongoing profit distribution to shareholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Trust Company
Sereguis
Power Plant Expansion Planned for Gary by United States Steel
United States Steel Corporation proposes to erect a new electric power plant in Gary to serve blast furnaces and water pumping needs. The project costs about 1 000 000 dollars, with 34 98 90 cited in the garbled text, and aims to upgrade the existing station to supply Gary and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Tee
Trust and Savings Bank chartered in Republic state
National Bank of the Republica 280 receives charter for Trust and Savings Bank of the Republic SAS 4 with capital of 1 600 000 and linked to National City Bank of Chicago. Five trust companies now operate in Chicago with First Trust, American Trust and Bank, Commercial Trust, plus affiliations to First Republic and Continental banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee Ginece
National Bank of the Republica
Teept Chd
K Trust and Savings Bank
Repub- Sas
National City Bank of
Chino
S@Uoual banks
Chicago
Recicas Bank
American Trust and Bank
Continental Yg Bank
Commercial Trust One Bank
Commercial National Bank
Indian Pacific Railway Ad Promotes Moving Pictures Train
A special train operated by the Indian Pacific Railway Company travels in Dominica to showcase Canadian West life, ranching and homemaking, aimed at temperate eastern regions. The event is organized under railway supervision to depict telegraphic moving pictures for public viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wving Picture Railway
Indian Pacific Railway Company
Sn “Wipmert
Dominica
Hawley roads to order 65 locomotives and 6730 freight cars
Hawley roads reportedly planned to order 65 locomotives and issue bids for 6 730 freight cars with 5 000 steel underframe box cars and other types. Total estimated spend around 5 250 000 dollars. Equipment to serve Western lines including Chicago and Alton Minneapolis and St Louis and Iowa Central. Edwin Hawley and partner F H Davis declined to confirm.
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Hawley
Chicago & Alton
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Iowa Central
Edwin Hawley
F. H. Davis
Wall Street
Southern Grocers Protest Against Prosecution
J H Mc Laurin of the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association denounces federal prosecutions as aimed at aiding individual litigation. Subpoenas served in Birmingham to members alleged in a Sherman anti trust case. Former president J A Van Hoose says the group acted legally and welcomes inquiry.
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Jacksonville
Fla
J. H. McLaurin
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Birmingham
United States
McLaurin
Ala
J. A. van Hoose
North Carolina Cotton Mills Aim for August Curtailment
The North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' Association met in Charlotte and did not take official curtailment action though unofficially all members plan a complete curtailment in August until the market rises. It condemned New York exchange rules, voted to admit Virginia mills, and reported 392 cotton mills and 171 yarn mills with 3,229,119 spindles, about a quarter of the looms and a third of the spindles in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
New York Exchange
Virginia Mills
Governor Calls Texas Legislature Special Session
Governor T A Campbell issued a call for a July 19 special session to resolve a dispute with State Insurance Commissioner W F E Hawkins over the application of insurance laws. The stalemate began when the governor suspended a law and Hawkins warned insurers their permits would be suspended. Campbell then pressed Hawkins to resign, leading to the convening of the legislature to settle the controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
T. A Campbell
Legislature of
Campbell
W. F E. Hawkins
Hawkins
Judge grants discontinuance in Munger suit vs Hocking Valley
Judge Lacombe filed an order in the United States Circuit Court granting a motion to discontinue the suit brought by H. Raymond Munger and other preferred stockholders against the Hocking Valley Railroad Company J Pierpont Morgan Edward T Stotesbury and others The action sought a decree that holders of unredeemed preferred stock after a 15 200 090 redemption to J P Morgan Co should share in the trust fund held by the bank in question
Rail service resumes on San Pedro route after flood
Passenger traffic on the Salt Lake route of the San Pedro & Los Angeles Railroad was resumed yesterday after being tied up since last winter’s flood that damaged nearly a hundred miles of track in Eastern Nevada. The company uses the old right of way while work on the parallel high line proceeds rapidly.
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St Lake City
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Nevada
Delay Planned For Rail Rebating Sentences
United States District Attorney Thompson said sentencing for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Philadelphia and Reading Railway and Bethlehem Steel Company convicted of rebating likely will wait until next fall. The attorney indicated a heavy penalty is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Thompson
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Crucible Steel declares multiple dividends in June
The Crucible Steel Company board declared a regular quarterly 1% cash dividend and an additional percent cash dividend, plus a 10% scrip dividend for preferred stock holders of record June 2. This marks the first cash payment against deferred dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Crucible Steel Company
Mining stock closings in San Francisco shown for June
The June 16 closing quotations for Mexican oil and mining shares are listed with prices for Occidental Con Ophir Overman Savage Sierra Nevada Union Con Utah Con and Kentucky Com among others. Readers are reminded that the hand colored photogravures will appear at the top of page 2 for a limited time to allow access to the full series.
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San Francisco
Ophir
Overman
Savage
Sac
Sierra Nevada
Union
Utah
Kentucky
THE
Tribune
Navy Exam Card Averts Sight Defect Cheating
Washington June 16 Navy officers report a new eye test card for midshipmen and recruits that thwarts memorization of letter patterns. The device presents vertical and horizontal letter lines, preventing any look up of the sequence and ensuring reliable vision screening for naval service.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Naval Academy
Naval
C. F. Stokes
Marine Corps
D. D Porter
Manila
Philippines
Henry Leonard
Commandant
F. L. Bradman
Marine Barracks
Navy Vard
Boston
L. B. Purcell
Calhoun Ancrum
Navy Yard
Mare Island
R B Creecy
Marine Officers’ School
Port Royal
Naval Medical School Hospital
E. Rosterman
New York
Ww. c. Powers, Jr
G. M. Kincaid
E. B. Miller
W. F. Bevan
Chicago
William Brackett
R. G. Geiger
Marine Officers' School
R. E. Adams
W. H. Clifford
Navy Department
Brown University Postpones Charter Change Vote
Providence June 16 Action on proposed elimination of sectarian requirements in Brown University charter postponed to October by the corporation. Committee urges funds for a pension system and an adequate endowment. Six of nine sign the general report with three dissenting findings.
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Providence
Brown University
Corporation of the University
Committee On
Associated Alumni
Frederick Burgese
Episcopal Diocese of
Long Island
Everett Colby
Arnold B. Chase
Robert H. S. Goddard
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Stephen O. Edwards
William H. P. Faunce
University
Thomas
Barbour
Boston
George E. Horr
Newton
Mass
H. K. Porter
Pittsburg
Faunce
Adelphi College Holds Fourteenth Graduation At Brooklyn BAM
The Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted Adelphi College's fourteenth commencement with floral tributes and a chorus of Alma Mater. Rev. Nehemiah Boynton spoke on duties of graduates. scholarships and medals were awarded to students including Estelle W. Merrill and Grace L. Sturdevant. The ceremony announced two new free scholarships and noted a $375,000 year-endowment effort toward a $250,000 endowment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Adelphi College
Hazel Pitfield
Nehemiah Boynton
Wheeler
Estelle W. Merrill
Grace L. Sturdevant
Joseph A. Aspinall
Thomas Whitlock
Alexandra Harris
E. J. Miller
Alfred Schieder
Rosamond Ingalls
Academy
Levermore
Beta Sigma
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Hayden W. Wheeler
Won't Bar Negro Girl From East Orange Class Dance
In East Orange New Jersey the white members of the high school graduating class deny a ticket to a Negro girl for the class dance. The girl wins a ticket after the father, James Vandervall, presses the issue. Vandervall also seeks a ticket for his other daughter Irene, claiming she should receive a diploma and participate, while the school says she is not a member of this year’s class. The dispute may lead to a confrontation with police protection planned for any disruption.
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East Orange
N. J
James N. Vandervall
Isabel
John Hermann
Vandervall
Irene
Hermann
Oram Suit Proceeds In Newark Cross‑Examination
Mrs Laura Jane Oram of Wharton New Jersey testifies in Newark as her suit against Thomas N Oram seeks to prove a marriage to claim a share of his estate for her and their fourteen year old daughter. She explains letters from England lacked husband references and admits no public marriage notice was published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory
Newark
Laura Jane Oram
Wharton
N. J
Thomas N. Oram
Oram
Gram
England
Accidental shooting claim in Seyler family case
Jasper Seyler, shot by his father Peter Seyler last night in Atlantic City, lies in hospital believed out of danger. Jasper says the shooting was accidental, while police investigate neighbors' accounts of prior quarrels. William Seyler, recently acquitted in the Jane Adams killing, is held as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Jasper Seyler
Peter Seyler
William Seyler
Jane Adams
Decision in Old Lawsuit Grants Dividend
Vice-Chancellor Stevenson in Paterson New Jersey on June 16 announced a five year old suit over Beattie Manufacturing Company profits from the Robert Beattie will. The matter, involving several hundred thousand dollars, ends with a decree commanding current managers to declare a substantial dividend.
U S Army Breaks World Record On Corregidor Practice
United States Army officers say that during yesterday's practice on Corregidor Island eleven of twelve shots from the -inch guns hit the bull's eye. The batteries are at the entrance to Manila Bay.
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Manila
United States Army
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Pratt Institute Commencement Honors 482 Graduates
Emmanuel Baptist Church Brooklyn hosted Pratt Institute's annual commencement. Dr Hugh Black offered guidance as Charles M Pratt awarded 482 diplomas and certificates across eighteen departments including normal art manual training decorative design and applied electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Lafayette Avenue
St. James Place
Brooklyn
Pratt Institute
Hugh Black
Charles M. Pratt
Board of Trustees
Ninety-Eighth Birthday of Local Pool Expert Ben Brittin
Fiainfield New Jersey reports Bennett Brittin celebrated his ninety eighth birthday today. His hobby is pool and few locals can beat him at the game.
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Fiainfield
N. J
Bennett Brittin
Bank of England weekly return shows reserve rise and deposit shift
London reports a total reserve up 1 196 016 pounds while circulation falls 304 015. Bullion rises 891 027, other securities drop 369 110, other deposits down 1 303 183, public deposits up 2 602 015. Government securities unchanged and reserve ratio 31.9 percent. Paris notes Bank of France gold up 3 803 000 francs and silver down 1 750 000 francs.
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London
Bank of England
Paris
Bank of France
Boston Stocks Show Mixed Shares and Dividends
June 15 and 16 readings list numerous stocks including Am Pneum, T & T, Atlantic, Mass Gas, Granite, and Us Smelters. Prices show splits, with several preferred shares and ex-dividend notes noted alongside varied percentage changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bos & Alp
Cal & Hecla
Boston
Centennial M
NH &H
Franklin M
Granby M
E St
Quincy M
Tamarack M
West T @& T
Arcadian M
Atlantic
Shannon M
Market News Cattle and Hogs Mixed Across Cities
Chicago receipts 5 500 cattle steady with values up to 565 for beeves and 540 780 for Western cattle. Hogs about 11 000 with slow sales. heavy hogs 9 30 9 70, bulk 9 45 9 65. Sheep 15 000 receipts steady to slightly lower. natives 3 50 8. yearlings 6 25 7 25. lambs 5 75 8 25. Other markets show varied cattle and hog prices with top calves and Southern offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
Kansas City
Cincinnati
East Buffalo
Dairte
Pittsburg
Market summary of wheat and commodities from Liverpool and Antwerp
Foreign markets report dull wheat with no stock for No 2 red Western and firm futures in July and October. Also listed are Canadian peas, flour patents, hops in London, beef and pork prices, bacon, lard, cheese, turpentine, rosin, and petroleum refined prices, plus linseed oil and tobacco products with regional quotes from Liverpool and Antwerp dated June 16.
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Liverpool
Galveston
London
Pacific Coast
Rosin
Dominion
Tnndon
Calcutta
Antwerp
Petroleum
Kansas
India
Muse
South America
Continent
Brazil
Zige
New York
East St Louis
Cleveland
Northern
Southern
United States
Otlake
Grain and Cotton Markets in New York June 16 1910
Grain markets closed mixed with wheat firming then steady as shorts covered while corn and oats held near steady. Cotton declined slightly amid Liverpool freight news and cooler demand. sugar and coffee held firm with Brazilian markets buoyed by London exchange. Provisions and fats edged higher on steady demand from traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorts
Liverpool
Chicago
New York
Market for Beans and Peas and Dairy Prices Mixed
Receipts show beans and peas firm on select lots with yellow eye beans scarce and higher. Creamery market firmer with some gold at 2.5 cents and extras at 27.4. cheese and eggs steady with selective premiums for top grades. Milwaukee to New York market notes include limited packing stock demand and steady hay, with milk and cream prices fixed at 3 cents per quart net to shipper.
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New York
Lima
California
Mae
Ll&c Ie
Ise
Pennsylvania
Hennery
C. Gaston
Ely
Hos Sr
Delaware
Staten
Hilton
Irvington
Jersey
Maryland
Florida
Porto Rico
Cuba
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Sonoma
New York State
Canalbeat Am
Gail
Western
Southern
Philadelphia
Ducklin Island
New Orleans
Baltimore
Eastern Shore
Norfolk
Georgia
Tsc
North Carolina
Bermuda
Texas
Okra
Virginia
South Carolina
Merree
Missisat
Erie Susquehanna West Shore
Lackawanna Crees
New York Central
Central
Ontario
Lehigh Valley
Homer Ramsdell
New Haven
Livestock Market Report New York June 16
Receipts totaled 123 cars and 2259 head with steady tone for cattle and calves. Dressed beef and veal slow to steady. prices listed for common to choice native sides and veals with noted averages and sale agents, including McPherson & Co and Sanders, plus Virginia lambs and Maryland shipments selling near $9.50. Sheep and lambs at Racine show steady demand with lambs slow to lower and yearlings fetching higher bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. G. Curtis & Son
S. Sanders
McPherson & Co
Shannon
Virginia
Kerns Commission Co
Maryland
Fred
Andrew Mulles
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Iss
Grand Truk
Acific Gas-Electric
Vplicate
NEW Chicago Trust Companies
Hawley Roads Equipment
Western Lines
Texas Insurance Clash
Morgan
Army and Navy Notes
Wheeling
Petrel
Petrei
Bremerton
Alaskan
Asia
Suez Canal
ARMY
William H. Bixby
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
William L. Marshall
Jesse M. Baker
John W. Barker
Signal Corps
Oe Signal School
Fort Leavenworth
Uly 1
Henry D. Thompson
Medical Corps
Organized Militia
Gettysburg
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Leon Springs
Pine Camp
Sparta
Augusta Fort Riley
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Atascadero
Harrison
Karrick
Coast Artillery
Frank T. Hines
George O. Cress
4Th Cavalry
Army War College
Brooee Payne
3D Field Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Myer
James m. Burroughs
2D Cavalry
Ira L. Reeves
Miami Military Institute
Ohio
Charles T. Smart
1St Field Artillery
Presidio of
Charles T. Dulin
Medical Reserve Corps
Fort Bayard General Hospital
Fort de Soto
Fort Moultrie
Henry C. Michie, Jr
Robert T. Oliver
Fort Hamilton
Jere B. Clayton
Harrison S. Kerrick
Coast
Minnesota
G. W. Ravenscroft
Montgomery
P. L. Wilson
Lancaster
M. James
Tios
T. W Richards
Naval Dispensary
J. Tl. Neilson
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
G E. Thomas
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Orange Dance
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Foreign Bank Returns
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Philippine
R. L. Day & Co
van Schaick & Co
United Ry
Norf R& L
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Seaboard Co
Cent Trust
Union Trust
Nor Cent Ry
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Montana
St. Paul
General Market Report
Gulf
Havre
Hamburg
Rio
Santos
Rio No 7
aTear
Country Produce Markets
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