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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1911

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Big Slump in Prices Hits Markets Here and Abroad

New York stock market sees its largest selling wave in weeks with prices dropping three to six points on many leaders and Union Pacific again under pressure. Canadian Pacific and European markets also slide amid Berlin and London weakness and pervasive liquidation by investors, with heavy selling in the loan crowd and little positive news to offset the downturn.

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New York Europe England Paria Berlin London Canadian Pacific Canalian Pacific Union Pacific Stock Exchange Lst
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New York Bond Market Update From Washington Stock Exchange

Money on call steady at 2 percent with bids and offers near 2 percent. Government and railroad bonds mixed, with Washington Railway and Electric, Pacific lines, and several utilities showing varied prices. Several monotype and linotype stocks traded with modest activity as market closes at noon.

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New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Fim Dilla Allfg-Chalmers American Agricultural American American Tobacco Armour & Co. Ts Atchison General Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Rat Baltimore & Ohio Baltimore and So Southwestern Brooklyn Transit cv Central of Georgia Ialske Georgetown Gas Washington Gas Capitol Traction &S Central Leather Central FA. R N. J. Gen Chesapeake and Ohio Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Alton Anacostia Potomac Fe Chica B. & Quincy Chicago Mil St. P Columbia Mort R. I Pacific R. R Pact Ry Metropolitan Senate Selcrets Industrial Washington Railway Colorado Midlaine Wash Alex Mt. Vernon Colorado & Southern Delaware and Hudson Cy Denver & Rio Grande Distillers Erle Erie General Electric Tiinois Interborough Met Inter Mere Marios Potomac Electria Seve Louk Ony Potomac Electric Power Chesapeake and Potomac Tel Telephone and Telegraph Hmerson Washington Washington Markets Washington Market Norfolk Risse Realty Capital Traction Elec Washington-Virginia Louisville Nashville Missouri, Kansas Texas Isles Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ataspuri Pacine Missouri Pacific cv. Bs National Railways of Mexico New York Central Mergenthaler Linotype New Haven & Hartford Co Lanston Monotype Beecag Norfolk and Western Ist Morfolk and Western cv Northern Pact&e Northern Pacific Oregon National American Capital Panama Pennsylvania Ste St. Louis San Francisco Lincoln St. Loute Kega Security and Trust Southern Pacific R. R. Istret Armeria Enke Va Southern Railway Junton Trust Bouttons Haltirey Washington Loan and Trust Patan United States Trust Union Pacific Rome EAE Ancor AN Sea Westinghouse Electric Afliapion Wleconsis Central Alinslece Ak Arky Fireman's Frankfin National Union Potomac Chapin-Sacks Washington Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade
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Wall Street Gossip Highlights Rail Stocks Slide and Dividends

The Washington Post reports New York market weakness with active railroad shares posting the day’s largest decline. United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry pauses its dividend, copper shares falter on export concerns, and Granlay United Verde mines closing may boost copper output. Steel orders and worker bonuses at Youngstown Sheet and Tube boost optimism amid a tough season. Texas Company dips to 8 at a heavy trade day while par was once seen as remarkable.

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Washington Post New York United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company Amalgamated Granlay United Verde Chesapeake and Ohio Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Lake Erie Oregon Pennsylvania Railroad Iever Allfa-Chalmers Iowa Central Amalgamated Copper Kansas City Southem American Agricultural Anda Kansas City Southern American Larlede Gas American Can Lehigh Valley American Car and Foundry Louisville Nashvill Amer. Car and Foundry Pirate Minneapolis St Louis St. P Ste. M Amer Kansas Texas American Ice Securities Kagsay Texas Pfd Jamerican Linseed Missouri Pacific American Locomotive National Amer. Smelt Mexico American Steel Foundries New York Central American Sugar Refining American Tel Norfolk and Western N. Y Ontario and Western American Tobacco Ptd. Sr North American Northern Pacific Anaconda Mining Pacific Mall Atchison Pacific Tel Woj Atchison Pidi Atlantic Coast Line People’s Gans Baltimore and Ohio T. L Bethlehem Steel Boy Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railway Steel Spring Central Leather Pth Sobiriies Central of New Rock Island Co Chicago Great Western New St. L San Fran Chicago and Northwestern Mil St. Paul St. Louis Southwestern St. Louis Southwestern Pi Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Tron Colorado Fuel and Iron Southern Pacific Nere Iz Colorado and Southern Southern Railway Consolidated Gan Tennessee Copper Delaware and Hodson S Texas and Pacific Denver and Rio Grande Tal St. Louis Oulerle United States Rubber General Electi Eas United States Steel Great Northern Lacett Utah Virginia- Carolina Chemical WSTS Interborough- Met Wabash Virginia-Carolina Chem.pfoil Limcom Lion Tnterborough- Met Pta Amy Harvester Ued Wabash Pta Western Maryland Inter. Marine Westinghouse Electri Inter Western Union Wheeling and
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Washington Stock Activity and Prices Highlight Day

Washington Gas and Lanston led a quiet session on the Washington Stock Exchange with Gas opening 383-4 and closing 891 while Lanston started 951-2 and ended 951-4. Washington Railway and Electric opened and closed at 44, Provident Savings steady at 9, and Mergenthaler fell one point to 232 3-4. Lanston reported nine trades, including 130 shares at 91-2 before a drop to 1-4, then 20-share lots at 95 1-8 after call.

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Washington Railway and Electric 4S Washington Gas Leanaton Monotype Obie Abi Provident Savings Bank Mergenthaler Linotype Lanston Monotype Washington Gaa Washington Railway and Electric Com Washington Gas and Lanston Washington Stock Exchange Washington Railway and Electric Provident Savings Mergenthaler
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New York Stock Market and Rail Earnings Daily Briefing

Markets reported total New York stock sales of 964,800 shares with dividends listed. W B A and Co detailed earnings for July and the first four months of the new fiscal year, showing rising gross operating revenue and net income, plus notes on Southern Railway rail orders and various railroad finances and regulatory matters.

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W. B. Hibbs & Co Bankers and Brokers Hibbs Building New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Washington Stock Exchange Seaboard Seaboard Air Line Railway Baltimore and Ohio
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Legal Record Roundup from Supreme Court DC Alimony and Trustees

Supreme Court and bankruptcy and probate entries listed under Equity Court and Probate Court. Alimony awards, attorney assignments, auditors reports confirmed, receivers appointed, wills probated, guardians named, and damages actions including City and suburban railway and various corporations. Key parties include Campbell, Hohman, Fritch & Son, National Stone and Brick Company, Swift & Co, and Capital Traction Company with multiple attorneys named. District calendar shows August rule returns and bond details.

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Supreme Court District of Columbia Equity Court Barnard Campbell Feas Plaintitt Irving Williamson Achterkirchen Hohman Plaintit M. D. Rosenberg Carr, Peyser & Taylor George T. Fritch & Son Sale E. H. Bagley Bill H. Winship Wheatley G. C. Skina Gainer National Stone and Brick Company Leckte Cox & Kratz W.A. Johnston C. F. Carusi King Brown Browning Birney & Woodard William W. Umbenhauer Edmund K. Fox Orrin G. Staples J. J. Dariington Barry Waple Capital ‘Traction Company Swift & Co Howard Hoover Lucas P. Loving Willan A
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Mechanic’s Lien and Equity Suit Notices

Mechanic’s Lien No 6281 filed by F Thomas & Son against Oswald E Camp covering Lots 119 to 124 Block 46 Hotmead Manor for 878.58, attorney Joseph C Sheehy. Equity Suit No 30401 Willard W Brown vs Rose Brown ing trading as District Taxicab Company seeks injunction, plaintiffs’ attorneys Birney & Woodard.

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Mechanic’s F. Thomas & Son Ve Oswald E Camp Hotmead Manor Joseph C. Sheehy Willard W. Brown Rose Browning Birney & Woodard
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Real estate transfers fill many city lots and figures

A lengthy list of mortgage and deed transfers records parcels from multiple holders to lenders and buyers. Transactions cover diverse blocks and squares including Mount Pleasant, Droit Park, University Park, and North of 420, with amounts from 425 to 21,000 dollars and terms from 6 months to 8 years, mostly secured by various lots and properties and noting monthly or semiannual payments.

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Minor Hugh B. Rowland James F. McKennon QUARE John W. Branson Et George c. Gertman John Scrivener Geraldine M. Piper Elizabeth F. Caldwell F. Donchon Sourne J. Don Lee Brown Herman R. Howenstein Fred W. Reeves Charles M. Cornon E. C. Dean B. A. Paul Scrington Walter T. Austin Paul V. Mitchell J. Clinton Tribby Charles E. Tribby Harrison M. Bennett Henry H. Bergmann Charles Schafer Northern Liberty German-American Building Association Frank X Ralph P. Barnard Guy H. Johnson Harpara Rosier LE Droit Park Estelle T. Mayer Justus R Whitefield John ¥. Simpson George BE. Fleming Edward J. Hillyer William L. Crane Edgar D. Shaw National Buyings and Trust Company American Security and Trust Company Amos H. Plumb Square Fred A. Walker
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New York Cotton Market and Washington Heights Property Deals

New York cotton prices drifted lower then steadied as news unsettled traders and a weaker English labor outlook weighed on sentiment. Property transfers across Washington DC area headline numerous parcels with prices from $10 to $437.81, including blocks in Villa Park and Pleasant Plains, plus multiple square and lot trades.

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New Jersey Avenue Ella C. Wetherall Alfred H. Lawson Ella Marton Sarah F Mabel Wetherall Washington Highlands Charles G. Taylor J. Ford Wathen Congress Heights James W. McCormick Hettle L. Spalding Villa Park E. L. Tait W. A. St. John VILLA_FPARK Clara A. Marden Edwin R E. L. Talt Same & Ae A. Friend GC. O. Stone Sint Street Thomas Groves John Filomena Spinelli James F. Muir Wilbur F Lavinia B. Bland Lillian K. Baldwin Twenty-Fourth Bates Warren Harry A. Kite Grant Park Carolina Nelson Meen Thomas Robinson White Randle Whighlands Frank B. Wilson Eldridge E. Jordan Albert Garry Highth Street Massachusetts Avenue Albert Carry University Park Albert Galveston Sonia E. McQueen Fota New Orleans Lower Yew Heights Benjamin Crifasi Alice Hempton Meridian Hill Lida D. Crane Aaron Mominal Charlotte M Dailey Savannah Fayette T. Moore Charleston Third Margaret Eichhorn Roma M Wilmington Bettas “Hadas Schriver Louisa K. Camp Norfolk Lea Him Ward G. Perry Loula Cincinnati Little Rock Momimal Hape Louleville Continent Consolidated Great Britain France Continenti Japan Mexico New York
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New York Grain Market Report Oddities and Corn Rally Notes

New York grain markets show spot wheat steady to easy with No 2 red around 92 94. Futures closed weak as unloading pushed prices to day lows. North Dakota rust reports fuel optimism for larger harvest while Atlantic demand remains mixed amid UK cargo declines.

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New York Duluth New North Dakota Chicago Canada Atlantic Seaboard United Kingdom
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Wholesale fruit and vegetable quotes from Washi Tok area

Fresh fruits and vegetables meet good demand with varied prices for eggs butter cheese poultry and produce. Listings show potatoes cucumbers onions cabbage eggplant squash string beans lettuce peppers beets tomatoes okra celery sweet potatoes and many fruits with regional price ranges. Meat prices cover veal calves hogs sheep lambs and veal calves by grade and weight.

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Virginia West Virginia Southwest Virginia Tennessee Elgin New York State New California Delaware Concord
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Harriman Not Involved In Railroad Stock Movement

New York August 16 Robert Lovett president of the Union and Southern Pacific railroads and Charles Peabody director and adviser deny any truth to a report that Mrs E H Harriman is equating her Union Pacific holdings. They say she is 2 1 2 miles from a railroad in Idaho and not involved in the market movement.

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New York Robert 8. Lovett Union and Southern Pacific Railroads Charles A. Peabody E. H. Harriman
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Baltimore markets and Chicago prices mixed on Aug 16

Market notes show wholesale bids for wheat and corn, butter and eggs prices in Baltimore and Virginia, plus Chicago New York and local meat quotes. Cattle hogs and sheep traded varied with steady to weak tendencies, beef and veal prices listed and dairy and poultry items noted.

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New York Muscovado Rio Santos Cordova Stenty Southern Philadelphia Pennsylvania Jersey Baltimore Chicago Pest
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United States THE United States Treasury Boston National Bank Treasury Philippine Treasury Wall Street Ent Texas Company Local Financial NEW York Stock Market South J. Sharshall Grasty University of Virginia Birmingham Stanley Tennessee Coal and Iron Company United States Steel Corporation United States Geological Survey Lake Superior Superior Southern Railway Company Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Western Maryland Railway Company Western Maryland New Cumberland Cumberland Connellsville Col. Gallagher Austin L. Gallagher Cal. Gallagher East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company Central National Bank C. B. Hilliard MacVeagh Wickersham National City Bank National City Company Dublin N. H James B. Forgan First National Bank Memphis Tenn Interstate Commerce Commission Adams United States, Southern Wells Fargo Pacific Express Lehigh Valley Railroad Department of Justice Lehigh Valley Coal Company Neta Chamber of Commerce Building Industries Committee Chamber E. H. Daniel National Bank of Commerce Williamson W. Va Wells Goodykoontz E. F. Randolph R. B. Parrish Mingo County Bank Commission Bureau of Statistics Ol City Toledo North Lima South Lima Indiana Curb Market Adams Express Braden Yukon Justice Barnard John H. Keenan W. E. Ambrose Bond Griffin Halstead Florence Gorton Reynolds Guardian Ad Shreve, Jr James H. Muse Eliza A. Bouldin Alexander Muncaster Richard A. Frere Rich A H. Frere Charles Linna Harry D. Chichester John Erhardt W. F. Powell John A. Brown John Ridout Ellen B. Rollins Ernnest L. Schmid George M. Emmerich German-American Building Association Helen Stuart National Savings and ‘Trust Company C. G. Stone Edwin R. Marden Clare A. Marden John Spinell Herman R. Howensten Emanuel Spelch Edger R. Richardson Wilbur F Bland George M. Emmerich Douglara S. Mackall Permanent Building Association William B. Mason Ben Cleveland Foundry Northern Xu. S ANG L. L. Perkins Sas Tory Wee Bend U. S Colorado Chicago Grain Fluancial Tibbs Washi Tok Washington Cattle Market Capital Frosts National Savings and Trust Company 15Th N. Y. Ave Swartzell, Rheem A. G. Plant & Co Evans Arcade Union Pacific Holdings Ohio Messland Firets Bastern Shore North Carolina Rofts Papi
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