Coal Road Shares Up as Steel Leads the Market
London stock market reported firm steel shares with United States Steel slipping early then recovering. no general wage reductions planned due to signs of improvement. Lehigh Valley antitrust actions noted. Virginia Carolina dividend deferred. War news lifted mood in London while copper and other metals showed weakness. Total sales about 1.575 million dollars. US government bond yields steady on call.
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Tn Turk
United States Steel
Steel Corporation
Itat
Federal Court
Lehigh Valley
Bechleham Steel
London
New York
Mar Closin
Clarloy Sales
Salon
Ise
Amalgamated Copper
Kana
Texas
Amercan
Missouri Pacttte
American Car & Fury
Bayay
American Ice Securites Rys
New York Central
Am. Smelt, & Rig
Norfolk & Western Oo
American Tel
Northern Pacific
Pacific Mailee American Tobacco
Pennayvania Os ii
Ionag
Atchison Ba
People's Gas
Tis
Atchison
Pitta
C & Te
Atlantic Coast Line
Piturgh Coal
Baltimore & Olioth
Bethlehem Steel
Rock Island Co
Chicago
Geat Wester
Chi
Mil & St. Paul
St. JT
S. F
Seaboard Air Line
Robi
Northwestern
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Consolidated Gas and
Afl Valve Sloss
Steel & Iron
Southern Pacific
Delaware & Hu
Southern Railway
Txdenver
Rio
Teopesses Capperay
Distillers Securitie
Company
Erie
Texas & Pacifics
St S
Aera Piaretae
Enien Pacléc
General Electric
United States Healty
Great Northern Aid
Great North
United States Steet
Interborough Met
Utah
Soclinterborugh
Caro
Wabash
Marine
International Vaper
Western Maryland
International Pumpacy
Western Union
Bua
ee _ Kansans City
Westinghouse Electric
Laclede Gas
Wheeling & Lake Erie Lesapes
Sail Pees
New York Bond Market Summary
New York bond market notes show varied prices across numerous issuers. Listings include railroad and utility bonds such as Great Western, New York Central, Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific with yields and debentures noted. Local press records complex listings, reflecting market activity and government securities from 1915 era.
New York Money Market and Cotton Market Update
New York money market reports mercantile paper at high yields and steady sterling, with government bonds strong and railroad bonds irregular. Cotton futures surged to new highs on broad buying before holiday selling, then eased with reports of increased spot selling from the interior and persistent demand into close. January through November futures values shown.
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New York
Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Har Ailver
Mexican Dellara
Neigher
Liverpool
Prac
Cutton
B.D
Vetobec
Live Stock Market Totals and Price Ranges
Live stock markets show receipts for hogs at 38 000 with steady to firm quotes in the 6.30 to 7.25 range for mixed and heavy loads. Cattle receipts around 3 000 with market strong, veering to 19.00 for western steers, 2.10 to 2.15 for cows and heifers, and calves around 6.00 to 9.55. Sheep receipts near 12 000 with prices from 6.25 to 7.40 for yearlings and lambs from 6.25 to 8.50. Beef steers scarce, calves dull, and lambs to 8 25 with wide spreads across classes.
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New York
Beeves
FBI
Wheat market rises on export demand in Chicago trade
Wheat futures and December cash deliverables surged as export rates posted gains after a price break. European government buyers and Gulf Atlantic activity supported closing quotes with widespread gains across grains and provisions.
Grain Market Report from New York on December 3
Wheat spot prices firm with No 2 red at 1.43 and No 2 hard at 1.34. Export sales reach 2,000,000 bushels with December at 1.34 and May around 1.90. Corn spot steady with No 2 yellow near 0.75 to arrive from Argentina. Barley steady. futures show pronounced strength in wheat on export demand.
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New York
Northern
Duluth
Manitoba
Standard, Wes
Baltimore Markets Summary of Oats Poultry Butter and Wheat
Baltimore markets report mixed grain and livestock prices for the day. Oats bids appear scattered across grades while alive poultry, dressed poultry, ducks and geese present varied price ranges. butter and dairy prices show strength in certain creamery items. eggs steady and cheese weak. Wheat futures rise on No 2 red exports with various winter and spring futures quoted. sheep and other minor items noted.
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Baltimore
Kent
Old Tome
Maryland
West Virginia
Processag
Arvana
Pennsylvania
Washington Stock Exchange closes with limited trade after broker arrival
Belatedly arriving broker supplied part of demand at current levels after a quiet session. Capital Traction 5s traded around 1064, Washington Railway and Electric 4s at 80 1/2, Potomac Electric consolidated near 59 3/4. Prospects for improved investment activity in stocks and bonds noted. exchange awaits decision on resumption date, with expectations for near unrestricted trading after the new year.
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Capital Traction Railroad
Washington Railway and Electric
Ind
Georgetown Gas
Washington Gas
Columbia Gas and Electric Sa
Capital Traction Co
En Metropolitan Railroad
Wash
Alex
Mt. Weis
Tee
Elee Power
Ss Cl
Col
Steamboat Sa
Riggs Realty
Washington Stock Exchange
Isaacs
Capital Traction
Washington Railway
Holland Writes of Still Rely on New York Banks
A Washington based report notes Southern banks increasingly rely on New York City funds to finance the cotton crop rather than Federal Reserve banks. It cites $75 to $100 million in pledged support for a proposed $125 million cotton pool, with New York remaining the US money center pending broader Fed operation.
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Gotham
New York
Money Center
Washington
Redfield
Department of Commerce
United States
South
New York City
Federal Reserve System
France
Federal Reserve Banks
Atlanta
Dallas
Financial
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Holland
Local Produce Market Prices and Trends Report
The listing shows wholesale prices for poultry eggs vegetables and fruit with regional notes. Virginia north and southeast markets quote eggs at 38 to 39 cents, potatoes yams and lettuce priced per crate or basket, Florida and California citrus and apples priced per crate or basket, and Christmas prices expected lower than 1913. Turkeys chickens geese shipped in large quantities with demand steady and meat prices easing slightly from last year in West Virginia trade areas.
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Virginia
Emia
Florida
Ula
Egeplant
Tomnaers Mogot Hox
Cabbeges
Theo
Celery
Cems
Zan Mer Bay
West Vir
New York Produce Prices Reported Declines Across Items
New York market notes show butter firm with mixed creamery scores, cheese steady, eggs unsettled with fresh gathered quotes, poultry alive and dressed steady, sugars raw firm and futures quiet, cottonseed values steady, pork and lard firm, flour firm, rye flour steady, buckwheat demand steady. The report lists specific price ranges for butter, eggs, poultry, sugars, and other commodities in a December session.
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New York
Isigi
Pennsylvania
Bennery
Big Railroads Merged in Cleveland Consolidation
The Lake Shore Railroad Company merged with the New York Central Railway Company in a December Cleveland meeting. The combined system has 300 million dollars in capital and likely moves Lake Shore offices to New York or Chicago, with A. H. Smith expected to preside over the new system.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore Railroad Company
New York Central Railway Company
Lake Shore
New York Central
New York
Chicago
A. H. Smith
Buffalo and Erie
Michigan
Indiana
Painesville
Ashtabula
Toledo
Buffalo
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Fort Wayne
Old City
Bank Board Sets Hearings On District Transfers
The Federal reserve board scheduled hearings for bankers protesting district designations. Baltimore bankers oppose Richmond, January 6. Pittsburgh bankers oppose Cleveland, January 12. Hudson River area bankers seek transfer from Philadelphia to New York on January 2. West Virginia bankers seek Cleveland from Richmond January 2. Nebraska and Wyoming bankers seek Chicago from Kansas City February 3. South Oklahoma bankers seek Kansas City from Dallas February 10. Tennessee counties seek St Louis from Atlanta at the last hearing February 2. No War Tax on Policy Loan Agreements, ruling says life insurers and companies are not taxed.
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Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Reserve Bank Organization Committee
Baltimore
Richmond
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Hudson River
New York
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Wetzel
Tyler
West Virginia
Nebraska
Wyoming
Kananas City
Chicago
South Oklahoma
Dallas
Kansas City
Stewart, Montgomery
Robertson
Tennessee
Avanta
Louisa
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Osborne
Excise Hearing Deferred in Railway Company Case
The Washington and Old Dominion Railway Company seeks to block saloon licenses for James W. Wardell and Patrick F. Carr in an injunction. Hearing postponed to January 12 in Equity Court No 1 of the District Supreme Court. Attorney Wilton J. Lambert represents the railway company.
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Washington and Old Dominion Railway Company
James W. Wardell
M Street
Patrick F. Carr
Justice McCoy
Equity Court No. 1
District Supreme Court
Wilton J. Lambert
Police News Notes from Yesterday Robberies and Accidents
Police notes recount robberies totaling 15 dollars from various locations including 140 Bryant Street and 1211 New Hampshire Avenue NW. Also reported were injuries from workplace accidents, a runaway horse incident, a child poisoning scare, and several minor misfortunes among residents and workers.
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F. L. Walker
Bryant Street
Lawson Construction Company
Colorado Building
M. Macomb
New Hampshire Avenue
G Street
Tanth
Eleventh Streets
E. S. Newman
Fourteenth Street
Patrick A. Walsh
St. James Hotel
John Fenner
Enginer Corps
Washington Barracks
Tocker
Valentine Hillyard
F Street
Chile Demurs to Kaiser and Charges British Cruiser
Chile protests German navy neutrality violations after a search of Southern Pacific activity. The government alleges German prisers lingered five days at a Chilean island and loaded supplies at another after a seven day stay. Chile also protests to Britain over the Glasgow taking mail from vessels in Chilean waters.
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Glasgow
Chilean
Pacific
Chile
Germany
Berlin
Shipa Priser
Craddock
Great Britain
Call for large war loan met easily amid steady rates
London reports a call of £38,000,008 (£150,000,000) on the war loan due today was arranged easily with no impact on money rates. Bank returns suggest about £70,000,000 paid up, illustrating abundant idle money as new capital seekers recover from wartime nerves and float several small issues.
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London
Admits Killing Sixteen Men in Greek Soldier’s Confession
Special to The Washington Post Lowell Maas Dec 22 A former Greek soldier, ABEROS SARANDAKOU, tells Capt. Atkinson he killed sixteen men before his arrest for killing his son in law Nicholas Pskramis. Police say fifteen victims were slain in Greece. Sarandakou was held without bail.
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Washington Post
Lowell
Maas
Afteen
Beros Sarandakou
Thomas Atkinson
Nicholas Pskramis
Sarandakos
Enright
Athena Sarandakos
Ssarandakou
Greece
Pettit pays $3,500,000 for Hotel Gotham in NYC
Franklin Pettit, president of the Keglty Company of America, buys the Hotel Gotham at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-fifth Street for 3.56 million dollars, less than its 1903 4 million opening cost. The Hotel Holding Company, led by Benjamin Cheney, includes G Louis Boisveine and Henry R Hoyt as directors. The Hanna estate long regarded as a major stockholder in the holding firm.
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Franklin Pettit
New York
Washington Post
Keglty Company of America
Gotham
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
Hotel Holding Company
Benjamin l. Cheney
$280 Price Set for Barnet Batt Murder Slayings
New York dispatch reports $280 was paid to assassins who killed Barnet Batt, a wealthy poultry dealer, on November 24. Acting District Attorney Delhanty says four suspects were arrested, bringing the total prisoners to twelve. Informer James Moore, among those jailed, aided the arrest of Cohen and Lewis. Moore claimed a $400 offer was declined two months earlier.
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New York
New York City
Barnet Batt
Delhanty
James Moore
Joe Cohen
Jake" Cohen
Garry Cohen
Benjamin Lewis
Moore
Baff
Delhanty Asaerta
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Georgetown
Thomas L. Hume
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Arthur Cowsill
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Franklin
Avif
Tenth St. and
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Washington Loan & Trust Company
FF Sim
A. C. Moses Co., Inc
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