Plan for Defense School Aims to Train Reserve Officers Here
Maj Romar announces a local reserve corps training school to prepare men for officers roles without interrupting daily duties. The drive targets volunteers by February 1 with many applicants already submitting credentials. The program seeks nationwide preparedness and will offer double training to fit military and civilian work, attracting former sailors guardsmen and drivers among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reserve Corps
Maj
E Romar
Bomar
Plattsburg
Bomar Saya
Emu Industri
Guntry
Local Stock Exchange Notes and Bond Prices
Local call noon quotes show Washington Gas 5s at 107 on $1,000, American Graphophone 1st 6s at 102 percent, and Capital Traction bonds around 84 percent. Rail bonds include Capital Traction 108 percent and Washington Ry & Elec 4s at 81-82, with numerous municipal and utility issues trading in the 70s to 100s, alongside listed stocks from Mergenthaler Linotype to American Telephone collateral trusts and various savings banks and insurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Gas
Washington Railway and Electric
American Graphophone
Capital Traction
Washington Railway and Electric Preferred
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Federal National Bank
Mergenthaler Linotype
Lanston Monotype
American Telephone and Telegraph Collateral Trust
Geo’town Gas
Ind. Bs
Georgetown Gas
Columbia Gas & Ele
Wee Col. Gas & Elec
Railroad Bonds Capital Traction Co. Fs
Ana. & Po. River R. R
Ana. & Po. Riv
Guar
Naa Cc
Metropolitan FR. Ro
Wash. Ry
Elec
Wash., Alex. & Mt. Ver
Am Tel & Tel
Tel
Ae Am. Tel
Tel. Col
Amer. Graphone
D C. Paper Mfz
Mkt. Co
N. & W. Steamboat Bs
Riggs Realty
U. & Realty Ga
Eas
Capital Traction Co
Wash
Elec. Pf
N. & W. Steamboat
Georgetown Gag
TBM
Columbia Gas & Elec
Amer. Tel. & Tel. Co
Lanstan Monotype
Continental
Lince Fir
Artington
Corcoran
Columbia Title
Chapin-Backs Co
D.C. Paper Mfg. Co
Amer
Graphophone Com
Graphophone Pl
Mer
Trans. & Storage
Security Storage Co
Washington
U. 8 Realty Co
Philadelphia markets stay firm with mixed grain and poultry quotes
In Philadelphia on January 24 butter advanced to 41 427/ nearby prints, Western creamery. Cheese steady. Wheat prices lower, No 2 red spot and January 1.94 1.97. Corn firm with Southern yellow 1.69 1.10, oats steady. Poultry alive higher with firmer tones for fowls 20 1 22, roosters 15 16, spring chickens 19 22, ducks 19 22, geese 19 22. Tallow dull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Western Creamery
Brantimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Express
Virginia
Southern
Yantern
Kent Island
Washington cattle market hogs and veal calves report
Hogs sold at 101 percent dressed with small and medium lots around 13 to 14 percent. heavy hogs near 11 to 12 percent. Sheep noted at 6 percent and veal calves at 134 percent. Spring lambs listed at 11 percent with limited comparable data.
Police Sought In Missing Wife Case For Mr Buxbaum
Mrs Mary T Buxbaum aged 38, missing since Monday night from 129 F Street Northeast, last seen wearing a brown seal coat trimmed with imitation fur, broad black velvet hat, brown fur trim, three stone diamond lavalier, small solitaire diamond, ruby ring, and wedding band. Husband Ernest M Buxbaum, a businessman, asks Washington police to locate her. described as 3281 tall and 3 feet 4 or a inches?, 179 pounds, dark eyes and hair, in ill health reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary T Buxbaum
Ernest M Buxbaum
Ninth Street
F Street
Buxbaum
Washington Police
Buxbau
Caro
Alfred
Snees
Barker lecture on art and democracy at National Museum
Harley Granville Barker lectured to the Washington Society of Fine Arts on imagination as daily life expression of art. He argued democracies show deep dissatisfaction as classes rule and masses live on the husks of freedom, calling for community spirit and brotherly love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Granville Barker
Washington Society of Fine Arts
New National Museum
Barker
Treasury reports year end balance and deficits for 1917
The Treasury closes with a general fund balance of 98 million dollars, total assets 208 million, and liabilities 115 million. The year’s deficit stands at 143.7 million, up from 55.3 million last year, excluding Panama Canal and public debt transactions. Also lists gold and silver holdings, currency in circulation, and recent revenue and disbursement figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Ty Ee
General Fund
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
Philippines
United States
Federal Reserve
Bani Notag
New York Produce Prices Hold Mixed Gains Across Staples
New York market notes show butter receipts at 4,733 with creamery extras around 40 to 41 cents, eggs receipts 7,684 with fresh gathered extra firsts at 41, and cheese firmer with State specials at 24 to 44 cents. Poultry steady with chickens 18 to 28 cents, fowls 16 to 24, turkeys 20 to 33, lard 16.35 to 16.46, flour dull, pork and beef firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Virginia
Hennery
California
Florida
New York
Middle West
The Metal Market And Grain Futures Summary
Copper tin and cotton price quotes from New York and London show steady to mixed moves with copper firming slightly and tin holding. Wheat and corn futures in Chicago reflect pressure from crop reports, with May and July wheat near 1.84 to 1.53 and corn around 1.02 to 1.00 as cash grain bids vary across grades and delivery months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Lozky Jnquly
Baltimore Markets Grain and Poultry Prices Report
In Baltimore Maryland dated January 24 markets show firmer wheat and corn prices. Spot eggs and poultry values are listed for Maryland Pennsylvania and surrounding regions with ranges for live chickens ducks geese and old hens. Butter creamery prices are reported across Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia with variations for extras firsts and prints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Southern
Virginia
Live Stock Markets in Chicago and New York on Jan 24
Chicago hog receipts reached 40 000 with prices 10 to 20 above yesterday's. Cattle receipts 18 000 with firm values across native beef cattle Western steers and cows. Sheep receipts 18 000 with weak prices. New York offered beef, calves and hogs with steady to firm prices across categories and similar ranges for sheep and lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Merger Copper CO
Miami
Harry Lefkovits
Exchange Place
New York
Chicago
Indiana
Cottonseed Oil Market Prices Reported in New York
New York reports prime crude at 11.20 to 11.83, prime summer yellow steady with spot January at 12.40 and futures February March 12.46. April 12.80 May 12.82 June 12.30. July August reach 32.33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Army and Navy News Resignations and Retirements Noted
The resignation of Maj Victor H Howat Freat infantry Tennessee National Guard is accepted. Capt Charles H Reeves Fifth infantry Maryland National Guard also resigns accepted. First Lieut Michael F Cooney Putin Aconta retires and returns home. The advancement to major on the retired list of Capt Frank T L Graham VT SA is announced. First Lieut Robert W Bell medical reserve corps discharged. Capt Frank W Dawson retired author and lecturer in Dubuque Iowa. Leave of absence for First Lieut John W Abbott extended one month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor H. Howat Freat
Tennessee National Guard
Charles HF. Reeves
Fifth Infantry
Maryland National Guard
Michael F. Cooney
Puttin
Pine Aconta
Orier
Army
Frank TL. Graham
VT. S. A
Robert W. Bell
Merical Reserve Corps
United States
Frank W. Dawson
Dubuque College
Dubuque
Towa
John W. Abbott
Medical Corps
New York National Guard
Naval Orders Transferred Officers and Sailed Vessels List
Navy Department releases detail officer detachments and new commands. R Gifeen moves from Wainwright to command hppe Surg W Hoen shifts to Mare Island yard. Numerous medics, boatswains, gunners, and other ratings reassigned to hospitals, yards, ships, and schools. Sailed and arrived ships include Arethusa, Tennessee, Vestal, Olympia, San Francisco, and Wainwright bound for African and Caribbean stations.
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R. C. Gifeen
Wainwright
Hppe
W. Hoen
St. Louis
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Cal
M. K. Johnson
Nave
Milwaukee
Wis
Mare Inland
J. AL Biello
Naval Hospital
Portamouth
N. H
New York
Naval Training Station
Newport
D. C
Chester
J. Sullivan
Mendocino State Hospital
Tkiah
Del
B. J. Staples
Kentucky
D. McWhorter
Division
Battleship Force
Navy Department
J. W. Birk
Nebraska
Naval Academy
Anampalis
C. R. Buchner
Vestal
M. Burke
Boston
J. BE. Scott
W. M. Tinsley
North Carolina
Columbia
I. V. Herin
Penacaloa
RB. L. Pythian
Annapolis
Arethusa
Norfolk
Port Arthur
Algwin
Balch
Baltimore
Connecticut
Conygham
Cyclops
Davis
Dixie
Drayton
Dubuque
Duncan
Ericsson
Fanning
Florida
Jarvis
Jupiter
Kanawha
McDougal
Michigan
Neptune
Nevada
Nicholson
Oklahoma
Olympia
Parker
Atapxee
Patuxent
Pennsylvania
Porter
Prometheus
San Francisco
Seattle
South Carolina
Solace
Texan
Utah
Wadsworth
Wilkes
Winslow
Wyoming
Santo Domingo
Port Au Prince
MacDonough
Key West
Pueblo
Humboldt
Rowan
Saturn
San Diego
Worden
Davia
Ericason
Hancock
Patapsco
Patutent
Paonsylvania
Texas
Vertal
Santo
BARBERS AND LABORERS WANTED FOR CITY JOBS AND PLANT WORK
Classified listings advertise barbers in first class positions with steady work and good pay at several addresses in Washington and Philadelphia area. Also seeks skilled laborers for a Philadelphia Company including machinists, lathe and boring mill hands, inspectors, and assemblers with eight hour shifts, high rates, and living facilities nearby. apply to J. OM. P.O. Hox 13 Palladelphia, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puiladelphia Company
J. OM
P.O. Hox
Palladelphia
Financial notes update on dividends and transfers
The notice explains a shift from semiannual to quarterly payments with half the dividend due March 1. A 1% regular quarterly dividend on common stock is declared payable March 1. Stock transfer books close February 14 and reopen February 16. The German American Fire Insurance Company sets a 6% semiannual dividend payable February 1 for holders of record January 26. At the National Bank of Washington annual meeting, officers elected include Clarence F. Norment as president and several vice presidents, cashier, and assistant cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
National Bank of Washington
Seventh and
Streets Northwest
Clarence F. Norment
Daniel Fraser
Charles E. White
George L Starkey
Albert B. Ruff
W. Wallace Nairn
New York Money Market Report Snapshot
New York money market figures show mercantile 3 2 percent, Sterling 60 day bills at 4.72, commercial 60 day bills near 4.71 with demand 4.75. Cables 4.76, Francs demand 6.84, cables 5.83, Marks demand 0.68, cables 0.68, Kronen demand 11, cables 11. Guilder demand 0.40, cables 0.40. Livres demand 7.20, cables 7.19. Rubles demand 28.14, cables 28. Bar silver 0.76, Mexican dollars 0.69. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds irregular. Time loans steady 60 days 2 4% 3, 60 days 2% 3, 6 months 3 3%. Call money steady high 8, low 1, ruling rate 1, last loan 2, closing bid 1, offered at 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mercantile
New York Grain Prices Update
New York grain market report dated January 24 shows spot wheat irregular with No 2 hard at 2.08 percent, No 1 Northern Duluth and No 1 Northern Manitoba at 2.20 percent fob New York. Corn spot firm at No 2 yellow 1.431 percent fob New York. Oats spot steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Duluth
Manitoba
Help Wantedads From Various Firms and Ages
Wanted for Working Boys Home 2250 Cal nw houseman white good salary bring refs 2 to 30 years of age call after 10 a m inquire for manager. Wanted Soda boy with experience evening work only Tipton Myers 1490 14th St nw. Wanted Junior clerk 1 or 2 years experience good salary short hours permanent position Apply Box 514 this office. First-class cabinet maker 12 Ki work for right man M F Rosinal at aw. Good meatcutter and grocery clerk Apply 1608 T St nw. Watchman Permanent position must come well recommended with best of references Apply 1720 Tth St nw. Young man about 21 runner in bank must have best references Apply at pages to own handwriting stating age Box this of
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Colorado
Ieee
Mhater
Washington, D
Ford Delivery
St. Nw
17Th St. Nw. Co
Addrean
Washington Barber College
Ave
Manchester
SER
Remington
Southern Railway
C. A
G St
14Th St. Ow
Cal
Houseman
Tipton & Myers
Dmg
M. F. Rosinal
New York Millinery Academy
Baughman Dressmaking College
St. Aw
Hecy Chase
Ard
Arcnde
Rer
Yuen
Columbian
Ohio
Ra Bae
New York
Eureka
Iit N.V
18Th St
Annapolis
Iearn Harbera
Washington
Parave
Foreign St. Chevy
7Th St. Nw
H Rt. Nw
South
Kenyon
Saxiat
Stafford
Lanier Pl
Conn
Fontanet Court
Morrison St
Chevy Chase
D. C. Cleveland
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Moe
Local Stock Exchange
Washington Cattle Market
Mary ‘T. Buxbaum
Fine Arts Society
Chicago Grain
Pelea
Adventure
Ahmeek Mining
Arizona Com
Boston & Maine
Calumet & Arizona Mining
Calumet & Hecla Mining
Lake Mining
Masa
Mohawk Mining
Bower al
Nlte & H
Old Colony
Osceola
Quincy Mining
Ventura Oll
Local Produce Market
Tin—Metall Exchange
London
Espot
Repu Krpts
New Orleans
Galveston
Wea
Fitzpatrick & Company
Broad ST
New Yor York
Newspaper Bhiye
Army and Navy News
NAVAL
Enatomer
Almerieza Mfg
Tement
Bready
Gould Wilhelm Engraving Co
Liberal Commission
Con Pedge
National Hotel
Orvin Berwich
Brooks’ Studio
Pennsyevanta Baturdad Company
Cooper
Union Station
Washington, D. C
Capitol and
Buck & Lamont
Pr. T Barker
Are
M. Lombardi
BARBER _White
Ateady
Barbers
Pest
Barber
North Capitol St
St. Ow
NEW York Grain
Klein’s Shoes Repair Co
14Th St.nw
Anna B. Johnson
Willard Storage
Fidelity Storage Co
Post
Jenifer Blde
Jalett
Permnan
Imperial Cafe
Rone
SAIF
Monumental Brewing Co
Onion Barbera
Jeffrey G Yoadster
Beacon Emer
Orme
Matreet
D. B. Gish, Inc
Pranklin Automobile
Ware
Dewey
Weldit Co
N. J
Ford Auto
Chevrolet Motor Co
Chef Roith
Bargate
Cook & Stoddard Co
Mitchele
JEW
West
Albany
Ain
Anto Cloren
North
WISR
FORD
NOME
Otdsmobile
Lincoln
Soceres
Olumbia
Ampment Washington
Srenkota
Aree Teen New Carr
Maxwell
14Th and T Sts
W. B. Moses & Sons
Mith
United States Storage CO
10Th St. Nw
Driaceil
Nwings
Sureh Aide of Pennsylvania
Mve
Galt
Clarence Grosner
Urener
Henry Evany Cu
Navy Yards
Cathedral
Dike
Amd
Wighlands
Tost
Howard
Eem Tapas
Bill Poult
Park Rd
Use
Col
Tog West
van Lave
Lew
Thamestic
Yancig Suceeda
Franklin Park
Mme
DE Laine
Moat
Boc
Wote
BOF
Tarshes
deZitt
Kelling
Matthews
Metserott Biiding
Daoud
Louis Abraham
G Street
Yale
Turner & Clark
Jock Amt
Eagle Bedding Co
Cahgon Acme
Beervice
Main
Elliott
Dette Nc
Annie T. Murray
Georgetown Visitation Convent
Emerson Institute
W. H. Randolph
Crawford
Wate
Zolnay Atelier School OF Sculpture
FE Street N. W
Young Lady
Shepherd Ai
Newspaper
Hrdhiye
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