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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1911

Page

2

Bear Raid Continues as Markets Dip and Reading Rises

A volatile session saw widespread declines of one to three points led by railroad stocks as London selling and Morocco concerns weighed on the market. Consolidated Gas rose, while Reading advanced briefly to near 160 1 4 before retreating, and St Paul declared its usual dividend amid cautious buying.

St. Paul New York Consolidated Gas London Harriman United States Steel Westinghouse Electric American Beet Suger, Interminational Harvester Interborough Metropolitan Preferred

United States Treasury and New York Stock Exchange Update

Money on call remains steady at 2.25 percent with bids and offers around 2.25 percent. Time deposits steady and dull with 60 day and 6 month maturities near 2.00 to 3.00 percent. Sterling exchange weak with bankers' bills at 4.3425 for 60 day and 4.8605 for demand. Government bonds steady and railroad bonds easy amid subdued activity.

New York Prime Mercantile Chicago Western Venlo Pennsylvania

Wall Street Gossip Sees Cotton Bulls Slump Amid Losses

Special to The Washington Fest reports heavy losses among cotton bull operators as bear plays in stocks and cotton spread uncertainty. London and continental selling lifted afternoon declines, while Reading and Lehigh Valley held firmer. Gold shipments to Canada and large equipment orders by Missouri Pacific and Atlantic Coast Line add to the market’s mixed signals. War risk rates at Lloyds show 7 to 10 percent premiums for near and mid term conflict.

New York Missouri Pacific London Continental Lloyd's

New York Stock Market Update

Market notes show transactions received by W B Hibbs and Company bankers and the New York Stock Exchange with Chicago Hoard of trade context. The fragment suggests banking and exchange houses handling securities and market activity in New York.

W. B. Hibbs & Co Bankers New York Chicago

Washington Stock Exchange Mixed. Mer gerthanler Hits New High

Light trading marked yesterday at the Washington Stock Exchange as Mergenthaler moved strongly from 227 to 227¼ with 20 shares sold at 228 establishing a new high. Vanston showed strength, and Washington Railway and Electric common traded at 45 after call with limited stock left. Gases at 110 and Potomac Electric at 102 were listed. the remainder held steady amid cautious activity. Meanwhile a four day farmers education train through eastern West Virginia, led by B&O and WVU, is planned beginning August 8 from Keyser. Bids for Columbus Plaza fountain foundations ranged from 8,600 to 10,700 and granite bids from 62,400 to 74,860 with several firms submitting alternate granite or marble work.

Washington Customs BO Potomac Electric V. X. and Breamboat Washington Gas Lv Mergenthaler Linotype Imong Riggs National Bank Alter Call—U. ‘Ounon Lanston Banatype Confitian Treasury Mourgenthaler Linatyne Washington Gages United Capital Traction Annacostia Potomac National Bank Anacostia Potoman Columbia Washington Potomac Electric Philippine Chesapeake and Potomas He Aggrega Emmerson Bteam Aahington Raerae Colt Storage Sean and Waton Steam Alges Realty Whithington Rwy Leo Washington Hwy Elec oshington-Virginia Rwy Virginia Cain and SRR Georgetown Gas American Telby Great Falta Sid Bowlines Margenthaler Linotype A Treasury Oses Greene Cananea Ameri Commerc Columbia Discriei Basten Uly Hi Butte Coalition Heliopsita Centennial Copper Range Con Co Beant Butte Copper Mine Trankiia Aly Arlington Franklin Allis-Chalmers Ptd Kansas City Southern Amalgamated Copper Lacrede Gas Toby American Agricultural Louisville Nashville American Can Mackay Co American Car and Foundry Minneapolia St. Louis Minn St. P S. St. M Am. Tide and Leather Pro S.foomissouri Kansas Texas American Ice Securities Kanwax Missouri Pacific American Locomotive National Biscuit National Nat. Rye American Steel Foundries New York Central American Sugar Refining Aides Onfland West American Tel Tel Norfolk and Western American ‘Tobacco American Woolen Northern Pacife Anaconda Mining Co. Sa Pacific Mall Atchison ATI Atchison _pta Pennsylvania Atlantic Coast Line People’s Gas Baltimore and Ohio Pitts C. C Bethlehem Stee! Ab Pittsburg Coal Brochlyn Rapid Transit Pittsburg Pullman Palace Railway Central of New Jersey Reading Chesapeake and Ohio Republic Steel Chicago and Alton Chicago Great West Rock Island Ca Chicago Great Western Ptd Vena Rock Island Co Chicago Northwestern Mil St Paul Southern Railway Denver Denver and Rio Grande Union Pacific Pfa Erie United States Realty General Electric United States Rubber Goldfield Con Bay United States Steel Greatorthern Pt Abo United States Steel P WH Great Northern Orectse Sbyg Utah Copper Ag. Ag Linvis Contrat Virginia -Carolina Chemical Interborough-Met Va.-Car Western Union Town Central Sesove Wheeling Lake Erie Hibbs Building T Trade Washington Stock Exchange Oss Vanston Call Washington Railway and Electric Common Washington Gases Potomac Electric Consolidated Union Station Christopher Columbus Capt. A. & Grant Arthur L. Smith & Co Maine and New Hampshire Granite Company Portland J. C. Robinson & Son New York Norcross Brothers Worcester Mass Davis Construction Company R. J. Bell Construction Company O. L. Meigs Crawford Paving Company Charles J. Cassidy & Co

New York Cotton Market Sees Fluctuations Then Decline

The New York cotton market moved with irregular fluctuations as trade in July and August waxed and waned. A late Wall Street selloff driven by political concerns pushed prices lower, with October near 11.32 and near months slipping toward day’s lows while overall volume remained active on declines and cautious buying in the South.

New York Wall Street

Cotton market and bank charter news from Georgia

The day’s report notes the First National Bank of Farmersville Georgia receiving a $25,000 charter. It also covers Interstate Commerce Commission actions granting rate permissions for cotton sheets and pillow cases from Durham to Virginia and Washington DC, with rates set higher by 3 cents per hundred pounds and subject to adjustment. Additional items include permission for Southern Railway to set freight rates on stone and granite from Chester Spartanburg and Winnsboro to nationwide destinations, to aid South Carolina producers, pending investigation. Army forage contracts award hay and oats for the Philippines livestock, with W W Robinson of Seattle and the Balfour Guthrie Company of Seattle/Tacoma Portland winning 10,000 tons of hay and 7,000 tons of oats respectively.

Inter- State Commerce Commission Southern Railway Seaboard Air Line Atlantic Coast Line Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Norfolk and Southern Railroad Durham N. C Virginia Washington, D. C Interstate Commerce Commission Chester Spartanburg Winnsboro D. C South Carolina North Carolina Georgia Army Philippines Aleshire W. W. Robingon Seattle Balfour Guthrie Company Tacoma Portland

New York Grain Markets Trim and Turn Higher on Crop News

Wheat steadies amid mixed futures. overseas losses ease as Northwest crop updates and European tensions boost sentiment. Corn and oats hold steady with limited activity while barley trades modestly. receipts, shipments, and prices show erratic movements across the board.

New York Duluth Northwest Europe

Washington Produce Market Prices For Wholesale Demand

Wholesale quotations on fresh fruits and vegetables show strong demand. Lists include eggs from Virginia and surrounding regions, butter with varied grades, dairy cheese from New York State, poultry items like chickens and turkeys, and a wide range of vegetables and fruits with prices by basket, crate, or per hundredweight.

Virginia West Virginte Southwest Tennessee Elgin New York State New North Carolina California Georgia Florida

Washington cattle market prices steady gains not clear

Veals calves steady Hogs per cwt gross WL EX Bheep per Ib 23% tembs spring gholee per tbh 61g veal calves choles per Ib 17% medium per Ib 1406

Philadelphia Markets Report of Grain Butter Eggs and Metals

Philadelphia markets show firm wheat and firm butter with Western creamery quotes. Corn and oats fluctuate with local trade, while cheese and poultry prices remain steady or quiet. copper and iron futures move in London and New York, with rail and ship arrivals noted.

Philadelphia Pennsylvania F. c City Toledo Ohio Lima South Indiana Axsey New York London Custom House Cleveland Northern Southern Sott Southern

Burial of W B Clagett Comtroller Funeral Draws Notables

Prominent figures attended the funeral of William B. Clagett late state comptroller in Upper Marlboro Maryland. Rev F B McManus conducted the service and the interment followed at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery. Eight cousins served as pallbearers alongside Gov Crothers Judge Fillmore Beall and others.

Gov. Crothers Washington Post Upper Marlboro William B. Clagett F. B McManus Trinity P. EB. Church Fillmore Beall G. C. Merrick R. W. Wells CG. C. Magruder

New York Produce Prices and Supplies July Report

New York on July 27 reports varied commodity prices and receipts across butter eggs pork beef lard cottonseed sugar coffee potatoes and cabbages. Butter receipts and prices mixed with creamery and factory grades. eggs steady receipts rising. poultry alive steady and dressed markets noted. flour pork and beef steady. lard and tallow steady. cottonseed and sugar prices listed with numerous grade specifications. coffee steady with Rio Santos and Cordova quotes. general freight steady by steam.

New York Middle West South America Rio Santos Cordova

Baltimore Markets Trade across commodities and livestock

Baltimore and New York market summaries show wheat and corn activity with spot and contract quotes. Live poultry butter eggs and dairy products cited, while cattle hogs and sheep prices move, with Chicago and New York receipts and price ranges noted.

Baltimore Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Virginia Eastern Shore Southern North Carolina

Justice Dept Targets Trusts Under Sherman Law

Dozens of antitrust probes surge nationwide as Department of Justice agents pursue possible monopolies. Attorney General Wickersham aims to file about a dozen suits by year end, with investigations across multiple states into price fixing and illegal restraints. The focus includes cases touching patents and property control, notably against the electrical trust and United Shoe Machinery Company.

Department of Justice Wickersham Supreme Court Electrical Trust United Shoe Machinery Company

Loan Company Men Held in Southern States Fraud

Atlanta July 27. Richard Purvis Ernest O Heim Guy King and W N Smith officers and former officers of the Southern Loan and Trust Company were arrested on charges of fraudulent use of the mails and using the mails to promote a lottery. The operation allegedly involved between 500000 and 3000000 dollars across the southern states. The scheme centered on loan investment contracts where borrowers paid upfront and monthly fees until their number reached the top, creating a lottery-like system. Federal investigators say high numbered holders faced little chance of borrowing.

Atlanta Department of Justice Post Office Department Richard Purvis Ernest O. Heim Guy King W. N. Smith Southern Loan and Trust Company George R. Cellar Leroy J. Baily Washington Cellar

Doctor Held in Death of Mrs. Minnie Trader

Dr. Robert W. White of Chincoteague Va was remanded to jail without bail by Coroner Ford awaiting grand jury action over the death of 86 year old Mrs Minnie Trader of Olney Va who died July 4 at Jefferson Hospital. The jury ruled the death resulted from blood poisoning after an un professional operation alleged to be performed by the physician who said he was promised 25 a day by the woman and that she threatened self harm if he did not comply. White denied the charges and said he aided her when she fell ill. He had come to Philadelphia with Mrs Trader a wealthy widow and registered at a Market Street hotel where the operation was said to have occurred.

Washington Post Philadelphia Robert W. White Chincoteague Ford Minnie Trader Olney Jefferson Hospital Frank Paul White Virginia Trader Market Street

Bondholders urged to deposit American Tobacco Six Percent Gold Bonds

A 1911 notice from the bondholders committee urges holders of Forty Year Six Percent Gold Bonds of the American Tobacco Company to deposit their bonds with Guaranty Trust Company of New York by August 28 1911. The Supreme Court directs a plan to reorganize the company and protect private property while meeting public interests.

American Tobacco Company Supreme Court of the United Staten Fm United States of America Guaranty Trust Company of New York Guaranty Trust Company OF New York Nassau Street New York City Supreme Court New York Stock Exchange Alexander J. Hemphill T. DE Witt Cuyler Howland Davis J. Horace Harding Albert H. Wiggin Morton Trust Co G Ty ‘Trust Company Supreme Court of the United States United States Circuit Court of the Consolidated Tobacco Company Guaranty Trust Company Supremos Ameriea Central Trust Company OF Wall Street Saie New York Tock Exchange

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