Market hits new highs as steel leads gains on June 7
New York, June 7 investors drove a broad advance led by United States Steel rising to 134 and Bethlehem Steel surging past its prior peak. Industrials and rails showed strength with strong showing in autos and metals while Russian exchange hit a new low of 25. Call money around 4 percent and no gold exports were reported.
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New York
Vicohals
United Setes Steel
de Ie Eal
Ita
Pararail Steels
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel
Pacifics
Reading
Louisville
Nashville
Ranies
United States
Aetna
Atlantic Air Reduction
Big Ledge
Calumet & Jet
Cosden & Co
Cosden O1&g
Curtiss Aero
Osige
Hercules
Lehigh V
Sequoyah
Ind
Rs R&r Pft
Vietor
C & Montana
Co Daas Co
Texas
New York Stock Exchange
New York Civb
Wall Street News and Gossip Budget and Bank Rates
The article reports mixed money market notes with gold in hand and a Treasury rate. It records a rise in reserves for the Bank of England and changes in government securities and discount rates, noting a reserve proportion around 20 percent.
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England
Ar Vemra
Local Financial And Business Notes In Washington Market
Washington stock market reports steady demand and improved prices despite parade distractions. Washington Gas and Capital Traction show mixed offerings with preferred shares favored. bonds steady and traders optimistic about equities, including Railways and Potomac Electric.
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Washington Stock Exchange
Eeterdas
Washogton Gas
Wai otngtn Raet@wax and Brertete
Caplta
America
Washington Railways
Abt Electric de
Capital i Traction
Washington Gas
Potomac Electric Consol
New York and Philadelphia Markets Report June 7
Local stock and commodity notes from New York and Philadelphia dated June 7 show mixed receipts and prices across butter eggs cheese and grain. Butter and eggs fluctuated with higher creamery receipts, while coffee corn and wheat faced firmer or steady tones in spot and futures markets.
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New York
Pennsylvania
I Western
Hennery
Rio
Middle West
Philadelphia
Wester
F. c
Chicago Grain Market Faces Mixed Uproar and Decline
Chicago grain trading showed continued volatility with a heavy close. July corn slipped to about 2.22 to 2.27, September at 1.95 to 1.99, and oats weakening, while warmer weather expectations briefly steadied prices before a broad shift to selling after the forecast. News of New York money markets and a San Francisco murder trial tied to a bomb incident also appeared in the same issue.
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New York
Fda Ag
Chicago
Oats
Isge
General Commission
NEW York Money Market
Local Produce Market Prices Display Wide Range
A scanned market page lists poultry prices per pound for hens and turkeys, butter and cheese ranges, eggs from Virginia and Pennsylvania, and a broad vegetable and fruit section. Regional items include North Carolina potatoes, Florida melons, Texas onions, California oranges, and Washington cattle market figures alongside bread and dairy prices.
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New York State
Virginia
North Carolina
Florida
Texas
California
Live Stock Markets Report Chicago June Hog and Sheep Activity
Live stock markets from Chicago show hog receipts around 2,190 with steady demand and light to moderate trade. Cattle and calves receipts about 8,000 with buyers present but limited. hogs weaker than yesterday by a few cents. Lambs and sheep receipts near 500 with steady prices noted for quality lots.
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Chicago
Yeaterday
Jyer
Luxemburg strike begins over cost of living and wage refusals
Geneva reports a general strike in Luxemburg due to high living costs and factory owners, mainly Germans, refusing wage increases for security of factories from allied air attacks. About five thousand workers started striking at Bach, despite warnings from the German commander, and the action spread to other towns with German cavalry occupying key industrial areas.
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Geneva
Gazette de Lauganne
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
Bach
Protests Army for Parks Letter From Garrison
Former Secretary of War Garrison protests to Congress against using regular army troops to guard national parks. He argues rangers can perform the task cheaper and that deploying soldiers would render them useless for military duties.
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Rangers
Garrison
Congress
Baker
Secretary of War
Two Die as Train Hits Auto in Pennsylvania
June 71 report from this city states Harry Lukens and his wife circus performers were hired today to join their clan in Pottstown when a loading material in their car was struck by a railroad train. Lukens was a crebat and originator of a vaudeville act bearing his name while Mrs Lukens was a lion tamer known as Mille Jivelyn.
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Harry Lukens
Pottstown
Lukens
Mra Lukene
Socialists Split Over Draft Vote Across States
Reports from California to Oklahoma City indicate Socialist groups are divided over an anti draft stance. California officials claim a majority oppose the war while Chicago confirms disputed support. National leaders say voting on the St Louis convention resolution continues by mail, with results due later this month.
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Los Angeles
Willams
California
S & M Rhcardson F
St Louis
Earr
Oalta
San Bernardino Calfane
Cafornia
Cafare
Richardson
National Society of the Pacts
Chicago
Adelph Germer
National Serialist Party
N A
Branca
Germer
Mall
Oklahoma City
Okla
Noted Surgeons Leave for Front From Johns Hopkins Team
Baltimore dispatch notes the Johns Hopkins base hospital unit departs for France including 65 nurses and 150 enlisted men. Among the surgeons listed are Dr George Walker, Dr Harvey Stone, Dr E W Bridgman, Dr J M T Finney, and others in surgical, medical, dental, and roentgenology posts. While mobilized in New York, the unit remains on its way to France with movement details kept secret due to its high importance to the American expeditionary force.
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Baltimore
Johns
France
New York
George Walker
Harvey RB Stone
E W. Bridgman
J. M. T Finney
W. Baer
W A. Flaher
B. Bernheim
George J Heuer
H. R Slack
H WN Shaw
Lloyd B Whitman
L R. Wharton
Thomas R Borxs
C . Guthrie
C M Brymnas
C. H King
UU R Mason
W M Happ
F. W. Sydenstricker
C A Waters
Leutenant
W A Baatjer
B Lueen Brun
Liviuas Lankford
Swiss Send Experts Here For Talks With U S
Berne June 7 Hans Sulzer the new Swiss Minister to the United States will be accompanied to Washington by three experts on commercial and economic affairs John Syae of Zurich national councillor Prof William Rap pard of Geneva University formerly of Harvard and Lieut Coll Steamyfi president of the war prisoners association to clear up the economic situation between the two nations amid trade interference and fears over food exports.
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Berne
United States
Switzerland
Hans Sulzer
Washington
John Sy2
Zurich
William Rap~pard
Geneva University
Harvard
Coll Steamyfi
War Prisoners’ Association
St. John's Cadets Prepare for Annual Drill Show
St John’s College hosts afternoon drill with 63 cadets qualified as marksmen. Four medals and 29 prizes awarded for inter company drill, medals from the college and prizes from the War Department. Exhibition will be on Vermont avenue at 2 p.m. Capt. Oliver Snyder, Capt. Richard Lagarde and other army officers serve as judges.
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St. John’s College
College
War Department
Vermont Avenue
Oliver Snyder
Richard Lagarde
D.C. Men to Handle Big Guns at Fort Washington
Coast artillery unit from the District of Columbia National Guard departs Sunday for Fort Washington for a day of instruction on operating large artillery pieces. They meet at Twelfth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW at 7 10 a m. Enlisted men include Arthur L Figgibben Dovrald S Rter Than 8 Carpenter Philp B Herbert John & Donohor Ralph W Toates Lester Kirchner and Carl Madmonaten.
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Coast Artillery Company
District of Columbia National Guard
Fort Washington
Anoner
Washington Assembly
Twelfth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Arthur L
Figgibben Dovrald S
Carpenter
Philp B Herbert
John & Donohor
Ralph W Toates
Lester Kirchner
Carl Madmonaten
Plotting Pro-German Plotsters Alarm Wisconsin
A fragment reports Wisconsin editor J. W. Niaman and figures in Milwaukee urging support for German interests and denoting sympathy for pro German sentiment. The piece alleges a covert campaign to dampen national resolve amid war talks.
Reading of a 19th century court remakes trade curtailments
The dispatch reports a New York court action reworking nonessential commodities and price controls. It notes shifts in tariffs and trade barriers, with officials seeking to curb certain imports and adjust duties amid evolving market conditions. The piece reflects a period discussion on how trade measures affect prices and commerce.
WILL PARADE FOR RECRUITS IN WEAPONS DISPATCH
A recruiting parade is planned by the Third DM regiment at Fort Myer to attract volunteers. Four vacancies remain in the 14-man company, every tenth man to wear a mounted uniform with ambulance, pack mules, and a combat wagon. The march route runs from Fifteenth and F streets east to Seventh, then to Pennsylvania Avenue and Fort Myer.
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Colua
Mat Charlee
Fiftteenth
F Streets
Seventh
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fort Myer
Railway Commissioners Pledge Aid to Wilson in War Effort
The National Association of Railway Commissioners adopted a resolution pledging cooperation to President Wilson to maintain effective railroad control for military and industrial needs. It invited the President, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the defense council to call on the association for active aid.
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Wilson
National Association of Railway Commissioners
Interstate Commerce Commission
Defense Council
Association
Rockville High School graduates and honors awarded
Rockville Maryland June 7 closing exercises of Rockville high school were held in the school assembly hall. Medals for proficiency went to Katheryn Monday and Arlington Bennett. The honors included all who averaged ninety or over, listing high school and grammar school students. The graduates named include Mary Frances Hutter Julia A Fearson Anna W Wilson Latty H Souder Laura Souder Letha G Edmonds Helen C Howard Edna Warfel Ravenel M Monred Mary E Ward id a Kemp Irene H Warthen Gladys Kefauver Berths Clum James Moulden Julius C Hamke Edwin D Fry Edward M Welliver Norman B Ward and others in commercial department Jeanette B Palmer Edith Burr Agnes Sherrer.
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Rockville
Katheryn Monday
Arlington Bennett
Lucile Lamar
Mary Monday
Helen Clagett
Rebecca Nicholann
Gladys Kefauver
Jeanette Palmer
Wiliam Linthicum
Hilton Darby
Gramer Ecient
Katherine Benson
Helen Brooke
Elizabeth Dwys
Ruth Kelchner
Violet Lethbridge
Wellford Mason
Harvey Mathers
Lea Robey
Jessie Muncanter
Dorothy Meem
Stonestreet Larrar
Hugh Reading
Edward Peter
Mary Frances Hutter
Julia A Fearson
Anna W Wilson
Latty
HW Souder
Laura ¢ Souder
Letha G Edmonds
Helen C Howard
Edna Warfel
Ravenel M Monred
Mary E Ward
Ida B. Kemp
Irene H Warthen
Berths Clum
James Moulden
Julius C. Hamke
Edwin D Fry
Edward M Welliver
Norman BE Ward
Commercial Department
Jeanette BE Palmer
Edith B Burr
Agnes C Sherrer
Fire at Petersburg broom corn yard causes heavy loss
A June 7 fire at a Seaboard Broom Corn Company yard on North Sycamore street Petersburg destroyed broom corn worth 12000 and damaged two stores on the first floor of the adjacent brick building while the Petersburg Hardware stock of 20000 was nearly ruined by water. Insurance partly covers losses. Separate item from Rockville reports Chevy Chase High School held its commencement with three graduates Mina Becker Mary Stevens and Wallace Dawson. Walter C Clephane delivered the address.
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Good- Year West and Shoe Repairing Company
I Rubin
Petersburg Hardware Company
Rockville, Md
Chevy Chase High School
Mina Becker
Mary Stevens
Wallace Dawson
Walter C Clephane
Chevy Chase
Financial securities and banking house brokerage notice
The notice lists bids and offers on a variety of securities including Washington Gas 5 percent, Capital Traction, Washington Utilities, and other bonds and stocks. It states terms for cash deliveries, accrued interest, and instructions from executives of commissions, with a broker Thomas L. Hume at 1412 G Street and telephone M. 1346.
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Gt. Fallin
Capital Traction
Wash. Rwy. & Niece. Ptd
Washington Gas
Monsey Front
Continental Trial
Anda
Thomas L. Hume
G Street
Tel. M
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Atchison San
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Central
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Interborough
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Local Stock Exchange
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Stan
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Staska Gald
Haimers
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Washineton Gas Sa
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Han City
Apital Traction Co
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2Duis Nash
Potomac Eilectric
Snoj Maxwell M Co
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Washington Market
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M Ro & Pf
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Meier
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Hid
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Freg
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Trumbull White, Prea
Singer Bldg
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Fifteenth Street
N. W
Ralph W. Lee
Hos
Colorado Bldg
24Th
G Streets
John, Edwards
U.S. Steel Com
Jerome Verde Crucible Steel
Ohio Cities Gas
Emma Consol
George Graham Rice
William Street
New York City
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