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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1915

Page

2

Reading Leads Rise as Foreign Exchange Slumps in Busy Markets

New York June 16- Stocks closed strong after a tense session with gains in steel demand and mill expansion amid fresh hints of developments at United States Steel. Foreign exchange hit new lows against London and Paris, as sterling and francs declined, while Paris checks weakened. Bond activity showed United States coupons rising and Bethlehem Steel converts gaining, with total sales around 2 million.

Canada New York United States Steel Corporation Canadian Pacific New York Central de Hentures Bethlehem Steel United States

New York Bond Market Summary and copper prices

New York bond prices show diverse issues including American Agricultural, American Cotton, Atchison, Baltimore and Ohio, Central Of Georgia, Chesapeake and Ohio, and New York Central with mixed yields. Copper shows quiet activity at 2687 20.50 electrolytic, with London spot and futures around 108.0 and 104 respectively.

New York American Agricultural Ois American Cotton Amer Tel & Tel Amer Smelting Amer Chi & Northwestern Sts Col & Southern Denver & Rio Fyranie Distillers Securities Erier General Electric Real Northern Niinals Central Interborough Met Kansas City Southern Lake Shore Bigeet & Myers Lorillard + trai Louisville & Nashville UN Missouri, Kaw & Texas Missouri Pacifi Pacific Tel & Tel Fennsylvania Pennsylvania Con Des Ray Consolidated Reading Gents Republic Steel St Louis San Fran St Loui Southwestern Seaboard Air Tine Adj Southern Fell Tel Southern Pacific Southern Railway Texas Company Texas and Pacific Thirak Union Pacific Uo S Rubber Lark Virginia Car Chemical Wabash Western Union de Oa Ees Westinghouse Electric

Wheat prices rally on harvest delays and frost in Southwest

Chicago Grain reports worse harvest delays in the Southwest and spring frost rekindling wheat demand. Market closes with gains across grains and provisions with futures showing rises and cash grain quotes for No 2 red and yellow classes, oats, rye, and barley as traders weigh supply shortfalls.

Chicago

New York Produce Markets Report June 16

New York market notes butter steady with steady receipts around 19,360. Eggs steady for fresh gathered and creamery with various price ranges. Cheese steady with 11,246 receipts including state whole milk and flats. Poultry quiet for dressed and fresh fowls. Sugar and flour markets mostly steady with lard firmer in the middle West.

New York Hennery Middle West

Wall Street Gossip Reports Weak Markets and Trade News

New York June 14. Despite a Canadian gold import of 2.5 million bringing total for the quarter to 76.5 million, demand sterling and cables in London slid to 4.761-4 and 4.77. Paris checks and cables weakened with bills sold at 46 1/2. Over the year money at 3 percent on mixed collateral. Cananea Consolidated Copper Co of Sonora, Mexico to reopen mines and smelter. 2,000 workers. Procter & Gamble declares 4 percent extra on common and 2 percent on preferred. Reading Co. declares regular 4 percent quarterly dividend.

London Parls Canada Paris Exchange Rejehamarka Kes Berlin New York Paris Cincinnati Procter & Gamblé Company Reading Company

New York grain prices report June wheat and corn

New York grain notes steadier futures with wheat gains. Spot No 2 red at 1.25 percent, No 2 hard at 1.28 percent. Export bids show No 1 Northern Duluth at 41.25 percent and No Northern Manitoba at 1.21 percent f. Buffalo. July futures at 1.11 percent. Spot corn No 2 yellow firm at 98 percent prompt shipment. Oats rye and barley steady.

New York Duluth Manitoba Buffalo

New York Cotton Prices Steady After Quiet Day

New York June 16 The cotton market remained quiet with prices fluctuating 6 to 7 points. The close was steady 2 points lower to 1 point higher. Futures: July, October, December, January, March.

New York

Gold Imports Mark Milestone in U S Finance History

New York reports that by August the United States will have imported about 100 million dollars in gold since January 1, largely from Canada. The piece traces gold movements to 1907 panic, McKinley era imports, and the 1908 emergency currency law, highlighting shifts in U S financial strength.

New York Canada United States London South West Congress Holland

Live Stock Market Reports From Chicago and New York

Chicago hogs steady to firm with receipts around 23 000. cattle strong. sheep weak to steady. New York hogs lower, lighter sales. beeves and calves mixed with thin demand. lambs firm to higher. Across markets, prices span hogs to sheep and calves, common in the mid 7 dollar range.

Chicago New York Ohio

Baltimore Markets: June 16 Dairy and Poultry Prices

Baltimore markets report mixed livestock and dairy pricing with assorted poultry categories including old hens roosters ducks and spring ducks. butter quotes range from 19 to 31 cents per pound with creamery and prints varieties. eggs show Maryland Pennsylvania Western and Southern firsts at about 18 to 19 cents.

Baltimore Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia

Philadelphia Markets Reported Prices June Market Notes

Philadelphia market roundup notes butter firm and corn steady with oats steady. Eggs unchanged and cheese lower with New York full cream at 13 14 percent. No. 2 red and export car lots appear in the line, spare and miscellaneous figures noted.

Philadelphia New York

Local Stock Exchange Notes Weakened Trading Amid Strength in Issues

The Washington Stock Exchange noon session showed little active trading as brokers held back. Odd lots in Washington Gas and Jets moved at modest gains while Mergenthaler and Capital Traction stock traded modestly. Greene Cananea Copper rose on mining resumption rumors, American Telephone declared a 2 percent quarterly dividend payable July 15 to holders of record June 19. The Federal Reserve Board announced a one tenth of one percent assessment on gross capital of each Fed bank to fund six months of expenses, totaling 108 447 with half due July 1 and the remainder September 3.

Washington Stock Exchange Washington Gas Mergenthaler Capital Traction Washington Railway and Greene Cananea Copper Local Exchange American Telephone and Tele- ,Graph Company Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Bank American Graphophone CO American Graphphone Company Philip T. Dodge Peal Eleaatiia

Local stock exchange double session notes and bonds

The report lists salea regular calls at noon in Capital Traction Hallway with prices around 104 percent and notes several holdings including Washington Gas Geotown Gas and multiple railroad bonds. It covers bonds from Capital Traction Co Anacostia Potomac Washington Gas and Electric Washington Railway and Electric various stock groups and miscellaneous issues with price quotes and par values.

Treasury report shows June 15 1915 receipts and assets

United States Treasury data records June 15 1915 receipts of 3 842 470 25 and ordinary disbursements of 2 683 593 51 plus an excess of 1 158 876 84. It lists general fund assets liabilities including gold coins 51 691 976 87 and total cash assets of 2 083 046 471 50 with net balance in general fund 211 421 015 and deposits rising by 150 000 in the past months. The Security Savings Bank declares a 112 percent dividend payable July 1 to June 20 record stockholders, converting its stock to a 6 percent basis.

Alnaka Allis-Chal Allis-Ghal K. C. Southern K. C. South, Pt Am. Can Lack. Steel Ar. Can Pra Laclede Gas Tory Car & F. Boty Lehigh Valley Lisgwett & Myers Manhattan el Am Hide & L. Bo Am H.& L. Pfd Manhat Am Ice Sec Maxwell M. Co Am. Lin Maxw. M. Let Pt Am. Locoemo May Dept. St N. H. Central Loco, P ‘A Pennsylvania Batt Ohio Batopolis Pittsburgh Coal Beth. Steel Pitts. Coal Butte & Sup Steel Car Quicksilver Cal Quicksilver Pf Canada Pacific Ry. Steel S Ray Con. C Cen. Leath. Pfd Ches. & Ohio Rep. I Gt West Gt. W. Pf Rock Island Bt. P Chic. & N. W Peter We ROL & PR L.& Sfist Pt Seal'd A. L. Pf Contin Studebaker Pl Contin Can IBM Third Avenue Crucible Steel Union Pacific U. S. Rubber U.S. Steel Gen. Chemical U. S. Steel Utah Copper Gen. Motors Caro. Chem Gen. Mot Wabash Goodrich BF Goodrich Western Union Gt. North Westinghouse N. Ore. Sub Wheel. & L. B Guggen Willys Treasury United States Federal Reserve National Bank Philippines Security Savings and Commercial Bank

War Arouses Ingenuity at Maryland College Graduation

Dr. Charles E. Munroe of George Washington University tells Maryland Agricultural College graduates that World War era disturbances have spurred resourcefulness and systematic problem solving. The event included salutatory by W. H. Harrison, valedictory by P. N. Peter, degree awards across multiple science and engineering fields, and several honorary certificates and medals awarded to students and faculty.

Washington Post College Park Maryland Agricultural College Charles E. Munroe Graduate School George Washington University United States W. Saunders Zlan Parish Beltsville W. H. Harrison P. N. Peter J. ©. Rowland W. RB. Kelly W. T. Perkins EH. H. Perkins C. E. Robinson EB. McC. Roberta A. H. Massey C. T. Cockey L. R. Pennington W. P. Pennington R. Dale Flow. Wright R. Carter H. A. Clark W. Harrison R. N. Todd Frazee A. McC. Gibson W. E. Hall H. A. Rasmussen M. E. Roth J. J. Tull Max Kislinx, Jr T. D. Gray R. J. McCutcheon E. W. Montell R. P. West P. A. Hauver Walter A. Furst Baltimore Beavers Gilpin Heermann Jarrell Lally, Mason Stabler T. M White W. E. Harrison R. M. McHenry E. W. Hontell N.S. Stabler Annie K. Goddard James Prince Georges County Robert White

Local Produce Market Prices and Cattle Market Update

Wholesale prices for alive poultry and dressed poultry with per pound rates, dairy items including New York State factory cheese and Klein butter, various regional vegetables and fruits with per unit or per crate pricing, and Washington cattle market notes. Hogs, sheep, veal calves, and lambs priced. demand described as strong for lambs and quiet for calves.

Washington

New York Money Market Rates Today

New York money market figures list mercantile paper at 3 4.3 percent Sterling 60 day bills 4.74 with demand 4.7620 and cables 4.7680. Francs demand 5.46 percent cables 5.46. Marks demand 82 percent cables 2 percent. Ruble demand 38 14 with cables 38 5 percent. Bar silver 49 percent Mexican dollars 38. Government bonds firm railroad bonds firm. Time loans easy 60 days 2 1 4 90 days 2 4 4 six months 3. Call money firm high 2 low 2 ruling rate 2 last loan closing bid 2 offered at 2.

New York

Cottonseed Oil Market Report Details Prices and Ripples

New York on June 16 reports prime crude prices for various months from June to January with futures around 6.10 to 6.58 and prime winter yellow and summer white at 6.27.00. Oil City, Pennsylvania lists credit balances at 1.35 with runs 72,879 and average 91,596. Shipments total 56,096 with average 58,079.

New York New Orleans Galveston Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Baltimore Boston Philadelphia Houston Memphis Augusta St Louis Cincinnati Little Rock Dallas Hougton St. Louis Oil City

Army and Navy News Leaves of Absence and Transfers

Army officers receive leaves and temporary duty postings including First Lieut Willy T Conway Sixth Infantry to two months away. Medical corps officers Siler Huntington Tasker Haverkamp Clark to West Point for instruction. Osborne Fifth Field Artillery to Tobyhanna Pa. Coast artillery officers Humbert Nichols Rockwood Loomis assigned to coast defenses at Sandy Hook Southern New York Oahu.

Wilie T. Conway Sixth Infantry Medical Corps West Point Sperintendent United States Military Academy Department of Military Bygiene Joseph F. Siler Philip W. Huntington Arthur N Tasker Charles W. Haverkanpf Peyton G. Clark Army and Navy General Hospital Hot Springs Ark Ordcer Thomas D. Osborne Fifth Field Artillery Tobyhanna Third Field Artillery Coast Artillery Corps United States Coast Defenses George F. Humbert Sandy Hook Harold F Nnchols Coast New York Oahu Albion R. Rockwood Harold F. Loomis

Naval Orders Reflect Broad Reassignments Across Fleet

Rear Admiral C J Boush directs second division assignments to home waters. Officers including Lt Comdr Cotton, Lt McSheehy and Ensign Latimer move to Kearsarge or Kentucky. Sailors transfer to executive positions, navigators, and senior roles aboard Kearsarge and Kentucky as ships shift commands. Several vessels sail routes from San Diego to San Pedro and Norfolk, with yards in Mare Island and Chattanooga noting post transfers and repairs.

C J Boush Atlantic Fleet N. C Twining Flindis Kentucky G I Stearns San Diego Raleigh Comér L A. Cotton North Dakota Kearsarge Liew R P. Scudder Atlantic Reserve Fleet L McSheehy Alabama Texas M Robinson Kangan EF B Armstrong Liest S&s Moses F H Sadler Nebraska Dixie C. C. Jersey JM. Irish Navy Guard New York G. B DAVIS Kansas J. D. Jones R. J. Valentine Vermont T G. Latimer Walter Seibert C. K Osborne L P. Bischoff R. J Jondreau Fort Dodge Iowa P. A. Paymaster E G Morsell Chattanooga Ravy Yard Mare Island Cal P. A W. H Wisterdink Machister T. Miller

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