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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1913

Page

2

London heavy buyer boosts stocks amid Balkan peace prospects

Energetic buying in early New York trading lifted prices with gains in Citalan Pacific Reading Union Pacific and Amalgamated. London and Berlin purchased 25 000 to 30 000 shares as Balkan war prospects improved aiding foreign demand for U S stocks. The market weakened then recovered with overall gains while bonds varied amid strong call money and tariff session expectations.

York Catalan Pacific Reading Union Pacific Tel Amalgamated London Berlin Congress Call Money

Treasury Money on Call and Bond Markets Report

The Treasury notes money on call firm at 4 1/2 to 4 3/4 percent with closing bids around 4. Offered at 4 percent. Time loans for 60 days and 6 months modestly active. Sterling exchange firm with bankers during the day at 2360 for bills and 4.3790 for demand. Government bonds steady and railroad bonds regular amid interest movements.

New York Mar Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Firm Wit Bankers Dille

Baltimore markets report mixed commodity prices

Baltimore market notes wheat weak corn steady oats steady rye moderate demand, various poultry prices listed. Butter creamery and Maryland Pennsylvania butter products priced. New York copper futures firm. London copper firm. copper arrivals 183 tons.

Basler Dresed Houthern Kentreland Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio

Washington Stock Exchange trading roundup and prices

Regular call figures show Metropolitan Railway 5s trading at 105 for various blocks. Washington Railway and Electric 4s quoted at 83 and 53 for different lots, with sizable sales and multiple at 82. Capital Traction and Potomac Electric Consolidated listed, plus Washington Gas and related notes. After call notes indicate Railways and Electric preferred at 88, East Washington Savings Bank 16, Mergenthaler Linotype 213 and 115 bids. Agricultural commodities prices show wheat, corn, oats, and poultry with mixed changes, potatoes weaker, and assorted city and state farm prices.

Metropolitan Railway Washington Railway and Wiectrie Potomac Electric Consolidated Capital Traction Washington Railway and Electric Common Washington Railway and Electric Preferred Washington Gas Washington Railway and Electric East Washington Savings Bank Mergenthaler Linotype Asad Georgetown Gas Ind. Te Etown Gaslington Gas Canal Traction Co. Bs Columbia Mort Columbiailway Metropolitan Ailway and Wash. Alex. and Mount. Ver Wean Potomac Electric Can. Mort. Be Ehic Power Potomac Tel Amer. Tel Tel Ei Cal Paper Capital Traction Co I Wan Railwey Nah Ni Flortalic Cork Id Fuel Co Beane Yomina Citizens Savings Ome Union Savings Ate East Washington Aylington Columbia Ite Apin Socks Co Col. Pry American Graperica

Wall Street Gossip on Market Movements and Plans

The market shows slow gains and drops in railroad stock averages from September through March. NYC bonds ease from recent highs as a potential new issue is eyed. Great Northern’s Carl Gray predicts a prosperous Northwest year with strong grain and ore movements. Exchange adds a news room for reporters to study financials, while a $100,000 gold export to Venezuela is noted.

Boston Closing Prices on Mar 11 Listed Copper Stocks

Closing quotations show prices for Centennial Copper Range Co East Butte Copper Mine Franklin Granby Consolidated Greens-Cananes Wohawk Nevada Consolidating Nipissing Mines North Butte North Lake Dominion Shannon Utah Consolidated Dita Copper Consolidated amid a note of market activity. Prices appear variably quoted with fractional percentages and crédits in a dated stock market roundup.

Boston Mar Centennial Copper Range Con. Co East Butte Franklin Giroux Consolidated Granby Consolidated Greens-Cananes Wohawk Nevada North Butte North Lake Dominion Shannon Utah Consolidated Dita Niewspaper

Investment activity dominates Washington Stock Exchange session

Bonds led trading with Washington Railway and Electric 8 percent issues and a large block bid at 8 3/8. Metropolitan Railway 5s touched 105 while Potomac Electric 6s rose to 101. Odd lots and limited quotation activity persisted as speculation waned. A steady bid for bank and trust shares and a single East Washington Savings sale contrasted with a narrow market and reduced float.

Washington Stock Exchange Washington Railway and Electric Metropolitan Railway Potomac Electric Consolidated Washington Railway and Eleatriccommon East Washington Savings Bank

No Action On Dissolution of Rail Giants in New York

NO ACTION OF DISSOLUTION. TAL wrawemuee AG bovsath. New York, Mar. 11-No agreement on the dissolution plans of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Southern Pacific company was reached today at meetings of the directors of the two companies and the executive committee of the Union Pacific. Neither the executive committee nor the directors of the Union Pacific will meet again this week. This was accepted as an indication that the agreement between the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the syndicate of bankers to finance its 126,600,000 holdings of the Southern Pacific company would be permitted to lapse. This agreement expires next Saturday. Prussia Seeks Railway Loan. Berlin, Mer. 11-The Prussian government today introduced into the diet a bill authorizing loans amounting to $135,600,000 for state railways. The principal items are: New lines and additional tracks, $27,500,000, buildings, $25,000,000, rolling stock, $47,500,000.

Union Pacific Harriman Lines Bear Traders Union Lactic Burlington United States TAL Wrawemuee AG Bovsath New York Union Pacific Railroad Company Southern Pacific Company Syndicate of Bankers Southern Pacifi Company Prussia Berlin Mer Saverasa Pennsylvania New Haven New England Pennsylvania Railroad

New York Grain Market Reports and Prices

New York grain notes irregular spot prices for wheat and corn with futures weak on liquidation after a government farm reserves report. Export sales listed at 644 97 13-18, nearby months trading lower. Bonded wheat May July at 96% asked. Spot oats and various white oats grades quoted with mixed prices.

New York Mar Duluth Wisconsin Pennsylvania Hennery Middle West Muscovado Rio Santos da Cordova Bermuda

Railroads Pass Into Hands of the People in Key Pennsylvania Report

A long analysis of the sixty sixth annual Pennsylvania Railroad Company report highlights rising public ownership of railroads. It notes record dividends, broad shareholder distribution including many small holders and women, and forecasts of widespread future ownership, led by Cassatt’s vision. The article argues public confidence in railway management grows as ownership spreads among 7,492 shareholders and beyond.

New York Mar Ll Pennsylvania Railroad Company United States A. J. Cassatt Cassatt Pennsylvania Certmany Reil Pennsylvania Beajhead Company United States Steel Corporation Pennsylvania Theodora N. Vail Hain Jit Pennsylvania Company New York Central Railroad Company Chauncey M. Depew New York Central New Haven

Grain market falls to new lows on money tightness

Chicago March 11 Wheat sold at multi month lows as Liverpool money worries weighed on sentiment. Prices closed down with oats corn and provisions also lower. Cash grain quotes show No 2 red wheat 1.01 to 1.05, No 2 corn 50 to 61 cents, No 2 white oats around 34 to 34% cents.

Chicago Liverpool Dispatches Somalia

New York Cotton Finds Unsteady Tone in Trading

New York March 11 cotton market shows uneven tone amid reports of stronger Southern demand or forecasts of rough weather. Prices close near best with small gains and renewed steady tone.

New York Mar

Meat and Produce Prices From New York and Chicago Markets

New York market quotes list butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, flour, grains, and vegetables with state sources and varying prices. Chicago reports steady to higher hogs and cattle trends, with beef and lamb values noted alongside regional arrivals.

Daily Cotton Market Report Summary

Ol Cy Pa Mar 11 credit balances $2.50. Runs 164,077 average 83,700. Shipments 230,382 average 108 142. Toledo Ohio Mar 11 North Lima L397 South Indiana 15a Wooster 146 desen a.

Credit Balencea Toleio Ohio Lima Indiana Wooster

Viscount Tredegar Dies After Wartime Feats and a Golden Mile

Viscount Tredegar, survivor of the Crimean charge at Balaklava, dies at age 80. He escaped a deadly outcome from the "death or glory" Seventeenth Lancers and later lost an eye due to a guest’s mishap while shooting over his preserves. The Tredegar wealth centers on a single railway mile yielding substantial royalties.

Lord Tredegar Tredegar Park Monmouthshire Llewellyn Ap Ivir Rhys South Wales Caractacus Silures Britona Rome Claudius Seventeenth Lancers Tennyson Hell Newport Lord Tredegar’s Park Tredegar

Plea of Liquor Men Dented Express Refusal to Ship

In Richmond Va March 11 1923 Judge Waddill refused wholesale liquor dealers bid for a injunction against Southern Express Company to accept shipments to South Carolina despite Webb Kenyon act. Chief Justice Gary ruling required delivery for personal use. Express officials say they will not ship if ruling stands.

Express Company South Carolina Richmond Southern Express Company Congress Waddill United States District Court Ince Gary South Carolina Supreme Court

Babbitt Attacks Cellmate After Confession Claim

John Babbitt, alleged to have confessed a 4 year old murder of Miss Emma Brooks in Ulster county, tried to kill his Manchester cellmate Leo Savageau with a razor at Portsmouth jail. Babbitt then cut his own throat after Savageau questioned the confession. Savageau was gravely injured. Babbitt not seriously hurt. Deputy Sheriff W. B. Shaw reports the assault and self wound.

Portsmouth N. Y John Babbitt Emma Brooks Ulster County Leo Savageau Manchester Savageau Babbitt W. B. Shaw

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