Market Opens Bright Then Slips After Holiday Rally
New York stocks opened briskly after the triple holiday with gains by leaders, then traded flat for most of the session. Speculative sentiment improved on favorable bank and crop news, but buying power remained weak. Industrials rose with strength in newer firms, petroleum shares, Woolworth and Goodrich, while New Haven slipped again. Bonds were irregular with a firmer undertone. Total sales par value $1,533,000. United States bonds unchanged on call.
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New York
Mar
Woolworth
Goodrich
Rumbey
New Haven
United States
Curb Market Report From New York Mar 34
Money on call frame 75 percent ruling rate 4 percent closing bid 4 percent offered at 44 percent. Time loans easier sixty days 4 5 percent ninety days 5 percent six months 5 4 percent. Prime mercantile paper 6 percent. Sterling exchange firm with actual business in bankers' bills at 4.82 for sixty day bills and 4.8750 for demand. Commercial bills 4.32 percent. Bar silver 56. Mexican dollars 47. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds irregular.
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New York
Mar
Prime Mercantile
Starling Exchange Firm
Washington Stock Exchange Rumors and Close Notes
Sales quotes from the Washington Stock Exchange list numerous securities with prices and volumes including Corabia FR R. 6a at 1010, Washington Railway and Electric at 92 to 94, preferred at 89, Mergenthaler Linotype at 213, and bank issues around 139 to 244. After call data show Columbia R. R. 6s at WL, Capital Traction R. R. 5s at 109, plus regional rail and trade figures for Toledo and Lima areas with daily balances and shipments.
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Washington Ry. & Hillec
Capital Traction
Washington Railway and Electric Com- Ton
Washington Railway and Electric Preferred
Washington Gas
Mergenthaler Linotype
Federal National Bank
Commercial National Bank
Metropolitan National Bank
National Bank of Washington
Columbia Tithe Insurance
Columbia R. R
Georgetown Gas Cerb
Ind
Askedatown
Olington Gas
Rail Nds
Capital Traction Co
Anacostia and Potomac Sa
Columbia Gd Mort
Metro Folumabis
Railway
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Ash. Alex
Mount Ver
Nie & Et Miscellaneous
Potomac Electric Con. Mort. Fs
Potomac Electric Power
Tomac Tel
Amer. Tel
Tel - Com
Col. Paper Fs. Co
Riges Realty
Pitt
St Beethe and
Wan Bteam
Georeston
Maine Ces
N. National
Caital
Farmers and Mechanics
Washington
Ty and Trust
Rational Savings
Wastin We
National Unionteers
Columbia
Col
Washington Market
Wall Street Gossip Indicates Cautious Markets and Looming Rally
Wall Street gossip from New York notes a dull day due to cut telegraph lines and slow transmission. Banking houses anticipate improved money rates in Europe and the U S by month end, while high grade bonds look appealing and certain rail stocks show premium loan interest amid a sense markets may rebound from oversold levels. London’s Easter Monday observance offers arbitrage holiday as settlement is due tomorrow.
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New York
Mar
Europe
Woolworth, Rumely
Leary-Roebuck
Wall Street
Baltimore Markets Report March 4 Wheat to Butter Prices
Market telegraph from Baltimore notes firmer wheat and corn, oats steady, rye steady. Poultry and eggs quote various live weights and regional differences, with butter prices across creamery, store packed, and dairy prints.
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Baltimore
Kent Island
Maryland
Pennnsylvania
West Virginia
Southern
Pennsylvenia
Ohio
Rolla
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Washington stock market sees large day with bond surge
Trading on the Washington Stock Exchange surged with over 900 shares and $3,000 in bonds changing hands. Washington Railway and Electric rose 4 points after its dividend increase news. preferred stock and district bank issues also showed activity amid a mixed close.
Live Stock Markets Across Cities Report Mixed Beef and Hogs
Chicago receipts tallied 37,060 head with cattle at 21,000. beef prices ranged for steers to 9.15, cows 3.50 to 8.00, calves 7.00 to 10.50. Sheep receipts reached 90,000 head as market remained weak. New York cattle and hogs showed varied gains and drops with steer prices up to 9.15 and hogs near 10.00. Baltimore weekly cattle and sheep totals fell vs prior week with steady to lower demand and prices.
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Mar
Cora
Reeves
Texas
New York
Jarabe
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The Metal Market Copper and Iron Prices Report
Copper prices steady with March at 14.00 to 14.75 and electrolytic at 15.00 to 15.12, lake at 15.25 to 15.87, casting 14.76 to 14.81. Arrivals reach 720 tons and exports this month total 33,748 tons. Iron prices quiet with Northern No 1 at 17.75 to 18.28 and No 7 Northern at 17.15 to 17.75.
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New York
London
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Holland Review Sees China Loan Reversal Under Wilson
New York March 24 President Wilson rejects Knox policy on U.S. participation in Chinese financing. Text notes insistence by an American syndicate to fund and secure equal rights in the loan, while questions linger over diplomacy and impact on U.S. trade prestige abroad.
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Wald
Philander C. Knox
United States
China
Washington
Knox
State Department
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America Syndicate
Aix-Nation
Wilson
England
France
Germany
Russia
Japan
James G. Blaine
Great Britain
Taft
Henry P. Davison
House of J. P. Morgan & Co
Cate
Henry F. Davison
Reed
Blaine
South America
John Hay
Elihu Root
Jhhem
Holland
New York Produce Prices Reported for March 24
The New York market summary lists butter receipts to 6491 tubs, various creamery grades, and factory current make firsts at about 24 to 36 percent. It covers irregular dairy categories, state milk sales, Wisconsin and other regional milk markets, poultry, flour types, cornmeal, pork and beef prices, lard, cottonseed oil, petroleum, raw and refined sugars, coffee, potatoes, cabbages, and Virginia and Jersey produce with current bid ranges and quality notes.
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Middle West
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Philadelphia
Santos
Cordova
Bermuda
Virgina
Maine
Virginia
Jersey
Philadelphia Markets Wrap: Butter Eggs Poultry and Grains
Market notes from Philadelphia and New York report steady butter and eggs values, steady cheese, and mixed grain futures. Live poultry prices rise for hocks and turkeys while dressed fowls and capons hold strong. potatoes show weakness in Pennsylvania and New York. Meat prices edge higher for veal and hogs, with lambs in demand and calves steady.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
New York State
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Norfolk
Pheets
Florida
Philadelphia
Western Weamery
New York
Lee E Lern
Gond
Jersey
Bribery Inquiry Delayed in West Virginia
Special to The Washington Post Charleston March 24 Speaker William T George will appoint a fifth member of the joint legislative bribery investigating committee to replace the ill Delegate Sherman Robinson Harrisville. Efforts to contact Delegate W H Cook Wyoming county failed. The committee did not take testimony today but discussed employing counsel and stenographers. Tomorrow the four members will tour the Paint Creek strike field with Gov Hatfield and meet again Wednesday. Some members seek executive sessions to hear testimony.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
William T. George
Sherman Robinson
Harrisville
W. H. H Cook
Wyoming County
Paint Creek
Hatfield
Sentenced for Threatening Caruso in New York Trial
Antonio Cincotta was sentenced to not less than two and a half nor more than seven and a half years in Sing Sing for attempting to extort 15000 from tenor Enrico Caruso in March 1910 by threatening letters.
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New York
Antonio Cincotta
Sing Sing
Emrico Caruso
Daily Cotton Market Elgin Butter Market Blaln Ill
Cotton market report from Blain Ill dated March 24 lists prices and sales notes for cotton and butter markets in Elgin and surrounding area. Limited readable details mention bids and fiber quality terms with several illegible spots.
Bituminous Coal Prices Set to Rise in Washington Area
An April price increase on bituminous coal will push costs 16 to 40 cents per ton in Washington and surrounding areas. Major users include lighting and power firms, hotels, breweries, and apartment buildings. The rise stems from broader coal-industry price hikes and higher freight rates, with New River, Baltimore and Ohio, and Pennsylvania rail lines cited.
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Ight
National Capital
Rae
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
New River District
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Rosda
Campaign for New Members in North Capitol Section
The North Capitol and Wellington Citizens' Association decided to canvass for new members and demand dues from all old members at a St Martin's Hall meeting. A neighborhood mailing will explain ten years of work and call residents to join. H E Blan urged full attendance and broader membership. Resolutions praising Representatives Ben Johnson and William J Cary for efforts to aid legislation were adopted unanimously.
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Wellington
Ben Johnson
William J. Cary
Darnall Resigns as National Training School Boys Leader
Orton E. Darnall has stepped down after seven years as superintendent of the National Training School for Boys. The resignation, effective soon, also ends his wife’s role as matron. George A. Stirling will become superintendent, with Mrs. Darnall replaced by Mrs. Edmund J. Hickey as matron. Roscoe E. Hillis earns promotion to assistant superintendent.
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Orton E. Darnall
National Training School For Boys
Darnall
George A. Stirling
Edmund J. Hickey
Roscoe E. Hillis
Denies Knox Statements by Colombian Consul General
Francisco Escobar, Colombia’s New York consul general, rejects Secretary Knox’s report on U S Colombia relations, arguing the record contains serious misstatements. He contests Knox’s Panama independence claim and asserts the tripartite treaty negotiations involving Colombia were not proposed by his government.
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Francisco Escobar
Colombia
State Knox
United States
Congress
Taft
Escobar
Knox
Diego Mendoza
Colombbia
Mr. Knox
Panama
Pana ‘Ama
Widow sues over death benefits from police relief fund
Margaret D. Acton widow of Metropolitan Police member Joseph Acton filed in the Supreme Court of the District a suit against Richard B. Slee James Falley Edwin B. Hesse and the Police Relief Association alleging they induced Acton to assign $1000 in benefits to Hesse. The court set a March 28 hearing to determine why the funds should not be paid into court and to void the purported assignment.
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Joseph Acton
Metropolitan Police
Supreme Court of the District
Richard B. Slee
James Falley
Police Relief Association
Edwin B. Hesse
Slee
Falley
Hesse
Acton
Cowhide Better Than Court in Child Training Opinion
Pennsylvania Judge Ambrose Reid calls cowhide a superior training method over juvenile courts. The warden of the jail, Mr. Lewis, agrees the juvenile court overfills prisons. Miss Mary A Downey, government printing office employee, died Sunday at age about seventy two. Funeral at St Joseph Catholic Church on C and Serond Streets NE with interment in Baltimore Md. Born in Galway Ireland, she spent most of life in Pittsburgh.
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Mary A Downes
Government Printing Office
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Baltimore County
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