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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1911

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2

Stocks Rally After Standard Oil Ruling Big Demand

New York May 16 The Supreme Court decision on Standard Oil spurred heavy buying with 1,002,600 shares traded. Union Pacific led gains, others like General Electric United States Steel and Reading rose, while Standard Oil fluctuated. European account trading exceeded 75,000 shares, while money markets firmed and bond activity increased.

Standard Oil Union Pacific New York Wall Street Supreme Court Pearson-Farquahar Syndicate Amon General Electric Reading Southern Pacific United States Steel Westinghouse Electric Tran Copper Atchison Lehigh Valley New York Central Amalgamated Copper American Smelting American Tobacco London Tran Boston Philadelphia Mittsburg Chicago Commission Houses Harriman Steel Corporation Congress

New York bond market and commodities report brief

New York May 18 Bond market notes show Teledy and others with mixed quotes. Butter eggs flour and lard listed with steady to fair prices and receipts. cottonseed, cornmeal, potatoes, and peanuts appear with varied trading activity and nominal changes.

Treasury and Exchange Market Briefs

The United States Treasury and Washington stock exchange reports show regular call trading at noon with entries including Washing AGB bonds at 110 for 500 and Washington Railway and Electric 4s for 1000 units. The fragment notes ongoing price activity on these securities with no further details provided.

Washington Railway and Electric 4S

Baltimore Markets Report May 16 Wheat to Eggs Listings

Baltimore May 16 wheat firmer spot and contract at 424 on grade. Corn firmer spot and contract 57? oats nominal No 2 white. Rye firm No 2 Western domestic 1.16. Poultry allowances varied by weight with spring chickens 28 30 cents, ducks 14 15, old hens 16, old roosters 9 10, pigeons 30 per pair. Butter creamery fancy 32 42 cents, choice 20 22, printed 23 24, eggs Maryland Pennsylvania firsts 47 per dozen, Eastern 17, Western 58, Southern up to 16 4.

Baltimore Maryland Ohio West Virginia Virginia Pennsylvania Orsta Southwest Virginia Tennessee Elgin New York State New Georgia Florida South Cara North Carolina

The Metal Market Quiet on Copper Spots and Futures

New York reports copper markets steady with spot May June July and August at 71.55 to 71.63. London futures around 547 to 564. Arrivals today include 973 tons to date this month. Several foundries in Northern and Southern districts show varied activity while central London prices stay subdued.

New York London Tetum Wenanis Ais ML Centulry Northern Nat Foundry Jouthern Sinthern Soft Foundry Northern

Commerce Court calendar and orders listed in legal record

The United States Commerce Court term opens May 17 with hearings in the Interstate Commerce Commission rooms. Daily dockets show cases of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Procter & Gamble, Union Stock Yard, Norfolk and Western Railway, and others. Courts include Equity Circuit and Bankruptcy, with trials and assignments noted, plus price listings for goods and services.

United States Commerce Court Mesta United States Court of Customs Appeals Interstate Commerce Commission Fifteenth Street New York Avenue Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company United States Procter & Gamble Company Russe & Durgess Et J. W.thompson Lumber Company James J. Hooker Martin A. Knapp Eagle White Lead Company United States of America Union Stock Yard and Transit Company Chicago Norfolk and Western Railway Company Et al Atchison, Topeka and Senia Fe Railway Company Triday Omaha and Cornell Bluffs Street Wallway Company Omaha and Counetl Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company

Real Estate Transfers Across Washington City From Listings

A compilation of property transfers showing buyers including William L Browning Oscar W King and Westminster College along with firms like Potomac Storage Company and Washington Loan and Trust Company. Transactions cover multiple neighborhoods such as Mount Pleasant Twining City University Heights Rhode Island Avenue Terrace and Mount Airy with prices ranging from 10 to 10680 dollars.

M Street John A. Engle Bernard Leonard Mount Pleasant Pleasant Plains William L. Browning Libble Foer Q Street Oscar W. King C. P. M. Brown Rosemont Park Westminster College Salt Lake City Utah College Board of the Presbyterian Church In United States of America Harry G. Laycock Maryland Avenue Herman R. Howenstein Joseph Asile M. Haley Ingleside Wiliam L. Stewart William B. Wood University Heights Harry F. Schlegel John W. Souder Rhode Island Avenue Benjamin F. Leighton Irwin B. Linton Joseph A. Goodkey Rhode Island Avenue Terrace Ale J. Schuartz Uriel C. Hays Twining City Charles BE. Gerner Karl Braun Hermann Fischer Alfred Mathilda Fischer Connecticut Avenue Annie Parris Arthur Herbert Josephine PF. Hill Harry A. Kite Lucretia Butler Anne Heiberg Elizabeth Walker Mary E. V. Dodge Lincoln Shepard Harrison Dodge Nineteenth Street Potomac Storage Company Dupont Storage Company Mount Airy Rock of Dunbarton Joseph H. Bradley Duncan Bradley Magruder John Heroth J. Nagel Seventh Street James Francis Gantt Joseph Symanoski Thirteenth Street U and V Michael O'Connor Etux Joseph EL Syphax SMITH Charles J. Butler Thomes H. Banes William J Hilda Jacobi Washington Heights James D. Hobbs Thomas Banes J. Harry Chaney Frank Glascock Ambrose B. Hilton Frank J. Mullen Second Street Emma M. Tecan Katherine G. Leech Tenth Florence D. McAuliffe Washington Loan and Trust Company Grace M. Wood

Deeds of Trusts in Various Squares and Vacant Lots

Deeds of trust securing loans from multiple building associations are listed for numerous properties across SQUARE 1076 3887 7898 square 86 96 and other blocks including ROSEMONT PARK MOUNT PLEASANT HEIGHTS and WISCONSIN AVENUE PARK. Lenders include The National Permanent Building Association Home Mutual Building and Loan Association German American Building Association Capital Realty Company and Washington Loan and Trust Company with amounts ranging from 410 to 38 500 and terms from 1 to 5 years at 5 to 8 percent interest.

Henry F. Houck Wharton E.—Lester Michael J. Colbert National Permanent Huilding Association George M. Emmerich Associa Alexander Miller Douglas Mackall Washington Rosemont Park Harry @. Laycock Floyd EB. Davis Herman E. Gasch Westhamster College Joseph Haley Herman RE. Howenstein Emanuel Spatch Edgar R. Richardson Rhode Island Joseph A. Goodkey L. W. Richardson S. Xlegins ‘Terry H. F. Mandler Wisconsin Avenue Park Carrie E. Taylor Keggins Terry Capital Realty Company Mary — Osterman Riggins Terry David H. Allen Albert F Edmund K. Cox Frederick R. Walker Mount Pleasant Heights William W. Frost William T. Ballard G. F. Hunt Marie L. Hunt H. D. Gordon Fulton R. Gordon Amnie B. Hart Morris Blen John B. Larner John A. Hamilton Washington Loan and Trust Company Alexander H. Willams Twining Frank J. Nagel Mount ‘Pleasant Smith William J. Jacobin Thomas H. Bones Charles J.butler Frederick A. Lake Whitney Close William L. Stewart Joseph A. O'Hara Walter A- Dowd L. Walter Weed Edward M American Security and Trust Company National Savings and Trust Company Louis Gundling William J. Flather Frank T. Rawlings John M. Jones Balthasar Gerlach Ernest L. Schmidt German-American Building Association

Wall Street Opens With Record Activity Across Markets

London and New York markets surged as early trading ran heavy. In London, American shares gained strongly as New York buying pushed prices higher. The opening session saw 250,000 shares traded in half an hour, with total volume 425,000 in the first hour, the largest of the year. American Tobacco bonds also rose to yearly highs on expectations of dissolution.

London New York Wall Street

Local Financial Stock Market Slump and Mixed Trading

Local stock activity showed little improvement with few orders and no clear catalysts for the slump in volume. Washington Gas opened at 4 1 2 and moved to 4 1 2 without a trade while Washington Railway and Electric preferred sold 75 shares at 8 7 3 4, dividend included. Bond demand was moderate with Norfork and Washington Steamboat 4s at 104 to 141 8, best since issue. G A Miller, East St Louis, was examined for a national bank examiner post and was appointed, to serve in Missouri. The Treasury’s monetary commission expenditures totaled 207,120 from 1908 to 1911. An additional 250 was raised for clerks’ salary campaign with Hecht’s contributing, and R J C Dorsey was appointed examiner of district building and loan associations.

Washington Gas Washington Railway and Electric Preferred Norfolk and Washington Washington Railway and Electric G. A. Miller Southern Illnois National Bank East St. Louis National Bank Examiner Comptroller's Office Miller Missouri Charles W. Watson Washington Hecht

New York Money Market Steady Across Short Terms

Money on call holds at 2 1 2 percent with the ruling rate 24 percent. Time transfers priced around 60 days at 21793. 80 days at 2443. months at 24734. Prime mercantile paper offered around 3 14 percent. Exchange pool steady with bankers bills near 240 for 60 days and 4.96 to 4.8690 for demand. Government bonds steady. railroad bonds listed with minor moves.

New York Mynel Woreda tSerling Exchange Ealy

Democrats pick W. F. Cleveland for ninth district seat

Council Bluffs Iowa May 16 W F Cleveland of Harlan was chosen by the Democratic convention of the Ninth congressional district as candidate for the vacancy created by Judge Walter I Smiths resignation. The Republican convention remains deadlocked with W L Stern Judge W R Green and E S White as candidates.

Council Bluffs Iowa W. F. Cleveland Harlan Ninth Congressional District Walter I. Smith W. L. Stern W- R. Green E. 5. White

Brilliant Scene as Victoria Memorial Unveiled in London

In front of Buckingham Palace on May 16, King George I and the German Emperor unveiled a marble memorial to Queen Victoria. Dignitaries from church and state attended with royal family members, while Thames Brock, sculptor of the statue, was knighted. A banquet followed at Buckingham Palace for the visiting sovereigns.

Buckingham Palace Thomas Brock London Germany George I Victoria Canterbury Walter Parritt George Kaiser Emperor William Order of the Garter Mr. Reid Reid Thames Brock Queen Victoria

Peanut Fire Destroys Suffolk Factory and Stock

A five story peanut factory owned by Bain & Co. and allied interests including Gwaltney Bunkley Peanut Co. of Smithfield burned in Suffolk on May 16. Over 200000 bushels burned, losses around 250000 dollars. Flames raged late into the night despite five fire streams. No confirmed burials as walls collapsed and firefighters escaped miraculous injuries. Insurance about 160000 dollars. The blaze imperils the world supply as only a small portion of last year’s crop remains with producers.

Suffolk Bain & Co Gwaltney Bunkley Peanut Company Smithfield

Punish Trust Heads Principle Emphasized by Wilson

Gov. Wilson told a UC Berkeley audience that penalties must reach the directors and officers of corporations, not corporations themselves. He urged that punishing artificial persons is futile and urged cooperation between business and society.

Gov. Wilson Berkeley Cal Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Phi Beta Kappa University of California

Clerks Unions Opposed By Manufacturers Panel

New York May 16 legislative committee of the National Association of Manufacturers opposes Sen ator La Follette's DIE removing government employees from unions. It warns membership could force strikes against public interests. Eight-hour day blamed for higher government costs. Chicago hot day with 89 degrees links to heat deaths and several prostrations.

New York Legislative Committee The National Association of Manufacturers Senator la Follette Chicago John Heathinger

Live Stock Markets Report from New York and Chicago

May 16 market notes show steady to firm tones across cattle calves and sheep. New York receipts include 674 cattle and 3,645 sheep and lambs with firm dressed beef and calves. Chicago reports 2,000 cattle and 16,000 hogs and 15,000 sheep with mixed but generally weaker hogs and steady sheep and lambs.

New York Chicago Reeves Texas

Philadelphia markets grain butter eggs and poultry prices May 16

Market notes show weak wheat with No 2 red export elevators and steady corn oats and butter. Eggs steady with lower per case prices and Western firsts near 4.95 per case. Cheese firm with New York full creams and September futures. Poultry steady with various prices for fowls roosters chickens and ducks. potatoes unchanged.

Philadelphia Pennsylvania F. c New York

New York Grain and Livestock Markets May Report

New York grain market notes spot irregularities for wheat and corn with futures moving on international factors but closing mixed. Wheat futures declined after a bearish Kansas crop report, while corn and oats showed limited activity. Receipts and shipments figures listed. barley remains quiet. Washington cattle market reports veal calves strong with prices for hogs, sheep, and lambs varying by grade.

New York Duluth Kansas Canada Buenos Ayres

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