Stock Trading Slows As Foreign Exchange Weakens Markets
New York May 18 reports show the lightest full session in over two months with about 210000 shares traded. Net revenues rose by 1 646 000 in the last quarter though foreign exchange weakness and cautious sentiment kept gains modest amid thin turnover and early declines in general stocks.
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Kew Haven
New York
Bers
Prores
France
Sterling Exchange
London
Chicago grain markets edge lower on cautious expert view
Chicago May 18 prices slipped as a leading expert questioned strong evidence for a crop disaster. Wheat closed 2% to 2½% lower with corn oats and provisions also down. Futures showed modest losses across May and July contracts, with cash grain quoted for wheat and corn and standard oats trading softer.
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Chicago
Livestock Market Summary New York and Chicago May 18
New York receipts show no trading across calves sheep and hogs with strong sheep market and steady lambs while hogs and calves remain inactive. Chicago reports weak hogs with a wide price range and firm cattle with diverse ranges for native and western steers cows heifers and calves and weak sheep and lambs overall.
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New York
Chicago
Wall Street Dullness Confounds Stock Exchange Activity
New York notes a rare quiet on the stock exchange with volumes near 200,000 shares, echoing past St Patrick's Day surges. Meantime Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe forecasts nine percent earnings, Granby Consolidated holds-dividend, Missouri Pacific notes linger, and banks maintain cautious loan posture post Lusitania impact.
Canada Firm To Run Russia War Orders In U S Plants
New York May 1 Nathaniel Curry president of the Canadian Car and Foundry Company says his firm has a Russia war order valued at 83 600 000 and will be executed mainly in the United States with subcontracts to Canadian and American manufacturers The overall war material contracts are estimated near 1 000 000 000 reflecting large financing and cash payments in advance where applicable.
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Rossia
United States
New York
Nathaniel Curry
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
Atlantic
Curry
Russia
Canada
Financial District
Holland
Alaska Gold
Maxwell M
Allis-Chalmera Bt
Allia-Chalmera
Miami
Kans
Missouri
Nat. C. and
Pfa Hentiioea
Nat
BOOIN
Y. Central
Am. Tee
al Scoin
N. H
Nort
Charles M
North
Pacific
Peoples G
Penns. R. R
Piittsburgh Coal
Baltimore
Ohio
Ray Con
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Steel P. WL
Rep
Iron Steel
Brooklyn R. T
WSL L
Seaboard Air Line
Canadian Pacific
ABER
Central Leather Oy
Seaboard A. L. Pfd &7
Chesapeake
Biel
Southern Pacific
Chi Great West
Southern Bay
St. P
Studabaker
N. W
Texas Company
R. I
Third Avenue
Armory
Tobacco Pr
China
Twin C. BR. T
IPA
Union Bag
Contin
Union B
Pittsburgh
U. S. Express
Erie Fos
Erie Ist
U. S
U. S. Ind
Pittsburgh Corporation
Gen Motors
S. Steel
Motors
Utah
Goodrich
B. F
Va.Carp. Chem
Western Union Tel
Havrie Ry
Insp
Westinghouse
Met
Woolworth
Int
Har
N. J
Ilesyg
City South
Wheel
I. E
S. Pfata
L. E. 2d
Lorillard
Jie
Willys-Over
D. Bheeee
Maxwell M. Co
New York Cotton Prices for Seed Oil and Winter Yellow
New York on May 18 reports COTTONSEED OIL values with prime crude at 5,886 47. Prime summer yellow spot and May at 6.25, June 637, July 648, August 6.61, September 6.73, October 6.72, November 6.40, December 6.61. Prime winter yellow and summer white priced at 6.35 and 7.50 respectively.
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New York
Baltimore Markets Summary of Prices May 18
Baltimore markets report May 18 showing oats at 58 percent for No 3 white, poultry values for live fowl and ducks with weights and regional egg assortments, butter varieties from creamery to dairy prints, and egg grades across Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio and nearby West Virginia with firsts at 17 to 18 cents.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Copper Market Quiet as Prices Hold in New York and London
Copper conditions were steady with electrolytic at 19.00 and casting at 18.50 to 18.75 in New York. London quotes showed spot copper at 77 108 and futures at 78. Iron remained steady and unchanged.
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New York
London
New York Produce Prices and Market Notes May 18
New York May 18 butter steady with receipts 18 008 creamery goods and rising scores. Eggs weak with 35 746 receipts including extras and firsts. Cheese firm with 6 031 receipts State whole milk spadala 17 percent. Poultry alive steady Western chickens and turkeys quoted. frozen and dressed products listed. Sugar bean firm at 4.95 with molasses 4.12 and refined steady. Flour steady. cornmeal quiet. rye flour dull. Pork and beef steady. lard easy in middle West. Wheat spot weak and futures May 1.56. Corn spot easy No 2 yellow 84 percent. Oats barely steady. rye steady. barley steady.
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New York
Sac Onda
Hennery
Middle West
du Tuth
Manitoba
Buffalo
New York Money Market Report May 18
Mercantile paper stands at 3%4, sterling exchange heavy with 0 day pills quoted at 47625, cables 4.7935 demand 4.7890. Bar silver 49½, Mexican dollars 38½. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds heavy. Time loans firm with 60 to 90 days at 2% to 3% intervals. Call money steady high 2 low 1, ruling rate 2, last loan 2, closing bid 1 offered at 2.
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New York
Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Oil Quotations Report From OM City Pa May 1
Credit balances show 119 638 average 7 947 shipments total 96601 average 47783. The terse item records oil quotation figures for the day in OM City Pennsylvania with balances and shipment totals.
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OM City
Credit Ballanves
Washington Stocks Rally and Capitol Traction Hits High
Trading on the Washington Stock Exchange centered on Capitol Traction stock, which reached a new high as 225 shares sold at 9 percent during regular call and 10 more at 98 3 4 after call. Trading showed persistent demand with offers to sell slightly above 9 remained. Washington Gas held steady around 72 1 2 while Washington Railway and Electric were inactive. Bond prices were steady with muted demand. Graphophone names Philip Dodge as new president, replacing the late Haston, and a stockholders meeting is set for May 24 to approve by-law changes.
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Washington Stock Exchange
Capitol Traction
Washington
Washington Gas
Bondy
Capital Traction
Graphophone
Philip Dodge
New York
American Graphophone Company
B. D. Haston
Dodge
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Washington Horse and Mule Exchange
11Th St. N. W
Bettess
Geo. Green
Capze
Willard Storage
14Th St
Wilcox Truss
Local stock exchange regular call at noon notes trades
Washington Gas bonds and stock listed with several lots traded at 105 and 99 levels. Capital Traction shows 2 percent and 25 share lots at 99, with post call activity including a 1 Capital Traction RB 6s at 105 and 1 500 at 1047. Washington Railway and Electric preferred trades at 81. Washington By and Electric common at 9.
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Washington Gas Bs
Capital Traction
Washington Railway and Electric Preferred
Washington Gas
Capital Traction RB
Washington By
Electric Commen
Local Produce Market Prices From Wholesale Listing
A dense wholesale price list for poultry cheese butter eggs and produce details per pound per item. Items include hens roosters ducks turkeys chickens spring chickens dressed poultry peppers tomatoes lettuce cranberries oranges Florida strawberries grapefruit lemons pineapples apples and more with varied unit pricing across regions and grades.
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New York State
Elgin
Virginia
Hennekea
Florida
North Carolina
Texas
California
Washington Cattle Market Woes and Philadelphia Prices
Washington cattle market receipts are fair with steady demand for salves lambs and hogs. lamba receipts light while teal calves and medium stock show mixed percentages. Philadelphia markets report butter steady eggs firm cheese firm wheat lower No 2 red and No 1 Northern exports, corn lower No 2 spot, oats lower No 6 white.
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Washington
Philadelphia
COHRN
Pei
United States Treasury closes with net general fund balance
The Treasury reports May 17, 1918, closing figures showing net balance in the general fund of 14,420,073 dollars, total receipts 3,355,265, total payments 2,800,477, and a fiscal year deficit of 106,516, not adjusted for Panama Canal and debt. The statement lists assets, gold and silver holdings, various notes, and total cash assets in the general fund, with bank note redemptions for the day.
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United States Treasury
General Fund
Treasury Cep
United States
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Philip Pangr
Cae E Ees Ereneere
Army and Navy News Changes in Officer Assignments
Military officers across corps receive station and duty changes. Maj Mark and Maj Hershy in the Eighteenth Infantry are relieved from treatment duties. several captains and lieutenants in medical corps and ordnance department are reassigned or ordered to new posts including Alaska, Hawaii, and the Panama Canal governorate. The resignation of First Lieut Mark Marshall from the medical reserve corps is accepted.
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Mark 1
Harley
Eighteenth Infantry
Lisot
Glarench C Williams
Crnance Department
Army
Navy
Mark
Hershy
Letterman General Hospital
Presidio of
San Francisco
Frederick F. Russell
Medical Corps
Panaman Canal
Henry C Michye, Jr
Fort Miesoula
Mont
No. 8
Galveston
Tex
Fort Bt. Michaal
Alaska
Thomas L. Ferenbaugh
United States
Harry Il, Dale
Douglas
Artz
Fort William H. Seward
John 8. Lambie, Jr
Everett
Hughes
Thomas J. Smith
Field
Ordnance Department
Fourth Field Artillery
Leo J. Ahern
Field Artillery
Mark Marshall
Medical Reserve Corps
Naval Orders List of Officers and Assignments
Naval orders detail Capt F B Bassett and others commissioned or detached to various stations, including Pensacola aeronautic station and navy yards in New York and Norfolk. It lists junior grade lieutenants, paymaster duties, chief and carpenter officers, and ships and stations such as Mayflower Proteus and Olympia with movements to Newport News and San Pedro, among others.
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F B. Bassett
H. Bustin
Kommandantavy Aeronautic
Pensacola
Fria
H. W McCormick
Columbia University
Navy Yard
New York
Tolent
James McCirish
C G. West
Vermont
Norfolk
Taeut
H. Wilson
A. &. Morgan
M. J. Foster
R. P. Hinrichs
H. R. Keller
M.D. Gilmore
Peterson F.M Collier
B R. McClung
B. B. Boward
W. D. Kilduff
C. H. Cobb
Ames Loder
LEWIS
R. Dennett
M. 8
Uncas
Constellation
Newport
Wahnets
Annapolis
Proteus
Sewall Point
Norfol
Preble
Perry
Mare Island
San Pedro
Galventon
Kigkiang
Washington
Vera Cruz
Mayflower
North River
New York City
Callao
Canton
Cleveland
San Diego
Nanmban
San Francisco
Olympia
Key West
Colorado
Cincinnati
Nagasaki
Machins
Atlantic
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American Tel & Tel
Armour & Co
Atchison Gen
Atchison
Aim
Atlantic Coast Line
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Frrooklyn Transit Cy
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Central Leather
Faerapeake & Ohio
Sey
Chesapeake & Ohio cv
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Chicago Great Western
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Chicago Brot & Pac Ry
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Friamen
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Kaness
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Leriard Ag
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York Railways
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Southern Pactite
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Ray Consolidated
Republic Steel Bs
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St Lowe Southwestern Con
Air Line Adj. Bs
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Etraden Coper
Brit -Amer Tobacco
Havana Tobacco
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Kansas
Aton
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Obiehaw
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Chicago Grain
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Ripley
Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company
Missouri Pacific
Union Trust Company
Lusitania
NEW York Stock Market
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Local Stock Exchange
Georgetown Gas
Ind
Washington Gas Ss
Columbia Gas & Electric
Ti Railroad
Capital Traction Co
Ana. & Pot
River R
City & Suburban Ry
Metropolitan R. R
Wash
Hilec
Wash., Alex
Mt. V
Pot
Norfolk & Wash
Riggs Realty
Blec
Elec
Virginia Ry
Union Trust
Washington Loan & Trust Continental
Home Savings Bank
Commerce & Saving
East Washington Savings Fire Insurance
Corcoran Firemen
National Union
Columbia Title Insurance
Security Storage Co
Washington Market
Local Produce Market
Army and Navy News
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Riggs National Bank Penn, AV
U. 8
Treasurt
Thomas L. Hume
A. B. Leach & Co. Investment Republion
Broadway
Moorhead & Elmore
15Th St
Washington Loan & Trust Company Cor
John Joy Edson
Columbia
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Fifteenth Street N. W
N.w.halsey &Co
Eugene E. Ailes
14Th St. Aw
Ralph W. Lee Insurance
N.W
Monday Evening Club
Sidmed
Infrae Police Department
Trong
ST. NW
Lanier PL
Lanier
Ta Apt
Mt. Plersand
Zoo Park
George Wilton
Indy
Lartheran
13Th St Ce
Seashore
Long Island
Pimlico
KRIEG
Cxpress
H Street
Glote Furniture Co
SMIPH
Mayerport
Littlefield Atverd & Co
Branca Ae
Columbie Treaster and Storage Co
BOS
Mator
Eabhurban
Ebs Tr Ned
Merchants’ Transfer & Storage Co
E Street New
Evans
Royal Eypewriver Company
Tre Ee
Berlitz
Serslay
Erming
Sycmoo Clazaes
Lessoum
NGING
Milly Fred Barnes
Eleventh Street
Strayer’s Business
Masonic Temple
Edward Clarke
Iue Supreme Court OF the District
Fof Colentua
T Mazinger
Tun‘anuin Ho Parker
Sarah Morgan
Catherine MrCarmick
Liavie Smith Myr
Richard Tate
Maggie Tate
Mary Woeyfarth
Ois
Washington Law Reporter
Washington Post
Dave
KT Siddons
iSealy
James Tanner
Columma
Irving Williamson
Supreme Court OF the District OF Columma Holding
Agnes T Burton Flecegsey
Satvatian
Robert W. Brown
Atiaw
Mort
Bin
Agnes E Burton
Otelork
Ehow
Taw
Warhington
Siddons
Samls Cannlr Gugister
Witsforth
Coloming
Frobate
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