Foreign rate slump pulls down stocks on weak world markets
Bond and stock market in New York show little movement amid acute foreign weakness and Italy’s alignment with the Allies. Bethlehem Steel gains six points while Missouri Pacific and Chesapeake and Ohio attract activity on pending events. Gold shipments from Japan bolster inflows as U S bonds soften and trading remains narrow.
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Wall Street
Bethlehem Steel
New York
Italy
London
New York Bond Market Report Snapshot May Prices
New York market notes list numerous bond and stock quotes across telegraph and steel firms, rail lines, utilities, and railroads. Names include American Tobacco Armour Atlantic Coast lines Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago Burlington and Quincy Northern Pacific Union Pacific and Western Union among others with varied issue types and coupon notes.
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New York
May
American Agricultural
American Cotton Ouls
Ninsruan
Tel & Tel Co Fia
American Smelting
American Tobacco
Armour & Co
S Ae
Atchhison
Atchison cv
Colt
Baltimore & Ohio
S - Bby Faltimora & Ohio Way
Bethlshem Steel
Bly
Brooklyn Transit
Mil & St P
Com
ROL & Pac Ry
Chicago & Northwestern
Colorado & Southern
Yeaver & Rin Grande
Titatinera Securities
Erie Ev
Serten Bow
Reneral Electric Sa
Great Northern Ist
Minotw Central
Lwaterborougsh
Kansas
Reading Xen
St Louis
San Frances
Southwestern
Mir
Southern Bell Pelephona
Southern Pacity
Southern Facile
Southern Pact
Southern Railway
Texas Company
Texas and Pacific
Third Avenue
Union Pacific
Rubbers
Uo S& Steal Sa
Virginia-Carolina Chemical &S
Wabash
Fis - Western Union
Westinghouse Electric
Wall Street Gossip and Financial Shifts in May
New York reports Chesapeaks and Ohio directors defer June 1 per cent dividend. A June 17 format announcement follows a stock weakness to 39, its 1908 low. Gould estate seeks year extension on Missouri Pacific notes amid possible friendly reorganization. Russia orders steel rails for the Chinese Eastern line, Steel Corp. contract in hand. Ottawa gold shipments total 5 million with 2.6 million already in. Bank of England adds 2 million in foreign gold. notes on continued large gold imports and a weak sterling market.
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London
Kates
Rome
Petrograd
New York
Berlin
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ould
Bethlehem Steel
United States Steel
Japan
Bank of England
Tork Island
Missouri Pacific
Unite States
Chesapeaks
Ohio
Jar Gould
Missouri Pacific Railway
Goulds
Wall Street
Russia
Steel Corporation
Ottawa
France
Mergenthaler Linotype CO
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Fred'e J. Warburton
New York Money Market Snapshot May 20
Mercentile paper yields 8 percent as markets show weakness in sterling exchange with cables at 4.7865 and demand 4.7815. Bar silver at 49 1/2, Mexican dollars 88, government bonds weak, time loans firm. Call money steady to high at 2, low 1, ruling rate 2.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
The Metal Market and Cottonseed Oil Report
New York on May 20 shows copper prices steady with electrolytic at 19.00 and casting 18.60 to 18.75 while tin remains quiet and steady around 27.00 to 38.00. London quotes copper futures at 76 and tin futures at 160 pounds futures with antimony around 110 pounds. Prime crude cottonseed oil runs 5.39 to 5.47 with spot and futures for summer and winter yellows and whites quoted across multiple months from 6.35 to 8.68 and 6.71 for later months.
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New York
New York Metal Exchange
London
Chicago Grain Outlook Mixed Amid War Talk and Rust Fears
May 20 Chicago grain market closed unsettled as black rust fears supported wheat yet Italy’s war declaration rumor tempered gains. Corn and oats finished with modest advances, provisions up slightly. cash grain quotes showed No 2 red wheat around 1.58 to 1.64. Futures edges varied with May to July moves and mixed spreads across corn and oats while wheat near 1.50 to 1.53.
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Chicago
Italy
New York Produce Market Summary May 20
On May 20 in New York the market showed steadiness with receipts of 4 455. Creamery items ranged 28 to 29 for extras and firsts 26 to 27, with seconds 25 to 26. HGGS receipts 24 031 with varied prices for fresh gathered, storage, and firsts. Cheese market unsettled with state milks and averages around 174. Poultry market firm for alive stock, dressed demand dull. Lard midwest 9.60 to 9.70. Raw sugar firm at 4.85, refined steady. Coffee quiet with Rio 7s and Santos 4s at 9% recap.
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New York
Middle West
Rio
Santos
New York Grain Prices and Market Notes May Report
New York grain markets show firm bids with No 2 red at 1.69 and No hard at 1.6144. Duluth No 1 era at 1.57 and Manitoba No 1 northern at 1.61. Buffalo futures steady for May at 1.55. Corn spot firm at 84 for yellow with prompt shipment. Oats hay and barley largely steady. hides, leather, hops quiet.
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New York
Duluth
Manitoba
Buffalo
Holland's Financial Hint of U S Aid to Allies Bonds and Rediscounts
A Holland article discusses French and British financial support to aid ally payments from the United States without harming neutrality. It notes expected cooperation between English and French finances, the potential $200 million in French bonds, and growing rediscount facilities at Federal Reserve banks.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Bis
Financial District
Germany
Federal Reserve System
Bank of France
Treasury
England
Ute
Federal Reserve Banks
Benjamin Strong, Jr
Federal Reserve Bank
New York District
Holland
Local Securities Market Quiet. Bonds Lead Demand
The local financial note reports a quiet securities market with demand mainly for bonds. Capital Traction stock traded between 7 and 6 1/2 percent, with some 50 shares sold at 8 8 to 98. Washington Railway and Electric issues were neglected but supported, and bonds remained active and steady. Washington Gas saw good demand with no sales recorded, and limited trading persisted across other issues.
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Capital Traction
Lota
Washington Railway and Electric
Owind
Washington Gas
Washington Gaeta
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Riggs Realty Bs
Washington Railway
Washington Bay
Pfd
Mergenthaler
Lanston
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
American Nat
U. S. Trust
Washington Baseball Club
Thomas L. Hume
Local Stock Exchange Noon Sales Report
Sales regular call shows Washington Gas at 105 and 106 with multiple thousand dollar bids. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 6s trade at 103 and 103 percent. Riggs Realty bs at 1004 and 100 percent. Capital Traction active around 97 and 96 percent with small lots. Washington Railway and Diecttre preferred at 144. After call Capital Traction quotes unclear.
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Washington Gas
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 6S
Riggs Realty Bs
Capital Traction
Washington Railway and Diecttre
New York Cotton Closes Firm as Futures Edge Higher
The New York cotton market firmed today with prices up about 2.50 per bale from last week’s low. Buying supported by steady spot markets and limited contract supply. Close showed gains of 15 to 20 points with notable highs and lows across December and January futures.
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New York
Livestock Market Report Chicago and New York Auction Notes
Chicago and New York livestock markets report receipts and price ranges. Hogs in Chicago: receipts 22,000 with varied classes from light to rough. Cattle receipts 3,000 with ranges across native beef steers Western feeders and cows. Sheep receipts 8,000 with sheep and lamb ranges. New York reports: beef and calves with no trading, sheep and lambs steady with varied prices. Hog receipts 1,569 in New York with no trading.
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Chicago
New York
Probate notices and a district court civil suit publicized
Notices from the Supreme Court Probate Court of the District of Columbia announce letters testamentary on multiple estates including Suan TL. Dubsnt Minnie Krackhardt Ada B. Case and others, with claims deadlines from May 9 to May 12, 1915. A separate municipal court filing compels Frank P. Gilliam to answer Milli on May 6, 1915, regarding a piano sale dispute with Ef G. Smith Piano Company.
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Supreme Court OF the
District OF Columbia
Uolding Probate Court
Ada B. Case
Jenni
James Tanner
Register of Wills
Ieee Eee
Municipal Coure
Washington Post
de Itendant
Milton Strasburger
F. G
Probate notices in the District of Columbia
Multiple legal notices announce administration and testamentary letters for estates in DC probate court. Names include William Hatcher, Frank J. Elsinger, William Henry Harnsberger, John J. Colios also known as Tosak Candey, Anna Louise Walsh, with deadlines from May 1 to May 12, 1916. Attested by Deputy Register of Wills Taylor and local attorneys Dudley and Kelly Donaldson. Landmark addresses listed: 1116 Eighth Street NW, 126 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 1108 Eighteenth Street NW. witnesses and seals noted.
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Supreme Court OF the
District OF Columbia
Wiliam Hatcher
Williams, Hatcher
Harewood Trend
Brookland
D. C
Hatcher
Eighth Street
Seal
C. Taylor
Register of Wills
District of
Cnbia
Hayden Johnson
Frank J. Elsinger
William Carl Risingee
Taylor
Wille
Columbia
Ciece
John G. Dudley
Supreme Court OF the MsTricr of Columbia
Diatrict of Columbia
Willam Henry Harnsberger
Mwitness
Lenorh Calesta Harnsberger
Massachusetts Avenue
WM. G. Taylor
Supreme Court OF the District of Co
Hanbra
John J. Coliios
Tostak Candey
William J. Candey
Fighteenth Street
James Tanner
J. 3. Kelly
R. WN. Donaldson
Supreme Court OF Fee See
Co. Jee
T.’A
Anna Louise Walsh
Joseph Walsh
Wisconsin ’Avenue
Beal
PO. Taylor
District of Colum
Tnyld
George E. Sullivan
Supreme Court OF the District OF Columbia
Jane W. Wood
Sarah T. Fralick
Horace Graham
J. Eliot Wright
Alfred F. Wright
Washington Law Reporter
The
Washington Post
Siddons
WM. C. Taylor
Supreme Court OF the District OF Cn. Jumble
Ethel Carbaugh
Milton C
Mitton Greene
San Diego
Cal
Ransa
Bce
Wasington Law Reporter
Walrington Post
F. L. Siddons
Alfred B. Leet
Baltimore Markets Report: Grain Poultry Butter and Eggs
Market listings for oats and various poultry meats including old hens and roosters with per pound pricing, butter varieties from creamery and dairy prints, and egg prices across Maryland Pennsylvania Western and Southern firsts. Prices indicate small regional spreads in dairy and egg markets.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
United States Treasury Report Shows Yearly Deficit and Asset Totals
The Treasury closes with a net general fund balance of 14 045 981 and total receipts of 2 076 986 against payments 2 035 093, a fiscal year deficit of 106 889 134 compared with 40 979 529 last year. Revenue receipts, ordinary disbursements, and various coin and note totals are listed, totaling assets in the general fund of 248 919 120 57 and total cash assets of Treasury at 1 990 778 890.
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United States Treasury
T Treasury
General Fund, Assets and
Treasury Offices
United States
Treasury
Federal Reserve
National Bank
Philippinea
Philadelphia Markets May 20 Butter Eggs and Poultry
Philadelphia markets report slight firming in butter and cheese with eggs weaker. Wheat steady, corn down, oats lower, live poultry prices mixed with broilers around 20 to 30 cents and fowls 16 to 17 cents per pound.
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Philadelphia
Oil Quotations From Oil City May 20 Report
Credit ball finces total 1.35. Runs 129,534 with an 89,730 average. Shipments 40,202 with a 46,671 average. Ends abruptly in incomplete sentence.
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Oil City
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Tel. & Teleg. Co
Col. Paper
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Elec Co
Virginia Ry
Tel, & Teleg. Co
Mergenthaler Linotype
Lanston Monotype
Greens-Cananea Copper National Bank
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Lincoln
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American Security & Trust
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the Commercial National Bank
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Tyland
Suan TL. Dubsnt
Marie D
West North Avenue
H. Dill
Walter H. Marlo
Supreme Courr OF
District Oflumbia
Minnie Krackhardt
Clara Lotta Marlow
Maryland Avenue
Walter H. Marlow, Jr
Julius A. Maedel
Ss. E. Swayze, A
Potomac
Washington Rwy. Ptd
Washington Rwy. Com
Washington Gaa
National Bank of Washington
Munsey Trust
W. Steamboat
A. B. Leach & Co. Investment Securities
Broadway
Shington
Moorhead & Elmore
15Th St
Rox
F. Melchair
Georgetown Law School
Colorado
Ola Pest
Plano. J
Business Geottom
Ofice
Park
J. Erwig
Ept
Mt. Pleasand
Zoo Park
G. Voss
George Wison
Atlantic
Isdy
Perry Rt
Yong Man
Benking Corporation
Partculars Aus
Midwet
Bakers
Nes South Shore
Long Island
Trauwhrar
New York City
Washington Loan & Trust Company Cor
John Joy Edson
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Fifteenth Street N. W
Ralph W. Lee
Learance
14Th St. N.W
Ssle
Harry H
Geo. W. Green
10Th St
Willard Storage
14Th St
Pasrett
Wilcox
District of Colombia
Washington
Oliver 2
Newman
Louis Brownlow
Charles W. Katz
Commissioners OF the
District of Columba
Oliver
Louis Brownisat
Charles K. Kutz
Legal Notices
Ormsby McCammon
Dave
Distrit of Columbia
Isida Milton
Tomine
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