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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1914

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2

Cotton Shipments Hit Record Levels As Markets Rally

New York reports show continued financial improvement with near elimination of trading restrictions on unlisted securities. Cotton exchange to reopen soon amid easing reserve requirements, while steel sentiment improves and money markets firm. Varying foreign exchange moves and clearance by banks support a cautiously optimistic tone in London and global trade signals.

London New York Beilings Cotton Exchange Clearing House Association Federal Reserve Law Germany Indian Ocean

United States Treasury Receipts and Disbursements Report

Treasury daily and monthly revenue receipts shown for November 9 1914 with totals for year to date and month to date. Ordinary disbursements and general fund assets listed including gold and silver certificates and bank notes. Total cash assets and reserve figures summarized.

Mj Treasury Jackel United States Nat Treasury National Bank Philippines General Betes Fund

Market Reopens as NYSE Restores Unrestricted Trading

New York on November 1 marked the first day since July 3 with unrestricted trading after the operation of the New York Stock Exchange committee. The curb market surged briefly in Standard Oil and newer industrials after the announcement that supervision was no longer necessary, but activity dwindled after about half an hour.

New York Operial New York Stock Exchange Toda

New York Grain Prices and Market Movements Report

New York grain prices show wheat quotes for No 2 trade and No 2 hard at 165 2 4 to 1 1 2 dollars nominal, with Buffalo No 1 northern Duluth and Manitoba futures firming then declining on liquidation. Spot prices for No 2 yellow corn hold steady while rye and oats remain steady. hay and hides show firmness but leather remains steady. Portions describe futures for December and May, with Argentine deliveries noted at 7 1 2 percent.

New York F. Buffalo Duluth Manitoba Buffalo Hholes Pacific Coasts West

Morgan Firm In New Marble Home On Wall and Broad

J P Morgan amp Co moved into a new exclusive building at Wall and Broad Streets New York. The four story Tennessee marble exterior and foreign marble interior cost about 5 million dollars including ground, vaults, and private offices for partners. The basement vault weighs 32 tons and stores securities.

New York J. P. Morgan & Co Wall and Broad Streets Groun Ls Pactoers

Banks Weigh Reserve Shares Under Federal Reserve Act

New York bankers meeting of 11 clearing house members voted unanimously to use reserves at 25 to 15 percent as required by the new Federal Reserve Act. Formal action on the proposal will be taken next Friday.

New York Clearing House Association Bosloesa Great Anerifee First Clans

Express Dividend Cut by Adams Express Company

New York November 11 directors of Adams Express Company declared a fourth quarter dividend of 12 dollars per share from accumulated surplus. This marks a 50 cent reduction from the previous disbursement and lowers annual dividends to four dollars against the regular twelve dollars rate set for the five years from 1899 to 1913.

New York Adams Express Company

New York Produce Market Report Fragment

A fragmentary market summary from New York lists mixed produce and commodities with varied prices and demand. It mentions Livy Lery chickens, molasses, and pork, noting firm or steady trends alongside unusual OCR garble and uncertain figures.

New York Ehaiest Fuig&steady Livy Lery -Firm Ellver Hi

Local Produce Market Wholesale Prices and Items

Wholesale prices for poultry and produce listed with various items and unit names. Entries include spring chickens, turkey, beans, spinach, tomatoes, eggs, lemons, pineapples, apples, pears, grapes, and more with prices per basket, box, crate, or barrel across locations in Virginia and surrounding areas.

Rigid Turkey Tub Feeah Virginia West Virgina Aia Nouthern Virginia Ima Ogee SM Concord Niagara

New York Market Update on Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Beaves revelpte at 1 802 head with hogs 6 50 to 8 20 and cows around 20. Calves sold 9.00 to 15.50 with yearlings and grassers nominal. Sheep and lambs receipts 2 084 with no tender trade in hogs reported.

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New York Cotton Futures Trade Moves Toward Resumption

New York traders eye an early resumption of futures trading as a special committee plan for a clearing house earns general approval after minor revisions. December contracts slip slightly to 7.50-7.55. Port receipts reach 57,433 bales with 49,? baled export figures. New Orleans market steady at 11-10 with 1,750 bales sold.

New York Board of Managers Ti Fs Pat Cotum Exchange Pthaive

Philadelphia Markets Reported Prices and Commodities

Philadelphia markets list assorted commodities with prices and notes. Butter levels firmer from Western creamery, eggs at 10.80 for nearby firsts, Western extra firsts at 10.80, oats steady, cheese steady, wheat easing with No 2 red spot at 1.116, starch and dressed poultry mixed, fowls heavy 17 to 18, old roosters 13, tallow steady.

Philadelphia Weatern Creamery F. c Northern Duluth

Holland ends long view on Birmingham growth and Hewitt foresight

In New York the late Abram Hewitt’s prophecy of a Birmingham dominated iron and steel industry is linked to current growth. President Farrell of United States Steel notes Birmingham’s surge from 38,400 to nearly 200,000 in fifteen years and cites rising exports to Siam, Italy, England and Africa as evidence of industrial and regional shift.

Atlantic Refining Thourane Chexebrough Galena Signal Pr Galena Signal Indiana ST Southerrt New Jersey New York Menohard Washington Atlanta Goldfield McKinley Darragh Abram S. Hewitt Farrell Abrams Hewitt Iron and Steel United States United States Steel Corporation Iron and Steel Industry Gulf of Mexico Birmingham Ala Alabama Hewitt British Tron and Steel Institute Great Britain Mr. Hewitt American Iron and Steel Institute Congress New York City American Institute James J. Farrell South American Iron and Steel Industry Mayor Hewitt Thomas Hughes England Hughes Rugby Pittsburgh Aliabama Far East Africa South America Siam Italy Holland

New York Money Market Briefs November Rates and Figures

Mercantile paper quoted at 4 1 4. Figures show weak sterling exchange with 60 day bills at 4.88503 and cables at 4.8865, demand at 4.89. Bar silver marked at 48. Exchanges tallied at 204,994,039 with balances of 12,495,187.

New York Mercantile Paper Sterling Exchange

Newman to Address Mayors Conference in Philadelphia

Commissioner Oliver P. Newman departs for Philadelphia to represent the District at the American Mayors Conference. He will speak on the District Public Utilities Commission work and goals. Accompanying him is Conrad H. Syme, general counsel, who will study utilities regulation issues before the commission and in Philadelphia’s valuation efforts. S. W. Bemlas, overseeing valuation for both District and Philadelphia, will discuss present day regulatory issues. J. G. Williams, conference statistician, may also attend.

Philadephia Oliver P. Newman Philadelphia Conference of American Mayors District Public Utilities Commission Conrad H. Syme Commission W. Bemlas J. G. Williams

Convicts Sentenced to Atlanta Aggregate 129 Years

Chief Justice Covington added two prison terms in Criminal Court No 1 bringing total to 30 convicts sentenced to Atlanta Ga for confinement in the Federal penitentiary. Twenty eight had already received sentences totaling 129 years as he warned crime in the district must be broken up. The two new sentences were James Pinkey four years for assault with a dangerous weapon and Carman Briggs two years for a statutory offense.

Covington Tm Criminal Court No Atlanta James T Pinkey Carman Briggs Criminal Court NO United States John May Isaack Alward Waite States Arthur Fenwick T. L. Jones Herbert Rum H. J. Quinn James Maney J. W. Nichola J. C. Foster Richard Hunt Bowles Ve. Carman Briggs Danny Kelly Briggs Kelly Probaton

Police News Notes of Robberies and Accidents Yesterday

Police notes list robberies such as $20 from Henry and Mockabee at 110 Four-and-a-Half street southwest and items stolen from John Sullivan at Union Station. Also reported were burglaries and thefts from Adams Express and Williams, plus two traffic injuries at Eleventh and H streets northeast and Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest. A child and several adults were injured or involved in fires and vehicle incidents, including a garage fire at Cradsbury Heights and a runaway United States Express truck at 1113 G street northwest.

Henry & Mockabee John Sullivan Carrot Hall Catholic University Union Station John Hardy Fourteenth Street Northwest Washington Adams Express Company George W. Williams Thirty-First Street Misa Tina M. Landon I Street Rauscher Connecticut Avenue L Street Lewis Copperlam Thirteenth Street Pennsylvania Avenue Joseph Carroll Thilip Wolfe James Sneed Tenth Street Thirteenth Fourteenth Hatreeta Ismergency Hospital George Shipley Cradsbury Heights Frank Diggs United States Express G Street Northwest

Gift From Crippled Orphan Inspires Wristlet Gift

Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the President, reports the Red Cross has received eight crocheted wristlets from a crippled orphan girl living at 1206 South Forty-ninth Street near Philadelphia. The orphan, unable to walk for fourteen years, writes of her desire to help wounded soldiers and her willingness to give what she can despite poverty.

Margaret Wilson Hed Cross South Forty-ninth Street Philadelphia

Board of Trade Election Set for First Meeting Today

Officers of the Board of Trade are to be elected at the first meeting of the new board of directors this afternoon in the board rooms. Current officers expected to be reelected include President Cuno H. Rudolph and Vice Presidents William H. Singleton and William John Eynon, plus Secretary C J Gockeler and Treasurer George W Harris. OFL Quotations. City, Nov 11. Credit balances 1 45. Runs 56858 bbl. average 74216 bbls. Shipments 39114 bbls. average 59470 bbls.

Board of Trade Board of Directors Cuno H. Rudolph William H. Singleton William John Eynon C. J. Gockeler George W. Harris

Supreme Court legal record summary from October session

United States Supreme Court present justices hear admissions of counsel from Topeka and New York, examine cases Nos 597 Hodges era, 88 Great Northern Railway, 75 Des Moines G, 76 Pennsylvania Railroad, 77 Hendrick Maryland, and others. Proceedings include adjournment details and next Thursday schedule Nos 77 73 81 88 80 61 92. United States Court of Customs Appeals hears numerous civil and criminal appeals, with arguments by Washburn, Levett, Webster, Gowen, and others. District of Columbia Court listings cover patent appeals, equity actions, probate matters, and circuit court assignments.

United States Supreme Court Justice McKenna Justice Holmes Justice Day Justice Hughes Justice van Devanter Justice Lamar Justices Pitney Justice McReynolds Leo Monroe Topeka Kana A. M. Harvey Benjamin H. McCowen Auguste, Ge Charles Thaddeus Torry New York City Sidney B. Perry Biog Stockbridge Baltimore Mutual Film Corporation of Missouri Appellant George H. Hodges J. H. Ralston Great Northern Railway Company James A. Hower Pennsylvania Railroad Company Laintiff Vuritan Coal Mint Jonpeny Ets ¥. Gowen A. M. Liveright A. L . Gole Francia I. Gowen John T. Hendrick Maryland J. H. Balaton United States Court of Customs Appeals Montgomery Smith, Barber da Vries Martin Wile U. A Myora U. 3 Ve. Openham Pulaski Re. U. S Heory County Va. Ug Muller la Montagne Lorach U. 8 Wood @ Selick Elliott, & Co U.S Cullman U. B. Wa. Faber, Inc U. & Park & Tilford U. S. Wa Albert H. Washburn B.A. Levett Henry J. Webster Alla RR. Brown Frederick W. Dreaks, Jr Edward P. Sharrette Edwin R. Wakefield Thomas M. Lane William L. Wempie Amicus Curias

Real Estate Transfers Across City Blocks

Real estate transfers list several property deeds with buyers and sellers across districts including 11 percent NH Avenue NW, C Street SE, Washington Heights, Ingleside, Emerson Street Northeast, Chevy Chase, Sixth Street NW, Villa Park Heights and Whitehaven. Notable transactions include Cotbert to Mosher and Cotbert trustees at 7 000 dollars, Harlow to Norton at 20 dollars, and Glover acquiring Whitehaven lots 7 through 11 for 20 790 dollars.

New Hampshire Avenue Michael J. Cotbert Et al Anna M. Mosher Amichael J. Cotbert E. Carro] Morgan C Street Fourteenth Fifteenth Anna M. Harlow Ella A. Norton Washington Heights Margaret Evans John C. Maracher Entu Chevy Chase Fulton R. Gordonet Ax Kenneth P. Clarke Fsoz Whitehaven J. Eakin

Deeds of Trust in Petworth and Surrounding Squares

A long list of property deeds of trust across Petworth and adjoining areas details lenders and borrowers, securing various sums from 400 to 10,000 dollars. Notable entries include loans to Washington Six Per Cent Permanent Building Association, Eastern Building and Loans Association, and Northern Liberty German American Building Association, with properties ranging from lots to block numbers in Mount Pleasant and Ingle districts.

Petworth Nerman Howenstein Et Watson F. Clark Fred W. Reeven Louis F. Gardner Harry Simcox Et George W. Imomerich Douglass Mackall Washington Permanentuilding Association Letrot Park Rudolph W. Bishop Rudolph W. Bishop Et al Gmme Hallie B. Emmett Thomas A. Yeager George W. Ofratt, Jr Quaker City Investment Company Jono AL Graham Ayron A. Grahams John Scrivener John Gardiner Mount Pleasant George Keetler Herbert A. Gill Theortore N. Gill Harry A. Blessing Gurtny A. Glesler Robert EB. Mattingly Katherine A George 4 Worthington, Jr Gustave T. Worthington Washington Heights John C. Marscher Stanley D.willis Gibbon TE. White Margaret Evans Ingle de Outher A. Swartsell George W. F. Swartzell Alexander T. Hensey Harry T. Domer Charles A. Cherry Samuel H. Walker Michael I. Weller Eastern Building and Loans Association Leas and Plains Alice G. Chapman James E Henry H. Bergmann Charles Schafer Northern Liberty German American Hallding Association James D. Tumet Ax Frank T. Rawlings Jesse W. Rawlings Frank Fh Collins Kenneth P. Clarke H . Garton Yosevara Fulton R. Gordon Dennis McDevitt Carl J. Dergmann John W. Loughran Mary A. Johnson Panagretes G. Mileolopouloe Theodore M. Judd George M. Lewin Susan TF. Dubant Lara A. Johnson Earl P. Hopkins Samuel Burnside Clara A. Marden Mary O'Dea Ana ‘Trust Company Equitable Cooperative Building Association Fanny J. Barrett Joh D. Coughlan J. Eakin Gadsby Edgar M. Mayne

Metal markets wrap reflects mixed metals pricing

New York trading shows spot lead and tin edging lower while copper and zinc hold. Lead at 3.00 to 3.50 ranges. electrolytic copper bids around 11.25 to 11.50. spelter around 4.90 to 5.00. tin quotes about 33.87 to 34.25 for small lots. London offers tin at £188. copper around £50 per ton. other metals cited in pounds per ton.

New York Tom Jota London Straits

Richmond and Southbound Rail Schedule Updates

The Washington Southern Railway lists departures from Union Station to Richmond and the south via Fredericksburg with daily 4 30 and 7 88 local times and 10 00 6m 8 06 4 45 5 00 late afternoon options. Fredericksburg service runs Saturday and Sunday with 3 pm and 10 8 pm departures. station times and connections are subject to changes.

Washington Southern Railway Richmond Points South Fredericksburg Union Station Frederickeburg Ald Guresield

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