Steel Trust stock and New Haven woes spark investor alarm
An editorial by Frank W. Blair, reprinted from last Monday, warns that Steel Common and United States Steel face scrutiny as alleged misrepresentation and possible conspiracy. It cites a price dip toward 85 for Steel and 75 for New Haven, amid calls for government investigations and potential dividend cuts, while noting Wall Street water being moved into bonds and the impact on New England investors.
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Steel Trast investors warned as stock plunge hits 200000 holders
A veteran investor warns Steel Trust stockholders that the New Haven Boston and Maine debacle pales beside Steel’s price manipulation. He cites losses over 200 million in Steel Common and accuses insiders of false promises and heavy selling while urging holders to demand straight answers on dividends, stock sales, and possible profits from manipulating prices.
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Uncertainty Over Panama Canal Opening Delays Predicted
Goethals reports no fixed opening date for the canal as slides in Culebra Cut and dredging pace affect progress. He notes extensive expenditures, $20.6 million paid to payrolls and $24.5 million appropriated, with the lock mechanism tested successfully and wet excavation favored to prevent water seepage.
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Congress
President thanks Grange for Mexican policy commendation
Delegates at the forty seventh National Grange convention in Manchester New Hampshire worked late to finish business after sessions begun November 11. A letter from Trinity conveyed President Wilson's gratitude to the Grange for endorsing his Mexican administration policy.
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Tomato Volcano Startles Cincinnati Officials
Cincinnati officials destroyed condemned tomato pulp cans by burning a city dump where 38,000 cans exploded, sending contents airborne up to 300 feet. The 47,000 seized cans were buried after opening proved tedious, with heat driving the dramatic, unintended spectacle watched by moving pictures crews.
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Murder Mystery Fades As Des Moines Girl Confesses
Elsie Day and her brother Alfred Love beat their way from Spokane to Des Moines after Day was believed murdered en route. A blood stained garment and a revolver were found. Day says they fled in Love's clothes and adopted by different families as police hunted a missing woman case across border cities. Day left Spokane October 7 and reached Des Moines eleven days later.
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Bride Dies After Spat in Five Story Fall
New York city tragedy reports a 17 year old bride named Roese Roth who had been married three weeks. After a quarrel with her husband, she pleaded for forgiveness then ran to a window and leaped four stories to a crowded street below, dying instantly. Authorities note the youthful spouse offered no further explanation.
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Plead for flood aid levee bill hearings soon
Influential figures plan to address the rivers and harbors committee in Washington early December on the Ransdel Humphreys levee bill. Senator Ollie M. James argues for federal construction of a permanent levee system along the lower Mississippi, citing 20 million acres at risk and prior state spending, while noting Congress has not yet funded flood prevention. Special to The Washington Post.
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Holland Sees In South America Field For North American Bankers
In Taft era, Secretary Knox sent Ernest Wands to Nicaragua for diplomatic business and plans for a debt refinancing loan underwritten by American bankers. The visit aided fiscal reconstruction and the formation of an American bank in Managua to anchor South American banking expansion.
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Collar Button Fatality in Petersburg Mov 23
John Lewis son of Mr and Mrs O and Young of Din Windle county swallowed a collar button Friday. He was taken to Memorial Hospital Richmond where the button was located by X ray and removed. After removal his throat began to swell and he died Saturday morning in Memorial Hospital Richmond.
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