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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1913

Page

2

Price Gains General German Bank Rate Reduced

New York stocks rose quietly with steady strength as German banking rate cuts to 5 1 2 percent eased money fears abroad and halted Bank of England rate hopes. Mexico's elections news curbed speculative trading while Rock Island issues advanced on Phelps-Dodge bloc purchases. New Haven securities eased then recovered as bonds held firm.

Bank of England Mexico Washington Rock Island Phelps-Dodge New Haven United States

New York Bond Market Reports Mix Of Issues And Prices

New York bond market notes a range of issues including Chicago and Northwestern and Union Pacific bonds. Prices show various 4s and 5s with bids indicated and several corporations like Westinghouse Electric and Wisconsin Central cited with specific quotations. Overall, activity reflects a diverse slate of government and corporate debt with bid levels noted.

New York Chicago and Allonake Chicago Mil St. Z Chisago Pec Uni Pacific Couyts National Bys. of Mexico New York Central N.Y N. H Southern Railway fe _ Southern Railway Union Pacific Wiginiacar Chemical Western Md Westinghouse Electric Co Wisconsin Central

United States Treasury Hog and Cattle Receipts Report

Chicago market notes show hog receipts near 31 000 with 10 to 15 cent gains, hogs trading 7.80 to 8.20, beef cattle weaker by 19 to 25 cents, steer and cow ranges listed, sheep receipts about 70 000 with prices 2.25 to 4.75 for sheep and 6.50 to 8.00 for calves. Baltimore reports cattle receipts for the week around 3.5 thousand with steers at 8.00 to 8.75 and sheep at 2.00 to 4.75. weekly hogs and calves totals given with varied price bands.

Chicago Texas Iemba New York Baltimore Etober Spa Pad Dae Dabe Weber Treasury Philippines

Local Stock Exchange Roundup and Bond Listings

Regular call shows Potomac Electric and Washington Gas notes with various par amounts and prices. United States Trust and National Bank holdings trade at mixed levels, followed by after call activity in gas and railway issues, with several 5s and 4s listed across multiple institutions.

Potomac Electric Cons Washington Gaza Federal National Bank National Bank of Washington United States Trust Continental Trust Washington Gas Lanston Monotype Capital Traction Railroad Washington Railway and Electric Common Washington Railway and Electric Preferred Capital Traction

Oil Quotations Across Cities as of Oct 27

Toledo report lists South Lima Indiana North Lima and Wooster values with credit balances and shipments. Figures include 234 129 191 average 103 549 and shipments totaling 212 3 average 120 885 with regional price indicators and credit balances.

Toledo Ohio Lima Indiana Wooster OU City

Washington Cattle Market and New York Produce Prices

New York Oct 27. Butter and cheese market mixed with unsettled receipts and varied prices. Hogs sheep veal calves and flour hay and corn prices listed from Washington market and New York produce page. Cotton seed oil, sugar, petroleum and potatoes shown with regional quotes and futures indications.

Washington New York

New York Money Market Report Oct 27

New York money market shows call money steady at 27 to 4i ruling rate, 3 close at 244½. Time loans quoted for 60 days at 4%, 90 days near 5%, six months at 4.5%. Prime mercantile paper bids 52%, sterling exchange soft at 4.8050 for 80 days and 4.943 for demand. Commercial bills at 4.80%. Bar silver 50.5%, Mexican dollars 48.5%. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds firm.

New York Henda Ateady Hallroad

Wall Street Gossip on Rock Island Directors Change

New York reports potential Rock Island Railway leadership shakeup after a directors meeting in Chicago. Phelps Dodge interests may replace William H. Moore as chair of the executive committee, with holdings rising from prior purchases and a rebound in Rock Island preferred. Also notes bond activity, stock market mood, and a St Louis court order allowing $10 million receivers certificates for the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad.

New York Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company Rock Island Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway William H. Moore Phelps-Dodge Rock Island Preferred Phelps, Dodge & Co Kuhn, Loeb & Co Pearson- Farquhar Tele Pearson-Farquhar Walter H. Sanborn United States Federal District Court St. Louis St. Louis and San Francisco

New York Stock Market Report Details Oct 77 Trading

Total daily sales reach 221 300 shares as the New York market quotes mirror those supplied by W B Hibbs and Co members of the New York Stock Exchange based in the Hibbs building.

W. B. Hibbs & ‘Co New York Stock Exchange Hibbs Building

The Metal Market Copper Prices and London Quotations

Copper futures and spot prices move with mixed bids across months. London copper steadies with spot and futures in mid UK pounds while US markets show varied narrowing ranges as regional quotes drift.

Washington Stock Exchange Inch by Inch Trading Report

After hours trading on the Washington Stock Exchange showed no speculative push as investors tested the market. Washington Gases led activity with 10 to 25 share lots at fractional gains, while Capital Traction and Potomac Electric traded steadily. In bankruptcy news, C Sewil Cissel of Georgetown faced a district court action by creditors A E H Fearn W H Carvall and M J Ready with Cissel admitting and seeking bankruptcy counsel W H Johnston.

Stock Exchange Washington Stock Exchange Washington Gags Capital Traction Washington Railway and Electric United States Trust National Bank of ‘Washington Federal ‘National Continental Trust Potomac Electric Consolidated 5A Washington Gases C. Sewil Cissel Georgetown District Supreme Court A. E H. Fearn W. H. Carvall M. J. Ready Cissel W. H. Johnaston L. P. Levering

Local Produce Market Quotations Still In Demand

Wholesale market prices for fruits vegetables poultry butter and cheese. Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland and Delaware fruit demand strong home grown vegetables moderate live poultry varied creamery and factory cheese quotes. Vegetables list includes corn beans potatoes onions lettuce peppers okra carrots beets beans eggplant cucumber and tomatoes with per unit prices. Green fruits citrus and apples quoted by basket box crate and per hundredweight with wide ranges from several states and regions. Wool quotes noted for newly clipped wool.

Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware New York State West Virginia Maine California Malaga New York

Holland promises U S support for Nicaragua refinance plan

New York October 27 Charles A Conant and F G Harrison aided bankers aiming to refinance Nicaragua and put the republic on a gold basis, eliminating worthless paper money. Conant praised US methods, noted congressional opposition to treaties, and said moral government support could suffice. A central national bank now underpins Nicaragua finances, with US bankers to collect customs duties and oversee financing. Possible future US ratification of treaties could yield a Gulf of Fonseca naval station and a Nicaraguan canal, enabling broader commercial ties.

New York Charles A. Conant F. G Harrison London Nicaragua Republic Vicaragia United States Sean Domingo Cortarit Federal Senate Central American Republic Sheady Conant U. S Washington Nica-ragua Central National Bank National Bank of Nicaragua Senate Taft Iin Gulf of Fonseca Holland

Credit Men Will Meet in Washington Chamber of Commerce

The Washington Credit Men's Association holds its annual meeting tomorrow evening in Chamber of Commerce rooms at o'clock. The nominating committee proposes a ballot for officers except president. Candidates may be nominated at the meeting. Ballot lists Vice president Arthur J. May and directors for two years E ys Adams 8 J. Henry Carl Mueller L. F. Valentine H. H. McKee, the retiring president. The group, formed two years ago, is linked to the National Association of Credit Men to improve District credit conditions.

Washington Credit Men’s Association Chamber of Commerce Arthur J. May E. Ys Adams J. Henry Carl Mueller L. F. Valentine H.H. McKee McKee National Association of Credit Men

New York Grain Market Report Highlights Wheat and Corn Movements

New York Oct 27 Wheat spot strong No red 9% nominal c.1 New York export basis and 714 f.0. b. afloat. No 1 Northern Duluth 96% ff. Bb afloat. Futures firm and higher on overseas advances, tightening offers. December 945, May 87%. Corn spot strong export 79% B0 b afloat. Oats spot steady standard white 44 45, No 3 48%46 44% etc.

New York Duluth

Chicago Grain Prices Rise on Bullish Abroad and Supplies

Wheat led gains as foreign advices and a steep drop in domestic visible supply boosted confidence. Corn rose 1 to 1 1/2 cents, oats up 1/2 to 1 cent, and provisions higher. Cash grain quotes show No 2 hard and spring wheat trading around 95 cents to 87 1/2 cents.

Chicago

Baltimore Markets Report Prices for Wheat Poultry Eggs Butter

Baltimore markets show varied prices across commodities. Wheat No 2 red Western 93% and No 3 red 90% record gains while oats list 40 to 45 cents per bushel. Poultry quotes cover alive hens to ducks with prices per pound and per pair. Eggs list Maryland and nearby firsts about 19 cents per dozen. butter prices range from 19 to 32 cents per pound across creams, prints, blocks, and dairy products.

Philadelphia Markets Report Oct 17 Butter Eggs Poultry Prices

Philadelphia market notes list price ranges for butter Western creamery extra 82.32, eggs nearby firsts 9.90 per case with free samples, Western extra firsts 9.99, cheese New York full cream 164% year, wheat No 2 red export 9% 31, No 1 northern Duluth 9% #, corn No 2 yellow local 79, poultry alive fowls 14-16, hens 14-16, turkeys 18-20, geese 12-15, dressed fowls Western heavy 19, medium 15, lightweights 12-14, roasting chickens 18-19.

New York Wisconsin State Pennsylvania Hennery Kansas Continent South Carolinna Maine Bas Long Island Jersey Sweets Southern Barrel Virginia Baltimore Maryland West Virginia Ohio Penneyiva Pia Philadelphia Western Weamery Western Extra Duluth

Senator Lane urges public ownership of District traction lines

Senator Lane calls for universal transfers in the District and urges public ownership, arguing the present transfer system is unfair to thousands. The Senate requested data on why Capital Traction and Washington Electric and Railway have refused universal transfers and why prosecutions have not occurred. Hearings will continue as commissioners seek to clarify statutes and possible action.

Lane Senate Newman Public Utilities Commission Public Abilities Commission Capital Traction Company Washington Electric and Railway Company District of Columbia Senator Lane

Gerald Paget Dies. Noted London Sports Figure

Gerald Paget, long a leading figure in London society and a prominent presence in yachting and racing, died at his mother's home in London. A South African War aide to his brother Gen Sir Arthur Paget, he was 59. His family includes Lord Alfred Paget, who died in 1588.

Arthur Paget London Gerald Paget Alfred Paget Sir Arthur Paget Sir Arthur Paran Stevens York Lord Alfred Paget

Banana Peel Accident Drops Man 36 Feet

Stephen Barr walked along Grant boulevard and fell 36 feet from a cliff above the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks after slipping on a banana peel. Police were alerted and Leo Gaus lowered to assist, securing Barr to a rope and hauling him to safety unharmed.

Pittsburgh Grant Boulevard Stephen Barr Leo Gaus Barr

Walker & Sons sue to halt Canadian whisky counterfeits

Hiram Walker & Sons of Walkerville Canada filed ten suits in New York against top liquor wholesalers and retailers accused of distributing imitations of Canadian Club under names like Canadian Type to refill genuine bottles. Alfred Lucking said more suits will follow as detectives traced widespread counterfeiting of premium whiskies and spirits. The firm aims to prove extensive fraud against consumers and restore market integrity.

Messrs Hiram Walker & Sons, Limited Walkerville Canada United States District Court of New York Alfred Lucking Detroit Hiram Walker & Sons United States Lucking Mesers, Walker & Sons

Woman sues for injuries after sidewalk coal hole fall

Bertha G Seebold sues White Oak Coal Company for 10000 damages alleging a coal hole in the pavement near Tenth street and Grant place northwest was left uncovered after coal delivery. In a separate suit, Sarah Halli Johnson sues the District of Columbia for permanent injuries after her foot fell into a plate cover hole by the Treasury building.

Tenth Street Grant Place Bertha G. Seebold White Oak Coal Company District of Columbia Sarah Halli Johnson Treasury Building

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