Market Report Highlights Birliant Steel and Oil Gains
New York stocks edged higher with United States Steel leading the rally on an early deal of 3,500 shares. Other major issues like China Copper Westinghouse and cotton oil posted advances, while rails stayed dull. Liberty bonds remained steady as many industrials and oils firmed on the session.
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New York
United States Steel
Westinghouse
Baldwin Locomotive
American Beet Sugar
American Cota
American Car & Foundry
Atl
Gulf & West Indies
Baltimore & Ohio
N.s
Beth, Steel
Louisville & Nashville
Maxwell Motors
Mexican Petroleum
Gulf States Steel
Seaboard Air Line
Sloss, Shef, Steel & Iron
United Fruit
Bid
Virginia-Carp. Chem
Nice & Ae
American Smelt. & Refining
American T. & T
Praca
Central Leather
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chi
Mil
St. Paul
R. 1
Pac
Seee, Sovteeny BM
Chino Copper
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Wees
Crucible Steel
Eeseeu Se
Cuba
Garciais Mse
Voternecy
General Electric
General Motors
Great Northern Pfd
Great Northern ‘Ore Ctis
Titinais
Chmgkar
Inspiration
Merc. Marine
Int
International Paper
Kennecott Copper
Miami Coppper
Cas Eee Wee
Midvale Steel
Cee Nee
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Cace
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Ses Cnwes
Pittsburgh Coal
Cesween
Escasenes Foreardsc
Rep. Iron & Steel
Sinclair Oil & Refining
Southern Pacific
Ceecevees
Southern Railway
Studebaker Corporation
Tennessee Copper
Texas Co
Union Pacific
United Cigar Stores
U. S. Ind. Alcohol
Ate Cigtetai
United States Rubber
Taft
States Steel
Wabash Ptd
Westinghouse Electric
Willys-Overland
American Tobacco
Atlantic Coast Line
Cotton Markets and Grain Notes From June Trading
New York cotton opened steady with gains on renewed demand and no spot pressure. July rose to 26.26 and October to 24.63 after the call, while census data showed May mill consumption down from last year but up from April. Chicago grain eased on favorable weather. corn and oats fluctuated with minor net gains and mixed cash bids. Provisions held steady as hog markets weakened.
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New York
Census Bureau
Chicago Livestock Prices Report June 14
Chicago livestock market reports hog receipts at 26 000 with values mostly 10 cents above yesterday. Hogs range 16.30 to 16.60 for bulk and 16.65 to 16.70 for light, 15.50 to 15.75 for rough and 16.25 to 16.75 for pigs. Cattle receipts 5000 with steers steady to strong, best to 17.80, butchers stock slow to lower. calves steady. Sheep receipts 7000 slow to unevenly lower, heavy sheep hardest hit. good big weight ewes around 13.50.
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Chicago
Swedish steamer Dora sunk with loss of crew in 1916
London dispatch reports the Swedish steamship Dora of 1555 tons gross sunk without warning, likely by a German submarine. Nine crew members are dead.
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London
Dora
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Wilmington Weather and River Stage Report June 15 1918
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Light variable winds. Cape Fear river stage at Fayetteville at 5.0 feet yesterday morning. Weather Bureau reports.
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Wilmington
Cape Fear River
Fayetteville
N. C
New York Spot Cotton Prices Quiet At Middling 30.00
The New York spot market on June 14 shows cotton for immediate delivery quiet with middling grade priced at 30 dollars per unit. The report notes steady activity and no significant shifts in demand or supply.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Holds Steady After Bearish Belief
New Orleans cotton futures closed mixed but steady after early losses from bearish U S consumption data. December fluctuated while January March July and October edged higher then pared gains. overall close varied four points down to 23 points up from the previous session.
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New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Summary
Liverpool spot cotton eased with good middling at 22.51 and low middling 21.36 amid 2,000 bales sold including 1,500 American. Receipts rose to 13,000 with 10,200 American. Futures closed unsettled with new contracts June 22.45 July 21.90 August 21.00 September 20.06 October 19.47.
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Liverpool
Spot Cotton Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
New Orleans on June 14 reports spot cotton steady with quotations revised. Mid Dling up 256 points with sales on the spot 666 to arrive 199. low middling 28.15. middling 31.00. good middling 32.25. Receipts 3,108. stock 392,205.
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New Orleans
Naval stores price report shows mixed regional quotes
Spirits at 51 12 cents, rosin 7.00 and 6.75, tar 3.50 and 16 cents, crude 35.00 5.00 and 4.00 reflecting regional quotes across markets.
Cotton seed oil market closes quiet in New York
The cotton seed oil market in New York closed quiet on June 14 with no spot sales. Spot price listed at 20.00 for June, and no sales for July and August 2010.
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New York
Savannah Naval Stores Turpentine and Rosin Report
Turpentine firm sales 531 4, receipts 281 shipments 71 stocks 23852. Rosin firm sales 834 receipts 824 shipments 4 stock 95265. Quote: B 8.95 to 9.00 D E F G H I 9.00 M 9.10 N 9.15 W G 9.25 W W 9.35.
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Savannah Naval Stores
Savannah
New Retail Margins Set for Pine Lumber
The War Industries Board announced new maximum margins for fir and southern yellow pine lumber for government emergency lumber requirements through July 31. Margins, set by the price fixing committee and industry, range from 2 to 12.50 dollars per thousand feet for Atlantic seaboard purchases.
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Washington
War Industries Board Today
Atlantic Seaboard
Louisiana's T Sambda Jones Named Minister to Honduras
Washington June 14 President Wilson nominated T Sambda Jones of Louisiana to be minister to Honduras.
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Honduras
Washington
Alien owned cotton sold at New York cotton exchange
The alien property custodian sold 3 050 bales of enemy owned cotton in the New York cotton exchange today. Prices were high with middling grades from 29 to 29 3 4 cents and strict to good middling from 30 1 2 to 32 1 8 cents. Through today 10 941 bales have been sold, 8 541 in New York.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Women Delegates Lose Vote On Expanded AFL Council
St Paul June 14 Women delegates to the American Federation of Labor convention suffered an initial defeat as a resolution to enlarge the executive council to 13 with two women members was voted down. Another resolution was adopted urging President Wilson to issue a proclamation for an eight hour work day and overtime pay.
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St. Paul
Minn
Convention of the American, Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Wilson
Must Recognize Unions
President Wilson states he will ensure the national war labor board's recommendations are followed. He asks the heads of two major telegraph companies to accept the board's findings in their dispute with management. The board had ruled that the workers should be allowed to join unions.
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Washington
Wilson
National War Labor Board
War Labor Board
States' Rights Involved in Prohibition and Suffrage Debate
Senator Underwood of Alabama declared that surrender of states rights is involved in the proposed prohibition and woman suffrage amendments to the constitution during a Washington speech analyzing the principles in question.
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Washington
Underwood
Alabama
Special insignia for short overseas service adopted
The War Department announces a new insignia for army personnel recalled from France before six months of service. Officers field clerks and enlisted men eligible may wear a sky blue cloth chevron to designate overseas service abroad of less than six months.
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Washington
War Department
France
Women urged to help pack supplies for soldiers
An urgent appeal seeks Wilmington women to work tonight and tomorrow in Red Cross rooms to prepare and pack shipments to France. The message warns the regular corps is swamped and delays loom without many extra packers to ensure on time delivery of soldier supplies.
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Red Cross
France
Wilmington
Italian Seaplanes Confirm Sinking of Austrian Warships
Italian seaplanes scouted the Adriatic scene and found wreckage a mile square ten miles north of the action site. They reported many dead sailors and towed Austrian destroyers. They visited Pola harbor and confirmed only one Austrian dreadnought there, asserting they sunk both Austrian warships.
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Venice
Pola
Adriatic
Rizzo
Peru Seizes Interned HM Ships
Lima Peru June 5 The Peruvian government through its military has taken possession of the German vessels interned at Callao. The move follows Peru breaking diplomatic relations with Germany last October after Germany did not respond to demands over the sinking of Peruvian barks.
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Lima
Peru
Callao
Germany
Official Arrested in Jonas Case in London
A government official was arrested in London on June 14 in the Jonas case involving former Lord Mayor Sir Joseph Jonas of Shfield. Jonas faces charges from Bow Street police court for obtaining and sharing information prejudicial to the state and useful to the enemy, with other unnamed accomplices, some alleged to have occurred before the war. Jonas, a steel manufacturer by prominence, is a naturalized British subject born in Germany.
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London
Joseph Jonas
Shfield
Evening News
Bow Street
Joseph
Germany
The
War Office
Peters Renominated by Wilson as Charleston Collector
Washington June 14 Frederick C Peters was renominated today by President Wilson as collector of customs at Charleston.
Mrs Thelma Sags Heads Home From City Visit
Miss Thelma Sags leaves today for Norfolk Virginia after several weeks visiting friends and relatives in the city. Mrs Julia Wright and Miss Bernice Owen from Waycross Georgia have been staying at Wrights ville with Mrs. Harry E Payne and are now visiting Mrs. O E McCraw for a few days.
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Thelma
Norfolk
Julia Wright
Bernice Owen
Waycross
Wrightsville
Harry E. Payne
O. E. McCraw
Cotton consumption and stocks report for May and year-to-date
The Census Bureau reports May cotton consumption at 577 288 bales with 5 522 080 bales for 10 months, down from last year. May 31 stocks in consuming establishments total 1 795 497 bales, plus 2 414 831 bales in public storage and compresses. Spindles active at 33 720 555. Imports 29 735 bales, exports 292 041. State totals show May consumption 319 432 bales and 3 120 972 bales for 10 months, with 887 850 bales in consuming establishments and 2 048 269 in storage and compresses. Spindles active 14 358 643.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
Pyne and Yearson commended for naval rescues
Secretary Daniels commends Boatswain's Mate Raymond Pyne of Milford Massachusetts attached to the J S S Vulcan for gallantry and good judgment in rescuing a seaman and a lieutenant on March 7. Fireman George W Yearson Jr of Cincinnati Ohio on the U S S Quincy is praised for rescuing a drowning boy on May 9.
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Washington
Daniels
Raymond Pyne
Milford
Mass
J. S. S. Vulcan
Nelson
Pyne
George W. Yearson, Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
Notice of error in Bon Marche hosiery quotation
The Dispatch corrected an advertisement stating silk hosiery valued at 1.25 would be sold for 25 cents. The correct price should read 98 cents.
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Bon Marche
Weekly Cotton Statistics from Iverpool June 14
Weekly cotton statistics show totals forwarded to mills 49 000 bales with American 36 000 and stock 271 000 American 120 000. Imports amount to 34 000 with American 27 000. Exports are listed as none.
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Iverpool
Mortgage Sale By Lottie Dinkins To W M Cumming
Public auction of Wilmington North Carolina property to satisfy a mortgage dated May 1 1916. The Gadenequest will sell July 9 1918 at 12 o clock noon for cash, at the eastern Ninth street line starting 69 feet north of Castle street. The lot is part of lot 5 in block 95 per the city plan.
Public auction of Wilmington property under 1916 mortgage
By virtue of sale powers in a mortgage from Lottie Dinkins to W. M. Cummings dated March 12, 1916 and recorded in book 80 page 146 the undersigned will sell to the highest bidder for cash on Tuesday July 9 1918 at 12 o clock at Wilmington North Carolina the northwestern part of lot 5 block 95 described as beginning on the eastern line of Ninth street 102 feet north of Castle street then 80 feet north along Ninth street 30 feet eastward and back to Ninth street to Castle street parallel lines.
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Lottie Dinkins
Wilmington
N. C
W. M. Cumming
New Hanover County
Ninth Street
Castle Street
Filmington
W. M. Cummings
Teginning
Foreclosure sale on Wilmington property in 1916
The Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association will sell at public auction for cash at the courthouse door in Wilmington on Friday July 12 1916 at 12 o clock noon the property at Eighth and Nixon streets described as part of lot 5 block 338 conveyed to T J Quinlivan and S A Adams on November 5 1917 deed book 98 page 103. This 11th day of June 1918. John D Bellamy attorney. 6-11-80t
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Stacy Adams
Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association
New Hanover County
Wilmington
Eighth Street
Nixon Street
T. J. Quinlivan
A. Adams
John D. Bellamy
Public Auction of Seized Boats at Greenfield Lake
Greenfield Park Development Company announces a public auction for cash on Friday June 28 1918 at noon at the Wilmington courthouse door to sell ten steel Mullen rowboats seven Michigan towboats two Old Town canoes 16 feet Dixie gasoline launch and all related oars and fixtures all visible at Greenfield Lake the sale is under a chattel mortgage by J H Johnson and J P Crelley recorded in New Hanover County NC.
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J. H. Johnson
J. P. Crelley
New Hanover County
North Carolina
Wilmington
N. C
Mullen
Michigan
Old Town
Old Town Canoe Co
Maine
Dixie
Greenfield Lake
Greenfield Park Development Company
Larkins Mortgage Property Sold In Wilmington Sale
By decree of the superior court dated April 30 1918 the undersigned will sell at public auction in Wilmington at noon July 11 1918 to the highest bidder for cash a lot on Queen Street described as part of lot 6 block 74 in the official city plan The sale is conducted by William M Bellamy commissioner as part of the case Alice Larkins and husband vs Harriss Pearce and others.
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Superior Court
Alice Larkins
John_ Larkins
Thomas Harriss
John J. Furlong
James Pearce
Thomas Pearce
Henry Pearce
Pearce
Rebecca Harriss
Thelma Pearce
Clarence Pearce
Albert Edward Harriss
William A. Harriss
Frances Harriss
Ralph Harriss
Norma Harriss
Nicholas Harriss
Lula Harriss
J. M. Woolard
Jessie T. Harper
Jessie Harper
Wilmington
Wington
Queen Street
Second Streets
Second Street
O Wits
William M. Bellamy
Beach Area Train Schedule and Freight Depot Hours Notice
The timetable lists departure and arrival times for local trains between Wilmington Center and Lumina Beach with services at Center, Lumina, Beach, and various stops. Freight depot hours are posted, and express trains run during heavy travel periods stopping at major streets and select stations along the route.
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Fifth
Ninth
Seventeenth
Market Streets
Wilmington
Winter Park Gardens
Sea Gate
Wrightsville
Beach
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