Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-21
SIEVE RE LOSSES
ARE RECORDED IN
ALL WAR ISSUES
Stocks Under Heavy Pressure
in Consequence Of Persist
ent Peace RumorSi Even
Bethlehem Steel SIdmpS.
lay MORNING. looss.. SPECIAL LEASED wsr,

INV MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlREl
New York. March 20--Stocks were
under steady pressure today. with Sc
we're losses in war issues which yield
ed to points, mainly in conse-
uence of persistent peace rumors.
Although these reports lacked even
eireumstantial detail, they were ac-
eepted with much seriousness IN
speculative circles and the .ort in
erest v..s increasingly active.
The reversal was accelerated in no
small measure by the heayness Of
United States Steel, which was under
restraint from the outset on q very
large o@rturn.
Even THE brilliant statement of the
Bethlehem Steel corporation for 1915
showing earnings of liz per cent APP
plicable to the common stock, failed
TO hold the industrial and equipment
issues. Bethlehem registered "a loss
Of IA at $40.
Lowest prices were made in the
very active final hour when support
Of the special group was almost Who'll
h lacking. Other weak shares IN
ehde1 Crucibla Steel. westinghouse.
AMERICAN aud Baldwin l6somot We
AMERICAN Can, Mexican Petroleum
and some Of the metals.
lli the main losses in the rail group
were confined 10 fractions, except in
Reading, Canadian Pacific, Norfolk
& Western and allied shares where
recessions ranged from / to points
Total sales of stocks amounted to
900 shares.
Heaviness ruled in the bond mar
ket Total sales, par value, were So
1000.
United States bonds were unchang-
ed on call.
Closing prices:
Alaska Gold ..............s.. ~ Is
AlllS-ChalmefS 81
American Beet Sugar. ......... II p
American Can ............... 81 p
American Locomotive ........ 74a
Amer. Smelt. & Ref'ng. ..101 4
Amer. Smelt. & Ref'ng pfd. ...111 z
American Sugar Refining. ...110 u
American Tel. & Tel. y
American Tobacco -...........192
Anaconda Copper ............ Sc u
Atchison ...............s- .lOS "A
Baldwin Locomotive .......... JOG a
Baltimore & Ohio. ............ 1874
Bethlehem Steel .............52
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. 1890. IS
California Petroleum ...-..... 23Ss
Central Leather .............. 81 "a
Chesapeake & Ohio. .......... 63 q
Chicago, Great Western. ...-.. 10 y
Chicago, Mil. & st. Paul. ....... 945s
Chicago & Northwestern ....127
Chicago, Il. I. & Pacific Ry.... TX
Chino Copper ......-......... ga
Colorado Fuel & Iron. ........ AK
Crucible Steel ............ S91a
Denver & Rio Grande pfd. 49,. II B
Distillers' Securities ....-.... 47a4
Erie ............-. 2 u
General Electric .167 u
Great Northern pfd. .......... 121M
Great Northern Ore ctfs..... 45ss
Guggenheim Exploration ,.-....s 20 Is
Illinois Central 1890. JOB
marlborough Consol. Corp. -. II
Inspiration Copper ........... AIN
International Harvester, n. j.. .109&
Kansas City Southern. ......... 26
LeHisn Ndltey s.sssss . ~
Louisville & Nashville. .....-. 124 u
Mexican Petroleum ..10T Il
Miami Copper ...........-.... 369s
Missouri, Kansas Il Texas pfd.. 10
Missouri Pacific .........-.... AZ
National Biscuit .............124 A
National Lead ..............- 81
Nevada Copper .............. 1925
New York Central. ............1O41 e
n. Y, n. Fl. & Hartford. ...... SIS
Norfolk & Western. ...,......121l 70
northern Pacific .............l l5 "a
Iacific Mail ................. 20 z
raclfic Tel. & Tel. SO
1ehhsyiVanla ............. opH
iuliinan Palace Car. LIZ
lay Consolidated Copper. 23%
sVauihs ....,............ 80 Is
Sepublic Iron &. steel. ........ 81
southern Pacific .....-.... sSla
southern Railway ............ 2fA
S.uueoaker Go. .14S%
illnesses Copper -........... So
texas Company 1876
onion Pacific
ehion Pacific rfd. say
United States steel "a
United States steel .pfd. ......116%
w .an copper 1870 .:........ s1A
Westinghouse Elecitric 49,. eeA
.s Total sales for the day. 5000