Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-28
BEAR PARTY UNPREPARED
! WHEN GOOD NEWS COMES
Triesto Buy, but Finds Offerings So
light That II Covers With
out Ceremony.
MUNITIONS TAKE ON NEW LIFE
Advances OF 2 and 3 Points Arc Com
mon-Coprcrs Also Wake Up.
!. Wall Street Backing Hughes, With
Root as Secretary OF State.
RN. RROADAN WALL.

NEW YORK, Apri! :i.-Good new, from
several quarters to-day found the bear party
unprepared. rhcy uied 70 buy and found
railroads RetdinE advanced more than
portion. The munitions took on now life,
advances OF aud points oeinr common
Kennecott which Is scheduled 70 get u s.
dividend late next week.
The specific news on which these move
OF assertions from Carranzs AGENTS In Jew
York that thHy were finally satisfied tn"t
The next cheering piece c: news ca;nc FROM
Pennsylvania. whore II was said that tho
compsomisc offered by the operators 4
further message from Chicago carried an
en- eisht-hour day 10 The men: hut with
only regular ray fer overtime Tho idea -
schedules 50 tina; overtime viii be umn"ces-
saryi except IN cescs OF unavoidable delay,
70. which the men VIII leo "a much respnn-
should Therefore ask no special ;avnrs.
But the mos, inpor,ant market arEu-
fraternity believes that the next kcpunli-
can cGndid9te FOR President has been def
discount the election Tho candii.tr Val
Street is eackinS is Charles y Hughes With
Root IS Secretary % State. Wall Street has
assurances tina: Roosevelt ;syors such a
program.
IN IN eoa?est,on With ;hc rePor; ,h,, llenne-
important banking house IN Paris IS said to
DO Sdv!sing customers TO buy This stock.
II was also discovered today that sor!le Of
me ths leading POO! orerators ere switching
coppers. on" operator OF worii-,vldn fame
was nsEneG as selling stock OF his own com
spoi eoTn ems HtffeGi: share fox sharG
Greene Cananes doubled its dividend rate
were pars snSs s gsTyy ,n9 nrs.erro
S |es MAJ ihhi tho American International
each class OF stock in tho open market
and and wou!d rro1nbly MAKE Did to the !
=, Many Inquiries arc made NJ TO Jus. why /,
irdustE!a! Alcohol and D;s,iliers -.oGk:. !
SO highly speculative a. TO bc Genresous |
arc are, now looked upon IS Investments IN !
Every snn liinsa gun is Area ri ne s; E sai:
Ions OF alcohol disappears. Tina, is oil.
prices reeei,ed for The ou,pu; nav We maze
~ p1ssss,s for the t!s,iI,er:es ANA as
OF produc'uE sc"tic soto. from witch .cu. /
Railroads furnished most OF tho excite
W Wehs ,o az Acison Of III" Norfolk and
ton would bs Forthcoming before long in |
general belief In ;hy rails ,het stocks IN" os
disoredited companies rose with the hes; OF
Liquida'ion by foreigners IS unGe-s,oo.
70 DC completed SO thar II "a not difficult;
q
the. proposed strike is definitely settled ~
That the soSernNca WnnId s'a, nr ia SrS rS
hihit such strike for political reasons
even !, not Influenced b. amy other con,
.SEW YORK, ANN c7,--A srir',ed demand
which doubtless hor" some relation 20 yes
terdsy,s favorable dividend action by tho
important factor In to-Gay'S active and
strong market Virtually every division 81
me, me T p Gr9ur scored suHstnnttany.
~ and S:s points respectively
Coaiers also were atrong. Nv, Improve
msnt was no less pronounced II, various
trunk lines EFauEers aud cotton carriers
United States steel led tho rntir. lis, I'm
respect TO activity. md advanced Il. 20 Sai,
Othcr indusir'a's and equipments :uclud-
Ing the he,icr-isnown war contrac, ,<stins
md motors. 20 . ioIur. hi..I,,r
cenrers cam" forward In Tho afternoon,
Mercantile Marines were lows ,ou.pIcl,ous
than recently. MoX:cans KEEP, pace with
o,her specisiii"s and Tho new suga- stocks
HGn,y tFaded In ~ gain OF 10 20 40.
4o, net gain % Neisooo. while those Of
oe $4,000, due 10 tho unusual Incrcss, 81
s-.%9VVo In operating expenses Foreign
exchange markets were OUTER, tho s,,;"
ment Of tn" Bank OF England DISCLOSING ~.
creased gold holdings OF almost s. no 0,1
The statement of the Bank OF Franco wa,
over sif.cN"oo OF Tho precious mNral %
s, n"ncs We're steady 20 strong, but dealings
were $500 United ssa,os bonds were
NEW .Y.oRh April :7.-M~rcan,i.e paper.
$685. stc.!!ns; riN,y-dny bills. Si72rs; do.
Moha, s''31T: cables, So. bar silver. GO
steady; railroad bonds, steadt rrYo Iosr.
easier; sixty days. -. Ga. ainru ..ys sqIsi3:
Smi,, Et0 mn. -. q %. Cal. m...e, steady