Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-25
PROFESSIONALS BUY
FREELY At OPENING
When Urgent Demands Are Salts.
fed, Market Drops Away
to Nothing.
Few Bargain Hunters Retire When
They Sec Prices Arc Advancing.
brokers Believe Germany Will Not
Permit Break in Relations.
Ky nKn,n\N WALL.

>,rr YGRl Npr'i q Wall S:r"., made
100 muir a, .-ar ~, I!,ion,H,tc
n"opS With thiS c, Therefore. i'r"-
roSsionIhi~ housh, r''lN at III" or.n,ns
tho marl,", fe,i doad because no puhnc
2..1g i'' "rp"nrs"ss rhs Few "sr.nin
DAY rctlrcj WHOM 'h"y saw quotations "d-
NsrriuE
shorts we're shlc 70 cover, I" adXyan;arc
Mo first hou- 81 stocks for customers who
Ea1cd % ru' MP additional margins Many
of thosn customers woe PERSONS who
:"W months ago. had handsoll" profits IN
until row and many ave getting ou, w,h
sire;
some significance was attached 10 III" fact
thnt with ali tn" selling Of stocks IN the
nss' week, 'hore has been Nt'ic BORROWING
This 'o". not necessarily rlcan tfat the
every broker SIS able 10 supply from h:s
own boxes and from n" accounts Of th"s"
customers VINO arc long enoufh 10 ".h"
aol'N"rt'- t"r ih">" who az" short ihc
short account. however. really i noi arg"
for au uuusualI> large proportion % recent
seliiHs has teen Iu., LIQUIDATION
After n couple 81 hours of extreme Gnli-
moss with slightly r"C"iins quotations 'h-
market took upward squirt towards IN,
clos" ON an Uuconf!rmed rumor that an
rnunccment would b" made to morrow az
,;ermauy's willingness TO meet Americas
demand
President Wilson'S announcement; tha, he
would go TO rrlnreton 10 vot" in III" primary
United states s,eel directors will rno"t to-
morrow At noon to declare the dividends
!'shot 80 something between s6o,9oo.ooo and
sSrNo00. Tn addition to the regular divi-
dcnds some bankers Ar" expecting an extra
View % tn" condition OF the martc, to-day
IT MAS suggested that this dividend would
not 10 declared. Directors " the COM
i.Nny have NOT been forg"tfui Of tho n,ar5e;
"f'r, OF their action. II declared II viii
be- interpreted as strong bull card.
figures
day MAJ. 52sc iulv. 5.i.c: September.
a53c, and December. Be- An early end OF
tn" war would ,ams., = r"w phase in sugar
prices thosc figures do not hold out
any hop" ~ r"aoc \ factor IN IN" sugar
t"I su-a territory Is IN The hands - Ger
many. thus compelling Franc" 'o buy Of
ruha
Will j. requires NJ" explanation beyond
earnings :" account for the strength ~
N"'can't." Marin. ISSUES IN the fac. Of gen
"ra' docltn"s Ia the market. II was reported
to-day that tho tmerio4t International
tofr"rA'ion was atiamr,inE 10 purchase
control such thing would b" considered
Iood str"E" OF business ny Wall street
not only b"caus" Of the Erca; ships 20 d"
Irlc" y, which control could l." secured
now
lnhcrneath rhe. market ;"~'n= that
Ant ON" aftor AL. but tina; i,"~s;biii,y of q
siGih' an HI railroads VA what really AZ
f. i.'! Id mrIeeS las' sn,urh"y IN N" 'ntds,
"' H'Sgn~si"m aions that lin" southern Pa
tIfc made u report 81 Spl"uoii earnings for
N"r'h. tn" railroad figures such that
u would rot t." unsat,>fact":y for IN" com
IdnN &" do something for The men, and This
:n",s, h"n"d ih' denomination OF tn men
80 nay" mon demands complied with az
~" mo Of This we"A.
Ef.W YORK April p. -Encourarcd by in
end to-d"Is market opened active and
s'r"rS, md except for intermittent nut
M.H"r factions continued i's upward prog
r"'- ?" IN" end Some 81 the NOR" activ.
ia'"ii''S recovered from To 6 points over
"t' w''k' quotations. aud Investment is.
sue ~, 'ud:nE rails. were better by 20 =
lHNife short Interests WEI" made to yt.id
N'Ti lHrso uar' az recent gains Uuite,;
Sac Si'"i mad" = maximum gain 81 y.
N ana Mercantile" Mar!n- preferred
~ 20 - Win - Tor Tho common
~ -as u Vas generally assumed tina, The
HAari"tf statement to b" issued to-iuorrow
Ni'l OIL .o-' '"gorG earnings FOR UnI,.a
state S;roI u;h.- strong ana pro,n;nnp,
ISSUES included thc Mexican group. Mex
s-. Petroleum EtulHr 4. II - "a. Groom.
So 90 = rrIgin'. steel. Baldwin Lccomo-
- Genera Electric. some OF tho motors
ana ~.t -" t"aGtrS ropucc> w-r" higher
4' - roiut, "a! Unit"d Sc.tcs In.
t-NT'N' Alroh'' '"-' = 20 lia W"sting-
h"a.r sft ~ "bor troubles. rose sub
';osa,rnr wes ne 'nos' ac'iye Of ,he rail-
''f ''t,s'on. nus .ranG.-s and r-cincs
~" ra' unr'-Ions'y" O." :,sorab'- traffc
r,'a ,ai,. rs .,s .h.r.,
te,. h.as. ,asra~r aor, com,
tnrt ~" steady wf,h an EXPANSION Of
T.' as uar Nsiu". s1l75" -a
%"" .yoHE Avn . Mcr,an,H. rspe-
I-inS 'Nt d. ~ i';#. ur.
..'' - nar Nl,"f So
ra'r"'d "ont- hr'n ri,uc 'o.u..
~. o~. '"o"ey nrm ruling