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Retiring. Capt. Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, 61, commodore of the Cunard Fleet, captain of the Berengaria. When the Titanic sank in 1912, the Carpathia, of which he was then captain, received the SOS, rescued 706 survivors. For this he received a gold medal from Congress, a letter of thanks from President Taft...
...dividend due for declaration last week were rudely disappointed. The directors met and voted to keep that $3,465,576 in the bank. This notable dividend failure did not surprise many stockmarket traders, but revelation of the company's losses so far this year did, and the stock sank to a low of $19⅝, making its deflation as drastic as that of Simmons Co. In the past, Montgomery Ward have issued only yearly statements. Last week they disclosed the results of each quarter as follows: first, a loss of $2,318,000; second, a loss...
...lost some spars; she took charge of her tugs; her cargoes shifted; she was on fire once and ashore four times." Finally, on April 14, 1907, at anchor in the Elbe River at two o'clock in the morning, a German troopship ran her down and sank her. Her officers and crew got off without loss of life, but she was a total loss. There part of the wreck still lies, in 24 ft. of water...
...shares were sold in a single $3,000,000 transaction, but even indirect evidence that J. P. Morgan & Co. was buying failed to halt the decline. When Mr. Whitney was obliged to announce the Prince & Whitely failure from the floor of the exchange, many a blue-chip sank below its 1929 bottom. Traders noted these prices...
...Superstitious Britons last week lamented that the R-101 had often been referred to in the press as "Titanic of the Air." The White Star Line's S. S. Titanic rammed an iceberg and sank with 1,513 souls on her maiden voyage in April...