Show r t 0 I Wall Wall WallStreet Street Bri fr frI i io o NEW YORK YORK May lUy 15 The n.-The The strong buying support for certain shares in re recent recent r- r re- re cent bear raids has haa given rise to reports report that the buying orders were coming from banking sources United States State St Steel Baldwin and American Can were mentioned in this connection March railroad earnings of ot class one roads roada and fifteen switching and terminal companies showed a total net operating Income of ot an an In Increase increase In- In crease of ot over March 1022 Net operating Income for the first quarter quarter ter of ot tho the year ear totaled totaled I or nearly over the corresponding correspond correspond- ing leg period last year Proposals for the merger of ot the Delaware Dela Bela- ware Lackawanna 3 Western railroad with wih other roads will wi be opposed by Lackawanna officials when the consolidation consol consol- consoli consoli- dation hearings are resumed before the thein in Interstate commerce commission In Washington beginning tomorrow it was vaa WIS reported in the tile financial district today It I was waa pointed out that plan for th the tho merger of ot the tho Lackawanna with wih the New England lines lne if effective last lut year yeat would have resulted In a net toss loss los of ot mote moie mor than The Erie railroad is expected to effect ef of- feet a reduction of ot more than in the coal bill bi this year as compared with wih 19 1022 1922 as al a result of ot contracts made at the lowest lowet rate since the tho existing mine scale was wa established The Railway Age reports that the American Locomotive company has has re received received r- r re- re orders order for forty Mikado engines from the Missouri Pacific and for twenty Pacific type ten from the Lehigh Valley Valley Val Val- ley lay and ond ten from the Seaboard Air Line B Baldwin reported included five 6 0 switching type engines from tho the Utah Copper company I I I The standard Oil 01 Company of ot New Jersey today declared its Is regular quarterly quare tony terly dividends of ot 75 on preferred and 25 cents on common payable June 15 I. I Nearly all al ot of the 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock of the American Amerl Ameri can Woolen company offered to stock steele holders has been subscribed and the thu syndicate has been terminated It was wu announced announced today WASHINGTON May 15 Imports Imports Into the United States during March amounted amount ed ad to compared with 03 in February and in lach March 1922 WASHINGTON May 15 Willie H. Willis F. F Fowler who entered th the government service from Ft Wayne Vayne Ind lcd In as a a nOO a a. I year clerk today was appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed first deputy comptroller of th the th currency and Joseph W. W McIntosh formerly for for- merly of Chicago and now director of finance of the emergency fleet corpora then ton was named deputy comptroller In charge of agricultural credit corpora tlona tons |