Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1922, Page 20

F LOCAL WHOLESALE PRICES. Eggs—Strictly fresh, selected, can- Aled, per dozen, averagg receipts, 25; southern, "BALTIMORE, May Potatoes, white, 100 po No. 2, Live poulfry-—Roosters, per 1b., 18:|a5.25; bushel, 1.00al.75; sweets and turkeys, per Ib. 25a30; chickens, win-|yams, barrel, 3.00a4.50; No. 2, 2.00& ter, 06a50; spring chickens, | 2.50; bushel, 1.00a1.50; No. 2, 50ai5; as- per 5 keats, young, each,|paragus, dozen, 2.50a3.50; No. 2, 1.20a §0a60: fowls, 27. 1.80; beans, hamper, 1.25a2.50; beets, Dressed poultry—Fresh-killed win- | 100." 5.00a6.00; cabbage, crate, 1.00a per Ib. 40a43; hens, per |1.25: carrots, 100, 6.00a7.00; corn. irs, per Ib.. 20; turkeys, | crate, 2,00a4.00; cucumbers, crate, 1.0 keats. young .each, 60. |a2.50; eggplants, crate, 1.25a3.00; kale, Live' stock—Calves, choice, per Ib., | bushel, 20a30. ;. medium, 10a168 thin, 5 Lettuce, basket, 40a1.00; onions, 100 . choice, per lb., Live hogs, [ pounds, 3.50a5.00; No. 2, 2.50a3.00; 3 spring onions, 100, 1.50a1.75; pea nples, apples, 2.5024.0; 20a25; cherries, pound, oes, old, No. 1, per 23 (Special).— unds, 1.25a1.50; 0a75; new potatoes, barrel, 3.00 hamper, 2.50a3.50; peppers, crate, 2.00 Y basket, | a3.50; radishes, 100, 50a2.00: rhubarb, i 4.25 100, 4.00a6.00; spinach, bushel, 30a50; i per boxX, | squash, crate, 1.2a2.50; Lomatoes, 3 apefruit, per box., 5.004 | crate, 2.00a4.50. 6.50. Florida orange: 29.50. Straw Apples. pucked, barrel, 6.50a8.50: be 8a22; homegrown, | No. 2, 5.006.00; bushel, 1.7522.50; box : blackberries, quart, 20; grapefruit r sack, 3.00a3.25. | b 3.50a5.00; orangés, box, 6.00a9.00; 3 1, 5.00a | peaches, crate, 4.30u5.00; strawber- ries, quart, 13z Romaine lettuce, _ Sclling Prices at 1 O'Clock, ate, 1.00al50.! Wheat—No. 1 red winter, spot, no Cabbage, | Quotations; No. 2 red winter, Spot, B Cucumbers, | 1.40; No. 2'red winter. garlicky, spot, 3 per crate, 3.004 [ 1405 May wheat, no bid. 3 r box. Florida, 3.00a | Sales, 7.985 bushels of No. 2 5 00 per baske ted winter spot at 1.40 per bushel; e . per crate, 1 4000 bushels of No. 3 red winter Kale, 5 Asparag Dot at 157 per bushel: bag lots of .00, Spinach, per bbl, nearby sample at 1.10, 1.15 and 1.25 per bushel CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. | Corn—Cob corn, old, yellow, quoted May 23 (United States)3.60 per barrel; contract corn, spot. markets) —Cattle—Re- [89%: No. 4 corn, spot., 67%; track ac- | corn, yellow, No. 3 or better, 72 and T2 No sales. Onts—W hisher bulk. 10.15a10.65: Vulk good 110 | 25 packing | a12.00; N 00, choice per bushel; at 10.00a western _export, spot, 1.15% 3. no quotation. 20.000 head: mar- iy—Receipts, 106 tons; range is 10 lower than Mon- | 18.00 to 2200 for good to choice tim ts and 1vals low- | othy and hay: market firm; avy butchers, or!supply on my for trad er than extreme 1 tangled rye, 15.00; No. 0.1 oat, nomi- to 1 inders, il May 23 —Heavy deliv- e ah teaa e sht. 250 pounds | eries on May contracts, 711,000 bush- 1 medium weight, 200 10} els ler with big receipts, 400 a4 10.40a10.5 Hghtweigh carloads. put bulls at a disadvantage . 10.60al0.65: likht pounds, 10.00410.65 inds ith Sows, nd in the wheat market to early dealings. On absence of hiquidating market comparative fi Demand, and the mar to sag. O which varied from to half cent and July, 1.23% lowed by a littla May to_below Corn wheat 10-pa piss. 0 head: most- | wethers | lambs. | Lest ; sales | 40: | | to furt and then by a set day’s we yeste oats stic [} a; Af 7 t { % lower, July. {niark declined a’l started unch uncl higher, with May 1.3% 1.2 te day during the the other hand sales gave the rmness at the however, was ket showed pening prices, anged figures 241, were fol- her upturn for back all round finish. re easy with unchanged to o €4, the corn for all de- = il need to 4 lower, ; s and then suffered P i week's quotations | thack. 51 cars Wesk i yesterday. Market | pY e was a decline | 40a1.60 cwt amped 1 ce mped fOM | Whites, 1.50ai iho sacked 1 st AP A 4T russe $5 ewt.: Idaho sacked rurals, o REL ¥ Wt Cana n sacked white: ende : o et | No. 1. 140 ewt.i New stoc ay on 3 ere JDaitchead | harrels: weak on sacks, Florida = o e St Spaulding doubled headed bar- B e 1, 6.50; South Carolina slat L, 08; common, Irish cobblers, 6.25; Alabama 00 ewt.; Texas 3.10 ewt. 0a3.35 cwt.; acked de that rail- ot had ordered SO to Chicago rushed Vo ur-hour schedule from M-S fissouri river points to Chicago. Sub- il though, improved prospects Sainst, ovement of wheat westward Ty larged buying vesters r 1y delivers Loy sorary an overnight ad- nts { Corn—Advances ensued when the A, | wheat developed strength e | The clc s nervous at a ghade off Boo 8 to % cents gain with July 64%. 500110 | Wheat Open. High. May . 3%, Sepr. L | I ] ! 307, tom U DAIRY WARKETS. | 28 (Special). — S et e pring chickens, b, By Special Leused Wilte 1o T8a Sr . o and white leghorns, 35 CEW YORK., Mas —Trading in oung winters, 40a45; old hens. the ndard Ol is: s was the over-| o s and white leghorns, 26 shadowing feature of the curb market | 828; old rste 15a16: ducks, 1sa tod s an urgent demand |2%: small and poor. 16218 Snig et fron & of business, and Egwzs (loss off)—Native and nearby sharp ith new high records, | firsts. doz.. 25: southern. e in many of these| Butter—Creamery fancy, Ib. A {prints, 3%a42; nearby creamery stocks. {37: lddles. 26a28: rolls, Ib. mn w large buy- store packed, 22a23: dairy prints, 23 ers. some of the floor traders de- [a23, process butte se other groups to extend their | — et 1 tie this department. ) s i FOREIGN EXCHANGE. taking was encountered from time to | (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibhs & Co.) Lime, but the offerings were well taken, | Selling cliecks—dollar values at noon today: e 2 % Budapest . (&) nf K the ™ eonee leader o orable 1mor: and was wed b ard Oil of 3 India ettin v high rec ’{:l‘"lh.‘l . tookholn, S Akt | Kthens 11000 Relgrade Vienna ... Montreal [ ©Oils Are Leaders. | By the As: Standard Oil of York andi NEW YORK, May 23.—Foreign ex- Vacuum were amon to makel ponoe firmer. Great Britain, de- BUCH Sainn. . AT nowas Inimand 4.44%; cables, 4.45; sixty-day od demand and movedpward bulipiie on hanke 422, ome of the other lower-priced oi 2 gl France, demand, 9.04 tuse of the fact that b ¢, demand, 5.13% had been active in these | 2L (ransferred ‘thelr interest | ¢ Beleium, demand, er-priced shares. 8 i vanced a substantial | (€rmany, demand, ey Petroleum made a | "% % e company is drilling | Holland, demand, two of | 38.90. in daily. o other| Norway, demand, 18. drilled in semiowild | mand, 25.80; Denmark, Switzerland, demand, 1 Continental was firmer. and Durant reacted after an early upturn. Cleve- | Cincinnati, New Orleans. Te: strong and higher. were € ; In 911 15th Street N.W. arry Wardm Main 4190 1430 K Humphreys Oil Co., initial 5% May 31 OFFICE SPACE Thie Edmonds Bldg Washington’s Newest Office Building ; cables, 0.0415. ; cables, 5.14. 835; cables, 33%; cables, 38.85; cables, Sweden, de- demand. 21. 9.09; Spain, de mand, 15.93; Greece, demand, 4.20; Motors Irregular. Poland, demand, .028; Czechoslo- v stocks were the leaders| vakia, 1.03; Argentina, demand, 36.37; in the misceilaneous group, but dis- | Brazil, demand, 18.87; Montreal, played ularity. Packard was the | 99 3-16. utstanding feature, advancing sharp- ¥ on Ly the same interests DIVIDENDS. which en active in the stock for sever s Stock ot record. x. Jand and Hudson were easier. Pac. R. R.. q. pfd. $1.25.. May 25 Phillip Morris established another | Dominion Glass Co., g, $1.30. .June 15 July 1 mew high, but the others in this|Dom @ Co., q. ptd, $1.75. Jue 15 Jnly 1 group. includ fobacen products ex. | Hudson Motor Car Co., S0c.. June 20 July 1 = ¥ o Zetai >, v v Hudson Motor (ar 1.000 port and United Retail Candy, were | 308 MO0 CI5 foo 000 quiet. Amalgamated Leather was| pic with Mich. law, $2.30. June 20 July 1 Mining shares were active. but price | Lake of the Woods Milling n nts in most issues were small. Co., g, $8 ..o . May 27 June 1 Independence Lead and Marsh Min- | Lake of the no;',?- Milling ing were features, both advancing to | yor %P S o new high records. Galena was strong. | e o st Magma Copper and Mason Valley | genrs. Roebuck G an St. NW. In New York Curb Market. (Quotatlons furnished by the Associated Press.) On New York Stock Exchange. Quotations furnished by the Associated Press. INDUSTRIALS.. U. 8. BONDS. High. Low. 2:15. Hi Low. Close. | 1520 Acme C P |t 303 Liverty .84 100.00 | 4100 Acme Packing 54 50 B4 13 Liberty 90.70 | 2100 Amal Leathe 14% 18% 18% 219 Liberty 99.86 | “400 Amal Lenther ptd.. 48 41 4 K30 Liborty .78 300 Am Drug_Co. 1081 90.04 | 800 Am Haw S 8. 104 £ oo B0 1 100 Heecnnut, .00 etory ! Brit-Am Tob coup. 20 Vietory 100.00 200 Biya Co. .. 1500 Buddy Thuds. FOREIGN ¢ olumbin Emerald 50 Argentine Ts ..... 100% | 1700 Continental Mol 11 Chinese Gov Ky Ba 54% | 1800 Cub Dom Suga: 4 City of Hergen 8! 110" | 3000 Dantels Mot. 5 City of Rern 8s .. 112% | 300 Davies Wm. Al 31 City Rordeaux 68 Tig | 200 Dort Motor 1 City Christiania 8. 1200 Dullier € & K. 11 City Copenhugen 533 400 Durant Motors ... 20 City of Lyons 6s.... 200 Durant Motgra ‘Tnd. 18 City of Mary Gs.... 100 Frontenae - 29 City of R de Jan' B 25 Glllette 8 Ttagor. . 38 City of 8 Panlo 8a. 104 10314 104 700 Glen Aldew Coul ... City of Toklo 5u.. Goldwyn Pletures. City of Zyrich 8s. r Tire t Motor ... Heyden Chemis Hudson Mot...... Hudson Co. ‘pfd; Hudson & Manh® Itlinols_Cent Rt Tuter Rul Int R T ctfn Int Clgar Mfg. Czechoslovuk Ns_ctfn Dept of Sein Dom Canada D C 5%% Dom of Canada Duteh E Indles fs ‘47 Dutch E Indles 6 ‘02 French Republic S French Republic Ts. aness Tt 4%t v Solether S 108 . By Mol i Tielgium 7. Cincoln' Mators A" e e lonts 10294 10214 [ 2300 Mercer Motors cif.. Kgdm Denmark 6s. 9% 98T 99 Tog ).»n' Jersey Zi, T Kgdm Netherlands 86 97 963 97 10 Packard Mot nfd. 800 Packard M 2600 Philip M, e 600 Pub Sery Cp NJ ptd 4300 Itad King of Norway S King of Swedei 8. Paris-Eyons-Med s, e of Chile o 146 aclo arp o ep of Uruguay Ss. dio Corp 'of Queensland 7x. 11033 11015 1104 Reo Mbtor True b ..; &'.:p;‘u{n:;d fs. 1021 101% 10138 Repetti Candy... t of Itlo Gr do § 8s 102 102 102 Republic Tire wiss Confed Ss. Schulte Stores. ¢ Kinedm 310 22 Tt Kingdm 0 200 b 7 Bigw ‘3T 1028 1024 102% Bwift & Co.. 2 “s'(.:?‘fl:'.'m”u- L. 104 1083 1043 Tol Prod A 88 § of Mexleo ot ga | 1 Toda Shirards - T 30 U S of Mexico 4 55 48 Torben. Azle... 52| 200 17 8 Light & Heat: 14 1% 14 RAILWAY AND MISCELL, 400 17 S Light & He ptd 18 1000 17§ hip Corp. 1 Adams Express 4s.. 0% 000 g Coep e change for the better in the com-|AtlanticFruitCo... & 2 Ajax Rubler S pany's earnings. Atlantic Guif. ..... 38% 8 Am Agrl Chem 715k The Eries have always appealed | AtlanticGulfpf. ... 27% Am. Smelting 5 strongl i ic R 5 A Smelting 5 SFANDARD £ly to speculative imagination, | Atlantic Ref pf.... 115 Amer Bugar de .. representing as they do the one big | Austin Nichols. 1900 Anglo-Amer 0i ... Atlantic Lobos . Buckere Fipe Li A Tel & Tel col tr 53 Am Writing Pa 7s. Armour & 4. r's 8 Fe gen 4% naSignal 011 A e 540 Imperial Oil Canada 5 A C L Iat con dn... lnofe Pipe Line. 12 Atlantic Ref 8343 100 Nat Tran & ST E O Ba e _ 10 Prairie Fipe i B&Oev 3 880 dard < Rell Tel of Pa Ts. Reth Steel ref 5 Roth Steel p m itk Edison gen 78 D. Cal Gaw & Flec b Canndian North 6133 Canad Pac deb 48 Central Leather 80 Standard 01l N Y.. 10 Vacuum Oil. INDEPENDENT OILS. 300 Aertna Exp..... 11 300 Alcan 0l © 4™ 1100 Arkansas Nat 3 onFng 4 5% 83% 63% | 6600 Roston Wyoming. N bt e, Mo 80y 8ei | 000 Krazow Of] : Crrs de Tasco 31 1211 Rrit Cont 4l 'F €0 ey Bn o [T Carib Syndicate . SO ov 13700 nety RTR TN Citien Rervic & refon ALl 99M URK 99 Z00 Citlen Serv 17 Cii & E TN 3s. R NIh K| 4w Creole Syuaic e Filtera 3. 8% 1~ G| 100 Dominton O GRS T o g Englneers Detcolein ©M €8 P et iy 3500 Frderat il Ciiienzo & N W Tx o0 Fenviand i1 - Cliicago Hwys Gn... ifiand Oi1 CROT & P ogen s PG RIED refdn . ¥ Cni & West Tnd .. 30 Chile Copper Ts 33 e Copper. 6 3 Colo Tndus Sa.... L o & Son ref 4igx. as & Elec on 1 of Md 5% col Cons O 300 Mariand T Consol Gas Ts. N7 116k 1168 el | Uilha Cane Sux @ S, BiL, wiy & | YRR Marlos Of L Cuba R R 3% 103% | T Merritr O Gunan am St 1053 o 0l Dol & Hud ov ox 0 300 Mexivan Seaboird Des M & Ft D 4s.l 62 b S00 Mounisin Producers. 1 Tt Edison ref 6x . 103 102 | 17000 Matial ¢ n ted Rys 4las 3% Sl 100 N OMC& Ariz 1 Co Mate 1wl 00 New York ol ae 3 vei | 4000 Nobte o3t auesne Light 6 108k | 300 N Am v gon 43.. o W Omar M X o D lien 4 Bi% ed Ranks Oil isk Rubber 8 1001, Fram Ind Dev an_ Consalidated. . Creek.. ! 20 Supuipa Ref... {00 Shell Union pfd . 300 Shrd Oi] & Gas. .. 1500 Kimms Petrojeum 25700 Skelly OL...... 300 South § 0 & T.. 00 Bouth States.... 2000 South Pet & Ref Hud & Ilin Steel _deb inna_Steel { 24300 Texon Of 200 Turman Cent col 7. Cont deb 6 1000 Magma Cop Rts... Mazma_Copper Marsh Mines Cons, Mason Valley Mother Lode cit. Y, C & St Lodh 48 X Edison ref 6ige NY.NH&H ev 6e 48 Y.NH&H dob 4s * XY Ont & W ref 4 N'Y Tel deb 6s '49. Y Tel ref 0s "41.. Niplssing Ray Herenles 3 N Y Win & Bos 4lgs 57 Y Rex Consolldated. or & Sonth 5s A... 68 87% 68 1000 Bilver Dale or & West cv s 109 100% | 2400 § Amer P & & W con 4s. 87! K7% | 4000 Stewart Minin, r Pac pr llen 86! B8% | 3000 Success Mining. 1 Nor Pac gen 3s...... 62 62 1600 Tonopah Relmont. . 163 N PG N joint 838, 105% 108% 105 620 Tonopah Extension. @ Nr St Pow ref bs A 91l 014 91 100 Trinity Copper Co. 3 X W Bell Tel 7 8500 Tuolumne Copper. 5 Oreg 8 L ret 2700 United Eastern. 37 Or-W _RR & Ni 2000 Volcano ... 2 Otis Steel 88 100 Yukon Goid.. 1. 13 Pacific G and El 1 Tel and Tel so.0 08 06 o5 BONDS. 5 Packard Motor 8s. 5 Allied Packer 6. 82 81 82 2 ravAn Detd 4| 8 Alied Packer 6s ctfe. m;/: gfi 63 36 Pa - 8 Allled_Packer Ss. A 97! 36Pa R Rgenle .- 100 0% 0% 1 Aluminum 75 ‘53 3% 1053 105 27 Pa R_R gen 4%n. A @ Amer Light T W W 100 100" 100 4 Pere Marquette rf 9615 963 A el & Tel 6a '92. 100% 100% 100 15 Peorta & East inc is g’;’ 3‘-,' ;3 12 Amer T & T 6s '24. 101% 101% 101 TP O0&BrLOs A N8 10 10 5 Anaconda Copper 68 100% 1004 100! 4 Prod & Hef 8 ..... e 4 Anaconda Cop 7s '20 108% 103% 103 2 B Bne 2 2 Anglo-Amer Ofl 73s 1038 1038 103 1 B4 81| 8 Amour & Co Ta.... 104% 104 104 S 8T8 B7% 1 Atl Gulf & W I 5 6315 A3 5 B0 80 7 Betn 8tl Ts '23. 106 % 1054 or oy, a9y | 1 Beth Stl 78 '3 1028 102 7214 70 5 Canad Nat Ry 08%, 95! 8% T8¢ 2 Canadian Pac 2s. 10134 10134 82 821 2 Central Bteel 8 ... 10413 10415 1043 2 % " 1 Cities Serv 7a “C™. 86 95 85 1 oY% 9% 5 Commonwlth Pow 63 90 80 90 24 268 20if| 1 Coms Copper 2n7s. 76 76 76 33 Sba_Air Line rel 437 4315 8 Copper EX A 81 '25. I8 3% 20 §h Steel Hoop 88 99 00% 5 1011, 101 56 Sinclair Ofl cv 73 104% 2045 5 Empire Gas & F 0a. 1007 1007 100 48 Sinclair 011 col T A 48 Freeport Tex 7s... 124% 122" 122 1 South Bell Tel 5" 9 T s 70 % 53 South Pac cv 4. 91 1Y 4 Gult Ofl 7s. 3 0 South Pac ref 4s. 2 Hood Rubber 7s. 8 Bouth Pac col tr T 08 Int Gr Nor Gs..... 62% 61} 62 84 South Ry gen 8% o0 ooy | MBI QLI W i 70 88 8o Ry con 8% 94| 27Int R T 78 w L 57 947 94 26 8o Ry gen 4s. 88% a8y 1 Interboro R T 7s.... 89~ 99" 99 17 8o Porto Ric Bui'l 99 09 99 88 Inter R T 88 '22, sza 92 92! & Stan Oil Callf deb 7s 1 05 106 % Kane Gas & Elec 65, 9813 96% 0b 22 Third Ave adj O 1. 0% 21 Kenrecott Copper 7s. 105 ~ 105" .103 1 Tidewat Oil 6 102% 1023 | “g Kings County Lt 6%s 984 98 98 2 Tobacco Produc 108% 108 2 Laclede Gas_7s 1003 1003 100% 52 Unfon Pacific 1st 91% 91 7 Lib McN & Lib T PRI 98T, 98’ 18 Unifon Pacific cv 4 943 04 1 Liggett-Winc_7s..... 1008 100i 100: 40 Union Pacific ref 4s. 8614 80" 88 1M 7 1081 108%° 1083 6 United Drag 8s..... 110% 100% 110% & 4 Ut R Inv 1st bs Ditt 8a% R6% 8a% 3 100 5 U S Realty bs...... 07 987 97 |. & 63 89! 89 9 82 101% 101 5 a o1/ o1 13 168 1067 105% | 19 36 100 100 e b1 1y 00y | o Seary Rech 27 Sears, Roel 8 West 5! a5 vay & Cle 8s 10515 106% 5 West ‘?i;emm % e T Bt ol el i 1o ded i nion N Y T 3 West a% 3 Stan Ol N Sy ST 22 Westingh Elec e ea 14 Stan 011 N ¥ Gigs Steel 7s. 100 1 Wi ick-Spen 21 Wilson & Co's 1 Tl4s 105! 2 Wilson & Co cv 6s.. 94! $15,475,000 & year ago. of bonds today 769, ), / comol g 1ot 2 D5 Torions previous her wad TREASURY CERTIFICATES. " |SOME HESITATIO jtrunik line leading out of New York, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1922 Open. High. Low. Close Aa.mui&pro-. 651 66% 66% €6% Afax Rubher. my a1 e Alasks Gold L ) Alaska Juno...... 1% 1% 1% 1% Allied Chemcal. ... 63% 6% FA% €% : fillled Chemical pt. 108% mi& l:: l:a 5 2 . s Chalmerspf.. 97% 97} Buying Operations Said 10|AmAerchemicar.. sw 2 % =% % ::g:rcmmnt. [ 2 % et Sugar. 4 Cover Profit-Taking Am Bosen e s m Brake Shoe. . 607 Elsewhere. Am Can.. Am Canpf.. 105 BY STUART P, WEST. Am Chicle Co. 12 Am Cotton OIl. 28% NEW YORK, May 23.—The rate o call moneo renewals was advanced | A Express. 8 Yy ! Am Hide & Leatar. 15 today from 3% to 4 per cent,ibut the | Am Hide & Lthr pt. 70% incident passed unnoticed in the se-|AmTce............100 curity dealings. :m ;ce of.. 5 ss: - | Am International. . 48 The fmportant thing is not the quo- | 170 Jrernatior on tations on bank balances loaned out Am Linseed. from day to day, but the rates Am Locomotive. on fixed loand, and these were not|Am Safety Razor. changed either Monday or today.|Am Ship& Com. They remained at the minimum |4™M Smelting e Am Smelting pf. eyels reached toward the end of 1ast | Am Smelt Sec A week. Am Snuft ... The most notable feature about the trading in stocks was the way the market lost its excited appearance of Am Stee! Fdy. Am Sugar. ... Am Sugar pf other days. Slackening of the pace | Am Sumatra....... 35% was altogether a hopeful sign. Am Tel & Teleg. . " Otherwise the day's operations were | Am Tobacco. . precisely the same sort that have be- [ Am Tobacco (B)...187% 187% 137 come familiar — up-bidding of some | Am Tobaccopf (n).102 103 102 stoc k:‘ while realizing sales went on| am Woolen. ... 93 o%h 924 nothers Am Writing Prpf.. 3% 3% % e result was a mixed price move- | om0 it TS 19 19% ment, but with the most important |, Mo 0E AT Tt 6 g a8 changes on the side of advance. e O o oo 5 Eries In Demnnd.— AssoDry G 2dpf... 82 8 2 There were a number of interesting | Associated Ol. . ... 1251 120 125! Incident in individual issues. Erie | Archison..........100% 101 :p;-;;ru'lesk both bonds anc Stocks. | atehison pf . 81% vere in £ 3 0 X were een demand again for no | agr o NG gn reason, however, except a somewhat belated recognition of the |Atlantic Coast Line 102% the bonds and stocks of which are Raldwin Loco. . quoted low. Baldwin Loco pf. Always there is the suggastfon of s 8% t! - 2 £ Balto & Ohio. ...... 48% gome other system being attracted by B lo s ORIBH - et these circumstances sufficiently 10 at- | gty (a). P tempt to obtain the control. i Beth Steel Another incident was a_sudden up- 85 rush in Republic Iron and Steel, due to | Beth Steel (B) - s nothing more than gossip based upon | Beth 7% pt 3 the separation of the Youngstown Sheet | Booth o o8 & Tube from the proposed six-company sti2dpt... 29 T e dison. ... .. 108 The idea is that now others may n Rapid Tra. .. 251 break away and be sought as members Bklyn Rap Trctfs.. 22 of other combinations. With these and | pyivn Union Gas. .. 107% a few other exceptions, thers was not | piv s prodf N Ty the same driving force back of indi- | BopSeros % vidual movements that there had been | Botte Copper. P on previous days. From LENTR ERUDEROE. R point of view, it was 4 conspicuous | Butterick. ........ 28 symptom that the market should nave ” quieted down. It seemed to point to- | Caddo Ofl e ward « lessening of interest on the part | California Pekng. .. 79% of the cutside public. Profit taking | California Petrol... 67% Canadian Pacific. .. 142% Central Leather.... 0% Central Leath pf... T Cerro de P2sCO. ... | “handler Motor. | Ches & Ohio. rl i sales increased went on. in volume as the day Utah Copper. ah Copper Company directors meet week to act on the divide recent Improvement in copy Chi & Alton trade condition e street is dis-| Chi& Alton cussing the possibility of an inerease. | Cal & Eastn ... In quarters associated with Utah! ChiGreat Westrn affairs it not absolutely denied | oni Great W pf. 209 that the rate will be raised. The sub-{ cpi Ml & StP. b ject is simply treated as an uncer- | cpiaiia St P of. “ tainty which will not be settled in ad-| ot e Northwn. 5% vance of the meeting. with the (b ¢SO0 1 chances rather against than in favor | Chi&2 % of such action. = Pt Some people have been predi | 2 b confidentiy that the Kennecott ChiR1&P 7% pf 1 copper merger was on the point Chile Copper. .. 2% announcement. There is no encours a1 ment, however. from authorita gett Peabody . ... & sources, for any expectation of the|Coca-Cola. 88% sort. The deal is under consideration. | Golo Fuel New York. Chicago and St Louis was one of the features of the low- priced rai This move was based upon the very good showing which the road has been making so far this year. Reckening from the r sults of the first quarter and allow- i Coio & Southern | Columbia Gas. . { Columbia Graph. Comp Tabulator. .. Cons Cigar. Cons Gasof N Y. | | ! | ing for seasonal variations, Nickel |Cons Inti Cal i Plate is earning over $17 a share. | Cons Textile... {while paying $5 Cont Can The same banking interests which | Corn Products. .- tock over the Nickle Plate from the | Cosden & Co.....-- S 0T o] New York Central have recently | Grycible Steel. . 8% A Central rof i3 38 47 G. done the same thing with 1 { €rucible Steel pf... %W tORCREM 4 TON T T Mot Erie and tern. There h okl Y1087 100 108 55 a good d of buying of the sCuh"\, agar... 185 9T, 99Ta 89T ter's stocks on the theory that | Cuba Cane Su pt i i 91 0 90 | S S e it e new people will make a similar suc- | €Y G ol% 81 1 D0 Boston & Mont Con . cess of their latest acquisition yavidson Chem. ... Bt VORI s e il e sa | IR, € L0 Standard Oil of Kentucky direc- | DA%a%0R Cher s & MS deb dn 31 02% 02 02K | Gog Candelarin Mining. . tors are scheduled to meet later in| D€ BESIR Rl -e- S0 T Lebigh Valley ... 1023 10235 1024 | Jo00 (IUERER Sine: - the week and place the stock on a i Dellack& Wsta... 1 5 Ligott & Myers 12000 Cons Arizonu dividend basis. In some quarters ! DomeMines....... 23 e 3 A0 Covsalidared (Gon, - the belief is that the dividend willl 1000 Corter Stlver ... . as it Tk Eastman Kodak.. %% ¥ 400 Cresson Gzld be the same as that now paid by | S Batery PPy 20 Marland Oil Sa..... 9% A .| 300 Dotores Esperans ! Standard Oil of Indiana, or $4. The ElecStor Bal Sh 3 Mexican Petrol 8. 1083 10612 106151 400 Dundee Ariz Copper par value of Standard ntucky | Elk Horn Coal . 2% 5 Mich State T st s Ol NI 9 | Dgo0 Emma Silver... . stock was recently reduced from §100 | Emerson-E 9 53 Midvale Steel cv Sw. 81% 91 81K 1 9000 Eureka Crocsus to $25. | Emerson-Brant pf.. $1 1 Minn & St L ref 5. 4815 484 484 | 940 Foreyonine Mining. S ! cott-Joanso: 83% 4 3% 1M S P &SRS MBln 1023 1023 10234 | 3500 Galina Min......... —_— i icof 7 £3% M K&TnplisA 8% 3% K% | 3000 Hard Shell Mining | Endicott- 214 M. K & T nabsA ST I 100 Hecla Mining ... Erfe. 2\ vl\ &‘T Tabdnc mll'-: L;m ;(uu- S';vmrul :“n“ 5 s | krielstpf.. 3 Mo P oref s 23 2700 Independ Lead Min 2 ow 38 A 07 7000 La Rose Mining 3 ft o Tht 4%s 5T T 10000 Lane Star <o | Famous Players. ... 834 \'C ‘& 8t L con 5x 1005 {5000 MK inles-Dar-Sav Famous Players pf % O & M Tnc o 1000 MeNamara Mn & Mi | 1 Fed M 52% 13 Fed Mines | Fisner Bedy Fisher B 01 O pf. Fisk Rubber. . BONDLIST FEATURE By Special Leased Wire to The Star. NEW YORK. May 23.—The price | Freeport Texas.. movement in the bond market today | gon am Tank Car.. 634 was mixed. .62 Lw-priced rallway issues continued | Gen Asphait pf- 9 to be the features. High-grade rail- | Gen - way mortgages and liberty bonds |Gen Ciga .- 102 " 5 Gen Eiectric .. 16512 were strong. Industrials remained | FeB SoCiiE 00 irregular. In the foreign group the|gGen Motors pf-.--- declines, though fractional, outnum- bered the advances. The Eries were again the leaders of the speculative bonds. Three of the Erie issues—the prior 4s, convertible Bs and convertible Ds—reached new high prices for the year, The general 48 advanced two points and the convertible As crossed 51. The strength of these bonds on Monday and today was coincident with in- creased activity, and better prices in Gen Mot 6% deb Glidden @o. . - Goodrich . Granby Consol Great Northern pf. . Great Nor Ore. . Greene-Cananea. Guantanamo Sug. . Gulf Mo & Nor. Gulf Mo&NPf.... Gult States Steel. ... Erie stocks and 'was based chiefly | gabirshaw Cable.. 2 upon improved earnings. Hendee Mfg. - 2 New York, Ontario and Western re- | gom oy funding 4s gained over a point, and | LorEtGH W 8% 9% slight advances occurred in the Frisco, | gousiRi v o- S0 ) SR St. Paul and Seaboard Air Line secu- | HUBP FI0IEP o A i rities. West Shore 4s and Missouri Hydra o 6s both Wenéou:a. x:lr-::mt or more. | 1 1 Central. s wr e o . Indiahoms . .-+ -« -« %o 4 Cerro do Pasco 8s were still in|jiapiration. D e demand and got to 122 on active|[nterboroMetro.... 2 24 2 trading. Other copper bonds, the [ Interboro Metpf... 47 “ :{eel:glnd the pub?lc utility issues, [ Int] Agri Chem pf.. 4% s s with the exception of Consolidated | intlCement....... 7% 8Th% 374 Gas 7s, were strong. American Tele- | [nt Combustn Eng.. 26% 27 6% phone ‘and Telegraph 6s rose above | int] Mer Marine.... 24 24 2% 115, More speculative buylng came | ne) Mer Marine pf. 8% 8% 8% into Atlantic Fruit 5s, while Mar-(jny Nickel. ¥ T land Oil 8s, with warrants, dropped | [t paper. au 6 a point. Intl Paper (sta)..- w70 Libertys Strong. Invincible Oil. 8% 1% The tax-exempt liberty 3%s were 3 88 heavily? dealt in at _and above par W 1% and were close to their highest for i o t of the liberty group add e, o rest of the liber - ca by fhele “fecont Bains. | The most |KansasClty Sou... 21% 2% 274 conspicuous among the foreign ex-|Kansas&GuitCo.. 4% 5 4% ternal loans were the Mexican 4s and | Kayser (Julius)... 43 48 42 bs, which sold off from a fraction to | Kayser (Julius) pfd10s 103 103 ints. -Spring Tire.. 61% 51% 60% 2 B eir decline was attributed to the | KoLy-Sprineire. - W CU8 unsettied political and financial situ- | go/td o e T % ation of Mexico and to the reports | e8ZFTI Les e b later denied that Mexican officials Kr’ (58) 1335 184 18 may abandon ,:ne idkels ot‘ con‘rerrxng gy g 2 h New York bankers for the pur- . ;;:e of reaching an adjustment of Umi'fl':'."vg‘”‘ }g% fig ':73: Mexican financial obligations. e et ati P O Lee Tire & Rubber.. 34% 34% 34 PARIS BOURSE IRREGULAR. |LehighValley..... 1% 6% 64 PARIS, May 23—Prices moved ir- s R regularly on the bourse today. Three B per cent rentes, 57 francs 90 centimes. Exchange on London, 49 francs 4 cen- times. Five per cent loan, 77 francs 45 centimes. The dollar was quoted at 11 francs 8% centimes. —_— BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS. Loews Inc. NEW YORK, May 23.—Foreign bar | Mack Truck 1stpf. 87 87 8% silver, 72%; Mexican dollars, 55%. | Mallinson&Co..... 22 22 "2 LONDON, May 23.—Bar silver, 36% | Mallinson&Copf.. 8 8 84 B-nu per ounce; money, 1% per cent.| Manhatn Elec Sup 59% 68% iscou rates—sShort and three- | Manhattsn Elev.... 0% W% % monthnrllll. 2% per cent. 110 % 18% [ 2% 2% 103 154% m - 89% 9% 85% 58% L) FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office. Manhattan Shirt 9% 3% 18 Market St Ry. . ™% % % Market St prior. 2% e@% % Market St Ry 2nd. 2 - ; Marland OMl. . ;. 2% A% A% Martin-Parry. !4 2% B34 Mathison Alkill. 23% 81 3% Maxwell (A) % NK% 2% Maxwell (B)...... 28% 20 23% 23% McIntyre Porcu.... 17% 7% 17% 17% Mexican Pete. 185% 135% 1a2% 134 Miami Copper..... 204 80% 80 30% Middle States Of1. 1% 1% 16% Midvale Steel "% oou ay Minn & St L (n) B% 13 B MoR&TwI...... 19% 19% 19% 1% MoK&Tptwi. % 2% % Mo Pacific. ... u% Wh Wk Mo Pacific pf. .. 57% 6% 66% Montana Power.... 72% T% T2h T84 {Mont Powerpf.....108 108 105 108 Montgomery Ward. 24% 2% 3% 24 Mullirs Body...... 31 31 30 %0 Natl Riscuft....... M7 WY 1S 18 Natl Cloak & Suit.. 41% &% d41% % Nat] Conduit. ... 2% 2% Natl Enamell a “% Nat] Lead. . O » Natl Lead pf.......108% 109% Nevada Copper. i N Y Central. .. o NYChi&StL.. it NYChiasStL2d.. 7 0% N Y Dock. el INYNHS ] NYO& West...... 284 1% Norfolk & Westrn. . 107% 108% North American... 59% ek North American pf. 48% Northern Pacific... 7% Nova Scotla Steel... 82 | Ohio Body & Blow.. 11% Otis Elevator. ... .. 189% Oklahoma Prod.... 8 Otis Steel. . . W% Owens Bottle 6% Pac Development. .. 10% Pae Gas & Elec. 69% Pacific Mail........ 15 Pacific O ... ... 64% PacTel & Tel...... 60 D6 “an-Amer Pete. . Tan-Am Pete (B).. §9 | Panhandle. ........ % ’arish & Bingham.. 13% >ennsvivania. ..... 42% Penn Seabd Steel. .. 1%% People’s Ga .. 86 8% Peoria & Eastern. .. 11 4% Pere Marquette. ... 33% Pere Marq pf s 65% Phila Company.... 3% © Phillips Pete. 4% Plerce-Arrow. ... s Plerce-Arrow pf... i89 39 erce Ofl. .. 10% 2% Plerce Ol pf....... 66% ! | PittsCoal......... €& 6% |Pitts& Wva...... #6% 6% | Postum Cereal.... % kel | Pressed Steel Car. . {7 8% | Producers & Ref I;’m .g‘fl Pullman Co EErRY Sa i82% Rallway Steel Spr.. 103% 108% Mines.... 7% ¥ Con Copper. 184 Reading......- m Reading 1st pf... | Reading 2d pf...... 48 s Replogle Steel. . 35% vl iron & Steel. . 4 & lron & SUDL... 98 84 @4 9% Rep Motor Truck... 8% % it J Reynolds (B). 47 “ | Royal Dutch. .. 63% 68% st Josepn Lead. B% 15% |stL& San¥ran... W% 0% 3 30 11L& San Frpf... S04 0% 0% 50T St Touis Southwn.. 82 32 Sl% St Louis Sown pf... 49% 49% 48% nta Cecilia Sug.. &% ' il « xon Motors...... 3% 4 sk 4 abourd Air Line..¥8% 84 & & Roebuck ..iT8 78 kd kgl eca Copper..... W% % 1% ttuck-Arizona.. 10' 10% 10% 10% 11 Trad & Tran: 45 5 145 45 8% 7 50% B0' 4 4 02 ” 25 |25% 5 5T 1% 1% W% 14 sd Oilof N J. 189% 1597 2d Ol N T pt.... 15 s & Tubepf..... 8% 86 8% 86 ng Products.. 6% 6% 6% 6% Brospf...... 101% 101% 101 101 rt-Warner... s 45k €% 146 Stromberg Carb.... 51 54 63 58 sdebaker. .......12% 128% 121% 121% rine Boat.... 6% 6% 6% 5% Superior Ofl. ...... 7 T % Superior Steel...... 37% 88 SweetsCoof Am.. 8% 3% Tenn Copper...... 1124 12% exas Company... 49 50 exas Gulf Sulphur 6% 46% | Texas & Pacific.... 8414 35 jTexas & F C&Oil. 0% 0% Third Avenue.. 23 Tide Water Oil. 182 | Tobacco Prod..... .T3% | Tobacco Prod pf....100 101 Trans Conti Ofl.... 19% Transue & Willms. 43 T { Cnion Paclfic. Union Pacific pf. .. United Alloy Steel. on Bag & Papr.. 67 w5 h 38 ted Drug. . 8 { United Drug 1st... 45 United Ry Inv..... 15% United Ry Invpf... 327 United Retall Strs. 674 U'S CastIr Pipe... 86% U S Food Prod. 3 U'S Indus Alcohd, ik U S Realty. I USRubber........ 66 ¢ U S Rubber 1st pf. C S Smelt & Rer. U S Smelt Ref pt U S Steel. U S Steel pt.. Utah Copper. Gtah Securities. Vanadium Corp. Va-Car Chemical. . Va-Car Chem pf... 0 Vivadou....ceeee, 12% Wabash. ‘ 2% Wabash pf (A).... 883% 32% Webber & Hellbrn. 4% Mk MW 1w Western Md. L N% % 1% L% Western Md .. 20 20 19% Q19% Western Pacific.... 2% 2K 224 22 Western Pacpf.... 61 61% 61 6l Western Union.... 97% 7% 91% .97% Westhse E&M.... 63 63k 624 642 Wheeling &LE... 126 12% 1% 0% Wheeling & LEpf 23% 234 23 .23 White Lagle Refin. 26 26% 26 z6% White Motor. 49 8% (48 White Oil. .s 10 0% 10 0% Wickwire Spencer. 19% 19% .19% .19% wilson Company. ® 6 s Willys-Overland. 8% 8% . 8% Willys-Ovld pt... (40% 40 feow Wisconsin Central.. 20% 2% 20% 29% High Low. Last. Call Money. « 4 um HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS. A1lam.....392000 12m. 675 500 1p.m. . 908 700 2 Pp.m.....l1 072 400 STARTS ON BIG CUT-OFF. NEW YORK, May 23.—Construction will begin at once on the Castleton bridge and “cut-oft” improvement of the New York Central. It is to be in within two years. The connecting railway, yards, etc., call for an expenditure of ap- proximately $20.000.000. The new bridge, twelve miles south of Albany, will be the second high-level struc- ture to span the Hudson river and larger than its single predecessor at Poughkeepsie. MIDWEST BARGE SERVICE. CINCINNATI, May ‘ 23.—According to information, a .new barge service is to be started soon to serve ship- pers on the Ohio and Mississippl rivers from Pittsburgh to New Or- leans and connecting with ocean liners at latter port. The new line will operate a fleet of stee] barges for both up-river and southern ports, 2 INANCIAL THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, : Grain, Produce and Live Stock| BOND AND CURB MARKETS GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. LOCAL SECURITIES QUIET AND FIRM Branch Banking in Frisco. 47 in One Chain—Hibbs’ Trophy. BY I A. FLEMING. There were few features to the ¢ Session of the local stock exrhar Totomac Electric es wer erally fitm, with & number of sales of §100 Potomac general mortgaze and refunding 7s at 106%. Washing- ton Gas 5s brought 94% to 843, and Beneral 6= of the Washington Ralie way and Electric Company, Capital Traction stock. 97 Branch Banking. A few shares of Federal Bank sold at 176. The superintendent ing of California question of branch standpoint % of state ban w argue banking from t of state banks, 1 tionably holding that what for state institutions is sur bad for national banks. Branch banking is a specialty California state institutions and large number of national instit are planning to get out of the eral reserbe system unless pe to do branch banking One cannot blame them. petition of branches all over is too severe The Have vou heard of the Bank of Italy? No, not of Rome. but of Sar Francisco, Calif. It has fort branch banks and they dot the star up and down and cross coun T is affiliated with the Rideout National Bank at Orvil r National of Paso Rob - East River National a It has $10,0 surplus and 250,001 two or three more by this time and | presided over by a financial ler ba A like sing b P. G one a sounds an r owner is admittedly a great ban those who know of him adm long as he dominates, branc! under his control will be safe At the time of the Frisco earth- quake, Mr. Giannini preserved his tal poise and helped 10 conditions by h 1o spare to customers, but many tend relief of a mis —thereby adding to } Fis theory of & entire state se its prosperity all at on t is if something goes wrong In o section the er branches will b in position Iy to relieve but to upho There a national b i fornia that E and Seattle Other national banks in Califorr nd elsewhere want to ¢ te with state banks changa ate stitutions. No Redeposit of Tax Funds Secret action of the in whict the Treasury was without and suggested as th avoid the heavy drafts « deposits with each was to securs legisla n; the tax installments, Ma Whether as res: or otherwiss gress a bi stallment system Galliher payment will ta 000,000 from 1o the current m A Splendid Trophy. B. Hibbs cup, to be lliam B. ed for b sstimates that » $11.000,000 10 § stity tax s during il The W ed by W to be pl guests at cc Bankers stimulus to bring out th talent Hot during the conv tic Under the conditions of the it is to be kept by year and then retu committee of the ass ner of three contests to 1 nent possessor of the ¢ Mr. Hibbs never does an halves and this cup will = please the golfers. —_— Washington Stock Exchange SALES and Electric 4s Hibbs as a bankers ation, " £1.0m 51.000 & $1.000 Federal Natio Washington Gax 5 ar 943 g At 841z, $1.000 At H4l, S5O0 ar 4. 8 ar w4 Potomiac Flectric cons. 55—$1000 at $1.000 at 07 Continental Trust Company—1 at 821, Money—Call loaus, 5 per cest. BONDS. Bid and Asked Prices. PUBLIC UTILITY mac 5s... omuc guar. 5s. . Telephone Bs........ " and P. Tel. of Va. 55.. Capital Traction R. R. 5s City and Suburban 5 Georgetown Gas Ist Metropolitan R. R. bs. Potomac Electric ist 5. Potomac Electric Power g. m. Pot. Elec. Pow. g. m. & ref. T Wi Ale: d Mt Wi nd_An. 5 w . W Tis. W y. and Elec. Wash. Rwy. and Elec. g. m. 6 MISCELLANEOTS. Riggs Realty Ge (long) 5 Riggs Realty 5s (short)...... W. M. Cold Storage 5 STOCKS. PUBLIC UTILITY. American Tel. aud Telgs S Copital Traction : w0 ashington G 5 . and Elec. com. w0’ snd Eec. pra. American Capital Columbia Commerciai District Federal .. Liberty ... Lincoln . tional Metropolitan TRUST COMPA American Security and Trust Continental Trust National Savings and Trust... Tnion Trust . Washington Loan and Trust. BAVINGS BA: Commerce and Savin East_Washington . S Becurity Bavings and Com.... Seventh Street 5. Saviy A aahington Sechanics' - Firemen's . National Union . TITLE INSURANCE. Columbia Title ...... Real Estate Title .. . MISCELLANEOUS. Columbia Graphophone com. S et it Co . C. Paper Mfg. Co. Merchants' Transfer and