Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1922, Page 28

P93 B FINANCIAL," THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1922. SHARP UPSWING INLATE TRADING Extensive Bidding in Whole List Keeps Prices Ad- vancing Steadily. BY STEUART P. W Special Dispateh to The Star. Am Cotton Ofl. . NEW YORK. December 1-—The | Am Cotton Ofl pf. <tock market was definitely strong | Am Druggist... azain today, but still without any :: g;g::mm development in the outside situation. | ot k‘:mbum. . To what extent the advance repre- | am International seuted the covering in of short con-|Am Linseed. tracts put out a week ago, and to what extent i+ was the result of new buying. was hard to say, but, at least, it wus quite apparent that the re- covery of the last few days has been something mere substantial than merely a retreat of an overcrowded <hort interest. The market standing in, operations for ed in numerous Thers s no attempt to es after the extravagant pric ot three months ago. The | Am Tobac pf (n). .. 104% 004 s conducted cautiously and | Am W Wks 6% pf.. % 49 4% thout " any marked displ of avtivity. Tire Prices Increased. Springfield’s announcement 10 per cent increase in brought a good deal of Kelly Jay of w buying into this group of stocks. wmg with much short covering. It Was assumed that the other com- e panies \\n!‘lld f.-lln‘\\ \IllllK dfllnlngfle:l Atlantic Fruit Co. 1% 1% 1% seem bound to do so, to advance in crude rubber | Atlantlc Quif. around ents a pound o an 1y “extensive 5 ; i tes Rub- | Austin Nichols..... 31 81%° 81 her made the Lest res . Tecause | Austin Nichols pf.. 81% 88% Si% short interest in 16% the ' B but y field itself was not far behind. Copper Shares Strong. shares were among the s today, but without ews. The strongest mem- group, as usual, were the the companies iocated in shar South Booth Fisherles America or having an interest South American properties—Chile, | Bklyn Edlllzn. cerro de 1 and Kennecott. The | Bkiyn Rapid Tran Bklyn Rap Tr ctfs. Brown Shoe. . Brown Shoe pf... Burns Bros (Al ‘Burns Bros (B). best information is that the deal be- tween Chile and Anaconda is surely going throush. 5 The purpose of such a deal is to take the edge off South American com- :an only be done through utput_of Chile as the The question final re\ull will not be to arnings on Chile and increase of the higher-cost Ameri- pertios like the S 1 e ”| e O California Petrol... b3% b58% 66% i California Pete pf.. 93 93 9 Continental Can common_ste e L7 taday to its highest sinee 191 Canadian Pacific... 140 ports that the company would declare | (AT8GIT e Lol hoth a stock and a cash dividend on the shares within _a week. A stock dividend of from 33 1-3 to 30 per cent is expected, and distribution in cash at the rate of $§ nrobably will be made on Central Leath pf. Cerro de Pasco. 39% Chandler Motor.... 607 the outstanding stock. 0% Thae foreizn exchanges were another | Chesapeake & Ohlo 68% 67% 65% auarter in which speculators for the | Ches & Ohlo pf w 1. M 100% 10% Aacline were willing to admit a check. | Chi & Alton. % % Sterling drew close to its high, and {Chi & Alton pf M % o did Italian lire. the latter up fully | Chi & East Ill. 0% 2% . cent from the extreme low of Oc- s 68 Toher, just before the political over- 5 4% iurn. French francs crossed the -cent 10 o evel again, but what was of more 8% 2% importance was the disclosure in the WeeRls statement of the Bank of | ChibMil & StPpf. e 6% Francs that the circulation item had j Chl & Northwn.... 8% & 84 commenced to expand again. Chi Pneumat Tool. 81% 8l% 8% The increase of 325.000.000 francs is | Chi R1& FPacific... 83% 33% 82% small in comparison with the decrease | Chi R1& F 6% D! L of 1.700.000.000 in the seven weeks |Chile Copper. 8% 2% preceding..Still it bears out the judg- | Chino Copper. A% Y% while Franc perating | Cluett Peabody. . Tequiring constant ad- he bank to the treasury, way NEW YORK, December 1.—The New York Stock Exchange member- ship of 1. Norris Oliphant has been vosted ConsGalofNle % Cons Textile. Cont Can.. for transfer to Henry Gold- The transaction involved an increase of $1,000 over cious s: Products. e — czfi Products pf... m.‘ 120 ‘We Buy, Sell, Exchange and 100% Manage Cructble Stee % APARTMENT HOUSES Crucible Steel pf... % 9 S0 AXD Cuban-Am Sugar.. 20 244 8% BUSINESS PROPERTIES Cuba Cane Sugar.. 14% 4 Cuba Cane S Ple.... 9% McKEEVER & GOSS 1415 EYE § We Buay, Sell and Exchange Houses, Apt. Houses and Business Properties Immediate Attention Address Box 191—B Eastman Kodak. 8 Electric Stor Bat... §1% Elk Horn Cosl..... 2% Endicott-Johnson.. 89% 10 10 50% 50%% 185 16 Freeport Texas.... 19% Gen Am Tank Car.. ¢ 18% 8% 2% Glidden. .. .-« oA 9 in Corp- 5% 5% ||| Gotaw: D. o = % Uk 0 10 A% 2% MOTOR OILS Free-Flowing in Cold Weather 4 SHERWOOD BROTHERS, lnc.‘ _Phone Lincoln 7538. A Square Mealifl E Great Northera pf. | Great Mor Ore... Gulf States Steel. | % A S uare Deal iesic o, = Interboro Met pf. 5 % Lo people who | Intl AgTi Chemical. 7 % Th it "wiier pain | Intl Agri Chem pf.. 3% 33% 31% | intl Cement........ 8% 5% ¥% uay and get a hox of | Intl Combustion E. 24 24 24 rescription for in- | Intl Harvester. 02 104% 99 i A Int] Mer Marin 0% 5ot 49 or i sour suffering is intense. two i & e IR S G T R T nom m D't eat & square meal with- 5% 5% ont distress gtr nml get your money back. ‘That's where the square deal comes in. We s (Rt is really a stomach upbuilder 0% ““ % B || 51 B0k 234 Ends indigestion |inmesei & & | Kansas C Sou pf... 63 63% Mi0-Na -at druggists’ ever; Keystone Tire.. | Kresge (8 8).. | lackawanna Steel. 767 76% 6% Lake Erie & W.... 31% 31% Sl ' Lee Tire & Rubber. !6% 26 25% Lehigh Valley. 6% 62% —is a Prescription for Colds,|Liggett & Mye !l!% 25 219% Locomotive. 5% 4% Fever and LaGrippe. Its the most speedy remedy we know,|LoftInc. .preventing Pneumonia. Midvale Steel.. 29% 28 29% 2% 65 1% 15% 40% 41 1B 18 @a%h % 68% 6% 21% 21% 16% 16% n% 1% 19% 19% 12% 125% 35% 35% ||‘1;v, Natl Cloak & Sult.. 69 60 69 60 4% | Natl Enameling. [ 6% 3% 6% 1% 116% 114% 116% 2! 2% 2% 2% % % MG % NewOr Tex& Mex 83 83 8 88 N Y Air Brake (A) 41% &T% 41% 4T% N ¥ Central. . M% 9% 8% 9% NY Dock.......... 25% 26% 26% 26% NYNHG& Hartfd. 21% 22% 21% 2% 1% |N YO & Western.. 20% 21% 20% 21% 24%; | Norfolk & Western. Ill“l 118% 124 113% 7% | North American. 2% 9 2% North American pf. 45 @ 6 6 a1% | North Amerrts.... 25% 25% 26% 5% #8% | Northern Pacific... 18 /Y % T Oklahoma Prod.... 2 2 2 : Orpheum Circuit... 20% Otis Steel. . < % . 16% % 1 86 45 91 19% . s » s Pan-Am Pets (B).. 88% 90% 8% 9% Parish & Bingham. 10 10 10 10 15 | Pennsylvania...... @6 “®% 6 6% 61% | Penn Seabd Steel.. 3% 3% 3% 3% People’s Gas....... 93% 834 984 884 Peoria & Eastern.. 14 1% 16 1% Pere Marquett 82 3% 82 2% Pere Marq pf. 6 66 €6 3 Philadelphia Co.... 40 ©% 0% Phillips Jonespf... 97 971 9% 9% Phillips Pete....... 43% 3% €% €% Plerce-Arrow. - 1% 2% 1% 2% % | Plerce-Arrow pf... 2i% 2% 68 | Plerce Ol.. M 4% s 83 | Pierce Ofl pf. “ o« 663 | Piggly-Wiggly. 6% % 3 Pitts Coal. . 5% 67 Pitts & WV 4% 4% Pond Creek Coal 19% 19% b Postum Cereal..... 109% 111% 109% 11075 Pressed Steel Car.. 77 ks d K Pressed Stl Car pf.. 9% 99% 99% 9%% 61% | Producers & Ref 0% 67% | Public Berv of N 95 100% | Public Service pf. 106% 126% “© NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office Open. High. Remington 2d pf... 81% | Replogle Steel. 24 5 83% | Rep 11> & Steel... 45% 5% §7 |ReynoldsSprings.. 16'; 16% 16% 1% 28 | Reynolds Tob (B).. 6% 62% 624 €24 24% | Royal Dutch. . 3% i3% 2% 62% 62% | Rutland Ry pf. 81 81 31 3 o7 |5t Joseph Lead. 19 19% 1 1% BtL & San Fran... 28% 2% 23 2% StL & San Frpf... a1 “o% 4 2% St Louls Southwn.. 31% 31% 3% 8% St Louis Sown pf. B9% 69 69 3% | Santa Cecilia Sugar 2% 2% 2% 18 1% 18 2 % 2 6% b 5% ™% % % 8 0% 2% 8% 84 8% 8 Y 2 9% 9 48% 90 90 | Southern Pacific... 8% Southern Railway.. 23% g3t | US CastIr P pf. 974 { U S Food Prod. S| U'S Hoftman M, P Uslnduslueolml.. 6 % |USRea . B &% 1 | G s Rubber. a2 52 24% | U S Rubber 1st pf.. 8 %5 8314 | USBmelt & Ref... 81% 3% 37% 38% 102% 121% el 1% 86% 61 26% 6% 17 e u 9% 2% 1 4 0 90 1915 | Western Elec pf.... uzu 2% 112% um[ % 1214 % =% 3% 26 % 50 24 | Western Union. 110% 100 | Westhse Air Bri ™% 3% | Westhse Eles & M. 59 60 &9 u% Whuhngcl.!;nt. m, 1% 18% 15% 70 | White Eagle O 2 2 32 1% wmuon..... I % 4% 4% 14% | Wickwire Spencer. 10% 12k 10% 12 © 8% 6% 38} % iand... O% 6% % 6% 20% | Wi 1andpe 40 0% O 0% 6 |Woolworth........212 2M% 212 214% 51 | Worthington Pmp.. 1% 28 2% 28 Y %% 9% Low. Last. 6% HOURLY SALES oF s-rocxs 359 800 656 200 Southern Ry pf Spicer Mfg Co. Timken Bearing.. 88 Tobacco . 58 Tobacco Prod A.... 80 Trans Contl Ofl.... 12 United Retall Strs.. 0% U S Cast Ir Pipe... NEW ERA IN BANKING. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, December 1.—Forma- tion of the International Trust Com- pany, Limited, in which the initial fully’ paid capital stock of $200,000 will be owned equally by Japanese and Whites, was announced today. This is the first institution in Ha- wall establishing direct commercial contact between the whites and Japanese. |SUBSTANTIAL GAINS INBOND MARKET Best Inquiry for Weeks Causes General Advances in Whole List. BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 1.—Bond today. Inquiry was better than in weeks and quotations responded with sharp advances. day following a holiday. Pennsylvania general 4%s jumped a point and a quarter, a remarkable advance for a bond of that grade. Atchison general 48 sold up to o9%. Burlington 5s were active at par. Great Northern 78 touched 110. San Antonio and Arkansas Pass 4s, a bond which depends for its strength on the guaranteo of the Southern Pacific, went up nearly a point. _Northern Pacific prior lien 4s, prac- tically a first mortgage on the sys- tem, was another high-grade bond in demand. The same was true of North- ern Pacific 6s. Colorado and Southern 41s, one of the best of the second- grade bonds, sold up a point. All Iswuen Included. Speculative bonds shared the im- provement shown by high-grade is- sues. St. Paul issues were all higher. Erle issues were stronger. Baltimore and Ohio 4s, one of the best of that road’s bonds, gained % of a point, and Baltimore and Ohlo 5s, a junior issue, vanced a little less. The Seaboard ues all did better. Chesapeake and hio convertible 5s sold higher. Chi- cago Great Western 4s also improved. Copper bonds were all in high favor. foreign list Rio Grande du Sol 88 were the feature. Trading was very active at an advance of over 2 points. Libertys Make Advanmces. Trading in libertys was compara- tively quiet, but quotations for all issues showed substantial advances. About the only exception to the pre- vailing strength was the case of the Chicago Rallway bs. The explanation here was that a large block had been overhanging the market and was being slowly absorbed. COPPER MERGER RUMOR AROUSES WALL STREET Anaconda-Chile Report Neither Af- firmed Nor Denied by Officials. By the Associated Press. YORK. December 1.—A per- sistent report that the Anaconda Cop- per Manufacturing Company {8 nego- tiating to acquire the Guggenheim stock in the Chile Copper Compan; which cropped up recently, was revived today in Wall Street, but officials of the Ana- conda refused either to confirm or deny it. The report today was that the deal was almost completed except for ar- rangements of detalls of payment in cash and In a new serles of convertible bonds junior to Anaconda series A 6s and series B 7s. The price sald to have been arrived at was slightly un- der $25 a share. The amount of Chile stock sald to be involved in the transaction was 2,200,- 000 shares. The Chile mines are re- ported to be producing 14,000,000 pounds a year at a cost of slightly over 6 cents a pound, with interest on the companies' bonds amounting to about 2 cents a pound. —_— PIERCE OIL DIRECTORS PUT UNDER RESTRAINT Order Setting Aside Election of Board Also Suspended for Twenty Days. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., December 1.—An order restraining the board of direc- tors of the Pierce Oil Corporation from other than routine acts was is- sued by Judge William A. Moncure, in chancery court here today. at the re- quest of the preferred stockholders. Judge Moncure also suspended twenty days his final order setting aside the ‘election of the board on October 2 last, and ordering the elec- tion of a new board. This action was requested by counsel for the common stockholders, in order to allow them time to prepare an appeal to the state supreme court. —_— MORE THANKSGIVING JOY. Four Big Corporations Act Upon Dividends. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 1.-—-Stock- holders in four big corporations had further cause for Thanksgiving to- day. Prairie Pipe Line and Prairie Oil and Gas each purpose to declare 200 per cent stock dividends. Dec- laration of a 200 per cent stock divi dend has been authorized by Wiscas 73 { sette Mills Company stockholders and Standard Oll of Kentucky has de- clared the regular quarterly dividend of §1.25, an extra one of $5, and will decide December 21 whether to issue a 66 2-3 per cent stock dividend. BLOW TO WESTERN ROADS Car Shortage Particularly Serious at This Time of Year. Special ley\ltch to The Star. ST. UL, December 1.—The north- westorn ‘rallfasds. have been. hit, hard iby lack of cars during a period at which they normally carry their greatest quan- tity of revenue producing freight. Earn- ing gains over 1921 have been reduced heavily and the outlook for last-quarter dividend action in some cases is corre- spondingly less favorable. Returns will exceed those of 1921, however. Freight loadings were heavier, but lower rates prevalled and there was an in- crease in operating costs, due to the shopmen's strike. —_— PINK BOLL WORM GONE. 1 { _HOUSTON, December 1 (Special).— Ravages of the pink boll worm, which is said to be far more dangerous to i the cotton crop than the boll weauvil and which last year threatened the Texas crop with extinction, have been stopped and no trace of the pest is to be found today in the principal lcotton -growing areas. VICTOR VOTES $5 DIVIDEND. CAMDEN, N. J., December 1—The Victor Talking Machine Company to- day announced a dividend of $5 per share on ita new issue of common stock. The last dividend of the company paid in October and amounted to $10 a share. The old capitalization was $5,000,000, and the new one is $35,000,000. NEW BUILDING RECORD. BOSTON. December 1 (Special).— The statistics for November show that building and engineering operations were started which will Involve ex- penditure well over $7,000.000. This is the largest amount ever involved since was in November Boston founded. MAY CUT 40 PER CENT MELON NEW YORK, December 1.—The Dela- ware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company today called a special meeting of stockholders for December 18 to act an & proy to_declare a 40 per cent d. The present capitaliza- tion of the company 18 $10,000,000. X FINANCIAL.” This was unusual for a |Cahada bs 1926 for | Liggett & Myers i ! i |ON NEW YORK BONDS STOCK EXCHANGE | Private Wire. UNITED STATES BONDS. (100, High. Low. Clos. chrlyl%u... 429 10038 10014 10038 Liberty 1st 4%s 35 98438 9830 9840 Liberty 24 44s. 1060 9806 9790 $800 Liberty Sd43{s. 221 9854 9840 9851 Liberty 4th 433 328 9840 9814 9836 Victory 4%3°23 83 10030 10022 10028 Victory 4%s(c 48 10000 999 9996 U B 4%81952 4 W68 994z 9964 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, STATE AND MUNICIPAL. . High. Low. Close. 100% 100% 100% 100% 100 100% Canada 5%s 1929 Canada 68 1931. . Canada 6 1952 Chile 851926. Chile 85 1941 Chile 85 1946, Chinese Govt Ry bs. Christiania 8s. .. Copenhagen 514 Dan Munleipal 88 Dan Municipal 8s B. Denmark 8s. Denmark 6s. =1 Dutch East Ind 6s '62 61 French Govt 8s....... 84 French Govt 7348 Japaneee 24 %s Japanese 4s. Lyons 6s... Marseilles 6s. Mexico 4s Montevideo 78. Neatherlands 6s. Norway 8s... Norway 6s ctfs. Prague 7%s. Oueensland 6s. Riode Jan8s1 . Riode Jan 83 1947. Rio Grande Do Sul §3 Sao Paulo, City of, 8s Seine, Deptof, 7s.... Solssons 6s. Sweden 6s. Swiss Confed s f 8s. Td Kingdom 6%s°29. 62 %EuaSS.gu_ pSoaa MISCELLANEOUS. AJax Rubber 8s. 3 96 wly B Am Agri Chem 714s..25 102% 102 102% Am Agri Chem 5s. 5 88‘0 s .|l Am Cotton Ofl 58 8 8 Am Smelt & R 1st bs. 30 V"- o 9265 Am Sugar Ref 6s... 102 101% 162 Am Tel & Tel cv 8s. Am T & T cl tr 58. Am T & Tcltrds. Anton Jergens 68 Armour & Co 414 Atlantic Refining Azucarea Bar'a 7i;s. 09 09l 9% Bell Tel Pa 78 1021 105% 108% Bethlehem Steel rf6s 1 9% 9% o% Beth'em Steel pm 6s. 10 92 9% 2% Beth'em Steelsf6s.. 5 9% 98% 98l Brier Hill St 1at 6%s.19 95 9414 95 Bklyn Bdlson 78 D... 1 107% 107% 107% Bush Tm Bldg5s'60. 1 2% %W 92% Can Gen Flec deb 6s. 1 10114 1014 101% Central Leather Gs. 98l 8% 984 Cerro de Pasco 8s. Chile Copper 6s. . Chile Copper 7s CinG & El5%s 62.... ! Con Coal Md 1st rf 53 Direct to The Star Office. ]Gram, Produce andl INCREASE IN PRICE Live Stock AAILROADS. WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT. . (u my. High. Low. Closs. | ~Eggs—Strictly fresh. selected, can- Atchison gen 4s. 89% 8 8% |dled, per dozen, 58a$0; average ro- Atchison adj 4s. 3 B wu 8L Selpis, Bs; southern, 6. Cold storage Atlantic Cst L 1st4s. 2 861 86% 5 Atantic CstLcolds. 11 8% ok m,’.;::;n_’;::'{g—“oifie_;lanv"fi':‘;,:": Low: Sionly ‘ot 1& Ohlo prin 3%8 39 8% s ch, 65270; - Bal & Ohlo gold 4s... &3 82 | sk =2 gs:’l‘l‘.’"ummzn‘:.z.zu' youns, upply of Raw Ma 0 6. 2 E Bklyn RT 7s *21 Bkiyn R T 78 °21 ctfs. 9 BKIRT7s'21ctfsstass 8 4% 86 Canadian North 6%s. 9 112 110% 111% Canadian North7s... 4 1% 1% 1% Canadian Pacdeb4s. 9 7% 7 9% Central Pacific4s.... 10 8 &% 88 Ches&Ohlocvbs....88 9% 92 98 Ches& Ohlocv4%s.. 14 &% 8 88 Ches & Ohlogen 4%s 5 8% 8 851 Chi & Alton 351949...10 63 62% 63 Chl & Alton 3%, 26% 26% 28% Chl B & Qgen 48 o 8 8 cmn&qut&fluzs 00 9% 9% Chi&Eastlligenbs. 21 8 8 80 Chi Great Westernds 11 51% 50% 50% ChiM&StPrefdls 14 62 6% 61% ChiM&StPcvbs...28 71 6 0% ChiM&StP4s1925.. 6 79% % ChiM & St Pev ks, 12 ChiM & St P4s '34. CM&StPgnaks...1 CM & Pug Sound 4s. 7 Chi Rys6s........ 17 Chi RT & Pac ref 4s.. 25 Chl Un Station 4%s.. 4 ll CCC&StLdb4ys.. 19 Cleveland Term 5%s. 6§ Colo & Southern 438 10 Cuba R R bi Cub R R 1s Del & Hudson 5%s... & Den & Rio G imp bs.. ¢ 8 Den & Rio G con # 3 7 2% 2% Den & R G 18t ret a1 6% 5% Detroit United 4%4s.. 20 85% R6% 85% Erie 15t con 4s. 7% B5'2 b6 Erlegends.. "% 43 W% ErieconviésA.. o a% e Erie conv 4s D. “ 2% Erle Genessee Rly 6: 88 88 88 Erie & Jersey 6s Gr Trunk s f deb Grand Trunk 7s Great Norti gen T Great North gen 5348 13 101% 101% GreenB& WdebB.. 1 1% 1% 1% Hudson & Manref6s. 7 83 8213 2% Hudson & Man ad)6s 63 b59% 58% 59% 11l Central ref 4s. Tl Central 6%s. Inter-Mer 4%s Inter-M 4348 ctfs s Inter Rap TransitBs. 10 4% 74 T4% Inter R Transit . 9 T4 T TN Inter R Transit 7s w168 96% 5% 96% Int& GrNoradj6s. 43 9% 438 49 Towa Central ref 4 5 3 35 36 Kansas City Ft §4s..15 7 % 79 Kan Cty Sou 3s1950. 12 694 6% 69%% Kansas City Soubs.. 8 €84 B9Y Lehigh Val cn 4= 2003 x Long Island ref 4s. ... Louis & N unified 4s. zs Louis & Nash 1st 5%t 3 La & NW bs.... 38 Manhattan Ry cn l 6 64 Market 8t Ry co S 9% 0% 9% Mich Central deb 4s.. z 91 91 91 MIE}Ry & List5s..12 91% 9% 91% M&SlLlItref‘l... 2 36% 36 3% M&StLrefextfs.. 1 35 35 85 MStP&SSM 6% 3 103% 103% 103% MK& T prinbs 20 B3% 8% 8% MK & T adj 5s. 116 6% 6% 60 Mo Pacific 6s. 5 98% %% 98% Mo Pacific 1st 58'65.. 1 &8 88 & Mo Pacificgends.... 38 6 6214 62% Montreal Tram 1st b8 6 83% 88 8 Nassau E Ry 481957. 1 69%% 59% 69% O Tex & MexIncbs 2 7i% 77 7 N Y Central deb 6s. . Cuba Cane S ¢ deb 88 10 X Central deb 4s Det Edisonref 65.... 4 Y Cent ref imp 5s.. 67 Du Pont de Nem 743 7 ew Havencvdeb6s 14 72% 71 12% Duquesne Light 6s... 15 YStateRy4dks.... 8 6 6i 65 Dugquesne Light 7148, 3 Y West & Bos4%8.65 3% 42% 42% East Cub Sugar 71s. 12 Norfolk & Westcn4s 36 8 &% 8 Empire F & G T%s, Northern Pacific3s.. 5 61% 60% 0% Fisk Rubber 8s. . Northern Pacific4s.. 64 8% 85% 86% Framerican I D 7%s. 16 North Pacref imp 6s.19 108% 108 108% Gen Electric deb 6s.. 10 Northern Pacific6s.. 2 9% 9% 9% Gen Electricdeb5s.. $ Ore Sh Lcon6s’46... 9 102% 102% 102% Goodrich (BF) 6%s. 4 Ore Short L ref 4s 1 9% 9% 0l Goodyear Tire 88 '31. Ore-Wash 1st ref 3 Bl% 81 8I% Goodyear Tire 85 "41. Parls-Lyons-Med 6s. 2l 78 w5 72l ennsylvania genGs. 21 100 100 100 gr&“r;;\l:-&:n;r 1 ; Ss. Penn gen 4% 9% 81 9% Dumble OUlAT Pennsylvania 6% 109% 100 109% In! fl';; :; l!- Pennsylvania gold 7s.20 110 109 110 nter Mer Marine Pere Marq 1st 5. 9% 9514 9513 Inter Paper 18t 68 A. Inter Paper 1st 5s B. Julius Rayser s f 7s.. Kelly-Springfield §; Lackawanna St 53 Lackawanna St 53 Manati Sugarsf V-s Marland Oil Ths..... Marland Oil 8s war Midvale Steel 5s. Morris & Co 1st 4138, National Tube 1st 3. New England Tel 6s. 4 New York Ed 1st 8342 12 «Gm_.._amnou—suag .o Reading gen 4s. Rio G West 1st 4s. RIArk & L 4%s. St LIM&SR & G 4s. StL & SFprindsA, St P&KC Sh LA%s 41 10 San A & Ark Passds. 7 2 Dressed ultry—Fresh-killed spring chickens, per Tb, 30a33: hens, per Ib.. 27a28; roosters, per Ib., 20; turkeys, per Ib., 60; keat, young, each, 70280. terials Expected to Boost Retail Costs Next Fall. Live stock—Calven. cholce, per Ib.. 12%; medium, per Ib. 12 thin, per Ib., Lambs, cholce, 1b., 12 BY J. C. ROYLE. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 1.—Mothballs and foresight may save the careful bi ers of the United States a Iot of moncy next fail. Those who have regard to both price and quality in their clothing would do well to take advautage of bar- #ains which appear in woolen garme this winter and utilize what sale merchants may offer at the end of thiy “v- bv!:-’.‘ 310088.00 each: live hogs. P Green trutts—a lcs, new, per bbl, L76a7.60; per baspel basket, nearby. 1.00a2.25; DeMcious, No. 1, per bbl., 7.5 9.00. " California oranges, per crate, 5.0026.00; Florida, 3.30a4.50. Lemons, per box. 6.00a1 0. _Grapefrult. 3.008 4.00. Tangerines, 3.5024.00. Vegetables—Potatoes, per bbl. 1.50a2.00, 00a2. tuce, per crate, 50a1.25. Rom tuce, per crate, 50al.25; Iceberg let- tuce, per crate, 5.26a5.75. Cabbage, |8€ason to supply their needs for neat northern, 1252160 per LbL: nearby | fall and winter. cabbage, per bbl, 1.25a1.50. EEE-| why> SO plants, per crate, 3.30a6.00. Tomatoes,| WH¥? Raw wool is the answer. Per box. Florida. 300500, Beans. |Frices for the raw staple alreads ara 3.0025.00 per basket. Teas, 3004450 per | high and there i a declded sca et. Peppers, per .mw, lorida, Soaand other conarrica e L Sons o0, TRDe® Der crate, i a0, | America and r countries, especially Spinach, per bbl., 2.00a3.00. Celery, per [of those & which enter into high- d“ smoo California, per crate, 6.50a | Brade clot Mills are fairly supplied with wool for thei throughout the so-calicd GRAIN AND PROVISIO! But supplies 1fi'r* : season ch the BALTIMORE, December 1 (Special). | ey Season k —Potatoes, white, 100 pounds, 50a1.10: | are 101 now 1 « 150 pounds, 75al.85; sweets, barrel, [and will not be until = 1.00a2.00; bushel, 50a65; yams, barrel, [ PeXt spriug. 1.5022.000 beans, bushel. 3.00a5.00; Buying Far in Advance. beets, " hundred. Deralers and manufacturers in many instances, there ing to contract grown which wiil the sheeps’ bac Pennsylvania and Ohic 1o Ore ton, carrots, hundred. . caulifiower, rel, 3.00a6.00: celery, dozen, 50a1.25; cucumbers, crate, 4.00a r'the wool yet un- be removed from All over , bushel, 3.0045.00; “lettuce, bushel, 50a1.00; onions, 100 pounds, 2.00a2.50; oyster plants. hundred, 5.00a bushel, 9041.00; pe: pers, crate. 5.50: pumpkins, hun- | dred, 10.00220.00: spinach. bushel, & 75; squash, crate, 3.00a4.00; tomatoes, crate, 4.00a7.00; turnips, bushel. 50460 ny paid even last success- ful = wm. In the rOWers are rofu any commitm prices they may receive fo Apples. packed, barrel, 2.0045.00; { thelr clips. Bus e e Both buvers and growers are gum- basket, 20a40: box apples. shoeing around. saving “Hush" as cranberries, barrel, 11.00214.00: grape. | frequently s the villain in a melo- fruit, box, 2.50a4.00; oranges, box. 250 | drama. They are equally unwilling 25.00: pineapples, crate, 4.00a7.00;] 10 tell what they are offering or what tangerines, strap, 5.00a8.00. :{'"{ B ,d inding. 3 iat one house thera al ¥ Selling Prices at 13:30. tracted for over 1,000,000 pounds of Wheat—No. 1 red winter, spot, no {1923 wool, but they will not quotatioms; No. 2 red winter, spot.|tell competitors what they agreed 1o No. 2 red winter, Ear-ipay. The casy terms on which money licky, 1.30%; No. 3 red winter, spot.|is available undoubtedly is fostering 1.28: No. 3 red winter, garlicky, 1.20 the contract ment, but many ber‘ember, 1.3013. eastern de onibating the Sales—None. tendency for fear it will induce grow - Corn—Cob corn, new, 2.65 per bar- h for cven higher prices rel; contract, rs seem well grounded. spot, §1 per bush 4, 2, 821 No. quotations: track rn growers all are inclined to old or better, §4 optimism. Busers who have pected quictly a 1l Utah, Jdako and W White, No. 2, 53%z per bushel; |able to do no bu prices % well over tho 422, according tv Rye—Nearby. §5290 per bushel: reports from Salt Lake Cltv. Ome 2 western export, spot. 97%; nominnl clip 1 d to have been contracted bushel: No. 3, no quotations, for in Nevada, but this could not be confirmed. Higher Prices in Contracts. Some advance contracts are report- ed reliably to have been closed in Montana at prices well above 50 cents a pound In the grease. or nearly thres times as much as was paid in 1921. About 1,000.000 pounds in varied lots have been contracted for in Oregomn. FPrices for these early commitments have ranged from 38 to 45 cents a pound in grease, although 4713 to 48 Hay—Received 78 tons; market for top grade of timothy and light clover mixed, 17.00a20.00 per ton, and for g00d mixed, 16.00a17.50. Straw—No. 1 tangled rye, 15.00a 16.00; No. 1 wheat, muonloo No. 2 oat, nominal. 12.00a12.50. ‘TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES. CHICAGO, December 1.—Wheat tend- ed upward in price today during the early dealings, with trade moderately S e DT R I e e e Ll ‘gentina anc rospects of im- j s mediate farm relief legitlation at Wash. | tions have been taken for thirty davs ington all counted as bullish factors. {07 large poundag A further reduction of 20,000,000 bush- | #nd while no I els in estimates of the Argentine ex- | ave been portable surplus was also a subect of ::fkfij’:“‘."“" commen e opening, which ranges A UL from e to 155c MiEher with May 1155 [ most Oregon shech men are unwiilin fo 118 and July 103 to 109%. was fol- ('O cOnuactatall | .- o ture contracts, according to wora thoco!’:?xhr::z“;fie:p";fl 'u‘.’“%m“fl",:d from Fort Worth, and are counting delivers has yet attained This eomber | on_prices of 50 to 60 cents a pound T2%c After opening 3c to. ;“W‘L next vear. Seattle reports that Wash- May 719 to 11 the oy %S UD: |ington growers felt they sold too somewhat, but soon rattied. c" 288¢d | cheaply this vear and are firm in re- fusing to make commitments which will vield anything but the top fig- ures in 192, These facts would seem to point un- mistakably to higher prices for woo! en and worsted cloths and a low sup- Oats started a shade to %a3c high- er, May 43%, and later mnunued“t”n harden. Provisions were firmer in line with hogs and grain. % Open. High. Low. Close. |Ply of materials of a high quality. In December 120 1201, 118% 1191 | creased prices for clothing are prac 1181 116% | tically certain and “Buy ‘em now L07% 1.07% | seems sound advice. IPrice Advances Resisted by Buyers in Southwest a4 RUEN Special Dispateh to The Star. 1040 1035 1047 10.45 et outstanding feature of retail trade in the southwest today. The public seems to be fitting ftself l i [ [ i ! NYGELH&PGA.. 8 Seaboard ALref4s..12 4% 9% 40 DAIRY MARKETS. S e sonieecar e T New York Tel 65 '41.. 4 Seaboard A L adj 16 22 2% 8%| BALTIMORE, December 1 (Special).|High prices are being paid for these New York Tel 434s... 2 Seaboard A L con §s. m B9% ©68'%5 59 | —Live poultry—Turkevs, pound, 40a45; |goods, as quality is being insisted North Am Edlison €s. 15 Sou Pacific cv ¢s. 91% 91 91 |poor and crooked breasts, 30a35; spring | upon. North States Pow bs. 2 Sou Pacific ref 4s. 15 86% 85% 86l | chickens, 20a23: Leghorns, 18a20; old| There is. however. a strong re- Northwest Bell Tel 78 & Sou Pacific cl 4s. 10 85% 85 8% |hens, 20a22; Leghorns, 17al8; oid|sistance to price advances. Big as Pu:mcGu&El?s 7 Southera Ry 1st 6s... 34 9% 96 96 | Toosters, 14 ; ducks, 18a; 20a28 ; ;the volume of business is, it would Pac Tel & Tel5s'53.. 8 Southern Ry gen4s.. 35 66% 66% 4 | Pigeons, pair, 25a30; guineas fowl, each, ibe larger, according to many ex- Packard Motor 8s.... 1 Southern Ry dev 6%» 8 101 100% 101 |45270. Dressed pouliry—Turkeys. pound, |Derts, If prices were adjusted to a PhilaCoref6sA..... 2 61l 614 |44348; “old toms, 40a42: poor and .vnluv of trade stimulation. Public Service bs..... § 8% o6 c;'ooked breasts, 34a35: chickens, 22325 S 5 [l roomers” 15 ek SUZE T2 Atlanta Reports Business Sackss Costls..... 2 o omg | PER0 Sharon Steel Hoop 85 2 = A (loss_off)—Native and nearb; Sinclair OIL7s. ........ 20 e B R firsts. dozen, 56 southern and western, Best for Three Years Sin Crude Oil 5 nl B : S4a. Virginia Ry 1st 58 5 9% 9% 97%{ Butter—C: Special Dispatch 10 The Star. Sonlor e sugia “; VaRy& Powlstss.. 2 80% 84 8Ga|prints, S5ast. heatty cramen ciass A i oemer TRt e e Wabash 1st 55..... % 954 s6ig |ladles, 35430 : rolls 12a%s Moy poacy; {and wholesale merchants of ihe eel 'ube 7s. Western Maryland 4 4 6% 63 63% {32; dairy prints process butter, 3sagg. | SCutheast were more optimistic to- Tobacco Prod s f 78. . 5 Western Pacifin5s... 11 8 & o DIOCES . 3% ja ¢ have been in three Toledo Edison 1st 7s. 4 Wisconsin Ct gen4s. 1 8% 805 8% CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. |Y¢ars. Bt iflan ot el olifas Un!onBlgl:PGg. .3 CHICAGO, December 1.—H. shopping rnund stores well Union Tank Car7s... 4 TOTAL SALES (Par Value): celpts, 48,000 hosd: earls otrer vg | filled and e Dnited Drug ev s .15 1am... 28300 12noon... 459800 |10 15 nigher: later. siow) buik T e e s e ool v 1pm... 6404000 Zpm.... 670200 {260 pound averages, 835a3.45; £0od | done more business than P R !E?—,‘S cl;ulcelisaxl‘chnr; £50; butcher top. | corded in l.and still hab\o at ](‘a;l : few 0 160 pound averages, ! three we of their best trade UShubbertin. - o 1 3.000 RESCUED ORPHANS ]‘ 55: bulk packing sows, 7.50a8.00; de- | period left. gtit?l’e:w:r&s o irable svlgs mostly, §.50a8.60; heavy; Tae volume of "\'h\uhla|‘(|hut~ "n - OgS, .25a8.5 cashed by the local banl has Va-Car Chemical 7s. OCCUPY GREEK PALACES light, 8.35a8. I]B:-:;my‘xearl\ 25 per cent above the total Va-Car Chem 7.8 w. ‘Western Union 6%s.. ‘Wilson & Co 1st 6s... 11 Wilson & Cocv 74%s. 8 ‘Winchester Ams 7%s 1 3 3 5 2 101% 101% —_— WOLFE LINDENFELD BROUGHT BACK TO U. . Wolfe Lindenfeld, alias William Linde, considered by the federal authorities as an important link in the case they are preparing in the Wall street bomb explosion, has been brought back to this country from Europe for questioning, it was learn- ed here today. —_— DENTAL COLLEGE BURNS. MONTREAL, Quebec, December 1. —The Laval Dental College, connect- ed with the University of Montreal, was practicaliy destroyed by fire to- day. The college, which is separated from the main building of the univer- sity, was valued at about $500,000. Officials are at a loss to explain the origin of the blaze, the second with- in three weeks at the university and the third within two years. All_ avallable fire apparatus re- sponded to the alarms and brought the flames under control after two hours’ fighting. Eight firemen were injured slightly by fiying glass and in minor accidents. e CUBAN CONSUL MARRIED. NEW YORK, December 1.—Leopold Dolz, consul general for Cuba at Carleston, S. C., was married in New York yesterday to Miss Julia Dolz, daughter of Mra. Adelaide Dolz of Havana and New York, it was learn- ed today. Mr. Dolz is & graduate of' the University of Alabama. The bride and bridegroom are digtant cousins Refugees, Given Formal Wel- come, to Land. By the Associated Press, ATHENS, December 1.—Fifty rep- resentatives of the American Red Cross In the near east spent a busy Thanksgivicg In assisting three thou- to disembark from the steamships Belgravian and Carmaro. Two thou- sand of the youngsters were imme- diately sent to Corfu, where they will occupy the famous Achilleion palace. The other thousand were housed in the ancient royal palace in the cen- ter of Athens. A committee of prom- inent Greeks welcomed the refugee children at Piraeus. The committee was under the chairmanship of Gen. Tsipouras, whose wife was formerly Miss Mary White of New Orleans, the niece of the late Chief Justice White. The presence of the relief workers at the Thanksgiving gathering of tke American colony at the American enfbassy this afternoon made the at- tendance at this function the largest in many years. —_—— 1. C. C. GRANTS STOCK ISSUE. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion authorized the Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester and Camilla railroad today to issue $485000 of capital stock. to be sold at par. The corporation. which has just been organized, will buy the fifty-one mile line formerly owned by the Hawkinsville and Florida South- ern railroad, extending from Ashburn to Camilla in Georgia. s CALIFORNIA PUBLISHER DIES PASADENA, Calif, December 1.— Harvey J. Vail, ploneer newspaper editor of Pasadena, died yesterday, aged soventy-seven years. He is sur- vived by a widow and one nn. Wil- llam L. Vai}, now tn Mexico City. American Red Cross Workers Aid | Packing so sand orphan children from Asia Minor |around 9:00a9.25; bulk stockers an. i i time. The textile in- strides Te- packing for 1921 at th dustry has made vigorous ing pigs, 8.45as. cently and is making and selling far Cattle—Receipts, 11,000 head; beet |more goods than a vear ago. There han been a marked decrease in commerciul fallures this fall. 100,000 More Men Find = strong to 25 higher; stockers Jobs in Detroit in Year and feeders, about steady: bulk de- Special Dispatch to The Star. sirable veal calves to packers early.| DETROIT, December 1.—Business in 9 | Detroit continues 1o establish new high feeders, 6.00a7.00; bulk desirable heavy bologna bulls, 4.25a4.40. records. The sales of forty stores here improved an average of 23.2 per cent T Sheep—Receipts, 14,000 head; open- ing, active; fat lambs, irm to IS h|§ over the fall st year. The [empmmpm ow a further in- er; spots up more, early top. to city 15.26 to pnckere crease this wes 00 workers 10 a steers and she utock about steady: run includes numerous lots of show cattle; early top yearlings fed with show stock, 12.50; some held higher: bulk short’ fed steers early. 02 0.: bulls, steady to strong; veal butche 71,000 m fresh sclipped. 13-poand Ted Tamba. | new high of 2 . or approxi- 13.40: good 90-pound fed yearling|mately 100.000 morc than were em- wethers, 13.00; feeders, quiet: sheep|ployed at this time last vear. fully steady. —_— FOREIGN EXCHANGE. (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.) (Copyright, 1822.) NEW DIRECTORS NAMED. NEW _YORK, December 1.—Wal- Nominal Selling checks ter P. Bliss has becn elected & di- ZLendon, B ot 1oan 130, | Cttor of the New York Central rail- road, succeeding the late A. T. Har- don. J. L. Richards has been elected a director of the New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company to fill the vacancy caused by the death Madna, pencta. of T. De Witt Cuyler. Vienna, crown. 2026 The Daniels Motor Company has = added to its directorate 1. Roland > Harrim: “razier Jelke. Philip Kip Rhm(lnnd(. and Henry Coleman Drayton. 235,.660 POOR CARS. Freight cars in need of repair on the railroads of the country totaled Copenhagen, crown. Christiania, Stockholm,” crown. PRICES RETARD SALES. BOSTON, December 1 (Special).— Commission house men report a fall- ing off in the demand for cotton goods, due to the increase in prices. Most mills, however, are well pleased with the =ituation, as they are hav- ing difficulty in delivering goods al- ready contracted for. There is a very considerable labor shortage in textile centers, which manufacturers expect will continue for some time to come. an is the sm e February 15, and is a reduction of 14.300 November 1 _this year, at which time there were 249,960 bad-order cars, or 11 per cent of the cays on line. i