Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1923, Page 27

FINANGIAZ. LOCALINVESTOR CAUGHT N FALURE Receivers Named for Cleve- land Rediscount Com- pany. L. David and Thomas H of Cleveland, Ohio, late yestérday we amed receivers Yor the Cleveland Discount Compan ©né of the Jargest mortgage comeerns fn the United States, by Common Pleas -Judge Alvin T. Pearson, immediately took charge of the af- fairs of the compan Two other Iawyers at the same timé were ap- pointed attorneys for the recelvers. The résources of the company, which as a branch hero, in the Munsey Eoilding, were reported last July to be #n excess of £12,000,000. George A. Harris, local representa- tive of the company, who only re- cently was elected vice president and director of the company, resigned eral days ago. Acts for 15,000 Stockholders. A voluntar. S the eeivership *riffin, Ohio, manufacturer of the board of directo ihat he made the applic: palf of more than 1 cattered throughou Hopplé is said to be Loldér in the con Appointment of the receivers came s a.climax to a situation which has findergone many a ch the payf ten day yatfon W. poting pr nanages. as appointed to hese offices ry 13, Wwhen doslah Kirby, founder of the com- upon recommendation e ad- e directors was appointéd same time, re- William Hossetf, attorney chairman ni 1 atement said that to consérve company from a to protect the efit of con- a 1 offieials of many of the time will nem, vet in s solvent,” e expect to dissi- company by i pany, resigned of & committee of vice was sought by Louwis J who wice president the sizned a few da Explains His Resignation. I resigning Mr. Emde ?::) s0_becanse thoe “ramific he business all over t were so cnormous th dmpossible for me to hd conserve thc best intered parties.” The recelyers issued jast night in which th every effort will be m the asséts of the Reedless litigation a property for the be oerned, “\We are informed {he company that, wh MAssets are frozen be required to Iiqulda their opinion the compan ihe statement says. “W 1156 every effort to prevent th ation of the assets of tk through needless litigation. The petition was received by Judgé Pearson after a_ special trip from hiis homé {o the Clevéland courthouse, osed on account of Washington's birthday. S y 1+ sots fortl that fhe company is ot by any means insolvent; that the is taken merely for the pro- on of the many stockholders and . “if the dssets are conserved and affajrs properly mamaged,” not only will the company be able to pay fts debts in full, but there will be 2 substantial portion of the capital Jeft for the benefit of the plaintiff and the other stockholders. Unnble to Get Officers. The company Is without the serv- s of a president and other es, the petition states: onl £ thé authorized twer ors arc gualified and ac peated efforts to persu: #nd qualified men to act as and directors have failed, The petition afsé = wnanent chairman of the bourd, of di- reotors has been elected: to m‘l the vacancy ,créated by Kirby's ‘Tesig- fation, Kirby having béen chairman #s well as president Amdng the projccts involved in the geceivershlp action through loans are @ Sharon Pressed Steel Company. &haron, Pa;, and thé Cleveland Dis- &ount Building Company, which com- leted a twenty-one-story office build- Png at @ cost of approximately‘$6,000,- 00 a_year ago. ')In(irbg" formed the Cleveland Dis- eount Company m December, 191, Within a vear offices had been opened {n various cities in Ohio and the capital stock increased to $20,000,000. In September, 1920, the company had branches in_Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh, Albany, N. Y., T,0s Angeles and some places in In- diana, All or most of these had been closed two weeks ago. The Ohio state securities depart- gment last week raycked the com- any's license to sell its own stocks @nd bonds in Ohio National Life Tnsurance. The annual statement of the Natipral T.ife Insurance Company of. Mdntpelicr, V't.. of which Williarh (. Worfhington 1s Washington represenfativs, shows e 0 ome of The T of last business ar of new 1-fqr business, aside for dividénd distribution to holderg in 1923, an amount Jarger - than ever before apportioned, 69 increase in surplup and $831,- rased In premium Treceipts. Cities Service Company Earnfngs. Eafnings of the public utility divi- i sion of Cities Service Company; both zross and net, for the month of Jan- topped ard were an_indication of a healthy revival of business lines throughout the country, The ea s of Cities Servied Com- pany from all sources for the twelve months endéd January «d comfortable incre and net, with the j ¥ on the average amount of commion stock increasing to 15.10 from 12.12 shown the twelve ntonths énded 1922 In the month <s earnings were ed with $1.245,- 2, while net" in- 3,030 from §1,206,812 est and preferred dividgnds there wids available in January, 19 for commhon stock and reserves § 8§04, which compared with 36 January of ear. Total and reserv were $43.875,180 e e RATE CHANGE ORDERED. n I C. C. Considers Freight Charges | on Cotton Unfair. Presént freight rates compressed in transit o ment, between Oklahon producting ferritorie: ton, Houston and Texas eriminatory against those constituté undue preference New Orle and Mobile, it wa by the Commission cneral revision of the schedules involved was ordered to_take efféct IMay 31 s on cotton, prior to ship- and Arkan- an ns to de- down 1k 1 raten schedules, the that equal rat the Arkansas to the Orleans ns priffeiples to s in_prepar- commisston s should nd Okla- Texas ports d to w and Mobile, where dis s involved are eaual, Where_ distances are wnequal (hé railroad$ were instructed to make ew :nces for the differences in volved. — e POTATOES STRONGER. CHI GO, February rong ‘cceipts, T total ite te'tés shipments Wédnedday, T15: Thursday : Wiscons round whites, 110a1.20 cwg ing new declared made from jioma territory mileage N imply | 1 previous | in all| be | rates, with proportionate #llow- | and | . H. Hopple, Washington Stock Excl BALES. Capital Traction—10 t1100. . Washington Rwy. & Elec. coin.—10 it . pfd.—10 at hange 6%, 2 at 74l Mergeattialer Linot AFTER CALL. Washington Rwy, & Blee. pfd.—10 at 74, 20 at 73%. Mergenthaler Linotype Capital Traction—10 Money—Call loaus,-§ and BONDS _ Bid and Askéd Prices. rbiLic Urinry. 1 Gity apd Subnrban deorketown Gas 1st Metiopolitan R. B. Potomte Elec: 1st Toton Cons | Potomac Elec. deb. Pot. Poyv. . m. b, Pot. Elee.. Pow. £. m. & Tef, Wadh., Alex. & Mt. Ver. 5s... {'Wasic, Alex. & Mt Ver. etf... Washington, Balt._& Anuap. ds. lington' Gas 5 3 ingion Gas D. ¢. Paper Mf; Riggs Realty Riggs Realty 55 (short Security Storage & Sate Dep. Wash. Mkt. Cold Stordge s, Wardinan Park Hotel 8s... STOCKS PUBLIC UTHATY. 1. & Telga. Wash Rwy Terminat Yerminal Taxi pfd.. Capital Columbi Comm District NI Farmers and Mecl Federal-American Liberty Lincoln National Riges Second ... Washington OMP. American Security dénd Trust Contigental Trust. pts’ Bank... al Savings and “Trust Loan and SAVING Comiegee and Suyings. East Washington Savjngs, ity Savings and Commercial Truse.. . Trust.... BA Unjted States.. = Washington Mechavicd, FIRE IN! . TITLE INSURA ColumBia, Titl Rédl Estats Title.. S MISCELLANEOUS, Graphophone com.. 4 Graphophone ptd..". c fer and Storage 100 Mergenthales Limitype 014 Dutch Market com Dld Dutch Market ped. Lanston Monotype...... Security Storage.. ivashington, Market, ellow *Exdividend, COTTAGE CITY. COTTAGE CITY, Md., February {Special) —At the i meeting of -the Cottage City, at’ the Mrs, Willard Whitmore, street, plans for the year's work were out- lined. These chairmen of committees were named: School; Mrs. Muse Russ; pub- Mrs. W. A. Bobb; flowers and sick and_social service, Mrs. Oliver: membership, Mrs. Loche, and hom cconomics, Mrs. James P. Gooch. Mri i t i i ¢ i i of | ports and | Interstate Com- | | ally with castor oil. Weston Scott was named librari members were adm ve, A campaign to raise funds for the fire department \as outlined. It is s fhat né per-|planned to raisé the money through a serlés fo benefifs, the first of which will bo a;luncheon ut the residemce of Mrs. W. A. Bobb, 19 Spa street, March 2, front 12 to 1:30 o'clock, The next méeting of the. club o be held March 6 at the résidence of Mrs, Rosé Lightbown, reet, The Cottage City ntdry School wad the scene of Ag-raising celo- bration yesterday aftefnoon undér the auspicés of J. Morgan Read Coun- Fraternal Patriotic Amer- ted by teachers and the pupfls of the Brentwood, Mount Rain- nier and Cottage City schools. A pa- rade from, Star Half, Mount Rainier, to the school precedéd the celebra. tion. A Bible and a flag were pre- sented to the Cottage City Schcol by J. Morgan Read Council. John Pren- der, state councilor secretary, pre- Sented the Bible and flag and deliver- ed an_addréss on “The School” Ed- ¥in C. Datton, Washington attor- ney, spoke on “Thé Flze.” The com- mittee 'in charge cansisted of Charles W. Noske, O. T. Harlow and George > Ame HYATTSVILLE. TSYILIfE, Md.. February 23 {n.J,ms inona_ Plaits’ has +d pgesident of the Young People’s Society of the Presbyterian Church to succeed Wesley Frame. Charles Hammer has been chosen vice résident, taking the place of Ma afct Chrimtensert, who has ' been flected secretary to succeed Bernice Pearson. . Edward Shepherd has been re.etefted treasurer. P Thede committées have been game Music—Hazel Kryder, Parks Shipley and Elizabeth Purdum. Social—Grace Grogdjdier, Genr%z Arnold, Elizabeth Purdym, Hazel Rréidér. and: Wesley Frame. The executive committee will meet Tues at the home of Miss Vinona_ Pl W Brot Nicholas Orem, Prince Georges county superinténdent of schools, will ttend the annual sessions of the de- partmént_of syperintendents of the Natiohal Educatismal Association next week in,Cléveland. Some 10,000 school and . collége administrators are ex- -nec(ex to be present. WOOL MARKET STEADY. ROSTON, Februagy 28.—The Com- wierdial Bunéfin tomérdow will say he wool market is going ahead slowly bBut stdadily. , Theré are numbér of things which cduse the 0ol dealer_to suspend judgment and to move slow but pri¢es keep ver: steady hére in spite of the easing abroad. Thé goods markeét appe: to be healthy, although still priced iYA 2 &peci been "lreratively low as compared with the fi raw mraterial.” Household Helps. From the Designer. | Greasy paint or woodwork ‘should i bé cledried with 2 &ly(hédlpmd in tar. pentiné and then wipé { dipped in elean water to which a li | tle kerosene has been added, Prolong the life df yo by soaking in strong sa | fore using. . water be- floor which is scarred, mix putty with a darker stain, fill in the crevices or knotholes andyarnjsh over. The re- sults will be stirpyisipe, / 1t a glazed jug, p becomes rough or coated from water standing in it. a\lémon sblution made of the juice and ‘rind cut and put in water and left for a day or two will clean it and make it as bright as new. Adhesive plaster put on the unde side of a cut in a piece of oilcloth will prevent thé refit from spreading. rKs on pamt made by scratching matehes can Lé rémoved by rubbing With & cut lémon. S To sharpen a paring-knife, draw the edge of the knife quickly over the neck of a_crock Leather furniture lasts much longer and looks bettér if rubbed otcasion- Rub in well. When putting anything very hot into glass jars or tumblers, put a sil- yer spoon’ in. too. It will prevent them fromi cracKins. i water a fall o 18, hipe. g does not harden ty does. new broom | Béfore staining or varnishing on old 1 eHer or crock | modeling-clay fo stop & Ieak in | NING STAR, SLK PRCES ALSOHIT | BEST LEVELS N MONTHS Dry Goods Market, Teéb, Shows Broadéning in Today's ! Business. pecial Dispatch to The Staf. 1 W YORK, February Fhe | broadening of the buying intereat of Wednesday in the dry goods market continued today. The market in sheetings continued strong, although ithere was not such 4 volumé of bué lness done as on Wéantsany. Thére | Was considerdble activity in drills and pajama checks, prices on which littte changed, buf fitm ces on 3813-inch 64 by 60 and #9- inch 8 by 72 weré sliglitly higher, at 113 and spectively. The raw silk market today touched Inew high price marks for the ¥ and for more than six months. Hig! er pfices and great demand ih YoKo- hama were the causes. WALL STREET NOTES. Gasoline Price Raised—Road to Resume Dividends. | Specidl Dispateh to The Stir. NEW YORK, February 23.—The At- lantic Réfining Company today ad- vanced the price of gasoline 1 cént. making the price 23 cents to dealers and 26 cents from stations. Announcement w made today that dividénds will be resumed on. the pre- | ferred stock of the Louisville Rail- way Com on April 1 om the basis of 1% per cent quarterly. An addi- tional payment on the 20 per cent ac- ed dividends will also be de and may amount to as much as 4 per cent A specia) meeting of the Pond Creek Coal stockholders has been éalled for March 1 at Portland, Me, to dct on the liquidation and dissolu- tion of the company. In the week ended February 10 there were loaded §53,289 cars of rev- enue freight, a decrease of 12,355 from previous week, but an increase of 8Y over the correspondini week ot last year and 165,422 over g New York bang cléarings, $563,00 800 YorE bank, balance, 000,00 ew York Federal Resérve ts, $75,000,000. Bostoh bank arings, $71,000,000 —_— SUGAR PRICES SOAR HIGHEST SINCE 1920 Cuban Raw at 5 1-2 Cents a Pound. Granulatéd Quoted at 9 Cents. | 1 | 1 By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February sugar today touched the highest price levels Cuban raw sold at 5% ents a pound, cost and freight, while granulated was quoted at § cents Théere weré sales of about 200,000 bags of Cubas and 10,000 bage of Porto Ricos at 7.28, duty paid, and 15,500 Cubas at 7.40, The raw sugar futures market was strong and active on continued buy- ing by trade intefetfs and commis- Sion houses, prompted by the strength 1 the spor market, with prices ad- vanding, 11 to 21 points during the arly operations. Madr, sold up to 5.61 and May 5.85, buf at this level therd was considerable Tealizing. and prices edsed off to Within 4 or 5 points ot Wednésday’ ose, only tn 4gain rally, and at midddy were 13 to 15 points net higher. - UPPER MARLBORO. MARLBORO, Md., February 23 (Special).—Mrs, . Lee, chair- man of the publicity commitfee of the Prince, Georges.Countv Fedération of Women's Clubs, announces that peti- tions urging the establishment of an eighth grade in_ the elementary $chgols in Prince Georges county are in the hands of thé educational divi- sion of the County Federation of Women's Clubs and will be eirculated in every school’ disttict fn thé comnty, both white and colored. Mrs. Lee adds that a large Jeléga- tion, made up of évery man an/f wom- i l matire; the result is) an_in the county who fs i favor of eighth-grade syftem, will gather hove the morning of March 6 to present thése petitions to the county hoard of education and the county eommidsion- ers. The pétition follows: “More tian 90 per cent of our children close their school | days with the elementary <chodls. We beltéve.théy should have cantages of a more extended e {han the omé we have now Many trandférs aré madé between <cRools of the county and tRose of Washington and-other places hav- ng an eighth-grade systém. This is ushally to the disadvantage and em- bafrassment of the child. S “We bélieve &hiffiren dre ‘entefing thé high sehyols of the coumtry with m#ds too i dificulty in teaching them high school subjects, Thera are also, too any failures and withdrawals from jithé high school by pumls of the first ¢ Betieving it would be for the -gréatest benefit of the greatest num- ! {ber of children we earnestly request livou to establish on efghth-grade lsystem in the elementary schools of IPrince Georges county, beginning at the opening of the schools for thé ar 1923-24. “Qf the county commissioners we |‘eunamy request that provision ‘made in the annual school levy for 1:1923-24 to supply the necessary teach- flers and equipment required for such paddition to the school system. | ‘hen $12,000 bonds were sold; e rday at $108.31 to Stein &} (Cop, Baltimore, the Righest fgureé! keived for Prince Georgés county | bopds since before the world war was reached, Proceeds of th sale will be d_to érect a_$10,000. addition to ltthe Brandywine High Schbol, and the inmn $2,000 will be applied toward a &~ e two-room school for colored ehildren at (Jlen Arden. Endowment of $1,000 Atrém the Julius Rosenwald fund #)so | {'will be used in construction of the! LGlen Arden Schoo), making a 1 itof $6,300 the county authorities have \ireteived from th is fund since August. | with a ¢loth 4 .€o-O perative Building organtica 15fp ' 43d YEAR COMPLETED ,’urnln- . .‘l,‘m 3? _ Systematic,Saving * A plan to make savihig easy— tSave a little each pay day and Yyou will be surprised at the *admount accumulated in a short * time. Subscriptions for the . 84th Issue of Stock. . Being Recelvéa Shares, $2.50 Per Month EQUITABLE BUILDING 915 F St flxVL SON ‘|'pitny tried to start things off én the jreacted quite sharply today under heavy ——— NEW YORK CURB MARKET . Recelved by Private Wite Ditect {6 The Stdr Office.- DY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN, NEW YORK, February 23 “Appur- ently fhié intéfests bdck of the mar- ket for thé new 25,000-§haré issite of ‘Checker Cab Manufacturing Com- and Gas, off 5 points; Vacuum Oll, down 4 point ant @ half; Standard of Kansas, . delling ex-dividend 50 cents, down a like ount, and Standard of New York, ex- | vidend, 33 cents, off a half point, | Standard of Indiana wis heavily sold for a while, but steadied in the after: noon. The 150,000 issue of Independent Of] and Gas was admitted to trading, fnitial sales taking place at the sub- scription price of 15%. The stock AWas dealt in quite heavily and later 4dvanced close to 16. The company ! ts af present operating 120 wells and 2“ a daily production of more than 530 barrels. ndependent oils as a ruls did not 4hare in the early weakness and as the day went on there were some tubstantial gains, notably in New York Ofl. Among the industrials FHousehold roducts lispayed heaviness and Yel- w Taxi lost over 5 points. Durant fssues were conspicuousy strong 4zain, Despite the continued strength in the outside copper market, these {urb markét today with too much of a rush. The subscription price was , and the stock was opened when dealings began this morning at 68, This invited naturdlly a rush of sell- ing by subscribers, who saw a hand- some profit made Guickly, and thé re- sult was a very rapld fecoil. Many of the leaders of the presént up- ward movement on the curb exchange reallzing by pools and professional oper- ators who had profits to take, This seliing became quite general before mid- day, but under the Jmpulsé of renéwed | buying in the afternoon the market Again turhed strong and a good part of, and in some instances moré than, the early losses were regatned. - Standard Oil stocks were exception- ! WANTED Durant Motor Stock I will buy a few lots of (Escrow) stock. Phone Adams 2366 Place Your Vacant and - Rented Houses With —a reliable and pronipt remiit- tiny agent. We advertise ex- . tensively and produce satis- factory results. Over Thirty Years of Real Ser: STONE & FAIRFAX Member Washington Real Estate Rodrd 1342 New York Ave. N.W. . If you have money tb invest, we can safely place it on gilt-edge first D. C. Mortgages. Our ‘retord of 30 years insurée your protection. Coitrte- ous treatment. Percy H. Russell Co. SW. Cor. 15th & “K” Sts. | Money to Loan Hocured by firét debd of téust on reai edtafe. Prevailing interest arnd commission, v 420 Wash. L. & Trust oseph 1. Weller -Wes I & Trus e Dean, Onativia & Co. Stock Exchange Building New York From $100 fo $300 on 1. estate _and household_goods_ or ~chat- tels. 7 per cent interest. No broker- age’ charged. Pay sour bills and owe aniy ‘one firm. Commercial Loan & Finance Corporation Room 211, 921 15th & STOCKS COTTON tocks were generally lower most of | ally weak for a time, sharp reaction oc- he time. curring in such stocks as Prairte Ofl Y .NEW YORK, Februar: —Follow - ing is an official list of bonds and tocks traded in on the New York Curb Market today: Salés in themsands, Chatveont ptd . Centrifug Tron Fine 6 Cént Terost ... Century “Rib " Mifla B Cht St 1 Wheat ot "hicago * Nipple Columbian Car Cuyanil Davies W A . DL & W Coai, Duhilice ¢ & R Durknt Mot ... Durant Mot of ind Gacdnes Mot Garlagd Steamihi el SR Glen Alden Conl. . Goodyear Tire - sodvear Tire prd merd Gr West Sirgar new Household Prod 3 Heyden Chém . ocking Val Prod Hydror 0 T N Am Lt Ge w't wrix Am Smmat Tob Ti5s i Am Repnb Corn s 48 Am Rallipe Milts 64 34m T & T 0% 2 14 5 Anqeomdn 7 mour & (o 7 Aimowr Co Dol 240G & WIS o 3 (1 14 1 1% 1 o6 ¢ 1 A ¥ & L nb b er Motor e 3 Mercer Mot vot ofs. Mesabt Tron ... Mitchell Motor Nati_Depe Storex Nat Sup o of Dei New Fiction Pub (o N Y Tele Co pfd... Denn C & C... Peerless Motor 1ip Morris . Hostery M. 2 Cit Serv Git Scry (%n Gad Tia Cans Cons Caban Tel 7154, Det City Gde 64 5 _Detrojt Pditon Dimlop T & R Ts. Fixher Tiody 0s ixher Tody o " et Nody 6s " e Aspbal Tronk o1 "z Pia bai o Tadio, oy jid v'l‘! Smite” Store . S C & aw 5 .M Stutz Mofo, Tochmtonts Fohaeen e Todd Shin . 3 United P S pew Hood Rubber 7s m Cont Ret 3 n City Tow Lt Kenécott Cop Ts.. Lithy McN & L Lig Win Ley r o Nat Acme Tiga & New Or Pyb Ser 2 Ohio Poweér 5« I Phila Flec 8 r Divide Big Ledge Bison Gold i Bluck Hawk Cons Boston Mont {orm. Butte Western, avéras Copper. . Caledonia Min. . Calumet & Jerom. Camada Cop acker, Jack M Cblumbia_Eméra] Con Cop Min tem ¢ x Nev Utah Coppér Canvon . Tidul Osage United Oil Pr Vacumn O 7 Argeptima_Ts 2 Ring of Nother 6s Mexjoan Gov Repiblic of Russtun Govt Russian Govt 3 Rns Govt s o 6T S« EI Salvador 0000 Enreka” Groesiis . Eirst Naf Cop . § d Mines . 10 3 i Gotdfield Deen A610 Florence et Orh et Jacks 4" Sia e BHGR o <ot i Tarmill Divide lpn Top, el 18% il 89T Tncge; 7 a1 ve P L . gontineatal 01 10 Crescent P 1. s Himths Oh & Her. Tlisois P L imp 01 of C ndiang, P L Inter Pt Co. . agnolin Pei fonal Tra: b 1 New Comnelta . New Don 14200 i 1000, S O Kansas new 2300'8 O Kentucky ... 108 0N 4200 S 0 N Y 2 1300 Vacuum Oil new. ... ales. INDEPENDENT OIL STOCKS, in hundreds. 10 Big Indfar Oh.. S Boston W. 10 Beaver Con 5 Carih nd i 100 Red HiD Florence. 80 ;ll;x Cong & 3 hmond Copper,. Richhond Coppeg.s - Sandstorm Km{u, 3 70 Silder Qun Min O 2200 Silver Minés Amer. 20 Sl Kg Div Min' re 20 Sil¥ersmith Mme: 24 An vsfl;e& 20 Speachend Gl - 10 Stewart Mincs 1 Success” Mines' . 4Teck Hughes. § Tonopgn Belméne 32 Tofopah Divide 10" Tonopan_Extens ool 2 Uaited, \'xr o 20 TS Cdutindntal ... . 40 West End Chemaichw . 24 West End -Eonsol 40 West End Exten 30 West o ded B Yk, 17 Yukon b FIGHTS GAS RATE (UT. { ST. PAUL, February 23 (Special).— The St. Paul Gas Light Company has | asked the city to continue thé pres- ! ent gas fafe,of $t per 1860 cubic: feet until July ¥. The presént ton- i tract expires April 1 and it was pro- | posed to reduce the rate to 85 cents. i ! | 1 3 Indpt O & 30 Keystone Rgnger... 0 Lance Creck : Latin Amer 0il vngston Pet 1 Lo 32 TFons P 3, Mammout 1" Msrland Réfin 15 aa & Marland .. 17 Maracaibo O . 10 1 Merritt 011 a9 Mex Of1 .. 30 Midwest-Tex Oil 3 Movmt Prod . 9 Mutual OR . Noble Ol & G The company pleads low earnings. —_— “Luther Burbank fs tr¥ing to pro- duce a seedless watermelon. “Now, if he would only give us a squiftléss grapétripit”—Boston &lobe. 30 Rea Rank On 17 Salt CE Con 29 Salt Ck new. 29 Sapulpa_Refin. 29 Beaboard fl\h. . 120 Southern P & . 18 Son States Oil. 10 Texas RAnger ... 300 Texon Ol Land.. . & Tidal Osage Oil 37 Turman Ofl . . 66 Wilcox Ofl & Gas.. INDUSTRIATS. 23 Acme Coal 20 Acme Pack 28 Auto Knit Hose.... 235 1 Am Cot Févric ptd. 100 2 Aymonr Co Del ptd 997 nold Cons Co W 1 tantic Fruit ..... 6 Bkiyn City R B 23 Buddy Buds . 4 Brit Int Corp 3 Charcoat Co .. TYPE CO. . N. Y.. February 20, 1 DIVIIEDIG e e quarterly giviqend of 315 onthe apieal Btock of Mocgeninaies Company will be paid on March 31, e stockholders of record 48 they ‘ap /| the close of business on'March' 3, 1023, transter books will nat b closed.” - -J0S.T. MACKEY, Treasurer. g‘s.ogo,ufe.rofi?;fl $4385 Bl o Tnsurance—All Branches Room 610. Woodward Bullding. M. 340. MERGENTHALER LI Brooklyn i 3. | T ¢ent 1923, o | ar_at | The | 14 3 A 3 i ) f | ; Out of the Large Numhber of P-eople Who Know How t6 Save, Few Know How té Iavest FIRST TRUST NOTES | & isstiad by ita; will be fouhd to be a dafe and sure method for the inexperienced investor. ° Consult Our Léan Department T GRAINS COFFEE SUGAR and afe Security BONDS ound Methods atisfactory Service —are outstanding elements of the desirability of investing in our 7 % First Mortgage Notes Desirable investing depends solely in judiciously selected securities. We value highly our record of never a loss of as much as a single penny in either prin- ipal or interest. Notés now on hand in de- nominations of $250 up to Certified Title furnishea with eéach purchase. Collect- ing, remitting interest and ail details attended to by our Loan Départment. Chas. D. Sager 923 Fifteenth Street N.W. Loaft Dept., Main 36 NIRRT MEMBERS: Néw York Stock Exchange €Chicago Stock Exchange Associate Members of New York Curb Association Y. Cotton Exchange Chicago Board of Trade N. Y. Produce Exchange Minnéapolis Chamber of €ommerce WASHINGTON OFFICE Main Floor, Woodward Building Office Open Untit 5:30 P.M. Phone Main 2040 JOHN CALLAN O'LAUGHLIN CHARLES R. ALLEY Assistant Manager 'Waslw'nymn's Oldest National Bank Courtesy Must Accompany —efficiency of service if you are to feei “at home” in youf bank. What- ever the extent 6f your dealings with “The Metropolitan,” you'll be ac- corded évery attention and made to feel that we appreciate your business. It is such a concéption of good service that has made The OLDE ational NFORMATION from time to time on devel- opments affecting your sécurities may enable you to improve materi- ally your investment holdings. Orgamizea in 1814 3% Paid on Savings National Metropolitan Bank . Capital, Surplus & Undivided Profits Over $1,700,000 15th St., Opposite U. S. Treasury—109 Years Old It is part of ou- regular service to répor facts by which to judgé the se- curities which you hold; and to keep you advised of any change in their status. GRAHAM, PARSONS % Co. PRAILADELP A New York WasHINGTON 403 Hirsws Broc. Telephone: Main 2655 FIRST MORTGAGES RARE combination of saféty and ar aftractive rdte of inférest. Thesé care- fully doMars: They are Bought with ouf own selected securities are sound as gold fund$ after a most rigid and searching investigation, developed during our ex- periéncé of 8ver i qnartér of a Eentiry specializing in mortgage loans. Livermore & Co. Members New York Stock Exchange 823 15th St. N.W. and Wardnian Park Hotel Quarter of a Genttury In amorits of 50 and up. IV ithout a Loss SAUL CO. 1412 B. Mam 2790 Main 2100. Col. 2000 i s & 5‘ [he Housewite PROBABLY the most important and surely {he most heroic figure in fuodern society is the houséwife: She has courage, determination and infinite €ompassion. \Vith her heart and brain and hand she holds together the threads of the family and weave$ them into the pat- tern of life. Misforturie does not daumt her, success does not blind her; she “carries on.” She is a spur to ambition, a comferter in nfflictiqn and a prométer and practicer of thrift: She kfows the value of a savings account. Many housewives kiiow the safety and friendly help offered by this bank. Every Banking Service COMMERCIAL 15th and Penna. Ave. Capital and Siwrphis, $5,400,000.00 HOME SAVINGS BRANCHES 7th and Mass. Ave. 8th aind H Sts. N.E. 436 7ih St. SW.