Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1923, Page 24

T34 e FINANCIAL THE EVENING STAR! WABHINGTON! D. C! MO DAY! MARCH 12! 1923 FINANCIAL : L4 J FURTHER ADVANCES| [ ~ew_yore stock_excriance | BND QUOTATIONS |[o= === xoxx BONDS moct memusca] S Peedhoee ==t HIGE SUNS ) BE IN STOCK MARKET SLIGHTLY LOWER . EXPENDEDINHOMES For Revised Close of Bond Market see 5:30 Edition of The Evening Star. WHOLESALE MARKET. ey eTATEE BONDS: AL e dief S sy S Boraye peceipts, Week Opens With Higher Liberties, However, Hold Public Utility Companies Are . . . - ¢ Prices in Some Shares and Fairly Steady During Facing Remarkable Year Far Greater Caution. Today’s Trading. in Business Expansion. For Revised Close of Stock Market see 5:30 Edition of The Evening Star. Open. High. Low. Close. Open. High. Low. Adams Express. 75% 76% 75% 76%|MarlandOfl.... 42% 42% 42% Alaska Gold % % W 3% Marlin-Rockwl. 13 18 18 Alasks Junesu.. 1% 1% 1% 1% |Martin-Parry.. 82 32% 32 Allied Chemical. 77% 177% 774 77% | Mathison Alkill. 61% 61% 61% Allls Chalmers.. 48% 48% 48% | Maxwell (A)... 624 624 614 Am AgrChem.. 33 88 33% | Maxwell (B).... 19% 10% 19% AmAgrChempt. 85% 65 66 |MayDept Stores 73% 73% 72% Am Beet Sugar. 44 44 44 |Mex Seaboard... 16% 17% 16% Am Bosch 54% 54% B4% | Mex 8bd ctfs 16 16 16 Am Brake Shoe. 77% 17% 78% | Miami Copper.. 28% 28% 28% Am Can, soe 1028 4 102% 102% | Middle St Of1. 1% 11 Am Can pf. 118% 118% 113% | Midvale Steel. .. 31% 80% AmCar & Fdy.. 186 186 186 |Min St P&SS M. 7 n Am Chicle Co 8% % 8 |Mo,K&Twl... W 15% 15% Am Cotton OIl. 17 16% 16% | Mo, K & T pf wi. 42% 42% Am Druggist. . 6% 6% 6% | Mo, K&Tfpd 36% 36% Am Hide&Leath 12% 12% | Mo Pacific...... 17% 1% AmIce. 105% 106% | Montana Power. 8% 78 Am Internat'l, 28% 28% | Montgom'y W'rd 24% 28% Am La Franc 12% 12% | Moon Motors. .. 24% 28% Am Locomotive 133% 136 | Mother Lode. 12% 12% Am Metals. 83% B4% | Mullins Body. 27% 27T% A el 97 97 | Nash Motors. 108% 108% Am Safe Razor. . 8 8 g - Nash Motors pf. 98 98 Xm Ship & Com. 18% 18K e, . 4% 14% Am Smelting. ., e5% 65% | N Am !mellln= pL. 101% 101% | Natl Biscu! . 42% 42% Am Steel Fdy 39% 39 | Natl Enameling 69% Am Bugar. . 81 81y [NatlLead. . ltg Am Sugarpf.. 106% 106% | Nevada Copper. 1 Am Sumatr. 31% géh 3':3'5"&*.1‘:" ::u price increase and partly following|Am Tel & Cable. 56 A r Brake. . The anmuas report showing earnings | Am Tel & Telox. 124% 125 | N Y Air Brk (A) 49% 25a26; southern, 25. Live poultry—Roosters, per 1b.. 17; spring chick- Sales. High. Low. OCloss. 1 684 Lib3% 288 10126 10112 10116 n 48 B86% Lib1st4¥s 70 9818 9806 9808 |Atchison adjds 80 Lib2d 4%s... 271 9802 9796 ‘97988 AtlanticCLecl 80% Lib3d 4%s... 474 9858 9852 9854 |AtlanticCL 4%s 83% Lib 4th 4%s. . Dressed poultry—Fres! 429 9816 9810 9810(B&Opfin3 94% chickens, b, 1b Victory 4% 89 10012 10010 100 10 6% 1828, Toomtare, per mer 10020c tarkeys, US4%s1962.. 757 9952 9944 9948 100% per ib. "36a40; " keats, = youns. each, 080, 5 J 3 $ 80% FOREIGN. qLiva stock—Calves, choice, per 1b.. 82% Bales. High. Low. Olose. 3 Argentine7s...... 56 102% 102 102% 4% g '"'fll""l-v‘,:-h; ‘:}'.alcn:" shis e 1b., a9 1 Belgium 7%s. 11 98y% 98 98Y% ive ' Beletum6r.. 1 14 94k 94 944 Lite "igs, 3502505 each; tive o, elgium 8s. . . 18 98 97 Green frujts—A bbl, 1.76 27.00; Delicious, xggleu',‘ per bbl., 6.00a Bern 8: X 8 112 112 1124 9.00. California’ oranges, per crate, .o 7 92% 92% 924 Bordeaux 2 764 T8% 6% 5.0046.00; Florida, 4.00a5.50, Lemons. per box, 5.00a6.00. Grapefruit, 3.50a Brazi] 7s. 84% 83 B3% Brazil 8s. 961K 95% 96 g:“::‘;’nNunh". 4.80. Tangerines, 4.00a5.50. Brazil 73%s. 8 103% 103% 103% | &g, dP:Fd“ 6%s.. ‘V’Egelub]es—l’oulaus. per bbl Canada 58 1926. 5 100% 100% 1004 | Central Pacino 4y o 0a2.00; per sack, 2.25a2.50; No. Canada 5%s 1929.. 13 102 101% 101% 50a100., Sweet potatoes, North Canada s 1981.... 1 100% 100% 100% [ Ghes & Ohlo ov 5 e ao] Carolina, 1.00a2.00; nearbs, 2268215 S&O0cvd . _per crate, southern, a Sansdateises.... s1 0% 80 99 |Ches&oun - 300: Romaine lettuce, per crate, 180a |, Chile8s1926....... 8102 102 102 g::::l(un 3y .00: Teebur= lettuce, per crate, 4.50a Chile 88 1941 . 11 104% 103% 103% Qen 4s S0y jiCtbbage. (horthern, 3.00a4.00, per nearby cabbage. per bbl. Chinese Gov Ry 6. 12 52% b52% 624 |chj g g |1.50a2.50; southern, 2.6045.50 per bas: | oo aiani te 1 110% 110% 1104 g et “Eggplants, per crate, 2.50a5.00. Copenhagen 5% 90 89u 89% | Sni Great Weat 4s. Tomatoes, per box, Florida, 2.50a5.00. . Cubabyswi. oou 99% 99% | St A Beans. 4/00a5.00 per “baskel Peas. largely, suburban in_ loc “ cv Bs .00a6. 4l ‘expansion of citie unpre- of over $2.50 per share. The greatly | Am Tobacco. 167% 157% Q{YNc.mrnx..A. Ilig:: D mtlacing erect on auotatlons for g::":::::ll(o;':kll 83 1352 135: lggt Chi M&St P 4s 25, ats Mo?fif., bn;slt“eut,jo.l’q;g:‘r:l, '.’,:; Sonsl eXnanmon (of eilics was nure irengthened position of the company | Am Tobacco (B) 156 156% | NYNH&Hartfd. e s g | auerkay % 00% | Gl Mas T ov i s e, “oride, “¥iaie Hale, Der | cedented and this will incoiye ine ey has been effected without any mark- | Am Water Wks. 291 20% | NY O & Western 19% Ures will be made public after ~“a"‘h1Dutch1§ s....... 13 97% 9T 97% CM&StPgn s 00ad.50. Celery, crate, Florida, 2.50a [Kkas, water, electric light and traction ing up of inventories, erude rubber|sn v yricge, pt B4% b4z | NY Shipbuilding 14 15. T A heavy oversubscription would | Dutan astI6a'47 30 94% 94% 94% Chi & NW 63 3.50. Brussels sprouts, 26a35. Squash. | lines, as well a heavier load on ex- having been figured in the balance | 7 v 104 104% | Ni Falls Pow pf. 110 Indicate sienty of funds svallable for | Dutch East 16s°62 27 94 9% 93% | Cni g N w72 2 50x2.0q kels sprouts, 26a5. Squah liating faciities Sngetat/cost: Am Writ Pr pf 201 2914 | Norf & West pf. 5% I btment at around. present Jevels, | EramericxnID7%: 5 88 7% 8T% | chiRygpy per basket. iood. ot Kev American Loco Soars. ]Amzmc&u.a 17% 17% | North American 1104 No other Treasury financing is due F""cgflowg .. 60 96 96% 96%IChiRTR Pacrris Estimates of what American Loco- | Anaconda..... 511 51% | North Amer w 22% until the victory notes are refunded | prelch G::t T%s. 104 o g;fi ChiUn Sta 4558 - imotive ia carning and what it is likely | Ann Arbor pf 0 8 ctes. 8 97% o earn during the rest of the year | seo Dry Good: % are running remarkably high, all the Gy Hr ooy o an Way from $30 to $50 per share. This | 2008 STt e 1<% sufficlent explanation for the new | Atlantic Fruit. 1 high records which the common stock | S1H 98- 0% 108 Js continually making. Other equip- jAtchison pf. % it ment stocks were not nearly as con- [ Atlan Cst Line 20% 121 epicuous In the trading of the day. |Atlantic Gulf 2615 26% A sensational rise in the Market | Austin Nichols.. 291 29t Street Railway preferred stocks. ac- = companied by & more moderate ad- 5‘:"".,'“0‘,‘5“' 150% 240 ‘ance in the common, was the sequel |Balto 0. 0% la the Information given on Friday | Barnesdall (A). 0% ¥ the megotiations for the pur- (Barnesdall (B). : ¥ i ¢ company by the city of | Batopllas Mining X % Bayuk Bros. ... 56 | Beechnut Pack. i 63 Beth Steel. 68% Beth Steel (B) 69% Beth St1 7% (n). 9% Beth Steel 8% pf 111% Booth Fisherles. W bW Brit Empire Stl. 4 4 T Br Em St1 2d pf 23% Bklyn Rap Tra 6% Bklyn R Tr ctf: 6 Brown Shoe. 61% turkeys, per 1b., 30ad ens, per Ib., 35a38; keat: 60: fowls, each, 26a27. -killed spring. BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. _NEW YORK, March 12—The week in the bond market opened today with further reaction In quotations for high-grade investment securities. Lib- ertys were perhaps an exception. Prices here seemed to hold fairly steady. Changes in either direction were very small, and some good buy- Ing orders were reported under the market. Concern in U, S. Offering. Great interest was taken in the re- sult of the $400,000,000 offering of the Treasury Department in new certifi- cates. If this offering is heavily over-subscribed. as at present seems probable, it will undoubtedly have a BY STUART P. WEST. Speciul Dispateh to The Sta NEW YORK, March 12.—In today’s marlet there were a number of in- teresting moves in industrial special- ties, all of them upward. Sugar stocks reached new highs following n fresh advance In raw sugar quota tions and the announcement that & large amount of raw sugar had just been taken by Europe at 5! cents & pound. The advance by the United States Rubber Company of 10 per cent in tire prices had been too generally expect- ed to have much effect. Rubber com- mon went up somewhat, partly on the SW div 838, & O Toledo 4s BklynRT§ BklynRT BkIRT 78 ‘21 ctfs BKIRT 7°31 ct sta, Buff R&Pitts 41, BY J. C. ROYL Bpecial Dispateh to The Star., NEW YORK, March 12 three-quarters of a must be spent thi new homes of the country with heat, light transportation and telephone facilities. This estimate was arrived at today by combining the figures compiled by the most reliable author- itfes in the public utility field from all ions of the United States. Nearly $3.000,000,000 worth of homes were built in 1922, The greater number of these home e of mod erate cost and of ne —At least hillion dollar year to equip the 7 Patrons. G f AND PRON . Hundreds of thousands of heme palmary avp provisons. | UL LR e SAran E, Md.. March Spe- [trons of every public utility. but the clal).—Potatoes, white, 100 pounds, 76 |utility corporations must spend hun al.50; 150 pounds, 1.26a2.75: sweets, jdreds of millions in order to delive: barrel, 1.25a1.75; bushel, 50a65: yams, {service to these new customers. . barrel. 1. bushel, 50a65: beans, The effect of this condition already bushel, 0a4.50; beets. hundred, | has made itzelf felt in a dozen differ- 6.00a8.00; brusseis sprouts, auart.|ent industrles. The steel mills are 25a30; cabbage, hamper, 2.50a3.25; (receiving Increased orders for rails carrot 50a60; cauliflower, |and equipment and are aiready prese celery, crate, 2.00a|ed to capacit The electrical equip : cucumbers, crate, 5.00a8.00; €Kg- | ment companies are pressed to the s, crate, 4.00a6.00; horseradish, |utmost and prices for wire. conduir bushel, 3.00a4.00; kale, barrel, 2.00a |insulation materials and other ma 2.25; lettuce, basket, 1.50a2.50; onions, | terials have had a substantial rise 100 ' pounds, 1.26a3.25; oysterplants,| This activity explains in great par! hundred, 8.00a10.00; parsnips, bushel, [the unprecedented buying “and cor 1.7542.00, peas, bushel, 3.50a4.00; pep- | sumption of copper, which has i+ pers, crate, 1.50a3.00; spinach, bar- |sulted in the advance of that met rel, '3.00a3.50; squash, basket, 3.00a[to the 17-cent-a-pound level. Pow 4.00; tomatoes, crate, 2.00a4.00; tur- [and gas piants are carrying heav nips. basket, 50a60. burdens and using increasing qua Apples, packed, barrel. 2.50a5.00; |tities of coal bushel, 75a1.50; loose, 100 pounds, |development 1.50a2.00; basket, 50a75; cranberries, |not equaled in barrel, 8.00a12.00; grapefruit, box, |projects are providing work for t 300a450; oranges. ~box, 3.70a4.80; |sands of men strawberries, quart, 25a43: tanger- P v . y e Oneihatt ives. 3008400, Thousands Want Phones. it P i Demand for phones is insistent and = & Prices at 12:30. man companies ar ths behin Wheat—No. 1 red winter, spot. no in installation because of their i ions; No. 2 red winter, spot, 1.36: |ability to get sufficient instruments red winter, spot, no quotations; | This explains in part the increase of 0. 2 red winter, garlicky, 1.36; No.lthe capitalization of the America 2 red winter, garlicky no quotations; | Telephone und Telegraph Compan: March 1.36. $1.000,000,000 in the last week Sales—None. Makers of street cars are Working at Corn—Cob corn. new. 100 per cent capacity. with orders on rel; contract, spot, 83 their books which it will take montis No. 2 corn. spot. 851 to fill tions; track corn, yellow Not only must better, 89 per bushel. companies spend $750.000,000 to meet Sales—None. immediate requirements. but thev must provide for even more expansion for today real estate transactions are booming and new construction bids fair to be far heavier even than last year. Before the war, the public utilities of the country maintained an extra capacity of about 23 per cent to pro- vide for expansion and as protectior against delays or breakdowns. That margin has been entirely wiped out The business of the companies have outgrown the plants. Buck Work Will Coct Billlon. The normal expenditures for bet> terments, extensions and improve- / ments were not made in the post-war vears, and this work has now piled up until it is $2.000,000,000 behind the point where it normally should be These are the figures accepted by the select committee on reconstruction and production of the Senate. Ther fore the public utilities of the count face an expenditure of $2.7 000, before those utilities are back on a pre-war basis, With those facts in mind, it be- comes increasingly unlikely that rates for public utilities will decrease 41 |North Amer pf. a7 in May. 79 | North Pacific... ki) Among the high grade bonds in Nunnally Co. 5 9% supply today were such issues as = Atlantic Coast Line. Loulsville and Oklahoma Prod. 2% Nashville collateral 4, which made a Orpheum Clrcuit 194 new low for the year; Atchison gen- |Lvons 6s 12 76% | Del & Hudson 5343 Otis Steel... eral 4s, also a new low far 1923; | Marsellles 6a, H 76 | Den&Rlo G con ds. Owens Bottle Union Pacific 4s, Rock Island general | Mexico ga : 26% |D&RGlstre6s Pacific Develop. 43, and ! Nosthern (Eacic 8. Mexico 6s large... 10 b5 65 |Eriesends..... Pacific Gas & Ei Market Streets Active. Mexico 4s. . 3 36y | ErleconvisA.... Pac Coast 2d pf.. Today's active trading centered in | Netherlands o7v, | GrTrunk sf deb 6 PacifioOfl. ..... the speculative issues. Market Street | Norway fs..... 1121 | Srand Trunk 7s. Packard Motor. Railway bs and 6s were both very ex- | Norway 6s ctfs, 8% | GF North gen 7s. Pan-Am Pete. ... tensively dealt in and both made new | Paris-Ly's-Med 6s. 7015 | ST North gen 51s. Pan-Am Pet (B) of course, is a_speciald Prague 7% 79 | Havana ERL&P 55 Parrish & Bin Se and has no significance as far as | Queensland 7a 108 ¢ | Hud & Man ref 5s. .- ! the general trend of the market is|q, . | Hud & Man aj 55 Penn Seabd Sti. the st Queensiand 6s " 1013 | UG & Manajts. .. Pennaylvania Haltimore and Ohio 5s were up a |10 8¢ Jan 85 1946, 98% | 111 Central 5148 EEOD’;‘!G“»" point and then reacted, and Seaboard | pic F‘rgl:;sllif‘lu .g:;:: Int Rap Tran te 'ere Marquette. Air Line Tefundin 48 also ad an = Sul 8s. . Philadelphia Co. 5 Sao Paulo, City, 8 o774 | [Nt R Transit7s... advance. St. Paul Issues were irregu- ! Philadel Co pf. . Jar, with the 4s of 1925 showing the | Sao Paulo,State, 8s 951, {;‘&f{?hlflr aj6s.. Phillips Pete. i 84, ‘entral rf 4s. greatest strength. _ iSelne, Dept of, 7 Pierce.Arrow Notable weakness appeared in |SerbsCrotsSiov8s 647 | Kan City Ft Sds.. Plerce-Arrow pf 76% | Kansas City S 3s French bonds, both the 8s and the 7125 | Soissons 6s. s Pierce-Arrow pri 104% | Kan City Sou bs. Hollana-Ams 165, 10 91 91 91 |GucaStLrtesA.. Japanese 1st4%s. 2 93% 93% 934 g?:‘:;;'" T Japanese is 10 81% Totot ¢ 8 e R 1% Blt|Del& Halstrr ¢s. b oo o vrannneioSaNasticelomwarfinesifel cBabSondoniBenaanan=Saox BIT-RE Y - TSNS Review and Outlook. Wall street showed clearly enough today that it had begun to heed the warning held out on account of the Violent and altogether excessive spec- ulation in parts of the industrial llst during the previous fortnight. En- thusfasm has cbbed. This Was appar- ent in the irregularity of the price Inovement, but more especially In the falling off in the business volume. Compared with recent —standards, trading at times was really quiet. 1t would be superfluous to remark that this quieting down on the stock exchange was the most desirable Thing that could have happened for the good of the market's future. At ihe pace it was going a week ago the speculative campaign was fn- \fting a check, which, If not applied in time would have brought some un- Dleasant consequences. As it is now the market has settled down to & ecalmer appraisement of individual values Lased upon the facts of con- ditions within the respective in- dustries. Calmer Trading Desired. In cases where the rise has been overdone there will be chance for correction without creating disturb- ance in the general list, While in the greater part of the stock market there was little ten- dency one way or the other, the im- portant moves in particular stocks were nearly all of them upward. Although there was no actual ange in money rates there were signs of increasing activity in the market for time loans, with a more intensive demand and more willing- ness on the part of horrowers to meet tlie terms offered by lenders. This was significant, as it showed the ef- fect upon the money market of the constantly expanding demand for credit in commercial channels and the heavy enlargement in the Wall srreet loan account. The foreign ex- changes were all lower, but the de- cline was too slight to be of any con- sequence. Both French and Belgian government issues were rather notice- ably lower. i New Tariff Not Disturbing. The belated figures on December imports were publizhed today. Again, as in the two previous months, there was nothing to show any disturbing effect from the new tariff dutles. The total was given as_$297,000,000, against $237,500,000 in December of the previous vear. The plain infer- o 460 per bar- per bushel; 4, no quota- No. 3 or the public utility . No. 2, 5413 and 55 per bushel; No. 3.'531; and 51 Rye—Nearby, 86a90 per bushel; No 2 western export, Spot. 929 pe bushel; No. 3, no quotations. Hay—Receipts. 40 tons; top grade timothy and light clover, mixed. in moderate demand, at a range of 17.00 | to 21.000 to 20.00 per ton. with no sur- plus of really desirable hay Straw—No. 1 tangled rye, 16.00; No. 1 wheat, 12.00a12.50; oats, nominal, 12.00a13.00 ~ © @ 15.00a No. 1 Imports into the United States dul ing December were valued at $207 000.000, according to preliminary esti- mates by the Commerce Department, compared to $ 95,505 during De- cember, 1921. For the calendar vear 1922, total imports were valued at $2.116.054,000, or an increase of $606.- 906,000 over 1921 ) Calculations as to the value of im- ports have been delayed since enact- ment of the new tariff law. but the December total was greater than that of any other month in 19 except September, when importers. rushing goods to the United States before the higher tariif went {nto effect, brought in a total of $298.493,000. The value of imports during 1922 was smaller than for 1920 and 1919, which amounted to $5,278,000.000 and $3,904,000.000 respectively. but was pound, 4% creamery, 37a38 a3y; olls, prints, By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, March 12.—Around the opening today the more active | months in the cotton market were um Co. of Amer. T m Co_ of Amer. Alumi Alumi; American Cotton OIl 6 1 American Sugar 8s 1987. American Tel. & Tel. ts 1924, American Tel. & Tel. 6s 1925 Anaconda Copper 6s 1929. per Ts Anglo-American_OIl 733 Armour & Co. 7s 1980, Bell Tel. { Toledo Ed'n 1st 106% 10 i Union Bag & P 65 97 Unit Drug cv 8s 112 U'SRub 18t rf 5. 87 gSRfibbtrT‘-’;s. 108 SSteels£6s.... 5 1025 W 1014 Utah Pow & Lt 5s. 8 || Contral Resthar te 10 o Va-Car Chem 7s... 96% | Silicago Tor : Va-Car Ch 713s sw 95% j Du Pont 7igs 193] gesfi lJIniog 61as. . 4 1081 1! & ickwire Spen 7s. 97 et 3 Wilson & Co 1st 65 13 100 | Hockink it iies todn Wilson&Ccv 7%s. 3 108" 1035 | Kansas Cits Term. 6x 103 Wilson & Cocv 6s.113 9713 9714 | Kennecott Oopper 7a 1930. Wirch'tr Ams 73%s 1 103 103 | Lty M by e e —_— Morris & Co. 7%4s_1030. $3,000,000 PLANT IN VIEW. Penna. R. T 78 1930, : 8t Plll'l‘ I‘alu: I':pcot 5’%-“1?9:’2& NEW ORLEANS, La. March 12.— | 8ears. Roebuc o 1008 A shipbullding, dry dock and repair | Seuthwestocn Beil s 1990, oo plant involving an investment of | migewater Ol 6%%s 1081. $3,000,000 will be established in New | Union Tank Car Ts 1980. Orleans within a few months by the | Western Union 6ls 1930, Todd Ship Yards Corporation of New | Westinghouse E. & M. 7 York, it was announced here by M. F. Hart, general manager of the corporation. The New Orleans plant will be the ninth of a chain of ship GANNA Joms McCOHMICK. yards operated by the concern in T Opera Star and Husband on Pacific this country. Coast Estate. MUST STUDY CONSTITUTION. SAN DIEGO, Callf.,, March 12.—The NEW YORK, March 12.—Definlte|, ;.5 yere of Ganna Walski, opera courses of instruction in_the Con- exchange steady: quotations (in Unit- |Stitution in the United States are star, has attracted much attention in $3 Stateadollars): Great Britain, de. (NOW required in eleven states, and |the winter colony at Coronado, where mand, 4.70% 70%; sixty-day | Dills which = would estsblish such|ner husband, Harold F. McCormick, e o e orance, de- | {Slatures of twenly other states, the (has leased a large residence. P i X 047815, Bel. | National Security League has an-| Mr. McCormick has declined to talk Sium. demand, .0519%: cables, .0520. |Iounced. 'The movement to require |with reporters and, according to resi- dents of Coronado, has remained most of the time since his arrival here T e i ot o Dot mna ot Gult Mo b Nov 32'/‘ ;g:: U S Steel. & i o » B0 el.... e o the fioxt halt Bont o thaa- | SRIE St BiaRL ggg?;ll&'n FORD BUYS PLANT. ing prices were 15 to 22 points under | Harbighaw Cab. 1 1 L | oanciises. NEW YORK. March 12 (Special).— the last quotations of last week. May, | Hayes Wheel 3T% 37 n Copper. i GHIC, Mecoh 13 (Speia. after trading as high as 30.46 a pound, | Houston Ol 70 70 | UtahSecuritie e report, that Henry Ford intereats hienas Marchs 30:35; Mas: 30300 Juls. | Hupp Motora: . 29t o e Works At Davton was confirmed today steady. March, 30.35; May, 30.30; July. | Hupp Motors... 29% 28% | va-Cr Chemical, orksat Davion was confirmed today 20.75; October, 26.08] December, 25.70. | Hydraullc St y e By Tiduel T SR NEW YORK, March 12—Cotton Inspiration..... 41, 39% | Va-C Chem (B). futures opened firm: March, 30.75; | Interboro Met % % | Vivadou..... FOREIGN EXCHANGE. May, 30.80; July, 29.92; October, 26.75; | Interboroughpf % % | wabash pf (A). e J'ecember, 26.08. Int Cement. 41 41 Waldorf System. . 1923—1 p.m. InCombustionE 25% 25%|web & Hellbrn. (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.) NEW ORLEANS, March 12.—Noon | Int M Marine pf. 411 1% | wells-Far Exp. Nominal ~ Selling checks bids: March, 30.45;: May, 30.28; July, | Int Nickel. 16% i 15| western Elec pt SOl EAIne. o £9.72; October, 25.93; December, 25.47. ! Intl Paper. b4% » 66 |vwesternMd.... KK ‘060415 0524 1023.) dropping back more than & point {ram | Sweden 6. their recent highs. Apparently the | SwissC 2 P Burns Bros (A). 198 | e iy, ket was {nfenced by the morn- DA R M| e O ety Burns Bros pf. . $ 106 | pifts & W Va. .. BB ronta e, remembered. however, | 04 King'm 5i4s ‘a7 1041 | Lake Shore 43 '31. . Butte Copper... 19% | Postum Cereal. : that French bonds have been steadily | LR Steam Copenés. 90 |Lehigh Valley 6s.. Butte&Superlor. Postum Cer pf ... gaining ground for some time, and | Uruguay 8s 5 |MarketStcnss... Butterlck. ..... Pressed Stl Car. today's reaction could be explained ! MISCELLANEO Mich Central db 4s Caddo Oil Froducers& Ref without ~ reference o unfavorable | Ajax Rubl Us. MIIEl Ry & L 55 California Pack. Prod & Refpf... news from abroad. A erfs... 4 984 M & StT.1st rf4s.. Calif Petrol. 98 | Pub ServofNJ. ——————— i Am ?5{;5:3“ Z;“ L :; i!P& SSM 63:s. Calif Petrol p ¢ 108% | Puliman Co... AmSmelt&R 15t 58, & TprinssA Callahan Zinc. 10% | Punta Alegre A Banar tebs) MK & Tadj5s.... CinmnENe 18" | Ray Con Copper AmT& Tov bs. NoEacichy Case Plow Wks. y . U ARTL Tt Mo Pacific 5s : Central Leather 38% | R ne 15t bf . AT ET ol Mo Pacific gn 4s... CentralLeath pt T7% | Reis Robert. Anacondacv ab s, . Montreal Tm 1st 53 Cerro de Pasco. . 47 | Remington Anaconds 1ot ta. Nassau E Ry 4257 Certain-Teed. .. f]g'n Replogle Steel Armour & Co 4%s ;\vegTOr ’{,‘e;m 4s. g::’f.‘g:‘t"&fl" 104 |ReplIr&Steel.. Atlantic Refin bs. NY Co A 5 -, | Rep Ir & Stipf.. Bell Tele Pabsrcts o Chi& Alton...... 3us | Reynolds Spring Bell Tele PaTs. ... NTCemtrion, Chi& Eastlll. .. * | Reynolds Spr rts. i Bethleh'm Stl rf § S Rerdea.. Chi & East 11l pt s | Rey Tobac (B) 1922 Totals R 1 | Beth'm Stlpm 8. N Iavencdes Chi Great W pt. 1¢% | Bey Tobac (5. otals Reveal Increase|pethimStip mss.. New Haven 7s. ChiMil & StP. 2415 < £ New Haven 7s fr 2 420, | Royal Dutch.. rier H St 15t 5% NY State R T 85% | St Joseph Lead . of $606,906,000—Reports {Blyn Edison 7o D. N YW Bos i Chi Pheu Tool. . €6% | St L & San Sran. i B Bos Norfolk & W cn 4s 87 DAIRY PRODUCTS. Chi R1& Pacific 86% | St L & San Sr pf. for December. [ooan T Rl oule0, Northern Pac3s... 60 BALTIMORE, Md., March 12 (Spe- Chile Copper. 29% | St L Southwn. . . Cerro de Pasco 8s Northern Pac 4s. .. 13 83 3% | cial).—Live poultry—Turkeys, pound, Chino Copper. 2914 | St L Southwn pf | Chite & - North'n Pacr i 6s. 1065 30a40; old toms, 25; poor and crooked Cluett Peabody. 9"'112 San Cecllia Sug. Chile Gober .. Northern PacSs. .. 974 breasts, 20; young chickens, 30a3s: Coca-Cola. ... Savage Arms. .. U8 re & Callf 1st 5s. . 9815 poor stags ‘and Leghorns, 24a28; old Cocoa-Cola pf. 94 |Sears Roebuck. g;’;‘%zfifi;’:: o O Short L cn bs "46. 4 100% hens, 27a28; small and Leghorns, 25a Colo & Southern 4 42 | Sears Roebk pf. Copcerch 'd‘ s OreShort Lref 4s. & 91 26: old roosters, 16: Plx*ons. pair, 35a Colo & South 2d. 52 |Senecs Copper-. Cub Cane S cvd. Ore-Wash 1st rf % 10} guinea fowl. cach, 40260, Dressed Columbia Gas. kjiss |l S e tess: DiTancas N 1iee ey 101 e ot olumb'a Grapl o el on..... Duqnesaert e 5 90% ESaes; ke s, vi Lt Tigs g chickens, 30a32; old and Cons Cigar. ... 37 |Sinclalr Ol ¥ Coba tux tha., 118 Pere Marq 1st 68 95% oyt 89840, | meaitm, T1aads mioall Consol Gas new. 65% | Sinclair pf. HRIAREG T, Pere Mrq 1st 4556 80 slips, 30a32. i 3 Cons Textile 18% | Skelly Ofl. ... Gen Elec deb 5s. Reading gen 4s. ... 831 Hgas—Tioss oft: native and nearby Cont Can.. 47 | Skelly Oil (new). Goodr'h (BF) 6 Rio Grand W cl 4s. 648, firsts, dozen, 32a33: southern, 31a: in 1923. The money for these tre- Cont glnapt. S ” iggu sm;;.shesmexd.. lgnogy:anr 8s°31. glLArk&Lug- % Buuer—Crg%mery fanc: g\andrivus (‘—_xpendllures mélslhhe{ralsev! Corn Products 2 | So Porto Sugar. oodyear Tr 8s "1 t L IM&S R&G 4s. 78 50: prints. 50a5: y sale of securities and the income Corn Prod ptl.d. . )2;‘ 12‘!” South P“I’in: . ;{lamma O&R bl3s Sx 11:1‘51 & S4s°29. é.u‘ :::r‘es;palc'fi“r;:'a' hads § ?;e”;ih:‘flp?o“q':sn;n::;\':?: 0{;‘11{ c’:;n‘ Continental Mot i | Southern Rwy . ndiana Steel 5s * SFpl4sA. 667, & o S SAT: ay 3 # = Cosden&Co. ... Sl &1 .| Soutnern Ry pr. Int Mer Marine Gs. S:L&SFprinss. 25 82 process butter, 43a4d. P e o il fnene ‘rucible Steel. A 2% | Spicer M{g Co. nt Paper 1st 5s A . * L& S Finc6s... 54 W 6 . eser ciati o ipment Crucible Steel pt 93 83 | St Ofl of Callf. Int Paper 1st 53 B. StL&SF6%sD.. i S0 sow ey odl e el Cuban-AmBug. 344 3% | Stoll ot NI w i [ Julius KayserTa. StL&sFadiss. 17 T T8 | e g AL R mmentia | oD this connection the Americaif Cub Cane Sugar. 17% 4 | Sterling Prod. .. ckaw'a S 58 tL&SFpl6sC. 3 5 mow. ; ic [ Electrle Railways Association points ence from this is that the increased | Cuba Cane Spf. 8% 59% | Steel & Tube pE. B 0 o “oreat as for 1913, A |Liggett & Myers is SILSWiat4s: .. 28 Tare Tpel pnter, crop, led o price declines, it | cut that, taking 1914 as normal, Vages demand for foreign raw materials and | Cuban Dom'ican. 107 10% | Stew't-Warner. DTl pre-war vear, which amounted | Liggett & Myers 55 Seab'd ALtefds.. 7 44% 45 lcaniy acatines The ort o palues|io0aY 8re D 31 per cent faterinin @ generally larger buying power in-|cuban Domof... 56% 56% | Stromberg Carb %92 .000,000. Lorillard (P) bs Seab’d A L adj bs.. 39 28 28% | howev v . {are up 102 per cent. while fares are cident to our industrfal recovery are S k to $1,792,000,000. . Seab 8% | however, was more or less offset by {yp 43 per cent S ent o oh. mione than|Da Beers.. 26% 263 | studebaker. Magma Cop cv Ts 1174 | Seabd A L con 6s.. 19 66% 6% | the fact that Liverpool quotations Loieas SEa offset the higher tariff schedules. Del & Hudson. .. 118% 117 |Submarine Boat Manati Sug sf 7148 28 997 997 | Sou Pacific cv 4s. .. 53 80k 901 | showed a slight advance, the result New Englnnd Mills Rushed. h rol 8s. 5 ] cor] STON, Mare Special) — e DLack & Wstn. 125% 126 |Superior Ofl STEEL MERGER APPROVED | Mextcan Petrol & 10813 | Sou Pacific ref 4s.. 40 83'a 84 |Of a falling off in the volume of world | BOSTON, March 12 (Special (Copyright, 1! Dome Mines. et 41 | Superior Steel.. Mich St Tel 1st 5s. . 997 goul:ern Rylstss 8 9275 9274 :l)l:rr)ll‘u:(nlz.,ux‘ll}rnrfim\‘\l‘as light and the prn\'pnln:nl[||ndind:1slrml conditions in — pe-en: A " Midv: out| R! % 7 ark enced. pening | N 1 4 s no - si o Dupont (ED)... 116% 116% | Tenn Coppe Bethiehen snd Midvale Combine)Musien beoeorss. 88% | Southern Ry En it 1011 1005, | Prices. which” varicd from the same elackening In spite of the handicap Eastman Kodak 111 110% | Texas Company. ik forris&Colst4lss soz Third Ave ref 4s. .. 61,; u:: as Saturday’s finish to % lower, with|imposed by adverse weather cond:- Elec Stor Rat... 58% 591 | Tex Gt Sulphur. Now Near Completion. ks Iaits 80% | Third Ave adJ bs ¢ 1% 814 |May 119 to 1194 and July 114% to tions. Textile mills are all operating Ell Horn Coal.. 16 a6ap ] mexun & Faeio, NEW YORK. March 12—Directors | New Eng Tel 5x 9% | Union Pac 1t 4s 50 59| Lltw were followed by a general|practically in full. The average coi- Endicott-John.. 16 8% | Thir ¢ ine Midvale Steel and Ordnance (NY Edison 1st 6 110 | Union Pac 1st rf 43 8216 831 | Corn and oats were fivm, in f {ton mill ‘has enough orders on its Erle 1214 Y 12 | Third Avenue. of R efestbell a5 N 3 o E 215 834 rn and oats were firm. in'the ab-|books to cover capacity operation< i » n Company today approved the merger N Y Tel 6s'41.. 104% |Union Pac cv 4s. 954 95! | sence of any aggressive selling. After |for t to th ths. en bette BY WEA.[HER REPURTSIE"“" Hasien iy 16 { Tide Waler O e Witk the Bethiehem Steel Corporation. | N Y Tel 4%s. .. 924 | Union Pac cv 6 1055 104" | opening unchanged to iat higher,|conditions Prevall In the manufacture FamousPlayers. 88% 89% | Tobacco Prod. but adiourned the meeting untiliN Am Edison 6s 93% | Virginia Ry 1 . 93% 983 { May, 74% to 743, the corn market|of woolens. The American Woolen - Famous Play pf. 98% 96% | Tobacco Prod A. March 20 because sufficient bonds|N States Pow bs 88y, | Wabash 1st b: 10 95 95 |scored slight galns all around. tCompany is sold solid until fall, the ! Fidelity FireIns 132! 132% | To1 St L & W pf. had not vet been deposited to make | Northwst B Tel 7s. 107% | Western Md 4s.... 35 60 60 Oats "1“;\‘_934‘_'“‘;";8?_8?";"":”!2329 Arlington mille_are \\m&\il\nv night - ; i i the plan_ effective. Western Pacific5s. 4 % May, 44% to 43, ear \shifts and the Pacific mills have all Heavy Rainfall in Cotton Belt|FitthAvBusw!. 4% 143 | Trans Conti OL1. Tha - Bethlehem Steel coxpomzionlg:cl_;_lcf_‘e's:g 68 20| Wheel & LE cn és. 16 i the Initial range. e values (B¢ business they wish to.handie - : 5 " s Unlon Bag & P tockholders later approved the mer- c } >8P i L values. 2,000, st 5 Causes Wide Fluctuation in Elsiaiman. L) ‘1‘3"‘ Union Oil. . Fer with Midvale and authorized an |Packard Motor 8. 5 107% TOTAL SALES (Par Value): provisions were upheld by the action | i s i ; Feespertitaxss. 10 % | Union Pacific Prerease in common stock amount-|PhilaCorefsA.. i 99%| 11am. 2788000 12noon 5713000 |°f the corn market. { ST PAUL Marcn 12 (Special) - Today's Quotatiens. Gen Am Tk Car. 68% 8% | gpion Pacific pt. ing to $11,500,000 to carry out the | Producers& Rf 8s. 107 | ‘1pm. 7164000 3pm. 8259000 | CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. |7 P clties capitalists have organiz Gen Asphalt. 504 g°:/' Union Tank Car. acquisition. ROhils Service by 844 g SHICRGD! Mroh 12 (UnitalSttes| 10 Volley Hillvay Transtef Conts unta Alegre 7s. . 3 2 5 o g [ Gom ClERT e 180 15| LBited DRGE Tat. Sinolatr O 78, - - SHORT-TERM SBCURITIES. Department. of Agriculture).—Hogs— |PAnY and announced plans for con Gen Motors 14% 4% 4% 8::::« Ry Iny NEW YORK EGG PRICES. Sin Crude Oil 6%s. ¢ '98%| (Quotations furaished by Redmond & Co.) |Receipts, 72,000 headi tairly active, uruc"uo]n of r;u; miles of i]:ncl(”wnh 1 i s o e 25 ver; bulk, o 215|a mile-long bridge over the Missis- Gen Mot 6% deb. 414 %| Utd Ry Inv pf. NEW YORK, March 12.—Eggs un- | Sin Pipe Line §s 86 ~—Noon o 25 lower ] ; Goldwin Corp... T Unit Retall Str: e Y eeipts, 14,889 packages; | South Bell Tel bs 93% B omr Hound e | sippi river. This track will connect - Goodrich pf..... 91% 91% | j S Cast Ir Pipe. fresh gathered, extra firsts, 311;a32;|So Por Rico Sug 7s 101% 10815 |8.00;" packing sows around baz.40: | With the St. Paul road and will serve 2 to 10 points down., but buying|Goody'rprpf wi. 98 U S Hofftman Mct do. firsts, 29%a31: New Jersey hen- |StOfl of Calif 7s. 106% 3 * desirable pigs mostly 7 ¢ ¢yv. | the new Ford Motor works and other was met, based on the belief that too | Granby Consol.. 29 29% | U 8 Indus Alco. . . nery. whites, locally candled, extras, |Steel & Tube7s. .. 10214 Weight, 7.80a8.05; medium, Iiaustics. at e High) Dam;, Fhe much rain had fallen in the belt over | Gt Northernpf.. 7814 | USRealty..... % 9 10: do.. uncandled, 40a42; state, near- | Tide Wat Oil 6338 10214 1ight, 8.20a8.45: light light project involves expenditure of $3, s | Great Nor Or 33 33% | G 8 Realty p! by amd mearby western hennery.|Tobacco Prod sf 104% packing sows, smooth, 000,000. Sunday, and prices were lifted 15|Gi wegtBupf.. 107% 107% | 8 Rubber..., browns. extras, 35a36; Pacific_coast "ng sows, rough, e eeliClaner CubAR TEade to 22 points over Saturday's close.|Greene-Cananea 32 82 | U s Rubistpf. whites, extras, 2a37; do., firsts pigs, 7.25a8.25. 2 el This rally was met by a quick break | Guantanamo Su. 10% USSmelt& Rpt. extra firsts, 34 8 oeipts, 17,000 head; fairly | ATUANTA. March 12 (Special) — on the forecast of fair weather for active: beef steers, generally steady tp|NOW that a through package « rane: spots higher on desirable hands_ | service has been established between welght kinds: killing quality, good:|Atlanta and Havana. a party of Nebeaska fed ‘steers faitly numerous, | manufacturers and wholesalers of the early top, 10.00; best long yearlings | S0Uth Pian to leave here April 1 10 9.65; several lots matured steers, 9.50 | foster still closer ‘“""“',{“,"“‘ i bulk beef steers. .25a6.50% £he | tions with the Cuban merchants. The ' atrong to 25 higher: mostiy 10| tiR will be made under the auspices e higmer: bulle, strong to 10 Algh. | of the bureau of foreign and domes- er; veal calves, ureven, largely 3.00; e OO e et market to packers, choice 150 £ vealers, 1050 to 12,00 and ehaves stockers and feeders, scarce: early | Rer Tt e Hand “song1a { MULLINS GETS WINDFALL. higher. S Sheep—Recelnts 16.000 head: oben- | Ford Sends $100.000 Check in Lin- coln Motor Case. ing_slow; early sales mostly wea to 25 lower; early top fat lambs, 15.15; for 85-pound Coloradoes to clty butchers, packer {op, 14.75; clipped | - 11.75a12.00; fall shown up to, 1 two doubles choice fed vearling: 13.4 one load 100-pound clipped yearlings, 9. desirable aged wooled wethers, 9.50;" feeders, quiet; no early sale: < London. pound. Montreal, dollar.. Parls, franc. Brussels, franc. Berlin, k. Rome. 3 Zurich, NEW YORK, March 12.—11:45 a.m. |fnt Shoe.... 69% 70% Pacific. bids: March, 30.65;: May, 30.85; July, | Intertype Corp.. 39 o By S £9.98; October, 26.47; December, 25.95; | Invincible Oll... 18% 18% | western Union. teady. Iron Products... 66 56% | v st air Brle.. isiand Ol o Westhse El & M Jewel Tea.. 21% 224 | Wheeling & L B ywel Tea pf. 4% 76% | Wheel & LE pf. Jones Tea...... B4 5714 | White Eagle Oll Jones & L'ghl pf 109 109 | White Motor.... WKansas & Guif.. 2% 2% | White Oil Kansas City Sou 22% 225 | Wickwire. r (Jullus). 42 42 | Wilson Co. Kelly-Spr Tire.. bi% 55 | Willys-Overid. Kelsey Wheelpf 104 104 | Will's-Overld pt Kennecott...... 42% 42 { WisconsinCent. Keystone Tire.. 94 4 91| Worthington. Kresge (S8). 193% 193 ‘Woolworth Laclede Gus..... 80% 80% | Wright Aero LakeErie&Wpf 72 Lee T & Rubber. 30% Lehigh Valley.. 68% Lig & My 117 Lima Locomo. .. 69% DETROIT. Mich., March 12-—The Mullins Body Corporation is receiving about $100.000 from Ford Motor Company in full settlement of the claim on Lincoln Motor Com- pany. On the full claim, whidh } approximated $183.000. Mullins Bodv FIND EX-SOLDIER DAZED, {Eryicusly received 4s cents on the . ldollar, or about $93.000. The con- pany did not expect to collect the balance and last year it was written off as a bad debt. The present pay- ment by Ford. therefore, is in the nature of a “windfall’ ‘to Mullins. which Is almost equal to last years Profit from operations of $113,273. An equivalent to about $1 a share on fhe 100.000 shares of common stock outstanding. Aside from the fortunate and un- ! expected_receipt by Mulling of the Yord check, the trade situation with the company, shows substantial im- provement. = The company now has —_— VISIBLE COTTON SUPPLY. Danger of Shortage Before Mid- summer Not Yet Passed. NEW YORK, March 12 (Special).— The visible supply was reduced 91,000 bales last week, making a total loss ©f 565,000 bales in a month. This %rings the visible supply of American throughout the world down to 2,651.- 000, with flve months to go before snuch new cotton m-ves. August re- ceipts are nearly always negligible, and in an e-ainary season it is well into September before the crop moves Prague, ; Warsaw, mark. Copenhagen, crown Christianta, crown. Btockholm,’ crow: Cincinnati Police Believe Man Is Lost-Memory Victim. CINCINNATI, Ohio, March young man registered by police as Frank F. Stallings, Ashburn, Ga. who they believe i8 a lost-memory victim, was ordered by Municipal Judge Samuel Bell to be taken to a Thospital here for observation. ‘The man was found by a policeman By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 12.—Foreign 12.—A Call Money. . HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS. 214700 12m 489900 2p.m. 3 2 instruction in the GConstitution Is Germany, demand, .000048%: cables, (0000483, Holland, demand. .3955: |oPonsered by the league. cables, .3957. Norway, demand, .1806. in voldme. World consumption {s still €#ing on at the line of 1,000,000 bales A month or more, 8o that there is as Vet mo evidence that all danger of carcity before midsummer has passed. APPLE DEMAND LIGHT. NEW YORK, March 12 (Special).— The receipts of barreled apples were liberal from the Hudson valley and western New York sections. The early morning demand was extreme- 1y light, especially for fruit of poor 1n ordinary quality and condition. ‘The market was generally dull. The Baldwins brought $4.50 to $6.50 per Larrel for A grade, 2i;-inch. from all ®tate sections. Loews Inc. . Loft Inc. Loose-Wils . B8 Louls & Nash... Mack Trucks.... 178 Mack Trucks 1st. Magma Copper. Mallison & Co 34 Manati Sugar. . Manat! Sugar pt Manhattan Elev. Manhattan Ects Manhattan Shirt Market St Ry... Market St prior. 78 Market St pf.. 61 Market St Ry 24 19% 9% 151 97% 86% 66% 88% 54% 41% 45% 19% —_— TREASURY CERTIFICATES. (Quotations furnished by Redmoad & Co.) 81 Rate—Maturity. 9% 3 June ‘lfl.'l‘% Beptember 15, December 1 Beptembar 15, b2t s Beptem| March 15, 1935, 41% : s June 15, 1925. 45 | First metal bridge was put across the Sovern, in Engiand, in 1779, 20-32 | zil, demand, .1125. Sweden, demand, .2660. Denmark, de- mand, .1908. witzerland, demand, .1867. Spain, demand, .1647. Greece, demand, .0107. FPoland, demand, .000021. Czechoslovakia, demand, .0207. Argentina, demand, 3715, Bra- Montreal, .98 1-16. Butter Prices Higher. CHICAGO, March 12.—Butter, high- er. Creamery extras, 48; standards, 47%; extra firsts, 472471 firsts, 46a 46%: seconds, 45a451. Eggs, lower. Receipts, 36,505 cases. Firsts, 25; ordinary firsts, 23%a24; miscellaneous, 24a24%. Poultry, alive, higher. Fowls, 25; springs, 25; roosters, 16. CLARKE TRIAL DELAYED. Ex-Wizard of Ku Klux Klan Soon to Have Hearing. HOUSTON, Tex., March 12.—When the case of E. Y. Clarke of Atlanta, former imperial wizard of the K. K. K., charged with violation of the Mann act, was called today in federal court, District Attorney Holden announced that he had received word through the Aalanta district attorney that Clarke would be ready for trial the latter part of_this month or early in April. Federal Judge Hutcheson will set the date of trial late today. everal days ago on the large estate surrounding the residence he ha: leased. His wife, who arrived yes. terday, intimated that today she might give an Interview regarding her concert plans. POSSE SEEKS STEEPLEJACK. POMPTON LAKES, N, J., March 12, —A posse of 200 men with blood- hounds {s engaged In a wide hunt for John Manning, forty-five, a steeplejack, suspected by police of stabbing his wife to death at her home here. The countryside about Pompton Lakes was scoured yester- Aay afternoon for the alleged slayer, dbut no clue was found. in a daz:d condftion on the street last night. found in his pockets are 'n the name of Frark F. Stallings, former medi- eal sergeant of the first class, and a posteard addressed to Ntallings gives his residence as 420 avenue, Ashburn, Ga. A Sharp Dog. From the Boston Transcript. She—We women are gradually learning how to vote intelligently. He—1 question whether you will do much good with your knowledge. She—Oh. T don't know. For stance, we might teach you men. West End in- Army discharge papers on its books nearly $7,000,000 of busi- ness, which is about as large a volume as it can handle and which compares with 1922 sales of $2.144,470 and 1921 business of $1,431,243. LIVERPOOL COTTON. LIVERPOOL. March _12.—Cottom epot. limited demand; prices steady Good middling, 16.81; fully middling. : ‘middling, 16.56; low middling, good ordinary. 15.81; ordinary. Sale: 000 bales, includi American, Receipts—8.00! including 5,400 American. Fu- turcs d _quiet. _ March, 16.11; May. { July. 15.70; September, 14.77; October, 14.36; January, 13.91. bales,