Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1923, Page 22

INANCIAL. LEADERS REBOUND 1IN STOCK MARKET Prices Rise Easily Today on Small Amount of ] Buying. ke BY STUART P. WEST. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April 24.—~The street was very much impressed today by the ease with which stocks that had been most under pressure Monday rebounded. Leaders like Studebaker, Baldwin { Locomotive, Ameri Locomotive, Bethlehem Steel and United State Steel came back with little effort and small quantity of trading. This | strensthencd the impression that it wis a bear raid other than actual liquidation which was responsible for the downward turn that began Friday Rnilrond Sharex Firmer. Railway shares were firmer under the lead of Canadian jc and hern Pacific, but interest cen- d mainly in the industrials, es Iy those believed to be In the of pouls. While Fleischmann is already committed for the whole of the present to divi- dends at the rate of § has often Leen pointed out that this does not » an extra dividend at any time. thought waus kept in mind wheu the stock reached a new ord above Prospects of a raise on Dupont to at least were responsible for its Vance. Department and ks were once more favored. Re- ts regarding the business of this ations continue highly ena the dividend 3 share harp ad- Chain _Store Jle change which has 0 Fuel and Iron! start of the v by the rush of b o that stoek ather stocks were moderately i fee Ly the report for the first quarter. x Financial Review. e object of the selling move- | i started on the stock ex was partially inter- v, and was re »undermi nfi b situation, it This was th puint it in today’s de: ter wtion as a whole, | ately preceding, cvelopments of ing the than t There were fewer ¢ as thrown upon the recent | above 3472 to below exehange by the ! for March { Sebruar wn nearly 00 from 3 But im- inereased 00 over thel Previous month 10,000 over £1.000, and THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, NEW YORK STOCK' EXCHANGE Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office Open. 69% 13% Alr Reduction. . Ajax Rubber. Alaska Juneau. Allied Chem. ... Allied Chem pf Allis Chalmers. . Am Agr Chem. . Am Ag Chm pf.. Am Bk Note pf.. Am Beet Sugar. Am Bosch Am Brake Shoe. Am Br Shoe pf.. Am Can. z Am Can p 3 Am Car & Fdy.. AmChainA.... Am Chicle Co. Am Chicle pf . Am Cotton Ofl. . Am Cot Ol pt. Am Express.... Am H & Leath. . AmH & Lea pf.. AmTee......... m Internat'l | Am La France. . Am La Franpf.. Am Linseed. Am Locomo. Am Metals Am Radiator. Am Roll Mill pf. Am Safe Razor. . Am Ship&Com. . Am Smelting. Am Smelt pf. Am Steel Fdy Am Sugar. Am Sumatra. ... Am Tel & Telg. . Am Tobac (B).. Am Water Wks. Am WWKk6% pf. Am WWkT% pf. Am Wholesl pf. Am Woolen. Am Woolen pf. . Am Writ Prpf.. Am Zinc&Lead. Andconda. Arnold Co. Asso D Goods Atchison. . Atchison pf. Atlan Bir&Atl.. Atlan Cst Line.. { Atlantic Frult.. Atl Gulf pf Auto Knitter. Baldwin Loco Balto & Ohio. ... Ralto&Ohio pf.. Bang&Ar'nst'k. *Bank of Com... Parnesdall (A). Barnesdall (B). Batopilas Min. Bayuk Bros Reechnut Pack. Beth Steel. ... Beth St1 77(n).. Booth Fish. Edison Bklyn Rap Trn Bklyn R T ctfs. Bklyn RT 1st pd n Un Gas. ... { Buff Rch&Pitts Butte Copper. .. Eutte & Super.. ButtericK....... Caddo O1l. . Calif Pack Callf Petrol. ... Calif Petrol pf.. Callahan Zinc. . March, Woolworth Again Active. | Renewal of activity in F. W. Wool- | worth Compa common at’ rising { prices has brought to light the re-| port that something favorable from | the stockholders point of view is ex- | pected at the next meeting of the board of directs The resular §2 | was declared at the last meeting held { the first of this month. It has been | expected for some time that Wool- worth would some time inaugurate a policy of declaring extra cash div- | or stock dividends the same| shem Steel directors will meet | hursday 1o take action on the i and also to issue the earn- | ings report for the first three months | 0f this year. This report, it is said, | will be favorable, and there will be | no change in the dividend rate. | An extra cash dividend of $1 a| share. in addition to the regular quarterly rate of 5 cents a_share, would not be a surprising action a the next mee f the Timken Roiler | Bearing di the near future. | fn the the ndustry among customers practically makes of passenger automobiles and | trucks. | irst Rail Report Oat. v shares did somewhat bet- ter in the afternoon, evidently getting ready for the March traffic state- ments. The first appeared today, the most important being Union Pacif 1f. thi 11 a fair specimen what roads i certainly denot nge from the d £ Fe ry. ebruary is Railw an encouraging | ppointing result | he comparison with | of course, the main point ! and with Union l’uc‘(\c‘ the gross was $16,109.000 in March, as | against $12 6,000 the month bP(nre,] while net operating income was $3,- | 159,000 against $1,915,000. Partly these gains are to be set| down to the more favorable weather onditions for railway operation and | the incre: in general ! ss activity last month over the | month before. { In the final hour the steels picked | up under the lead of Republic and ; were helped by word from California that four of the large companies operating in tne Calios- | a fiel sreed to keep in at | st 35.000 barrels a day of their n output and another 70,000 bar- rels from interior sections. BIG SHOE STRIKE BROUGHT TO END ated Press i April 24.—The strike | of workers affiliated with the Amal-! ated Shoe Workers of America was ended today and work was re-| <umed in full in the forty-eight fac- ttories afiiliated with the Lynn Shoe Manufacturers' Association. After an all-night conference, a settlement was reached between officials of the Manu- tacturers’ Association and ©of the union. The manufacturers agreed to recog- nize the amalgamated, which in turn censented to come under the terms of the agreement, which the association has in operation with the United Shoe Workers of America, providing for no strikes or lockouts before April 30, 1 . The unions of Goodyear Oper- ators, Heel Workers and Edgemakers, which started the strike on April 14, agreed to walve their demand for a 30 per cent wage advance. The women stitchers, who joined the strike later, agreed to return to work and the manufacturers prom- ised to withdraw court proceedings, in_which they sought injunctions against the strikers. The strikers were assured of reinstatement with- out discrimination. ONIONS HERE FROM EGYPT Shipment of 4,300 Sacks Reaches New York Market. Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, April 24—A shipment of about 4,300 sacks of onions was veceived from Egypt, but up to a late hour very few sales had been made. Central and western New York yel- Jow No. 1 brought $2.75 to $3.50 per 100-pound sack. The receipts of old crop white po- tatoes were heavy. The market con- tinued to lack activity owing to tha very light ecarly moraing demand. with prices again showing a down ward tendency, New York round No. 1 brought $3 te $3.25 per 150-pound ok l nad'n Pac. Case (J 1) pt Central Leath.. Cent Leath pf... Century RibMills Cerro de Pasco. Chandler Mot Chesap & Ohic Ches & O pt w Chi & East 111 .. Chi Great W pf. ChiMII & StP... Chi Mil&StP pt.. Chi & Northwn.. Chi Pneu Tool. . !Chi R1& Pac Chile Copper. . Chino Copper Cluett Peabody. Cluett&Peby pf. Coca-Cola - Colo Fuel.. Colo & South. . Columbia Gas Columbia Gas wi Columb'a Grap. Comp Tabulat. . Com SolvA..... m Solv B. . on Gas new. “ons Textlle. Cont Can. . Continental Mo. Corn Products. . Cosden & Co. Crucible Steel Cuban-Am Sug. Cub Cane Sug. Cuba Cane S pf. Del & Hudson Detroit Edison. . Dome Mjnes. ... Dupont (ED)... Dupont deb. . Eastman Kod. .. Elk Horn Coal.. | Endicott-John. . Endicott-J pt Erie. Erfelstpf...... Exchange Buff. Famous Play. . Fif Av Bus wi Fisher Body. ... Fisher Body rts.. Fisher B of O pt. Fisk Rubber. ... Fleishman...... Freeport Texas.. Gen Am Tk Car. Gen Asphalt. ... Gen Baking. Gen Electric . Gen Elec spl wi. Gen Motors...... Gen Mot 6% deb. Gen Mot 7% deb. Gimbel Bros. ... Gimbel Bros pf. Goldwin Corp... Goodrich. - oody pr p! odyear pf. Granby Consol. . Gt Northern pf. Great Nor Ore.. Guantana Su. Gulf M & Nor pf. Gulf St Steel.... Harbishaw Cab. Hayes Wheel. .. Hendee M{g. Homestake. . Houston Oil. ... Househ'd Prod.. Hudson Motors. Hupp Motors. Hydraulic St... Illtnots Central. 112% Indiahoma...... 18% Inland Steel wi. 46 Inspiration In Ag Chemical. IntCement..... In Combust E Int Harvester Int M Marine pf. Int Nickel. .. Intl Paper...... Intl Paper (sta). Int Shoe. ... Invincible O1l Iron Products. Island Oil..... Jewel Tea Jewel Tea pf. . Jones Tea. . . Kansas & Gulf.. KansasCity S. Kansas C So pf Kayser (Julius Kelly-Spr Tire. . Kennecott Keystone Kinney G R. Lee T & Rubber. Lehigh Valley.. Lima Locomo. .. Loews Inc LoftInc. ... Loose-Wiles Lorillard (P) 178% 1% 16% 87 102% 49% 99 3 367 96% 53% 29% 73% 31% 10% 56 96 1% 42% 19 69% 60% 87% 27% 26% 3 66% 72 16% 60% % 20% 70 59% 1% 22 53 37 59 29% 9% 51 29% 64% 69% 18% 84 51 . 160% 8% 65% High. 69% 1 1% ke 110 4T% 26% 524 51 4% 49% 78 108 96% 107% 178 24 10 40 13% 28% 126 10% 59% 105 29% 12% 95 327 134% 48 86 99% Th 15% 63% 99% 39% 80% 29% 123 151 39% 60 91% 97 97 5% 105% 2% 15% 48% 17% 9% 101% 88% 2% 116% 2% 18% 27% 138% 62% 59 90% 295 24% 1% 3 57 72 64% 95 5% 110% 214 2% 17% 115% 65 8% 0 1% Low. Close. (9% 13% 1% 72% 110 4% 26% 50% b51% 44% 49% 8 108 5% 107% 176 24 8 38 12% 23% 126 10% 59% 104 29 12% 95 32% 133% 47 85% 69% " 1% 2% 110 47% 26% 51% 51% 44% 49% 78 108 96 107% 178 24 10 40 12% 23% 128 10% 59% 104% 29% 12% 95 82% 133% 4% 86 o9 Th Open. 843 87 69% 56% 42% i 4 185 51 40 78 50 85% 534 56 18% 4% 18% 17% 16% 29% 1% 31% 18% 38 8% Magma Copper-... Mallison & Co. Manati Sugar. Manhat El Sup. . Man El inv guar. Man Elev scrip.. Manhat Shirt. .. Market St Ry. Market St pf Market St R 2d.. Market St prior. MarlandOil..... Martin-Parry. .. Mathison Alkili. Maxwell (A).... Maxwell (B) May Dp Store: MclIntyre Por. Mex Seaboard. Mex Shd ctfs Miami Copper. Middle St Oi1 Midvale Steel. MoK & T (new). MEK&T pf clA (n) Mo, K & T (old). Mo Pacific. 16 Mo Pacific pf 42y Mont Power pf.. 110 Montg'y W'rd... 23% { va-C Chem pf... Moon Motors 26: Mother Lode b Mullins Body. Nash Motors Natl Acme. . Nat Condult. Nat Blscult w i.. Nat Cloak&Spf. . Natl Dept Stores. Natl Dept Sto pt. Natl Enamel Natl Ry of M 2d. Nevada Copper. N Or Tex&Mex.. N Y Alr Brake NY Air Brk(A).. NY Central..... N Y Dock. . . N Y Dock pf.. NYNH&Hartfd.. NY O&Western. or & West pt orth Amer. orth Am ptf.... orth Pacific. Nov Scot Steel. . Oklahom Prod Orpheum Cir. Orpheum Cir pf. Otis Elevator. Otis Elev pf.. Otis Steel Otis Steel pf. Owens Bottle PacificG & El... Pacific Mall. Pacific O11. Packard Motor.. Pan-Am Pete. Pan-Am P (B).. Parrish & Bing. Penn Seabd Stl.. 5'a Pennsylvanta... 45% Penn Coal & C'ke 42 People’sGas.... 881 Pere Marquette. 40 Philadelphia Co. 47 Phillips Jones 65 Philip Morri; 17% Phillips Pete 63% Plerce-Arrow... 12 Plerce-Arpf.... 30 Pierce-Arpri... 5% Pierce Ofl. 4 Pierce Ol p: 3414 Pitts Coal. Pitts & W Va. Pltts&W Va pf.. Porto Ric Tob. . Postum Cereal. . Produc & Ref. Pub Service. . 98 Pub Serv (new). 49 Pullman Co. . 126 Punta Alegre... 67 Pure Oll... - 26% Rap Tr Sec w.l. 16% RapTr Secpf wl 464 Ray Con Cop 15 Reading. 6% Remington 43 Reming 2d pf. 91% Replogle Steel.. 244 Rep It & Steel.. 61ig Reynolds Spr. 2714 Rey Tobac (B).. 64l Royal Dutch.... 50% St Joseph Lead.. 20% St L&San Sran.. 23% St L&SanSrpf.. 44 St L South pf. San Cectl Sug. Savage Arms. Seaboard AirL.. Sears Roebuck.. Seneca Copper. . Shell Tr&Tran. . Shell Union. .. Stmmons. . Simms Petrol. Sinclair Of1 Sinclair pf. Skelly O1l. Sloss-Sheffls South Pacific Southern Rwy Southern Ry pf. Spicer Mg Co. .. St Oll of Callt. St 01l Calif rts Stand Ofl of NJ .. Steel&Tube pf 7 Sterling Prod... 59% Stew’t-Warner.. 117% Stromb'g Carb Studebaker. Submar’é Boat. . 115 49 38% | Supertor Oil. . SweetsCoof A.. Tenn Copper Tex Company. Tex Gf Sulphu Tex & P C Oll. Tex & Pacific. Timken Bear. ‘Tobacco Prod. Tobac Prod A. Trans Cont Oil. . Unton Pacific. Union Pac pf Un Tank Cr pt Un Alloy Steel United Drug. United Ry Inv. .. Utd Ry Invpt... Utd Retall Strs. . U S Food Prod U S Hoftman M. U S Indus Alco. . U S Realty. U S Realty pf. U S Rubber U S Smelt&Ref.. US Steel.... U S Steel pf. Utah Copper.... Utah Securitie: Vanadium Cop. . Va-Car Chem. 1% 11% 48% 6235 18% 25% 41% 56% 83 9 137% . 72 109% 86% 834 14 42 82% 4% 18 653 102% 1067% 59% 33% 106% 119% 69% 18% 3% 14% 45% 64% 21% 9% 30% 14% Va Ir Coal & C Vivadou...... Wabash. .. Wabash pf (A).. Web & Hellbrn.. Wells-Fr Exp... 43 West Penn Co... 49 West Elec pf.... 1124 ‘Western Md. 12% Western Md 2d.. 25 West Pacific.... 16% Westhse EI&M.. 67 ‘White Eag Oil. 27 ‘White Motor 66 White Oil..... 3% Wickwire. 10% Willys-Overld.. ~ 7% ‘Will's-Overl pf.. 64% Woolworth..... 215 Worthington... 86% Wright Aero 10% *0dd lot. Call Money..... High. 84% 2% % 56% 42% 4% 4% 16% 51 40 8 50% 35% 533 57% 19% 5% 18% 17% 16% 29% 11% 82% 18% 38 8% 16 42% 1% 11% 48% 625 18t 261 41% 67% 83 10% 187% 72% 109% 36% 8313 14 a2 83y i 18 66 1028 106% 60% 33% 106 120 70 18% 38 14% 45% 66 21% 9% 80% 14% 44 5034 112% 12% 25 16% 57% 27% 66 3% 10% T 65 218% 36% 10% High. 4% Low. 84% 37 Close. 34% 3% 69%H T1% 56% 42% 4% 44% 16% 67 27 6% 3% 10 % 6415 215 86% 10% Low. 4% 56% 42% A% 44% 15% 61 40 8 50% 35% 53 57 19% % 18% 17% 16% 29% 1% 31% 13% 37% 8% 16 42% 110 1% 115 48% 624 18% 264 41% 57% 83 10% 13715 72% 109% 86% 83 18% 42 824y 4% 18 66% 101% 106% 60% 33% 104% 120 69% 18% 37% 14% 45 66 21% 94 30% 14% 44 50% 112% 12 24% 16% 574 27 66% 3% 10 % 65 218 36% 10% Last, 4% HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS. ++ 348200 -+ 514 400 STILL THREATEN STRIKE.. NEW YORK, April 24.—Leaders of the I. W. W. and the International 11 a.m. 1pm Seamen'" . 225800 12m. 428800 2p.m. Union who have demanded for seamen of all classes $15 more a month than the shipping board rate approved by the American Steamship Owners Assoclation, awaiting an today ference from the owners. ‘W. still threatened a strike effective tomorrow. they sald, were invitation for a con- The I. W. More than 80,000 men, were ready to quit their ships between April 25 and May 1. /‘(Iu MEXIGAN SSUES FEATURE BONDS Chances for Recognition Big Help to Market—French Bonds at New Top. L BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April 24.—The foreign list again furnished the feature of the bond market today with new highs for French Republic 8s and 7%s, and strength and activity in Mexican issues. In the case of the French bond: the advance was simply a continua tion of the investment buying which has been going on for some weeks and which has not begun to attract the attetion of speculators. As a consequence French provincial and municipal issues shared the improve- ment shown in the direct vbligations of the national government, City of Soissons 6s advancing a point and a half also to a new high record for 1923, Based on Recognition. Buying of the Mexican bonds ob- viously was based on the announce- ment from Washington foreshadow Ing a recognition of the present Mexi- can government by the United States and news from Mexico that the work of the commission on debt refunding was about to be approved. Mexican 4s and Mexican 5s cach gained more than a point to new highs for the, year. Mexican International Rail- road 4s were also up a point. The Czechoslovakia 8s were again strong, equaling their high for the year. In domestic issues there was a noticeable firmness in_ high-grade bonds, such as New York Central outhern Pacific refunding 4s and ds of that grade. U. S Steel sinking 55 sold higher An apparent increase in the supply of time money with a tendency toward lower rates was helpful to the bond market. The cessation of active speculation for the rise in stocks was also regarded foreshadowing a better market bonds. Better Tome in Other Grades. For the most part there was bet- ter tone in the second grade and Ispeculative descriptions. St Lou Southwestern first 4s, Morris & C 4'ys, Public Service of New Jersey i International Paper Bethlehem Steel 5%s and Cincinnati Gas and Electric 5148 are types of the kind of bonds which were well bought The copper and sugar convertible issues were both higher. The only real weakness was seen in Seaboard Alr Line adjustments. Curi- ously enough Seaboard Air Line 6s advanced. Liberties were qulet and frregular. FINDS SOUTHERN MILS ADVANGIG Cotton Association Official Reports Great Progress in Textile Industry. for By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. April 24.—A tour of textile centers of the south by H. C. Meserve, secretary of the National Assoclation of Cotton Manufacturers, convinced him tha: the industrial history of New England would be repeated in the south, he sald in & report to be submitted to the annual meeting of the association here today. “It is not difficult,” he remarked, “to see today In the eouth & reproduc tion of the New England mill com- munity of seventy-five years or less ago.” Secretary Meserve referred to the work of a committee on industrial {relations, adding that “everywhere in the industry the good effects of practical co-operation are evident.” Greater Output Vital | John Calder of Lexington. a con- istructing engineer, in an address pre- {pared for today’s session of the con- vention said; “The outstanding problem today of |the northern cotton manufacturer |to increase the output per man in ihis mill in the face of statutory and {economic limitations, as with his competitors elsewhere. To this he must encourage inven- tion and secure and maintain su- ! perior machinery and plant facilities and efficient arrangement and utili- {zation of the same. “Such action will save labor, but !the saving will not be sufficient un- less the good will and interest of the reduced number of admittedly more capable northern employes = found necessary for the readjusted work are also secured and maintained. “A new atmosphere and a new way of working together must be pro- vided If we are to create reserves of good wilL"” Brazil Supply Needed. W. Irving Bullard, treasurer of the association, who was an official dele- gate to the International cotton con- ference held at Rio de Janerior last fall, said, in a paper to be read today, that the world, in order to avoid a famine in cotton, must turn to Brazil. “No other candidate among all the sources sought by the cotton-spin- ning countries of the world, with great _effort but little result to date, can rival the possibilities I have seen in our South American neighbor,” he sald. REFINERS BOOST WHOLESALE SUGAR By the Associated Press. . PHILADELPHIA, April 24.—The Pennsylvania and the McCahan Sugar Refining companies of this city, so called independent refiners, today in- creased the basic price of fine granu- lated to 10.25 to the wholesale trade. The Pennsylvania company was the first to make the increase from 9.85, followed quickly by the McCahan company. NEW RUBBER PROCESS. U. S. Rubber Company Claims spe‘- cial Treatment for Tires. NEW YORK, April 24—A new method of making, building and vul- canizing cord tires was announced vesterday by C. B. Seger, chairman of directors of the United States Rubber Company, in a special report to stock- holders. Another important step in rubber manufacture, according to Mr. Seger, is sprayed rubber for use in the manufacture of rubber products in general. *“All three of these new processes are the exclusive property of the company, fully protected by patents,” the statement says. “Sprayed rubber, the resalt of a new method of yroducing crude rub- ber from the original latex, insur:s for the first time since rubber was discovered, a pure and absolutely uni- form product.” 1 compared | 'APRIL 24, 1923. e vore BONDS o s Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office. For Revised Close of Bond Market see 5:30 Edition of The Evening Star. (Sales are in $1,000.) UNITED STATES BONDS. (Fractions represent thirty - seconds. Example: 101-1 means 1011-32.) Salen. High. Low. Close. Lib 3%s . 283 101-14 101-9 101-14 Lib2d4s..... 7 97-9 97-7 979 Lib1st44s... 15 97-17 97-11 97-12 423 97-11 97-6 976 272 98- 97-29 97-31 570 97-18 97-12 97-14 100 100 300 99-1 98-31 99- FOREIGN. Sales. High. .17 102% 16 101% 96% 101% 12 91 807% 827 96% 102 100 102 99% 103% 102% 103% 47 1% 994 90% 109% 9714 97 964 90% 100% 95% 95% 9% 934% Lib 3d 4%s. Lib 4th 43s. Victory 4% Low. 102% 101% 96% 101% 12 90% 80% R2% 96 101% 100 101% 99 103 102% 103 467 9% 29% 90 109 97 964 95% 90 100 95% 95% 1% 93% 81% 8314 80% 80t 564 57 87% 86% | 99% 111% 98 76% 8% 100% 9314 96 9815 99 87% 67 80 105% 117% 77 114% 103% 92 Argentine 7s Relgium 71s. Relgtum 6n Relgium 88 Bern 8s. ... Bolivia 8s. Bordeaux 6 Brazil 7s. . Brazil 8s. . Brazil T4s. .. Canada 6s 1926 Canada 6%s 192 Canala 6% 1952. Chile 35 1946... . Chile _s 1926 Chile 85 1941 .. Chinese Gov R: Copenhagen 51 Cuba 5% wi..... Czechoslovakia 8s Denmark 8s. . Denmark és. . Dutch Fast I 63"47 63 Dutch East I 68 62153 Framerican 7%s. . 16 French Govt 8s... 80 French Govt 7%3. 152 Haitl 6x ctf: iz Holland-Amer 6s. 10 Japanese Ist 414s. Mapaneseds. ...... Jergen U M Gs*47. Lyons 6s. Marseilles 6s. .. Mexico 5s. ... Mexico 55 large Mexico 4s. | Montevideo 75 etherlands 6s. Norway 8 Norway 6s. Paris-Ly's-Med 6 Prague 7% Queensland 5 Rio de Jan 8s 1947. Rio Gr Do Sul 8s.. S2o Paulo.City,8s 20 Paulo.State,| Seine, Dept of. 7s. erbs Crotes Slo $s oissons 63 . 58 | Sweden 6s : | Swiss Confed 8s... 11 Toklo 5s.... 17 Ud Kingm 53 °29." 6 Ud Kingm 6%s'37 23 Ud Steam Copen 6s 6 Uruguay8s....... 7105 105 Zurich ... 5 113% 113% MISCELLANEOUS. Ajax Rubber 8s... 1. 98 98 Am Agr Chem Tt%s 19 102 1017 Am Cotton Oil 5s.. 12 67 66 Am Smlt&R 1st 5s. 88% 877% Am Sugar Ref 6s.. 2 102% 102% AmT&Toev6s. .. 115% 115% AmT& Teltris.. 97% 97 AmT&Tcltr4 91% 91% Anaconda cv db 7s 102% 102 Anaconda 1st 6s 97 96% Armour & Co 4158, 85 85 Atlantic Refin 6s. . 98 98 Tarnsdall 8 f 8s 102% 102% Tell Tel Pa 58 rets. 98 o Beth Steel rf os. .. 94% Teth Steel pm 5s. . 891 Beth Steel s f 6s. .. 97% Brier H St 18t bl¢s 931, Pklyn Edison 7sD 8 108 Bklyn Ed gen 6s. . 95 Bush T Bldg 5 °60. 8915 Central Leather 53 985, Cerro de Pasco 8s. 141 Chile Copper 6s. .. 100% Chile Copper 7s 111 CinG & E 5%5'62. 961 Commonwth P 6s. 87 Con Coal Md 1st 58 851 Cuban-Am Sug §s. 16 10714 Cuba Cane cv d 8s. 95¢ Dery (D G) 7s.. Det Edison r Du Pontde Duquesne Lt T14s. Dugquesne Light §: 2 Cuba Sug 7348, .. Empire F&G Tis, Fisk Rubber $s. Gen Elec deb 5s... Gen Refractes 6s. . Goodrich 6%s. Goodyear 88 1521 Goodyear 8s 1941 Humble O&R 51;s. Indiana Steel 58 Int Mer Marine 6s. Int Paper 1st 53 A. Int Paper 15t s B. Julius Kayser 7s. . Kelly-Spring 8s Lackawa S 55 ' LIgg :tt & Myers Liggett&Myers Lorillard (P) 5s | Manati Sug st 7125 { Marland Oil T35 . { Marland O 715 -v. Marland Oil 8s w. . Mich St Tel 1st 3. Midvale Steel Gs. .. Montana Power 53 Morris&Co 1st 415« New Eng Tel 5s... N Y Edsn 1st 6155, NYG EL H&P 4s. . NY Tel6s'41..... NY Tel 6349, .. " NY Tel £35s. Am Edison 6s. N States Pow 5s Northwst B Tel 7s. Otis Steel 73zs. . Pacific Gas & El 53 PacT & T bs62... Phila Coref 65 A. . Plerce-Arrow 8s Producers & Rf 8 Producrs & R 8s w Public Service 5s. Punta Alegre 7s Sacks & Cos f7s.. Sharon Stl H 8s. Sinclair Ofl 7s. ... Sin Crude Oil 5343, Sin Pipe Line 5s. South Bell Tel 5s. . So Por Rico Sug 7s St Oil of Calif 7s. . Steel & Tube 7s. .. Tenn Elec Pow 6s. Tide Wat Oil 6%s. Tobacco Prod sf 7s Toledo Edn 1st 7s. Urilon Bag & P 6s. Unit Drug cv 8s... US Realty 5s..... U S Rub Istrf 5s.. U S Rubber 7%s USSteelsf6s.... Utah Pow & Lt 5s. Va-Car Chem 7s. .. Va-Car Chm 7%s'v Warner Sugar 7s. West Union 6%s. . Wickwire Spen 7s. Wilson & Co 1st 68 Wilson&C cv 7%s. ‘Winchester A 7%s 674 81 105% 118% 7% 114% 104 93 93y 89 9 e Gulk wSEaunema [T TSI ISs T Y 140 146 99% 874 95 79 98 1091 80 104% 10415 9234 9215 891 1073 9314 893 898, 100% 75 107 132 84 121 102% 99 997 984 851 923 101 105% 101 93% 10314 10414 106% 9744 112 100 86% 107% 101 87% 90% 83%, 103% 108 95 98 97% 100 99y 103% 103 ASK GOVERNMENT TO PAY $1,000,000 Losses Defaulted by German In- surance Companies After San Francisco Fire. wes O DR GBI A RO kO 9215 92% 89% 1078, 93% 904 893 100% 5% 107% 132 85 121 1021 99% 100% 98y 86 92% 101 105% 101 94 103% 10415 106 97% 112% 100 87 107% 101% 87% 91 84 103% 108 95 e =& - (=11 w e e o FS- LT TR IR I PSP Special Dispatch to The Star. SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.—Claims against German insurance companies for losses in the San Franclsco fire | of 1906, aggregating $1,000,000, on which they defaulted, are now on their way to the State Department in Washington.” The federal govern- ment is asked to pay the claims out of the $5,000,000 fund seized from alien insurance companies during the war, - iChI M&S P re 41 [ Norfolk & W cv 63 :SKL&SFplcsC StLS W 1st4s. . i Union Pac cv 4s. RAILROADS. ‘Bales. High, 63% 86% 78% 8% 95% 76% 100% 79% 81% 4% 943 63% 8% 5% 9274 98% 7 88% c 114 Canad North 6%s. 22 1121 “anad Pac deb 4. 8% Ches & Ohlo cv s, 88% Ches & Ocv 4%, . 87% Ches& Ogn4ys.. 4 gy ChIB&Q1strits. 4 9ai h&ETllenss.. 10 79 Chl Great Weat 4. 21 50% CM& PugetSdds. 3 62y ;i s. % ChiM&StP vty . 5 oo Chi M&St P 48'25. 32 82y Chi M&S P oy 4%s3. 46 65% ChIM&StP4s'as. 1 713 CM&StPgnays 5 80 Chi Rys 58 4 RI% hiRI&Pacrtds 8 78 ChiUnStadsys... 1 ssy Chi& Windcn4s. 1 71% CCC&StLrf 63 A.. 12 100% CCC&StL4ys. 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West Shore 1st 4s. Whel &LE rf 41;s. Wisconsin Cent 4s. 1 TOTAL SALES (Par Value) 1la.m.. 3349000 12noon. 4865000 lpm.. 6459000 2p.m.. 7335000 WANT RATES UNCHANGED. 0il Producers Appeal to U. Tariff Commission. Producers and manufacturers today urged the Tarifft Commission to re- frain from disturbing the schedules of the tariff law governing cotton- seed, pear.ut, fish and animal oils and fats, A memorial was presented to the commission at an informal hearing setting forth that even the docketing for consideration of an application for a reduction In duties recently made by soap and varnish manufac- turing interests would depress the market, impair credit and otherwise handicap the manufacturers and pro- ducers. The petition opposing tariff changes was served by the National Grange, National Federation of Milk Pro- ducers, the Southern Tariff Associa- tion, National Dairy Union, American Fish and Oil Assoclation, National Peanut Gleaners and Shellers’ Asso- ciation and more than two hundred and forty independent cotton oil mills. TODAY’S SUGAR PRICES. Refiners Advance Costs, But De- mand Is Lighter. NEW YORK, April 24—The raw sugar market was quieter earlier to- day and as no fresh business was re- ported prices were unchanged at 6% for Cubas, cost and frelght, equal to £.28 for centrifugal. The undertone was firm and there were further buy- ers at the quoted prices, although holders were asking 1-16 more. Raw sugar futures were easier at the outset under scattered ligndda- tion, but after declining 4 to 6 peints on active positions prices rallied on covering and renewed trade buying, regaining all the early loss, with mid- day quotations 1 to 3 points net higher. The volume of business, how- ever, was smaller. In'refined several refiners advanced list prices to the basis of 9.85 for fine granulated, a new high record for the movement and since the year 1920, while two remained unchanged at 9.80. The high prices seemed to have checked the demand to some extent and new business was less active, al- though withdrawals on old orders continue large, 3% | 113% | 94% 3! " FINANC Grain, Produce and Live Stock LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET. Receipts of poultry are about me- dium and prices have undergone no change the past few days. Brollers are not yet plentiful and there is a 800d demand for them at high prices. Eggs are moving freely. Receipts have not been heavy the past few days. Prices are quoted at 25 and 26 cents. Supplies of meats are ample to meet demands. ful. while coarser grades are scarce and high. Eggs—Strictly fresh, selected, can- dled, per dozen, 28; average receipts, 27; southern, 35 Live poultry—Roosters, per Ib. 17; turkeys, per b, 25a35; spring chickens, per 1b., 60; winter chickens, per 1b, 40a50; keats, young, each, 65; fowls, 'per 1b., 26a26. Dressed poultry — Fresh-killed spring chickens, per 1b. 76a80; win- | ter chickens, per 1b., 45a50; hens, per {1b., 30; roosters, per 1b., 19a20; tur- |keys, per b, 45a50; keats, young, each, 70a80. Live stock—Calves, choice, per 1b., 10al1; medium, per 1b., 9a9%; thin, per 1b, 6a7. Lambs, spring, per lb. 18. Live pigs, 3.00a5.00 each; live hogs, per Ib.. §%. Green fruits—Apples, per bbl, 3.00a 7.60. California oranges, per crate, 450a5.60; Florida, 5.50a6.50. Lemons, per box, 4.00a4.50. ~Grapefruit, 3.50a .50. per_bbl, No. : per sack, 3.26a3.50; new Florida, per bbl, 11.00a 'lS.M sweet potatoes, North Caro- {1ina, " 2.00a3.50; nearby, 1.00a3.50. Let- |tuce, per " erate, southern, 50a2.00; | Romaine lettuce, per crate, 1.50a2.00: | Iceberg lettuce, per crate, 3.50a4.00. Cabbage, southern, 2.00a2.75 per basket. | Eggplants, per crate, 2.00a3.60. Toma- toes, per box, Florida, 2.00a4.50. Beans, 2.0023.00 per basket. Peas, 3.0026.00 per basket. Peppers, per crate, Flor- ida, 1.50a4.00 Kale, per barrcl, G0a 1.00. Spinach, per barrel, 150a2.50. Celery, per crate, Florida, 2.75a3.25. Squash, 2.50a4.00. ' Florida lima beans, 4.00a5.00 per basket. South Carolina asparagus, 2.00a6.00. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. BALTIMORE, Md., April 24 (Spe- clal).—Potatoes, white, 100 pounds, 1.25a2.25; 150 pounds, 2.00a3.50; new potatoes, barrel, 6.00a15.00; bushel 11.7524.00; sweets, barrel, 1.50a2 bushel, 50a85; yams, barrel, 1.50 a2.00; bushel, 50a85." "Asparagus, dozen, 3.00a 7.00. Beans, bushel, 2.00a3.25. Beets, 100 bunches, 5.00a7.00. Cabbage, hamper, °2.00a2.50. Carrots, 100 bunches, 4.00a6.00. Celery, crate, 3.00a 4.50. 'Eggplants, crate, 2.50a4.00. Horseradish, bushel, 2.50a3.00. Kale, bushel, 40a45. Lettuce, basket, 1.00a 2.50. Onlons, 100 pounds, 2.00a4.50. Spring_onfons, 100 _pounds, 1.00a1.3 Peas, bushel, 2.50a3.50. Peppers. crate, 3.00a4.50. Radishes, basket, 1.25a1.75. Rhubarb, 100 bunches, = 6.00a8.00. Spinach, bushel, 50a75. Squash, crate, 3.00a4.00. Tomatoes, crate, 1.50a4.00. Apples, packed, barrel, 3.00a6.0 bushel, 1.00a1.75; box, apples, 1.75a 2.75. ' Grapefruit, box, 2.50a4.00. Oranges, box, 4.0046.50. Strawberries, quart, 20a45. Selling Prices at 12130. Wheat—No. 1 red winter, spot, no quotations; No. 2 red winter. 1.42; No. 3 red winter, spot, no_qu tations; No. 2 red winter, garlick 1.40%; No. 2 red winter, garlicky, spot. no quotations; April, 1.40%. Sales—None. Corn—Cob corn, new, 4 rel; contract, spot, 90% per bushel; No. 2 corn, spot. $3%: No. 4. no quo- | tations; track corn, vellow, No. 3 or better, 93 and 94 per bushel. Sales—None. ‘hite, ! Vegetables—Potatoe: 11, 2.00a3.01 | potatoes, per bar- 0. 2, 531 and 56 per earby, 80a90 per bushel Western export, spot, 947 No. 3, no quotations. Hay—Receipts, 107 ton: ample re- jceipts for al trade wants from 17.00 to 21.00 per ton. {for lower grades and inferior hay, { Which is of uncertain value. Straw—No. 1 tangled rye. 15.00a | 16.00; No."1 wheat, 12.50a13.00; No. 1 oat, nominal, 14.00a15.00. per TODAY’S CHICAGO PRICES. CHICAGO, April 24.—Influenced by a sudden advance In Liverpool quota- tions the wheat market here ros | sharply in price today during the early dealings, with liberal buying in | prosress. Unfavorable weather act- {ing as a hindrance to sending north- counted also as a bullish fac- | tor. The advance at Liverpool was as- Icrlbed to active bidding from France {and to indications that Australia was withholding offers. The opening hege which ranged from N. cent to 1% { higher, with May 1. to 1.26, and {July 1.23% to 1.23%, was followed by | slight further gains. { Corn and oats ascended with wheat. After opening, half to 7 higher May 9% to 79% cents, the corn market | showed but little ‘disposition to re- act. Oats started % to 145 to 45 tle mor. Provisions were firmer owing grain strength. | CWHEAT— Open Ma. fy w0 Septomber. ] CORN— 3% cent up, May and later hardened a lit- to Low. High. 26 © 1.25%, 9.70 X 10.00 DAIRY PRODUCTS. BALTIMORE, Md., April 24 cial). —Live poultry_Chickens, 36; poor and “thin, 25; winter 40a45; springers, 56a60; ~leghorn: springers, 55a60; leghorns, springers, 45a50; old hens, 26a27; small and lleghorns, 25; old roosters, 15al6. | Ducks, 25a28; small and_poor, 22a2 Pigeons, pair, 35a40. Guinea fow each. 40a60. Eggs—Loss off, native and nearby firsts, dozen, 26; southern, 25. Butter—Creamery, choice to fanc 43a45; prints, 46a47; nearby creamer: 41a42; rolls, 37a39;" store packed, 3 { dairy’prints, 40. | NEW YORK DAIRY PRICES. NEW YORK, April 24—Butter— Steady: receipts, 6,803 tubs. Iggs— Steady: receipts, 58,725 cases. Che: —Steady; receipts, 201.206 pound: state whole milk flats, fresh, specials, 22a22%; do. average run, 21a213:; state whole milk twins, fresh, spe- cfals, 22; do., average run, 21a21%;. (Spe- pound, CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKETS. CHICAGO, April 24 (United States Department of Agriculture).—Hogs— Recelpts, 27,000 head; slow, around steady; bulk, 160 to 225-pound aver- ages, 5.05a8.25; early, top, 8.30; 240 to 325-pound butchers, 7.6528.00: pack- uneven; heavyweight hogs, 7.50aT. medium, 7.85a8.25: light, 7.90aS. light light, 7.00a8.20; packing so smooth, 6.40a6.90; 'packing ;osugh' 6.00a6.50; killing pigs, .65, Cattle—Receipts, 11,000 head; beef steers about steady:; rather slow: strong in spots; quality considered; early top Kansas fed steers averag- ing 1,320 pounds, 10.00; other matured steers, 9.75a9.85; bulk, '8.25a9.50; year- lings,” 9.50 early; few plain light yearlings under 800; she stock fairly active; fully steady; bulls strong to 10 higher; veal calves tending higher; stockers and feeders slo bidding 8.50 downward on vealers: choice kind, 9.50210.00 to outsiders. Sheep—Receipts, 16,000 head; early sales clipped lambs mostly 15 to 25 higher; nothing done on wooled skins, one load, 78-pound averages, 12.50: other clippers, 11.25a12.00; = heavy lambs to exports, 10.50; few 55-pound genuine native spring lambs, : Navajo yearlings, 13.00; sheep, 25 higher; few wooled ewes, 8.75; two loads clipped 150-pound wethers, .50 PARIS MARKET EASY. PARIS, April 24.—Prices were easy on the bourse today. Three per cent rentes, 57 francs 35 centimes. Ex- change on London, 69 francs 10 cen- times. Five per cent loan, 76 francs 45 centimes. The dollar was quoted at 14 francs 92!5 centimes, CGhoice grades are plenti- | spot, 0. 8, 541 and 55 per bushel. | The market is dull | ing sows, mostly 6.15a6.40; pigs. dull,! IAL. LOCAL SECURITIES WERE AGAIN SLOW Railway Directors Meet To- morrow to Consider Divi- dend Declaration. BY I A. FLEMING, Ten-share lots were the order of the day on the stock exchange this morn- ing, and not a single transaction for a larger number was reported. It was a case of small investment buying, with but little 1ife or any particular change. Considerable interest centered In the call of Railway common, hut the bid price, 68, was met with a proffer of stock at 68%. The dividend meeting of the direc- tors of the company will be held to- morrow afternoon and not today, as stated. The consensus of opinion favors a 5 per cent declaration, with just the possibility that two quarterly distri- butions will be ordered June 1 for tk two quarters of the present year. This proposition will be advanced by : director, but whether sustained o not remains to be seen. Whether or not the advance has | discounted the declaration of a d dend also remains to be seen. street always discounts unless s prised. Washington does sometimes but not often. It is skeptical until actuality develops truth. A little stock sold at preferred shares changed, at 74%. | gglyashington Gas shares firmer a. few shares stock sold at 99% Lanston brought 78 and Merg thaler 165, neither moving with ar show of activity. American Security & Trust Co pany shares sold at 326 to 324% « sales of three lots of stock. Liberty National Bank shares up two points to 132. Bonds were steady but very qulet the only sale bei of Georgtow Gas 5s at 89, up a point for the 13 { vio sale price. Gas 7% per cer notes, 10 Personal Mention. Joshua Evans, jr. is in attend on the executive couneil of the A B. A. meeting. R.Golden Donaldson, affable. ing and happy, was at his desk t! morning at the Commercial Nation: Bank, after a winter in a warme fclime. HIis associates in the Con imt-rfiial were glad to gree th B | president on his annual retur, | to give him reports telling the {of duty well performed and s attained. i William A. Quigley, formerly wi Bartram Motor Company, has becc {assoctated with Stroud, Kurtz & C local investment firm. Government Draws Down Cash. Bankers are pavine into their r spective Federal Reserve banks §3 034,200 on_account of Treasury cer tificate purchase money. At the same time the Treasury has called on th banks for $9,950,000 payable on Thurs- day. No Bank Meeting at New Willard. Announcement of a meeting « those opposed to branch banking, the New Willard Hotel, called for { today, proved premature, at 1 t the hotel clerks repo: d “no bankers meeting scheduled. To Settle Dispute. The good offices of Secretary Mel lon will be brought into play to set tle differenc between two federal agencies involved in the administra- tion of the new farm credit system- the federal farm loan board and the { controller of the curren Disagreement between the two units of the Treasury, it was said vesterday, arose first, when the loan |hoard issued « circular suggestink that national banks might orga adjunct loan corporations under state laws as an added facility for those seeking to use the new credit sys tem. This suggest thoroughly di: troller Crissing who is said t tion as a move {upset a long es the controller's ¢ of Capital Tracticn smii- it appears, was proved | by~ Con- of the currency ve viewed the a the loan board to ablished policy of ice which had dis couraged organization by national anks of any adjunct corporation hich would not be subject to super- vision under the national banking laws. Officials of the Farm Loan Board |contendea 1nat they would have complete control of the corporation: Whose organization they had sug- gested, but tha did not satisty the controiler's ofide. It was said an official explanation of the loan board's clreular was asked for b Undersecretary Gilbert several wee ago when he was acting secretary the Treasury. The correspondencs a that time, it was said yesterday. iserved to end the clash temporarily. but there has been no change in the attitude of the loan board. COTTON PRICES GO g OFF AFTER OPENING {Poor Cables and Better Weather Reports Cause Weakness in Both Markets. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, April 24—Cotton fu- { tures opened steady; May, 27.60; July. 26.75; October, 24.35; December, 23.98 January, 23.02. The cotton market opened at a decline of 3 to 23 points in response to relatively easy cables from Liverpool and rather a more fu- vorable weather map than expected The setback brought in a good deal of covering, however, while a consid- erable trade demand was reported and the market stiffencd up right after the call. May- 27.80,; July, from 2670 to !October, from 23.33 to 24.70, makinz net advances of 2 to 18 points on the general list. NEW ORLEANS, La., April 24.—C% ton futures opened stea 1 July, 26.60; October, 23. December. 23.45; January. 23.30. Poor cables and a better weather map than expected caused a drop of 9 to 18 points in the price of cotton soon after the openir today, May falling to 26.91, and Octo- ber to 23 New Orleans sold spot to Liverpool overnight, and Augusta and Savannah reported sales to Japa: NEW_YORK, April 24.—11:4 bids: May, 27.67; July, 26.8 ter, 24.50; December, 24.68; 23.88; steady. NEW YORK, April 24.—Noon May 27.10; July, 26.84; October, lrecember, 23.58; January, steady. VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY. NEW YORK, April 24.—The visibla supply of American grain shows the following changes: Wheat increased 119,000 bushels, corn decreased 4.- 000 bushels, oats decreased 000 bushels, rye increased 978,000 bushels, barley increased 120,000 bushels. BUTTER SELLS LOWER. CHICAGO, April 24.—Butte; creamery extras, 40%; stand: extra_firsts, 40a40%: firsts, seconds, 38a38%. E bids 2397 miscellaneou: extras, 28; storage pack firsis,