Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1923, Page 28

28 * FINANCTAL THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1923. FINANCIAL. i HARP DECLINES [ ew yore sTock excriance: | BND QUOTATIONS === xorx BONDS o reemes] € T =+, § EXPENDITURES, § Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office Recelved by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office. Y I | K S open. a5y Open. High. 2 (Sales are {n §1.000.) : RAILROADS. el pLA ¢ |N MAN S 0 Adv Rumley. ... Y o 8| nCombustE... 23w 23 VERY IRREGULAR UNITED STATES BONDS. * ‘Sales. High. 1ov an.,,!‘a:urk are beginning to arrive in DR ¥ Adv Rumley pf. 21% | Int Harvester. . 6% 7 (Fractions reprsent thirty - seconds. [ Ann Arbords...... 1 56% el laree numbers £r0m e SUTOREL ‘"‘1 y A ey D gowhs Ajax Rubber... 6 }lnl Mer Marine. 6% Example: 98-3 means 98 3-32) Atchlson gen4s... 27 8% &7% | country. Most of the stock being re- § ::::l‘:n f,md' ll‘l}:: %2?:1"“ pf. fl:" \ Sales. High. Low. n.,% :::-‘l‘l’l‘x:vl:cl-gcllllls{‘,, 1{ l;l’lr;y :‘7"‘:: ceived so early consists of live tur- ils | S ania ickel BE. ... " % 38 i Lib 3%s. 190 9931 99-28 993 14t du) AL | keys, dressed stock being scheduled Rajlroad Shares DI‘OP—OI‘S {All Am Cable 100 | Int Nickel pf.. 80 i s . % -28 99°80) Atlantic CLicl 4s.. 25 82 82 . dressed s ¢ ) aj | Allied Chem. ‘g;u;:nflfunm . 39% 39% High-Grade ° Issues HOl('i k::}::fid, : 2‘;.{, 33.::‘ bg-:t_fifigpr:n 3%s... 5 96% 967 '(': begin arriving about Thursday .-,n.’November Operatmg Costs | Allled Chem pf. 9% ! Intl Paper (sta) 64% . . Lib 2a 4%s. .. 98-13 98-11 9811 gold 4s... 4 81% " % | ernoon. Also Come Down—Cuban [ Aie chainrs 32 Intertype Cor. 5 Firm, But Speculative [Libiaiia: Su10 pop ‘900 [BEOER. ... 14 101 101 | Local dealers soon will begin the Under October—Total Out- 5 | Allis Chalm pf.. | e .- 1415 Lib Ath 435, . 482 98-16 98-12 98-13 1, ¢ eV Lk 27 82 =4 work of 3 i ) { 1, | Iron Produs : { . = 5+ 48 17| B&Orefss. .. > 83 ork of killing their stock for the Sugar Goes Higher. A Aot AT e T Obligations Weaken. US4Ks1955] 321 0018 99-16 9917} S RNy %] 82, | Chrlmian trde, " Wnat " mont con: lay, $231,365,548 - npf. . 1 L . 1 i C oo EoR s d 96y | CCTnS them at this time is the que i o e Am Rank Note. o 95 |Jones Tea 18% FOREIGN: B& OSW div3ts. 18 5 96% them 3 5 LJo . 221 B & O Tole 8 06 4 of price. Dealers are unable to Am Beet Sugar. i Salen. High. Low. Close. oledo ds... 5 67 pEee ra are 4 Y STUART P, WEST. Am Bosch. | Eanmas & curr,. BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. ° (Argentine7s...... 31024102 1025 Bklyn-anhat 56,108 70 69% JTRAL miay BRpDEnIIE B e O |, Ordinary: \costs of opsrating th e R 108% | Ransas C 8o pt’ s | Special Dispateh to The . lAustria7s........ 16 8% BTW (R o et st ¥ reasonable market will pre- |United Stat it o oW YORK. December is—To- QTGRIRE : 199 | Kayeer cantiued 53 G o |MeaDmmGe TS . (BMElmTielll a0 s S SR, |THR e st s Ao il oieyem et dortan e ds nartial check to the advance i Fav 3 e % 344 e RE, shier: 18- e o 4 s = - = mings for the Chr as din- o uls partial eheck to t \I-“.:u i» Am Chicle Ca. .. % 3 !K.m Spr Tire. 31% ness in high-grade securities and ir- | Belgiut 8s. . 98 971 98 .‘:,'""3'-’;5" North 7 % 113 | ner—celery; cranberries and numer- |mately $i55,000.000 as compared wit! theyf ktock market was the HFS Am Cot O etrs elsey Whi pf. . 101% 4 | regular reaction in speculative issnes | Bolivia8s......... sew 8s 86 |Sanad North Gia. 10% 111 | 0us other fruits and vegetables—are |the. previous month, and amo 8 mope than a fortnight. A good dedl an coront otf Kennecott. ..... 84% 93y . % . | Bordy 71 76% 7T6% |Canad Pacdebds.. 48 787 | Providing attractive displays. There 231.365.5 : Ao e r CotOnf ety K was the rule in today's bond market. | eaux 0s. r Clinel 5 2 oo | 18 a plent {to $231,365,548, the Treasury T % wak said on the subject of radical am Druggist { Keystone Tire.. 3 7 3 3 s by C Brazil 7 78% T84 Clinch & O 5s. 92% a plentiful supply of them, dealers | g sury Depar iy ini Congrate ana Am H & Leath. | Kinney G R. ... 59 The prospect of the passage by Con- i- razil 85 951 95 r Clinch & O 6s. 9 ite, and prices will be what they |M€nt announced this morning. I SR TR oto 8 _ : sider fairly reasons o 42 . A H & Tood f, 5| acleda nas. Haw gress of a bonus bill was without ef- | Bragil 715s. . 3 96 St 2, fairly reasonable. October, 1923, the government ex- indertainties were dwelt upon. R el . fec he United States govern- |G ;i und dwelt upon, Ba K Express. ... : e & Rabber. A ect upon the United States govern- (Cunada b8 1926 .. 4| Ches & Oblo %l yocan w s nefjmain resson foc such 0 Hin Smace. . p Lehigh Valley 0l 60 ment loans. All the liberty issues |Canada 5%e1929.. hes & O ce 415a 874 | :.".T;J:::h il red was an interntl one. i B & : g Strictl? Fichl Viaslentsn cans : S B EBteEnaL Sy Am Tee pt. . f | Lima Locomo. .. 65% 647 wers steady, while the high-grade |Ganadabs1odi.. 9 *hi B& i 8 dled, “per e, S orage re- | In addition. during the past mont) narket, after a prolonz A Tnternati. 3 21u | Loews Inc. b e i b dustetiis wvetes it e AdE Rt s B e e | Chi B&Q st rf 3s.. o eipis 4% Sioraice, s the sum of $24,421,100 was disbursed when the rising tender m Linseed. ... % I; L ln;‘ 7% | thing, higher. The increasin; o et 8 1eaT. 101{'«7 104% | Chi & 11 gn e ot ‘,“Ir;i\\fl\)nu.n rs, per 1b., 16: nnmav"roum of public debt retirements Am Linseed pf.. 834 3 | Tmond-Wiley in the money market undoubtedly |Chile7s1943. ... 947 943 | Chl Great West 45. 19 Lens, peeiba 30 spring chick= {iiich Urousht the pation's gross ex A Tacomonte b Ill‘“fllu:‘.r:l(r" % lusie ey lier) o jChllacaysls ... 94T 4% | Chi Grweat 43 (n) | s, per 1,2 e 4ts, vounE; each) wm:nure.«{nsv‘x 256,286,648, a8 4galink Am Metals Louis & Nakh. .. pelped the high-grade bonds. i Chinese Gov Ry & S sy, 1 i fowls & gross of $426,547,982 the previous | Christiania 106% | C M & Puget S 4s. ¢ ressed ponltry led spring | month preigy inent signitied Am Radistor | ! St. Paul issues were weak wgain i am Rall Mill e b i Stohumt lhaacs | Copenhagen 5 . 88 et d N K _per o ib, ; romsters, | The decrease in operating costs bathy with the vers low selling yo, core Razor 6% | Mach cks. .. 3 Among the speculative rails the i Cuba blas ctfs. 80% | Levon, . 5 ;| Wwas abetted by a lessened need of the compuny's bonds. A G Qs GfRan i Mack Trucks 1st @i | feature was the weakness in practi- | Czechoslovak 94 hi M&St P 45 °25 6 . A 5 5; keats 3 | approximately $70.000,000 in interest of ihe selling was cvidently f P gl 1n . I Mackay Co; 3 cally all the St. Paul bonds The =z P per Iby 20. on the public debt, a slump of ap Dlirposes, As yec no vital dil- el melting {Macy Co. .. 0 1 new low for the . .. 2107 107% " 20han Rabbits, No, per dozen, | proximately $6,000,000 for internal purposes, A8 168 o nances, | AuPSteel Ray. .. anes | Maxma Copper. il coneral 4%s o s 4 33 | C M & St Pgn 4 Wt revenue operations, a drop of $8,000 % the return on the bonds is. Am Susar. 56% | wallinson & Co. . their low bonds 5 90 {Chi& N W =3 g 6 . _choice 000 in postal deficiency, and a_de- abnormally high us 10 suzgest tmSumatra 2 Manhattan Elev cured by " v part . 2 954 i g . 11: thin, | creased expenditure of about $23 misgivings over the fut T T & Cable. .. L M \fanharn 190 guar of the =y ¢ Mil- $ 1 94V 7 44 ring. per 1b., 1 000,000 for the Shipping Board. Tm Tal & Teleg i anhat El Su, waukee and | vwind 4s broke @ . = chilive hogs, per Ib., Public debt retirements during the et rl. | Am Tobacomsor. 1RG4 T o Doint. - Thiy issue s ad DD the & § o B At e i month amounted to 5,740,079, the o, i whieth special selly G monas T L 1aen 5 Nadtinc St Poetlic const extension. All the junior | chig& wina X pples. b 1 jor part of which went to the re e outhern Pu- AmWW Asipt. 62 5 . e have equa) gecunity Rran 5. jons tirement of the third liberty bond imonth of November slumped approxi- pended $386,560,332 to meet ordinar requirements. dominant, was due for a This was about all the day's mov fiarket Stprior. 6 der th funding mortRage, w 5. 4 L . per ekl The whole railway list was more or Am Waolen Jess unsettled. Quite @ bit of the Sm Writ Prpt Uiion Pacific selling was believed 10 Am Zine & Lead have originated abroad. Zine&Ld pf. DIl shares started i with @ show of | {navonan. . wironsth, hut soon gave way With the i "G o8 sel” Baldwin Locomotive for u |40% ATbOrDC- Marlin-Rockw!] - i 19 Jupanese 1st 448, E s Ereats .. while the 45 of 1925 % 3 3 5.0048,00 g aime o Martin-Parry 3 4 £01d helow 6% for the first time Jupancse 2d 41zx. . 28° 92% 1C oudtes... 6 Ot 2 ,,“‘;"3,’:{?","“-‘.” Savings Mathison Alkiil. e B fnion was that this sell- | Jorgen UM 6s 47.. 10 T {Cuba RR5s.... . 12 82 ¥ 5 aividema ot b Heotouar 5 Maxwell (A). ing represented nothing more than {Lyon6s........... -1 & 11d 1s 5 9 5 h Tanvaiy: . 19 r cent, pavable ou Maxwell (B). ; the taking of ¢ income tax | Marseille 62 i 5 3 g 24 & g, " 2.00a2.50 Fotord Bisenioe 5. Sayaeifers May Dp Stores. . : : purpose the latest 5. | ; ; : per Ll 3 c,| This institution Has maintained ne was Led D Teports t new B Mex Seaboard. . tmates tions for the Aexic o i 3 3 b 002,00 by, 50a1.00:|10 Der cent annual disbursement foo s ere comine. In yers sjowly, [ArnoldiGonstab; [ Mex Seaba ctes! firat iden_mo) ! tho 8t Laul ine 5 2 3 5.5024.00. northecr, | three consecutive vesre . ont for T ThGonas i -5 : Vi et about 95 per cent of fixed |y, J e vears U this i quite usual aveurTence Asenlt Gonls km::"“l’x;:xgfir wilisear L 907 \per cet 4 S ic gen 4s ..., er 100 losg mearby, 1004 Local Exchange Dull, el tnin Fevruary that the rail- | Axsoriated Ofl Minn & St 1. ... i Industrials A ay 68 194 g 3 SRS s : Peis. Db per basket, 300a3.50. any 2ohington securities were Gy program of espeaditu wiis | Atchison ¢ 8 Minn StP® & SSM Industrials : Norway 6s 1952. ... 16 i conv 4s D . per o 0000, . e Yotktiontinen lesert TE cioday. Trading Sontated andore an o DOUE | Atehiran ne. Mo Kan & Tex. . | Culia Sumar 7Tt fed, but Cuba |Orient Dev deb Gs. 12 k st ab 6 0 6 00: in |yvith only banks and. utiliges: heim: into the equipment nies. Atlan Rir & Atl A 175 Mo K & Tex pf. ¢ 8 Cane Sugar 85 and convertible held | Paris-Ly’'s-Med 6s. e 3 % 3 ornia 1t $n utilities being weeo Products was heavily sold [y an cat Line 3 o Pacific . : their ground Virginia-Carolina | Prague 7%s....... Hels. 2 ) pers. Def | ““Wuehington Gas Light was slight that ali 2 R e N fe e 3 9 Chemical issues were_up, but Wick- 8 ggplant, fushington Gas Light was slight ek was out and thut cor- Voracfopt... {eire Spencer, Steel s went down. { Queensiand it ks i Jataz00 T At Land 49 with Cap Wus no further inanes Imtana Powes Sk i A Cpidadled : a ks Souther action selling at 96. Comm - LEEE DN Atlantic Ref 26 | oo one Bower Dery Corporation 78 lust 2 points al | Queensland 6 ERL&! 8 i NeTn | ciul National Bank changed hand nk veste rs annual . vinpathetically weak, and Am W W-7r 9 3 89 | ’ . s 2 vitie was sympathetically weak, and Am pr. 8 3 J.\x rland Ofl. ... O with the 4= of 1931, showing the [ Holland-Amer 6s.. : e charges this year. 00, . jone time N Rio de Jan 85 | Ay . . and Merchants' Bank and e Moon Mutors. .. Of the day's new offerings that Rl A Teasa i Hud & Man ‘ n 5 1 chpany was 8old at 120100 in Niche 2 other Lode. ... 3 : 2 the Commonwewith Edison Company | g Gr Do Sul 8s.. 1 tref 5% '53 s | i Institute's Program. UL Auto Knitter g g unsingwear. ¥ v N 1 G i insingwen < promptly oversubscribed. It con i Contr A5 o Sbilit collateral " 2 _Tonlght the elementary with the ot L Raldwin Loce ¥ cted o 3 o 3 2 o e the b 3 ofjRugwin Loc h Motors. . 5 1t B2ie to yield | Serb § g Vashington Chapter, A Ralto & Ohio of > 5 o 2 = 4 : weden 6s 104 10 Continental ¢ nwed signs | Pornesdall (4) ? 3 jresk Swiss Confed 85 31124 1124 ¢ 11 support. even while - 1 Natl Dept Stores Aos et o Ud King: 3 91 9% PN o % 3 chapter, as well as all 5 ) - : o 1 ; a S Jonds at 45 to yield over 6.3 1 4 Kingm 5% 109 109% kG Nors 3 pter, as well as all bank employes R g down it 4 atl Dept Sto pf. sty Ud Kingm 53537, 24 1007 100% Sliorix 35 . coli bushel |are tnvited. Dancing will feature ti holding steic 2 @ n £ Nat! Enamel.... 417 41 Uruguay 8s. . 103% 103% Lrids.... 2T program, which will start at ot May Department Stores. People’s : 1 AL 2 X e e ot the 5 Natl Lead. .. ... T4 126% c S 0 co 0 Zurich S$s. 1108 110% Caty . - % a'ele in the dividends from a 6 peit HE ey A MISCELLANEOUS. Kan City Term 45, 16 morrow night Raymond B. Dic per cent basis, 2 , . % Nat A sr Cf P 97 |Lake Shore 45" 2 3 ev will talk to the law ol 2y = Rooth Fish..... 4% Nat Suppl E IRRE U A Ani Agr Chem 715 I o7 Shore 425, . . s i to the law class on “Ies Bt e o R VERY LAR [AnaEcimese © S m Do |Diesic il § 1 S | i i (el B o an It L oudas. stitute of Banking, will hoid an bushel, neet to which all members Tstic upward movemenis | Bl n by ; Z L5 DeLieh & ard movements | pricyn-Man Tr. 13% 13% NN B Am Cotton Oil 55 Lchigh Va 1 1021 v i 00azton it T I talk on *r x Tate cin-Man T pf. 44 XY Air Brake. Am SmIt&R Ist 55, 2 2 |Louls& N s... 10 90 J 10. Oyster; e o e suonomics ks well in excess of A1 divi- | Brown Shoe. ... 2 2 Alr Brik ( 8 SmU&R 6s. . 2 Louis & 3 sk e o nch Banking e ents "and prior to the . Buff Reh&PIlits. 51 e A | Market Nervous, With More Losses | Am Sug ref 65.. ... 100 ; Peas, | 5 i FiEn asl asneduled for, last migh eeting it Wwas e\- Rurns Bros (A). 1024 102% N Y Central. ... . S AmT& Tov bs 1180 Mo 5 owing to the iliness of a member « wany that' thes would | purns Bros (B). 24 ; N Y Central ris Than Gains in-Both AmTeTltris 974 97 i one of the teams. distribution to $6 pe vear putte Copper. .. 3 SY O - Am & Tcltrds.. 2 92's | 31 . 1 & o oty ithe reular dishbursement '~",i conper 5 NY Chi&StL.. 6 Exchanges. B M & rfex 5 4 i ‘ barrel, Fewer Defective Locomotives. tutie & Super 15 NY Chi & StL pt. Am T & T d M& ST | box apy T e 10 W predicied that FRUHERRITTT > Nycnia s it Paper y & SIS | g x appies, 1 aulocomotives in meed of repair CaddoOfl...... 2% ! 2 YNH&Hartfd. 13 : S Aaas o 3 MK & T 15t ds. . g el 3 ! a taled 10, o Thh et ” calif Pack. . Sl 5 Norfolk South. . 2 W YORK Deceniber gt L TV 4 A MEK&Tprinss A, 41 0 Uranges. box,]ownership. “according to reports file '« Larnings. ¢ Patrol, ... 8 Tt & Western 102 3 Bl A, December 1§-The ”vr:".”r”r o e v MK &TUSB...... s | : et . 3.0024.50. | today. the carriers with the Amer present earn- | Potrol pt 3 a F: A West pf.. cotton market opened barely steadyjArm S1s &8 MK & T e v n Grain. len 2 ilway gsoclation. This wa > be at the fate ! cailahan Zine t 4% i | North Amer-. ... 2015 today at a decline of 12 to 23 points | AS Sy < MK&Tadjse. .. i 945 W ict Po o aEOrEatt e ocomotives, cor a4 share, While calumet & Ariz. ; 2| North Ampt..... under overpight selling orders | : 96 96% {210 Puciiie farr Ll L : ot 00 |ITSA ith, the Bimber 18 need of re for pany is expected 10| djer & Heela : Yorth Pacific... B2'i 52 f ¢ ¥ 5 Barnsdall s f s e T % ! iy on November 15. at which ¢ roport between 12 and $14 p e e 45 | pired by a belief that the sharp ad-|Bell Tel Fa 5. ... 9 1 . 2 ; * [thera were 10,796, or 16.3 per cent. Since the inereuses in the price: At Pl i . Ohio Bdy & Blw 2 2 {vance of ‘vesterd afternoon had | Beth Steel 538 '33. % 8 N Facincands. . 5 : g i he railroads on December 1 various grades of alcohol. Industrinl | C8€ F0 S oR . { Ohio Fuel Sup. Beth Steel rf 5s.... S L, = 5 ¢ % e i 267 serviceahle locomotives in stol 0l shares have retlected t entral Leatn.. 10% 10% foklahema Prod. o 1 3 Beth Steelsf 6s... 12 New Or Term 4 7 = 5 s St of since the mid Yevenue and have had the | CentLeathpf... s jOntarfo Siiver. . rpool was better than due, and |y, ;T Bldg 53760 5 NOTex & Bt | S - SoorNoyemitr ) The Eailtolds) alx e A bported by mur- | Cerrode Pasco. 4 ¢ | Orphenm Circuic. . prices here steadied up shortly after|Calif Pete 63swi. 5 NY Cent gen 3%s. o 3804380 tor. yeie |3 nalzed and tursied out of their shops terests, which usually are well | Chandler Mot. . ) b4 | Otis Elevator. .. n the opening, with Ja ¢ advaneing | Central Leather 55 116 ¥ Cendeb 6s... low an e e R O a on th inys aftairs. | Chesap & Ohio ¥ | ouis Steel. .. from 34.03 to 342 Mas teom | Garroide Pasto ix, 6 iz Xy Cendeb s, whit 5 A L T R A IR a Cane pre L 3 .- ¢ 32, 3 3467 to 34.89 s creased o 1 0] e L en i & 3 Co T s o v Cane b : |Cht & Alton. owens Bottle. .. 367 (0 480 Offcrings Inereased on |Chile Copper 6x... - 1 N i a3 9% 1 & p n, ed during the first half of the month Ut Seneral el Chi & East 11 ; {PacincConnt. ... reactions 610 ta 13 poines {rum the O o e 4 N ConLscl : i —_— trial section and the hi & E 11 pf. .. H s 5 | heat, accompanied by talk of Inereus- | Gubs Gane cv d 85, 2 Cew Haven ¢ ¢ : 35as3is: No. i O tiees anbuner 10 {on e mIlet . | PacifleMail. 1. 9% @ s e e 15 e Hghon | QU canr cv gy | 20 95t 8 Aavenca o s8N o : Washington Stock Exchange. fhe publication of another shiCh & Sth. . 5 b | pacificol...... s (and rumors that private tarns | paCARe o (413024 £F Haven 7a fe.. 23 ‘rop eatimate by a reorganized Cuban | G G @S p pe 5 | Packard Motor. 27, Showed a ginning of 9,472,000 bales to | eIy (D G) . 9 York Ry rt sinthority was a sustaining ifuence. | G gor wn Packard Mot pf. E : wember 13, Private cables repo D o 1e Y Ry rf 4s ctf, 10 8t 49 (uba Cane reported close to $13 a NOrchen >an-Am Pete & better undertone in Liverpool, but |Du Pontde N itis. 17 New Yok Be s des of 2 Cati Cuba Cane Tep O ered stock for the|Cht& Nwapf... 104 3 = -+ camplnine < s esne Light 65 7 3% | Yew York 3 : : Commercial Natioual Rank—3 at ghare onits DTer s saming. ualChiFneuTool.. 8 Pan-Am P (B).. | complained of a poor spot demand. | Duquesne Lizht Xed and | Merchants' Back and Trust Coo10 af 129 4 . = o 29 4 x . . t 3 S0, ent T pts of | yiany do, that raw sugar will |ChiR I & Pac Bing. Valuex in New Orleans. OIAOE 16 Y W & Boxs 41 3 L el h i AFTER CALL higher nest year, it is figured that|!ChRI& P 6% ot NEW ORLEANS, December 18.—! R abber iy : Yorfolk & W cn 4s. I v 3 ction Co.—9 ut 96. earnings Will :be at least {ChiStPM&O. . e ¥ ens. % and | Profit-taking by the long * | Northern Pac 2 1 Joans. 5 N Food. The estimate of the 1924 crop, | CStPM & O pf.. Penn Seabd Stl.. side were against values in the early Northern Pa : X 2 losnys & and 8 per cen out today. was about 150,000 tons|chije Copper. { Peopie’s Gas. ... ading in cotton toduy. und the first | Gen Elec deb5s... s Northern Pac : £ : J ; ; BONDS, lams than was expected a month ago. | qpo miper " T Pere Marquette. half hour of business brought declines i a 3 . P ¢ *c Surpl Pere Mra pr pl 14 71wl of 29 to 50 points, January sinking to figf’.fi:‘::rsxt‘ls Sk gyt ore Short b chfign. . (61 93 % Bid and Asked Pri Farm C Figures Surprise. | CGoca-Cola. .--y..u;finfi-‘nm'. : ; foEt) o et S g Snking 1o 3 sre-Wash 1st rf 45 15 51d and Asked Prices. 'he detalled figures on hation” 3 3 : g in | Goodyear Ss 1941 Pennsyl gen ; s s The detalied fuures on He e o i | Phillips Pete. 3 . camulatoin of rders to fill, | Hershey 65 1942. . | 5o sen s s >. 1 straight PUBLIC UTILITY. partment of Agriculture throw fur-|columbla Gas. * | Phoenix Hosiery 2 A i ardere SRDe to come, Humble OZR 51 e A 5 3 ni No. 2 tangled . = Bid. A ther Mght upon th much discussed | Gon'Soly (A). .. Plerce-ATrow. .. | e e ST ,‘,":Y]'°;~ 1linois Beil 1st 5s. S wheat, 13.00a14.00: No. American Tel. ‘t Telea. auestion. Those wio earlier in ¢ | Gofumbn Carbon Pierce Ar pf.. .. s gapers ok o of & hol- | (ndians Steel 5s. . Penns ¥ Tel. & Tel: otl. Tr. O vear were continually scouting about ! J Dierce Ofi. ... : : nt Mer Marine 6s. & g " . = I ~ e couv._ 6 T trta deprension® - were talk- | Comp Tabulat.. et S Noon Bids en Cotton. e Pl“p._rm g | Fe » CAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET, | AW Tel & Tel coiv. de... 000 i as if the whole farm industry was | Congoleum Co... & t1s Coal 6 NEW YORK cember 5 | . 14 18 haser 1at 5 { Pere Mrq 1st 45 '56. 765 7 _CHICAGO. December 18.—(United | Avacostia & Putomac Guar. 5s.. - in i . 1é = Postu o .. £ £ % . elly St LIM&S R&G 4s 5 66.000; slow; mostly | Capital Traction R K. s, and it was fourth in importan Consol Gas s {Eustom Cereal : May, R S50 StL H 14 —CEH H i ke 3 Measured in terms of dollars corn ! Cons Textile. . ostu n\\‘r-r‘q[.. 1 Desamd La iawilBes SULIM&S ix°29." 10 around 10 cents lower: 180 (o 225 1b. | Grargerown Gas 1 produced three times as much for the | Cont Can....... d St Car. Noon bids; stead gee s ki 21 faverages, G.55a7.00; 240 to 500 Ib., | Metzopolitan It i fountry as wheat, and cotton twice | contimental Mot Pressed St C pi. & i ce ; Januar. : . { Loriliard () §5 s. 5 % | Lutchers, 7.05a7 packing Ist 5 while the | crop was | cort Broducts.. Produc & Ref. .. 4 24 34.70; Jul { Magma Cop cv o i i Potomac Electric ; it $686.000,000. A stock went | 0lGen s Co s ‘34| Pro & Refctta.. { Manati Sug of 7z 3 stron ight pigs, | pomae e, down aetivity diminished. This w. 0 o Pollm: S i Marland Oil 88 w. . { Potom specially_uoticeable in the late Crucible Steel . 8 # ch St Tel 1st &8, scetota, 11000 e Elec. Pow. & L migritet shive itn: | Crucible St pt.. G o |Punta Ategr. | NEW COAL RECORDS. jichsiTel i ceipgs. 11000 wneven, it | MR § other display of strength, losing part | Cuban-Am Sug. 5215 S = Z _ { Morfana Posrer ix g asnes Eanerally ateady; Lo u; ye:‘l)»rtlay'! remarkable nd\';xncc,igubA(l:n sugvf.. fiaxl;‘n:sufp. Great Lake Ore Shipments Bigh_‘~““"h&4c”‘q",v : N 'x"». vl(l’;hxkzlxx“d then rallying. uba Cane Sug . v | Ry St1Spr pt. .. g Morel i A 1.00; some vearling an | Cuba Cane s pf. . ; | Rand dMines. ... . est for Five Years. INaLwone 12t ). ¢ [nana ht, 11811.50: most short| MARKET CLOSES HEAVY. | Cuban Dom pf Ray Con Copper 5 3 e e ieind, 7 thes Beitarsit numerous a weakened the technical position. Liv- £1IVE; SpoL SALES re de- |, Washington Gas Light—2 at 48%, 10 at 1 5 aME RO~ ARRE Dt Cuyamel Frult.. 4 Reading.. .. - e | Special Dispatel to The Star. R " i p— 7 Reading 18t pf. | DULUTH. December 15—Coal re- |NYG EL H&D 45, Washington Bonus Gossip One g'x:’;:fi“&cw,‘, 113% 1134 1111e | Reading 2d BL... {ceipts at the head of the lakes in{N Y Tel 68 '41... Cause of Liquidation. Detroit Edison .. 105% 105% 5% 105% gi";‘l‘n"fi:";‘l”, the 1923 season just closed made new |N ¥ Tel 63 49. s tho Associated Press. {DomaRtinen. .. A0K Sk 1o | sep Ir & Steel.” | records for all time, while shipments | N ¥ Tel 4%8 -or \EW YORK, December 15.—Stock | pub e 515 Reynolds Spr... of iron ore from the Lake Superfor |y > | Dupont @leb. 864y 86%s | _ = Northwst B Te 7s prices developed a reactionary tome | Durham Hose.. W 9% 1, | Rey Tobac (B) region passed all marks for the Iast | oris Steel 115 tn today's active market. Selling was | Durh'm Hos pf. . 56 58 || Royel e 3 : Ve years, actording to, tie WeROrt off qite Steslen: inspired by Washington dispatches|Duquesne lst pt. 102t 103% 103y | Rutland Ry BE.- 2 Coal receiptsl totaled 12,658.- | pacific Gas & El 58 indicating that a soldier bonus bill | Eastman Kodak 107% 108% 5 108y | St Juseph Lead. 3 1921 tons. of which 1,419,984 tons were | pac el & Tel 5s. - might be passed over the President’s | EatonAxle &Sp. St L&San Fran. i anthracite. Thic was 353,5 ] R e itaTa. veto and speculative belief that the | Elec Stor Bat. . St L&San Fr pf. : iGr AR n | Ean-Am petate technical position of the market w Emerson Brant. 4 | St L Southwn > . in {EAn-Am Lo ranted a downward revision of prices. | Endicott-John StL South pf... i increnss of 6,129,403 tons. The in- |EhilaCoBie dw . As heretofore, there were several | it oo Ty e Savage Atm e over the average of the last | PhilasCoref 63 A onspicuous exceptions to the main | gREIcott=TPre - Schulte Stores. . 7 =1y | 9ix years was 35 per cent. There |Plérce-Arrow 8s trend. particularly in stock of com- oaeossee Scahcara AtrL. 8 : vt | were 1441 vesse] londs landed Producers & Rf $3 Erie 18t pf.... . | 1 R 8 mated 1,100,000 shares. Famous Players e o 0h PARIS MARKET FIRM. |punts Alegre7s. The closing was heavy. Some of | pa'Nines &S pf. e 5 | Saks & Costis. .. the oil shares crept upward in the | B I0e 4 el Union . | PARIS, December 18.—Prices were | St H 8s 991, 3 e O our but in other quarters the|Fidelity FIns... % 2 firm on the bourse today; three per {Sharon St Fots 3; old rooste | Second .. ooers main trend continued downward. Fifth Ave Bus. . Simms-Petrol cent rentes, francs 40 centimes: |Sinclair Oil 78 %% 4 4 TOTAL SALES (Par Value): due geese, 20a28. National Bank of Wasl 2 Fisk Rubber. ... s Sinclatr Oil. 5 2 exchange on London, §3 francs 60 |Sinclair Oil 63s. 87% . 8T 2 1lam.. 2693000 12 n alte): Eggs—Loss off; native and nearby TRUST COMPANY. = Flelshman. . 5 Sinclair pt. centimes: five per cent loan, 68 francs | Sin Crude Oil 5% 9713 1p.m.. 6038000 oon 4651000 |firsts, doz. . S i FOREIGN EXCHANG Foundation Co.. 66 Skelly Ofl. % 3 . {80 centimes. The dollar was quoted Sin Crude Ol 6s. 974 i pam.. 7182000 Butter—Creamery, (‘»,!‘,‘.?{“.21’1.1”?1;'-'-’.." i (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.) | Freeport Texas. Sloss-Sheff pf. at 19 francs 8 centimes. 1 Sin Pipe Line bs. . . 81'a % —_— . 50a55¢ = prints 3 Merchants' Bank... " Gardner Motor.. South Pacific. .. So Por Rlco Sug 7s. 3 1011 Merenantel, Dok i ) 3 —— ——————————— ——— = fent 7s. 961 4 § Tnion Trust.......... Cosiin ok ; Gen Am Tk Car. Southern Rwy e rowies: 93% 5832} process butter, 39 Cnion. Loan & Tru | ontroal, dollar. GenAsphalt.... 374 3 Southern Ry Df. 4 64| ugatesh....... 95% 95% ) 2 i 3% o . ; l ! ot 2 fasseln, 193 Gemasphmtor. Joor ot 81 | USsteepr. L 19% 119% T R Ot bl Gduipany : TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES. W s : - o | Gen Cigar. . ... St Ol o - Utah C 64 oy L st & {Am Tel & . “HICAGO, December 18.— With 5 s 30 per trillio; tah Copper. ... 64 edo 15dn 1st 106 U . CHICAGO, Tt Washington. . thens, drachm dm oln Gen Motors. ... 14% Sterling Prod 59% 59% | vanadium Corp. 31 0y {USREbIec st g bi4 | Baz Cle con 20 e oo absence of aggressive support, |Eoiilsticy Ao oL 3 e Waus 4 . iy CiE B2 e, Unlisd S i Gen Motors pf.. 8% tew'd-War 8 | van Raalte..... 30% 30% | 7§ Steel 815 10235 1024 Reechiut S pE Vienna, o 3 00001475 b 5 Budapest, crown ... 00060 | Gen Mot 6% deb. 8li . Strombg Carb. 78 | va-Car Chem. 9% 8% 3 o Pl g Gen Refractories. 54% Studebaker. 103% | Va-C Chem pt... 30% so | Utsh Fom & Le0s 73 Bow Contral Com & €, - ‘ 3 mbe! 5 vadou. 71 5 Central O & C1 pf Christiania, crow > 4 Ry . 7 -8 o) 4 B St S 4 Golawin Corp.-. Sweots Coof A. o YR B i R A A 1 o| 2t Ty B Goodrlchui - 7?‘: “ Tenn Copper. ... 9 9 874 | Westinghouse 7s.. 6 107% Durham’ Duplex. . By the Associated Press. Goodrich pf..... Texas Company. 42% | western Md 2d., 1 12 | Wickwire Spen 7s. 8 81 1y ) 40% ‘st 6% 16% 3 NEW YORK, December 18.—Foreign g‘:‘_‘:{;‘éfl‘;;fl 15% Tex Gulf Sulph. ;i 6 59% | west Penn Co... 45 45 | Wilson & Co 1st63. 7 93% 93t sirat T & 1 70 e Schanges easy; quotations (in Unit- | Gray & Davis Tu ey 18% | west Pacific 15 15 |Wilson&CcvTis. 10 95% king. D «d States dollars): Great Britain, de- | Gt Northern pf.. B56% % | Third Avenue. .. g::: I;T:g:k ggu Youngstn 89 4% b ni 9 and, 4.37; cables, 4.37%; sirty-day |Great Nor Or 28 7 Tide Water OI1. . 16w | ¥ ) bilte ‘o banks, 4.34%. France, de. |Qreens-Cansn.. 14 { Timicen Bearing , 58% | WheelmgaL E. ki EX-DIVIDEND TABLE. oS it mand, .0523%; cables, .0524. Italy, | Gutf'Mo & Nor.. 14% fTahiesn SR 68% | wheel & LE pt. ‘ 18% o [ Laciede G LIz pt demand, .0433%: cables, .0434, Bel- | Gult St-Stee 81 obscoo Pros A 91% | White Eag Oil. - 2 25% & T oe Aiee e i emand, 1438%; cables, 0439, | 7 it e 3% | White Motor. Am e Sermany, demand, -00000000000025; | Hartman Corp.. 41 Transue & Will, 34% | white Ol i % | 4 Chatn Ciass A, @ S0 | Niew En T vables, 0000000000025, Holland, de- | Hayes Wheel 42 Underwood. ... A 38 | White Oil ctfs... 54 | American Stores, d 7 R B e nand, 3812: cables, .3817. Norway, | Homestake... b5% Union Bag & P.. 2% 3% | Brunswick-Balke-Col. pf. | Steel Co of Can bt demand, .1498. Sweden, .2632. Den- Househ’d Prod.. 34 Tnion Ofl. . % 1 231, 23 B f. Joseph Lead. mark. 13063, Gz Potand, g":-;":;:&n' Son Unlon Pacific. ... 125%, S isonenn Weatern p Tran Whtiama s ness of hog valu 030 Eizachoslovakin, 10293%. | Hupp Motors.... 1% DA REs e e e Talon AL PSREAT" "ot e Iow (e |roposed Packing Merger With fugosiavia, COHS T Anatrin, S00ta EoseTEh Y R Un Cigar Strs. .. 34% 347 34 | Gen Ry Sigoul pr. 1% | T Twist DF pii. & S, Mg mher LW Lo LR 1 Cudahy Is Dropped. B o Montreatr 8¢ 157 -{HydraglicBtl. ..., 6 United Drug. Woolworth..... 278 279% 276% 275 | Hydres Cog & ; prafe. . ; : il D107 LeTt doem 1 razil, .0055. Mo . .97 15-32, | ntinota contrai. 101t e 3"7“"‘.’.’.":“" 2o 2528 25| Prenk ‘et COR CHICAGO, December 18.—The Cudaly Il Cent pe £ pd. . 103% United Ry Inv.. FgntAsrc.. L LI LI CITK L ety et i : S g Packing Company has allowed its op- DIVIDEND IN CASH. {indOll & Gas... 6% Ut Ry 1av pf . wrigley, Jr. ay. e as asw | Sk Vel | Vu‘f?‘u MONEY RATES. % d tion_ on the stock of the Indépendent DALLAS, Tex., December 13—1‘h.-“’"“‘" Refining. U SCast1Pipe.. Youngsta Tul % 68% 68% 68% | \juuoniug Coal R. R. pL. 5 | NBW YORK, December 18.—Call fpslember > e Packing Company to expire. Magnolia Petroleum Company today | Inland Steel. U SCast Ir P pf. High, Low. Last, | Manila Elee. Corp. g... ‘o0 ymoney firm: high, 4%: low, 4%: rul- | May Sl ahe, viee president, said today. s quarterly cash dividend | fnspiration. .... U S Indus Alco. . Call Money a% A 4% | Aeiom) Sl Del.) pf.. 4. <17 Ling rate, 4% : closing bid, 43; offered |Julbs . H posed merger of the Independent, one of Of one per cont on all stock of the | Interb Rap Tr.. USRealty...... - ZNHONAL Eurety. Q. % |at :plfx‘fl.( oan, A% :,:ull loans against ’ {he larger of the smaller packing eom- o ! - Ces, I e it 3 ¥ jes ki 1 i enden ith company issued and outstanding as In Ag Chemica; U S RRubber. 1 HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS. Sicedt cullulpru‘l. GB-I;’HL dl“oy;:.g 5:‘{;’: 3 . 10 z?ué“:l‘:\ Lv‘;:?:”’«.;f ‘!‘he l"bl!i'v‘{m:';‘j‘ vnl‘;‘\rlg- rect s the com- | In Ag Chem pf b e 11 a.m. 1pMennns * A school to teach women the trade recorded on the ook orr 35, 1935 | nt Cement.. . wm.... 378 400 1om....- 812 000) of brickiaying, iathing and plastering | 18 monih=, ead; prime mercantile 075 | ing the Cudahy company to & $77,000,- i-any on noon of December 22, 1923, | Int Cement U 8 Smelt&Ref. , & been opened. in New. Yorke. papen, 4%ab, 9,97 1000 concern, had been ant S c ; ady to 25 cents hig | Sou Pacic cit 4 3 « [handpicking at 9.5 packers buy- | 3 Southern Ry 1st 5 *1ing at 8.00 downward: general stock- 55 | ers me 68% | Sheep—Tec 000 fal ctive: | et 1014 | Killing classes strong 5 cents| biar = X 9615 | higher; feedings laml ree: looks (anndaverefds . 43 & 5o | stea oled lambs, 12.25a12.50; | Capital Tr hird Ave adj 3s.. 11 3 shorn lambs, 11.25; light- | Washington Gas | t_nlon : acIstds... 12 g % o1 | arlings, wethers, 11.00; 122 | Norfolk & Wash, on Pac cv 6s 0 : sound choice aged wethers, § i Wash, Rws. & Elec, com... . . {Union Pac 1025 [BOURd choice aged wethers, 8.25; Usht | Tl puy” & Eiec. prd........ Virginia Ry 1st 58 100 Terminal Taxl com.. 2% P 1st o, . | DAIRY PRODUCTS. { NATIONAL BANK Wabash 1s g: BEALTIMORE, Md.. December 18. (Spe- | Capital 2 | Wabash 2d 5s. 5§ cial.—Live poultrs—Turkeys, b, Sajumn | Western Md 4s... 38 ‘, voung chickens, 20; leghorn District Western Paciiic 58 117: ol hens, 15ac horns, { Farmers & i West Shore Ist 4s. Sa s, 13al4: duck Federal-American .. Wheel & L E cn 4s. =i 5 pigeons. pair, 5 Liberty Whel &LE rf 41 G Sl 35a70, coln Wisconsin Cent 4s. 5 sed poultry—Turke and handyweight fat ewes, 7.25a7.50 o PP {1t RoaZ-% Baroamoh wheat had a downward tendency to- day during the early dealings. Re- FIRE INSURA ports of French, British and Belgian | american . opposition priority i-r{nl!ls fapitias. | Carcerd tan purchases of foodstuffs had | Firemens “ome depressing effect. Besides the | National Caloa.. United States government crop Te- TITLB INSURANCE, port failed to make the bullish show- ¢ {Port fiat in some quarters was ex- | Columbla [IE oo pected. The opening, which varied Hooraas from unchanged figures to % cent MISCELLANEOUS, lower, May 1.09 to 1.09% and July 1.07, | p. C. Paper pfd. o Followed by a moderate setback | Mercantile Transfer & Storage. Mergenthaler Linotype. all around. Faroun L\ Srbre easler O SDuteh Market com. Corn and oats were easier with | G 0y, Market prd. wheat, but offerings of corn were M o e Mbsorhed. After opening at | LATHEY NERoR: % to b cents lower, May 70 to | Washington Market. 1, corn ed to about the Yeilow Cab. Rl same as yesterd: finish. *Ex-dividend. 12 dividend. started unchanged to 1§ cent up, ay, 4% gnd later shoved 3} gk OPTION EXPIRES. Provisions sympathized with weak- Jeccctecce Secccee ccciConce fota