Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1924, Page 26

HURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1924, NG STAR, WASHINGTON I ON NEW YORK BONDS;”_“C‘ Exfl!ANGEl Received by NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE | BND PRICES FIRN AU Received by Private Wire Diruct to The Star Ofiice . UNITED STATES BONDS. (Fractions represent _thirty - seconds. Example: 98-3 means 98 3-32.) Bales, High. Lew, OClose. Lib 8%s. . 79 99-3 99 993 Lib 18t 43:5...176 99-8 99-8 Lib2d 4%s... 503 99+6 99-2 995 Lib3d 4%s... 181 100 99-31 98-31 Lib4th 4%s.. 510 99-8 99-4 99 US4%s51952.. 101 100-5 100-3 100-5 FOREIGN. Sales. High. 101% 80% 86% 100 28 100% 111 87% 6% 9% 24 o - # FINANCIAL, - _————— OILS AGAIN AGTIVE INTRADING TODAY .. { ALCh & Dye (4). ALig-Ch-MFf (4) Am Agri Chen). . Am Agri Chera pt | Am Beet Suzar. . {AMBrS&F (5) Am Can ¥6) . Am Can pf (7). Am Chain A ( RAILROADS. Bales. High. Low. .| Atehison gen 4s... 14 86% Atchison adj 4s. 19 AtlanticCList 4s. 2 Atlantic C Lcl 4s.. B&Oprin 3, B&Ogold 4s B&Oés, B&Ocv . B&Oretss....... 10 B&OPLEEWY 4s. 2 B&OSW divi3ts, 12 B&OToledods... 6 Bklyn-Manhat 6s.. 62 BKIRT 7s’21ctst. 3 Canad North §%s. 2 Canad Pac deb 4s.. 19 Car Clinch & O 68. 1 Centof Ga 6s...... 8 CHes & Ohfo cv 55. 25 Ches & Ocv4¥%s.. 14 Ches & O gn 435, 5 Chl & Alton 3s. 2 Chi & Alton 314s... 49 Chi B&Q gn 4s 2 Chi B&Q Istrf 5s.. Chi& L1llgn 5s... 14 Chi Great West 4s. 19 CM&ugetSdds. 4 ChiM&StPredt: 11 ChiM & St Pey 5s. 12 ChiM & St P 4s°25. 35 Chi MES P ev 4%s. 18 Chi M&ST P 45 °34. 21 CM&StPgn4is, 34 CM &St Pdb 4 ChiM&StPes Chi& NW 6ys Chi& N'W Chi R; Chi RT& Pan is. ChiRTS Pacrf 4s ChiTH & SE 5= Chi Un Sta 6% Chi & W Ind cn 4s. CCC eve Term Gn. Cleve Term Gy, Cuba R I 7% Cuba R R Gy 4 | Dol & Tid 15t rf 4: Del & Hudson 136, Den & R0 Geen 4 D & Rio G imp Open. High. Lew. Close.| - 77 7 kid Mathieson Alkall 8% T 8% | May Dpt St (5).. 794 763 77% [ Maxwell Mot B’ 68% 68% 681 | Mex Seaboard. 46 45% 45% | Mex Beabuard cf. 1215 121 123 { Miami Cop (2). 874 35% 71'.‘. iddle St Ol . 44 42 42% : Minn & St Loul: 7% 77% 77% | Mis Kan & Tex. 114% 1118 113% | Mis K & Tex pf. 4 112% 112% 112% | Missour! Pacifie 22% 225 22% | Missourl Pac pf.. I8 1 18 ]\romg«mwam 11% 1% 11%) Moon M (+315) 43 95% 954 | Mother Lode (1) Nash Mot (18%:) 108 Nat Acme. .. Nat Breutt (3). Nat Dairy Prodl.. Nat Dept Storcs. Nat En & St. Open. High. 4% 35 89% 18% 224 21% 224 Close. 6% 8’7 82% 97% 101% 86 86 9% 97% 7% 3% AdamsExp (8) .. 21% 21% 5% 2% 1% Shipping Stocks Also Develop Strength—Holiday Puts Curb on Business. Foreign Group Holds Leading Interest—Liberty and Rail Issues Steady. Close. 101% 80% Low. 101 9 86 99% o7 99% 111 87% 75% 8% 93% 97% 97% 99% 99% 101% 101 100 100 100% 100 104% 104 9% 95% 107% 107% 88% 884 9284 9214 9% 9 107% 10744 944 8% 9214 9314 864 95% 23% 89% 82% 100 97 97 8014 92% T5% 5% 51% Argentine 7s. Argentine b Austria 7s Belgium 7%s. BY GEORGE T. HUGHEN Special Dispatch to The Star. . 108 | NEW YORK. February 21—Pre- 1% holiday dullness prevailed in the 3514 | bond market today, but the undertone 40 was Steady, although price move- 324 | ments were characterized by irregu- 1§§;z {tarity. 2 The slackening of the market's 674 | pace also must be ascribed to a grow- 14% | ing indisposition of traderd to follow 95 | prices up from current levels, because fau | they fecl that the market Is about as 100 | RIgN as it is likely to go under exist- ing conditions. Liberty Bonds Steady. '1,' Liberty bonds, which are the most |“ reliable index of the trend In the In- s jvestment market, were steady today. 106% | Some investment bankers think that | B ithe Gainer tax bill is a bullish one on Libertys, despite the high maxi- } Dutch E154s. . mum rate it establishes. | Dutch East I 654 1543, Foreign bonds continued to absorb | Dutch East I 6862, 2t |2 goodly rhare of attention, particu- | Framerican T%s 11% {larly the new Japanese securities. | rench Govt 89 29 They repeated their high record of | prench Govt 746, 166 924, a price which is half a point | g5, e 12 above the subscription price. Holland- A ParG A T (8) It is believed taat a short Interest | Holland-Amer 6s.. 2 i g 5 9 %% | cxists in the form of contracts by | Italy 6%:s 1926, 3 e 2= 5 lers to deliver bonds which they | Japanese 1st4tis. 1 Packard (1.20) re unable to obtain by subscrip- | Japanese2d4%s 6 Pan Amer (8). tion. “Mexican bonds rullied today. | Japaneseds....... 42 Amer B (8). French descriptions were steady, as | Japanese 6138 w 1. 27 nn Railrd (3) were Europe Lyon 6s... n Denn Seab Steel. i Marseille 63 | Pere Marq (4 Mexico 5s.. | Pere M prpr e i on the semi-specu- tynlc”" Doeen 2 adi in | Netheriands 6: % | B : £ hin & R&T w sues. Trading In | irie 16t con 4: BY STUART P. WE! ! Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, February 21.—Today’s ctock matket showed diminishing wetivity, but it also showed a falrly weneral drift toward recov Oil shares werc prominent again for the reason that they had attracted the largest amount of short selling during tha period when professional Wall street was trying to frighten the public over the “oil scandal: Pacific Oil continued to discount the expected return to $3 dividends. The turn for the better in the Mexican Scaboard situation, as declared by those close to the inside, was once’| more apparent in the market for the stock. The pool Am Hido & L p Am Internation. . | Am Linceed. ... Am Locome (8) . Am Radiztor (4) Am Saf R (500). | Am S*ip & Com.. i Am 8m & Re (5) Am St Fays (1) Am St Fpf (7). Am Sugar...... Am T & Tei (87 A W w et (7) Am Woolen (7). Am Zin Anaconda Can. .. Arm pf Dol (7) Arn Cons & Ce Asso Diry G (5) . As DG 1st pt (6) Assn OFl (1%) At T& S Fe (6) AT&SFof G Atl Birm & At. At Coast L (7). Atiantic Fro! 9% 98 101 1% 89% 86 56% 3% 88 Bolivia 8s. Bordeaux Brazil 7s Brazil 8s. . Brazil Ts........ Canada 5s 1926. . Canada 5%s 1929 Canada 58 1951. Canada 5s 195! Chile 851946 Chile 75 1943. .. Christiania 8s. ... Copenhagen 5%s.. Cuba 5¥8......... Czechoslovakla 8s. 101% 101 6% 6w 14% 6214 67 14 9474 891, 484 89y £ Nev Cons Cop NOrT&M (1) 76% 52% 123 b1% 66 5% bb% 71 79 51% 9T% 107% 105% 7% 9% 6% 78% 114% 3% 101% 963 4 1024 128% 128% 83 891 T4 A4 9% 9% 404 89N 8215 £24 BuSomaawas X Central (7). ¥ C-Readg ria. © ~Enon ofanlla orfolk South . i Norf & W (f8 I North Amer (2). North Pac (5).. Okla Pr & Re’. | Otis Flevat (8) Otis Steel. . Otis Steel pf. ... Owens Bot (3). i"asific Coast. . Denmark 8s : in Maracaibo got busy st L again and Thillips Petroleum was helped by the announcement that searly all of the recent offering of 936,106 shares bhad been taken by E An “iockholders. Standard Oil of Cali- | Atan Brult ofs. fornia stood out prominently and the | At Gulf & W 1p?. sirength of Sinclair Consolidated at| Austin-Nichols what might be described as the | Auto Knitter. peychological moment was especially | Bald Loco (1) significant. { Bal & Ohto (3) Dry Goads at New High, Rurnsdall A...... Associated Dry which h < of Com (+16). g been in demand ever since the annual { P»fl Steel (5 { raport disclosed earnings of Borh §11 e (7Y N 95 O3m A SIR @ share, wa Brk Edison (8. 111% 1111 111% igh, and other 145 14 122 122 Mo 1007 8 Y 2 2t 174 17% 244 5 1221, 1200 9 8 1% 114 2% a1y 1o 9% 92% T9% 5% 51 o, In the corporation bond market the 69% linterest_convers: | lative rallrcad Sontoard A ive and pric bourd stocks also wi Louis aud San Fuan bonds also we crully higher. A fair market prevailed in trac: tions. Pudlic utility bonds were firm. i G () minal uperior. kCo.... Line bonds was very | Norway Ss Erie con ext 7s. 5 were strong. Sea- | Norwsy 65 1943 Lrie gen da. . in demand, St | Norway 6s 195 ieconvds AL sco and St. Paul | Orient Dev deb 6+ 6 Lirie conv 45 B, s active and prices §en- | paris-Ly's-Med 6s. 3, 41 Eirle conv 4s D, Prague T%s... 2 8 |Gr Trunk of db 65 ED Grand Trunk Queensland 1s. Gr North gen Qucensland 6s 100% Gr North gens iy | Riode Jun 8184 9 Havana KRL&P fs {Itio de Jan 88 1947. G 9 4 5 Idio de Jan 8y 18 syl Hud & Man ref 5s. 994, : Hud & Man a5 Suo Faulo State $s. e anal 04 " {PRICES OF COTTON ! ARE FIRMER TODAY [t iics. § 2% 87 Brniter A S " % 1int Rap Vran ss. iswedene. ... 1oz |1nt Rap Tr 5¢ vipa. 5 " s + Qeitg | SWiss Confed 8s. 4 n ; lh;’-!Setfimg of British Dockers’ Strike | Toyio o 624 st LD A - i Ud Kingm 5 2 107% Vor S ol Helps Values in Do- { Ud Kingm 5%s'37. 59 101% 101 e e U ! ;m & G Nor 1st 63, 36% mestic Markets. MISCELLANEOUS. lowa (ent rf 4= 1 Am AgrChem 7is 14 99% Kan City Ft§ 4s S {AmChainsf6s33. 7 94% Kausas City 83 { Am Cotton O11 55 87 Kansas City S 5. 21-~The}Am Smlt&R 1stos. 4 92t [ Am Smit&R 6s 1025 Am Sug el 63 102% [ Am T & T ev 65 12 the {Am T & Teltr5s strike had been set- | AmT & T o tr 45, . firm cables from | Am T & T deb 515 92 Am Water Wks 5 iirothers, | N lirss transactions. Mastman Kodak was more active ! and was conspicuously strong. The 1 Ps next directors” meeting. at which div- i =a1 per (1) . | Callahan % Tand. ! Rutte & i Butteric! crce-Arrow Pierce Vierce Ol pf Pitts Util (+ Dress St C (4) Prod & Refiners T'rod & Ref cfs 105% 113% 106% 98%A 84 824 62% 85% 100% idend action will be lakfl:‘, lsdsched(l uled for the sccond Wednesday of o g Tner March, Today's buylng was g.:mngl}""“,‘}al:;r“;n" toady for wnother exiru distribution. | (A1 TACET (1) - Shipping Stocks Strong. l:'m‘. Leather ('D': Shippinz stocks developed consid- | Gunt Len Copr. . crable strength for a time under the | R R N J (+12) 1ad of Marine preferred and Atlan- o b S 088 Gulf nd West Indies. Buying Chand Mot (8 s influcnced by recent indications | Chand Mot (6, . t ocean freignt traffic is on the | Ches&Ohlo (4). Davison (‘hemical was bid up | Ch &0 pf (512) .. n and National Enamel- | Chicago & Alton. mping appeared to have | Chic & Alton pf.. the worst Lo ! Chic & Fast Il 1 to it as the result of | Chie Gt West p the dividend. Awerd ¢ | on M1l & St Pavi. ather preforrcd ero 2 zaif and Central Leather preferred l'(fl:[‘“{‘fif;:;:: 1 the 16 Chiz R1& Pac wuas the rule CRI&PPL(6). more b Chile Cop ¢23%). hino Copper nd of fo i E Mo Forward. { Cluett. Peab (5). Sterling Moves Forwas jCnetL EeAb (o), marhet for srling exchange ued o reilect the slowly § i"“‘“s"\"!"‘;m 7 ng confidence in the labor go 0l G & E (2.60). ernment and what it is going ta do¥ ICQr‘bon (.. tn the way of ctical legislation. { Com Salv A (4).. Also the settlement of the London | Comp Tab R (6). dockworkers' strike was a factor. [ Congoleum (3). cven though this involved a wage | Conley Tin Foil.. inercase which eventually will have | Consol Cigar. 1o be borne i French | Consol Gas (3).. t'the extreme low, 4.071,. at they AIf the l o 148 174 148 2, 160 41, 206 a7 1694 147 16 B I3 (4). n Co (8).. 1205 ata AlSu (5). 614 70% | Pure Ofl (1%).... 237 1125 11% 47 /0L, 58% T1% A9, 102t 1024 8% 107 10% 23 23 1 11% 15% 15 244 25n Ro% 52 24 ¢ 28 €7 G6% 284 277, 195 19% 2% 72 27 27 2T% 2Tl 6% A5% 62 51 % b2y 96 95% 625, €0% 1% 11% 1717 644 62% 6% 6 52 50% w7 1757 172% 35k 84% 5% A% 26 26 64 6% &l 16 68% T 51 69% 48 111% 111% 112% 1124 1% 17% 129% 128 108 104 12 110% 22 22 61% 62% 61% 63 63 63 24% 2% 24% 297 _ 80%__29%_30% 28 ~28 28 28 66 66% 65% 6% 47 4T 4% 46% 11 1% 11 1% 193 193 193 1923 84 9% 8w 9 60% 60% 60% 60% AT AT 4T 4T 69% T1 69% 71 10% 10% 10% 10% 42 42 42 42 39% 40% 39% 39% 74 T4 T4 T4 91 ol ol 91 207% 209 206% 205% 1% 1% 11 11 W% 15 14% 15 84 84 £ 82 99 9% Bl é?% 51% 5 5 By 8% 2215 22% 42% 42% 17 17 6% bT% 29 29 981 93% 16% 16% 815 8% 181 131 811y B2% 95ls 93% 40% 456% 823 Cons Cop. .. ding (4) . ding ris. i Read 1st pf (2 | Read &d pf (2). | Replogle Ste Rep Ir & Steel Reynoids Spr (2) Rey Tob B (3).. Roy D'teh (3.46) St Jos Lead (12) St L §an Fran St L-San Fr pf. { St L Sothwest. ! Savage Arms. Schulte (§8) chulte pf (8 11 i1 564 16 68 e 27, 11 443 By fhe Associated Press. YORK. February market was firm at the open- ing today on coveting and Liverpool buying, followifiz reports that British doekers’ tled d relatively the English mayket. There were some - overnight selling orders, whieh caus- | Anaconda ev db7s ed rather irregular fluctuations after |y ro“0R00 (2050 the cal but the buying continued. | Armour of Del L% s and the market held generally steady | Associated Oil 6s during the carly trading. First prices | Atlantic Refin os were 9 to 2§ points higher, and May | Bell Tel I'a b contracts sold up to 30.47, or 48 points Steel 512853, net higher. while October advanced g;;fi 5:,.,:[ pm ; . Or 35 points above YeSterday’s ! pein Stecl b f 68 ng. | B A ton futureg opened steady. i ¥ sa A Burh T BIdg 5560 Calif Pete 6%s Central Leather 5 Cerro de Pasco $s ! Chile Copper 6s CinG & B5l2s'62 Commonwth P 6s Con Coal Md 1=t 5 Cuba Cane cv - “uba Cane cv 78 30 Det Edison ref 6s. Dery (D G) 7 Donner Stee! Kan City Term <, Lake Shore 4 25 Lalie Shore fx°31. Long Island rf 4s.. Louis & Nash Louis & N &5 24 recovery was tru of cot- 26% 03.. Manhat Ry cn 4s. furket St en 5 L& St L 1st M StP & SSM bt IMK & Tist 4s MK& Tprjn IMK&T6sC M K & T ad) Ma Pacific 6s. Mo Pacific 55 °85. Mo Pacific gn 4s. Montrl Tm st s New Or Term 4 103% 110 10% 215 ) 5% 39% 185 | 223 a 3 en | Cont Can (4). were not nearly back i cont Moters. . cround lost since alcorm prR (19) Corn Pr R ow wi. oot las had a chance to re- | GO0 Tie results of the porphyry | Gonden Co. S, February 21.—Cot- . March, on Octo- eopper e of 1923, n themselves e L { Crex Carp for the lust quar- ‘ lihour the fiures | Crueible St (4) were disappointing, { Cub Am Sug (3). he no revulsian of | Cuban Cane Sug. ting copper trade | Cub Cane Sup?.. sitwation. The question is not Cub Dom Sugar. much what the first quarter of 1924 | Cub Dom Sug pf. will show, for it is expected that lit- | Cuyamel Fr (4). tie improvement over the previous < thires months will result, but rather | DaVAsen Crem. . 1 oppe i world and the market for | P 3 ey (o)™ aper snurcs wre hopinz for a res- 3 ion of international credit and | Dome Mines (2) quel—tthe improvement in the | DuPtde N (8) copper indus.cy and the quickening | DugLtstpf (7). EastK (15%).. of competition. Market Street Rallway. Eaton Ax (2.605. E1 St Bat (15%) Market Street Railway stocks were higher toda than at the close on| End-Jokn (5)... Wednesday. but the uncertainty as| Erie... to the end on the prior prefer- { grie 15t pf ence shares remained. Yesterday's | prie 2a pf. vialent break in Market Street Ra ay issues was explained by the fears | Famous P1(8). .. that ut the dividend meeting on March | FaM &S pf (1. the regular disbursement to prior | Fifth Av B (64¢) rence stockholders might be | Wisher Bdy (10). 1. 1t is intimated that Market | pigic Rubber. .... Railway's cash position has Rub pf sen somewhat weakened as (he Te- | prchm'n (13%). 11t of the recent financing. Foundation (8) - The preferred and common stocks of Atlantie, Guif and West Indles were | Freeport-Texas.. in demand for a while today. The|Gen AmTC (3). buying was ascribed to no new rea- { Gen Asphalt. <on, but rather to a better apprecia- | Gen Asph pf (5) - n of the improvement which has! Gen Cigar, (8)... securred in the company’s finances | cefEnEeTg)l " and carnings, and also from an oper- | €0 TS SRAc ating standpoint, Important inter- { Gen F0ARS GUF) ests in Atlantic, Guif and Wext Indies | 3¢ 08 600~ o arket was sim- . today said that the market wa en Mot 62 Gen Mot db (7). Gen Refr (4) Gimbel Bros. N'Y Cen deb NYCenrids. New Haven ¢ New Haven 7s. . New Hav Tsfr. : !N Y State R INY W & Bos 45, Norfolk & W cn 4s. Norfolk & W cv 6s Northern Pac 4 Northrn Pacri6s. Ore & Calif 1st 5 hort L ref 4. Wash 1st rf 45 Pennsyl gen is. Pennsyl gen 4. Pennsvl 61s Pennsyl gold 7s. {Pennsyl con 4125 | Pere Marq 1st i i Pere Mrq Ist 4s '56. 364 16% 693 ki) 6l% 70! 51% 111% 112% 17% 128% 104 1% 22 62 63 25% 898 | 6% L3 9% 5% | €0 464 BAA, 107% RI& i 103% ¢ 293 | 93% | R0% | 100 901 1084 107% 4% 2% kS 3 83% | €3t | T | 6% ; &6 684 824 623, Y% 74% 998, ™ 815 | 96% s 6 50% 50 8% 934 82 96% | 69% | 10814 | 9714 541 7 I eRuaBumxarabnlbafealeiZananyg Duquesne Light 63 Est Cuba Sug 7%s. Empire G&F Fisk Rubber 8s ! Goodrich 613 or an average | Goodyear s 1 pindle in place, | Hershey 65 19 .371.847, or 190 | liumble O&R S1:8. 4 in December, { [llinois Bell Ist 5s. 9,206.200.904. or 249 per spindic | Indiana Steel s in place, in January last year. Int Mer Marine 6s. : Int Paper 15t 5s A. Int Paper 1st 5s B. KCP&LtosAbZ. Kayser (J) 7s.. Kelly-Spring 8s. Lackawa S 6350 Liggett & Myrs 5s. 427 €4 21 13% 138 o Reading gen 4s. ... Reading gn 44sw! {Rio G West el ds... RIArk&L4ks... ! St LIM&S R&G s, StLIM&S4s'29... StL&SFplasA. StL&S Fprinb: StL&SFincés... StL&SFbizD. StL&S Fadj 6s. {StL&SFpl6sC.. StLSW lIst4s. StLSW conds St P Un Dep & %iSan A& Arn Pis 98% ! Soab d A Li4s sta 110% | Seab'd A Liref 4s 29 ISeaba ALadsss —— BARGE LINE REPORTS. NEW ORLEANS, February 21 (Spe- cial).—Figures given out by the Mis- sissippi branch of the Federal Barge Line show 710,431 tons of cargo were moved last vear, or 110,000 more than - in 1922 The 'largest part of the Lorillard (P)7s.. southbound freight was grain, while | Magma Copcv 78 o LR 1815 | 80% 9 32 68% 8% 5 105% 1037 92 96% 115% 115 1005 103 89% 9514 80% USCIP (2) U SCIP DL (7). U S Expreas. . © PeuniealesurnosBarenZlons ol 98% 110% 99 DIVIDERDS. Pay- able. Apr. 1 Men. 31 Meh. 31 Men' 31 Apr Apr 1 Ap: Apr. 1 Meh. 310 dpr 1 Seh. 31 Apr. 1 Aprg 1 Apr’ 1 Men. 1 Meh. 1 Mch. 31 3en. 31 pe. Apr. 1 A W5 Mcb. 81 A Men 31 Jun. 30 Eep. 30 Dec. 31 Mcb. 31 Apr. 1 Apr. 1 oly herinning to measure the turn for the better which has come about in recent months in the company’s busi- ness. On the stock arices were rea toon. The mmrl‘ rading of the I so were | SOOT [ Strensth i some of the Tow-priced | G209¥eag bl . the sudden turn for the lwm-ri‘,; Northi pf (5 the rubber und tire nd the | & Nor Ore (3)... Jarp rebound in the speculative lead- | G Nor Or < & among the equipments, steels and | Grt Westn Suy Seabourd Alr L. Seab'd Air L pf. Sears Roe & Co. Senecg Copper. Sheil#rad (2.08) Shell Un Ol1 (1). Simmons Co (1) Simms Pet.. . 1z uc Con Oil (2). 21% Sin Con O pf (§). 83 akelly Oil. 24% Siose-Shef Sti 61 . So P Rico Su ) 83% & % { —_ e — South Pac (6)... $i% uthern Ry, ... AT% i SPINDLES MORE ACTIVE. South Ry pf (5).. 71 B e i Census Bureau Reports on Mill sz(o)'l‘l\“;;:)fl)- 1’;5& Operations in January. Stew't War (10) 89 Cotton spinning activity was great- | StrCar (19%) ... 76% er in January than in any menth Studebaker (10). 100 sfnce last May, the census bureau's §!‘:bm;;1r"&=3°l= g: shinning report today indicated. The st B ,number of active spindle hours for TexasCo (3).... 42% j the month was larger by 1,300,000,000 TexG S (1634 .. 63 {than in December. Texas & Pacific.. 2315 Active spindle hours for January Tex& PacC&O0. 124 A §,448,247,467 Tide Wat Ol (4) 137 hours Timken (133£).. 37% | Tob Prod (6). 28 i Tob Prod A (7).., 88% Tob Prod pf (7) .. 113% Transcont Of o Un Pacific (10) .. 130% United Drug (6). 80 s 20 68 8 Siach. .. 1% P .}fl: J2% | the chief upbound cargo was sugar. | Manati Sug sf 7% USR&Im (8).. 1027 105 ‘The year's operations arg expected to ! Mexican Petrol 8s. USR&IDL (7). 105 105% |show 'a loss when depreciation is{3idvale Steel bs. .. s 3 5 !taken in account, but shippers saved | Montana Power 55 Us o7 4 26% | $923,000. | Morris&Co 1st 4%s Usnisore e | New Eng Tel 6s. .. Ot bt G2 IX ¥ Edun 1s¢ 65 . i NYG EL s... { US Steel (153). 102% | N6 ELH&P 43, S48t [SeandALconds Stock of Record. Mch. 10 | U S Steel pf (7) .. 119% Utah Coppey (4) 6 Utah Securities.. 205 Vanadtum Corp. 80°% Van Raalte. . 22 Va-Caro Chem. 7 | Va-Caro Chem B. 3% Va-CaroChpf... 20 V Vivaudou {2).. 12% Wabash. .. 1 Wabashpf A.... 424 WabashpfB.... u84% Wald Sys (14) .. 16% \Web & Heilb (1), 1 ‘West Penn (2) 49 West Penn pf () 90% Fin | West EIpf (7). 118% 261 | West Maryland... 10 16 ‘Western Pactfic.. 15% ». | West Air Br (6). 90% West E& M (4) 61 21% | W E 1stpt (4).... T8% 7% | Wheel & L Erpf.. 177, 4% | wh Eag Ol (2).. 26 86 | White Mot (4)... 57 26% | White Oil cfs. 5 16 |twickwire SpStl.. 8% 1% | wilson & Co...,. 19% 6 {wi&cCopf (7).. 65 4% | willys-Oveérland. 11% 28% | willys-Over pf... B4k 8 | Wisconsin Cent.. 86 30% | Worthing Pump.. 26 26 134 Wrig W Jr (). 88% 38% {Partly extra. §Payable in preferrad stock. 6014 | Dividend rates ‘as given in the above tablc 594 | are the annual cash payments Wased on the 31 |latest quarterly or balf-yearly declarations. | 187 | Unioss ‘otherwise noted, oxtra or special | U- 21 2 % Compans {Am Saf Ruzor. Adams Express. Am Locomotive. Am Locomo of. American Store Bell Tele ot Pa Tiell T cum 6% Cuban-Am Suga Douglas Pecti Eaton Axle & Equitable Trust Edmund Jonex. munds Jones. .. dmund Jones Df Fairbks Morse pt House of A Sl Intl. Cement. INY Tel 6s'41. % 104t 104% | 5oy Paclfic 45 1929, Mch. 15 | N.Y Tel 68'49. 4 107~ 107% | Sou Pacific clt 4s Meh. 15 | N ¥ Tel 4%s.... #% 94%s igoyuchern Ry 1st bs. Meh- 12 | N Am Edlson 6s 9215 92% | Southern Ry gn 4 Mo, 20 | Nor States Pow 5s. oLl 915 { Southern Ry 633s. . Meh, 20 | Nor States Pow 6 102 102i { Gouthern Ry 6s ct Ach, Northwst B Tel 107 107% | Third Ave ref 4s. 1004 100% } Third Ave adj Men o1 | Otts Steel 8s.. B 22 g2 |TolSt L&WA4s | Goldwyn Pict. ures in Illo! Goodrich. 22 63 - 8% i9 12% 14% 42% 281 15% 16% 49 ge. 103t 100% 24 98 2 10845 % 100% 93% 98 61% 83 80% 63% 8% Feb, e PhilaCoref 6sA. Pierce Oll deb 8s. . Producers & R{$s. Public Service 5s Pub Ser Elec 6s wi. 9 Punta Alegre 7s... 27 Sharon St1 H 8s. Sindlair O11 78 Sinclair Oil 6335, Sin Crude Ofl %=, Sin Crude Oll s Sin Pipe Line 5s. South Bell Tel & 8o Por RicoSugTs 7 Southwest Bell 6s. 23 Steel & Tube 7s... 1 Sug Est Orient 7s. 16 Tenn Elec Pow 6s. 13 . Toledo Edn 1st 8 Union Bag & P 68 U S Rub 1st rfbs.. U S Rubber 7%2s. USSteelsfbs.... Ttah Pow & Lt bs Vertientes Sug 7s. Va-Car Chem 75... 41 vVa-CarCh T%sw. 16 ‘Warner Sugar 7s.. b West Union 6%s.. 5 Westinghouse 7s.. 11 | Wickwire Spen 7s. 4 Wilson & Co 1st 6s 21 Wilson&Cev 7%s. 3 Witson & Co cv 6s. 16 | Youngstn S&T6s. & 86% . ee—— PLANT BRINGS $500,000. PITTSBURGH, P, February 21— The sale of the Johmetta Erick and!manag, 000000000000 s Coal Company of Johnetta, Pa., to the | 00000000000022. Holland, demand, Pittsburgh Plate Glass.Company for|'373s; Norway, demand, .1523; Swe. a cash consideration of $500,000 Wu‘den‘ demand, .2620; jDenmark, de- announced’ today. Included in thei,gng, - .1594; Switzerland, demand, sale was a brick and tile plant, em- | 1732;" Spain, demand, .1272; Greece, ploying 400 men, and 4,200 acres of | demand, ~.0168; _Poiand, coal land. 00000012% ;- Crechoslovakia, deman .0290%; Jugoslavia, demand, .012f e = Austria, demand, .000014; Rumania, CARTOONIST DIE SSUDDENLY. | domand, 0056: Argentina, demand, COLDWATER, Mich., February zx.l -Ral) l : Jones & Luugh. p Mont Ward 614 8% 181 26t 5% LH as 1935 | 65 . 1 fi'! 851 36 26 8% 8% 17% 26 67 % 3% 19% 65 11% 84% 36 in & 8tp pt at En & Stp pf L&8 W It pf Prin Union Car & Car. 26% 16 1'% 4% 28% 814 80 L e Y R % Wald System pf.. Apr. 1 Wald Syst 1st pi apr 1 W Penn Rys 88 p ch. 15 EX-DIVIDEND TABLE." Vebruary 25— Fed, Min." & Smeiting, pf., q. Onio 0il Co., q. Wrigley Co. Standard O:l Ce February 27— 5 Sl a, February S, Realty & Imp., q.... . K. Realty & lmp., Pf. Februar Am. Tel. 20¢ 1% & Co.) checks, Mch. fie T & T 55 53 16 S : Pacific - 9% 933 Union Pacificev 6s 21 S1% 191! virginia Ry 1st 6s. 1 108% 108% | wogtern Pacific5s. 7 834 K 114% 116 | wigconsin Cent d4s. 2 78% 8% 86 1pm. 5315000 2p.m....6371000 % 82Y (Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs 9315 931 goid ratae. o ane poazd. . 1% Montreal, dolar ....... 1 i Mo : Gas& El5s 12 2 Yen 2/ Pacific 335 553 |UnlonPacistds. Meh. 20| Phil & Rdg C&15s. Union Pac 1st rf 5s 11 PhilaCo 5 o 3 103% 101% | wabash 1at s 96% | ywastern Md 4s. 2 62 7 36 50%!westShore Istds. 2 504 Wheel & LEcn 4s. 13 63% 100% 1d0% 91k 921 TOTAL SALES (Par Value): 112.m..2574000 12noon 4201000 7% g % 97% g e el FOREIGN EXCHANGE. 101% 101% gold valuve. 1044 1045 | London, . 4w 98% 97 | Pame, tranc . B Brussels, fras 5% 95% lg;: 107% 6% 83 8 105% 105% % 1021 102t 5 8814 8815, Berlin, mark 116’ 69%% 31 18% 9 7 1 4 4 9845 9314 | Pragac, crown Ge 77| Mae, W 61% =611 ! Christiania,” crown 108~ 103 | Stockboim,” crown }3-332 }5‘7‘.. ! By the Associated Press. 73% 13%| NEW YORK, February 21.—Foreign 96% 97% | exchanges steady. Quotations (in United gz gz' | States dollars): Great Britain, demand, 961 8y | 4:33% Cables, 4.32%: 60-day bills on ! banks, 4.30. France, demand, .0424% | cables, .0425. Italy, demand, .0431% cables,[0432%. Belgium, demand, {he can stocks. The action of the j GrCanan Cop. yubber and tire group suggested the ! Guantan Sugur covering-in_of a short terest which | Gulf Mo & Nor. Telt lh)lsl “I n: lgun 3 ‘A it ;;)utfil‘r;““' St St (3).. in exploit the unfaverable efforts! o Tant _” o evere u:m;»uu‘on upon :m:fi“c’;'((u' the carxxhiir—l—h:: comoanien. e e | Housen'd Pr (2). COPPER PROPERTY SOLD. ! Houstan o1, Hud Mot C (2) . Hupp Mot . Anaconda Pays $3,000,000 for | fydrautic Steel.. Davis Daly Company. i Tatien Moksere PORTLAND, Me.. February 21— | [pdian Refining.. The sale of the properties of the | yjand St! (2%). Davis Daly Copper Company to the | inc Copper (2).. Anaconda Copper Mining Oo. was | jne CORPI .pproved at a meeting of the Davis Internat Agri lialy stockholders heére yesterday. | I™ ¢ AZ Dt ‘'he sale price is $3.000,000, which | Interna P s <A1l give the stockholders $5 a s';A‘a.re {n:eé::‘l EAf'n:‘,,- X chares outstan AR S tor the 600,000 cha n. | 1t Carm K2E (3 fl;uumr:r‘ . ternat Nickel.. N. Y. Stock and Bond| | izisiai paper. Int Shoe_ip!‘(‘ 8). X IntT&T (6). Averages. i 15 Wednesday, February 20. Invincible Ol dividends are mot included. Kans & Gulf. STOCKS. Kan Cits South... sto s, $96.000 Total shares, Twenty industrials averaged 97.18; net los .8 “IMigh, 1924, 101 Twenty rallroads §3.40; net loss, 0%, High, 1924, 85.9 BONDS. Total bond sales (par value), $8,634,000. Ten first grade rails averaged 85.62; net loss, .05. Ten secondary rails averaged $3.72; net gain, .05. Ten public utilities averaged 86.38; ngt loss, .05. Ten industrials averaged 93.62; net loss, .10. Combined average, 87.34; net loss, .03. Combined average month ago, 8 year ago, 85.47. Ket Sp T pf (6).. i Kel Sp T'pf (8) .. Kenne Cop (2) .+ Keysto,e T& E.. Lee Hub & Tire.. Leh Val (3%) Lig & My rts. Lima Loco (2) .. Loft,Incorpor. . .. flard (12). ... 154% 1564 Louis& N'sh 65) 89% 89% 3cCror C(Dll)fl) . Xlo:“ lg:‘fi Molntyre (1) ... Y Mack Trucks (6) 854 86 Macy RH &Co.. 62% 624 Mallinson & Co... 24% 24% Manati Su pf (7) 85 Man Elemd gtd. 34% Mara Oll Explor. aéfi Market StRy. ... Market SR 2d pf. 17% Market St Ry pf. 24% MBS R prpf (6).. 56% Marland Ofl..... 37l Marlin-Rockwell 181 § Mart-Parry (3).. i 87 20 13% 693 26% €5 i Th TR low. 94.88. averaged low! §2.7 154% 9% 1004 16% B5% 62y 24% 85 844 30% 8 16 24 52 861 2% 33 Petroleum Makes . Deal With Midway 0il Company. SAN FRANCISCO, February 21.—The General Petroleum Corporation has taken over the Midway Oil Company holdings of approximately:1,400 acres of patented lands, all said to be proven territory in the Maricopa-Sun- zsc( 0Oil flelds of California, at a price —_— PARIS MARKET HEAVY. PARIS, February 21.—Prices were heavy on the bourse today. Three per cent rentes 64 francs 7 centimes. Exchange on London, 102 francs 90 centimes. Five per cent loan, €7 francs. The dollar was quoted at 23 francs 92 centimes. —_—— In Jadras and Bomba: women of good position have thei: own clubs, where men are admitte- on’ guesc nights, .3425;" Brazil, 'demand, .1212; Tokio, e 1y Soraary 21| demand, .45; Montreal, .96 31-32. eral yea: ago as a Chicago news- paper cartoonist, died suddenly. at hi; "LIVE POULTRY HIGHER. country home here yesterday. Hi: dcath . was caused by acute indiges. ccently Wiider had heen de. his titce Lo bis fa¥iu-. . of $3,000,000, A. Heyman, secretary of the Midway Oil' Company, announced today. A statement announcing the trans- fer says the lease is capable of pro- ducing %0,000 bLarrels monthly wheu wpelated ot capaeity. Hih. zow. Last. | CallMoney.... 4 4 4 HOURLY_SALES OF STOCKS. 11am,.... 206 000 1p.m..... 344 100 1819~ Dismood Mal : . ! WILL SELL QUEEN’S GEMS, | dutimen, Redakl Co. B G 1% By the Assoctated Press, L1 Galena Signal OIl ‘(o & A, BE. Q" 1 70 | HONOLOLU, February 21.—Sale at{Packard Joter Car. pf. q- ¢ i 20% lauctign of the late Queen Liliuoka- | Soutbern Pacifc; p. = lani's gorgeous crown’ jewels has| 1651 | been ondered by trustees of the estate| OIL LAND TAKEN OVER. 89% |of the late monarch of the islands. | 100y | The date for tho sale has mot been | gentral 16% 85% 62% 24m 85 8% 8% s 1% zm! b4 sm‘ i India, ! o8 raes: 0375%; cables, .0376. - Germany, de- |&:3! FINANCIAL. Grain, Produce and Live Stock LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET. Local markets will close at 11 o'clock tomorrow on account of the hollday, but many wholesale dealers will keep open throughout the day to supply their patrcns. There was no particular rush this morning because it was the eve of a holiday, dealers stated. Turkeys continue fairly plentitul at prevalling prices, toms being quoted at 30 and hens at 30 cents. These prices, dealers stated, should mal:: a retafl market of 40 and 45 cents. Chickens continue scarce and high, it being late in the season for such 112% | poultry. .Because of their scarcity, it |of Columbia Bankers® Association w: is stated, dealers are depending upon cold storage stock for supplies. The egg market is weaker, Aver- age receipts were quoted at 36 cents this morning, and dealers look for a further reduction in price the next few days. Eggs—Strictly fresh, selected, can- dled, per dozen, 38; averake re- ceipts, 36; storage, 26a3s. Live poultry-—Rooste: turkeys, per 15., 25230; ens, per 1b., 33a35; keals, youns, 60a70; fowls, per Ib., 23a24. Dressed poultry — Fresh - killed spring_ chickens, per Ib. 32a35: roasters, per 1b., 32a33; hens, per ib, 26227; turkeys, per lb. 30a25; keats. young, each, £0a85; roosters, per 1b,,” 20. Live ‘stock—Calves. choice, per 1b. 13al4; medium, per 1b. 12a13; thin, per b, 6a3. Lambs, spring, per "7 13, Live pigh, 3.0025.00 cach; live hogs, per Ib., 3. Green fruits—Apples, per basket 50a2.00; box, 1.50a3.00; per barrel, 2.00 26.00. 'California oranges, per crate. 3.50a4.50; Florida, 3.0024.00. Lemons. per box, 3.00a3.50. Grapefruit, 3.002 3.7, Cranberries, 4.50a5.00 per one- half barrel. Vegetables—Potatoes, nearby, per barrel, No, 1, 2.50a3.00; No. 2, 1.30a 2.00. Potatoes, round, per bag, 2.75a : sweet potatoes, 7.0040.00 per bar: outhern lettuce, per crate, 1. Iceberg, 3.00a3.25. Cabbage, northern, 2.00a2.50 per 100 1b 1da, 2.00a2.25 basket: nearby, barrel. Tomatoes, Florida. scuthern, per basket, 5.00a7. Peas. per basket, 4.008.00. Celery, Florida, 2.7523.00. Squash, 3.00a4.00. Peppers,_ per_crate, Florida, 2.5024.00. Eggplant. 4.00a5.00. Kale, per barrel, 0022.25. Spinach, per barrel. 4.50a 00: Tcxas, per basket, 2.00a2.25. Southern cucumbers, per bushel, 5.00 28.00. Carrots, 100-1b. sack. 3.25a3 50. Brussels sprouts, 25a30. Florida lima beans, 3.5025.60, {GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. BALTIMORE, Md, Vebruary 21 (Specia!).—Potatoes, white, 100 pounds, 90a1.90; 150-pound sack, 1.50a sweets and yvams, barrel, 2.50a 0: bushel, 1.0023.00: beans, bushe 0026.00; beets, 100. 4.00a6.00; broc- coli and kale, bushel. 35a30; brussels qGuart. 25a30; cabbage, 100, bushel, 10a50; car- .00; caulifiower, crate, 25; celery, crate, 1.75al. cu- bers, crate, 6.00a9.00: eggplants, per 1b., 1 spring_chic! each, 0a4.50. 3.50: onions, 100 pound oyster .plants, 100, 6.00a8. basket, 60a70; peas, hampe peppers, crate, | 3.00a4.30; hushel, 1.50al.75; tomatoe 1.5083 nips, bushel, 35a40. packed, barrel 2, 75: pineapples, Strawberries, quar Settllng Prices on Grain. Wheat —No. 2 red winter, spot, Jo. 3 red winter, spot, no quo- 3 red winter, garlicky. ie. 1.16; export, no quo. 4 redwinter, garlicky, tations; spot. tations; i spot, no quotations. les—None. i rol for yello rel for white 913%; track corn, No. 2 rye, spot, ts, 101 tons. The de- icaves much to be de- sired. While the demand is quite good for good c'over mixed and No. 1 clover y. the better grades of timothy are n ample supply and dragey. Damaged and low crades are dull and of uncer- tain value. Quotation: 28.00 per tol . X 23.00: . 1 light clover, mixed, 0a25.00: No. 2 clover, No. 1 clover. mixed, X . 1 clover, 24.; g traw—No. 1 straight rye, 24.00a .00 per ton; No. 1 tangled rye, 17.00a 18.00; No. 1 ‘wheat, 15.50216.00; No. 1 cat, 17.00218.00. DAIRY PRODUCTS. BALTIMORE, M., °February (Special). — Live _poultry — Turkeys, pound. 18a30: young chickens, 22a3 leghorns, 22a26; old roosters, 15al6; hens, 0al26; leghofns, 20a22; ducks, 233 geese, 17a22; pigeons, pair, 35a40; guinea fowl, each, 30a60. Dressed poultry—Turkeys, 18a30; chickens, old roosters, 15; geese, 18a22; capons, 30a35. Eggs (loss off)—Native and nearby firsts, dozen, 34; southern, 33. Butter—Creamery, good to fanc pound, 47a. prints, 52a54; nearb: creamery, 42a46: ladles, 30a32; rolls, 27a30; store packed. 27; dairy prints, 27a30; process butter, 39. TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES. CHICAGO, February 21.—Influenced by reports that the British docl 50a 09; No. wheat market here developed strength today during the early deal- ings. Buying, however, lacked volume. ~Bears contended that with May wheat selling under the deferred 89% } months at this time of the year a; bull campaign was untenable. opening, which ranged from % low er to %4 higher, May 110 to 110% and July 110% to 110%, was followed by a slight sag and then by an ad- vance all around to above yesterday's finish. Despite considerable selling pret sure, duc to clear cold weather, corn and oats showed firmness. Predic- tions of a sharp reduction of re- ceipts of corn were current. After opening at % off to % advance, May §0 to 80%, the corn market eased a trifie more and then scored slight Low. 1.10% 110 110% 1104 111 -110% Close. 110% 1108, 108, 1105 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, TFebruary 21 (United States Department of Agriculture).- Hogs—Receipts, 65,000 head; slo mostly 15 lower. Good and choice 250 to 300 pound butchers, 7.2087.25; top, 7.25; desirable 160 to 225 pound avers ages, 7.00a7.15; packing sows, 6.15a ,35; good and cholce weighty killing pigs, 6.00a6.50; big packers inactive. Cattie—Receipts, 9,000 head; moder- ately active; beef steers steady to 15 higher. Choice matured steers held above 11.75; early top, 11.00: bulk early sales fed steers, 7.76a$0.00; veal calves 50 to 75 up; bulk to packer: 10.50a11.25; few 11.50; outsiders, hand- up to 14.00; bulk bologna 525.00; she stock steady to | strong; _fat cows, 5.0086.50; beef Reiters, 5.50a7.00 mostly; some desir- able yeariing heifers, 7.00a8.00. Sheep—Receipts, 15,000 head; fairly active; fat wooled lambs 15 to 25 lower: best sheep around steady: in- Detween grades 15 to 25 lower; feed- ing Jambs strong; bulk fat wooled 1lambs, 14.75213.15; top, to city butchers .50; 0dd lots showing 3 upward to 9.50; feed- i : squash, crate, 4.09a5.00; tur- strike had virtually been settled, the | The | BANKERS WILL voTE ON ANNUAL DINNER Association Member Asked to Express Views—$10,000, 000 Bond Issue Authorized. The advisability of holding usual winter banquet of the Distri be determined by popular vote o member institutions, Harry V. Haynes president of the association, has dc- cided. He, therefore, has addresser to all members a circular letter asi.- ing them to state their cholce in matter. and, if favoring the dinnc-, :fiminddlum drl'Ae'_‘number of rese s desired. cques B S enred eplies are reque. H Expenditures of the local assn tion have been abnormally large this winter, due principally to the hea: draughts made on its members by tt visiting Investment Bankers' As: ciation convention held here “som months ago. At that time Washin, ton banks bore jointly with local 1 vestment houses the expenses o bringing the conclave to thiy aits. For this reason Mr. Haynes i3 re luctant in dictating additional ex- penditures, and has wisely decided tn put the proposition squarcly up tu the indivdual members. During the reign of John B. Larne: as head of the association three vear- ago a buffet supper, preceded by « business meeting, was substituted fo the usual banquet, which worked o’ With great success at a minimy cost. Exchange Tradisg Quiet. Transactions in local securiti. were again quiet on the Washingto: Stock Exchawee this morning. Raii- way preferred cased off to 74 on a:. odd-lot sale of cight shares, but Gas Light stock was firm at 49%. e shares of Real Estate Insuranc: Company changed hands at 134, and 12 like amount of American Securit and Trust Chmpany sold at 305. Unic Trust Company brousht 166 186, and Merchants’ Bank and Tru. Company was unchanged at 129, Washivgton Gas 5s were unchans: at 934, the 65 of 1933 brought 1091 and Ralilway 4s sold at 71 600 Expeefed at D Approximately 600 bankers, bari directors and Washington Chapter American Institute of Banking, to b held at exening. The program has been ecarefull: prepared and, besides a special enter tainment phase, includes four drosses. to be delivered by James | Dulin, jr., president of the local bod: Clarence R. Chaney, national pre. dent of the institute; Harry V. Hayn. of the District Bani ers' Association, and Martin A. Mor son, ex-congressman. Several local bankers will atten the dinner of the Baltimore Chapr- {10 be held tonight Bank Holiday Tomorrow. Banks and financial houses suspend_ husiness tomorrow or count of W hington's birthda: $10,600,000 Issue Granted. The Philadelphia, Baltimora Washington Nailway Company {authorized today the Interstar. Commerce Commission to ue $10.- 000,000 worth of gold bonds to rep: the treasury of the Pennsriv railroad for money spent on the fi mer road. The P. B. and W. subsidiary of the Pem RELIEF FOR HEBRIDES INHABITANTS PLANNED Sulgrave Institution Cables Edin- , burgh Provost for Informa- tion as to Needs. { ‘ By the Associated Press. B XEW YORK, February 21—Thc & grave Institution yesterday cable provost of Edinbur to usk wha f{supplies und money were necded for {relief of the starving inhabitants of 1the Hebrides, whose plight had come ito the attention of the Institution through reports from abroad. Lord Balfour, in response to a query las to what the institution eould d> to help, sald funds for the relict {work would be gratefully received |by the Edinburgh provos lerroneously stated last {Lord RBalfour had first stitution’s attention to conditions | the islands. but a statement from t! jorganization today brought out t {the institution had taken the i istep toward organizing relief. l John A .Stewart, chairman of th {imstitution’s board of Fovernors, made public a tclegram from C. Bascomi Slemp, secretary to President Cvol idge, in which Mr. Slemp said he Lad called the attention of the American Red Cross to conditions in the island Mr. Stewart also announced that membtr of the committee for t relief of starving German children had told him the committee would b glad to co-operate in helping the islanders, and was prepared to send food packages to them. These con- tributions, it was £aid, probably coul be forwarded to the islands from 1h: committee's base at Hamburg. | WIDOWS’ PENSION BILL WINS COMMONS’ FAVOR Not Hostile Word Heard Toward Measure to Relieve Deserving Poor in Britain. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 21.—The prv posed establishment of pensions t. all widows with children or mothers Whose bread-winners arc incapaci tated received a remarkable unani- mous reception in the house of com- mons. It was brought forward lasi night by the laborite, Charles Dukes. and not a hostile word was uttercd ny party. Py ohilip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer, said the government ac- cepted the motion In principle. Tt already had _instituted an inquiry into the subject and hoped to sub- mit a feasible plap during the lif: af_the present parliament. i “Even if our tenure of office is no long,” he said, “we shall be dix- appointed, indeed, if we are unablc to add to our legislative achieve- ments a measure doing justice these deserving people, whose clain: ought Tong ago to have been recos. nized.” The minister's admission that sucl 2 sum as £20,000,000 could not be ir- cluded in the coming budget won th. approval of the whole house. Severa conservative and liberal membcr supported the motion, which s agreed to without division. DRY AGENTS ALLEGED IN PAY OF BOOTLEGGERS Send Tips to Harlem Resorts Be- | fore Raids, Negro Pub- | lisher Testifies. | By the Associated Press. | o NEW YORK, Febrary 2i_kec eral prohibition enforceme! ents are on a pay roll subscribed by ilic: liquor venders in Harlem, Frederic R. Moore, owner of the New York Age, a publication for negroes, test. fled 'at the trial of Policc Inspecto: } Thomas McDonald, charged with las- ity in liquor law enforcement. M. { Moore, a negro, sald he knew of two instances of federal agents warning owners of resorts of impending raids. These tips were given out in the “Harlem belt” as recently as Thurs- day and ¥riday of last weck, Moorc | aid. ana_on both occasions. he al leged, federal agents, armed Wit. search warrunts, failed to find evi- @ence when they made rilds. tho New Willard Satur v president ) < ’