Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1924, Page 10

FINANCIAL. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. .C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1924 FINANCIAEL. EASY MONEY HELP | [o=me vorx BONDS o wxomwen] Greiy: Produce and SERIIRTIES STRONG . IN LOCAL MARKET Ouls Elevat (8).. 164" 156 184 184 .I-u BUND MARKEl N I G H : RAILROADS. .| LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET. 7] . 15 % o8, High., Low. ;i 3 Otis Steel. 1% 1% 11% 1% (Fractions represent thirty - seconds. | Atehison gen 4s. .. i Teovi “Wevi| Changeable weather did mot have _ 1 BRISK ADVANCES ~ |[NEW_YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Received by Private Wire Direct te The Star Ofice Open. Migh, Tew. Close. AdamsExp (6).. 78 78 78 !S Alr Reduct (4).. 78% 78% 78% 8% e 5 e SN | Agax Rubbe 8% 9 Ry 8%l OtisSteelpf.. . 70 71 70 71 Example: 93-2 means 98 3-32.) Atlantic CL1st4s. 1 86Y,! ~Bot {TINCH: elect on the market thia week | . [ACheDre . o 0w g igzlowenunul(l). My A s Suie, Tigh, Lo, Clow. | BEODIINGs o un 974 Gesionse s obo ot of cemR 2 i H i H is-Ch-Mf (4). 451 45% 454 . %s. 242 995 . 5 2% market showed a decided weakening e . Heavy Buying in Oils During|A/c€bae oy, 115~ 110 uz 12 ;’.:figfhfil‘l" S French Issues Make Sharp|riiozass ;23 5528 e o 4 101% 101' 101' | fendency, oo SClpTANES Real Estate Title and Capi- Brief S . Trade R AAm‘-::HChem.. 125 12% 12% l-‘/* Paclfic Off (% 54% R * . Liblst4%s... 156 99-8 B&ucr‘e:»";" xg 86% sg% gg% Poultry prices remained firm. e — = m Agri Chempt 87 37 7 O 2. B Lib2d 4 39 99:6 ref 86 8% ceipts were small and there was a fair- : rief Session—Trade Re pu e A L o 1| Recovery Liberty Issues |luzdsxs... 3o oo BEQSWANYLS 1 gma omi omi| Iy Tpood demana.’Lower brices ro tal Traction Features. . m Bosch 84 34 34 Pan Amer B (8) - « Lib4th4%s.. 6 99-8 ledods... 5 67% 6% not antlcipated until late in e { - B views Favorable. Am Can 1§ 1% 10 14 114 | pRATPRE I 466 4T 48 (3 Also Go Forward. US4%s1553,. 931007 100-5 1007 |BKIn-Manhat6s. 161 743 3% 74 |SPring and dealers are depending upon Financial Notes. 4 Am Can pf (7). 1125 112% 112% 112%| penn Rariea (1) bes Canadian North7s 1 113% 113% 113% | Turkeys continuo. fairly _plentiful, . et o IR sk b éfi; Penn Seab Steel.. FOREIGN, . Tow. Close. | Canad Pac deb 4s.. 50 79% 79 79% | Prices ranging from 30 to 35 cents, and By che Associated Press. [ Am oot 56% 56% 4 88%| Peop Gas Cn (1. BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. Atyininsda 5 101% 1011 101% | Car Clinch & 05s. 25 93 92 93 |mMeats are plentiful at prices reported | Washington securities wers dec.d NEW YORK, February 23.—Stock of.... 11% 11% 11% Phila Co (4) .. .cn sy ~g6% 86%|CArClinch&06s. 16 98 . 97% 97% | ¥, dealers as being reasonable. 1y strong in today's session on the 1 Special Dispatch to The Star. Austria 7s. . Am Drug Svnd 5 3 b% 5% e NEW YORK, February 23.—Bonds| Belgium 7%s. Am.&F.P.25%pd 95% 95% 95% 95% 178 81 e & 5 There are. aj upplles of fruits 46 100% 100 1004 [Ches & Onlocvbs, 1 oty o1% 91% | GCCE Bre, ample eupplts oL TUIT | cal stock exchange, majer interes Phila & 2 &R&T wi Ches & O cv 4145, Phil Mor (50c).. 18% 19 18% 18% Pprices moved up briskly today in response 1o a further improvement | Am For b ¢ pd, i 19 were strong and active during the | Belgium 6s. 146 98% 98 98% | Gp3! 8 90 8% 90 lriety to be found at this season. AD- | centering on Real Estate Title Insur in general business conditions as re- | Am Hide& L pt PRI (s B 20% SaM 38K iated semion today. The de.|BelSiumsel 11l g1 101 1017 101 GG BianSYs.. 70 88k 314 384 ples’aro very plentiful and cheap. ance Company and Capital Trastic Ph'nix H pf (7) 0 1 77 T6u T6%| g aeipg 2 G2 524 524 | dled Ser oy S e eeipiz, |StOcKs. The former recorded a net 4 56 |34: storage, 26ads. vance of & points to a new high e 75%| Live poultry—Roosters, per b, 17; Rl o G 56 | turkeys, per lb., 25230; spring chick- e 5 pop o) fen \ per 1b., 33a35; keats, young, each, i thirty shares sal 0; fowls, per 1b., 23aZ4. . ing at this figure, 9735 | Dressed poultry — Fresh - kille W 773 | Spring chickens, per lb, 32385i(hold its recent sirang lecel at 41, 7901 | roastors, “per: b, 32a33: hens, PeFland Ruilway nrefieed sata b it Ib, 26a27: turk per _1b., 3023 enty-fiv oferred ol st T41, T6% | keats, young, each, 80a83; FOOSLers,| Company <old 4t 1nnis per b, 20, Waskington Gas Ge o7 1033 change Bern 8s. . 1 26% 26% 26% 26%|mand for investments undoubtedly|Bolivia 8. LT i) iGreat Wes 88 8% %‘g Chi M & SCP ey 76% 70% T6% | Cnjdrg St p s 2n, 94 93% 9% )G MES poy 4100 99% 99% 99% S 101% 101 ~ 101% ous trade and mercan- | Am Internation. . AmLaFFE (1) Am Linseed. . ... Am Lacomo (6) . flected 1n va tile review Heavy buying of the oil shares which advanced 1 to 4 points, W Am Radintor (4) the featur 0od exhibition of | Am Saf R (50c). £roup strength also were given by | AmSm & Re (5) the low-pricel rails, steels and other | 4m Sugar... industrial group Atlantic Refining iflgfi,;fl(::; advanced 4 points, Tidewater, 3, and | Am Water Wks General Electric. Dupont, National | Am W Wpr (4). Pierce-Arrow pf. PierceOll....... 31 8% 3% 3% |was influenced to a degree by the re- | Bordeaux 6 :,;:lr:ep g;lll:” gg 32 gg §§ newed easo in the money market, as | Brazilgs.. . .. s C “em o vi o Ci 2 Pitts Ut (195) 11 11% 11% 113 |cVidenced by call loans late last|Canada e 1928, Pitts & West Va. 41ty 41% 41% 41% |Thursday s low as 3% per cent out-| o poqo £ 5047 Postum Cer (4). 524 63% b2% b3 [side of the stock exchange and the | Camads oo1958. Prod & Refiners. 35% $6% 35% 36% |sharp advance in surplug ratio of the | Chile 85 1946 PubSerNJ (4).. 48 43 42% 42%|Federal Reserve Bank, revealed in its| Chile 851941 Pub SNJ pf (8). 100% 100% 100% 1007 | weekly statement of condition, Which | chile 75 1943 Pullman Co (8).. 120 ' 120 120 120 |ocrtalaly was suggestive of continu- | Copeniocer 137 998 99% 99% | i af gk D s 8 4 4 9 4 7 1 5 100% 100 100 1 104% 104 104% 5 155 0 100 8 96% 5" | Chi T H & SE 51 188 88 88 |op LSS0 8 924 92% 92% . 0 7 1 1 6 5 7 8 5 1 8 1 3 5 hington « ek continued ¢ l.cad and Houston Oil, 2 to Fresh | Am Woolen (7' FUNEAIBIEY. 6an G OO GT R e o cubaba. ..., ChiUj 5 Live stock—Calves, choice, per 1D, | hands at 1y % OLTHE Heaviness cropped ouf in the Coppers | Am Ziperr. 2., Prac B A ) S 2O | T e dnty RiEher than the | Cacchoslovakila B4, 10 9% 95 95% | Gy oy s o 3S ¢ 114% | 13a14; mediam, per 1b., 12813: thin, | sold ai 937, And caniinl yreomnas Chi & W Ind cn 4s. 108 107% 108 “ &SL rf 68 A 943 | Cleve Tarm 5 277 | Cleve Tevwm 412 934 | Colo & Sou a3%s.... 95% | Del & Hudson 5345, 86% | Den & Rio G t;z‘s. 9% D& RGstress lz:t‘a ?;r 1b., 6a8. Lambs, spring, xtr‘:::.- brought 461y 2 4 .0025.00 each; live . . O Ll ] North American Dividend. Green fruits—Apples, per basket.! A quarterly dividend on the com- £0a2.00; box, 1.50a3.00; per barrel, 2.00 | mon stock North American 26.00. ‘California oranges, per crate. | Company will be paid on Aprii 1 i 5024.50; Florida, 3.00a4.00. Lemons,|common €tock wt the rate of one per box, 3.00a3.50. Grapefruit, 00a farn,_m ‘nl' one 8.75. Cranberries, 4.50a5. Leld &t the ¢ and chemicals. The cloxing was strong. Sales ap- fi','.}::;":,‘,ffi,‘" Proximated 100,000 shares. AssoDry G (5).. H r OILS AND RAILS LEAD. | ATp 0 (1% Atl Birm & At. . | At Coas » Both Strong in Today's Short Wall | 4s Gers e s, " Ray Cons Cop. Reading (4) Reading rts. 11% 56% . 16% Remington Type. 42% Rep Ir & Steel. 5T Rey Tob B (3) 681 Roy D'tch (3.46) 56% | 5t Jos Lead (12) 267 ’ St L San Fran. i 11% |ago. The easier money market tend 56% | ed to counteract to an extent the dis- 16% |couraging influence on victories in|Denmarkgs.... 41% | Washington by radical tax revision- | DutchEI53%s,... 576 | 1sta Dutch East I 65'47. 69% Recovery in French Bends. Dutch Tast Liesie2. B T, 55%!{ rorcien bonds continued to com- | Lramerican Tis Denmark 8s. 94% 87% 93% 93% 864 96% 51 95 74 | mand attention, particularly among the | ~ a X = Street Tradine, AtGulf& WIpf. S1% Ef;; traders who take a speculative position | Erench Govt 7is. 3;‘5 | Erie 1st con 4s. half barrel. 9 also 2 { Auantic Ref (4). St LoSan Fr pf G |in the market. The feature today was | Taiti 8. G 100% [t Bend Vegetables—Potatoes, per « BY STUARY WEST, i Auto Sales pf..... St L Sothwent. 385 | &y gharp recovery in I'rench bond aly 6125 192 g 00% | Erie conv 3 rrel, No. 1, 2.50a3.00; preferred palbloTE X | L SOMAWONE < eio) 8% | which was due, of course, to the ne Japanese 1st 434s. 97 (¥rieconv4sB..... Potatoes, round, me tockholde li¢ Star. | Bald Laco (7). Savage Arms, 45% { tfrom Parts that the expert investiga- { Japanese 2d 412s, 97 | Gr Trunk sf db 6s. sweet potatoes, Transfer books wil ebruary 23—Two | Bal & Ohio (5 Schulte (§8) 4 103% | tors had concluded that Germany could | Japanese 4s. . ..... 3 80% | Grand Trunk 7s Southern lettuce, i Mareh e 1h and the Jow-priced | Bang & Arpf (7) Seaboard Air L. 10t | casily (give the allies what they have | Japanese 61 w 1. 27 93 |Gr North gen 79, .. 102 200: "~ Teeberg, 3§ strong in| Barnsdall A Seab'd Air Lpf. . 219, | been demanding. Japanese bonds also | Jergens U M 65 '47. 79 | Sr North gens tys Qg horthern, 2002250 per 100 Ibs TeaRive e 3. . "% ida, 2.00a2.55 baske! nearby, 84 lharrel. Tomatoes, Florida. 3 “ton Sears Roe & Co. 9015 | Were active, but their price was slight- | L5 6g. Sencca Cofffer. on on the | Barnsdall B. B% | 1 easier 6% | Havana I % From the outsct| Beh Nut (2409, 7 yans NELEE 76% | Hud & Man ref 5s. Marseillo 8 he lead and as a rule by Liberties were stronger. Third 4%4s = 5 82% | Beans, scuth basket, & held by signing 2 a rulc | Beth Steel (5). ... Shell Un O11 (1) 18% | again sold at par. while all of the other Me:r:::x::}z s S1% | Hud & Man aj 5 62%4 | Peas, per batket, 400a8.00. form proviged fo parpe U prices sinee tho ro-| e Stipe (7). : downward move- | : hardened, | Beth St pf (8) . Simmons Co (1). Simms Pet.. 95% | 111 Central bigs 22% |issues were higher. o 124% In the railroad division the buying | Norway 6s 194 223 |of the semi-speculative issues was | Norway 6s 195 101% | Florida, 61% | Peppers, per crate, FI jad.00 oL Tater th 60% | EggDlant, 4.00a5.00." Kale, per barrel, New Bonds on ) b/ quash, 4.00a8.00. {so thut it shall be rec by 1 rida, 2.50a4.00. { compan cent check to ment Int Rap Tr 55 stpd. 92% | Int Rap. Trans 6s. . W e cRaSuma re Sinc Con Ofl Jurtly as a uit of short covering, | Br Em Stl2d pf... i a3 and, taking the list as a whol u..\,c{ Br'k Edison (8). Skelly Oil. . 26% | the outstanding development, with | Orient Dev deb 6s. 20 86% {Int Rup Tran 7s. 871 | 2-00a2. Spinach, per barrel, 4.50a geueral appearance of bun.\--IBr‘k-ManTmn Nloss-Shef Stl. 63 |p:mic-glur attention paid to Seaboard | Paris-Ly's-Med 6s. 59 Int & G Nor aj 6 Boi; | 5.00; Texas, per basket, 2.00aZ.25 "F“'ar:lZ*H during most of the trading. | Brk-Man Trpf.. So P Rico Su (6) 8515 { Air_ Line securities, the buying of [ Prague 1% .29 Towa Cent rf 45 2% ! Southern cucumbers, per bush offering $ a3 50, { mortgage bo o ord ctive favorites, | But C& 2 (50c) .. South Pac (6) ... 8815 | Which is based oh the apparent pass- IKan City Fy z ;. _ A United States Stoel common. | Butte & Superior. Southern RY. ..me 4% |ing_of all danger of a receivership | Queensland Gx. ... Kansas Fits & o é';’& Brussels sprouts, 25a20. Iiorida lima |nanolls b v under constry win Locomotive, Studebaker o South Ry pf (5) 713% | Which a few years ago was deemed | Rio de Jan 55 1946, Kan C Y% 1 beans, 2.50a5.00. a8 b and H streets northwes: » Can. went moderately { Cal Packing (6). 6413 | imminent. Riode Jan 8s 1947. 81% i e issuc -d February 1 19% | a5.00. Carrots, 100-Ib. sack Stoil Cal (2). StOINJT (1)... StOil N J pf (7). Sterl Pr (15%) ... Stew't War (10). StrCar (19% Lake Shore 4525 Lake Shor. 31 Lehigh Valiey 6s Louis & N uni 4s. . i Louis & N gs 2 AND PROVISIONS. matures ° Fe building will be {leven stories with the ground floor oceupied | stores and the remainder 0 [ ment z o0 The bushel, f ga44'0o 5% GRATY BALTIMCRE, “but were uvershadowed by |Cal Pet (18).... oils and the low-priced raile, | Ccllahan Z Lead. Leaders Among Oils, Calu & Ariz (2).. Among the (Facifc oil and (:“‘;%f:f_s;";n;~ Standard Oil of California were esi z . Siatiy tvon il Gaeta: Cent Leather Co. 1 6 3 3914 Other Insaes Active. Pio Gr Do Sul 8s... 9 18 | TIn corporation bonds, buying of Sao Paulo City $s. 3 0 4 2 Md., February toes,” white, ~ 10 150 pound sack, 1.5 sweets and yams, barre], 2.5 60 'Sinclair and other oil bonds, of sugar | Scine Dept of 89% convertible bonds and of copper bonds | Serbs Crotes Slo 8s 773, | was a feature. Gilt-cdged invest- | Sweden 6s. . estimated unnval strong. 'l decided improy Studebaker (1 ments were firm. especially the rails | Ud Kingm 5lzs " 2 B i hte California oil situation | Cerde Pas C (4) Boiisheler (192 1%“[.,, e Tt s jeapecially allp LS sy o 60, | 3:60a5.00; beets 0 broe e upbidding | Chand Mot (6) ... Superior Oil...... 21, | The total amount of new bond of- | Zurich §s e 2 P s % Y ahbaEe bl ontehi o e e e 1 of New | Ches & Ohio (4). Sweeta Co of Am., Sys | ferings this week was only $35,089,- MK&Toprinsg ‘bushel, 40a50; A Tetioanauct of the Jocal o dersey was pushed aliead, | Chicago & Alton g 2% 1300, compared with $172,625,000 the MISCELLANEOUS. MK&T 4B caulifiowe BN anstitute of Banking eluir, Houston, Ehillipe, Marls Chic & Alton pf. Tenn C &Ch (1). 9 iprevious week. Railroad issues led | Ajax Rubbegss... 4 93 65 C. ; crate. 158 Chatrman 11N Burnein ! B e D whne|| ChemantTIle. Texas Co (3) ... 43% |in volume with a total of $13.154,300. | Am Agr Chem 7%s 18 ,' s Taars g 3 : 6.00a5.00; eggpiants, | Speechis 1) gt Shs B “Nt{ Chie Gt West pt. Tex G S (16%) .. i e s S Am Chain s f 65'33. il * iettace. harmper, Dulin, F5 3 suthern Railway, setting well | Ch Mil & St P pi Texas & Pacific. . 211 Am Smit&R 1st 5s. 23.50+ 100 pounds, 1.50a: ton chapter ot ficross 13 Tor the firal time. stood out | Chic& Nohthwt Tex & PacC& 0. s 13'| AMERICANS DRINKING |2msmiares... aterplants, 100, 6.00a8.00; parsnip Harry conspicuously eaboard Air Line pre- [ Chi> R1& Pac.... Third Avenue. . .. % 10% Am Sug ref 6s Dbasket, 60a mper. 4.00a4. serred, Wabash preferred A, Missouri | Chile Cop (2 . Tide Wat Oil (4) 51 141 I AmT& T cl tr 5 il ch, bu- Pacific_preferred. Rock Island, St | Chino Copper. ... Timken (13%). . s ars| CUBA s FUEI. SUPPLY AmT & T ol tr 4 4 Atk ToUl Sua e { Gluett, Peab (55 TebFroa (8). 265 63% AmT&Tdeb i 86 {3500 squast priced rails also were stronk under | Gocq_Cota (7)... ol - 89 v | Nenitiav % | bushel. . he stimulus of the buying in South » - I New Havenecd i Fatiway. CThe prospect of a divi- Tob Prod pt (3).. 114 w Haven d 45 nnually bei Transcont Oil. ... Anaconda cv db 7s New Haven Liberty Bond Warning. o= 101 S n 910019 2 10 10w 10 91 €1 011 15 00 60 4% | Alcohol Used on Island in 'Anta-g_‘mwmhmss 54| mobiles Being Smuggled to §-Armour & Codiis. o U. S. by Bootleggers. | dend at the rate of § Col Garvan (o) uthern Railwa: declared at the C Un Pacific (10) . New York R ol meeting on March 13 was the incen- [ Comp Tab R (6). Ut Alloy Stl (3), 132t NYRY ot o iits It is gener ded i tive for the advance | Congoleum (3).. Ot T mest Armour of Del 5 NY Rysadj os et el here bas bee Settling Prices on Grain. | more or i liberty red winter, sopt.!bonds since o whiel has operated so in the stock, gave the Consol Cigar Associated Oil 65. INYW&B Consol Gas (5) WV & Bos 4 Norfolk & W cn 4 i Ltd Ry Invest pt.. {Gscip(2). - mac Barnsdall s f §s 46 Wheat—No. of continufl’ confidence | Gons i g8 P . 3 87 |119000 No. 3 red winter, spot, No quo- |into the markels of ihe commtis atte holders would bring :abuul’g‘o:"‘%::):!‘l;fi {_ Eu: P (7) i '52:;‘1‘:‘::0 Qor,:lk AW 7 {L14%: No. 3 r B Rt T R mtry, the ent of dividends, which has| ixpress. ... | OFFICIALS KNI = 2 Northern Pac 2s. i spot, domestic, 1.16'%; export. no quo- |ordinarily purchas, honds i 30 Tons becn delayed and which now {£orn PrR (19) U S Ind Alcohol. o OW SITUATION | Beth Steel rf 5 | Northern Puc 4s. P ongs No. 4 red winter, garlicky, |strong box purpo o0 the i i{'Corn Pr R nw wi. fof a of 1} USR&Im (8).. 10416 —_— Beth Steel pm 5s. . spot. no quotation \ks ‘themselve | Beth Steels £ 6s | Northrn Pacri6s. red. e & Seems as { Cosden Co... A ‘ % 364 85% 36%| U s Rubber. 5 sl Ore & Cali Sales—None. In this connection one of oun- I Chemical Shares Break. il S Z - i 37% = 2 cdis, Ore alif 1st 5 Sale: e s 5 coun gain broke below 68 to-! Gup, S, 4 A U S Smelting. ... ‘ 2912 oy it &% Pennsyl g . e 0 o ahh epst 1Y Dentinent SoLih, Mog warn ted fresh disappoint- | Gunen Cane s Iy USSteel (13%). 1043 104% Havana Authorities. j Calif Pete s icn. I Penneyl gen & tel for white: No.2 com: spot. 013 inent to nt upward move U S Steel pf (7). Utah Copper (4) Utah Securities.. { Pennsyl 6155, Pennsyl gold | Perc Marq 1st 5. .. j tions, notabl, | the dividend outlook. bought, and are 1t of the stock was the ble hecause of the firm- !ow, No. 3. new, 107% | Sales—None. 2 i Chile Copper 6: G&ES { Cub Dora Sugar. ! Cusamel Fr (4).. 66% | special Dispatch to The Star. e advance snore noti the 21 Diep jc 3 famoun'ts, expe Hgh ts of their indus-!Dav 1 Sy | HAVANA, February 23.—Cuba has | Commonwth P 6: i . Haancsoi ce advance iR m‘r o ! ‘SM'U:;':L;;:‘F(?)"} YanzditimCore.« 2| found something else to be mad at|Con Coal Md letis e 8931 Rvo—Nearby, e kg jed Chemical's earnings for 1823 o ) 3 0 *ni 5 % at | CUl = g Ss. eading gn 41:sw! spot, $0. in \llied Chemical's ea s for 1923 | Del L& W (6 Va.Caro Chem B, < '{the United States abouf It is that | Cupata™ S0 S0 o R G Wt el g, 88% | SPOL 32 Receipts, 131 tons. Lon fully warranted an_iner dividend from the present $1 annual- 1y. and many people have looked & larger distribution, but the | Dome Mines (2). | Du Pt de N (8) | Duq Lt stpf (7). t a fair demand for desirable qualities | of timothy, ver mixed and No. 864 | ciover, for which grades the Va-Caro Ch pf... Wabash... Wabash pf A. 18% | Americans are drinking up its fuel | Cuba Can 1415 | supply. i Dery (DG) T 4311 Alcohol, a by-product of the sugar | Det Edison r 500 :[St LIM&S R&G ds. SCL1M&S SFpl4sA h they could liqui sramble to unlo azement has adhered to a o Wabash pf B. ... ; . P : ;. S . The demand is prineipally sudden shifting or th five dividend poliey. As Waid Sy8 (1300 28 | industey, is widely used for fuel in; DREORLACEIES (8 o 82 that sells from 25.00 1o 26.00 kies m ToRSORDLY em company has got in Wob & Heilb (1) { Cuba. Where Americans burn it spar- | DesCuba Sug 71 62% | per ton, but the bulk of present re (0 unsettled market Situi- 30" 300 to” 2% lingly in epirit lamps and coffce per- nd result in 91% | ceipts are of low grade and damaged | tion d of profits 75% | qualities and are sold at big dis-| antia present (1 inz position. A ‘sharp recovery in French fran West Penn (2) Empire G&F o _ e 2d pf. West Mary 2dpf. 18 18 18 18 |colators, Cubans tt - | Fisk Rubber8s.... 2 . had b the principal dent wie y 8 3 8 S, ans use it to run auto. isk R 99 unts. s arrayed ¢ “lde Triays " Burepean markets. The Immn“s PI(8). { Western Pacific.. 16 16 16 16 |mobiles, stoke kitchen ranges and ml : 5 S Bnbtations—X are o prthng an opporiuni movement went ¢onsiderably further {goq M & S pf (7). WestUnTel (7). 108 108 108 108 ! ¢yrn some of the wheels of i Gen Elec deb 3s... St P Un Dep 3158 6% | 2800 per ton sell out at the top without knowir today, carrying rates back cnough 1o | pey AV R (64¢) West Air Br (6) . 92 l rn some of the wheels of industry. | Gien Refractres 6s. an A & Arn P4 98 100225.00; No, tiy: Whol the Waiting. buyers | 5 undo ‘most_ of the loss of the panic | aAam ot West E& M (4).. 611 | Alcobol-burning motorists, the first | Goodrich 61s. cub'd A Lref 43. . 51 | 23.00a25.00: No. 2 clox 5. 1 clover. mixed, 0a25.00. 0. 1 straight rye, paney o T 3 | Fisk Rub pf 4 P s hute | FTchm'n (13%). ‘Wheel & L Erie. . § |to make a public uproar against the | GoodvearSs1931.. Wheel & L Er pt.. Goodyear 8s 1941. Hershey 6s 1942 period early in the {Seab'd A Lad) 5s. provement may hav. ab'd A L con 63 19 | soaring prices of their equivalent for e upon the retreat o el Wh Eag Oll (2). 26% B ; = ? Sou Pacific 45 1929 ceur standing short interest. But it wn- ;rf“"dfi'.';;:.s)' White Mot (4) 57;'[ gas” attribute the ecrisis almost | jymble O&R 5 Sou Pacific ref 4 00 per to ng d for the g Be St Boly doubtedls refiected at thé same _time | Freepo L wlwholly to American bootleggers. | Tilinots Bell 1<t 4% | Southern Ry 15t 6s. L Jhes I5R0AIRD ¢ issue e i generally better "-_ T\x"' 0»‘\1“- l‘\“; Gen Asphalt Wickwire Sp Stl.. 854 | Their fuel, they protest, is being car- | Int Paper 1st5s A. 83% | Southern Ry gn 4., 218.00. financial ~outlook, bas © | Gen Elec (8) . Wilson & Co. 191; | ried ¥, shipload after shipload, to | Int Mer Marine 6s. 81% | Southern Ry 6 e o s o anab 1 Z o 5 i i Southern Ry TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES. = % e Gen El spe (60c) Wil & Co pf (7). 65 . satisfy American thirsts. 'KCP&Lt 91 ISouthern Ry 6s ot. ie = c 23, S Gen Mot (1.20) | Willys-Overlaad. 120 Ostensible Destination. Kayser (1) 7 4 * | Third Ave adj 55 CHICAG Ee Ty o il heced . WARRANT AGA‘NST : Gen Mot db (6) ! Willys-Over pt § | Ostensibly the liquor is destined for | Kelly-Spring 8s... 1 L& W3t reflecting higher quotations at Union Pac 1st 4s. ®| Union Pac 1st rf 4s Virginia Ry 1st §s. tern Md 4s. Western Pacific 53, | West Shore 1st 4s Wright Acro (1). 115 | St. Pierre Miquelon and other wet | Lackawas 5s Wrig W Jr (3) 38 ; spots north of the Amerloan horderw{'i‘fl"'"'g Myrs ut that fact doesn't even fool the { Magma Copev pilFirty eatrs. Pasable in preterred stock. | Zuyas movernment. officials of which | Manat) Sug 5f %5 e atnal een e !m'ud"an“z"mm“ that St. Pierre Miquelon, for ' Midvale Steel 5s... latest quarterly or halfyearly declarations | inStance, has “imported” enough ] Alontana Power 58 Unlees “othermise noted, eitra or apeeisj | liquor in the last couple of years o | Morris&Co 15t 45 dividends are not included. have completely submerged it in a | New Eng Tel fery sea. They also admit that the | 89% | Liverpool. 10 §3% | went above 1.11 and met with less| 933 | selling pressure than has been usu: 62 |on advances of late. Possibilities of 55, | damage to domestic winter wheat | were apparently much relied upou |} by bulls. Opening prices, which rar ed from 4 to % higher, with May |Christiun Hearich i SHORT TERM SECURITIES. {1.10% to 1.11% and July 111% to|Raleizh toiel (v - 10015 €5 G113 19 i 1 1=t 2 G5 €2 =1 O 01 1 1 1 G4 ED LT 1 8 1 1 e u:llrlden Co. D. C. ATTORNEY FAILS &t ™ Soodrich pf (7) “ iray & Davis. . T. Morris Wampler Not Guilty of | & Norore 5. Guantan Sugar. ¥ Edsn 1st 61s. iolating Alexandria Fee _ bulk of this liquor is transshipped— o ; 1117, were followed by a slight reac- rimestal Bank L1110 Violating 3 Sule Mo FNOL MILLS ON HALF TIME, I" it Hoeint. g0 dteet e | ‘;ng;lles:&L . (Quotations furnished by Bedmond & Co) | tion é . ! t Title Tns. (ol Ordinance. MANCHESTER, England, February | [A0tiC highlands rum fleet, whence it | N Y Tel 65 '49. [t Comparative scarcity of corn arri- | piehd Gfter. | vals gave firmness to prices for corn |y 16 land oats. After opening ls 10 L[ Munsey Joste i higher, May 8035 to 80i:, the corn!North % { market hardened a little more beforc | Yorthwe showing any setback. | Northeast Oats started 3 to % up, May 487 |Park sav and later held near to ini | Hayes Wh'l (3) Housen'd Pr ( i ‘a. Fet ¢ 25 | Houstou O ALEXANDRIA. Vi lxcmuavr, 22 | Hod Mot.C (3) (Special) A Pr|‘r\1}1na . \\‘a‘ffl: Hydraulic Steel. e attomer, was disminsed tnis | Inland St pE (7). 1gton attorney. was dismiss S | Ins Copper (2 g £ is smuggled into the United States. | —The Federation of Master Cotton | = St. Plecre Miqiclon, of eonras e sot pinners has decided to reduce the |the only favored port, though it is the weekly hours of work from forty-|most favored. One afternoon recently | eight to twenty-six and one-quarter [there were seven sailing ships in‘ Y Tel 4%s. Am Edison 6: or States Pow 5s. | American Co | American s avings B Bank S B0k . v Northwst B Tel 7s. in the section engaged on American |Havana port loading liquor for St.!OtisSteel T%s cotton. The systematic short time, {Pierre Miquelon. Many other ships which was dropped in November, will {clear every week from other (‘ubani!‘iciflc Gas& E morning after hearing in police | Interb Rap Tr. be resumed immediately, it is an-|ports. In addition., small craft are|PacificT & T 58 ons were dull. but firm. w0 court. The warrant charged mmhnmnm Az pf. nounced, affecting 100,000 workers. jconstantly putting out from isolated; Phil & Rdg C&I 5s. 2 | Woodrid; 0 Warmpler had practiced his profession | lnt Com F.‘ng( ; e '53:»’{;'1?»;'1"\'3.‘;hlhl';,f‘ét’ilerfl,l\';fi?g"fi? Phila Co ref 63 4.« 1‘5‘ —_— Pt 2 ia jola i Internat Har (5 b= /o > A e-Arrow Ss.. in Alexandria in violation of a city | Internat Hfar (5 EDISON 1923 EARNINGS. |eluding the customs authoritics, and | Bicres o ars oo, 20 {GOV. SMITH CELEBRATES : s 8 erosy Sugar I Rody Corp. ich require: Internat Nickel.. ordinance w pay a lice fee of 3 ! Inter Nick p? (6) Wampler introduced testimony to| Internat Paper.. show that in a case which he de-|IntT&T (6)- fended last Saturday morning he was | Intertype (113%), associated with Carl Budwesky, | Invincible Oil. iocal attorney. TFollowing testimony Wampler, in a heated address, ac- | Jones Bros Tea. ssed City Manager Rich and Director | Kan City South of Public Safety Morton, complain- | Kelly Spr Tire unts, with an attempt “to isolate | Kelsey Wh'l (6). Alexandria from the rest of the | 1enne Cop (3) ... Gceent, civilized world” by the en- 2 Jurcement of the ordinance, Lee Rub & Tire.. Judge Duvall, in rendering the de- | Leh Val (3%)... ion, declared that he did not be- | Lig & My B(new) lieve it was the intention of the|Ljg & My rts.... ordinance 1o enforce the law upon | Lima Loco (2).. Ltorneys who on infrequent occa- | yorillard (12) . o ons had reason to appear before the § 700 ¢ Nien (5y CHICAGO, February 22.—According |{hus making a double profit. ! DIl denAs - ot to the” Commonwealth idisen, Com: Officialn Know Situation. P s Bileo 63 w1 pany's a al port, the 1923 ne Government officials. in admitti 7s... 48 nings of the company totaled 3$7.- {that much of Cuba's jiquor finde 1o i’::;;‘%:i’::a. <3 17; equal to $10.45 u share on the | et | a : 00,000 stock. against 36,276,375 in | voyinio drY America, declare that it is | Snaron St1 H 8s.... 1 3 € business of theirs. The vessel | 1922, the cquivalent of $10.46 a share | 12 Vihoels are | Sinclair Oil 7s. ...« 21 on $50,000,000 stock then OULStanding. | Sg sxery remiicne <Faiiy they say, | Sinciair o1 6 e ing been iilled, that is an end of it|Sin Crude Ofl 345 LIVERPOOL COTTON. s0_far as they are concerned. Sin Crude Oil 6 . Indignation is breaking, however, |8n Pipe Line S LIVERPOOL, February 23.—Spot [OVer the fact that the government's | South Bell Tel 5s. . cotton quiet: prices easier: good mid- {TeYenues are not as large as they | So Por Rico Sug s Qling, 18.51; fully middling, 18.01; |Should be from liquor exportations,| Southwest Bell os. 1 ! middiing, 17.56; low middling, 16.66; {OWINE to the great prevalence of | Steel & Tube is.-- £ood ordinary, '15.66; ordinary, 15.16. |SmUggling. This fact, the growing|gyg Est Orient 7 Sales, 4,000 bales, " including 3,00 |shortage of fuel aleohol and the cries i menn Elec Pow 6s. 4 American. No receipts. _ Kuturesin certain sections of the press that vat Of Clased _quiet and_steady the ituation may lead to snnexation . | Tide Wat Oil 6145 9 March, 17.59; May, 1 WITH BOWERY NEWSIES | Washington's Example Pointed Out { by New York Executive at Brace Memorial Dinner. it Oregon Short T eand. K. R St & Co b 19 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February “mith returned to his youth- ful haunts yesterday to heip 1 ! New York newsboys celebrate Wash CHICAGO, February 23 (U. S. Dept. | ington’s birthday. The occasion wa 100% | Agriculture).—Hogs, receipts, 0 the twenty-fifth annual dinner at = inead: active: mostly 10c higher: | jirace Memorial Newshoys' Houss 0: desirable ~Gov. \ | Tidewater O 7 | Western Union 1 96 | Westinghoo e B. & M. 75 1931 103 | Wisconsin Ldison Co. Gs 1924, S in an ogre unsurpassed—may eventually | Toledo Bdn 1et s ol 4 2 ! > 2 3 i roday’s C: Prices, weighty butchers, = S v bar. 1 July, 17.14; September, force the government to tighte: Union Bag & P 6 i Tadnyis:Cotlon ghty d 14 the Old Bower Fed u ast Wampler was much incensed last | Melntyre (1)..... j October, 15.39; December, 15.0: |on liquor exportation., BREER UP| G Rub 15t £ Gs.. 21 Z NEW YORK, February 23—After|160 to 240 pound averages. 7.00a7.05; i (0% HUEHECEC AP O TOL saturday when he was arrested be-| Mack Trucks (6) uary, 14.94. |piraic doesmt Cubans soon may find usgfieexcit»_ - lggl’:‘opcning steady at an advance of 7jtop, 7.15; packing sows, 6.15a6.3 e aaine e e e fore he had le he courtroom after < 7 S RS selves compe! o burn the ki Va-Car Chem 7 i . % s By 4 = = ads, ranging in age fro Gfending . Daniel King, who - was | saiison & Q. of Tael that facetious Americans elamm | Va-Car Ch 7358 W 613 jPoints to a decline of two points thesirable welghty slaughter bigs, 6003, 4 ioon noisily welcomed the exocu- charged with violation of the pro- | ManniEl e 5y NEW GOLD MINE RECORD. {to be drinking—gasoline. West Unfon 6%s.. 16 109% ! cotton market sold about 15 to 236.50; estimated holdover, 5000 head. | {ivc™“W0"Wal Necruited from thel: He told them: % 107% | points net lower. Reports that Lan-|{ Cattle receipts 1,000 head; com- hibition law and with operating an | MATEUDUS ) 73% | cashire spinners had voted in fa automobile while under the influence s j Westinghouse 7s.. NORTH BAY, Ont, February 23.— FOREIGN EYCHANGE. Wickwire Spen 7s. national deuic - ratic conven- tion_will be he u Manh; 2 4 : ceek ago, better grades beef of liquor. He declared that he had at Shirt (3) The gold mines of. northern Ontario - = or{ pared week ago, S puiSratic) conven: not been asked for the license fee be- | Mara Oil Explor. (Quotaltions furaisked by W. B. Hibbe & Co.) | Wilson&Ccv 7%s. of organized short time in the Amer- | steers strong to 15c higher; lower ! (o 1 = e Tore the warrant charging criminal | Market SR 2d pf. broke -all -previous records -in the Nominal ~ Selling checks, | Wilson & Co €V 6s. a1 & { Gargen In Junc. *You ave il intic month of January this year when gold value, today. Youngstn S & T 6s. 12 cheer Washington unles intent was served. Market St Ry pf.. MSRprpf (6) vou ulso do i : 96% |ican section had an unsettling effect | grades and bulls, weak to 25c lower; i It does not me | VYD 4y e, which probably accounted for some|extreme ‘top matured steers, 11.70; they produced approximately $2,100,- the things lie stood for. Marland Oll. % i & i £ th Iy offerings. Their in-handy weight, 11.65; yeariings, 11.25 i i MAN HIDDEN IN BOX NarinRockwell 10% 17 13 ot | veveen reomr the Inines: dooraing to e R PARIS PRICES UNEVEN. |fiecnce wax oftset. however, by helveaters. 2002250 higher: stockers | e Mathieson Alkall a special dispatch to a local news- -30 trillien PARIS, February 23.—Prices moved | relatively better showing o iverpool i and feeders, to 25¢ highe: ‘NEW POL'T'CAL PARTY ROBS JEWELRY STORE { Maxwell Mot A... paper from Timmins, Ont oug srregulasly om the bourse today, iund ;nI\crl;|wr2°1;;1:0ml1:l;|:ell':p::afl Lo bullc prices follow JBeet xte S0a ! May Dpt St (3). == S aTanin o | Thres per cent Tentes, 56 francs 10| Seciing to (30,25, May rallled t0{ s’ socdars, bIBAT.ZS: canners and | ADVOCATED BY STONE Cuts Out Panel of Door While | Mex Seaboardcf. centimes. Exchange on London, 9930.52 during the early trading, when|cutters, 2.75a3.65; veal calves, 10.004 Miamt Cop (2). |active months sold about 7 to 14;12.00. STON, February 23.—Following is B © Der cent) . ints net higher. i Sheep receipts 8.000 head: more a list of today's highest, lowest and francs 80 centimes. Rail Labor Leader Says Old Or- { lira Clerical Force Is Away Middle St Oll 5 irect; tically 13 4 losing prices for the most active stocks loan, 69 francs 95 centimes. The dol- | than 80 per cent direct; practically no | ) 3 at Lunch. i Midvale Steel ge,,,, ?,,"he,e; c::l-fl'.m . : i 89 lar was quoted at 23 francs 15 cen- ;| NEW ORLEANS, February 23.—Cot- | frading; compared week ago, fav.l ganizations Fail to Win ’ ; Eisang Ton High Low. Close | icihoim, cown ..... 208 sa1s \ ton futures opened steady. March, | lambs, 50a7oc higher; sheep and year- e B fhe Asipciated e Missouri Pacific.. 1214 121 12% 123 |Am Tel & Tel .. ah 12 By the Associated Press, i tatery ¥ 3050; May, 30.03; July, 30203 Octo- | lings, 25 to §0c highr: feeding Jambs onfidence. S . 23— Missouri Pacpf.. 3d% B4% 341 347, | besion & Albany Iun ¥ = : -—— i ber, 25.83; December, 25.41. mostly 50 higher: top fat lambs for BERLIN, February 22.—Clever thieves Montgom Ward.. 25% 25' 34% 34% | Boston & Maine 1% i| NEW YORK, February 23.—Foreign CHICAGO STOCK MARKET. —_— wedk, 15.75; bulk prices follow: Fat | By the Associated Press. varied an old attack and Sucoceded in | Moon M (13%).. 256 2516 2ot oort | Leninre e i 67| exchanges irregular. Quotations (in| HICAGO, February 23—Followi NEW YORK, February 20.—Cotton | \wooled lambs, 14.75a15.65; clipped | "NEW YORK, Febru: Tobbing a jewelry store in a crowded | Mother Lode (1 2% 204 0is & fecis 17 United States dollars): Great Britat GAGO. 2% OWIng | rypures | closed irregular; March, | lambs. 12.25812.75; yearling, wethers, | n Niive: party e the pr i of abh o > 9 9 8 8| (a0, Hin Mia . 1% (] bles, 4.31% : si D |4s a report of today’s eales, high, low | 29.75 to 29.80; May, 30.12 to 30.15:|12.00a13.00; _fat wethers. 8. PO LoT the Tnitea Stat Berlin street of about $20,000 worth|Nash Motpf (7). 99 100 * 99 100 |Coinper Eamge 2475 sf | demand, 4.31; cables, 4.3114.sxxzy~13g and closing quotations at the Chicago | July, 29.55 to 29, October, 26.52 tolfat ewes. 7.00a9.75; Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood SpBast. NatAcme....... 8% 81 84 gy |Davis Daily . 45 4% 4| pills on banks, 428%. France, do- |4nd cloSiE WA0 26,58; December, 26.05. 13.25a14.00. |of “Locgmotive Engincers, told mem. ust' at the noon hour. when the | ot Biocuit (3. 51% Bl5. bire 5on 2% ,'42: mand, .0435: cables, .0435%. italy, | Stock ange: Spot quiet; middling, 30.10. Y PRODUCTS, bers of a church club in Brooklyn [roprietor and his clerks locked up and | NALPIENL L) - BHE Sl Bl s1% - By e demand, .0434% ; cables, .0434%. ~ Bel | Sales. itn 54, ik, Tow. Clue| Ngw ORLEAN: 2 AR S ,, |Yesterday. 1t should be a party, he cparted for luncheon, a dray drew UD |\o: pentsiores., 46 40 £0° so'®|Dana Creek pf 83 33 sai; | glumi, demand, .0381; cables. 03813 | 223 Commonwith Bd.. 3 1881l Oh futures closed steady at net| BALTIMORE, Md, February 23 agserted, that would elect public offi- fad two men unloaded s large box,|NeLDepiSomes. &5 40 40 4o ieeg it 16% 16 Germany, demand, .00000000000022;1 3% Costlpental FOWE ofit o5% gfif | aeciiue of 10 to 38 points: March, | (Special), — Live poultry — TuTkeys, cialy who observe at Jeast two rules- 1‘ ich they placed against the shop door. NatEn&St.... 32 H 95 | Mavs Gas . 80 80 | cables, 100000000000022. Holland, de- i 232 Middle West UGl 30, v, 28.83 to 28.93:{1b, 18a30; young chickens, 22a3d: “Thou shalt not lic" and “Thou shalt They informed inguirers that they were | Nat 8t. 2 324 32 325 | Mayflower O C . 11!‘ 13" 1% | mand, .03736; No‘riwsy.zgl&rpnnd, .01324; 20 Mid West Util pfd Ju 5 Leghorns, 22a28; old roosters, 15al8: not stea waiting for the proprietors return to | Nat Lead (8).... 130% 1404 140% 1404 | Mexican Tovestment * % 1% 1) Swedén, demand, 02618; Denmark | goo Montzomers Ward: s L | 25 old hens, 20a26; keghorns, 20a22: | “America is governcd by a cluss of sllect eartage. ' In about half an hour, | Nat RyAt3dpf.. 2 2 2 $41 | demand, 01590; Switzerland, demand, | 160 Mionizom tard"A. 100! ! i St ducks, 23a32; meese, 17a22; Dikeons, 'people,” Stone Suid LW s i ing thev could wait 1o longer, they | Nat Supply (3).. 6T% q 1913 | 17358 §9' "‘5”;‘ Poland. 'de‘r';f:gd' 1000 Stewart mer .. pair, 40; guinea fowl, each, 30a60. | gividuals would n: with the reloaded (e box and drove away. Nev Cons Cop. 14 14 14 | North | Butte g CC S R LR i o T 2 { CLOTH MARKET QUIET. |"pDressed poultry—Turkeys, Ib., 184 |conduct of our priva sses, Vhen the proprietor returned he dis- NOrT&M (7).. 95 96% 95 | 01a" Coteny. T8 | O Tugoatavia, demand, 0126; | NEW YORK. February 23 (Spe-i30i chickens, 25a30; ducks, 28ad2; our Congress we ha . labo e e IS O Drachcally il the { N ¥ Central (7). 100 P e St g | Nastria, demand, 000014: Rumanis, 2l cjal) —The market for cotton cloths! old roosters, 18; peese, 18a22; |partisans, lawyers—everyihing b e e e hadl baer higaen oiosed | N ¥ C-Reads rts. 2% : 13 213 | demand, .0056%: Argentina, demand, % | Chowed no change over the holiday, | Pons, 30a3. Catl S| Ecalinuginesnien) And ciiCHawnataR Lox and working through a trick dy NUC&StL(6). 74 Y 8315 | 03450; Brazil, demand, .01215; Tokio,| 1300 yellow Taxi Loeny 62T 82 l:md print clothe were quoted at 9| Eggs (loss off)—Native and nearby | we need most. I1ad cut out the panel of the shop door, | NT N H&H.... 19% 2% 2% | demand, .045; Montreal, 96%. Tata) ‘saiee, 12,000 share “1ind Pl 'Gonta”for Siote ‘and Ssxizs| arst don, B0 southern, dh. T | e labor” feader dectared o did K r, i ket utter—Crea v, d Y, 3 classed as an alaru his case. than 200 resu-|af about & conts a pound in all grades | creamery, ;. ladle: 2: rolls, | that the government was not so well thop door panel with sticking plaster | North Amer (2). 23% . 3% 2% | goreut land in Monfana and Idahe| Missourl has more of abou B T ro patkeq, 27, uiry Drints establishet that 1t could not d and was comfortably carted away by |Orpheum (1%).. 18% 18% 18% 18% | Warwerth 155 1557 ) without either federal or, state su- |lar registered woman physiclans and ?;unted” 20. Which were un- | 27a30; Store-packed, 27 dairy 2 entablis not be over. his, confederates. 3 Warren Bros 343 41, . pervision, -4 surgeons. chansg %