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FIN ANCIAL. THE EVENING STAR.. WASHIN iTON, 0 MELONS EXPECTE IN CENTER MARKET California and Mexico Canta- | loupes in Moderate Sup- ply Here. are expected the next few of the popular hers vesterd: watermelons fn the local market days. A consignment fruit passed through on the way 10 New York, where high- er prices probably will obtain, and, it is sta s possible that some | ind their way here. the first water not so large, bring Moderate supplies of car are belng received from ( and Mexico, the California fr of much better quality than the Mex fcan product and’ nging higher prices. Californta stock, crafes of 45 were quoted at 6.00 and 650 this morning, while the Mexican product was to be had at a price as low as 3.00. Dealers are receiving pier of pineapples and libe plies of strawberries es from Norfolk, .. section, splendid quality and in splendid condition. brought as high as 321 a box, most iy 30, Florida Dealer the season $1.50. lifornia een corn, s i good sell is heing received in cold storage cars from Texas. The ears are large, deal ers state, ‘and crates of four dozen were quoted at ) The price of kule than usual, but price of spinach a decided drop this morning. Spinach that brought 2.00 a few davs #gO Was offered this morning at 1.00 Caulifiower is ¢ ¢ the few vege tables not found in the At this time. Dealers muents from the Norfolk in the near bly will not be not extend over and may more than very heavy a period of at. by and poultry prices | remained unchanged Market Pr Butier—Fan, ; current ve: alive-—Turkeys, Plymouth !-mnu ¥ aller. 40a4 White Leghorn and over, 38a fowls, 33; roost voun urkeys. keats. broiler: voung Dressed 50 e stock 1011 choice, 1 hogs. thin, 7a$: heavy welons of | oupes | t being | sup | continues higher| Winter chickens, | NEW YORK CURB MARKET by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office Received BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN. NEW YORK. May 19.—The price \mu\(m(‘m on the Curb Exchange 1o | day was confined 1o narrow limits, | with. little initiative tzken on either | side. in point of activity. but no effort was made by those working for highgr prices to push their recent advantage {in the oils. On the contrary. the mar ket was left to drift for itself and profit taking in such recent favorites as Red Bank Oil and llinois Pipe Line resulted in substantially lower prices ar times. the new 1ssue of stock being actively where i over.the-co {The corpo 400,000 sh | 115" holdin Pandem Oil. taken just aboye compared with 81 in the rket vesterday apitali no par value stock. located In Kan | = | NBEW YORK. May 19 is an official list of bonds traded in on the N | Market today Sales in BONDS thousands Allied Following stocks ork Curb Low Pk 8s 0 ot 0% 1 | | | | Crown Wms Pap 83 Det "City "Gias "6 Duke P Eiting; Fiske Tire 109 ¢ 100, L1001, 1011% S8 1011 10113 o8 e i St N ictede 545 100 | \ HEE 100 103 1035 A P81 R 1007 100 * 1011, 1 Yisi0d k1044 I 62100 pring | Rock broil-{ e Ol 7 Rand 9414 10615 011y 1063, ful s 041y Yk ul,»uml— 01l Blgn 99 and mediun:, 131.: light. choice, 15:] lambs, 16 Meats veal. 20: Bee 16a17 lamb, ; dressed pork. heavy. ork lvins. 34a Western, hams, 30a32: shoulders, Fruit and Vegetable Review. Today's market report on vegetables (compiled by News Service, Bureau of REacitisa Jeanomics) says wplies light: quote: box market steady to large size and Yellow barrels, extra fancy Newtowns, tium Winesaps 3.00. Cabbage — = mand moderate rolina. 11;-bushel ha pe. 1.25a1.50; harr Cantaloupes — aand moderate, market ste: ‘ornia, Imperial Valley, andards, 45s, mostll bigher: some overripe jumbos 458, some 125 and 15, s bonys, 4hs ripe low Supplies mand moderate, market steady: C‘a fornia, Northern district. crates Ice herg type, 45 doz. 5.00a5.50; fair quality and condition. low as 4.30; North Carolina, 5-peck hampers, Big Roston type, fair quality and condi- tion, 1 5. few higher, poorer, Jow as 1.00; some express receipts re fused. Onions - Supplies moderate. ma 1 stead: standard crates Yellow Be das. 1 mostly 2.50: «alifc Yellow Bermu vers. ,,rm od over-ripe, #.00 e overripe, iberai: dem Potato Market Dull res -0 demand 150.10, stock: supplies market dull: M : h\ Russet Rur 5. No. 1, 6.00 new stock. siupy oderate; demand good. market firm rida. double-hend barrels Spa & No. 1. mostly 11.2 Sup) tand good, market firm: North Caro 32.qt. crates Missionari range quality and condition mostly Virginia N section. ipts late; a fy ~ales tes. various fair qua per at Asparagus—Supplies liberal mand moderate for good stgck. tmar ket steady; Maryland. East Shore and Dela 182 tes. larg size, small and medi per dozen bunches, few long green, high 4.00: South Carolina. two-dozen-bunch crates, all size dinary quality and condition, 1.0011.50 per Corn—Supplies moderate; moderate, market steady: Te shel baskets, mostly around 3 Tomatoes—Supplies moderate: mand moderate, market steady: Flo ida, sixes, ripes and turning. wide range in prices, ¥ 00a7.50; best, mostly count, 4.00a6.50: best, mostly Texas. fours. pink, wrapped, some or dinary quality and condition. best, 2.50a poorer, low as 1.7 String beans—Supplies demand moderate, market weaker: South Carolina, bushel hampers, green 4.5025.50: mostly around 5.00: Geor gla, g-bushel hampers, green, 4.00a 4.50; few, 5.00. Cucumbers. moderate, square b cholce, demand bu count choice Supplies light; market steady hel crates, fancy, 25a2.50. demand Florida, 3.50a4.00; DAIRY PRODUCTS. BALTIMORE, May 19 (Special). Live poultry— Spring chickens, pound, " 40a50; Leghorns, 35a45; old hens, 33a 84; Leghorns, 30232, old roosters, 20 ducks, 17a23: pigeons, pair, 40: guinea fowls, each, 75a%5; old, 40a50. Figgs—Receipts, 522 crates; and nearby firsts, dozen, 2813a2: Butter—Good to fancy creamery, pound, 40a43: prints, 44a45; ladles, 33a 44; store packed, 28a29; dairy prints, process butter, 36a37; rolls, native offered at ——e e - A Fool and His Money The fact that a stock certificate is printed in fancy green scrollwork is no proof that it is worth any more than ordinary wall paper. Thousands of people in Washington would have saved their money if they sh.ply had asked their banker to tell them what he knew of some supposedly wonder. ful investment. The onure population of Belgium is Jess than that of the two .cities of New York and Chicago. few | wrapped, 1 6.00: | moderate FOREIGN BONDS e B... 911y Baden' 7 a3 Buenos Ajres 2 Buenos & Buenos Aircs § Colugne 63,5 00| demand | Krupn 1 Leipzig 7 10 Mans M & § 8 Mor B 1 1 Muni 100 2 Prov Santa Fe IProv Lw Aust 7 Rhiue Main Dan Rhine Westpha Rom ¢C By 6las'A F B A4 J Sax S Mo In Ts 9 Siemena & 1 1001, moderate; de- | 0 vtd o S 0 nfd 2600 Hamvie G & R a3 1001 P L 14 1900 Imp 0 C: 2900 [nter Pet 100 Nat Transit 200 Ohio 1200 Prairie O & G n % O Tnd 08 O Oho bl 200 Washington' Oil 5 | Sales INDEPENDENT OIL STOCKS i hundreds 40 Am 603, es | 1ding | i B v Synd ol [l Ve 4 Oil 40 Margay, Ol | Mex Eaxle ex Panuco } Mount Prod 1 New Eng 1 New Mex % Pandem Red Bank Co Cor 1'Salt Ck Coirs dogen bunches. | 1060 Y 3 | Salesin INDUSTRIALS Bundreds, 1TAL Puk B vt i Allied Pk oproptd 00y 173 Alpha Port_Cem 120 Cyanamid 6 Am Cganamid pf O Am 1 104 perpow Superpow B Super pf_1st Super pr pf T T Tt i e av atn att e looming Br pfd 1088 1035 mw rad Firepfz H9 8o il Corp A a8 m il Corp E 15 Brillo M fg Bkl €' R R Brown & Wm Buf Niax & Marcont Light ¢ Pio Coi N A in B Tt Colfins & Atkmai ol & Ajk pf #Com P C nw " nw pf s Bal nw s Taund t Bak A (nm Bak B . Cont Bak bf ‘ourtlaulds Ltd Cuneo Presa SCuba T € R Dubilier ¢ 7 Durant Mot Dur Co A tingon | Bond & 1 Empire_Pow_C 4 Engrs Pub Serv.. § Enere Pub Ser p } Eng P S b -gmlo Sug Co. h-u Mot Truck.: Firestone T 70 bf BFnrmm Fsbed Ford | PSR ¥ Oll shares attracted most attention | ‘Tradiug siavied for the first time in| the | Close Oklahoma and Texas, and current pro duction is approximately 1,000 bune\u‘ il | daily | Selling of cent mnote: pleted, 11, points of traced. Sha notes, also were neglect anted as to the America Presst down almost rial specialti atively stocks were notably Cor | The selling the Class ** t n\e comin Happ davp | i Hazeltin Horn & Ind Ravi Inter U1 5 Mohawl i Mohawlk Ta h O Sta Sta P ( Lo oples att & Rep Mot Trk ve Mot 15 South P 3 Sou erre H | Thomp =3 S I i Lt ;;-.r__.,_' orid Se: ie Metals reka “Tho ) Parmic 2 Premite; 1 Wenden 10 West E METAL MARKET. NEW YO elec Tin s futur future: 00 and spot, 12 BUTTER UNSETTLED. CHICAGO, receipts Unsettled: ery extras - DRY GOODS QUIET. b | YORK. zaods markets were quiet agam today | I 7 unchanged NEW {at were quoted for 6Sx72s. with trade slow TULIP CUP PROFITS. NEW Cuj £31 YO for t for line period M Secuszed by firs Prevailing inter ‘ l.lonplll We_ller“" o Real Estate SALESMEN The Samuel R, Harris Co., Inc., Builders, desire several High- Salesmen to sell their at. tractive issue of 8% ferred and Preference Com- Stock. mon dorsed. portunity to increase your time — Call 703 Otis Building, 810 Mo vesterday, appeared to have been com least for the time being and e was directed against Cana da Dry Ginger Ale ca narrow ness over “A" shares to he acted on! Solether & Gamble 168 P& T pid P& 1 wa E < Rab Reclaim Mould & Ir Pow Taxi ¢ “orpor: Prompt Loan Service Is Our Policy Consult Us regard to loans on completed property. buildings to be constructed and renewal of existing loans. N. L. Sansbury Co., Inc. 1418 Eye St. N.W. Main 5904 Webster Mills 61z per which was so persistent f yesterday's loss was re wshean Mills 7 per cent = under pressure ‘luesday ed. Both issues are guar- principal and interest by n’ Woolen Co SPECTAL NOTICE Chase Club” a cory the Jaws of the Distric i party of the first part under u ¢ | denture of mortgage. or deed of trist |July 1. 1913 to the Fidelity Trust Co. (of altimore Md.1. ‘truster. pursuant to the provisions therein us stated in sail instru ment does hereby ive notice of its imten {ion to cail in, redeem aid bay all of i o 'd over a compar- | bonds secured by sail morte or deed o ies moved o ¥ st at 102 per cent. at the hanking house range. Baking Co- | Py Samerican Secirity & Trust Co. offered freely at times.|Julv 1. 1 itinental Baking issues in these stocks veflected the $8 dividend on evy f Columbia ain in dated ying the price | a point, but other indus: | ous of article deed of trust, and on'the |.,’. erest on said bonds of Julv. A D186 CHASE CLUB. President ng neeting Y. Secretary. Stor A & Ut of e Corp Hardart 50 4 on Cot il B | anville. " 14 FIEHRY | | WE PAY MORE lNTEREST || ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS Than Any Other National Bank in Washington erest on DAILY Balanc me in and let us expl Commercial Nat'l Bank 11th and G Streets 000,000 (ml Pw Lipt i Co'ptd” Fow ¢, GOLDEN DONALDSON. PRESIDENT Pow N i Lamb « HEREBY GIVEN the Stockholders of Incorporated, for the pirpos Wcling upon an_ inerease etock aid corporation the o ‘ompany 3 northwest ugton. Dix et of Colimi the | das ot May. A oclc KIMBEAT | Sortek s meeting of | & Comipany it Mo {ARR ANDREW BE $5,000--::-54240 0. Send Date of Birth for Full Information. LeROY GOFF lpw all hranches 610 T oodward Biig & Ln 8t HT&ET Rad vt Lux Pu 2 ASBv mo PA nr]“\\ A t 3 o B Secured on Improved Property ol Bh B, 1 Allan E. Walker & Co., Inc. N'Y 18 3 ! stablished 1901 MINING 36 Southe Cons 1Ml - ;Second Trust Notes I’chhned Funds immediately [ | trust notes on D, o Aty ! property. “Ses Mr Read. Local Ager at William K. Hariung & Comp, Street N.W. » We Will Loan at 53 % Economic Conditions Tyler & Rutherford Loan Corvespondent of the Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. Newark, N, J. 1018 Vermont Ave. 153, xt Mines 04 Croe 1ght G ¢ nd Ext RK. May 19 (P). topper vtic, spot and fut teadier: spot ami nearby. is6r e Lead q St. Louis, s, 6.5746.90. A M. 475 res, es steady spot, ! spot nony | I We will gladly receive and give prompt attention to ap- plications for Loans on Washington Real Estate () - Butter 99 tubs: cream 39 rds, 40 extra S seconds, May 19 Current rates of interest. Should you have Money to Invest can also take care of Our experience, extend- 1g over a period of Thirty-Five Years —insures your protection. Percy H. Russell Co. 926 15th St. N.W. we. May 19.-Cott you levels. Print cloths at 74 for 64xi0s and K5y Raw silks were steady. RIC, M. 19 ation reports he first four months this I charges, cxcept taxes, a the $§4.816 £ 1925, Sales in the same ®) profi Virginia Public Service Company 20-Year 6¢; Sinking Fund Gold Debentures The following factors make this issue unusually attractive: oney to Loan st deed of trust on real estate. | and rolnm'ssmu Privilege of conversion into Natioral Public Serv- ice Corporation Class “A” common stock. sinking Fund provided which will retire ap proximately 40% of issue prior to maturity. Price 96!, and Interest To yield about 6.30% upon class Experienced Pre- Descriptive circular *sent request for A4-633 E H. Rollins & Sons Founded 1876 416 Woodward Bldg. Washington New York Philade!phin Denver San Francisco Highly ~ in- An excellent op- Full or part co-operation given. ney cannot buy Peace of Mind but financial contentment can be assured if your surplus is invested in our Safe Dependable Remunerative First Mortgage Notes ——for each one is secured on improved real estate located in Washington—a fact in it- seli that guarantees stability of value and dependable return. ‘Annual Yield 6Y2% MORTGAGE INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT 713, 715 and 717 14th St Main 2345 tion created | All of the honds are called under the pro- | wecond of waid mortgage. ar | THAT A Edmonston 7% First Mortgage Notes ||| second Marviand Prompt Action ( IFlrst Mortgage Loans| | Lowest Rates of Interest and C mmmun' Thomas J. Fisher & Company, Inc. 738 b Street | | Second Trusts e some choice second trusts for net purchaser betier than 20% Convenient $100 and up WEDNESDAY. MAY STOCK SALESMAN 19, 192 Capable stock salesman wanted to, market securities for timber compan State ferms, history and phone nui her. Address Box 338-V, Star office. REAL ESTATE ANY AMOU 1/2% APARTMENT HOU BUSINESS PROPERT RESIDENCE LOANS AT LOW RATES FRED T. NESBIT Investment Blde. Main 9392 Investment Judi ings are the greatest back- ground of financial stabil- ity and progress. experience select good First Mortgage Notes. 1O A Saunders oz Founded 1887 1433 K Street ously placed sav- Men of Main 1016 Con world —are | !‘\‘:’l! on it. terest Main 2100 estate conservatively praised amount of our IFirst Mortgage plus funds PREFERRED BY INVESTORS investors the absolute servative over, desiring principal protection in thei vestment, ative First Mortg: the consery Our preier ag FIRST MORTGAGES safeguarded by improved ap at about twice the I'hey protect your sur and vield their in exactly on schedule. B. F. SAUL CO. 925 15th St. N.W. FINANCIAL. JOHN JOY ED Organized Il! 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FOR 3, 5 OR 10 YEAR PERIODS 5%% ON APPROVED SECURITY Apply Apartments Office Buildin; Houses Business Properties MORTGAGE LOAN GORRESPONDENT 1321 Connecticut Avenue Telephone Main 9700 Life Insurance Company Of Boston, Massachusetts . announces the appointment BOSS Mo PHELPS as mortgage loan correspondent for Washington OFFICES—1417 K STREET TELEPHONE—MAIN 9300 RANDALL.H. HAGNER & GOMPANY TG O B B BB B /B G ST B TG I